mfw I am chinawatching

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How the Chinese people truly feel about Xi and his agenda is almost impossible to determine in the absence of a free press or freedom of speech.

Chinese people: “I like it here”

American journalists: “You’re brainwashed by the tyrannical Communist government.”

American people: “This country sucks and we’re so upset that we’re openly rioting”

American journalists: “These people have been tricked by the Russians”

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brain washing is literally the only possible explanation for why someone could possibly disagree with what I was told to believe.

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China has no free press or freedom of speech

Michael Schuman is a contributing writer for the Atlantic, based in Beijing, China

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Also Beijing is apparently the headquarters for the Ministry of State Security, the so-called secret police of China. Strange that they haven’t snatched this guy up.

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optimism in America ended three years ago

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I’m sure 911, Iraq, 2008 non-recovery are probably more accurate points, it’s just that social media didn’t exist so you only knew what mainstream media told you.

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You see, when Chinese people tell you they’re optimistic for the future you can’t trust them. You have to cherry-pick statistics that support the exact opposite answer that you get by directly asking the question.

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oh shit china’s collapsing again what do we do as communists we are owned now

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