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They have to be "politically legitimate" and Atheist to be police in Xinjiang, massive recruitment drive in Xinjiang for police too.

Where I'm citing, sources are all Chinese: http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/18/11/28/n10879799.htm http://www.gjgwy.org/201810/399611.html

Anyone have a list of these mansions that are being rented, google searching isn't showing anything?

Sounds like a place to go for the summer now.

There is an actual affirmative action in China for ethnic minorities which provides beneficial university admissions and no-interest business loans etc.: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affirmative_action_in_China

The one you're talking about is religion, which is funny considering that communism is anti-religion, why are you surprised, my grandma goes to an underground Chinese church, religion was always bad in China.

You will notice most of the guards and police in Xinjiang are Uyghur, they're just not Muslim.

If you read NYT, you will see that they're pressuring them to "renounce Islam": https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2019/02/17/worl...

Also do you not hear the hypocrisy, why would CCP want you to break their national laws? CCP can break their own laws, doesn't mean you can. How about you break the national law on censorship next? It will become a slippery slope.

That's not what the party wants, national laws is for no ethnic discrimination, if people don't have jobs, they create trouble, and economic improvement and providing jobs is basically what the CCP is building it's power base on.

This is why I haven't bought prescription glasses in stores for 10 years and probably won't in the future. I bought two pairs of frames with lenses for around $100 online after I do my prescription tests each couple years, whereas for an average pair in store or with the optometrist, they cost about $300+. The quality between the glasses is pretty similar, only difference is the brand.

Thing of note should be that the One-Child policy itself actually has many supporters in China with 76% of people approving of it in 2008 in a Pew Global Survey, they likely saw it as necessary as anybody in China can attest to the fact that cities in China are overpopulated even under One-Child Policy. The survey I've cited is below and the finding is in the Additional Findings section.

http://www.pewglobal.org/2008/07/22/the-chinese-celebrate-th...

The One-Child policy isn't a hard policy wherein you are punished physically or imprisoned for having more than one child, it's a fine, albeit quite heavy, hence why the average number of children in China in 2016 is 1.62 which exceeds 1 child per family because half of Chinese parents had around 2 children during the One-Child Policy.

The reason why you're being downvoted is because the One-Child policy is actually quite popular in China. A Pew Global survey in 2008 found 76% of Chinese approve of the One-Child Policy (Scroll to Additional Findings section in link cited).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-child_policy

http://www.pewglobal.org/2008/07/22/the-chinese-celebrate-th...

I'm going to play devil's advocate and say this isn't something new or newly created at least, you can see kids on billboards posing as if they love the products they're advertising, be it clothes or toys. Walk around a GAP clothing store and that kind of messaging is everywhere. TV ads for kids feature kids doing enthusiastic things that is likely acting. All in all, it isn't as new as we think it is, it's just an extension of something already there.

Uyghur language isn't banned in China, it's part of all the signs and official documentation. There are more Uyghur-Chinese documentations, dictionaries and references than in the West as explained in this document's preface. It is easier to practice Uyghur in China than in the West as again referenced in the document because there are less resources in the West or specifically the English-speaking world.

Should be noted that Uyghur is not descended off Old Uyghur but rather the Karluk languages. Yugur is the descendant of Old Uyghur.

The reality of the situation is that most of the company's sales comes from the Chinese market, which is the reason why there are so many negative reviews. You need ownership of the game to post a Steam review. This situation could be alleviated if other people buy the game because it has English translations.

The reason for anger I've heard from Chinese gamers is that they turned this issue political whereas in the past games didn't involve politics and they're pissed that their apolitical space has been invaded. As well, streaming the game has gotten Chinese game-streamers in trouble or having to take down their streams/videos.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1006510/Devotion/ you can read the Chinese comments yourselves, they're well-written in English

The Cantonese dialect originally came from the Guangdong/Guangzhou area (Guangdong was originally pronounced Canton, hence the name Cantonese), Hong Kong was originally a fishing village of ~7000 people (so was Shenzhen 40 years ago) before becoming a colony so the language won't disappear.

People from Shenzhen speak Cantonese as well and Shenzhen is already connected to Hong Kong by subway. This Greater Bay Area is really just making something that was more unofficial official. Shenzhen is part of Guangdong province while Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong is also about 45 minutes by train from Hong Kong. The Greater Bay Area is really more about making it more official that Hong Kong is related as a group with Guangdong.

I guess the interesting thing to note now is that Puerto Rico is likely going to become a state in 2021.

They are by de facto rule, the legitimate authority/govt/ruler of certain parts of Somalia (largely due to the fact that every part of Somalia is split up or fighting each other)

I mentioned "more" legitimate as they want to be seen as the de jure govt and not just de facto through doing things normal govts would or might do.

You can check out Somalia's territory map here which includes Al-Shabaab: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Shabaab_(militant_group)#/m...

African countries like Kenya have adopted the no plastic bag policy (you can get 4 years jail in Kenya for using plastic bags: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/25/nairobi-clean-...) so I think Al-Shahab just adopted it from neighbouring countries to make themselves more legitimate but also because it is necessary.

Because there was a demand from many people moving into the core cities and Chinese people value owning your own house as a status symbol and to marry (can't marry without a house). As well even up to now the previous homebuyer generation (people who should be 50 to 60 now) can still pay for the prices due to the sudden increase in normal people's wealth and deep savings.

However after a while many people caught on and it turned into speculation with people randomly buying housing and increasing the price sorely for property investing. As well the previous generation have more money and income and could pay, the current generation of homebuyers (25 to 35) are still either too young or not as wealthy as the previous which is hurting demand, moreover the excess speculation and the extreme prices for even the previous homebuyer generation have scared off many buyers.

As well, note that in reality only core city prices are insane such as Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing, Guangzhou area. Places with not a lot of people, the property prices there are just around inflation prices.

Note that I speak from personal experience from Chinese property investing. As well China is so big that any generalization is flawed so note that too.

Fake news does need to be tackled, people in India have been lynched. Although the article tries to make the deathes seem lighter than it is, it can always happen again. It's either this or actually verifiable news with legitimate sources can only be posted.

Pakistan and China have been the strongest of allies since 1970s, Iran and the Middle East heavily trades with China, I've lived in the Middle East for 10+ years, money doesn't lie. More and more "dragon malls" from China are being opened up and local Muslims sometimes go to Chinese universities.

Aside from Persian Caviar, you could consider Chinese Caviar, one Chinese Caviar company, Kaluga Queen, already supplies 30% of the world, there are documentaries of them on Youtube. They supply 21 of the 26 3 star Michellin restaurants in Paris.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaluga_Queen

Yeah but so is Ford (https://qz.com/1262815/fords-move-to-stop-making-cars-was-en...) and GM ($49.5 Billion US govt. bailout), they would have been crushed by the Japanese and European auto companies a long time ago but nobody cares, it's the winners that matter in the world so saying govt. sanctioned is pretty random chance of probability, I wish I was a govt. sanctioned company person in China but that is never gonna happen.

Is there a blog post on Kongregate's founding? Kongregate was my childhood and I've often wondered about the history. Much thanks for this post too.

This article is a long stretch, Tencent hasn't censored Snapchat and Discord because it doesn't need to so why would it bother to censor Reddit?

It only does censorship in China or else the Chinese govt will heavily fine Tencent, otherwise censorship is actually an added cost for the company because of time and effort, so why would it make operations more costly when it doesn't need to.

Of note is that the current mainland govt wasn't the one to start the simplification of Chinese characters, it start with the original Republic of China but was abandoned by Taiwan because it was associated with the Leftist side of the Republic of China as left-leaning and liberal Chinese scholars saw traditional Chinese as inhibiting Chinese education for the masses and promoted simplification.

Singapore and Malaysian Chinese also uses Simplified Chinese.

I've been in Bahrain and UAE for many years, income and wealth inequality is a real problem. A lot of the high earners are either sheikhs, landed nobility and business people who have large businesses in oil, energy, etc. who had opportunities open to them and could grab it while Bahrain or UAE was still undeveloped. It is also why their high earners is so high up in rankings. This coupled with the fact that these places are tax havens or pay much less tax because the govt can rely on oil revenue means you can keep a lot more of your income.

However, it seems there has been an economic downturn recently and taxes have been increasing so the economic landscape of Middle Eastern countries could change.

I actually read both Simplified and Traditional Chinese and can read long novels in both. Understanding the speech is another business but translating and understanding the text is much easier.

Not sure why you're getting downvoted, this is correct.

Mandarin and Cantonese are regional dialects, Mandarin gained prominence because emperors from about the 1600s resided in Northern China and in Beijing which used a lot of Mandarin Chinese, thus it spread due to being a prestige language used by the royal family and their courtiers. Cantonese is prominent in certain areas of Southern China in the Guangdong and Guangxi provinces.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandarin_Chinese

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantonese

Hong Kong and Taiwan uses Traditional Chinese, Mainland China and Singapore/Malaysian Chinese uses Simplified Chinese for their text.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simplified_Chinese_characters

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_characters

I personally find fangyan as a better descriptor than dialect:

http://dictionary.pinpinchinese.com/definitions/s/%E6%96%B9%...

Ironically it seems in the comments that making this law means no difference, if so whats the point of a trade war.

The disregard for security is so bad, I was actually surprised. How does India, a giant in terms of providing technology and tech workers have such bad standards?

And I quote: "The passwordless database allowed us to see all of the text messages going to customers in real time, including their phone numbers, bank balances and recent transactions. The database also contained the customer’s partial bank account number. Some would say when a check had been cashed, and many of the bank’s sent messages included a link to download SBI’s YONO app for internet banking."

Most importantly why wasn't this tested for security purposes and instead allowed to go live with adequate QA?

The global hegemony is still being maintained, there still is 800 US military bases around the world despite those in Afghanistan and several in the Middle East being shut down.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military...

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/06/us-military-...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_with_oversea...

This isn't true, if Foxconn cared that much about forced tech transfers, democratic values and international norms, it would have stayed in Taiwan.

This is rather about rising labour costs and environmental regulations. Arguably 1988 China when Foxconn entered was way worse in terms of censorship, tech transfers and nationalistic boycotts. 1989 Tiananmen happened the year after. Foxconn staying for 20 years in China is about the low labour costs.

Chinese manufacturing has long been documented with moving out of China since the early 2010s and into other countries like Vietnam and even Africa because of the costs. The real killer nowadays is that China is starting to enforce more stricter environmental regulations and companies are moving out to areas that allow leniency to pollute.

They were in the student lounge/study area and not in the classroom. If you were in your leisure time among a group of English speaking people in a Chinese company, it is likely you would speak English. At the end of things, who cares, do you want to monitor all your colleagues' behaviour while they are in the lounge or in their leisure time to make sure they fall in line with mainstream company views? I'm glad companies don't force themselves on employees during leisure time.