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"China is the future, do you agree?" (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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How would you answer this, and how would you expect Chinese netizens on Xiaohongshu to answer?

I will link to the thread in the comments because I want you to take a moment and think about it first.

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[–] Stovetop 58 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I would like to hope no one nation is the future. Replacing one global hegemony with another is not my idea of progress.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 days ago (4 children)

I'm onboard with Wales. Let Wales rule for a bit.

[–] anon6789 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Oh my, I can't even begin to imagine what a Texan or Creole Welsh accent would sound like if that was the international language! 😵‍💫

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago

*sneezes* *snorts* *coughs* *clears throat* *yodelays*

I'm sorry, what was your question

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[–] Taalnazi 18 points 3 days ago (27 children)

No thanks, replacing one imperialist for another won't help the world.

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[–] theywilleatthestars 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Still hoping for that future that's borderless and red and queer and bold.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

We'll get there.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

As an Indian, I think they seem more well-planned and more decent than recent USAmerica.
India and China does have border issues, but I do respect them as I agree with their leftist view of reducing poverty and improving literacy. I think our countries could come to decent compromise there.
Also, the communism aspects.

But saying that a single country is the future is too simple.

And even the Chinese seem to be not emulating America to be an empire.
I think their aim is a multi-polar world. Atleast if the random yt vids I saw are proper representations.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I think it's pretty clear that despite Trump's attempts to revitalize US manufacturing, the US won't be able to outpace China's industrial growth even if they hard pivot. China is, like it or not, almost certainly the next Global Hegemon as the US' grip on the world is falling. Western Europe won't be able to oppose it either.

I think Chinese citizens are generally hopeful for their country, but more than anything I think most of their citizens would want everyone to advance. I don't think any doubt that China will surpass the US.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

In many ways, China already has surpassed the US.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago

For sure. However, the PRC is still a developing countrt, while the US is a declining Empire. The US has farther to fall and China further to rise, especially in the next 1-2 decades.

[+] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (2 children)

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (5 children)

Don't know why you're lionizing anti-communist nationalists as the "true China." The KMT were brutal nationalists, just because they preceded the Communists doesn't make siding with far-right nationalists the answer. If the RoC were to capture the PRC, the people fearing China becoming an Empire would have their fears cemented in reality.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Taiwan/RoC is not currently ruled by the KMT though. (Nor is today's KMT very comparable to what they were many decades ago)

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (4 children)

The KMT is where the origins of RoC as "true China" come from. Outside of the KMT, there are no claims of the RoC as anything resembling a "legitimate heir to China," only the KMT as the former rulers of the mainland. When someone says RoC is "true China," they are lionizing the KMT and upholding its legitimacy over the Communist Party of China for governance of the mainland.

Calling the RoC "true China" without mentioning the KMT is silly, there's no basis for that claim without upholding the KMT's roots.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Anarchists Not Siding With the Bourgeois Imperial Compradors Challenge (Impossible)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (6 children)

Link

:::spoiler If you don't have the app, it may be hard to view, so here are some screenshots

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Damn, they blocked Tor Browser.

I went to Fennec with uBlock on and VPN enabled (privacy reasons), the first thing I see is a download attempt of the 小红书 .apk file. I tap X, and it does it again. Damn, seem like Reddit all over again. 🤦‍♂️

Also, they require a +86 phone number for registration. 🤔 Not a fan of that. Its like Facebook + region locking. Well I guess it make sense... too many TikTok refugees lol.

I had to change to user agent to windows. The comments are pretty chill, unlike some other Chinese sites. I don't see any "MAGA" type comments like you would see on twitter.