Q: Fierce conflict has broken out between Israel and Palestinian armed groups in the Gaza Strip, causing massive casualties on both sides. Does China have any comment on this?
A: China is deeply concerned over the current escalation of tensions and violence between Palestine and Israel. We call on relevant parties to remain calm, exercise restraint and immediately end the hostilities to protect civilians and avoid further deterioration of the situation.
The recurrence of the conflict shows once again that the protracted standstill of the peace process cannot go on. The fundamental way out of the conflict lies in implementing the two-state solution and establishing an independent State of Palestine. The international community needs to act with greater urgency, step up input into the Palestine question, facilitate the early resumption of peace talks between Palestine and Israel, and find a way to bring about enduring peace. China will continue to work relentlessly with the international community towards that end.
State media (mainly Xinhua and CCTV) reports on both sides of the situation in Palestine and Israel in the same news article, like they have been doing for Russia and Ukraine since Feb 2022.
There is this photo circulating around on Weibo (Chinese Twitter/X), which reads “坚决支持巴勒斯坦和阿拉伯人民反对美帝国主义和犹太复国主义的斗争”, which translates to something like "firmly support the Palestinian and Arab people's struggle against U.S. imperialism and Zionism". I might be wrong but this was probably taken around May 25 of 1967 during a rally in Beijing, or maybe in March 1965 when a Palestinian Liberation Organization delegation visited China.
Israeli embassy is posting things on Weibo but they have to use the "select comments" feature to only display pro-Israel comments. Palestinian embassy's Weibo stopped posting in 2012, their last post was about how the Chinese government and people have always supported the just cause of the Palestinian people's struggle to restore their legitimate national rights, and included this picture of Deng Xiaoping and Yasser Arafat:
People are still commenting on this old post as a sign of solidarity with Palestine.
In China there are:
Joining the CPC is about taking on a responsibility to the Party and people, which is different from just believing in the principles of communism as a non-Party member.
The rest of the population can certainly "identify as communist" without being members of the CPC/CYL/CYP, but it depends on how you define it.
I've said this before in that thread:
In practice, the number of people dying under the death penalty is nothing compared to the number of people killed in acts of crime, so this unhealthy obsession with “avoid killing innocent people under the state” and finding justification for the death penalty is unnecessary and missing the point.
I find this idealist notion of worrying about "wrongful convictions" to be very reactionary. Yes any wrongful convictions should be avoided, but no the death penalty shouldn't be abolished just because there's a nonzero chance of "wrongful convictions" occurring.
Another thread in addition to the one posted: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/506123
I think that if you can justify deaths by war, then you can justify the death penalty for heinous crimes. If in future wars are won without any deaths or even injuries, then maybe abolishing the death penalty can be reconsidered.
This line of reasoning is very straightforward: if you find it necessary to send soldiers to possibly die in battle, why should people who commit heinous crimes be free from the possibility (not guaranteed) of the death penalty?
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I imagine most groups online cover point 4, but lack all the rest.
Point 1: There will be no "real" unity without a single voice of authority, unless you want anarchist ways of organization.
Point 2: Building tangible things IRL is necessary as humans are not digital lifeforms.
Point 3: If there's nothing to show beneath all the talk, then there isn't any reason for people to support you.
Point 4: This one everyone probably understands.
I read the article from KKE and thought maybe they changed their mind as it was published in 2010, then I went to their homepage and saw this: https://inter.kke.gr/en/articles/On-the-war-in-Ukraine-and-Chinas-proposals-for-peace/. This is the last line:
The Chinese dragon with its economic and political resources is claiming what it believes to be its rightful place, including at the heart of Europe.
People who decide to read this may also want to read the Constitution of the Communist Party of China: https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202210/26/WS63591ff9a310fd2b29e7eb2a.html
Both available on ProleWiki:
Side-note about HTTPS, the link OP posted does support HTTPS: https://english.www.gov.cn/archive/lawsregulations/201911/20/content_WS5ed8856ec6d0b3f0e9499913.html, but not all Chinese government sites do.
Starts at 15:45 UTC+8. Also available at https://news.cgtn.com/news/2023-09-20/Live-Special-coverage-of-4th-lecture-from-China-Space-Station-1ng8tpBX7hK/index.html
More on the lecture: https://news.cgtn.com/news/2023-09-18/China-s-Shenzhou-16-crew-to-stream-live-science-lecture-from-space-1ncuDWmkhuU/index.html
How about this, why doesn't it mention the October 28th 2013 terrorist attack? https://baike.baidu.com/item/10%C2%B728%E6%9A%B4%E5%8A%9B%E6%81%90%E6%80%96%E8%A2%AD%E5%87%BB%E6%A1%88/12022667
On 1989 Political Disturbance: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/1252700
From "Press conference on successful implementation of 'one country, two systems' in Hong Kong and Macao since the 18th CPC National Congress": http://english.scio.gov.cn/pressroom/2022-11/06/content_78504624_9.htm
Thank you, a question from Bloomberg. If a decision to extend "one country, two systems" past 2047 in Hong Kong was made, what would such an extension mean for Hong Kong's future? Thank you.
Thank you very much for your question. Unswervingly, comprehensively, and accurately implementing "one country, two systems" is China's unchanging policy. On July 1 this year, in his address at the meeting celebrating the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland, General Secretary Xi Jinping clearly announced to the world, "There is no reason for us to change such a good policy, and we must adhere to it in the long run!" If Hong Kong, Macao, and the international community had any doubts in this regard before, this speech by the general secretary on July 1 gave the final word, and all those worries and discussions no longer persist.
Now this doesn't mean that the overall policy won't change over the next couple of decades, but I think it's more realistic for the transition to socialism to occur from within Hong Kong and Macao and not through intervention from the central government.
For reference: Xi Jinping's address at the meeting celebrating the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland and the inaugural ceremony of the sixth-term government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region http://www.china.org.cn/chinese/2022-07/04/content_78303693.htm
四年自然灾害
I think you counted one more year, it's three years unless you're referring to something else. 三年困难时期 or 三年自然灾害.
I'm not sure about the immigration process in any of the countries you mentioned, but I think you do need to come up with a good reason other than just being communist, how would the immigration office even vet your claims? Even if it sounds like your education experience doesn't look good, there's still your work experience to consider.
How did you "message the Chinese government" anyway, through their embassies or something? There are less than a million foreigners living in China according to the 2020 census: http://www.stats.gov.cn/english/PressRelease/202105/t20210510_1817193.html