The trend has reportedly sparked a backlash from some in China due to safety reasons. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Here is an article that is not from a pro-Beijing media:
https://time.com/6293946/china-guangzhou-electric-wheelchairs-ebikes-scooters/
Why does the allegiance to country matter here? Am I missing something? Would we ask to get news about some silly domestic trend from a non pro-Washington source?
Because it normalises the site as reputable source. Yes, there are most certainly some unbiased articles there, but at the end of the day it is still a propaganda tool. Russia uses the same playbook with RussiaToday: Tons of propaganda and some factual news sprinkled in between, so they can point to those and claim “Its not just propaganda”.
Completely agree but are we going to do the same for western sources which depending on the source do the exact same thing.
Being pro-Beijing doesn’t just mean an allegiance to China, it means that the media supports the CCP which is an oppressive government that constantly violate human rights.
We say pro-Beijing because it is about the government, not the country.
But tankies always struggle to understand the difference between a government and a country.
One step closer to living in Wall-e
These restrictions are such a shame. Back when I lived in China, people used to ride 3-wheeled electric bikes/wagons (三轮车) but they were banned by the government for being “unsafe”. The thing is everything is significantly closer to home than here in the US. My family would all pile in the back and ride around running errands, getting dropped off at school, going to friend’s homes in that bike. When those were banned, we had to get a car and more 2 wheeled electric bikes to accommodate the loss of our single 3 wheeled electric bike. Even then, we mostly used our electric bikes to get around town. I used to ride 35 minutes on my electric bike to get to school every day. These restrictions make long distance travel on electric bikes just that much more difficult and pushes more people to buy cars. It’s funny how China has been pushing for years to become more like the US in every way except for human rights SMH
It’s funny how China has been pushing for years to become more like the US in every way except for human rights SMH
Fuck China and all but I really wouldn’t use the US as a human rights goal post right now.
We’re not arresting and harvesting organs from unwanted religious groups. We have our problems, but we’re nowhere close the hellhole of China
You’re not doing THIS specific thing you mentioned, but there are lots of other bad things you’re doing. The US is to human rights like Syria is to peace and safety.
The US is much closer to China than you think. But it’s hard to see when you’re in the US, because of all the propaganda you’re exposed to when living there.
Now this is some juicy malicious compliance
Wall-e gets closer by the day
