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[–] fatur0000new@lemmy.ml 11 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (3 children)

picture 2: not real and technically imposible to do that cause we have 1.4 billion people

This makes me imagine how social credit score department people hands look like if social credit score is real

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[–] caboose2006@lemm.ee 114 points 17 hours ago (6 children)

Eh, there's truth and lies on both sides. Coming from someone that lived in china for 4 years and was able to engage with Chinese primary news sources. But basic healthcare in china is faster and cheaper, but then again I went to get a wart removed and they prescribed me acorn paste that accelerated the growth of the wart. So win some lose some.

[–] derpgon@programming.dev 58 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (4 children)

Everyone pretending Europe doesn't exist? Most states have most healthcare for "free" (mandatory healthcare taxes).

[–] Pili@lemmy.ml 12 points 11 hours ago (6 children)

Eh... as someone living in western Europe, I can't say it's free. I would say that it's subsidized at most. We still have to pay a part of our healthcare, we can get a private health insurance to complete the government coverage, but it's still not enough to cover all of it.

Mental health isn't covered at all, ophtalmology barely (still gotta pay 200€ for a pair of glasses, after public + private coverage), dental only the very basic is covered...

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[–] djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone 53 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

The kinda people joining Rednote right now are not the same kinda people who know alot about geopolitics, or honestly anything beyond their personal bubble. Yeah, they're just gonna keep pretending Europe doesn't exist.

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[–] caboose2006@lemm.ee 4 points 11 hours ago

Not a single hospital I went to in that country had hand soap in the bathrooms, to give you an idea about the level of hygiene. But going for my yearly sinus infection was a breeze and I got antibiotics. Not a zpack but it cleared up the infection. And no appointments necessary. Breeze in and breeze out an hour later with what you need. And dirt dirt cheap, and on my visa I didn't pay into the national health care system, so my cost was 100% out of pocket.

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[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 34 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

I still don't believe the TEMU bit though

[–] DarkSpectrum@lemmy.world 31 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

I like how one person said they don't use child labour because they are inefficient. If they were efficient though ...

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[–] baaaaaaaaaaah@hexbear.net 10 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Why? You just assume TEMU uses child labour because... vibes?

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[–] passiveaggressivesonar@lemmy.world 33 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Few things blew my mind even though I've been a big fan of Chinese economic and political policy for a while

They actually really like Soviet Culture, the marching soldiers and flags etc. Soviet rock like Kino and the like is very popular!

They're casually Marxist, its not something they have to fight to learn about so socialism is a casual existence for them. I figured the youth would be "too cool or hip" but doesn't seem to be the case

They're very similar as gamers, they really like shooters like battlefield and cs go. I assume their MMOs are different but I'm asking about that

It truly is a massive cultural exchange the likes of which have never been seen before. I'm trying to find out if they grew up on the same games, Morrowind Deus Ex Thief Ultima Online D&D etc

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[–] davel@lemmy.ml 147 points 19 hours ago (1 children)
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[–] TheMightyCanuck@sh.itjust.works 28 points 17 hours ago

It's uncomfortable seeing Xi with an actual jawline..

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[–] h3mlocke@lemm.ee 8 points 12 hours ago

我爱小红书!I love rednote! So many cool people and I'm brushing up on my mandarin 😎

[–] REgon@hexbear.net 60 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (3 children)

No. So many goods cannot be produced by children, it is inefficient.

New tagline dropped

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[–] Sagittarii@lemm.ee 228 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

There's a bunch of Chinese posts asking if the stuff about school shootings, fires, homelessness are exaggerated propaganda only to be told otherwise. It's both hilarious and sad.

[–] ubergeek@lemmy.today 115 points 20 hours ago (16 children)

People of the US and China are both unsure of what to believe about the other, because both are so propagandized lol

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[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 117 points 21 hours ago (52 children)

Circle jerking about China is as ridiculous as circle jerking about the US. We've been here before with US vs USSR, but this time everyone has a megaphone and an IQ that can be measured with a ruler.

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[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 154 points 22 hours ago (4 children)

If banning tik tok ends up galvanizing demand for healthcare reform I'm going to laugh my ass off

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