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[BoraTas]

The absolute state of European military affairs. The ship very likely had no VLS for 5 years. And also what deployment? How can peacetime deployment(s) result in a 3 year delay of a major repair? If they are not just making up an excuse why do we wear out our equipment this much? If a war started that ship would have no VLS because of useless peace-time deployments. And if the threat is this insignificant then why do European nations spend this much on their militaries?

European military affairs is a dumpster fire.

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[FairAndUnbiased]

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Big news in the economics community this week. Turns out some of the world’s most reputable economists also turn out to be pieces of shit (to the surprise of no one) that have done things including but not exclusive to openly calling blacks the N word and calling for their genocide and calling Asians chinks and admitting to purposefully lowering the grades of Chinese students!

now they are crying about being doxxed and I say that all their identities should be exposed. Even if they’re exposed doubt the universities will do anything, though. Tenure is one the most disgustingly corrupt aspects of the American college system. For example, last week the president of Stanford got caught falsifying years of Alzheimer’s research (that was assumed to be monumentally important) and is resigning from the presidency to hide. But he’s remaining as faculty! Not even going to mention the other incidents of professors being racist and not being fired. Unless you sexually abuse a student tenure protects you from everything.

I don't know what they're talking about, I don't follow nerd arguments very well. But if that's true then I'm not even surprised based on the policies they're pushing.

 

[H2O]

I can't help but laugh at the absurdity of it all. Here we have an American woman that wanted to do humanitarian work for women's shelters and orphanages in Ukraine but soon got tired of it as it wasn't providing an unique experience. Thus, she opted to be a "comfort woman" (i.e. whore) for Ukrainian soldiers and volunteers; providing services such as "free emotional breastfeeding." Then she got upset after real humanitarian workers (the ones that actually do care for the well being of the unfortunate) ripped her a new one stating that she was only interested in making "porn off of mass graves." She blames...get this...sexism for the criticism that she received.

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[Fatty]

I don't know what they're talking about, I don't follow nerd arguments very well. But if that's true then I'm not even surprised based on the policies they're pushing.

Essentially, the researchers geolocated the users on the forum EJMR.

Look at the slides linked in the article. There’s no economic jargon in there. Just plain out racism. Here, I’ll lift a couple quotations:

“so tired of seeing N-words in my neighborhood!” To which another user responds “just run them over, no one cares about a dead n-word.”

“I lower the grades of all Mainland students. Not TW or HK. I look at the way their names are romanized. Wade Giles = HKer -> B+ goes to A-. Pinyin = Mainlander -> B+ goes to C+”

The authors then geolocated these users to Harvard, Chicago, Stanford and Yale (and NBER HQ!) by deciphering their IPs, so they aren’t random trolls.

 

[56860]

I get you disagree with me from time to time, but what are you trying to prove here?

Okay, Lake Changjin made alot of money thanks to the gargantuam size of the Chinese market and patriotism. How many non-Chinese have seen that movie? Do film fans around the world talk about Lake Changjin the same way they do Parasite? How many international awards has Lake Changjin been nominated for?

As for video games, do I need to say anything in a year where Japan came out with Elden Ring and Legend of Zelda: TOTK?

I like to call this one "Chinese goalposts".

China might have a larger economy, but they're still behind on GDP per capita.
Chinese might have higher IQs than Europeans and Americans, but that's the non-creative, non-innovative type of IQ.
Chinese movies might gross more than their east asian counterparts, but that's only because of patriotism.

etc.

 

[Dolcevita]

Self Explanatory.

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[zbb]

Barbie has disappointing open in China. Must be because Chinese people are racist against Blacks. Oh wait...

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[TK3600]

Who knew all it took for this forum's opinion to go from China needs to work on its soft power to China is a secret cultural superpower, was for me to well, express an opinion that even has its own thread and that most ardent Chinese patriots can admit to.

I know where you are coming from. China for a long time sucked at media department. The shift is very recent. Tiktok is the biggest breakthrough. Genshin and Honkai are two other breakthrough. I can't say if that qualify as a cultural superpower, but owning a top of the line international short video app is a big deal, as well as having 2 top tier mobile games.

Tiktok certainly deserves a mention due to how internationally renouned it is.

I dont think China is US and Japan level yet, but it is showing signs of overtaking. Like 2008 China economy and US economy same vibe.

And that means Chinese media certainly is above India to say the least. Both overall earning and international prestige.

 

[Quan8410]

Chinese movies might gross more than their east asian counterparts, but that's only because of patriotism.

Tell them that money is the only thing that matter. A good movies is the movies that earn money. Movies is just entertainment anyway, same with manga or game. Life is only about money, don't pretend it is about something else.

 

[FairAndUnbiased]

I know where you are coming from. China for a long time sucked at media department. The shift is very recent. Tiktok is the biggest breakthrough. Genshin and Honkai are two other breakthrough. I can't say if that qualify as a cultural superpower, but owning a top of the line international short video app is a big deal, as well as having 2 top tier mobile games.

Tiktok certainly deserves a mention due to how internationally renouned it is.

I dont think China is US and Japan level yet, but it is showing signs of overtaking. Like 2008 China economy and US economy same vibe.

And that means Chinese media certainly is above India to say the least. Both overall earning and international prestige.

There was only a small dip in the late 2000's and early 2010's, but even that was countered by the rise of Chinese animation in 2015. Prior to that, Chinese kung fu movies were the highest grossing foreign films in the US and had rave reviews from US critics. It only became politically incorrect to like Chinese movies after 2008 or so. Example from 2000:

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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was widely acclaimed in the Western world, receiving numerous awards. On

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, the film holds an approval rating of 98% based on 168 reviews, with an average rating of 8.6/10. The site's critical consensus states: "The movie that catapulted Ang Lee into the ranks of upper echelon Hollywood filmmakers, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon features a deft mix of amazing martial arts battles, beautiful scenery, and tasteful drama."

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reported the film had an average score of 94 out of 100, based on 32 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".

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Its 99.9% political extremism and racism against Chinese that drives the absurd claim that China has no soft power. Its just a fact that until white people admit they like a Chinese media product, many diaspora Asians are scared to like it.