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[daifo]

CNA documents Chinese migrants braving hardship, death and danger to move to the US, including one Christian family migrating because the illegal Christian school attended by their daughter is banned.
According to this documentary, most of the Chinese migrants will be applying for asylum, with one posting anti-China articles in an obscure publication to increase her chance for political asylum.
The host, Du Wei (Chinese, Chongqing, national working for CNA), appears to be biased against China from what I had observed for some time.
Parts 1 & 2.

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I watched the 3 part series. Seems the people leaving China thru this route are Gamblers, People with large debt, some still believing in "Gold Mountain", ones that think they get more freedom, and I assume criminals/ex-criminals (no one is going to admit that to their new found friends on a trip). Basically for most of the people, they regret making the trip as many were robbed, nearly killed, nearly sexual assaulted, nearly kidnapped etc. As they realize people with some money are taking this path, more criminal gangs and entrepreneurs are setting up business on the route. Almost the only way to make it thru is to pay 5-10k a head to be guided thru. They recommend most to not do it. It is really for people fleeing for their life in a REAL messed up situation. China has left that era and the government is continuing improving.

Also, once they made it to US, with the exception of seeing Santa Monica ocean front, they realized that Los Angeles was more backwards than China lol. Day labor wages dropped from 200$ to 100$ a day because of the millions of other migrants. Also, the US passed laws that ultimately makes it hard for these people to apply for perm residency/green card and a new administration can kick them out quickly rather than let them wait out their asylum request on us soil.

IMO, Du Wei did a pretty good job here. Though wearing yoga pants in rough areas of South America/Mexico doesn't seem to be a good idea for one's safety lol, but I guess she must of had security detail.

 

[Maikeru]

A point of detail: No western powers were involved in the villain's plot, which was orchestrated between General Chang of the PLA and Elliot Carver of the Carver Media Group. Chang and Carver intended to forment war between China and the UK, culminating in the decapitation of China's leadership via what would appear to be a British missile strike. Chang would then assume control and secure his position by successfully defusing the conflict that he and Carver had orchestrated, while Carver would be rewarded for his role with exclusive broadcast and other media rights within China.

I thought Tomorrow Never Dies was ahead of its time (1997) in noting and dramatizing the power of the media to shape reality. The film clearly reflected Britain's anxiety about its position in the world in the context of China's rise, particularly the impending return of Hong Kong to Chinese control, but it does not suggest that Britain's forces are superior to China's, nor does it portray China as the enemy. Michelle Yeoh's character, Wai Lin of the "Chinese People's External Security Force", is probably the closest the 007 franchise has ever come to depicting a female character as Bond's equal, as they work together to foil the villain's scheme.

Tomorrow Never Dies is also notable for its depiction of GPS technology and also Carver's stealth ship, which was clearly inspired by the US Navy's Sea Shadow project made public just a few years earlier. Germany is a secondary location for the film, which reflects the commercial and cultural buoyancy that nation enjoyed in the years following reunification. The prominence of BMW cars and motorcycles in the Brosnan-era films is related both to that and BMW's strengthening presence in the British market, punctuated by its acquisition of British brands Mini and Rolls-Royce in the same period.

(All films can be mined for meaning, but the 007 franchise is particularly rewarding in this regard owing to its unusually consistent formula and unusual length (1962-2021). Starting from the basic formula of James Bond as a vehicle for exploring a particularly British masculine ideal, as an agent and expression of a formerly powerful nation that must now find its way in the presence of greater powers, one can track the evolution over time of the franchise's villains, cars, gadgets, settings, music, cinematography, women, even the depiction of Bond himself.)

The Brosnan Bond movies were the last 'traditional' Bonds before Austin Powers parodied the various tropes into absurdity. The Bond franchise had to rethink dramatically in order to survive - which led to the lager-drinking "thug in a Savile Row suit" of the Daniel Craig era. Gone were the vodka martinis (shaken not stirred), the tie-adjustments whilst underwater in a jet boat and the ridiculous stunts like surfing away from a collapsing ice shelf whilst chased by North Koreans in a plane with a solar ray. And of course the smutty innuendos in the girls' names. Which is as good an excuse as any to post a gratuitous picture of Famke Jansenn as Xenia Onnatop:

 

[tokenanalyst]

Genocide is a strong word. The scale of civilian deaths resulting from indiscriminate attacks by Israel without regard for collateral damage is appalling and should be considered a war crime. Based on available evidence, it seems highly probable that direct reprisals against civilians has also been perpetuated by Israel, resulting in further loss of life among civilians. Israel has definitely committed war crimes and the international community should continue to pressure Israel to cease immediately. But I don't think Israel's crimes can be considered genocide, and labeling it as such is counterproductive and distracts from the real issues.

War the crimes are the short term consequences of this war or in every other war, but the long plan is in plain sight, they are making Gaza uninhabitable, they are cutting critical aid with the excuse that will help Hamas. It looks like from outside perspective that the ultimate goal of the Netanyahu government is to force Arabs countries to accept the mass migration of Palestinians (ethnic cleansing) or to starve the Gaza population to death (Genocide). But one thing seems clear they don't want the Palestinian there or even in the West Bank.

 

[sndef888]

CNA documents Chinese migrants braving hardship, death and danger to move to the US, including one Christian family migrating because the illegal Christian school attended by their daughter is banned.
According to this documentary, most of the Chinese migrants will be applying for asylum, with one posting anti-China articles in an obscure publication to increase her chance for political asylum.
The host, Du Wei (Chinese, Chongqing, national working for CNA), appears to be biased against China from what I had observed for some time.
Parts 1 & 2.

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CNA is an infamous western shitrag. Look at the profile of all their presenters and editors. Thoroughly infiltrated and no different from NYT and WSJ

Asian in name only

 

[sndef888]

Could be deliberate selection by the media, but it seems like many of these migrants are Christian fundamentalists perhaps trying to create their own kind of pilgrimage with this trek (Jesus crossing the desert). I think they might be sponsored by US churches to try to create bad publicity for China.

China has a serious problem with religion.

The lack of state support for domestic/traditional chinese religion is creating opportunities for foreign religions (especially evangelist christianity) to infiltrate the minds of some people who need spirituality.

Either go with a hard ban or go the opposite way and give support for traditional chinese religion. The current policy of soft bans is ineffective; only traditional chinese religion gets weakened while foreign religions go underground and get stronger.

 

[vincent]

I watched the 3 part series. Seems the people leaving China thru this route are Gamblers, People with large debt, some still believing in "Gold Mountain", ones that think they get more freedom, and I assume criminals/ex-criminals (no one is going to admit that to their new found friends on a trip). Basically for most of the people, they regret making the trip as many were robbed, nearly killed, nearly sexual assaulted, nearly kidnapped etc. As they realize people with some money are taking this path, more criminal gangs and entrepreneurs are setting up business on the route. Almost the only way to make it thru is to pay 5-10k a head to be guided thru. They recommend most to not do it. It is really for people fleeing for their life in a REAL messed up situation. China has left that era and the government is continuing improving.

Also, once they made it to US, with the exception of seeing Santa Monica ocean front, they realized that Los Angeles was more backwards than China lol. Day labor wages dropped from 200$ to 100$ a day because of the millions of other migrants. Also, the US passed laws that ultimately makes it hard for these people to apply for perm residency/green card and a new administration can kick them out quickly rather than let them wait out their asylum request on us soil.

IMO, Du Wei did a pretty good job here. Though wearing yoga pants in rough areas of South America/Mexico doesn't seem to be a good idea for one's safety lol, but I guess she must of had security detail.

These people are ones that can't get a visa from Uncle Sam. That should tell you they are losers/undesirables that even Uncle Sam doesn't want.

 

[Syn0]

These people are ones that can't get a visa from Uncle Sam. That should tell you they are losers/undesirables that even Uncle Sam doesn't want.

 

[PeoplesPoster]

China has a serious problem with religion.

The lack of state support for domestic/traditional chinese religion is creating opportunities for foreign religions (especially evangelist christianity) to infiltrate the minds of some people who need spirituality.

Either go with a hard ban or go the opposite way and give support for traditional chinese religion. The current policy of soft bans is ineffective; only traditional chinese religion gets weakened while foreign religions go underground and get stronger.

lol you can't ban religion, will only make it entrench and spread, this has been tried throughout history. Best thing to do is make it irrelevant. support traditional Chinese religions, make secular life more attractive, expose it as a refuge for losers.

 

[badoc]

IMO, Du Wei did a pretty good job here. Though wearing yoga pants in rough areas of South America/Mexico doesn't seem to be a good idea for one's safety lol, but I guess she must of had security detail.

I think so too.
Du Wei did a good job making it appear heroic, instead of being stupid and brainwashed, this Christian family putting the wife and daughter through strip search and robbed, trek through forest, ride frightening 3 to 4 meters waves on the rough sea, to seek religious freedom and escape religious persecution in China. She gave this family a voice to denounce China on a major US subservient TV network in Asia, good job.
All because their daughter cannot attend an illegal(not state authorized) Christian school in China.

Sure, Du Wei is safe as seen in the video, every step she takes she had to take advice from security. At one stage she was advised to forego meeting the Chinese family because gangsters in a red car was tailing their car.
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[supersnoop]

China has a serious problem with religion.

The lack of state support for domestic/traditional chinese religion is creating opportunities for foreign religions (especially evangelist christianity) to infiltrate the minds of some people who need spirituality.

Either go with a hard ban or go the opposite way and give support for traditional chinese religion. The current policy of soft bans is ineffective; only traditional chinese religion gets weakened while foreign religions go underground and get stronger.

No, I don't think so.

China in history has always had very loose relationship with religion which is why "foreign religions" have always spread readily (Buddhism, Islam).

These people are hardliners, like FLG and extremist Islam. Exporting them is fine. Look at what FLG is doing to America. They say "Chinese disinformation", but sorry, Epoch Times is the US' problem.

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I read an article once about a Uighur girl saying they had to escape to Canada because the Chinese government was giving them a hard time for going to a religious school in Pakistan and how unreasonable that is and showing the lack of freedom of religion in China. Of course, the below was NATO's opinion in 2001 - 2021.

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So let them eat their cake, inmates run the asylum, etc. Regular religious people are not building 400 acre compounds

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