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This hit deep. My great-great-great grandparents migrated from Fujian to SEA in search of a better life for their descendants. At that time, China was suffering greatly under Western and Japanese imperialism.
The english translation of the poem fails to fully convey the feeling of sorrow and hopelessness. Since then and now, how many generations of patriots have sacrificed their lives and blood to bring China to where it is today? I am ever more convinced that it is my generation's mission to rejuvenate China and return it to its rightful position at the apex of human civilization.
I'm gonna get alot of stick for saying this. But this my own personal opinion. The Wandering Earth I & II, and Moon Man pretty much sums up a problem with Chinese sci-fi genre today. It has not matured yet. While the stories are conceptually ok, there is always a sense of cringe when watching these movies. It resonates well with Chinese-speaking audiences, but for audiences who grew up on Hollywood, its difficult to take in. I know that they wanted to implement traditional Chinese values like the family, the home, and sacrifice into the sci-fi genre. But I just think that it can be written better. Still, I'm optimistic that they'll improve in due time. Nevertheless. Chinese cinema are excellent in making historical, drama, and martial art films. Some of their films, are considered classics among foreign audiences.
But you're right, movies are fake, but news is real. Its the news that drives people's opinion, and the Chinese news media is just outclassed by its Western counterpart. China would have to up their game, but the task is monumental. The Chinese media is just too rigid. It's gonna take a long time to catch up. China has little choice but to play with economic and hard power for now.
Any specific reason Japanese prefer local movies their choice seems "natural" so to speak since they don't have any censorship in place
Culture gap. The west emphasizes the individual over the collective. The scene in Wandering Earth 2 where
the elderly sacrifice themselves to blow up the moon will probably come off as cringy.
Pop culture ranks pretty low as a form of soft power. And movies rank low even among pop culture products. Friends has probably produced more American soft power than the entire Marvel universe.
They like animated stuff and they manufacture their drug of choice.
plawolf
Lieutenant General
The young being foolish and gullible is universal and has nothing to do with form of government, religion, race, gender or anything else. To think otherwise is to fall for western MSM propaganda yourself.
The key guardrails against foreign corruption and manipulation of the young are down to domestic institutions and society at large, not propaganda.
The power of propaganda is that it can be all a pack of lies. This is why it will always win out if given free reign since its infinity easier to make empty promises that are impossible to fulfil just to get votes/support compared to giving people reality based options on what is actually possible.
Current Thai election results certainly do not bode well for China but we should not be betting on a Bolsonaro esque flip in foreign policy for this guy since he toes the "politically correct" line of the American MSM and not a pariah to either party in the USG but rather he will mellow out or even flip once he is in the driver's seat and learns of the benefits China gives Thailand economically.
Best hope would be the Pheu Thai party restraining him within the alliance to not make any rash moves as I see them as a more moderate force within the assumed alliance(maybe those with more insight into the Thai political landscape can enlighten me if I am wrong).
As for China's diplomacy, I can see them making inroads through the same Pheu Thai party as they have dealt with them before the military takeover though things might have changed since nearly a decade has past since they were last in power.
Best hope would be the Pheu Thai party restraining him within the alliance to not make any rash moves as I see them as a more moderate force within the assumed alliance(maybe those with more insight into the Thai political landscape can enlighten me if I am wrong).
As for China's diplomacy, I can see them making inroads through the same Pheu Thai party as they have dealt with them before the military takeover though things might have changed since nearly a decade has past since they were last in power.
Some segments of HK and TW populations are easy to manipulate by external forces because they take it personally that they are on the "wrong/losing" side of their heritage's internal history (Chinese history) and their inability (whether organic or groomed) to personally choose to be on the "right/winning" side means personally choosing (whether organic or groomed) to be on an external side is the only acceptable option. No segment of PRC's nor Japan's populations are in a comparable position. As has been brought up in other discussions, the mentality of some South Vietnam emigrant communities or anti-Castro Cuban emigrant communities are more comparable. Don't forget the colonial oppression of these populations either.
On another level, local entertainment industries are businesses and incomes. HK and TW markets are just too small to sustain truly local entertainment industries, it just doesn't make sense for business capital nor personal career choice compared to other available options. Quantity, quality, and distinct local flavor all suffer for it.
The book of Yung Wing is freely available on the internet. Not a good writer by any means but good to read how our ancestors experienced their live during the 19th century.