Censorship is very often necessary especially in cyberspace. The social media abuse just "killed" a young teenager Liu Xuezhou (刘学周) in early January.
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it happens everywhere doesn't mean I want it to happen in China to my own people.
There is plenty of national pride in China for what the country and the people has achieved. But pride is easy, we feel good about ourselves for what other people have done. But we need more compassion for our people, so that we feel the pain others are feeling.
I am a nationalist. I believe China will and must lead this world. we can't do that by being as good as the west. we must be better. and I for one want to be someone that spreads good ideas and kindness among my own people.
all in all, what the MSM says, fairly or unfairly, is one thing. But having our own judgment and improve on own is another.
I liked both your post and post of @Century2030 because I don't see you two disagree with anything. Century2030 was merely pointing out the usual western MSM's amplifying habits when some Chinese did bad things.
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The idea that an unrestricted internet will promote greater exchange of ideas was a naive notion promoted by ivory tower academics in the early 2000s. I well remember my computer science professors waxing lyrical about internet freedom.
The reality, however, played out entirely differently. Unrestricted discussions inevitably descended into a cesspool of misinformation and personal attacks. We can see this very phenomena on SDF: imagine if we didn't have moderation here, we'd be overrun by the likes of sleepy student and tidalwave with their dozens of alt accounts.
totally agree. I think we were just emphasizing different aspects.
I am with you on this one, especially pertaining internet freedom. what I wanted to point out is the contradiction within the idea of freedom. In the US internet freedom really drove down the quality of its people. But over, there are amazing people that leveraged the OVERALL freedom to achieve incredible heights. for example Ezra Vogel is one I really respect. I recently read his book "China and Japan." I don't know if every history he described is accurate. But I see that as an American, he genuinely wanted to to help China and Japan move past their troubled war era.
I had thought that maybe China can build a political credit system for the internet, in which contribute ideas and vote and discuss others' ideas. people with more credits can see/discuss more sensitive things.
Interestingly, the chief coach of the Chinese short track speed skating team is a Korean. One of the assistant coaches (技术教练) and a technician (器材师) are also Koreans.
The chief coach 金善台 was also chief coach of the Japanese national team from 2006 to 2010, and the chief coach of the Korean national team from 2014 to 2018. (He led the Korean team in the 2018 Winter Games in PyeongChang, Korea). During the periods of 2004-2006 and 2010-2014, he coached youth and teen Chinese athletes in Changchun, China.
In 2019, he started as an assistant to 王濛 who was the lead coach of the Chinese speed skating and short track speed teams. He then took the position of chief coach of the short track speed skating team in Oct, 2021:
The assistant coach 安贤洙 is a legend in short track speed skating. He won 3 gold medals for the Korea team in the 2006 Winter Games in Turin, Italy. 8 years later he won 3 gold medals for the Russian team in the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. Yes he is now a Russian citizen also known as Viktor Ahn:
The speed skating team isn't the only one that has coaches from other countries. Among the Chinese delegates, 51 out of the total 78 coaches are foreigners from 19 countries such as the US, Russia, Korean, etc.:
The chief coach 金善台 was also chief coach of the Japanese national team from 2006 to 2010, and the chief coach of the Korean national team from 2014 to 2018. (He led the Korean team in the 2018 Winter Games in PyeongChang, Korea). During the periods of 2004-2006 and 2010-2014, he coached youth and teen Chinese athletes in Changchun, China.
In 2019, he started as an assistant to 王濛 who was the lead coach of the Chinese speed skating and short track speed teams. He then took the position of chief coach of the short track speed skating team in Oct, 2021:
The assistant coach 安贤洙 is a legend in short track speed skating. He won 3 gold medals for the Korea team in the 2006 Winter Games in Turin, Italy. 8 years later he won 3 gold medals for the Russian team in the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. Yes he is now a Russian citizen also known as Viktor Ahn:
The speed skating team isn't the only one that has coaches from other countries. Among the Chinese delegates, 51 out of the total 78 coaches are foreigners from 19 countries such as the US, Russia, Korean, etc.:
China soft power.
Why she's hated by Some not ALL in America.