Chinese General news resource thread

[AssassinsMace]

I have a friend who was once weak in the afternoon because he said he hadn't eaten. I asked him when did he eat last? He said six hours ago. Six hours? Soon after that I experimented to see how long I could go without food. It was about two and half days before I felt weak.

 

[airsuperiority]

I have a friend who was once weak in the afternoon because he said he hadn't eaten. I asked him when did he eat last? He said six hours ago. Six hours? Soon after that I experimented to see how long I could go without food. It was about two and half days before I felt weak.

Wow u last 2.5 days? I would be screaming after day and a half. Speaking of which you can try out for 30 hour famine charity for cancer research.
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Blitzio:

Thanks for the clarification. Otherwise don't know how they survive

 

[Blackstone]

And you and doombred didn't have to bring up how the BBC was credible... Because you did, it's a point of argument. So don't think you have the right to control the conversation. Funny how you demand no one can argue against someone who introduced the idea that the BBC was credible... How very communist...

Once again, I only brought up Chinese officials' Ramadan fasting ban and nothing to do with the BBC. Trying to steer the conversation off course with doesn't change the fact Red Nobles ordered students, teachers, and government workers not to observe Ramadan fasting. It's the on-going efforts by the Red Empire to oppress religion. It's a dumb move, and will not reduce tensions in Xinjing. Here's the SCMP's account of the Red Chinese order-

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Beijing has banned civil servants, students and teachers in the mainly Muslim Xinjiang region from taking part in Ramadan fasting, government websites said.

This has prompted condemnation from an exile group today.

The ruling Communist party is officially atheist, and for years has restricted fasting in Xinjiang, home to the mostly Muslim Uygur minority...

 

[Blackstone]

Others have also mentioned Teachers and Students in addition to Public Officials.
Point 1, is that most teachers will teach in State Schools and thus be technically Public Officials. You can add Hospital Staff to this as well (would you want to go under the knife for major surgery, with a Surgeon who has been fasting for several weeks?)
We all know how competitive China's education system is, so its not exactly rocket science to work out that teachers and students, slowed down by the effects of a months fasting, will be disadvantaged against other staff and students.

Finally of course, most of what is written assumes that all affected Chinese Muslims are all uniformly devout and observant. I doubt this. Previous experience has taught me that for every truly devout follower that sees this measure as an oppression, there will be many others, far less devout; observant only because it is "socially expected" and actually pleased to have an official dispensation.

The most important point out of the Ramadan fast banning is Red Bureaucrats claim they're reducing tension by messing with Muslem's religious celebrations, but it'll probably do the opposite. My guess is we'll see Uyger separatists using Ramadan oppression as an excuse to do more violence.

 

[solarz]

I have a friend who was once weak in the afternoon because he said he hadn't eaten. I asked him when did he eat last? He said six hours ago. Six hours? Soon after that I experimented to see how long I could go without food. It was about two and half days before I felt weak.

Everyone have different tolerances to hunger. My wife can sometimes go entire days without feeling like eating, while I start feeling hypoglycemic when I get hungry.

 

[solarz]

I'm sorry but you've got it really wrong my friend. Religion don't tell people to car bomb people; extremists and their cherry picking ways with hatred attitudes do. Punishing the innocent for the mistakes of a few is unjust.

Religion is simply the collection of what people believe in. When a particular religion has a global movement that exercises violence in the name of that religion, it doesn't matter what their holy book says. Actions will always speak louder than words.

As for the supposed Chinese policy of banning fasting, you might see it as punishment, but I don't. China is an atheist nation, so any religious practice only exists at the tolerance of the state. I don't think anyone should operate under the illusion that China has the same personal liberty standards as western democracies.

 

[solarz]

The most important point out of the Ramadan fast banning is Red Bureaucrats claim they're reducing tension by messing with Muslem's religious celebrations, but it'll probably do the opposite. My guess is we'll see Uyger separatists using Ramadan oppression as an excuse to do more violence.

How about showing us the source of this claim?

 

[SampanViking]

The most important point out of the Ramadan fast banning is Red Bureaucrats claim they're reducing tension by messing with Muslem's religious celebrations, but it'll probably do the opposite. My guess is we'll see Uyger separatists using Ramadan oppression as an excuse to do more violence.

Please be advised (although you have been around now long enough to know) phrases like Red Bureaucrats are up there with Chicom etc.

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[solarz]

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I have stated in the past that Japan's move toward militarization is only going to strain their already fragile economy, and serve to push South Korea closer with China. I believe this is what we are seeing right now.

SK and Japan have a similar economy, and are thus direct competitors for China's market. The China-SK rapprochement started with China distancing itself from the Japanese economy (through informal sanctions and boycotts). I believe that in the future, we will see SK displace Japan in a number of markets. Already, Korean culture is far more popular than Japanese culture in China.

 

[Blackstone]

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I have stated in the past that Japan's move toward militarization is only going to strain their already fragile economy, and serve to push South Korea closer with China. I believe this is what we are seeing right now.

SK and Japan have a similar economy, and are thus direct competitors for China's market. The China-SK rapprochement started with China distancing itself from the Japanese economy (through informal sanctions and boycotts). I believe that in the future, we will see SK displace Japan in a number of markets. Already, Korean culture is far more popular than Japanese culture in China.

Japan is in a tough spot; it'd rather not spend more money on defense, but it also see the US moving closer towards China in the future, away from Japan. Not willing to trust the US for future protection, Japan choose to ditch the pacifist constitution and rearm, even though a militarized Japan would make Korea and other Asia countries weary.

I think Abe's right, interests of US and Japan has diverged, and promises to widen even more in the future. It'll be the odd man out in another generation or so. Bank on it!