The conversations are amazing
wow the level of cope in this thread (thankfully not that many tho) arguing over stats - which are probably made up anyway.
some people can’t handle that most humans just wanna be friends regardless of gov politics bs
Wow, the content on the Chinese-controlled social media platform aligns with the Chinese narrative? Shocking.
我爱小红书！I love rednote! So many cool people and I’m brushing up on my mandarin 😎
People are people no matter where they live, which also means you can’t trust any government anywhere. Propaganda is powerful.
The idea of a social credit score has always been hilarious to me, like yo bros we have credit scores over here and they legitimately fuck us over since you need good credit to do alot of things like renting a place to live.
Everyone’s pals until you mention Pooh Bear…
Few things blew my mind even though I’ve been a big fan of Chinese economic and political policy for a while
They actually really like Soviet Culture, the marching soldiers and flags etc. Soviet rock like Kino and the like is very popular!
They’re casually Marxist, its not something they have to fight to learn about so socialism is a casual existence for them. I figured the youth would be “too cool or hip” but doesn’t seem to be the case
They’re very similar as gamers, they really like shooters like battlefield and cs go. I assume their MMOs are different but I’m asking about that
It truly is a massive cultural exchange the likes of which have never been seen before. I’m trying to find out if they grew up on the same games, Morrowind Deus Ex Thief Ultima Online D&D etc
I still don’t believe the TEMU bit though
Eh, there’s truth and lies on both sides. Coming from someone that lived in china for 4 years and was able to engage with Chinese primary news sources. But basic healthcare in china is faster and cheaper, but then again I went to get a wart removed and they prescribed me acorn paste that accelerated the growth of the wart. So win some lose some.
No. So many goods cannot be produced by children, it is inefficient.
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It’s uncomfortable seeing Xi with an actual jawline…
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I spent $82 USD on cold, flu and bronchitis treatment last year!
The fact that this is considered expensive there made me do a choking double take in the same way as learning that an actual mansion in the 70s used to cost like 20 grand.
i mean they do have lower incomes
the median income in China is around 26,800 Yuan (USD 3,855) per month. $82 USD (492yuan) is actually expensive. Since it is median income, you can expect a lot of people are not making that amount especially in the inland regions.
Comparing it to the States is not the good flex that people think it is.
I know this isn’t exactly relevant, but that’s more than I’ve ever earned in my entire life. The most I’ve ever earned in a month is like 2K.
Median monthly income in China according to most sources I can find is just 1300-1400 USD. Still, 82 USD for that income is not expensive, and that’s for higher end private medical care outside the main healthcare system.
It’d be like an American paying for medical care with a weeks groceries.
As a portion of median income it’s still far far better than the out of pocket costs in the US (just like pretty much every other country on earth)
If I went to the doctor for bronchitis, then I would pay about 15 dollars after insurance for the visit and prescriptions. Hospitalization would completely different though, and I think that’s a better comparison to make.
Assuming insurance covers it. And you only have a 60% chance of having it covered.
I’m with Ambetter, which has one of the lowest denial rates in the country, about 13% I believe.
This also is under the assumption you’ve met your deductable for the year already which for many HDHP can sometimes be hard.
Well, in a situation where you are going to your primary physician and not going to a hospital then you would be responsible for the co-pay for the doctors visit and whatever the prescriptions cost after insurance, so even though it’s the start of the year and I haven’t paid anything towards the deductible, it still would be less than $50. With my plan, my co-pay is $10 and I usually have my prescriptions covered 100%. That’s why I’m saying a hospital visit would be a better comparison because that’s where you really get screwed here. I am in no way defending US healthcare, just being honest about my experiences. Now, if you didn’t have insurance, then a visit like this to the doctor and prescriptions could easily be over $150.
This is not true, 26,800 RMB per month is Senior Developer in Shenzhen (Shenzhen is China Silicon Valley, But the salary is only half of Google L3. and Daily work 9+ hours, six or seven days a week, plz search 996.ICU).
Real china mainland are 600 million people who earn less than 1,000 RMB (136.39 USD) per month (year 2020) by Li Keqiang say (former Prime Minister has passed away).
Trade union? Strike action? No, You’ll go to jail, plz search “Jasic incident”.
Absolute majority Rednote user is children of the bourgeoisie (Real china is Kuaishou and douyin (But algorithms have created echo chambers that isolate people) or search “whyyoutouzhele” on twitter).
They don’t even know that 120 is a paid service, or maybe they’re just bragging…
In Jining (former capital of Shandong) Base fare: 100 RMB for the first 10km, 150 RMB for 10-20km, and an additional 10 RMB for each kilometer over 20,
There’s a 50 yuan charge for using things like stretchers and oxygen tanks.
your statements are not really contradicting my point and I’m not really disagreeing with them, perhaps you were replying to someone else?
Trade union? Strike action? No, You’ll go to jail, plz search “Jasic incident”.
Again, I have never stated anything regarding labour struggle in China, I have never defended the government handling of labour issues on my comment, I had stated in the past that strike are illegal in China and the poor handling of workers dissatisfaction often leads to lynchings at worst. I am also familiar with the Jasic incident, again i don’t think you are responding on my comments regarding median income in China.
Absolute majority Rednote user is children of the bourgeoisie.
I have never really disagree with this point, the social media access is inevitably going to be alienated young people in cubicule with some income that allows internet access\phone plan
They don’t even know that 120 is a paid service, or maybe they’re just bragging…
Again, I have never mentioned anything about toll fare to pay back road development, since I am aware. Either you are not responding to the right comments or you are enumerating statements as a way to rant or something
There’s a 50 yuan charge for using things like stretchers and oxygen tanks.
Healthcare hasn’t really been optimal in recent years. I was back to China two years to see my grandmother one last time. She can’t no longer eat; therefore we had to feed her via nutrient tube. a pack of 500ml was 100-150 rmb (2 packs per day) and sometime we managed to bribe people to skip lines to get them first by paying extra. We also managed to luckily bribe the hospital director so she doesn’t get kicked out of her bed as it is a rule that you have to leave your bed after a 15 days stay. Suffice to say, she was lucky as she had a party member pension, but the care did ate up a portion of it.
It’s nothing personal, I just think it’s partly true that. So I added some, including labour issues.
You mentioned median income, According to Zhongjin data, 95% of the population has a monthly income below 5,000 RMB. I don’t know the source of your data.
https://www.timedoctor.com/blog/average-salary-in-china/
I got the number by clicking on the first link I found, cross checked with my cousin’s income and it is within a plausible range. my statement still stands that healthcare is not cheap in China atm and it would eat up a portion of your income if you have severe issues.
5,000 RMB
sounds about right, my electrician cousin makes less than that
What about purchasing power or whatever that metric is called?
Edit: and it is still a flex. Being able to talk to a doctor without taking a loan is pretty good compared to the us
Depends of where you live, in tier 1 Cities (if you want to live for opportunities and make a decent income). You can’t really survive well with a 3,855 per month if you don`t have a paid house from your parents.
It is difficult for migrant workers who can’t afford a decent living standard unless you live with 4-5 people in a 2 bedrooms rentals.
In terms of healthcare, you if you don`t live in a big city that benefited from reform and opening up, a severe health issue can be a death sentence.
Per wikipedia (I know, but I don’t think this kind of data is political enough to be subject to the NATOpedia treatment, it’s originally from the census bureau), the median income for workers in the US in 2023 was 40,480 USD. That’s 3373.33.
There’s a bunch of Chinese posts asking if the stuff about school shootings, fires, homelessness are exaggerated propaganda only to be told otherwise. It’s both hilarious and sad.
School shootings is something uniquely american. Even México doesn’t have them and we have a decent amount of narcojuniors (rich sons of drug dealers) that would have plenty access to guns, the only time i remember a school shooting happening it was in a private school in Monterrey like 7 years ago, which is pretty much the most americanized part of México.
People of the US and China are both unsure of what to believe about the other, because both are so propagandized lol
There is definitely more direct censorship of domestic events in China than in the US. For instance, in the US it is widely publicised that the government separates children from adults at the border. Ask Chinese about the Uyghur work camps and they won’t know.
Who told you that the people of China are propagandized, especially to hate other countries and peoples as much as the US does?
Friends of mine who have moved away from China. One of them had police at their door in China for social media posts that were friendly to Uyghurs (not even anything to do with the genocide, just general friendliness as a “we’re all Chinese” kind of message). Being taken to police stations for even slightly questioning the state narrative is terrifying.
Their access to news is controlled and for some topics all available news is what we’d call propaganda. Particularly anything about Japan or the Taiwan issue. Most people I know there realize this to an extent but without any other information do still believe the core idea even if skeptical of details.
But at the same time I’d argue there’s no such thing as a population that’s not propagandized. In the US the big news corporations only will present views favorable to their profitability and continued growth. Sure they disagree with eachother, but it’s still always a pro-business view. State news from Russia is (I’d argue rightly) not available on many US platforms to discourage it’s influence for example.
Woah I never recognized your username in the wild before. Thanks for giving us Lemmy. Huge fan.
No probs!
Scroll down, addressed this three times in this thread already.
You mean how both China, and the US propagandize their citizens? Yeah, I’m fully aware of that already. All states will do it, as a system of control over the working class, in order to continue to exploit them.
I mean, if controlling the people wasn’t the goal, whats the purpose of the oppression of a state?
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huge false equivalence
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Not everything! For instance, we don’t wear shoes to bed.
“What if you stepped on dog poop out on the street, and you went home without realizing it? What if the American father and mother and eldest son and eldest daughter all stepped on poop and went home without realizing it?”Wait, no? I’m not even chinese and I believed.
Seriously? We aren’t completely insane… Yet.
Yep, not only is shown in movies/series/games but I listen to a brazillian podcast that lives in the USA and they make fun of that so I never doubt it.
You wear them indoors though, right?
Unless I stop people at the door they will generally walk straight into my house tracking dirt all over my very pretty rugs. I don’t understand how so many people can apparently live like that at their own place it’s so nasty.
Bute think of all the time you spend taking boots on and off that you could have spent grinding on your hustle
Boots only
imagine making social media so bad your own citizens actively procure your biggest rival’s networks.
I think there’s a simple desire to move to pastures new. “Use Instagrmam or Youtube Shorts or Snapchat” No, we’ve been there and done that.
