China

I didn't see anyone post this yet so i just wanted to make a post for it.

I think most of the stuff is pretty standard here. Still going for a 5% growth rate in spite of all the headwinds, more jobs(yay), and a push for 高质量(high quality) growth.

The desire for Taiwanese independence has experienced a significant drop over the past three years, with only 25.3% of people who want to "move toward independence" or seeking "independence as soon as possible" - down from nearly one-third - 32.4% - in 2020.

The ongoing conflict in Ukraine has almost certainly contributed to this shift in public opinion, as people begin to understand the potential consequences of being a pawn in geopolitical power struggles.

Trav argues that Deng bastardized socialism, and that post-Mao leadership took class struggle out of Marxism.

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As a city design enthusiast who has been thinking about car-based infrastructure Longer than I've been thinking about communism, I am curious to hear the story from people living in China about daily commutes or just getting around for daily activities in a major Chinese city.

By the way, since this isn't a communism-specific question, let me know if there is a particular social media that you think is great for asking these kinds of question without getting sinophobic nonsense. For now, this is about the only place I think I'm going to get a good answer Ha ha.

So back to the question. Specifically, I'm thinking about people living directly in the city, but then also living on the outskirts. Are there things like suburbs in China? I definitely have heard about cities and rural differences, but I haven't heard of anything along the lines of suburbs or what those suburbs look like.

China has the best high speed rail in the entire world, as far as I've ever heard. I think Sweden has some good high speed rail, but it doesn't serve 1.4 billion people heh. But do they have more regional trains? Do they have commuter trains? Is it basically just car-based commuting? Are there massive traffic jams during rush hour like you would see in the West? Is biking very popular? And or electric scooters, electric bikes, segues, or other micro-imability transportation?

Okay, that's a lot of details. If you have a link to a blog that has talked about this, I'll totally read through that as well.

An interesting post taken from the Chinese MSS's wechat account. It goes over China's moves and contrasts them to those of the US, how China is establishing a clear legal framework for dealing with espionage compared to how the US just uses long arm of the law and bullying.