China

It's been linked occasionally in mega-posts about the topic but worth mentioning specifically since the aforementioned assessment is probably the best evidence of human rights issues that libs can point to

Another westerner in China admits the west is full of lies on Xizang and that the people there and their culture, language, etc are flourishing.

Here are some bits I found personally a bit interesting:

They call me a liar because I was with the government and only saw what the government wanted me to see. But the government didn't stop me looking out the bus window, nor did they stop me going for long walks into downtown Lhasa, or downtown Linzhi. They didn't stop me interacting, and even dancing, with thousands of people in a village fair in Maizhokunggar.

Oppression exists in many places, I've seen it, and I even helped deliver it as a police officer in the UK, fighting miners who wanted a better life, fighting colored migrants who wanted equality, fighting white supremacists who want their country back. I was one of Margaret Thatcher's thin blue line, keeping "ordinary" people safe from those that in today's world would labeled extremists.

I know what oppression looks like and here's the thing, after extensive travel in China, I've never seen it anywhere. I didn't see it in Xinjiang and I certainly didn't see it in Xizang.

I saw kids who speak, read and write their local language. I saw adults dressed in their local styles. I saw ordinary people shopping, visiting temples and serving food in the streets and in restaurants.

Mousa Abu Marzouk, head of the Hamas delegation to the Beijing Dialogue, declared Hamas’ readiness to implement the Beijing Declaration, strengthen unity among factions and advance the reconciliation process to achieve Palestinian national unity.

Mahmoud al-Aloul, deputy chief of the Fatah movement, said China is a light, and its efforts to promote reconciliation among Palestinian factions are rare on the international stage.

European Union Special Representative for the Middle East Peace Process Sven Koopmans stressed it is a remarkable achievement and fully demonstrates [the People’s Republic of] China’s positive and constructive rôle in the Middle East peace process.

The key to the Palestinian reconciliation process is to bolster confidence, keep in the right direction and make incremental progress. Only by making continuous efforts to build consensus and put it into practice can the reconciliation process yield more and more substantive progress and greater unity. On the path towards reconciliation, [the People’s Republic of] China shares the same direction and destination with Arab and Islamic countries.

At present, the Gaza conflict is dragging on and its spillovers continue to spread, as multiple regional conflicts are interconnected. To help get out of the current conflict and predicament, [the People’s Republic of] China proposes a three-step initiative.

The first step is to achieve a comprehensive, lasting and sustainable ceasefire in the Gaza Strip as soon as possible and ensure access to humanitarian aid and rescue on the ground. The international community should build more synergy for ending the hostilities and establishing a ceasefire.

The second step is to make joint efforts towards post-conflict governance of Gaza under the principle of “Palestinians governing Palestine.” Gaza is an inseparable, integral part of Palestine. Restarting post-conflict reconstruction as soon as possible is an urgent priority.

The international community needs to support Palestinian factions in establishing an interim national consensus government and realizing the effective management of Gaza and the West Bank.

The third step is to help Palestine become a full member state of the United Nations, and get down to implementing the two-state solution. It is important to support the convening of a broad-based, more authoritative and more effective international peace conference to work out a timetable and road map for the two-state solution.

The three-step initiative lays out a detailed and feasible plan for peacefully resolving […] Palestinian [issues], contributing to building consensus among all stakeholders and guiding […] Palestinian [issues] back on the right track of a political solution.

[The People’s Republic of] China and many of the Middle Eastern countries are bound by similar memories of the devastation wrought by imperialism and colonialism and share a kindred pursuit of national liberation, independence and self-reliance.

[The People’s Republic of] China has never engaged in geopolitical confrontation or sought proxies in the Middle East, nor does it intend to draw spheres of influence to fill the so-called power vacuum in the region.

[The People’s Republic of] China has no selfish interests in the Palestinian question. It was among the first countries to recognize the PLO and the State of Palestine and all along has firmly supported the Palestinian people in restoring their legitimate national rights.

There is no simple solution to […] Palestinian [issues], and peace cannot be achieved overnight. The intra-Palestinian reconciliation will bring hope and a future to the Palestinian people. It is an important step towards resolving […] Palestinian [issues] and achieving stability in the Middle East.

[The People’s Republic of] China firmly supports the Palestinian people in restoring their legitimate national rights and supports the people of Middle Eastern countries in holding their future in their own hands. [The PRC] looks forward to the day when Palestinian factions achieve internal reconciliation and, on that basis, realize national unity and independent statehood as early as possible.

[The PRC] will continue to work relentlessly to this end, making more contributions to promoting peace and prosperity in the region.

Today they published a new report in the series. To my surprise, it includes a second chart with revenue-based data. Enjoy!

https://archive.is/z7eZG

This 抖音 video goes over how Kigala, Rwanda is starting to look a lot like cities in China. It's really interesting to see how strongly China is (positively) influencing Rwanda's development

Instead of "protecting human rights," the unilateral sanctions have severely undermined the rights of Uygurs, particularly young Uygur women.

The U.S. sanctions had nothing to do with the alleged human rights concerns. The purpose, he said, is to crush Xinjiang's economy, cause mass unemployment and undermine social stability, said an expert who grew up in Xinjiang.

This article goes over the human cost of the US's illegal, coercive sanctions on China and how they fall primarily on women and set back women's rights in Xinjiang. This is probably in keeping with what the US wants as they want to foster a traditionalist, conservative, reactionary culture and religious extremist movement in Xinjiang to attack China with, to destabilize the region and China as a whole and of course to grow into a large separatist movement as part of the goal of balkanizing China.

https://archive.ph/5yAZY

Just some wholesome, light hearted content for when you need a little break from the heavy political stuff.

Literal translation of Chinese title: "At great cool mountain, for Yi People in rural village selling goods is what personal experience". Wholesome video of man bringing tasty food to villagers in a border region inhabited by Yi people in China.

cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/5388891

I'm a programmer. I would like to understand the ecosystem of apps and providers in China so that I can become proficient with them and their integrations.

It is impossible to do that research in English, but I'm also dipping my toes in mandarin. So I'm looking for research h material. A lot. Give me the breadcrumbs to the rabbit hole and I'm all in!

Some questions I'm thinking about are around:

Where should I search for content? What are the main apps people use? How do I find developer documentation? (think developers.facebook.com/, or https://developers.google.com/) What are the most popular frameworks and technologies? Where does it all run? Is it all x86 and x64 and arm? What else is there? Many local spinoffs, like orangepi.org to raspberry pi?

The world is vast and I'm curious.