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hrson commented on China laying tracks for 1,000km/h maglev trains   asiatimes.com/2019/10/art... · Posted by u/yskchu
zaroth · 6 years ago
No need to get glossy eyed over China. Yes, there are advantages to a totalitarian regime where the population isn’t allowed to own land. There are also modern day concentration camps and mass organ harvesting.

Unfortunately you don’t really get one without tending to get the other.

hrson · 6 years ago
Few years back there were stories about officials removing graveyards to give way for industrial developments. It's really easy to get things done when one only need to answer to above, not below.

I've tried to dig for references, but it's very difficult to find discussions 2+ years back, let along official news.

hrson commented on Cryptic, allusive messages from Hong Kong's wealthiest tycoon   languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu... · Posted by u/fraqed
Apfel · 6 years ago
The discussion being entirely banned on Weibo also implies that it's deliberate.

Try searching "李嘉诚发声" and you'll get a message saying "According to relevant laws, regulations and policies, this page is not found"

hrson · 6 years ago
> The discussion being entirely banned on Weibo

I have also noticed sharing videos WeChat seems to be on whitelist mode 2 nights ago.

Speculation is that there were heavy traffic for sharing globally resulting in all videos on WeChat were temporarily shadow banned until individually approved.

hrson commented on Cryptic, allusive messages from Hong Kong's wealthiest tycoon   languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu... · Posted by u/fraqed
SoylentOrange · 6 years ago
To the Chinese native speakers here on HN: how clear would the message have been to you, if you didn’t read the explanation on this website?
hrson · 6 years ago
I knew the message "因果由國 容港治己" as it is now well known and well used slogan during the protest, so I picked it up quite easily knowing that there's a cryptic message in there.

Also, this slogan is often interpreted as protestor declaration for wanting HK independence.

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