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    Quote Originally Posted by sabang View Post
    Good for you, and I am sure she is a delightful lady.
    She is . . . and she is not a Mainland Chinese - like Russians compared to western Europeans, a world of difference. Which is something you know nothing about, of course.

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    Some good news: The "tourism fee" might put a few chinkies off coming.



    What Happened: Once praised by Chinese travelers, Thailand is bursting its own bubble. On February 14, the Thai cabinet approved the collection of an entry free on foreign visitors, effective starting on June 1. Those coming by air will need to pay 300 baht ($8) for each trip and those entering by land or sea ports must pay 150 baht each. These fees will be used in part to develop local attractions, as well as provide tourists with insurance coverage during their stay.
    The news has been met with dismay in China. On Weibo, the hashtag “Thailand will impose entry fees on foreign tourists” has garnered 130 million views, with many posts complaining about the additional travel costs. As one user @若依诗 wrote, “[Thailand] earned a lot of money and now has started to act rude! I have been to Thailand twice and I have a good impression of it, but this makes me dismiss the idea of going again.”
    Another user @少女不需要hermes- added, “Those who say that it is reasonable and not expensive do not know that the visa fee has increased. I’m not going at all. When the first flight was launched, the Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand rushed to the airport to welcome travelers and present flowers. Why? Because the wallet army was coming.”

    Thailand Raises Prices, Issues New Entry Fees — And Chinese Tourists Aren’t Happy | Jing Daily

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    Nah. I am sitting in Seoul right now with heaps of Chinese in their way to Chiang Mai.

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    Quote Originally Posted by misskit View Post
    Nah. I am sitting in Seoul right now with heaps of Chinese in their way to Chiang Mai.
    Yes but there could have been heaps more.

    Don't forget the Duty Free

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    More whining, this time about Tiktok being banned from government devices (WTF would it be on there for anyway?).

    "We firmly oppose those wrong actions," spokeswoman Mao Ning told reporters during a news briefing on Tuesday. "The US government should respect the principles of market economy and fair competition, stop suppressing the companies and provide an open, fair and non-discriminatory environment for foreign companies in the US."


    "How unsure of itself can the world's top superpower like the US be to fear young people's favourite app like that?" she added.



    Western officials have become increasingly concerned about the popular video sharing app - which is owned by Chinese firm ByteDance - in recent months.


    However, Australia said it had not received any advice from its intelligence services recommending that it follow the examples of the US, the EU and Canada.


    TikTok has faced allegations that it harvests users' data and hands it to the Chinese government, with some intelligence agencies worried that sensitive information could be exposed when the app is downloaded to government devices.


    The company insists it operates no differently to other social media companies and says it would never comply with an order to transfer data.


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    Hm . . . a list of western apps and websites banned in China

    Social



    Apps



    Search Engines


    • Google (Google.com and all local versions)
    • Ask.com
    • Duck Duck Go
    • Yahoo
    • Various foreign versions of Baidu

    Video Sharing



    Media


    • The New York Times
    • The Financial Times
    • The Wall Street Journal
    • The Economist
    • Bloomberg
    • Reuters
    • The Washington Post
    • The South China Morning Post
    • The Independent
    • The Daily Mail
    • LeMonde
    • L’Equipe
    • Google News
    • Many Wikipedia pages
    • Wikileaks

    Streaming Platforms


    • Netflix (no service, website accessible)
    • HBO Max and HBO Asia
    • Amazon Prime Video
    • Hulu (no service, website accessible)
    • Twitch
    • BBC iPlayer
    • Spotify
    • SoundCloud
    • Pandora Radio
    • Some local versions of HBO, Fox and Syfy
    • NBC
    • PlayStation

    Email Providers and Work Tools


    • Gmail
    • Google Drive
    • Google Docs
    • Google Calendar
    • Generally speaking, all Google services
    • Zoom (local version)
    • Dropbox
    • ShutterStock
    • SlideShare
    • Slack
    • iStockPhotos
    • WayBackMachine
    • Scribd
    • Xing
    • Android
    • Most VPN websites



    Not much of an uproar in the west . . . luckily we aren't as whiny as the dickheads in Beijing . . .

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    Quote Originally Posted by panama hat View Post
    Hm . . . a list of western apps and websites banned in China
    Yes, but those aren't Chinese apps. Completely different. Velly, velly diffilunt.

    Quote Originally Posted by harrybarracuda View Post
    The company insists it operates no differently to other social media companies and says it would never comply with an order to transfer data.
    It would be breaking Chinese law to refuse a government request. Let's see an order and let's see them refuse to comply.

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    We all saw how Jack Ma was 'humbled' and it doesn't get any bigger than him in China in this sector

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    China health officials lash out at WHO, defend search for source of COVID virus

    Chinese health officials have defended their search for the source of the COVID-19 virus and lashed out at the World Health Organization after its leader said Beijing should have shared genetic information earlier.
    Key points:

    The WHO said newly disclosed genetic material should have been shared three years ago
    The Chinese CDC director said the WHO was attempting to smear China
    The origins of COVID-19 are still debated and the focus of political dispute

    The director of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention's, Shen Hongbing, said the WHO comments were "offensive and disrespectful."

    He accused the WHO of "attempting to smear China" and said it should avoid helping others "politicise COVID-19".

    The global health body's director-general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said in March that newly disclosed genetic material gathered in Wuhan in central China, where the first cases were detected in late 2019, "should have been shared three years ago".

    "As a responsible country and as scientists, we have always actively shared research results with scientists from around the world," Mr Shen said.

    The origins of COVID-19 are still debated and the focus of political dispute.

    Many scientists believe it jumped from animals to humans at a market in Wuhan, but the city is also home to laboratories including China's top facility for collecting viruses.

    That prompted suggestions COVID-19 might have leaked from one.
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    The ruling Communist Party has tried to deflect criticism of its handling of the outbreak by spreading uncertainty about its origins.

    Officials have repeated anti-US conspiracy theories that the virus was created by Washington and smuggled into China.

    The government also says the virus might have entered China on mail or food shipments, though scientists abroad see no evidence to support that.

    Chinese officials suppressed information about the Wuhan outbreak in 2019 and punished a doctor who warned others about the new disease.

    The ruling party reversed course in early 2020 and shut down access to major cities and most international travel to contain the disease.

    The genetic material cited by the WHO's Dr Tedros was uploaded recently to a global database but collected in 2020 at a Wuhan market where wildlife was sold.

    The samples show DNA from raccoon dogs mingled with the virus, scientists say. They say that adds evidence to the hypothesis COVID-19 came from animals, not a lab, but doesn't resolve the question of where it started. They say the virus also might have spread to raccoon dogs from humans.

    The information was removed by Chinese officials from the database after foreign scientists asked the CDC about it, but it had been copied by a French expert and shared with researchers outside China.
    Raccoon dogs and COVID-19 virus in 'close proximity'

    Genetic material collected at a Chinese market near where the first human cases of COVID-19 were identified show raccoon-dog DNA commingled with the virus.
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    A CDC researcher, Zhou Lei, who worked in Wuhan, said Chinese scientists "shared all the data we had" and "adhered to principles of openness, objectivity and transparency".

    Mr Shen said scientists investigated the possibility of a laboratory leak and "fully shared our research and data without any concealment or reservation."

    He said the source of COVID-19 was yet to be found, but he noted it took years to identify the AIDS virus and its origin is still unclear.

    "Some forces and figures who instigate and participate in politicising the traceability issue and attempting to smear China should not assume that the vision of the scientific community around the world will be blinded by their clumsy manipulation," Mr Shen said.

    https://www.abc. net.au/news/2023-04-09/china-lashes-out-at-who-defend-covid-virus-search/102202900

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    The chinky scum covered up COVID, allowing it to spread. They destroyed the evidence of where it originated, making it harder to respond to the next fucking virus they spread, which like SARS-COV1 and SARS-COV2 they will probably cover up as well. They are fucking scum.

    Hopefully those comments are as offensive and disrespectful as they were intended. As well as true.
    The next post may be brought to you by my little bitch Spamdreth

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    Quote Originally Posted by Looper View Post
    "As a responsible country and as scientists, we have always actively shared research results with scientists from around the world," Mr Shen said.
    . . . after threatening/jailing/re-educating the doctors who first brought it to their attention . . . a government of hypocrisy

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    China fines comedy troupe $2m for joke about the military

    A Chinese comedy troupe has been slapped with a 14.7m yuan ($2.1m; £1.7m) penalty over a joke about the military that invoked a slogan from President Xi Jinping.

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    The quip, which likened the behaviour of a comedian's dogs to military conduct, irked authorities.

    They said Shanghai Xiaoguo Culture Media Co and comic Li Haoshi had "humiliated the people's army".

    The company accepted the penalty and terminated Mr Li's contract.

    The offending remark was made during a stand-up performance in Beijing on Saturday, when Mr Li alluded to two canines he had adopted which were chasing a squirrel.

    "Other dogs you see would make you think they are adorable. These two dogs only reminded me of... 'Fight to win, forge exemplary conduct'," said Mr Li, whose stage name is House.

    The punchline is part of the slogan that President Xi unveiled in 2013 as a goal for the Chinese military.

    In an audio recording of the performance shared on China's Twitter-like platform Weibo, audience members can be heard laughing at the joke.

    But it was much less welcome on the internet, after a member of the audience complained about it. Beijing authorities said they launched an investigation on Tuesday.

    They then confiscated 1.32m yuan of what was deemed to be illegal income, and fined the company another 13.35m yuan, according to Xinhua.

    Shanghai Xiaoguo's activities in the Chinese capital have also been indefinitely suspended.

    "We will never allow any company or individual use the Chinese capital as a stage to wantonly slander the glorious image of the PLA [People's Liberation Army]," said the Beijing arm of China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism Bureau.

    The audio went viral, with some nationalists saying they were deeply offended and state media also piling on. But others questioned if the reactions were over the top.

    "I am patriotic and really don't like others to humiliate our country... But I really don't like this atmosphere where every word about politics is sensitive," reads a post liked 1,200 times.

    Mr Li apologised to his more than 136,000 Weibo followers. "I feel deeply shamed and regretful. I will take responsibility, stop all activities, deeply reflect, learn again."

    His Weibo account has since been suspended.

    The incident sheds light on the challenging climate for Chinese comedians, who have been targeted by authorities and netizens alike.

    In late 2020, stand-up comedian Yang Li was accused of "sexism" and "man hating" after making jokes about men. A group claiming to defend men's rights also called on netizens to report her to China's media regulator.

    China fines comedy troupe $2m for joke about the military - BBC News

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    Humourless wankers, aren't they?

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    Quote Originally Posted by harrybarracuda View Post
    Humourless wankers, aren't they?
    Not at all . . . it's simply not on to
    Quote Originally Posted by Looper View Post
    wantonly slander the glorious image of the PLA
    Glorious, note.

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    China wants to ban clothes that 'hurt nation's feelings'

    A draft law banning speech and dressing "detrimental to the spirit of Chinese people" has sparked debate in China.

    If the law comes into force, people found guilty could be fined or jailed but the proposal does not yet spell out what constitutes a violation.

    Social media users and legal experts have called for more clarity to avoid excessive enforcement.

    China recently released a swathe of proposed changes to its public security laws - the first reforms in decades.

    The clothing law has drawn immediate reaction from the public - with many online criticising it as excessive and absurd.

    The contentious clauses suggest that people who wear or force others to wear clothing and symbols that "undermine the spirit or hurt the feelings of the Chinese nation" could be detained for up to 15 days and fined up to 5,000 yuan ($680; £550).

    Those who create or disseminate articles or speech that do so could also face the same punishment.

    The proposed legal changes also forbid "insulting, slandering or otherwise infringing upon the names of local heroes and martyrs" as well as vandalism of their memorial statues.

    Online, people questioned how law enforcers could unilaterally determine when the nation's "feelings" are "hurt".

    "Will wearing a suit and tie count? Marxism originated in the West. Would its presence in China also count as hurting national feelings," one user posted on Chinese Twitter-like platform Weibo.

    Legal experts in the country have also criticised the law's vague phrasing, saying it could be open to abuse.

    Zhao Hong, a law professor at the Chinese University of Political Science and Law said the lack of clarity could lead to an infringement of personal rights.

    "What if the law enforcer, usually a police officer, has a personal interpretation of the hurt and initiates moral judgment of others beyond the scope of law," she wrote in an article published on Wednesday.

    She cited one case that drew headlines in China last year where a kimono-clad woman was detained in the city of Suzhou and accused of "picking quarrels and provoking trouble" because she had worn the Japanese garment. The incident sparked outrage across Chinese social media.

    There have been other examples of a crackdown.

    In March this year, police detained a woman donning a replica of a Japanese military uniform at a night market.

    And earlier last month, people who wore rainbow print clothing were denied entry to a concert by Taiwanese singer Chang Hui-mei in Beijing.

    "To wear a kimono is to hurt the feelings of the Chinese nation, to eat Japanese food is to jeopardise its spirit? When did the feelings and spirit of the time-tested Chinese nation become so fragile?" wrote one popular social commentator online, who writes under the pen name Wang Wusi.

    The draft law is but one example of how Chinese President Xi Jinping has sought to redefine what makes a model Chinese citizen since he rose to leadership in 2012.

    In 2019, his Chinese Communist Party issued "morality guidelines" which include directives like being polite, traveling with a lower carbon footprint, and having "faith" in Mr Xi and the party.

    China wants to ban clothes that '''hurt nation'''s feelings''' - BBC News


    When did the feelings and spirit of the time-tested Chinese nation become so fragile?

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    So when are they planning on introducing yellow stars for foreigners?

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