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Eh, a sample size of 3000 is actually pretty good. The standard deviation of the samples is 55 times than that of the population, which makes it astronomically unlikely that the survey’s results significantly misrepresent chinese views on the topic (ignoring sampling bias, which unfortunately can be a real issue).
Just looking at the average bilibili comments section where the Paris Olympics ceremony was mentioned
I imagine this is partially because chinese people are less familiar with western cultural norms and history, not necessarily that they oppose lgbtq rights, but I am not sure what the comments actually said so this is just speculation in my part.
Yeah, I am on the spectrum as well and I find that joke to just be light-hearted and not really insulting. What I do find sad is that the western “left” has let itself be outflanked by the reactionaries on this war, which is why we have to rely so much on these types of sources.
The cultural revolution’s failures occurred due to ultra-leftist control of the CPC and China, whose main mistakes were adventurism (attempting to change the superstructure of society well beyond what is materially possible to sustain). The reaction to the gang of four’s crimes and mistakes was for the CPC leadership to adopt a much more conservative approach, what might be termed as “right-wing communism”. Essentially, they shifted the focus sharply from developing the superstructure to developing the productive forces of society.
Sometimes, when I look at the CPC’s social policy, I would argue that they might have overreacted and adopted the opposite stance (on some issues) to adventurism, that is, tailism. I think the example of Cuba serves much better to show what a proper vangaurd approach to social issues looks like. There, they used mass participation and referendums to create one of the most progressive family codes in the world. They did so while being significantly poorer and a catholic society, which shows that China is developed enough to adopt a much more LGBTQ friendly policy.
A survey published in July by the Williams Institute at UCLA found that of the nearly 3,000 respondents, 85% had favourable attitudes towards the idea of same-sex parents. Nearly 90% supported the idea of same-sex marriage. With Chinese society increasingly tolerant of LGBTQ+ people, “the law should catch up”, said the activist.
It is somewhat frustrating to see China’s economic policy be so forward thinking while its social policies are rather tailist. Like if the CPC was reactionary, I wouldn’t have any expectations from them either way. And we cannot even defend them on this by saying that China isn’t developed enough to have better gay rights, when Cuba, a significantly poorer and more catholic society does. Nor can we say that Chinese society is not ready for better LGBTQ rights, as the survey plainly shows.
I don’t know if this is the case, but I’m speculating that one of the main reasons for the CPC’s bizzare conservatism on some issues might be an over correction for the cultural revolution.
It was one thing when you made your initial comments. But at this point, you are just splitting hairs.
It is just a fact that evs reduce emissions compared to ices, and will reduce them even further in the future given the track china is on.
Like even you argue that the better solution is public transit, china has been developing that too. Or say you have a problem with steel production, or concrete manufacturing, or literally every major source of pollution, Chinese industry is fucking working on it and making progress quickly.
Zeekr said it had opened more than 500 ultra-fast-charging stations across mainland China
Nice to see that this is a mass produced and already deployed technology instead of just some prototype years away from commercialization (as is often the case with tech that the media hypes up).
"Right now we have a ‘Goldilocks’ economy,” said Gene Goldman, chief investment officer at Cetera Financial Group in El Segundo, California.
This is the kind of shit you expect to see in an over the top parody of capitalism. Fucking Mr. Goldman the investment “officer” (I guess they thought it would sound bad if they called him a banker) is telling you that the struggling economy is actually perfect.