Wameaw

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by Wameaw 5y ago
I would suggest some research on China and porn-prohibition.
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by Wameaw 5y ago
Per Hanlon's razor, "never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity" (incompetence).
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by Wameaw 5y ago
Ay, I did miss that, didn't go up enough to see the parent :facepalm: China do spend more on defense than policing, at lease nominally, per page 5 of the 2021 budget proposal hosted on Xinhua: "National defense spending was 1.2679
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by Wameaw 5y ago
Thanks for the link, but have you read it? "the only country that spends more on military is China" 1 1 United States 778 4.4 -10 3.7 4.8 39 2 2 China [252] 1.9 76 [1.7] [1.7] [13] 3 3 India 72.9 2.1 34 2.9 2.7 3.7 :facepalm:
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by Wameaw 5y ago
It is an interesting phenomenon, but I'd say how different genres and how the Chinese novelist approach these genres has a greater effect on the outcome. Most times you reason from effect to cause to see why. So typical Chinese fantasy
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by Wameaw 5y ago
Oops, half-D meant pocket dimensions, it's a literal translation of 半位面, half-dimension.
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by Wameaw 5y ago
I'd think the culture of games and MMORPG had more influence. I've seen multiple spins on the scenario you've described, in which some scenarios the exhaustive approach is justified (the half-D world is on the verge of colla
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by Wameaw 5y ago
> It was a reason, I'll give you that. The biggest reason was China not being clear with information sharing. The WHO supporting that, because "now is not the time to point fingers", and countries either underestimating, o
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by Wameaw 5y ago
> The WHO was put under tremendous pressure and suffered information-blackout by China. As a result of this blackout, not long-standing policy, the WHO suggested there was no proof of human to human transmission. As a result of this pres
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by Wameaw 5y ago
> The WHO was pressured into saying not to ban flights from China. Made worse by the fact that China itself was nailing domestic flight from Wuhan to the pillars of shame for eternity. https://economictimes.indiatimes.com&#x2F