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A kind of "red corner" from the soviet era has formed here.
Printed newspapers, no one needs congresses, party cards, and dust in the corners...
And the Cold War mentality lives on in people that refuse to move on.

China's Rise Is Terrifying Capitalists | Richard Wolff & Michael Hudson
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/e8WHLPpVrIc
I would even go further and say socialism has taken a variety of forms. There is the form of Scandinavia, Denmark and things like that. There is democratic socialism à la Bernie Sanders, which is similar to that. Then there's the socialism of the Soviet Union. That's pretty different. Then there's the socialism of China, which is different again. And then there are other socialism beyond those that are becoming relatively more important.

Wolff Responds: "Socialism, Communism and Other Scare Words" dated August 12, 2026
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_88VWHDNmQ
 
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Where there is communism, there is destruction.
You should thank Deng Xiaoping, who, under the slogan "One country, two systems", introduced the capitalist system that now brings you all these benefits.
Instead, you broadcast communist propaganda
 
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9.39s? Too slow.

2026 World Humanoid Robot Games Large Category 100-meter Semi-finals (New Record Set)
https://youtu.be/NCYerhaAeAs


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EUR GS 2026
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2nd World Humanoid Robot Games
TT - F
The newly-included Table tennis is said to be the most difficult event.

今日兩岸新聞重點:中國女遊客曼谷被綁架圖送到緬泰邊境 途中及時跳車逃走|受風暴紫檀影響 廣西暴雨多地現洪水|無綫新聞|TVB News|2026/08/25
https://youtu.be/jFQKSqv46Bo?t=453

2026 World Robot Olympiad [Table Tennis Final] Peking University vs. University of Hong Kong! Evo...
https://youtu.be/A-7kH0yDTyk
 
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美軍航母林肯號艦身嚴重鏽蝕 專家警告恐削弱鋼材影響船體結構|國際新聞|無綫新聞|TVB News|2026/09/04
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkdBHHnNX6k

USS Abraham Lincoln in that rusty state is really not surprising when the White House could only accommodate 89 people in 2026. How time flies. I still remember my US classmates in college laughing at the Russian fleet in a similarly sorry state.

In contrast, the Great Hall of the People of the then piss-poor People's Republic of China in 1972 accommodated "800 diplomats and dignitaries from the free and communist worlds..."

中國大幅減持美債至18年新低之際 白宮指習近平下月到訪|國際新聞|無綫新聞|TVB News|2026/08/19
https://youtu.be/GXlLyeCXBBk?t=61

" ONE SMALL STEP " 1972 PRESIDENT NIXON'S VISIT TO CHINA & WITH PREMIER ZHOU ENLAI XD96175
https://youtu.be/w_27fPo8AF4?t=268

《那年那兔那些事儿》第二季 06 兔鹰合作
https://youtu.be/ucosde7R7bw?list=PLmv2z1opFmpVEKfH9AQLVdWQKNtbxIQpP&t=338
 
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美軍航母林肯號艦身嚴重鏽蝕 專家警告恐削弱鋼材影響船體結構|國際新聞|無綫新聞|TVB News|2026/09/04
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkdBHHnNX6k

USS Abraham Lincoln in that rusty state is really not surprising when the White House could only accommodate 89 people in 2026. How time flies. I still remember my US classmates in college laughing at the Russian fleet in a similarly sorry state.

In contrast, the Great Hall of the People of the then piss-poor People's Republic of China in 1972 accommodated "800 diplomats and dignitaries from the free and communist worlds..."

中國大幅減持美債至18年新低之際 白宮指習近平下月到訪|國際新聞|無綫新聞|TVB News|2026/08/19
https://youtu.be/GXlLyeCXBBk?t=61

" ONE SMALL STEP " 1972 PRESIDENT NIXON'S VISIT TO CHINA & WITH PREMIER ZHOU ENLAI XD96175
https://youtu.be/w_27fPo8AF4?t=268

《那年那兔那些事儿》第二季 06 兔鹰合作
https://youtu.be/ucosde7R7bw?list=PLmv2z1opFmpVEKfH9AQLVdWQKNtbxIQpP&t=338
War has already changed.
The next war at sea will not be a battle of aircraft carriers.
Our country, having no fleet at all, has sunk most of the ships of the Black Sea Fleet, including the flagship of the fleet - the missile cruiser "Moscow".
 
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從胡適寫到張大千 最懂中國大師的英國學者歐年樂 做記者見證兩岸40年巨變 為何選香港定居?|Mark O'Neill|歐年樂|張大千| 國畫大師|01中國|香港01|畢加索|美孚|敦煌|八德園|拍賣
(From Hu Shih to Zhang Daqian: Mark O'Neill, the British scholar who truly understands Chinese masters—a journalist who witnessed 40 years of monumental change across the Taiwan Strait—reflects on why he chose to settle in Hong Kong. | Mark O'Neill | Zhang Daqian | Master of Traditional Chinese Painting | 01 China | HK01 | Picasso | Mei Foo | Dunhuang | Bade Garden | Auction)
https://youtu.be/NMlaqKaEOcY?t=851
見證革命性的時代

你看我在這𥚃的時代
是個革命性的時代
就是從70年代末到今天
中國、台灣、香港就是東亞
變化是非常快非常大
建築、工業、人
人的變化
思想的變化
都是非常快
變化很大

同一個時間
我們西方的世界變化很少
我們走路走得太慢
習主席常常說東升西降
他是有道理
我們的思想沒有東方人開放
我們太保守
所幾這個世紀肯定是亞洲人的世紀
(Witnessing a Revolutionary Era

The era I have experienced here
is a revolutionary one—
spanning from the late 1970s to the present day.
China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong—East Asia as a whole—
have undergone rapid and immense transformation.
Architecture, industry, and the people themselves—
changes in the people,
changes in mindset—
everything has evolved very quickly
and dramatically.

Meanwhile,
the Western world has changed very little;
we are moving too slowly.

President Xi often speaks of "the East rising and the West declining,"
and there is truth to that.
Our mindset is not as open as that of the people in the East;
we are too conservative.

That is why this century will undoubtedly be the Asian century.)
 
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Our mindset is not as open as that of the people in the East;
we are too conservative.

That is why this century will undoubtedly be the Asian century.)
Lol, with all the DE&I, destruction of traditional families and acceptance of pulic display of sexual deviancy in the west the take away that consevatism being the reason for the downfall is a wild take.
 
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Lol, with all the DE&I, destruction of traditional families and acceptance of pulic display of sexual deviancy in the west the take away that consevatism being the reason for the downfall is a wild take.

Tell us you're very likely white, male, and religious without telling...
 
Where there is communism, there is destruction.
From an objective standpoint, socialist states have provided much faster development, much better standards of living, and far less belligerent foreign policy than capitalist states. Control for any variable you like. Capitalism causes poverty, war, and inequality in far greater quantities than communism. The so-called "100 million death toll" of communism is exceeded by the death toll of capitalism in India alone.

You should thank Deng Xiaoping, who, under the slogan "One country, two systems", introduced the capitalist system that now brings you all these benefits.
Instead, you broadcast communist propaganda
Deng Xiaoping's reforms were important for Chinese prosperity, no doubt. But the liberalization and openness to foreign investment did not change the communist nature of the Chinese state.

China learned from its own mistakes and from the mistakes of the USSR -- it is not possible to transform a feudal agricultural society directly into a socialist society. There must be a phase of capitalist development in between, wherein profit incentives dictate the allocation of scarce resources, so that the society can reach a baseline level of development before transitioning to socialism. The purpose of the communist state is to ensure that the capitalist mode does not escape control, and that the society will transition to socialism when it is ready.

Just because capitalism is the right thing to do now does not mean that capitalism is eternally correct. Capitalism is useful in order to develop a society. Once that society reaches a post-scarcity level of development (which much of the West has already achieved), then capitalism becomes actively harmful -- it creates monopolies, dismantles the industry, and shifts towards financialization. The west is in the late stages of capitalism. Late-stage capitalism will never reach China because China's state is socialist.

In the west, capital controls governments. Billionaires dictate policy based on what is good for them, and ordinary people do not have a meaningful voice in how the economy is run. The state is unconscious, blindly being pulled by the dynamics of late-stage capitalism. In China, the government controls capital and guides it with the vision of implementing a socialist mode of production one day. The Chinese state executes billionaires for corruption -- could you imagine such a thing happening in the west?

In the last 50 years, China has not dropped a single bomb. They have lifted 800 million people out of poverty. Cuba has sent its doctors around the world FOR FREE while under a crippling blockade (an act of war). Meanwhile, the US and its capitalist allies have bombed dozens of countries back into the stone age, killed tens of millions of people, and bullied countries into sabotaging their own economies so that the US could extract their resources.

China is building and developing. The US steals and cheats, and does not actually produce anything. We are using your country as a pawn to weaken Russia, and once your country is destroyed in the war we will abandon you. We don't care about you, we care about enriching the weapons manufacturers and weakening Russia.
 
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Hi, @greenbeanmachine
America or Europe did not start this war.
russia invaded our country with tanks, and it is russia that is continuing this war—destroying our homes, ruining our cities and villages, and killing and maiming people. Were it not for the aid from your country and other civilized nations, the situation would be far worse. We are grateful for this support. True friends are revealed in times of trouble. And if we will survive, we will find a way to repay that kindness.
As for China, a single word from it could stop this war, because today russia is entirely dependent on China. Yet, for some reason, China is not doing so. Why?

P.S. Unlike us, you didn't live under real communism and couldn't experience firsthand all the "advantages" of such a life.
 
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China is building and developing. The US steals and cheats, and does not actually produce anything. We are using your country as a pawn to weaken Russia, and once your country is destroyed in the war we will abandon you. We don't care about you, we care about enriching the weapons manufacturers and weakening Russia.
Let me clarify the situation a bit.

It was Russia that attacked Ukraine, prompting Ukraine to ask the US and other countries for help in defending itself against the invaders. Ukraine is defending itself against genocide, and US aid primarily benefits Ukraine. If it benefits the US as well, that is a good thing. After the war, Ukraine won't need as many weapons, and the US will naturally stop providing them—which is only natural and normal. As for the idea that the US doesn't care about Ukraine—while that might be normal in ordinary circumstances, it is simply untrue right now. The US has provided a great deal of aid to Ukraine during the war.

(I focused on the US because the original text mentioned the US, but other countries are also providing significant aid to Ukraine.)
 
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