The China Thread

[expectation]

This guy already had a certain amount of celebrity status due to his reactions to the Negegege music video going viral so I'm not sure this is a good example to use if we're talking about the experience of the average person in China. It seemed like to me that the authorities deemed his visit would be a positive for China's image abroad. I'm assuming everything for his crew and himself had to be cleared with the state and that he was able to do things the average person whether Chinese or otherwise wouldn't be able to.

I thought we were talking about VPN crackdowns and not the average experience. If the crackdowns were so harsh in reality they would make an example of a high profile celebrity to not go on vpn.

In any case, I have no interest in showing another example - it should already be obvious.

 

[Wutang]

Not if the celebrity is someone they are specifically letting tour the country for PR purposes. That's exactly someone the CCP wouldn't want to be getting the average experience since the whole point of him being there is to counter the negative stereotypes associated with Chinese society.

 

[Sandalwood Peak]

IShowSpeed had over 36 million viewers live streaming earlier this year when he was in Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing, Changsha, Shenzhen, and Hong Kong. Chinese News even covered his visit while he was here.

He obviously wouldn't be able to do that without VPN - not to mention walking around with a whole crew publicly in China without getting arrested for a week.

That VPN Crackdown Agitprop video is an IQ test from our resident moron.

 

[Cooper]

Wouldn't a site survey identify the possibility of land slides as a first priority, and take steps to stabilize the ground or mitigate the risk? The failure to do so successfully is shoddy work.

It does look a bit "ambitious" of a project given the size and steepness of the mountain above the entrance of the bridge. I think their way of mitigating the risk was probably by closely inspecting the mountain for any debris or cracks, that's how they were able to close the bridge to traffic well before the rockslides came crashing down.

My guess is that they will rebuild the bridge after blowing up and grading down half that mountain.

 

[Read_Lives_of_Saints]

Future China bridge is futuristically fixed! Everything better with LED!

 

[RedLagoon]

The Hongqi bridge was recently completed in China. It's one of the world's highest bridges, and has been touted as an example of China's advancement and superiority.

Hongqi Bridge - HighestBridges.com

www.highestbridges.com

It just collapsed.



Edit: When I searched for the Hongqi Bridge, I got a link for the Huajiang Canyon Bridge which was also recently completed and very high. I think this bridge got a lot of attention, and the Hongqi bridge was not as famous. It's still a cautionary tale of hubris.

That would've never happened in Japan.

They've got a long way to go still.

 

[expectation]

Here is a lady that shared her Supermarket Experience on youtube after moving to China. No VPN gulag and the pinned comments is amusing.