It’s been nice to see ordinary Americans open up to life in China but everyone is acting blind to their censorship. Makes me thankful for the fediverse and being able to self host my own instance.
Xiaohongshu bans all politics, even references. There’s more serious platforms for those type of people, whereas xiaohongshu is to have fun and connect with others.
Thanks! Didn’t know that at first
Please name the serious platforms in China that allow the discussion of politics.
WeChat, or douyin
There are some where you’re allowed to talk about how great of a job the CCP are doing.
Awwww, you poor thing.
They didn’t see you as a useful idiot so they leveraged their hatred for what you are and banished you.
Leopards are hungry on both sides of the line.
Well yeah, Mao Zedong is kinda like Chinese Muhammad or Chinese Charlemagne (not supporting the guy, but still). Were you not expecting to catch some passionate attention? I mean, I’d also ask that of everyone; China is kind of known for censoring things, like Italians and cheese or Icelanders and their elves, so it’s weird to see people think the equivalent of “I’m going to a flock of crows dressed up as an owl because it’s exercising freeeeeeeedom!”
I don’t “support” that from a Chinese government perspective, as their journey for power and reach, like a lot of territorial groups, involved lots of death and domination over things that couldn’t “ethically” be owned, but from a service owner’s perspective, I mean, if it’s rightfully the child of your own two hands, it’s just your right to ban as you wish.
One of the most cringe things I’ve ever read.
Well you’re just rude.
You should move to China and stop posting in English comms if you feel this way.
I did the moving to China bit almost 24 years ago. I still post in English comms. Weird, that.
Posting anything about any Chinese leader is verboten.
Weird. Weird how I post about Chinese leadership quite often on Weibo and haven’t been canned.
Here’s a thought: maybe it’s how you go about it that counts?
Criticism of Mao in particular is perfectly cromulent here. The Party itself criticizes Mao, especially for the Cultural Revolution, with some fairly harsh language.
But if you don’t know how to do it or when, then … ah … yeah, you’re going to get people pissed off at you.
China is pretty sensitive about depictions of Mao, so it doesn’t surprise me.
Ironically enough it’s actually super popular in China to “Rent-a-Mao” or Chiang Kai-Shek or whoever else from China’s modern history. There are a lot of Mao impersonators, just like we have impersonators of Elvis.
Even positive ones? But what’s up with that?
It’s like how companies don’t like satirical use of their trademarks even if positive. Brand control. Or for China, propaganda control. They don’t want you to get comfortable using jokes about it.
I’m not really sure, it may be to do with how Jiang Zemin got called toad boy a lot.
Surprising to me too, it was a positive depiction of Mao.
