#wanghuning — Public Fediverse posts
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First panda cub born in Indonesia appears healthy
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The first giant panda cub born in Indonesia is noisy, nursing well and showing…
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Xi Jinping’s top adviser, Wang Huning, is credited with shaping the authoritarianism that steered China’s rise. But can he influence Taiwan? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/10/26/asia-pacific/politics/china-wang-huning/ #asiapacific #politics #china #wanghuning #xijinping #taiwan
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What an astute observation!
"Mr Wang admired how Americans put their thin history to work inculcating a shared political tradition. He was impressed by the pageantry [of the inauguration of the president], by the creation of a tradition strong enough to guarantee the transfer of authority. The important result, he wrote, “is not that the new president has power, but that the old president thus loses power”."
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"The voluntary pursuit of financial wherewithal, rather than any ideology or political system of coercion, was the ultimate source of stability. Technological superiority had become the source of Americans’ sense of national superiority.
Mr Wang was astonished by the public libraries. American libraries gave everyone access to the knowledge of generations."
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"Mr Wang saw important, enduring patterns in what Americans might overlook as the wallpaper of their lives. He spotted subtle controls everywhere. The police did not have to mandate identity cards because the government persuaded each citizen to volunteer to have one by calling it a driver’s licence & issuing it through a motor-vehicle agency. Big corporations such as Coca-Cola relieved the government of management over the lives of millions."
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As Virus Spreads, Anger Floods Chinese Social Media - The sheer volume of criticism of the government, and the sometimes clever ways that critics dodge ... more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/27/technology/china-coronavirus-censorship-social-media.html?emc=rss&partner=rss #computersandtheinternet #coronavirus(2019-ncov) #politicsandgovernment #pollsandpublicopinion #wanghuning(1955-) #wuhan(china) #socialmedia #censorship #epidemics #china #media