China tries to censor data about nearly 1 billion people in poverty
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Chinese government censors tried to control discussions about the country's economy this week.

China Tries To Censor Data About Nearly 1 Billion People in Poverty::Chinese government censors tried to control discussions about the country’s economy this week.

  • 0ddysseus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2537·
    10 months ago

    Why the fuck am I now sitting here reading US economic/political propaganda on the technology feed? GTFO

    • Numberone@startrek.websiteEnglish
      36·
      10 months ago

      Yeah, a couple of decades ago China was a miracle as western institutions repeatedly redefined the poverty threshold to make global poverty look like it was improving. Back then it was touting the power of the free market, with most of the gains being in China. Now that they want conflict with China, those numbers are no longer good enough. I’m not saying China doesn’t have a poverty problem, I’m just saying this is illustrative of propaganda changing the narrative.

      • dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        51·
        10 months ago

        It’s no secret that the Chinese economy is faltering. How many of their “too big to fail” corps have gone tits up in the past 2 years? We’ve all seen the videos of people struggling to even afford living in cages. Also, calling it propaganda when you have no data to back up or refute the claims made in the article just makes you look like a tankie.