… the vibrant criticism that exists in China as a part of their democratic process.

I didn’t address this simply because there is neither a vibrant criticism in China nor anything even remotely similar to a democratic process. China is a dictatorship.

How do you know what 1.4 billion people think? You are just parroting Beijing’s propaganda.

I know Jason Hickel and his writings. They perfectly fit into China’s propaganda work and, unfortunately, only that and nothing else. His writings have nothing to do with economics.

Very appreciated.

I just recognized that I was apparently mistaken. There is indeed what is called a “404 Deleted Content Archive”, a systematic investigation and preserving of articles censored by the Chinese Communist Party. Just stumbled upon this.

It is done by the China Digital Times: Here is their 404 Deleted Content Archive (archived version), and here the most recent summary for November 2026.

The China Digital Times says:

Although this content archived by CDT Chinese editors represents only a small fraction of the online content that disappears each day from the Chinese internet, it provides valuable insight into which topics are considered “sensitive” over time by the Party-state, cyberspace authorities, and platform censors.

Cheers.

The linked article is citing two essays for which they provide a translation. The content comes invariably from Chinese citizens.

Such surveys are meaningless in a society where people are suppressed and can’t criticize their government.

These essays cited in the linked article are written by Chinese citizens and were archived before the Chinese party-state deleted them.

The west? The essays are written by Chinese citizens.

The China Media Project and similar investigative outlets are doing that, but there are not many such projects (to the best of my knowledge). It’s not so easy to get around the Chinese “Great Firewall” and access it’s web from outside the country.

This is not about cops but about a deeply troubling Chinese policy that leaves authorities more concerned about the public image than to solve an issue. As one commenter wrote, “Those who are punished are often not the traffickers, but the people who expose human trafficking."

It’s a dehumanizing and repugnant regime.

This is not about cops but about a deeply troubling Chinese policy that leaves authorities more concerned about the public image than to solve an issue. As one commenter wrote, “Those who are punished are often not the traffickers, but the people who expose human trafficking."

It’s a dehumanizing and repugnant regime.

@darthsundhaft@piefed.social

Do you understand that this kind of whaboutism is particularly revealing as this Waymo video, unlike the Chinese JAC/Huawei case, is still visible on the web? Do you understand that the story isn’t just about the crash but about the censorship of a testing video that is endangering people’s lives?

The propaganda is all by you here.

Your own article’s headline ends with a question mark. It basically says that China’s social credit system may evolve over time. It says the system may move ahead with the long-delayed “Law on the Establishment of the Social Credit System” or continue working on points incentives for citizens.

The Chinese government did not cancel this system.

There is ample evidence for its existence, even from within China, Your own linked article is prove for that.

More importantly, the scholars who wrote the report cited in my linked article are all Chinese, live in China, and, therefore, know the system as they must live with it every day, whether they want it or not.

The propaganda is all by you here.

Your own article’s headline ends with a question mark. It basically says that China’s social credit system may evolve over time. It says the system may move ahead with the long-delayed “Law on the Establishment of the Social Credit System” or continue working on points incentives for citizens.

The Chinese government did not cancel this system.

There is ample evidence for its existence, even from within China, Your own linked article is prove for that.

More importantly, the scholars who wrote the report cited in my linked article are all Chinese, live in China, and, therefore, know the system as they must live with it every day, whether they want it or not.

I don’t get why the comments so far got deleted. They are all justified and don’t violate any of the rules here.

Yes, it’s mentioned in the linked article.

Which country’s ties has Beijing ever handled with sincerity and goodwill? The Chinese government is suppressing even its own citizens. It’s a reckless dictatorship with the sole interest of preserving its own power.

In China, the AI bubble has already burst

… The meltdown, tanking the mainland STAR50 index of AI and semiconductor leaders by 40% in less than four months and vaporising some $480 billion in market value, is an ill omen for wobbly world markets and a dampener on China’s efforts at encouraging its savers into stocks to fund the AI boom.

… With AI stocks running to 42% of China’s market capitalisation and 57% of turnover across mainland-listed A-shares and Hong Kong’s H-shares, according to Goldman Sachs, few in a market dominated by small investors have escaped pain.

… Shares in robot-maker Unitree, 8,000 times oversubscribed by retail buyers at listing, have halved since they started trading in August, and chipmaker CXMT has lost more than a quarter of its value in the past month.

… Chipmakers MetaX Integrated Circuits and Moore Threads Technology, which leapt 700% and 400% respectively on their market debuts last year, have also halved in value since July.

… Frustration that an investment theme backed by Beijing has ended so badly has driven many investors into defensive assets and is likely to slow equity fundraising by tech firms.

A remarkable detail in China, citing the report:

The frenzy and its fallout contrast with a push by authorities to improve returns and dampen volatility by cracking down on leverage and high-frequency trading. State-backed investors were sellers into rallies to keep gains in check.

[Emphasis mine.]

In China, the AI bubble has already burst

… The meltdown, tanking the mainland STAR50 index of AI and semiconductor leaders by 40% in less than four months and vaporising some $480 billion in market value, is an ill omen for wobbly world markets and a dampener on China’s efforts at encouraging its savers into stocks to fund the AI boom.

… With AI stocks running to 42% of China’s market capitalisation and 57% of turnover across mainland-listed A-shares and Hong Kong’s H-shares, according to Goldman Sachs, few in a market dominated by small investors have escaped pain.

… Shares in robot-maker Unitree, 8,000 times oversubscribed by retail buyers at listing, have halved since they started trading in August, and chipmaker CXMT has lost more than a quarter of its value in the past month.

… Chipmakers MetaX Integrated Circuits and Moore Threads Technology, which leapt 700% and 400% respectively on their market debuts last year, have also halved in value since July.

… Frustration that an investment theme backed by Beijing has ended so badly has driven many investors into defensive assets and is likely to slow equity fundraising by tech firms.

A remarkable detail in China, citing the report:

The frenzy and its fallout contrast with a push by authorities to improve returns and dampen volatility by cracking down on leverage and high-frequency trading. State-backed investors were sellers into rallies to keep gains in check.

[Emphasis mine.]

I guess what @neidu4@piefed.social is referring to is China’s ‘pretend to work’ reality as has been reported by a wide range of outlets, e.g.,

China’s unemployed young adults who are pretending to have jobs

… Paying companies so you can pretend to work for them has become popular among young, unemployed adults in China. It has led to a growing number of such providers … Shui Zhou, 30, had a food business venture that failed in 2024. In April of this year, he started to pay 30 yuan ($4.20; £3.10) per day to go into a mock-up office run by a business called Pretend To Work Company, in the city of Dongguan, 114 km (71 miles) north of Hong Kong …

Fake it till you make it? Inside China’s ‘pretend to work’ trend as youth face surging unemployment

… Some take “pretend to work” further, renting desks in mock offices that recreate the rhythms of work - minus the employer.

Equipped with computers, desks, meeting rooms and internet access, these spaces are gaining popularity in major Chinese cities like Shanghai, Shenzhen and Chengdu …