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Chinese writer Tianyi sentenced to 10 years in prison for gay erotic novel
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It's China, they have been known to play fast and loose with their own laws so none of it matters.
Think less 'communist' values, and more 'conservative' or 'traditional'.
the communist party has little to nothing to do with communism nowadays
What
WHAT
The number of copies you sell (which is something you have absolutely no control over) increases the sentence? How?
As your influence increases your work becomes a threat to what the regime there wants the people to believe, so you are only sentenced as a serious offender if your work sells past the 5000 copies mark.
That's my guess.
You're probably right. It also sends a message to other creators that going viral could send you to jail for the rest of your days.
It's hard to wrap my mind around this disgusting level of oppression.
It's weird seeing hyper left posters defend the PRC when they're like, the most stringently hyper-capitalist country on earth now.
Oh also they're a totalitarian mess stacked on top of a house of cards that's all going to collapse in a massive ecological and sociological crisis within the next 20-30 years.
They're smart enough to recognize the flaws of the US and therefore assume global powers in opposition to the US must be good. It's shockingly hypocritical and dumb to view the world in such simplsitic terms, but not that rare.
"If we had the power China has over its people and their privacy/autonomy, we would do it right! We'd only go after the bad guys!"
Says every group of gullible people all throughout history when not remembering the power a Government wields has to be kept in check and the people protected as best as possible.
The prison sentences that come out of China are always disgusting and depressing.
A government should always be fearful of the populace, not the other way around.
Maybe; China has a long history of Totalitarian governments. The only thing new this time is the level of technology and pollution. But, given how China is leveraging technology to control and brainwash it's own people, we'll see what happens.
I agree. If only the UK could get its shit sorted and somehow get that across with stubborn May. At least we can attempt it though, good luck protesting in China.
China isn't hyper-capitalist in the least. It's a mixed market for sure but I wouldn't call forcing gigantic housing projects that no one will ever live in capitalist at all, for example. Not to mention they've been recently scaling back on the capitalist reforms. So I'd say they're more hyper-authoritarian with a closely watched market that's both INCREDIBLY heavily regulated and very unregulated in the worst ways.
the gays make too many kids. so their lifestyle must not be promoted!
Lol yeah, anyone who lives in a big Western city can confirm this by befriending any of the many rich Chinese international students. Their parents own all the factories. The country is full of inequality.
This is what you get when your country is a conservative, totalitarian, capitalist hellscape.
The world really needs to start putting pressure on China and and other similar countries.
The world really needs to start putting pressure on China and and other similar countries.
This is what the political map looks like in the US- https://www.voterstudygroup.org/ass..._drutman_e4aabc39aab12644609701bbacdff252.png
In China, the same political orientation map actually just looks like a straight line from the top left corner to the bottom right. Our top right and bottom left Western two-party combinations don't actually exist there. It's just straight up populists vs libertarians, and you can see this with the rural-focused "send everyone from the cities out to the fields!" stuff early in the post-communist period.
Ok, lemme try, in 2009 the USA jailed porn star/director Max Hardcore for distributing "obscene material". All performers were adults and everything was consensual. nsfw link
Am I doing it right?
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Not seeing the link and make sure to add NSFW lol. The site has full nude ads.
Well, someone in the USA had to go to jail because of "obscene" material, isn't that pretty much the same thing?
Fwiw, the Max Hardcore case always felt like an aberration in American justice.
The are investing a lot in renewal energy thus making it more accessible for everyone. They are already using 20% on renewal and are working towards more and more. That's good, but it does not excuse the erasing of the Muslim minorities, the score system, lack of freedom in general and many others.
Stalinists think homosexuality is a bourgeois inevwntion and not manly enough for the working class.
China calls its system "Communism with Chinese characteristics," which really means heavy emphasis on Legalism and Confucian-influenced authoritarianism. It's all about concentrating power in the hands of traditional, conservative Han Chinese men. Anything that legitimizes the desires or individuality of people who are not conservative Han Chinese men is subject to scrutiny and often erasure. Even in Taiwan I see some of this attitude, we often say "It's not about following the rules, it's about being seen as following the rules."
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Reading up on Chinese pornography laws is nuts. Simple possession can mean up to 3 years in prison
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornography_in_China
I'm curious how strictly these are enforced or if they were particularly hard on her because it was gay porn
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornography_in_China
I'm curious how strictly these are enforced or if they were particularly hard on her because it was gay porn
The thing about China is that there are a ton of laws and a ton of security but basically no law enforcement except if you're some form of enemy of the government.
So it can lead to a lot of confusing and dangerous situations where you do "illegal" things that the government won't prosecute ever unless you get on their radar and then you're super fucked.
It's still weird that one of the most authoritarian nations in the world refuses to enforce traffic laws.
So it can lead to a lot of confusing and dangerous situations where you do "illegal" things that the government won't prosecute ever unless you get on their radar and then you're super fucked.
It's still weird that one of the most authoritarian nations in the world refuses to enforce traffic laws.
Yall gonna fuck around and get this site blacklisted in China. This is one of the few places I visit where I dont need to turn my VPN on.
I'm kidding if course, please feel free to continue being truthful regardless. Worst thing we can do is ignore this type of shit.
Btw they started blurring out the earlobes of Chinese actors and TV personalities with earrings because it goes against what the government believes is a proper traditional representation of men.
I'm kidding if course, please feel free to continue being truthful regardless. Worst thing we can do is ignore this type of shit.
Btw they started blurring out the earlobes of Chinese actors and TV personalities with earrings because it goes against what the government believes is a proper traditional representation of men.
I heard that the renewal thing was pretty much fabricated by the government.
I would like to believe it's true, but I really don't trust pooh.
heh, given that the country has a more boys more than girls now, male homosexuality should probably be encouraged at this point. :P
Anyways this is fucking stupid and pointless and aggrivating.