Overcorrection in policy is not uncommon in authoritarian regimes. I'd imagine because policy carries the threat of imprisonment, not just guidance.

The machine needs meat

How many straight men do you know who have a sound grasp on women’s sexuality?

Automation and AI have the potential to put lots of people into unemployment in the next 20 years. For the sake of preventing that unemployment, it’d be good if people had fewer kids. Yet for some reason, governments struggle really hard to comprehend that simple connection.

Because they assume all people will be consumers of goods. So if they have more people, there will be more consumers to buy things.

Now the assumption falls apart in any rigor since automation means that less people are needed for labor and would have money to buy gods. But that requires a government that thinks beyond the limited lifetimes of those running the government.

It’s funny though, because despite some leftover socialist aesthetic its hard to get more capitalist. I mean it’s pretty obvious state capitalism. You can’t have billionaires 80 years into your “socialist project”.

Don't Chinese private mega corporations do this too?

Now we only need to find a source of how many lgbtq+ fiction writers have been arrested in those same countries and we can proceed with the comparison.

Applying nuance and researching more context instead of jerking off while grunting "china bad authoritarianism" isnt defending or excusing. You're just annoyed they dont join your circlejerk.

Really? I see 95% of the comments saying it's China fucking up and they don't like it.

I’d be interested to read more, but I’m not sure I’ve heard about “distant sea fishing” before. Can you pass the articles/links to the stories you’re referencing?

This matter is not a secret on the internet in China; there are many open discussions about it. The police in many places have taken proactive measures against this.

The content of the image is: "Note: Police from other regions are not allowed to illegally enter enterprises to investigate cases."

This Chinese article explains quite clearly: The chilling new trends in 'distant sea fishing'.

The Supreme Court has already paid great attention to this kind of phenomenon:

To prevent 'distant sea fishing' style law enforcement, the Supreme Court has taken action.

Notice from the Supreme People's Court on Upholding Strict and Fair Judicial Norms in the Trial and Enforcement of Cases Involving Enterprises

"Five prohibitions" and "eight must nots"... The State Council issued a document to strictly regulate administrative inspections related to enterprises

How to regulate enterprise-related law enforcement, prevent the rebound of issues, and boost enterprise confidence?

Addressing the prominent issues reflected by businesses with concrete actions - The State Council Information Office introduces the latest progress of the special action to standardize administrative law enforcement involving enterprises

I have to say, the effectiveness of these measures is limited. If these types of actions have decreased, it is mainly because companies have become more vigilant, making robbery more difficult.