[–] 0 points 4 months ago (8 children)

Beijing says its new ethnic unity law protects “the legitimate rights and interests of all ethnic groups” and “does not undermine ethnic minorities’ use of their own language.”

When asked about the potential for “long-arm jurisdiction” at a press conference Monday, Vice Minister of Justice Hu Weilie said it aligns with the basic norms of international law for countries to protect their sovereignty.

I read this to mean that the law is in place to do what they can to prevent outside agents from intentionally sewing separatist beliefs, as in outside groups (like maybe the CIA) sending people in that try and break up the unity of the larger Republic of China into smaller groups based on racist or ethic differences.

The statement from Beijing explicitly states it allows the minorities to practice their own language, and the 56 officially recognized minorities are considered part of the Chinese culture under this law, and protects those cultures.

China is constantly being battered on all sides by other agents from outside of their borders attempting to convince small areas to succede or separate from the Republic, and this bill is in place to prevent ethnic division on those grounds.

that's my reading.

  • source
  • parent
  • context
  • [+] -8 points 4 months ago (11 children)

    It bans acts that “undermine ethnic unity or create ethnic division” among China’s 56 officially recognized ethnicities

    Lol. Legal protection for minorities framed as a bad thing.

  • source
  • [–] 151 points 6 months ago (16 children)

    So I'm reading basically:

    • yes draft

    • yes eugenics

    • yes war

    • yes religion

    • no free anything

    • no social services

    • no shaming rich people

    • no cultural humility

    Also, the definition of "peace" in there is suspect

  • source
  • [–] [S] 18 points 7 months ago

    Thank you! It's important to remember there's lots of work that goes into transition besides just taking medications. Changing wardrobe, working out, diet changes, etc are all parts of my transition in my opinion.

    Yes, my genetics have been kind to me, but I have also put in a ton of work, and you can too! 💖

  • source
  • parent
  • context
  •  

    I'm looking to buy a new tablet for grad school. Mostly to read PDFs of text books and take handwritten notes.

    Additionally, I'd like it to be powerful enough for some casual use in my down time. Maybe run some simple games like Balatro or others of that caliber.

    I was wondering if y'all could speak to which of these options seem the best for me?

    1. buy a new Starlite tablet (Linux pre-installed!)
    2. buy a new surface and load Gnome
    3. try to find a used surface and load Gnome
    4. something easy I haven't thought of.

    Some considerations:

    a) From looking at the specs, a Starlite and a new Surface of around the same price have similar RAM. I don't know enough about processors to know which is better though.

    b) I'd rather not support Microsoft directly, so I'm less inclined to buy a new Surface, but I'm not sure if the used market will be too limiting for me

    c) I don't know how difficult it is to put Linux on a surface. I'm imagining as a Windows proprietary device it's going to be a little testy about it. My experience installing windows is putting Mint or Kubuntu on an older Win10 PC and laptop.

    What does the community think? Any words of advice for me?

    view more: next ›