Whats hilarious to me is that Microsoft wouldn’t have done this in the first place lol. They have been porting their own traditionally exclusive titles to PC.
Cultural diplomacy should be positive, so that it doesn’t cast a pall on everything else that the originating culture does.
Cultural diplomacy is typically not a bad thing. Here’s a nice example: Thailand sponsors Thai restaurants abroad, with pretty golden elephant decor and pictures of the King. As a result, everyone thinks Thai food is great and feels positively towards Thailand. So, it is possible for a government to “propagandize” foreign civilians in a positive way, one that doesn’t harm relations between the cultures.
Chinese cultural diplomacy has turned negative: employing violent control of Chinese-language media to attack individuals overseas. This makes Chinese media a local problem for other countries, a source of disharmony, thus promoting the view that (e.g.) Chinese internet services like WeChat and TikTok are vectors of malicious attack, rather than cultural connection.
And so, a lot of people in the Internet security business now expect that anything from China is an attack vector. And regional & national governments are starting to agree — e.g. banning TikTok from government-owned computers. Relations between the cultures are harmed because of the visibly violent control of China government over Chinese cultural media, and the harm done to other countries through these media.
Well said. There’s a lot of nuance and I think this is a good summary.
As China, Russia, Iran, and various other strict authoritarian governments challenge the status quo of increasing democracy and peace, it’s important to look at the alternative they’re promoting.
As usual, the US’s approach to the war on drugs can be summed up in one word: yiiiiiiiikes.
Congress is incapable of doing anything positive where drugs are concerned. Heck, “positive” for the US with drugs is usually along the lines of “we’re now crushing fewer orphans than last year!” Drugs are such a minor crime that it’s crazy to make companies snitch for that.
I get the whole health conscious thing, but part of the blame shouldn't be aimed at consumers. Hitting all the major brands with the grocery shrink-ray from 1/2 Gal to 1.x Qts and raising the price didn't do them any favors. Same with the newer formulations that barely let them be called true ice cream anymore.
I’ve been buying a lot of this one brand of Frozen Yogurt lately. They make a bunch of different items (Sandwiches, bars, etc.) Honestly to me tastes about as good as any ice cream, but way less calories… Might be a little less sweet, but I’m ok with that tradeoff!
Nope. Death is a possible sentence for treason (while no less than 10 years in jail at a minimum). Insurrection sentencing is not more than 10 years and a fine.
Canada only has a total land area of about 10 million square km. The amount of forest (10 million hectares, or 100k square km) that has burned so far this year already make up 1/100th of that total.
In other words, in just the first half of this year 1% of the world's second largest country has gone up in flames.
Anyone interested in the history of CCP influence in Canada, and more specifically the Greater Vancouver Area should definitely read the following books:
Claws of the Panda, written by Jonathan Manthorpe
Wilful Blindness: How a network of narcos, tycoons, and Chinese Communist Party agents infiltrated the west, written by Sam Cooper
If I had fuck you money, and Ben and Jerry didn’t insist on making their tasty shit like 1500 calories a pint, I’d totally keep them in business single handedly.
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