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The most popular Chinese keyboard app which is used by more than 450 million monthly users sends every key typed to Tencent in China.
  • No, what you don't have time for is confronting inconvenient truths that fly in the face of your political agenda.

    Again, as previously stated I am not downplaying this incident. It happened and it was terrible. If you're not really just a coward ducking my point (Which I think you are) and you actually think that's the case then I challenge you to point out how I'm doing so. This was a serious incident and many people died; don't you think that the people who actively provoked the confrontation between students and soldiers should face up to what they've done?

  • The most popular Chinese keyboard app which is used by more than 450 million monthly users sends every key typed to Tencent in China.
  • If you're asking for my personal opinion then I'd say the US is a great deal worse than anything China has done since they took their country back, actually. It's not even remotely close.

    What's "telling" is the way people such as yourself latch onto anything the western media has to say about America's geopolitical rivals, in spite of any and all the evidence to the contrary; regardless of the credibility of any of the sources. I mean, are you honestly just going to lap up whatever western media outlets tell you? The guys that told you Iraq undeniably had WMDs? The cynical scum bags who banged the drum about Gaddafi and have subsequently shrugged their shoulders while Libya now wallows with open air slave markets? Those are your respectable sources? You're going to hang off of every word from weirdo crooks like Adrian Zenz, born-again Christian "China experts" who publicly declare they're on a mission from God to defeat communism in China? That's the sort of "impartial" source you're prepared to die on a hill for? Or maybe its teenagers speculating over satellite photography they pulled up from Google maps?

    Here's something I find telling; that you won't engage whatsoever with the point I raised in response to you trying to grandstand over the Tiananmen incident; that you swivelled on a dime from gleefully using a massacre as a political football to clutching your pearls that someone dared to bring information to the table that contextualises that event into something more than the simplistic good vs evil narrative you were going for. Do yourself a favour and actually listen to what Chai Ling has to say; it's been independently verified and held up in a libel case she brought against the journalists when it came to light, so you can rest assured its legitimate. Stop and think about what it really means for the student leader of those killed at Tiananmen to outright admit they were trying to get their supporters massacred after actively blocking attempts to disperse peacefully. Consider the potential significance that she was literally extracted out of her country by the intelligence services of China's biggest geopolitical rivals. If you're genuinely appalled with all the death from this event, don't you think she and her benefactors have something to answer for? Or do you suppose its the place of the United States or Great Britain to stir up trouble in other countries, to dictate who should be in charge there and how their countries should be run?

  • The most popular Chinese keyboard app which is used by more than 450 million monthly users sends every key typed to Tencent in China.
  • I haven't stated an opinion either way. I've simply provided additional context to a historical event you chose to bring up. Why do you feel the need to respond to it in such a kneejerk manner and ascribe my motives? Does the context I've provided make you feel uncomfortable in some way?

    I have neither dismissed nor denied that a terrible incident happened at Tiananman square on the late hours of June 3rd 1989. I wish for those responsible for plotting and catalysing the incident to face justice for their crimes.

  • The most popular Chinese keyboard app which is used by more than 450 million monthly users sends every key typed to Tencent in China.
  • The troops advanced into central parts of Beijing on the city’s major thoroughfares in the early morning hours of 4 June and engaged in bloody clashes with demonstrators attempting to block them, in which many people – demonstrators, bystanders, and soldiers – were killed.

    Here's a video of an interview with Chai Ling recorded on May 28, 1989 with reporter Philip Cunningham. Chai Ling was arguably the most influential leader of the student protesters at Tiananmen Square. In the interview she openly wishes for the soldiers to massacre the students after her instrumental role in blocking attempts by other activists to move the protest back to campuses, all while refusing to sacrifice herself.

    Notable quotes from this interview include:-

    "You, the Chinese are not worth my struggle. You are not worth my sacrifice"

    "The students keep asking what shall we do next? What can we accomplish? I feel so sad, because how can I tell them what we're actually hoping for is bloodshed - for the moment when the government has no choice but to brazenly butcher the people?"

    "Only when the square is awash with blood will the people of China open their eyes. Only then will they really be united"

    "If we allow the [protesters] movement to collapse on its own, then the government will be able to wipe out all the leaders of the movement"

    Upon being asked if she will stay in the square herself after urging the students to stay she simply responded, "No, I won't".

    When the Tiananmen Square incident erupted in violence on June 3rd, Chai Ling escaped from Beijing by train. She was eventually smuggled to Hong Kong via Operation Yellowbird, an MI6/CIA led initiative to extract dissidents who they hoped would form the nucleus of a "Chinese democracy movement in exile". To my knowledge, no details exist about how and when she made contact with them. She was subsequently invited to study at Princeton on a full scholarship due to her pivotal role in the Tiananmen protests. She studied Politics and International Relations there, eventually picking up an MBA from Harvard. Today, she runs an internet company called Jenzabar that she founded with her husband, the lawyer Robert Maginn, a long time associate of the Republican party, having even served as the chairman of the Massachusetts Republican party between 2011 and 2013. Their company serves more than 1300 higher education institutions worldwide, whom they provide with ERP software.

  • The Whole Fediverse is Wholesome [fixed]
  • It's an expression that nods to the tendency of liberals to empower, enable and ultimately align with fascists against socialists, communists and the labour movement generally. There are a great many historical examples of this phenomenon, but among the most prominent are:-

    1. The German SDP aligning with the remnants of the German Imperial Army and supporting the proto-fascistic Freikorps as it savagely suppressed the rising of communist revolutionaries at the end of WW1 in order to preserve German bourgeois rule

    2. The reintegration of the defeated Nazi and Imperial Japanese leadership into anti-communist organisations and state organs in the new west German and Japanese nations by the triumphant capitalist powers at the end of WW2, including leadership of NATO by a senior commander of the Nazi Wehrmacht and leadership of the rebuilt Japanese state by one of the most brutal colonial oppressors from Japan's old regime.

    3. Unapologetic support for Augusto Pinochet's murderous takeover of Chile by a wide range of liberal powers and voices, most ardently by figures such as Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher, the former of whom considered offering him political asylum in the 80s and the latter of whom publicly expressed outrage when Pinochet was arrested and subsequently subjected to justice in the international criminal court for the crimes he committed against his own people.

  • Apple says it will remove services such as FaceTime and iMessage from the UK rather than weaken security if new proposals are made law and acted upon.
  • Take it from me, the British state is just too paralysed by corporate capture and broke to offer any pushback against corporations. They can't even afford to run a properly equipped and staffed police state, let alone enforce any legal proclamations they make against Apple.

  • Age Reversal Breakthrough: Harvard/MIT Discovery Could Enable Whole-Body Rejuvenation
  • Biochemist here, It's almost certainly an overhyped study. The operative term being used here is "potentially" full body rejuvenation is possible. It doesn't address issues such as administration of the therapy in tissues with virtually no turnover rate, including cardiac tissue, skeletal muscle, and nervous tissue. You cannot renew something that the body doesn't naturally replace via the cell cycle.

  • Look how far we've come

    I remember a time when Lemmy had like 10 people and we'd be lucky to get 5 upvotes to a single post. Now we actually have a functional feed that will more or less have new content every day.

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    Ex F.B.I Informant talks infiltration of BLACK CULTURE

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    The Human Face of Russia (1984) - society and everyday life in 1980s USSR

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    www.thetimes.co.uk British Army ‘too weak to fight’ in European war

    Britain’s armed forces are too weak to fight Russia and cannot rely on the US in the event of a European conflict, MPs have been told.The UK must step up produc

    British Army ‘too weak to fight’ in European war
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    Coronation allegiance oath in support of King ‘tone deaf’, pressure group says [Independent]

    www.independent.co.uk Coronation allegiance oath in support of King ‘tone deaf’, pressure group says

    The addition to the ancient coronation ceremony will see people across the UK and overseas realms invited to swear allegiance to Charles.

    Coronation allegiance oath in support of King ‘tone deaf’, pressure group says
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    Official Trailer: The Rebel | 叛逆者 | iQiyi

    In 1936, Lin Nan Sheng, a student of the China Reconstruction Society cadre training class, was taken to Shanghai to participate in the arrest of the underground party. In the process, Lin Nan Sheng was constantly attracted by the sense of mission and fearless sacrifice of the Communist members for the country. Lin Nan Sheng was brave and resolute in the fight against the puppet troops, and he repeatedly gained achievement. He stood with the Communists many times and used his special status in the military to provide great help to the underground party. After the victory at the War of Resistance, Lin Nan Sheng grew up into a true Communist. At the critical moment in the War of Liberation, he made outstanding contributions to the party and the country.

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    【FULL】The Rebel EP01 |叛逆者 | Zhu Yilong朱一龙, Tong Yao童瑶, Wang Zhiwen王志文, Wang Yang王阳, Zhu Zhu朱珠| iQiyi

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    The Weight of Chains - The Breakup of Yugoslavia (2010)

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    US general warns British Army no longer top-level fighting force, defence sources reveal

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    Civil Asset Forfeiture in Texas Is Creating An Unlikely Alliance (HBO)

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    www.mirror.co.uk Armed forces suffering shortfall of 4,000 troops as 16,000 quit last year

    More than 16,000 people left last year – a six-year high. It's the highest loss of staff the Ministry of Defence has seen in six years and comes after numerous complaints about low pay and poor living standards

    Armed forces suffering shortfall of 4,000 troops as 16,000 quit last year
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    Man with a Movie Camera (1929)

    A documentary on life, work and art in the early Soviet Union.

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    The left wing communist party "Red Fightback" has apparently collapsed

    The party, known principally for its pro-trans stance, has seemingly disintegrated following a split. Said split was apparently precipitated by a conflict between senior leadership, with allegations of "anti-black racism" being cast at an apparently anonymous figure inside the organisation. The party's comms and internet presence have been systematically removed from the internet, amid claims that the party's communications are being scrubbed by rogue moderators.

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    The government just announced new restrictions on the right to protest

    www.gov.uk PM takes action to stop disruptive protests

    Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is backing the police to clamp down on highly disruptive and dangerous protests, under plans announced today.

    PM takes action to stop disruptive protests
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    Where does the IMT get all their money?

    Socialist Appeal, a British front organisation for the IMT, has cobbled together an impressive presence throughout universities up and down the country.

    They appear to possess a veritable spiders' web of university societies under their direct, centralised control; from the Sussex Marxist Society on the south coast to Revolutionary Students Edinburgh up in Scotland, the IMT have cast a wide net. Going by their own sources, more than 50 universities fall under the umbrella of their "Marxist Students Federation", all complete with expensive custom made banners and glossy agitprop art. On top of this, their pockets are so deep now that they've taken to throwing their own "Marxist festival" in an extra effort to try and woo the students.

    I've heard they rinse their membership with exorbitant members fees, but even so this seems like a lot. Do they have some high profile sponsors that keep them afloat so they can pursue these ambitious projects or is there some other arrangement in place to provide them all these resources?

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    The Strategic Alliance Between Nazi Germany and America's Most Powerful Corporation (2001)

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    MKULTRA: "The CIA's Program...to Experiment on Population Centers with Disease and Drugs" (1988)

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    The CIA's Secret Program of Cultural Propaganda: The Cultural Cold War (2000)

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    "This Is Certainly a War That's Funded by the CIA with Secret Money": Cambodia Year 10 Update (1989)

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