Norway, Finland, etc… Very good countries to be born into.

(But unfortunately, they don’t seem to take in a lot of immigrants. 😕)

EU members are still sovereign, they can leave whenever (not saying that its a good idea to leave, but the option exists), Provinces of China are not sovereign, they can never leave. So the Hukou + No Sovereignty is just combining the worst of both worlds.

Provinces struggle to even keep their local languages, those in Beijing are trying to force Mandarin in schools all across the country, including Guangdong, and bans Cantonese from being spoken in schools, and are forcing cultural assimulation, and trying to eradicate Cantonese culture. I’m not against learning a new language, but forcing an outside language to take priority over a local language is ridiculous. They should be using both Cantonese and Mandarin in Guangzhou’s schools, and should not prioritize the Northerner’s dialect (aka: “Mandarin”). The Cantonese language is dying, and its sad to see this.

Afaik, EU countries generally maintain their language and cultural identity.

An American visits the front page of a popular news site, then closes it after a quick glance. They do this everyday, never reading any of the articles.

One day, the site recognized that the same browser fingerprint has been doing this several times, so the site sent a popup to that user’s webpage (the website have not gotten paid by the advertisement companies because the webpage was closed too quickly for the view to be counted), asking the user why they only look at it for 5 seconds, they reply: “I’m waiting for a news article about a certain event that would become nationwide news on the frontpage and celebrated by about half of the population, but I’m not gonna eleborate on what I mean, due to potential legal troubles, also how the fuck did you track my browsing?”

(Its a modern variant of the Soviet Newspaper joke)

I’m not an expert, so I don’t really have an answer to this. But I dislike the concept of using a system that attempts to restrict movements and rights, and tries to prevent people from seeking better economic opportunities, I think its unethnical. It sort of reminds me of anti-immigration sentinments in western countries. Except that in this case, this Hukou thing is even weirder, like wtf, aren’t we supposed to be part of the same country? Like?!? I am literally a citizen* of the country, why can’t I move somewhere else that’s better? Imagine you’re from rural Alamaba and you can’t go to California, and even if they eventually allow it, you can’t get California’s healthcare despite living and working there, and you can’t go to California’s public schools. Like wtf, imagine this bs in your country.

(*was a citizen, I no longer have PRC Citizenship after moving abroad and gaining another citizenship.)

Besides…

After Deng Xiaoping’s reforms, which included relaxing the restrictions on internal migration, the China’s economy only grew stronger, less people were in poverty, so that’s proof that these weird Hukou restrictions are totally unnecessary on the development of the country.

Do I get paid $1,000,000 if I’m Ugly²

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No I do not expect the US to remain what it used to be. But non-US western countries would probably still be prosperous for a while, but I cannot predict anything beyond like 10 years, it all depends.

The future seems bright in EU, but unfortunately I don’t think I’ll be able to get a visa there. Its much harder to get into good places like the EU.

healthcare services, starts to be better in China

Perhaps its getting better, but currently its still effectively the equivalent of US’s obamacare. Prior to coming to the US in 2010s (remember, the US was like much better back then, so the decision to immigrate was based on the circumstances at that time), my family has Hukou in Taishan which was rural. I was born in Guangzhou, but my Hukou is still in Taishan, I wasn’t even allowed to attend public school in Guangzhou, and whatever healthcare system they have, I wouldn’t have been able to enjoy those benefits, since my Hukou wasn’t in Guangzhou. And Taishan is just even more fucked, zero job opportunities in rural areas other than the farmland, which sucks, so many bugs trying to bite you on the farms. Public school in Taishan has much lower funding and way worse quality of education than Guangzhou.

I mean, maybe if my family had a Guangzhou Hukou, things would’ve been better, but we didn’t. Transfering to Guangzhou Hukou was impossible, Guangzhou didn’t allow it at the time. Even US’s citizenship process is much easier.

So, for me its not just China vs US, its more like Taishan Hukou vs US Citizenship. I can’t speak for the future of the US, things do seem very bleak in terms of politics, but for now, US seems less shitty compared to being in China with a rural Hukou.

And when it comes to healthcare, good luck if you have depression, nobody takes depression seriously, and I’m not even saying its the government’s fault, but society literally downplays how serious depression is, everyone would just call you lazy. At least some westerners actually try to understand my depression.

China doesn’t have better healthcare than the US, their system is essentailly Obamacare. I’ve asked my aunts in China about it.

Homeownership? I mean that’s just white westerners mismanaging their money. Literally I heard of white dudes be spending their entire paycheck in bars and gambling, while still having unpaid bills. Look at the percentage of Asian Americans owning homes compared to non-Asians Americans, maybe its not a “China vs West” thing, but just Asian people are more responsible with money, I mean, we literally live in the same country as y’all, and as a matter of fact, we even face more discrimination and prejudice, yet somehow, Asian people have higher home ownership. No offense, and not to victim blame, but what are y’all doing? I mean… My family didn’t come from a rich background either, we grew up in poverty.

High education? I mean, depends. I had a Hukou in Taishan (rural) and was denied access to Guangzhou’s (urban) public schools. A permanent 2nd class resident basically. Even the US (prior to 2025, at least) had allowed undocumented immigrants to go to public school, yet China denied their own citizens education if they dare to move to another location even within the country. If we hadn’t moved abroad, we have to eventually go to highschool in Taishan, which has a much lower quality of education than Urban areas.

Public transportation… well you got that part right, I’ll ackowledge that. I remember Guangzhou’s metro being way more modern and cleaner than the US, and I loved the platform safety door protecting people from falling. But that doesn’t exactly matter that much when the job market is fucked. And Hukou system is fucking stupid.

The only way for China to be a “beacon of prosperity” for you is if you have some skills like being a scientist or something like that, or just born into wealth. Otherwise, its not a great place for average people.

My parents both grew up in poverty in rural villages, the Hukou system prevented people from leaving Taishan to seek better income, until Deng Xiaoping’s Opening Up and Reforms. Even then, jobs have much longer hours and minimal break time. I never really got to see my parents much, they just left my brother and I at home, just the two of us alone, so we end up fighting a lot. That was what “child care” was. At least until I was even old enough to be enrolled in pre-school and primary school.

Because I was the 2nd child, I didn’t get legal recognition of my existence until my parent paid the government’s demand of a large payment (aka: a "fine) for not having a government permission slip for childbirth, which is like wtf, why is that the government’s bussiness?!?

And because we didn’t have Hukou in Guangzhou, they didn’t let us be in public schools, my parents had to pay for those privately run “school” which have a lower quality of education.

When my family (legally) immigrated to the US, at first, the work wasn’t that much better, but eventually they managed to save up and buy a house, and eventually found better income, much better than any of the work they could find in China.

Of course, western countries has its own problems, such as xenophobia and racism, but for the most part, for most people, including many of my parents friends and relative who left China, life is generally better abroad compared to staying in China.

Depending on your circumstances of course, if you are a scientist, maybe its would be best for you to stay, but most of us aren’t scientists, don’t have much opportunity for income in China.

If its a beacon of prosperity, why are there so many people leaving? Why is there a consensus amongst the most of the Chinese Diaspora that the west is better?

(Rhetorical question, don’t bother answering)

You do know that crazy people can believe in and spread conspiracy theories for free…

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P9EEB9Mr18)

Your majesty, I beg your pardon.

No I mean I’m begging for a pardon, I don’t wanna go to jail.

Sites don’t show the precise line that’s being sung. I lose track especially if it’s a foreign language.

Thanks to the DNC, most people left-of-center are already disarmed.

Never been to Japan, I think Japan is an interesting place, kinda wanna visit someday, but I have the impression that Japan is kinda Sinophobic, not sure if that’s the propaganda or if its real, but given its a homogenous society, I would not be surprised if Sinophobia is still a thing. Japan still haven’t really apologized for WW2 and the invasion of China and various Asian countries. I saw photos of some stores in Japan having a sign that says “Chinese people and dogs not allowed” or something vile, idk I’m kinda scared.

It could just be the childhood conditioning that caused me to have this subconcious fear, I really don’t know.

Idk…

I do have a US passport so I could just use English, learn like a few Japanese phrases, and never speak a word of Mandarin and they might not notice my ethnicity… 🤷‍♂️

Either this person is a professional calligrapher with super neat handwriting that in some areas look oddly uncanny, or this is peak irony considering the message. (Photoshop/AI lulz)

Some are saying dude is a snake-oil saleperson. Idk always felt a bad vibe about that youtube channel.

Edit: https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/20165-response-to-dishonest-attacks-on-the-grapheneos-project-by-robert-braxman

You won’t be a knight, more like a farmer.

I don’t like farms, no thanks. So much bugs. My grandparents, while working on the farms, got bitten by some worm that sucks your blood, ouch, don’t want that.

(Also if you are conscripted in medieval era, knives and swords and arrows hurt like hell, at least a bullet is a quick clean death)

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My name is Jason
I’m not supposed to be here
Come see my bud hole*

*bud hole - a place where my buddies hang out