How much is the university entrance stuff "real" vs cultural high demand on kids/students? Like can people generally get into a college and get a good education but it just isn't the super "prestigious" schools?

Given that every western media source I have seen on this is saying this is just a move to strengthen a dictatorship we will see.

It looks like a (potential) dog whistle, and a lot of people here not hearing it, with how they zoomed in and framed the "he/him" pride flag. Given that hexbear requires pronouns it makes sense that is missed

Maybe he is fishing for Juche Necromancy secrets so he can live forever

Is TikTok and US AI tech really seen as real leverage? They seem more like distractions and spectacle. Tarrif's, sanctions, the fed etc I could see making significant compromises but I don't really know enough about the situation and what their analysis of how much the economy would be helped etc.

I thought Meta was out of China because they didn't want to follow Chinese law so got kicked out, would they really change the laws for Meta? (Maybe Meta has changed its mind and would rather be in China than not)

Is that a Lenin model kit or just a figure!?

You should have a way to screen shot, and at least on my android it has a translate option open up (mine is vol down and power at the same time)

Is there an obvious reason the countries in eastern Africa hate China (assuming the poll is at all accurate or good, with good questions, accurate translations, and representative people filled out etc)? Don't really know enough about the area and people. Left over colonial stuff and western propaganda(jeans and Marvel films...)? Chinese industry? Or maybe just why is there a more positive perception of USA and don't really dislike China?

I think I found the original polls, and it says USA hates Russia more (have the most negative perception) and same with a lot of these other countries. Maybe they used a different question or survey to make this though? Questionnaire I am looking at doesn't ask about perception of Israel for example so guessing different, but you would expect some more agreement in answers if it was a useful poll.

This reminds me of the famous "paper tiger" Strong-Mao interview I recently read(short read btw, like a page or two and honestly lots of parallels to the current Palestine/Israel+USA can be made).

If the "paper tiger" concept is useful and general, which I am not sure it is tbh, certainly dangling the threat of removing/lessening trans rights (of imperial core people) at the expense of many thousands of Palestinians lives is a type of "paper tiger" pointed inward(Mao's case seems way more dire, one of the poorest most exploited countries in a war with US supporting one side and the fear of nuclear weapons is in the air... huh sounds a little like Palestine/Israel). Trans rights are not given by a couple of politicians, they are decided and fought for by the people as pretty much all rights have. People should be a little more brave, and not be put into a box of "we got to vote blue or else our rights" and maybe that isn't the way to get trans rights and maybe we can get both trans rights and not genocide Palestinians at the same time...