☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to Sino@hexbear.netEnglish · 3 days agoAi WeiWei: ‘Most Western people I know are very ignorant about China.’ You live in the West now. Are you still under censorship? 'Of course.' 'China is at its best moment of the past 100 years.'www.wsj.comexternal-linkmessage-square12linkfedilinkarrow-up160file-text
arrow-up160external-linkAi WeiWei: ‘Most Western people I know are very ignorant about China.’ You live in the West now. Are you still under censorship? 'Of course.' 'China is at its best moment of the past 100 years.'www.wsj.com☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to Sino@hexbear.netEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square12linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarepurpleworm [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 days agoWas there a better moment more than 100 years ago?
minus-squareLeninWeave [none/use name, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·3 days ago100 years ago was in the latter half of the century of humiliation, lmao. What an odd time for him to pick.
minus-squaremx_oceanwater_they_them [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 days agoMaybe he still considers Qing-dynasty superior?
minus-squareSouffleHuman@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoPossibly, the High Qing era is considered the last golden age of the Chinese dynasties and was quite impressive, but that ended in 1799 after the death of the Qianlong Emperor over 200 years ago.
Was there a better moment more than 100 years ago?
100 years ago was in the latter half of the century of humiliation, lmao. What an odd time for him to pick.
Maybe he still considers Qing-dynasty superior?
Possibly, the High Qing era is considered the last golden age of the Chinese dynasties and was quite impressive, but that ended in 1799 after the death of the Qianlong Emperor over 200 years ago.