China ChiCom News Thread

[Zachowon]

Whenever you see a Tim Pool video on China. Remember these two videos bellow to remind you he does not know what he is talking about.

Basically China has to do something. They are having protests and more at home. They are having Taiwan say fuck you more and more.
They need something

 

[Sailor.X]

Basically China has to do something. They are having protests and more at home. They are having Taiwan say fuck you more and more.
They need something

Oh it gets even more spicy.



The CCP is about the have Chernobyl and Fukashima 2.0 on steroids. China will never be a Superpower. They have literally fubared themselves with shotty infrastructure. Stupid Social Engineering. And pissing off every country around them.

 

[Terthna]

Whenever you see a Tim Pool video on China. Remember these two videos bellow to remind you he does not know what he is talking about.

The election kinda changed something in Tim Pool I think; I can't put my finger on what exactly it is right now, but I know I don't watch his videos nearly as much as I used to.

 

[Sailor.X]

The election kinda changed something in Tim Pool I think; I can't put my finger on what exactly it is right now, but I know I don't watch his videos nearly as much as I used to.

Like Mr Obvious said Tim Pool has sold out. He is putting forth talking points to keep his channel from being Yeeted from Youtube.

 

[Zachowon]

I still think China is going to have to rally the people.
Aka, invade Taiwan

 

[Terthna]

Like Mr Obvious said Tim Pool has sold out. He is putting forth talking points to keep his channel from being Yeeted from Youtube.

Some have argued he never bought in to begin with; that he was always disingenuous. I don't believe that; I was watching Tim Pool back when he was still doing on the ground journalism, and it feels like he's changed a great deal since then. For the worse sadly, but it didn't happen overnight.

 

[Zachowon]

Some have argued he never bought in to begin with; that he was always disingenuous. I don't believe that; I was watching Tim Pool back when he was still doing on the ground journalism, and it feels like he's changed a great deal since then. For the worse sadly, but it didn't happen overnight.

I think if he started doing that once again he would get back that self in him

 

[Terthna]

I think if he started doing that once again he would get back that self in him

Maybe; but that will never happen, if his recent castigating of Andy Ngo for doing what he used to do, and getting the crap beaten out of him for his trouble, is any indication.

 

[Zachowon]

Maybe; but that will never happen, if his recent castigating of Andy Ngo for doing what he used to do, and getting the crap beaten out of him for his trouble, is any indication.

he should focus on foreign instead of domestic.

 

[ATP]

Or something was fucked up for him, like a major scandal of his about to break out.

Like some polish commies,who run west not becouse soviets was about to collapse,but becouse they would be next to be purged.
occasional Purge is part of any self-respecting commie party.

 

[Husky_Khan]

China's tech workers pushed to limits by surveillance software

A vicious cycle of monitoring and overwork is fueling productivity -- and backlash

asia.nikkei.com

China's Tech Workers Pushed to Limits by Surveillance Software: A Vicious Cycle of Monitoring and Overworking is Fueling Productivity and Backlash - Asia Nikkei

The Story starts up with a story from a humble Shanghai based internet gaming startup:

Most of his hours were spent on a piece of surveillance software called DiSanZhiYan, or "Third Eye." The system was installed on the laptop of every colleague at his company to track their screens in real time, recording their chats, their browsing activity and every document edit they made.

Working from their floor in a downtown high-rise, the startup's hundreds of employees were constantly, uncomfortably aware of being under Third Eye's intent gaze.

The software would also automatically flag "suspicious behavior" such as visiting job-search sites or video streaming platforms. "Efficiency" reports would be generated weekly, summarizing their time spent by website and application.

Even Wang himself was not exempt. High-definition surveillance cameras were installed around the floor, including in his office, and a receptionist would check the footage every day to monitor how long each employee spent on their lunch break, he said.
After two years, an overwhelmed Wang eventually quit.

"It does not make sense," he told Nikkei Asia. "We can't work nonstop in the office. We need to take some breaks."

Here's a random blurb detailing the effects of the overworked culture that occurred at Pinduoduo, a rising e-commerce giant that recently surpassed JD.com.

it is clear that stunning growth is coming at a cost. Last December, a 22-year-old female employee died after collapsing on her way back home from work around 1:30 a.m. She worked for the company's grocery shopping unit, Duoduo Grocery, whose services had rapidly grown to encompass 300 Chinese cities as orders leapt during coronavirus-related lockdowns.

Two weeks afterwards, Pinduoduo confirmed one of its engineers jumped to his death. The young worker, a fresh university graduate, checked the company's messaging app one last time before he took the final leap, according to a former Pinduoduo employee.

The same month, another employee who had posted a photo of a colleague being borne out of the office on a stretcher was identified and fired by the company. In a video posted on Weibo, the Chinese social media site, the fired employee said: "I don't know if the company identified me through computer monitoring or through information provided by Maimai." Maimai, the Chinese equivalent of LinkedIn, denied it had provided any user information to a third-party organization.

Imagine how efficient American workers could be if LinkedIn and other social media companies coordinated with fellow Big Tech employers! Regardless Pinduoduo is known for its "996" work culture which means working from 9am to 9pm six days a week.

How does this compare to the rest of the world however:

In the West, employee monitoring has picked up in popularity as companies grow anxious about remote working productivity. In China, it is driven by competition: As tech giants compete in more areas from e-commerce and short videos to online finance and community group-buying, employees can come under greater pressure -- both from the companies and their peers -- to put in extra hours.

While U.S. federal laws prohibit an employer from intentionally intercepting employees' oral, wire and electronic communications, exemptions can be made if the employer can show there is legitimate business purpose for doing so. In the European Union, employees enjoy better protection: collection of their personal information requires their consent. Meanwhile, in China, the use of these technologies for constant, low-level monitoring is growing more commonplace.

The most Dystopian blurb of it all though is this:

Last year, a Chinese subsidiary of Japanese camera maker Canon, Canon Information Technology in Beijing, unveiled a new workspace management system that only allows smiling employees to enter the office and book conference rooms. Using so-called "smile recognition" technology, Canon said the system intended to bring more cheerfulness to office in the post-pandemic era.

But it goes beyond that, with algorithms databasing and indexing low efficiency workers, using tracking software to monitor location date of employees (combined with them taking screenshots of their surroundings for confirmation), and being terminated for browsing Weibo for ten minutes while sitting on a toilet which is combined with sensors in bathrooms to measure the amount of time workers spend on company toilets via internet connected smart toilet systems.

The reason this is being done is because the tech industry is largely knowledge based so hiring more workers isn't apparently as efficient as making existing workers work longer, harder and more efficiently. This even translates to assigning less individuals to group projects to minimize time wastage when it comes group communication.

Cindy Yang, who recently joined Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings from a startup, endured six rounds of tests and interviews before she was offered the job. The competition is so fierce that the master's-degree holder spent 8,000 yuan on a private tutoring class designed to teach candidates how to pass job interviews at the internet companies.

"Most tech companies would ask if you mind working overtime during the interviews. If you show a little hesitation, you'd lose the opportunity," Yang said.

The 28-year-old now works from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., together with her team members, fueled by free lunches and dinners from the company canteen.

"All of us are having a strong sense of crisis," she said, "We can't write codes like this forever. There will be younger people who can learn the new technologies quicker and are more willing to work overtime."

"Only our team leader was born before 1990. Where are the older people?" Cindy Yang said.

ByteDance allows its employees a full weekend only every other week -- called the "odd-even" weekend shift system. Tony Yang, a former engineer at ByteDance, quit after spending two years under the "odd-even" schedule. He worked from 11 a.m. to midnight everyday, and was on call 24/7 for system problems.

According to a LinkedIn report in 2018, Chinese internet industry workers spent an average of 1.47 years at one company before moving on.

The article concludes rather weakly as one of the engineers featured decides to quit the internet tech business at the age of 27 to become a full time blogger on a video sharing platform called Bilibili.

 

[Husky_Khan]

Well it looks like the demands for Cryptomining have been somewhat abated.

China's cryptocurrency-mining crackdown spreads to Sichuan

China's crackdown on cryptocurrency "mining" has extended to the southwest province of Sichuan, where authorities ordered cryptocurrency mining projects closed in the major mining centre.

www.reuters.com

China Shuts Down Cryptomining Operators, Issues New Restrictions

Crypto crumble

www.tomshardware.com

According to China's Global Times, 90% of the bitcoin mining operations in Sichaun province have been shut down due to the CCP cracking down on the practice altogether and issuing new restrictions when it is still permitted to continue. The Peoples Bank of China is a big part of these new restrictions, which are targeting cryptocurrencies due to "virtual currency trading speculation activities disrupt the normal economic and financial order, breed the risk of illegal and criminal activities such as illegal cross-border asset transfer and money laundering, and seriously infringe on the property safety of the people."

Accordingly several popular cryptocurrencies have taken a bit of a dive in value recently.

 

[Sailor.X]

Well it looks like the demands for Cryptomining have been somewhat abated.

China's cryptocurrency-mining crackdown spreads to Sichuan

China's crackdown on cryptocurrency "mining" has extended to the southwest province of Sichuan, where authorities ordered cryptocurrency mining projects closed in the major mining centre.

www.reuters.com

China Shuts Down Cryptomining Operators, Issues New Restrictions

Crypto crumble

www.tomshardware.com

According to China's Global Times, 90% of the bitcoin mining operations in Sichaun province have been shut down due to the CCP cracking down on the practice altogether and issuing new restrictions when it is still permitted to continue. The Peoples Bank of China is a big part of these new restrictions, which are targeting cryptocurrencies due to "virtual currency trading speculation activities disrupt the normal economic and financial order, breed the risk of illegal and criminal activities such as illegal cross-border asset transfer and money laundering, and seriously infringe on the property safety of the people."

Accordingly several popular cryptocurrencies have taken a bit of a dive in value recently.

The CCP is literally trying to make it so that their population can't get any Bitcoin. Only the Party member will be allowed to get Bitcoin. Several sources have pointed this out.

 

[hyperspacewizard]

So I stumbled across this today it’s a growing movement in China called “lying flat” it’s a group of younger Chinese men and women deciding to work as little as possible eat as little as possible have no children and basically live like lite ascetics to not become a cog in the machine. It’s basically a form of passive resistance almost. The Party is not happy about it of course. Here’s a video about it




Also on a different but sorta related topic apparently someone in China thought maybe restricting birth control methods to people with three kids would be a way for the new three child policy to work but with this lying flat movement if that happens I wouldn’t be surprised if men and women just gave up on sex entirely

 

[Zachowon]

That would hurt China say...a war happend

 

[Bear Ribs]

The last newspaper in Hong Kong that was pro-democracy has been shut down via the use of the new national security law, and claims that articles in the paper were colluding with foreign governments to cause sanctions on China. Most of the editors were arrested and the paper's founder sentenced to 14 months in prison, on top of a previous 14 month sentence, both for attending and organizing pro-democracy rallies. They printed one million copies of the last issue (normal runs were eighty thousand) and were still sold out by 8:30AM.

Final edition of Hong Kong pro-democracy paper sells more than 1 million copies

The final edition of the Hong Kong pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily has sold more than 1 million copies.The Associated Press reported that the paper printed 1 million copies of its last edi…

thehill.com

Pro-democracy newspaper’s editors arrested in Hong Kong

Several editors and executives of a prominent pro-democracy newspaper in Hong Kong were arrested Thursday under charges of colluding with foreign countries, police announced. The Associated Pr…

thehill.com

 

[LordsFire]

Give Hong Kong back to Great Britain.

 

[Terthna]

The last newspaper in Hong Kong that was pro-democracy has been shut down via the use of the new national security law, and claims that articles in the paper were colluding with foreign governments to cause sanctions on China. Most of the editors were arrested and the paper's founder sentenced to 14 months in prison, on top of a previous 14 month sentence, both for attending and organizing pro-democracy rallies. They printed one million copies of the last issue (normal runs were eighty thousand) and were still sold out by 8:30AM.

Final edition of Hong Kong pro-democracy paper sells more than 1 million copies

The final edition of the Hong Kong pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily has sold more than 1 million copies.The Associated Press reported that the paper printed 1 million copies of its last edi…

thehill.com

Pro-democracy newspaper’s editors arrested in Hong Kong

Several editors and executives of a prominent pro-democracy newspaper in Hong Kong were arrested Thursday under charges of colluding with foreign countries, police announced. The Associated Pr…

thehill.com

Hopefully Taiwan is paying attention, particularly those who are still considering whether or not rejoining China is a good idea.

 

[Zachowon]

Hopefully Taiwan is paying attention, particularly those who are still considering whether or not rejoining China is a good idea.

There are people in Taiwan who want to rejoin China?

 

[LordsFire]

There are people in Taiwan who want to rejoin China?

There's always some lunatics, and always some people more afraid of military conflict than soldier vs civilian violence that tyrannical regimes enforce once they have control of your nation.