• thethirdgracchi [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
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    4 years ago

    China, while allowing explicit criticism of the government, usually censors and prohibits critiques specifically calling for an organized protest movement. (see this study for a more scholarly account of that) I imagine that this student, in calling for a climate strike without working through government channels, has triggered that requirement and is thereby by “censored” in a way. Agree or disagree with the tactic as you will, but it’s how the CPC maintains control. By clamping down on protest movements that act outside normal channels, they hope to cut off avenues for movements to be co-opted by the Americans and other forces that would see China balkanized. The CPC is very happy for you to engage in criticism of their policies, so long as you do so from within the party and government apparatus. Working outside that apparatus is off limits, for better or worse.

  • KiaKaha [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    4 years ago

    This tweet goes into detail.

    Basically, the Party’s onto the environmental stuff. It knows people want change. It’s making that change.

    It’s declared a goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2060. There are huge subsidies for solar panels, and it’s the world’s largest exporter. It uses its military for huge reforestation efforts.

    There’s no need for a western-seeded social movement telling them to do what they’re already doing.

    • Classic_Agency [he/him,comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      4 years ago

      It’s declared a goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2060.

      Thats literally worse than most other countries who are pledging 2050, and aren’t socialist.

      Not only that but we need to be carbon neutral by 2030 at the latest or we are fucked.