randomname

The same outlet reported yesterday:

The 'Chinese Dream' is shrinking for Gen Z

... Beijing reported [its] economy hit its 5% GDP growth target [in 2025. Exports held up. Industrial output stayed resilient ...

Many young Chinese millennials and Gen Zers, who are trading down on everything from fashion to career ambition, are gripped in a deep sense of morass. The stepping stones to a solid, middle-class life seem to be sinking away, and the promise of long-term financial stability is crumbling as the housing market does the same.

"Even though a recession has not taken place, a lot of the symptoms of recession have been experienced by this young generation, particularly around unemployment and underemployment," [says] Zak Dychtwald, who runs consumer research firm Young China Group ...

Youth unemployment is high — around 17% — and that number also doesn't capture the growing number of graduates taking jobs they never expected to need. Last year, Chinese social media lit up after a Ph.D. graduate posted about turning to food delivery work. Around the same time, a gas company announced it was recruiting graduates and postgraduates as meter readers.

"College education has become much more attainable for young adults," said Zhou Yun, an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Michigan. "Yet the returns to college education have not kept pace."

You'll find many of similar stories about China. It seems the Chinese students and graduates are unfortunately chasing whatever job they can get as the economy has been loosing spin for a long time. It's not that great as their government wants to make the world believe.

1

randomname @scribe.disroot.org 1w ago

... as it doesn't come at the cost of the national language.

What is a 'national' language? Who defines a 'nation'?

Can the Chinese Communist Party define that all Uyghurs, Tibetans, Mongolians whose territories are occupied are now Chinese that must be taught only in Mandarin?

Can Russia rule that Ukrainians in the occupied territories can't be taught in Ukrainian as this would "come at the cost of the national language"?

As one scholar from Turkey writes:

Numerous studies in linguistics, psychology, anthropology, and educational sciences demonstrate that monolingual education deepens linguistic, cognitive, and psychological inequalities among children. It not only places children at an academic disadvantage but also damages their relationship with their cultural identities. This leads to a loss of self-confidence at the individual level and to exclusion and alienation at the societal level. In this way, the education system becomes a mechanism that reproduces inequalities rather than eliminating them ...

Epistemic hierarchies, frequently found in colonial modes of thought, position certain languages as “central” and “universal,” while relegating others to “local” and “secondary” status ... Research, however, shows that children learn more rapidly in their mother tongue, that their conceptual development progresses more healthily, and that their cultural identities are strengthened. Mother-tongue education not only increases academic achievement but also enables children to feel equal and valued in the public sphere.

Lasting social peace is possible not where differences are suppressed, but where they are recognized and institutionally guaranteed. When the education system ceases to function as an instrument of homogenization and standardization and instead becomes a vehicle for pluralism, the principle of equal citizenship will acquire its genuine meaning ...

Emphasis mine.

4

randomname @scribe.disroot.org 1w ago

That's how it should be. That's already how it works in most (might be all) of Europe.

This is not how it should be, and it is not how it works in Europe.

In addition to @dominic.borcea@piefed.social's comments: There is even a European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, and European institution seek to improve teaching of these languages. Just yesterday (3 March), the European Council released a report on minority languages in Hungary (whose current PM is a great admirer of China as we know).

Europe is certainly not perfect, but it does a lot to protect and promote minority languages, apparently in direct opposition to China.

randomname @scribe.disroot.org 3w ago

I use that, too, and you can run it locally.

1

randomname @scribe.disroot.org 3w ago

I don't know what makes you think they will end up being not up-to-date nor comprehensive.

Do you think this is bad? What would you suggest instead?

3

randomname @scribe.disroot.org 3w ago

I wouldn't judge too early as it has just started. This guy asks to open an issue if you find mistakes, and I would assume they are also accepting new proposals. But the site is 12 days old.

randomname @scribe.disroot.org 3w ago

The US and China: Who is better?

Just stumbled upon this image and it says more than thousands word imo.

randomname @scribe.disroot.org 3w ago

Well said.

randomname @scribe.disroot.org 3w ago

News from October 2025: China overtakes US as Germany's top trading partner

Maybe it's just me, but there are so-called 'news' all over the place - everywhere, but particularly on Lemmy - that frequently hail China for all kinds of things, although nothing is new (and often it's not even true).

Some of these 'China great' articles appear over and again with more or less the same content, sometimes just with slightly different framing. To me this feels like cheap propaganda. I firmly believe this is not organic but part of an orchestrated disinformation campaign, not in the least as many of these infinite loops here on Lemmy come from OP.

randomname @scribe.disroot.org 3w ago

I also like:

https://novacustom.com/

https://minifree.org/

Both suppliy computers with Coreboot firmware.

randomname @scribe.disroot.org 4w ago

You could write a lot about Ms. Pelosi's actions during her political career that are much worse than a post on social media imo, but that's largely unrelated to the topic here.

... Many protesters voiced their anger over high prices for essential goods, including food and fuel. “We can’t afford to live anymore!” chanted crowds, highlighting the urgent need for government intervention to stabilize the economy.

The unrest has been further fueled by widespread dissatisfaction with the government’s economic policies and perceived corruption within the ruling elite. Activists argue that the government’s failure to address the economic crisis has led to growing inequality and a decline in living standards for many Iranians.

In response to the protests, Iranian authorities have deployed security forces ... Reports indicate that there have been clashes between protesters and police, leading to several injuries. The government has also restricted internet access in an effort to curb the spread of information and organize protests.

Not long ago, a leaked wedding video laid bare luxurious lives of Iran’s political elite and highlights hypocrisy of Islamic Republic:

A short video of a private wedding went viral in Iran recently, tearing away the country’s veil of piety and exposing hypocrisy and a seeming disregard for the rules by which the theocratic regime requires that most Iranians live their lives.

There are many reports like that. Ms.Pelosi's may not think to much about Iranians' well-being, but I feel the Iranians' much larger problem is their own government.