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   Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾 (liztai@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 30-Mar-2024 11:16:25 JST Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾

   Have you enjoyed some Chinese propaganda lately? I did.

   I watched a Chinese legal drama called Draw the Line and I'd like to reassure you that I'm still not a member of the Communist Party of China. 📧 Subscribe to read the post. Subscription is free.

   http://elizabethtai.com/2024/03/30/have-you-enjoyed-some-chinese-propaganda-lately-i-did/

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     Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾 (liztai@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 30-Mar-2024 13:09:25 JST Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾

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     • Aulia Masna

     @aulia gotta do my little bit to help the motherland 🤪

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     Aulia Masna (aulia@mementomori.social)'s status on Saturday, 30-Mar-2024 13:09:27 JST Aulia Masna

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     @liztai so you decided to spread Chinese propaganda.

     🤣🤣🤣

     But seriously, it’s probably no more propaganda than the deluge of American cop and lawyer shows showing how great they are at upholding the law and justice when in reality they’re more trigger finger white nationalists on power trips.

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     Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾 (liztai@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 30-Mar-2024 15:40:22 JST Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾

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     • veer66

     @veer66 Thank you for your thoughtful response! I feel you about talking to people you don’t like though. Sometimes you wonder why you bother. And like you, I spent of my life not just watching Western dramas but shows from China, Taiwan, Hongkong, Thailand and india. The diversity has really enriched me!

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     veer66 (veer66@social.vivaldi.net)'s status on Saturday, 30-Mar-2024 15:40:23 JST veer66

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     @liztai

     > Have you enjoyed some

     Chinese propaganda lately?

     No, but I'm interested in their land ownership system.

     > Like most people in Asia and

     South-East Asia, I have consumed Western movies all my life.

     Me too, but I watch much more programs and films from North-East Asia and South Asia, e.g., Dr. Slump, Justice Pao (1993), Queen Seondeok, Piku (2015).

     > I’ve visited China a few times

     I visited Guangdong 20 years ago. Their cities were in very good shape. I love their tea, but foods, including Stir-Fried Chinese Morning Glory, were different.

     > I always find it a little disturbing that people would not watch or read something because it clashes with their values.

     I confess that sometimes I'm tired of watching and talking to those I don't like.

     > Before you reply, could you read the article first?

     Yes, of course.

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     Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾 (liztai@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Apr-2024 21:38:08 JST Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾

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     • Coreo Jones (coreopsismajor)

     @coreo I hear good things about this drama! Glad you're enjoying it. Yeah, I don't usually want to watch shows that mirrors my life either! That's boring ;P

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     Coreo Jones (coreopsismajor) (coreo@wandering.shop)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Apr-2024 21:38:09 JST Coreo Jones (coreopsismajor)

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     @liztai 🤝 from me, halfway through War of Faith right now, a few days behind the episodes airing on CCTV...8 I think, and thinking about what messages we're meant to get from it and what messages I do actually get. (And avoiding Weibo because I don't wanna get spoiled for tonight's latest twists.)

     I find I don't want to watch anyone's modern day military/police shows right now, but I don't want to watch stuff that looks like my own suburban US white person life, either.