Gran, 82, collects trash to pay dead son's bill[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn
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Li, who receives a retirement pension of 2,500 yuan a month, still goes out to collect recyclable trash every day to pay a 390,000 yuan medical debt for his sick son who later died.

even china's state media does this "feel good" cliche that makes you wanna die :agony-shivering:

  • HarryLime [any]
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    3 years ago

    I don't see "uplifting" said anywhere. No evidence this is a "feel good" story. Also, it's from 2012.

    • honeynut
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      1 year ago

      deleted by creator

    • refolde [she/her, any]
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      3 years ago

      How does one even find an article like this without... you know, actively searching for it?

      • fed [none/use name]
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        3 years ago

        i was searching for china state media articles about medical debt and I found this lol

  • comi [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Xi, launch the universal healthcare button :sadness:

    • wtypstanaccount04 [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Xi launch the universal healthcare button or I'll do it for you :xi-clap: :stalin-gun-1::mao-aggro-shining:

  • ErnestGoesToGulag [comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    I don't know any MLs who doubt China is still under the capitalist mode of production, nor that the capitalist mode of production sucks.

    The communist party decided to focus on building productive forces, and it worked - they're either the first or second most powerful country.

    Now they're free to reintroduce socialist reforms and wealth redistribution, which Xi has been doing

  • emizeko [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    distasteful. at least the've made good progress expanding health coverage over the last decade

  • cokedupchavez [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    in a country that big you can find a hundred million horror stories if you wanna be a pendantic asshole and search for them. fuck off

    • englesintheoutfield [they/them]
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      3 years ago

      christ y'all marxism is not putting your head in the sand and deflecting even an ounce of critcism. critiques can be good and necessary

      • LeninWeave [none/use name]
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        3 years ago

        OP got upset in another thread about China (which he called "neoliberal" lol), found a 9-year-old article, and posted it here to misrepresent the tone as "feel good". If you think this is good-faith criticism of the Chinese system, I've got a bridge to sell you.

  • cresspacito [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    I wouldn't call this 'feel good', it's written pretty matter-of-factly

    • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Yeah, compared to this...

      "sweetest thing" is the first phrase they use, then they proceed to glorify commodity and selling your labor and the products of it in order to pay off debts of subsistence.

  • Slowpoke [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    How'd the son even run up a debt? In a Chinese hospital, you either pay cash up front or you die at the door to the hospital. There aren't any medical debts.

    • Barabas [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      It is owned by the chinese communist party.