He actually argues better than me in mandarin, damn it. I'm only able to be friendly in mandarin
Was surprised he knew the word for comprador in Chinese. Seems cool.
He seems like the type who may have learned Mandarin specifically for reading works with phrases like that ahah.
Yeah when he called them reactionary compradors it's like every synapse of my brain is begging me to learn Mandarin. I finally have a purpose.
they're always in the city I live in, and I always say 'I am a communist' they leave so quickly lol
"Don't you believe in political plurality?" - me yelling after them
你们是美帝国主义资助的右派邪教 lmao (y’all are US imperialist-funded right-wing cult)
This Brit’sh guy’s mandarin is pretty good for a foreigner.
It's really satisfying to me to hear white westerners speaking Asian languages well, like I am just so used to horrible racist caricatures it's refreshing to see proper fluency.
Maybe the connotations are different in Mandarin, but I feel like "What is a cult?" is not something you have to ask if your new religious movement isn't a cult
Connotations are worse in mandarin since 邪教 translates literally as "evil sect"
The more accurate translation should be “what cult?” (literally) or “what do you mean we’re a cult?”
That's how I heard it, like saying "what is it that you are describing as a cult?", depending on your reading of it. Like "you're an asshole!" - "who's an asshole?" She went on to try to say there was a cult with the organ harvesting, so I think she was trying to say 'you're the cultist, not us!'
Hahahaha get fucked racist imperialist qigong cultist mongrels!
