https://archive.md/2021.12.17-113002/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/12/17/china-dancing-grannies-noise/

Guangchangwu, or “square dancing,” dates back decades. The practice had its origins in collective public dances during the Cultural Revolution in the 1960s and 1970s, and later in the economic reforms of the 1990s that left many city dwellers jobless and in need of low-cost entertainment.

Today, the "damas” or “big mothers” as the dancers are known, can be found dancing in the early mornings and evenings, blasting their stereos, waving fans and scarves, while jitterbugging, waltzing and jiving.

    • Tervell [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      I think former Governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevic was simply joking about how there's a ton more school shootings in the US

      • Rod_Blagojevic [none/use name]
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        3 years ago

        I was joking. I hope China doesn't have a school shooting problem. I don't feel like having my worldview challenged on Friday evening.

        • Tervell [he/him]
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          Their gun regulation is incredibly strict, I think they even ban airsoft. So probably no school shootings, but as invalidusernamelol posted, there are stabbings. Definitely nowhere near as bad as the US though, it takes a lot of skill to fuck up your country to such a degree