This was like 5 or 6 years ago as I recall, I guess it stuck though (referring to party officials as "comrade" again).
Still a market economy though after all that time. I know attitudes toward gay people are largely overblown by more conservative elements in PRC's censorship apparatus. A lot of that is a result of US-backed operations in the region though, when your adversary is willing and able to spend billions on propaganda against your domestic constituency it's hard to combat that with anything other than police powers, and anything "Western" often has to be treated with the same brush. The marketplace of ideas is pretty obviously going to favor the ones with the most capital to burn, definitely if you look at the US for example. My fiance is from Shanghai and over 50, has no negative opinion whatsoever with gay or trans folks.
This was like 5 or 6 years ago as I recall, I guess it stuck though (referring to party officials as "comrade" again).
Still a market economy though after all that time. I know attitudes toward gay people are largely overblown by more conservative elements in PRC's censorship apparatus. A lot of that is a result of US-backed operations in the region though, when your adversary is willing and able to spend billions on propaganda against your domestic constituency it's hard to combat that with anything other than police powers, and anything "Western" often has to be treated with the same brush. The marketplace of ideas is pretty obviously going to favor the ones with the most capital to burn, definitely if you look at the US for example. My fiance is from Shanghai and over 50, has no negative opinion whatsoever with gay or trans folks.