After six years, I’ve left @SixthTone. Or conditions were created for me to leave after publishing a project that criticized “zero-COVID,” which landed multiple people in hot water. It’s been bittersweet leaving a place we’ve built over the years but it was time. (A long 🧵) pic.twitter.com/6IRPTwOzXg— Bibek Bhandari (@bibekbhandari) May 10, 2023
I don't know what they'd expect when the Shanghai sect are the backseat drivers to Xi's center-left socialism. Imo, these kinds of things are the compromises they make in order to keep the neoliberals from turn-coating directly to the Americans. It's disappointing that it involves excusing when the neoliberals botch national policy objectives,
From the rest of the thread, it seems like some socially conservatives boomers in charge are extra ban happy with issues regarding covid, women, lgbt, workers etc. It sucks because these are what ST is best at. I was always very impressed with their ability to present stories about China that were neither Western propaganda nor bland govt. congratulatory messages. I can’t think of another Chinese publication that threads that needle.
Fuck them, honestly. Even Trotskiyists who are critical of China had better views of Zero-COVID and criticisms of the government than this dipshit at Sixth Tone.
The should do an article about the (real) trauma of your family becoming fascists because of COVID and immigrant families dying. Instead of Shanghai citylibs "trauma" of being mad they had to stay inside for a couple weeks.
Yeah it fucking sucks ass. Would kill for 1-2 week hard lockdowns and then lighter restrictions for months. Instead of having to fucking buy all the masks, tests, etc. myself. Self-police (myself). Get criticized and misunderstood by everyone around me when doing this. And still not actually feel or be safe at all in a country where if you get sick the government and employer tell you to go fuck yourself if you want help beyond maybe a single emergency room visit.
Just from this excerpt, fuck this guy. I'll happily take his house if he wants to come here, to the Garden of McNurgle. And hey, we've got so many tragic vehicles crashes of our own for him to report on, he'd be thrilled!
"Anti-covid silliness", go fuck yourself in a Hart Island trench you fucking hack, my mom still can't smell.
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I don't know what they'd expect when the Shanghai sect are the backseat drivers to Xi's center-left socialism. Imo, these kinds of things are the compromises they make in order to keep the neoliberals from turn-coating directly to the Americans. It's disappointing that it involves excusing when the neoliberals botch national policy objectives,
From the rest of the thread, it seems like some socially conservatives boomers in charge are extra ban happy with issues regarding covid, women, lgbt, workers etc. It sucks because these are what ST is best at. I was always very impressed with their ability to present stories about China that were neither Western propaganda nor bland govt. congratulatory messages. I can’t think of another Chinese publication that threads that needle.
I would simply not sound like I'm echoing western media sinophobic talking points. But that's just me. I guess I'm just built different.
Fuck them, honestly. Even Trotskiyists who are critical of China had better views of Zero-COVID and criticisms of the government than this dipshit at Sixth Tone.
The should do an article about the (real) trauma of your family becoming fascists because of COVID and immigrant families dying. Instead of Shanghai citylibs "trauma" of being mad they had to stay inside for a couple weeks.
I've been inside for three fucking years
Solidarity, friend.
Yeah it fucking sucks ass. Would kill for 1-2 week hard lockdowns and then lighter restrictions for months. Instead of having to fucking buy all the masks, tests, etc. myself. Self-police (myself). Get criticized and misunderstood by everyone around me when doing this. And still not actually feel or be safe at all in a country where if you get sick the government and employer tell you to go fuck yourself if you want help beyond maybe a single emergency room visit.
Just from this excerpt, fuck this guy. I'll happily take his house if he wants to come here, to the Garden of McNurgle. And hey, we've got so many tragic vehicles crashes of our own for him to report on, he'd be thrilled!
"Anti-covid silliness", go fuck yourself in a Hart Island trench you fucking hack, my mom still can't smell.