Young people in Guangzhou commute in electric wheelchairs as e-bikes face tighter rules

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Young people in Guangzhou commute in electric wheelchairs as e-bikes face tighter rules

straitstimes.com

The trend has reportedly sparked a backlash from some in China due to safety reasons. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Here is an article that is not from a pro-Beijing media:

https://time.com/6293946/china-guangzhou-electric-wheelchairs-ebikes-scooters/

The video in that article is hilarious.

Straight from Wall-E.

Why does the allegiance to country matter here? Am I missing something? Would we ask to get news about some silly domestic trend from a non pro-Washington source?

Because it normalises the site as reputable source. Yes, there are most certainly some unbiased articles there, but at the end of the day it is still a propaganda tool. Russia uses the same playbook with RussiaToday: Tons of propaganda and some factual news sprinkled in between, so they can point to those and claim "Its not just propaganda".

Completely agree but are we going to do the same for western sources which depending on the source do the exact same thing.

Yes and many do. I.e. Fox News is a prime example of a western propaganda outlet which IMHO shouldn't be taken seriously as a source of information.

Yeah thank fuck, was just making sure we didn't have the western version of tankies here lol. Fuck fox news and fuck Murdoch.

Being pro-Beijing doesn't just mean an allegiance to China, it means that the media supports the CCP which is an oppressive government that constantly violate human rights.

We say pro-Beijing because it is about the government, not the country.

But tankies always struggle to understand the difference between a government and a country.

Tankies

Far right detected. Instantly downvoted and disregarded.

Tankie fucks fuck off.

One step closer to living in Wall-e

These restrictions are such a shame. Back when I lived in China, people used to ride 3-wheeled electric bikes/wagons (三轮车) but they were banned by the government for being “unsafe”. The thing is everything is significantly closer to home than here in the US. My family would all pile in the back and ride around running errands, getting dropped off at school, going to friend’s homes in that bike. When those were banned, we had to get a car and more 2 wheeled electric bikes to accommodate the loss of our single 3 wheeled electric bike. Even then, we mostly used our electric bikes to get around town. I used to ride 35 minutes on my electric bike to get to school every day. These restrictions make long distance travel on electric bikes just that much more difficult and pushes more people to buy cars. It’s funny how China has been pushing for years to become more like the US in every way except for human rights SMH

It’s funny how China has been pushing for years to become more like the US in every way except for human rights SMH

Fuck China and all but I really wouldn't use the US as a human rights goal post right now.

We’re not arresting and harvesting organs from unwanted religious groups. We have our problems, but we’re nowhere close the hellhole of China

I think he means he shouldn't have mentioned the US cause it's one of the countries with the worst reputation regarding human rights.

You’re not doing THIS specific thing you mentioned, but there are lots of other bad things you’re doing. The US is to human rights like Syria is to peace and safety.

The US is much closer to China than you think. But it’s hard to see when you’re in the US, because of all the propaganda you’re exposed to when living there.

The biggest prison population of any country, and they’re used for slave labor.