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XHS is a platform dominated by young urban liberal women and isn’t going to be particularly representative of Chinese society as a whole.

Like I don’t think it’s showing lies or anything, queer people can and do live safely and openly in China’s cities, but the app might not show realities of rural conservatism, or the fact that homophobia is still very common within family units if not in broader society. Just something to be aware of.

but they’re represent at the same level as the royalty

how so?

Chengdu has a (positive) reputation of being China’s most queer-friendly city, I guess she was drawing attention to that?

It’s status-quoism, usually both in-universe and in a meta sense in that monarchism is the Tolkienist default for fantasy stories.

big if true

true if big

How is that a different perspective?

As of at least 2023, Chinese public attitudes towards the LGBTQI community continues to become increasingly favorable.

Literally all that “article” says is that China has its issues but is making progress in the right direction.

The important thing is that LGBTQ people in China can and do currently live free, safe, and open lives, and that the state is consistently moving towards providing queer people with further right and protections.

Why? You just assume TEMU uses child labour because… vibes?

My understanding is that even in 996 they get way longer lunches than us.

I’d be really wary of trying to soften how bad 996 is. Everyone I’ve known who’s worked it has described it as pretty hellish and the government really does need to work harder to stamp it out.

Honestly couldn’t say. I know a fair number of people who still do it but I don’t want to extrapolate to wider society.