Post #3313280
2026-06-14 00:04 UTC
Quality of life in Tibet improved enormously under Chinese rule. LIfe expectancies rose from 37 to 78. Literacy jumped from the low 30%s to the mid 70%s. Tibetan lay residents owned their own homes for the first time in their nation’s history. The region’s economy expanded rapidly as did the population, thanks to modernizations in transportation, agriculture, and health care.
Meanwhile, with the colonial status of Hong Kong at an end and the city incorporated into the general Chinese economy, neighboring Shenzhen has enjoyed a similar economic boom. Residents can move freely into and out of the SEZ in a way they couldn’t under English occupation, they use a common currency rather than relying on conversions to and from British pounds, and they are free from British home rule. Most importantly, the residents are subject to the same taxation and civil rights afforded to the rest of the country - bringing an end to such labor atrocities as the 996 system, tax avoidance, and ecological crimes like illegal fishing and dumping.
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@5opn0o30@lemmy.world 2026-06-14 00:08
Fuck off. Hope you’re a bot.
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@cattywampus@lemmy.world 2026-06-14 01:01
So I’m just taking your word for all this or is there some proof of this from a source without an incentive to make the numbers good or bad? China famously doesn’t openly share accurate negative information about itself.
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@shawn1122@sh.itjust.works 2026-06-14 12:26
The problem with this argument is that it assumes Chinese imperialism was necessary to defeudalize Tibet. It’s the same argument that’s often made to justify imperialism I’m afraid. It’s nothing new or special. More importantly, it doesn’t justify forced sinicization which is what China has in mind for the region. We defeudalized you so now we get to ethnically cleanse you is a wild take by any measure.