只是阐述客观事实

hi bro

but traveling in china is still good. won’t worry about it, in Beijing a lot ppl can speak English and a certain amount of ppl can speak some Japanese.

It’s really a good question. (I’m really impressed you asked that, seems you are an expert for Chinese history/politics). I’m just a normal guy, so I may only answer it from my view.

When we were young at school, we were told that as you described in the post. China decided to do mixed economy to develop and adapt to the world, but our goal is still communism. This is an ideal dream for the previous leaders of China, we all admire them, like Deng XiaoPing (Tough he was tough on some certain aspects). We call it the “Reform and Opening-up” (Since 1978).

Nowadays, people are still arguing whether this idea was good and whether China still has its initial dream to become a communism country, for some ppl in China believe the reform has failed because china has turned to be a total capitalism country inside like the western world.

But from my life experience, with the mixed economy idea, china developed so so fast, when ppl thought that we should put economy to the first instead of the political system during 1980(1978 is the exact year) to 2018. not only economy, but also arts/humanism/technologies.

However, things changed in the recent 5 years, with the covid destroyed the economy and Xi changed the Chinese constitution that he can be president forever (this is a huge thing in china for us, for it changed the whole political atmosphere, we all feel sad), and we don’t know why the current government becomes aggressive and has a lot conflicts with other countries. In this situation, China is not as energetic as it used to be. Many ppl think China has reached a crucial crossroads in its destiny now.

Hi! getting a Chinese SIM card is a wise decision as roaming can be quite expensive. I’m sorry that both Line and Google Map require a VPN. However, you don’t need to worry. If your wide has a VPN, she can use them. CN takes action only against the public sale of VPNs or their use for illegal activities, but there’s no problem with individuals using VPNs to browse Google or other apps. (Otherwise, what would Chinese developers do, haha!)

I was born and raised in Beijing, and even though I work in Shanghai now, I’m still familiar with Beijing. Feel free to leave msg if you or your wife have any questions. (If she’s planning to visit the Forbidden City, make sure to book tickets online in advance. For navigation, she can use Gaode Map in China, it is developed by Alibaba. For finding good food, she can download DaZhongDianping, which is China’s Yelp.)

hi おおさか, thanks for checking! I think lemmy.world may have it’s own fediversion policy for only connecting to certain lemmy instances, it can be set in the config. we are not in the list so you cannot find this instance. (I tested with programming.dev and this forum can be found there. ) btw, we don’t have that “allowed instances” policy here.

LOL. my bad.

sad to know it. Those governors&medias did not do good things. Also I admit that the current CN government does have some issues… a lot ppl may not like it. Many of us think it may be the US and CN problem that affects the relationship for CN and India as well. We really don;t know why nowadays a lot public medias just let ppl hate each others. ;(

I know Bangalore for north, the city of high-tech in india

niceee, good to know. there are a lot of Indian restaurants in China, and we have no way to distinguish what kind of Indian cuisine they are.

LOL

In big cities like Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen, I believe that around 80% of the younger generation might be familiar with panipuris, if you show the pics of it, they’ll say “oh i know it”. CN ppl call it “the Indian Crispy Ball”. It has gained significant popularity in China, following TikTok and live streaming shows. around 30% of them might have even tasted it. (I work in an international company and the number shall be even higher)

As for chaats, the familiarity might be about half of that for panipuris.

lemme find you a chinese Indian restaurant manu later. lol.

oh my… Free Artist. LOL

is that the fried triangle? I’m loving it!!! so many spice in it. ( if it’s not, then sorry, for it’s a hard time for me to map the food with their names. LOL.

np np, feel free to ask anything.

homemade panipuris during the Shanghai lock down last year

This is a really insightful question, and I’ve discussed it with one of my Indian friends before. It’s a bit complex, so I’ll elaborate a bit more.

Around 3 years ago, people in China were really friendly and held a highly positive opinion of India. This was mainly because they perceived India as another Asian country with which China shared numerous cultural similarities, like Buddhism. We introduced a lot of Bollywood movies (the former Chairman Jiang was a big fan of arts/movies/music, and I believe China had a strong fanbase for Aamir Khan). Additionally, Indian food restaurants were all over places like Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou, and they’re still around today.

Things took a little turn when China and India had a conflict at the border I think. I still recall that during that period, a lot of social media in China were promoting narratives that described China as the victim and propagated the idea that we wouldn’t take action until a certain point. Over the span of around 2-3 months, about 30% of the people (mostly ordinary citizens) became more aggressive towards India. Another 30% remained skeptical of the Chinese media’s narratives, and 40% remained relatively indifferent. Also I think economic interactions between China and India also decreased significantly after the Modi government.

At present, I sense a restoration of normalcy. However, due to a more constrained atmosphere in China (I’m sure you understand what I’m referring to, the political climate has influenced various aspects—like the reduced import of foreign films), India has gradually receded from the public’s attention. This might also be attributed to the decline in trade with India (my assumption).

In general, most CN people view India as the same large country with a population similar to China and Indians are perceived as skilled in programming, with many holding high positions in the Bay Area. Politically, many CN ppl don;t like the Modi government (many CN ppl dont like the current CN governmet as well).

In personal, I like Indian ppl. Given our shared cultural elements, during our time in the US, while others would split bills, we’d like more to take turns covering expenses. We can have rice every meal and share dishes that many Americans wouldn;t even want to try.

I think I have typed quite a bit and hope it covers things you’re interested. One thing I need to mention is that CN ppl are more knowledgeable to India than you might imagine, let me find my photo of making panipuris and I’ll upload it here sooner.

It’s working! I can see u man! Welcome to fediversie!

you’re right, bro. It’s not just about naming consistency; understandable naming, not gibberish, is also very important. That is the key to precise communication. In my company, we are not allowed to use abbreviations to avoid causing any misunderstandings.

Every time when it happens, no useful logs with the default config. seems there shall be a parameter for controlling the Rust logs or we shall add it.