Chinese leaders very busy

Here's a fascinating propaganda artefact, namely the English language version of a video currently viral in China comparing the political systems of the US, UK and PRC, much to China's benefit. The makers, who one can assume are not unadjacent to the regime (though not necessarily part of it), also seem to have hired the chap who used to do the verbals for Ronco's exciting range of baroque finger slicing implements in late night infomercials for voice over duty. The description of Cameron's rise to the top is quite garbled, possibly due to over-literal translation from the Chinese. But, overall, quite slick. 

Anyway, click play on the embedded cartoon to experience the wonders of CPC meritocracy for yourselves.

Comments

[alle]

Off topic, but just barely, and slightly unnerving: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/20/world/asia/authors-accept-censors-rules-to-sell-in-china.html

[jamie]

Not surprising: we're at the cultural fusion stage it seems.

One thing that struck me reading that is that for Chinese publishers to be able to offer worthwhile deals, they must have got pirating under some kind of control. Whereas before you could buy unexpurgated versions taken from translations published in Hong Kong or Taiwan which ripped off the authors, now you have expurgated versions of the originals in which the authors are duly paid.

[alle]

Economic fusion, then. More consistently applied censorship as a side effect of global market demands to enforce copyright laws to ensure the free trade of information. Sounds like the history of modern China in one sentence.

[Igor Belanov]

"But more generally, I kind of prefer having opinions about China from a country which doesn't depend on China to keep the lights on. I also think you should have a choice about whether you want to pay the Chinese state every time you do that."

Obviously investment and an open economy is one thing, but I almost got the impression that Osborne and Johnson were over in China begging to become a colony.

[Igor Belanov]

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