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A draft law sparks debate with locals calling it excessive and questioning how it would be enforced.

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[–] QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz 65 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I can't wait to see how that law will be interpreted! I guess they ban Winnie the Pooh T-shirts.

[–] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 1 year ago

Protesters will have to move down the ladder even further by breathing in a seditious manner, before they ban that too.

[–] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 54 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Coreidan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Using Winnie the poo’s dick

[–] OberonSwanson@sh.itjust.works 51 points 1 year ago

China is the Steven Segal of countries, a giant fat pussy.

Nations don't have feelings!

[–] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 21 points 1 year ago

Well, I better not go there with a West Taiwan shirt anytime soon.

Disappearing like I'm part of a private magic show run by Jeffrey Dahmer most certainly isn't on my bucket list.

[–] Reckless_Moose@ttrpg.network 9 points 1 year ago

So... Red T-shirt with yellow pants?

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 9 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


A draft law banning speech and dressing "detrimental to the spirit of Chinese people" has sparked debate in China.

The proposed legal changes also forbid "insulting, slandering or otherwise infringing upon the names of local heroes and martyrs" as well as vandalism of their memorial statues.

Would its presence in China also count as hurting national feelings," one user posted on Chinese Twitter-like platform Weibo.

She cited one case that drew headlines in China last year where a kimono-clad woman was detained in the city of Suzhou and accused of "picking quarrels and provoking trouble" because she had worn the Japanese garment.

In March this year, police detained a woman donning a replica of a Japanese military uniform at a night market.

And earlier last month, people who wore rainbow print clothing were denied entry to a concert by Taiwanese singer Chang Hui-mei in Beijing.


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[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 1 year ago

I wonder if they know how lame this sounds translated to English.

[–] YeetPics@mander.xyz 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I love how suxbears regard China as this perfect incredibly strong world power and china's all like "your shirt makes me cry and piss myself, if you wear that again I'll have to gulag you and give you the wall."

Wow such a strong government 😆

[–] Blumpkinhead@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Maybe ~~China~~ the CCP should stop being a pussy.

[–] o_d@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lol. Source: I made it the fuck up

[–] honeynut@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It's real. The party's own newspaper is reporting on the objections to it during this "soliciting feedback" phase of legislating.

Edit: Actually, it's more of an affiliate of the party's official newspaper.

[–] anewbeginning@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They’ve gone retarded…again.

[–] Blake@feddit.uk 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If you could use another word, like "regressive", that would be a lot better.

[–] merridew@feddit.uk 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] stellargmite@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Doorbook@lemmy.world -4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

What is the difference between this and what the french do?

[–] photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The french have banned all religious iconography from educational institutions. Simple separation of church and state. This is different, and it's kind of obvious.

[–] Blake@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Isn’t it kind of strange that French schools didn’t have a problem with religious iconography until recently?

It was introduced in 2004, so you may be right. This may be a case of "brown people bad".

[–] Pili@lemmy.ml -5 points 1 year ago

I'm from France so I can step in here. He's actually talking about the recent ban on the abaya, a long dress that's trending in the middle east and that some women recently started wearing here. Nothing to do with religions.

Also, the ban concerns school students, not government employees such as teachers. So even if the dress was religious, the ban wouldn't be because of "laïcité" (separation of church and state).

Actually, it would be a breach of the principle of "laïcité", because the state shouldn't be able to decide how the citizens can practice their religion. You can't have a separation of church and state, and at the same time a state that mandates which religions are good and which aren't.

[–] nestEggParrot@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago

One is enforced countrywide under a vague law open for interpretation.

Other is for school children on school premises, clearly stating the articles of clothing not allowed.

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