The impression I get

That’s the issue! These articles give lots of impressions but are light on the facts!

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Ugh I swear China train reporting is of the lowest quality… What does “full-size superconducting test run” as mentioend in the CGTN article found in the linked video description mean? The video shows a train car the size of an automobile. Is that what they mean? But how is it the “first” test run when SCMaglev in Shanghai uses superconductors and has been operating for two decades? How long is the test track? How does it compare to startups in the rest of the world? Is this “full-size superconducting test run” also a low-vacuum test? What speeds is this “full-size superconducting test run” going to achieve? Because 99% of reporting on vactrains cover test runs that do not achieve the advertised speeds. What is the name of this research team? Is it the World Artery that this article mentions, or are they unrelated? What is their relation to rail companies and government organizations? Basically, is this being taken seriously or is it just hype like in America? Also, “The new project experimental”?? “The new train is specter to be”?? Does Travel Tomorrow force their journalists to write an article in 20 minutes or something?? Bottom of the barrel reporting, guys!!

edit: holy smokes everyone I am just as bad as these guys - I got the Japanese SCMaglev and the German-Chinese Shanghai Transrapid confused. SCMaglev users superconductors in their electrodynamic suspension system. I don’t think the Transrapid uses them in their electromagnetic suspension system.

These countries don’t get polled much, so it’s hard to get a number. There’s that famous Harvard survey showing extremely high satisfaction with the Chinese government though. Opinions on these countries are going to lean negative within the western internet ecosystem. For example, the vast majority of Chinese people are posting on Weibo, Douyin, Xiaohongshu, etc. etc. rather than Twitter, Reddit, Youtube, and Facebook.

I see the Chinese train speed disinfo psyop continues. 99% of so-called “Chinese disinfo” is real, accurate info. The other 1% is extremely misleading (if not outright fabricated) claims about train speeds. I will now show you why Becca Inglis has no idea what they are talking about (as is usual for journalists no matter where they’re from).

Inglis claims that China’s new high-speed maglev has reached 281 mph (452 km/h) and that engineers hope it will reach 621 mph (999 km/h).

Unfortunately, Inglis does not know how to read. The source provided for the first claim is an article incorrectly titled “At 281 miles an hour, China’s new high-speed maglev train is the world’s fastest”. This article is also written by a confused “journalist” who has no idea how to do cursory research. They are referring to the CR450 tests which does not use magnetic levitation. The first sentence of the article sources an almost well-written EurAsian Times article. The contents of this article are very informative, and it does not make the incorrect claim that the CR450 trains are maglev. They even list two TGV tests that went faster than this CR test. Strangely, they do not mention the Chuo Shinkansen which reached a top speed of 603 km/h (375 mph) and will have an operational top speed of 505 km/h (314 mph) when it starts running in a few years. Despite the accurate content of the article, the title - “At 453 KM/H, China Tests World’s Fastest, New-Gen High-Speed Train That Is Safer, Energy-Efficient & Intelligent” - is still a lie. Not only is there an Ouroboros of bad journalists republishing other bad journalists’ work but making it even worse (more like a human centipede of journalism I suppose), but all the journalists involved are dishonest hacks who want to lure readers in with false claims about “world’s fastest train”!

“Engineers hope it will reach 621 mph” - no they don’t. Your source for this claim is an article that makes it abundantly clear that a completely different train is being discussed.

Inglis states that China plans to build a country-wide high-speed maglev system

This is a claim I see frequently yet never anything to back it up. Indeed, the “source” is just some researchers saying they hope it becomes a thing one day. This is only marginally more serious than Elon promising we’re going to build a transcontinental vacuum train. I cannot find a single sentence about maglev in the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025) and I have not seen a single journalist reach out to the appropriate ministries to conduct an interview about the possibility.

Inglis claims that “unlike with highways and traditional train tracks, animals can cross safely underneath maglev railways”

What? Do they think maglev tracks levitate off the ground or something? You still need to build a track. High speed trains cannot make sharp turns, so the track has to be very straight. In Japan, this means the majority of the Chuo Shinkansen will be in a tunnel. In China, a lot of high-speed rail is built on viaducts. Does this really “split the landscape”? This ridiculous claim is not Inglis’ original thought but is instead copied almost word-for-word from the International Maglev Board. They will obviously say whatever to get people to buy maglevs.

Never trust a China train journalist!

IRL? Sometimes I can get very passionate. One time my friend was egging me on to talk about Xinjiang because apparently he’d rather ruin a friendship than enjoy a trip to the city. Another time I spent at least half an hour on Discord trying to tell a friend China isn’t literally Satan and later learned he still thought poorly of me because of that a year later.

Online, I will give a genuine response once or maybe twice. Usually they’re unreceptive so I stop responding after that.

Under the American Two Party regime, the state forces its netizens into an opaque “intranet” where any anti-regime sentiments are immediately purged by volunteers. 😔

Do not fear everyone - I have written a strongly worded comment denouncing the lemmy world administrators for being hypocritical and illogical.

Because both of them conducted genocidal policies towards Indigenous people, right?

Not everyone who engages in sensory-seeking is neurodivergent. Stimtoys and sensory videos can appeal to everyone. Many humans like to have things in their mouths, and gum is the semi-modern incarnation of this. Autistic sensory requirements are a whole other thing, and frankly you do not see stimtoy companies successfully marketing silicone chew toys. The most popular toys are tactile because they appeal to the largest demographic rather than an autistic niche.

As for the videos you linked… ASMR and other sensory videos take advantage of animal biology, and capitalism simply cracked the code with technology and marketing. You can actually turn on a video of dancing fruit on your TV and hypnotize your dog with it. It would probably have the same effect on medieval peasants as it does to the modern proletariat.

developing an alliance with the similarly imperialist Russian Federation

imperialism is when you do war

so-called “Communist” Party of China, a social-fascist and revisionist party

boring, century-old insult

Xi Jinping is a billionaire because he leads a country with billions of dollars

heard it before from liberals, would’ve been funny if it was original

3/10. definitely not thermonuclear. this isn’t even a one kiloton take 🥱

Cities Skylines costs over $300 for the full game lol

If Ukraine had rainforests, America would be sending Agent Orange by now.

I just changed my zoom to 120% lol

Yes all the other news communities are borderline unusable. For socialist news discussion, Hexbear’s news megathread is very good, but its news community is a bit inactive in comparison. For a good news community, you need actually engaging discussion, so I would caution against cross-posting for the sake of boosting activity. You will probably just end up with a bunch of barely upvoted posts.

Oh wow, this is really quite ridiculous. She’s got her head proudly glued under the sand. My condolences.

You gotta give the journalists some slack - coming up with silly nicknames for national enemies cuts through the monotony of a day of rewording press releases from the ministry of foreign affairs.

It’s also just… meaningless. It’s full of literal magic, like creating miniature clouds to water your garden. It’s eye candy, not anything -punk.

Liberals will call us genocide deniers, and them claim white genocide isn’t happening in America (obviously). Curious!

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