Modern China Flashcards
What is China’s current military power (Oct 2021)?
According to the Rand corporation, China and Russia combined still do not come close to the U.S’s military might. Although China has been increasing it’s military might at an alarming rate. It has added a second aircraft carrier, 23 new guided missle destroyers, 29 new frigates, 60 to 70 new J-20 fifth gen stealth fighters, and 229 new intercontinental ballistic missle silos.
Between 2012 and 2017, what caused China and Russia to strengthen their cooperation?
Well, the real strengthening of their cooperation began in 2014, after sanctions were placed on Russia for annexing Crimea.
When did China begin to show its cooperation with Russia rather than just calculation with Russia?
In 2003 when the two countries launched their first joint “field exercise”.
What was the “15 Year Military Cooperation Plan” between China and Russia?
It was a plan signed in 2002 which “expanded the provision of military equipment, technology licenses, and joint research and development.” This led to high levels of military intelligence exchange as well as access to high end systems for China and Russia.
What do some say is the way to limit the interoperability between China and Russia?
The reduction of Western sanctions but this is is likely undesirable and not probable. Rather we should come to terms with the Sino-Soviet military partnership.
What became of Evergrande’s attempt to sell a 50.1% stake in its property services unit?
It fell through, delivering a horrible blow to developer’s hopes of avoiding a devastating default.
What is a tendency of middle to upper class families in China?
They tend to have their children take private English lessons.
How many people are housed in Hangzhou as of Oct 2021?
Around 10 million people, Hangzhou is a booming metropolis. It may or may not have been a characteristic example of resident displacement.
How many people live in Shanghai
24 million people live in Shanghai
What does each city in China have regarding data
Each city in China has its own data hub which is seldomly visited by journalists or foreign media.
What is a cool thing the Chinese government was able to achieve regarding construction workers?
The Chinese government was able to create a municipal entity which would be able to find any construction site through an algorithm and identify through mass surveillance any irregularities in work practice or development.
How does Chinese mass surveillance keep people in check at all times?
What is the ability to conduct a mask surveillance across all urban centers and to take video of citizens from all different types of angles conducting illegal activities or simply placing the trash in the wrong place the Chinese government is able to communicate with law-enforcement to uphold the social norms and laws to and create a well governed and well manage society
What is TikTok able to do with its algorithm?
I still don’t know if you have to turn on location services services for this to happen but TikTok appears to be able to find out the model of your phone your location how long you watch the video what you commented whether you skipped over the video and adjusts the algorithm to serve you with that entertainment.
What is shadow banning
On TickTock China manages to suppress any information of the chairman Square massacre what do you know it is a classic example but it is able to not delete information or not delete videos but rather able to just show it less and less so that when someone looks for this information of this video they see that it has gotten a few likes.
How many people have disappeared into Chinese internment camps? What is alarming about Uighur repression?
Some estimates claim there have been a million. In these camps, there are allegations that Uighurs were sterilized, corroborating data that has seen birth rates among the demographic plummet. Uighurs are also being identified with new Chinese facial recognition technology.
