Thank you for your interesting comments. Please share, if possible, if the USSR today is similar to the PRC (commercial…
My friend lived in China for over six months building electric infrastructure for some rural areas. She travelled a lot to big cities as well. You assumed I got my information from media, and it is not so.
do y'all really like this drama?? i mean yaeh, i love my boy mu qingyan, but the plot .. is everywhere? i dont…
Agreed. The plot is all over the place because of the rubbish scene editing. I don’t think they understand the idea of well developed narrative threads…
Thank you for these insights because I am thinking twice whether to watch this or not. Were you able to watch…
I wouldn’t say the scenes made me uncomfortable, just reminded me of days of true hardship and made me feel a lot of pity for everybody living in those times under the regime. I pretty much skipped nothing - the drama is really well done.
Thank you for your interesting comments. Please share, if possible, if the USSR today is similar to the PRC (commercial…
It was my autocorrect, I hadn’t noticed it. I’d say rural China has huge issues, despite the raw resources it has. Anyway, I wouldn’t compare the countries, as I mentioned previously.
Plenty of chinese dramas criticize the times in chinese revolution. Its something the ccp acknowledges and allows…
Thank you! I’ll give them a go.
Speaking of child trafficking, it was rampant in USSR as well. My mum was absolutely terrified that I’d be switched at birth or stolen, which happened in tens of thousands of cases across USSR (in Georgia, they even had a huge scandal about it up to 2005). Usually after giving birth, the babies were taken to a “communal” room for babies and the switches/stealing were likely to happen there. My mum studied my whole body before they took me away and she made sure to check once she got me back. I can’t imagine how stressful that was, so close to giving birth as well.
Thank you for your interesting comments. Please share, if possible, if the USSR today is similar to the PRC (commercial…
Well, USSR has collapsed so you can’t really compare it to the PRC of today. I guess Belarus or Russia might be used instead, but I don’t live in either country. I know about their internal situation, but I still don’t think I could give a 100% truthful account. But I’d say Russians have way less tech surveillance than the Chinese do, and they certainly don’t have a social credit score dictating what they can and can’t do.
Plenty of chinese dramas criticize the times in chinese revolution. Its something the ccp acknowledges and allows…
I generally tend to avoid dramas set pre-90s because I can’t stomach communist propaganda, but I really liked the leads’ chemistry so gave it a go nonetheless. If you have any recommendations, I’d be grateful if you share them 😊
This is well written and so interesting to read. I can’t imagine the difficulty and travails of living in those…
Oh Feng Lin is definitely realistic. People like her were everywhere and you simply couldn't trust others, not without some serious “screening”. You were in a constant state of fear that not only you’d get snitched on for things you’ve done or said, but also for those you haven’t.
I’d actually go as far as saying that few nowadays truly know freedom, communist countries are just more obvious than others. It’s pretty sad tbh.
Thanks for the recs!
Speaking of child trafficking, it was rampant in USSR as well. My mum was absolutely terrified that I’d be switched at birth or stolen, which happened in tens of thousands of cases across USSR (in Georgia, they even had a huge scandal about it up to 2005). Usually after giving birth, the babies were taken to a “communal” room for babies and the switches/stealing were likely to happen there. My mum studied my whole body before they took me away and she made sure to check once she got me back. I can’t imagine how stressful that was, so close to giving birth as well.