So no

True that he is fighting for the presidency quite heavily but so would trump given chance .. and then it comes to china Jinping does not have any word to say due NPC can just see him out,
those jailing i dunno if they have come from the man directly

i dont envy any of them tho

having that much of power and burden to do right

also needing to juggle around with other superpowers trying to assert Dominance

it must take its toll on mind and body quite heavily

also considering cultural differences in russia and putin managed to have quite high aproval ratings.. its kind of funny tho

Maybe they can take it

i have been reading a lot of him lately due i love to argument with my friend about politics

i have to have admit some losses and me being wrong too as more i read into him/russian politics

Keeping democratic opposition out doesn't seem half as stressfull as keeping a communist party under control

I bet a chink version of house of cards would be amazing. The amounts of intrigue, backstabbing and all or nothing powerplays must be extraordinary

and accidents and suicides

sadly their state-media would never let it air there

Let's not forget insurance scams!

Actually, do they even ever work?

I'm sure some people actually legitimately get run over, but I'm wondering about those that just lay in front of cars

@Tervy https://twitter.com/nytimesworld/status/996713143593328640

afaik if any politician or not would be jailed in here,germany,us,china going against laws ?

just tell me if im wrong on that one

but if law requires you to get permission for protest

sure some countries allow it in the form of "as long as you inform us X days before"

and anything outside of that is unlawfull protest

what gets people jailtime

at least in finland its the same thing only leader (+ ofc violent scum) get arrested on unlawful protests

as far as i know that is

mostly due its leaders responsibility to inform goverment about the protest

"In many areas it is required to get permission from the government to hold a demonstration." -wikipedia about USA

just imagine how US would have reacted if anti-trump protestes would have protested just next road from inauguration ?

its nice and easy to spin shit right that when its on other countries

not informing government =!= not getting sanctioned by government

and usa as an example of democracy is kind of an oxymoron, but i digress into OT

I dunno if Im gonna go to pattaya, seems like just a hooker city

Yes it's the sex tourism hotspot of the country

Why would you go to Thailand if not to fuck ladyboys?

There's more to thailand

The food, the nature, the beaches

bitches*

>beaches
Come on

I want to do some bouldering

@porco what's cheapest way to get from Taiwan to Thailand in July? I'm not sure if I want to buy flight ticket in advance