Tankiedesantski [he/him]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 8 months agoXi Jinping announces Ace Combat themed 5 year planhexbear.netimagemessage-square108fedilinkarrow-up1192arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1192arrow-down1imageXi Jinping announces Ace Combat themed 5 year planhexbear.netTankiedesantski [he/him]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square108fedilinkfile-text
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3255351/nasas-dream-comes-true-china-plans-build-giant-rail-gun-launch-hypersonic-planes-space
minus-squareiridaniotter [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·8 months agoYup you can tell this is a railroad to space cause the reporting is just as awful as all the reporting on Chinese trains
minus-squareTankiedesantski [he/him]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·8 months agoBUT HOW WILL IT TURN A PROFIT?!! 😭
minus-squareiridaniotter [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·8 months agoThere are only two acceptable ways to write about Chinese trains. Either spin it to somehow be bad, or just don’t provide necessary context and instead write falsities. And Chinese news often does the latter.
Yup you can tell this is a railroad to space cause the reporting is just as awful as all the reporting on Chinese trains
BUT HOW WILL IT TURN A PROFIT?!! 😭
There are only two acceptable ways to write about Chinese trains. Either spin it to somehow be bad, or just don’t provide necessary context and instead write falsities. And Chinese news often does the latter.