http://www.chinatoday.com/org/cpc/
https://news.cgtn.com/event/2021/who-runs-the-cpc/index.html
https://news.cgtn.com/event/2019/whorunschina/index.html

Do you think those are sources? Pointing at the National Congress or the Central Committee as if those actually held any power is ludicrous.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, these are actual sources. This whole narrative that official Chinese sources are somehow unreliable isn't actually based on anything other than pure chauvinism. This is no different from linking about a US government site talking about US government. And it's the height of absurdity to claim that National Congress or the Central Committee don't hold any power. I love how you just make things up and state them confidently as a form of argument.

[–] nadir@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Official Chinese sources are unreliable when they spout bullshit like saying the rubberstamping meetup that happens once every blue moon that solely consists of party selected individuals is who holds the power instead of the much smaller group that actually actively controls legislation.

But I guess political science is also exclusively western propaganda so there's no choice but to believe a choppy power point presentation.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Who told you that official Chinese sources are unreliable, was it the "reliable" western sources that continuously lie about everything regarding China by any chance? 😂

[–] nadir@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do you think that the only choices are between Chinese and US state propaganda?

You don't even need independent research to realize that a parliament that only meets once in a while to verify the work of a much smaller group can't be the one that's actually in power.

If you look a bit more into it, you see that the members are replaced in fixed time spans, are all part of the same party, are picked from the top down and so it goes on.

It's not the organ with the actual power.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure I've looked into it a lot more than you have, but do go on.

[–] nadir@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe. The issue is that it's not the quantity but the quality of research that matters.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml -3 points 1 year ago

Yes, you really should work on the quality of your research based on your comments.