u/AmericanBornWuhaner
Has anyone ever found a cosplay wig that closely matches Sean's hair style? (or is somewhat similar?)
I wanna cosplay Sean
The sub is not a fan of Square Enix's FFX 25th anniversary shirts, what is your favorite FFX shirt(s) and where can I buy it?
reddit.com中國民主化不是從零開始 China's Forgotten Democratic Constitution
🇹🇼中國早有民主共和憲法
中國大陸未來的民主化進程
1946年制定的《中華民國憲法》
才是成為未來憲政重建的最佳藍圖
政權轉型期最危險的挑戰是「合法性真空」
與其陷入各方重新制憲的混亂
不如接續既有的民主法統起點
並非提倡原封不動的復古
而是以四六憲法為母體
借鑒台灣實踐民主化的成功經驗
依照當代社會現實進行現代化修補
中共長期宣傳中國人不適合民主
但歷史證明中國的民主共和道路僅是被中共中斷
而非不存在
未來中國的民主化不應從零開始
而是要打破中共的歷史壟斷
接回被掩埋的憲政傳統
透過恢復主權在民與責任政治的精神
將權力關進制度的籠子裡
防止強人政治再次出現
藉此完成未竟的民主共和工程
讓國家真正屬於全體人民
🇹🇼 China already has a democratic republican constitution
For the future democratization of mainland China, the Constitution of the Republic of China enacted in 1946 is the best blueprint for the future reconstruction of constitutional government.
The most dangerous challenge during a political transition is a "legitimacy vacuum." Rather than descending into the chaos of competing attempts to draft a new constitution, it is better to continue from the existing democratic constitutional tradition.
This is not an advocacy for restoring the past unchanged, but rather for using the 1946 Constitution as the foundation, drawing on Taiwan's successful experience with democratization, and modernizing and revising it in accordance with the realities of contemporary society.
The CCP has long promoted the claim that the Chinese people are unsuited for democracy, but history proves that China's path toward democratic republicanism was merely interrupted by the CCP, rather than never having existed.
China's future democratization should not begin from scratch, but should break the CCP's monopoly over history and reconnect with the buried constitutional tradition.
By restoring the principles of popular sovereignty and responsible government, placing power within the cage of institutions, preventing the reemergence of strongman politics, and thereby completing the unfinished project of democratic republicanism, the nation can truly belong to all of its people.
Square Enix released merch and shirts commemorating FFX's 25th anniversary on Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/stores/SquareEnix/page/0CADA08A-E2A8-4FCD-8EC7-5D73A5A66E3B
How do we feel about them?
Finally, Simu Liu (刘思慕) appears again as Xu Shang-Chi (徐尚氣) in MCU marketing!
It is morbidly fascinating how Marvel Studios has fumbled the MCU post-Avengers: Endgame. We should have gotten that rumored Agents of Atlas-themed sequel to Shang-Chi's first movie in the half-decade timespan by now! Well, at least Destin Daniel Cretton got to direct Spider-Man: Brand New Day.
The alkaline curing science behind 皮蛋 century egg
[In 2012] Statue of Jesus in India mysteriously began dripping water from its toes. Worshippers started collecting it and drinking it believing it was holy. The source of the water was later found to be a clogged toilet near the statue.
ICE arrests human rights lawyer who fled Chinese crackdown
theguardian.comDonald Trump scores legal victory in major mail-in voting change
newsweek.com山東淄博,一男子身著印著青天白日旗的上衣出現在街頭 In Zibo, Shandong a man wore Blue Sky, White Sun, and a Wholly Red Earth shirt on the streets
Philippines Condemns AI Video Posted by [Gongfei] State Media Depicting It as a Monkey
[Non-Paywall](https://archive.is/BXQbL)
中共真的建國了嗎?Did the CCP Really Found a New Country?
youtu.beOriginal 花木蘭 Mulan vs. Disney Animation
youtu.beWhat dishes do you like to order at your favorite Indian spot in downtown Bethesda?
reddit.com國民革命軍北伐100周年 100th anniversary of the Northern Expedition
c. 1926. Chiang Kai-shek rides on horseback while addressing officers and soldiers of the National Revolutionary Army during the Northern Expedition. As Commander-in-Chief, he leads the military campaign launched by the Nationalist government to advance north against the Beiyang government's warlord coalition.
The Northern Expedition transformed the balance of power in China. Its success enabled the Nationalist government to establish authority over much of the country, greatly reducing the power of the regional warlords and laying the foundations for the Nanjing Decade.
南望王師又一年,王師還剩幾個連?The Myth of the CCP's Legitimacy
🇹🇼現在要如何反攻大陸?
1949年絕非「新中國成立」
而是中共的黨國竊政!
中共最可怕的手段不只是佔領土地
而是洗腦中國人的記憶與思想
妄圖綁架「中國」的概念
讓人誤以為沒有共產黨就沒有中國
但真相是
中華民國法統從未斷絕
國民革命的民權火種至今仍在臺灣燃燒
現代的「反攻大陸」不再是軍事衝突
而是思想的反攻
真正的反攻不是從海灘登陸
而是讓真相登陸人心
臺灣的民主經驗直接刺穿了中共的謊言
證明華人社會也能實踐憲政
中國人也能擁有選票
人民絕不是黨的財產
當越來越多人覺醒
意識到自己有權選擇政府、當家作主時
這場奪回思想的反攻就已然展開!
🇹🇼 How Can We Counterattack the Mainland Today?
1949 was by no means the "founding of New China";
rather, it was the Chinese Communist Party's usurpation of the Republic through one-party rule.
The CCP's most formidable weapon was not merely the occupation of territory,
but its indoctrination of the Chinese people's memory and way of thinking,
in an attempt to appropriate the very concept of "China"
and lead people to believe that without the Communist Party, there would be no China.
But the truth is:
the constitutional legitimacy of the Republic of China has never been broken,
and the flame of the National Revolution's ideal of civil rights continues to burn in Taiwan to this day.
Today, "counterattacking the Mainland" no longer means military conflict;
it means a counteroffensive of ideas.
The true counteroffensive does not begin with a beach landing,
but with allowing the truth to land in people's hearts.
Taiwan's democratic experience directly pierces the CCP's falsehoods,
demonstrating that a Chinese society can also practice constitutional democracy,
that the Chinese people can also possess the right to vote,
and that the people are by no means the property of the Party.
As more and more people awaken
and realize that they have the right to choose their government and to be masters of their own destiny,
this counteroffensive to reclaim hearts and minds has already begun!
Interesting photos from Xikang in 1939
Sun Jingming was a Nanjing photographer who visited Xikang (western Sichuan) in 1939. I found a book of his photos in a Chengdu bookshop and here are a few I colourised. One shows a rare mixing of Tibetan and KMT troops at a meeting to discuss the anti-Japanese war. Another shows Sun and colleagues standing on the Luding Bridge just four years after the battle between Mao's Red Marchers column and the KMT army. Are there any other sources of his photos?
With 11 nights, do you agree/disagree with these number of days in each city?
Will be first time in the UK. I love Halloween so planning to see Derry Halloween and I'm a big Harry Potter fan. Do you agree with these number of days in these cities or would you adjust them? (more days in other cities and less in others within the 11 nights). This is for October
London: 4 nights
York: 2 nights (wondering if better to do 1 night or 2 nights)
Edinburgh: 3 nights
Derry: 2 nights
Life is Strange 2 feels more relevant today than it did in 2018
The immigration issues, racism, and even the wildfire/smoke themes make the game feel more relevant today than when it first released. I know these stuff happend in 2016-2018 too, but now they hit a lot harder. Istg it almost feels like the game was made for today’s world.