# Token chinese

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Tags:** movies\
**Created:** [November 23, 2024, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/token-chinese/1010635 "2024-11-23T01:03:55Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 24, 2024, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/token-chinese/1010635/94 "2024-11-24T12:01:47Z")

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> [@Loggins](#):
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> Is Hollywood taken over by stronger forces, or what say You?

Hollywood was taken over by money decades ago. It’s really no more complicated than that.

> [@Loggins](#):
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> I have no respect for china. Living with a HongKong Sister-in-law. So no reason for capitalizing. You may though

So… because you don’t like your sister-in-law you hate everyone Chinese or of Chinese descent? Wow.

Also - the reason for capitalizing is because in English “China” is a country. “china” is the plate you eat off of during mealtime.

So…

> [@Loggins](#):
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> I have no respect for china.

Translates to: “I have no respect for my plate”

This has been alluded to numerous times in this thread. It makes nonsense out of your words. Now, given that you are “Scandinavian” (unspecified beyond that) perhaps English is not your first language and you are unaware of how this sounds. And, given the context, we can guess what you actually mean but it is an obstacle to communication.

> [@Loggins](#):
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> Well i’m here to oblige, state your wish, and it will come true

My wish is that you use proper capitalization.

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> I have to repeat; the chinese are our enemy. They attack infrastructure in my scandinavian country on a regular basis

Yeah, the Chinese _government_ does that (or at least attempts it) on a fairly regular basis over here, too. Also, they sell us substandard crap, and can’t seem to keep toxic substances out of their food chain.

However, the people I know of Chinese _descent_ are not guilty of those things.

Holding everyone of Chinese ancestry guilty of the mis-doings of the government of the Peoples’ Republic of China is racism.

> [@Does anyone know what the deal is behind the recent East Asia trend, especially in media?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-what-the-deal-is-behind-the-recent-east-asia-trend-especially-in-media/995638/1):
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> but there has clearly been a huge upsurge of East Asians (most especially of the Chinese variety) in US media in general.

Yeah, because about 10% of the US population is of “East Asian” descent and we’ve worked hard to eliminate prior bullshit racism in our nation that prevented them from achieving on merit. That “upsurge” is them finally getting recognition for their talent and hard work. Asian-Americans are just as American as Euro-Americans.

> [@hogarth](#):
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> I thought it was kind of lame how Amazon’s Fallout TV show carefully avoided any mention of China (when there are quite a few mentions of China in the video games).

I realize it was a departure from the games, and probably so they could get the show shown in China, but I’m actually OK with that in this case. The focus of the story here was not how the war started but that it happened and created the Wasteland. Frankly, post-apocalyptic tales springing from the aftermath of a global war can get rapidly dated by being too specific in regards to who started it.

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