That is actually not entirely true. Many Chinese people still do not see our point-of-view and perspectives. "Brainwash" is probably the closest colloquial term I can think of at the moment, without the science hoo-ha.
The belief that the Chinese government is good and all-powerful is rooted in their society; in other words, they are BROUGHT UP thinking the Chinese government is good, so asking those people if the government is good is moot. It is analogous to why boys like car toys or action-hero figurines or why girls like to play dress-up and barbie dolls in the Western world. It is simply a norm; and like always, not everyone follows the norm (and so you will have dissidents even in China), but a good majority do follow. Not to mention, if you don't like the government, you get in all sorts of trouble, legally or illegally. You just don't hear about them because of China's censoring policies. To get a better perspective, you really have to watch one of the foreign language outlets close to China such as Japanese of Taiwanese News to get a better understanding.
I know friends in Europe that uses studiVZ, and when I visited there I've seen the general layout. The site does mirror Facebook in many ways - like, ways that prevent you from saying "it's only similar, but not the same!"
However, having said that, I don't think Facebook will win in court. This is either a hollow threat or just Facebook trying to generate more user base in Europe (mainly German-speaking parts) by inserting itself into Internet media.
Mod the parent post up so people who are in this mess can see it. In addition, after calling the credit card company, you can also ask to subsequently block all charges from said source (i.e., Flagship Studio or whatever you would see in your billing statement). I don't know if all CC companies do this, but this kind of feature is usually put in place for the repeated bogus/spam charges where you get billed for something bogus, and you keep getting billed for it once a month. This way you don't have to call every month.
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That is actually not entirely true. Many Chinese people still do not see our point-of-view and perspectives. "Brainwash" is probably the closest colloquial term I can think of at the moment, without the science hoo-ha.
The belief that the Chinese government is good and all-powerful is rooted in their society; in other words, they are BROUGHT UP thinking the Chinese government is good, so asking those people if the government is good is moot. It is analogous to why boys like car toys or action-hero figurines or why girls like to play dress-up and barbie dolls in the Western world. It is simply a norm; and like always, not everyone follows the norm (and so you will have dissidents even in China), but a good majority do follow. Not to mention, if you don't like the government, you get in all sorts of trouble, legally or illegally. You just don't hear about them because of China's censoring policies. To get a better perspective, you really have to watch one of the foreign language outlets close to China such as Japanese of Taiwanese News to get a better understanding.
It's okay. When Duke Nukem Forever is released, it'll cure all the cancers caused by Vista, or so I've heard.
I know friends in Europe that uses studiVZ, and when I visited there I've seen the general layout. The site does mirror Facebook in many ways - like, ways that prevent you from saying "it's only similar, but not the same!" However, having said that, I don't think Facebook will win in court. This is either a hollow threat or just Facebook trying to generate more user base in Europe (mainly German-speaking parts) by inserting itself into Internet media.
Mod the parent post up so people who are in this mess can see it. In addition, after calling the credit card company, you can also ask to subsequently block all charges from said source (i.e., Flagship Studio or whatever you would see in your billing statement). I don't know if all CC companies do this, but this kind of feature is usually put in place for the repeated bogus/spam charges where you get billed for something bogus, and you keep getting billed for it once a month. This way you don't have to call every month.