The article tries to shape in the mind of European people that China is not a perfectly civilized country as equal as the UK, which has supposedly democracy.

This rhetoric is a form of orientalism because it denies the complex aspects of the social credit system (there is several social credit system in reality), the fact that Chinese people have their proper voice and identity and the fact that China cannot be summarized only by its authoritarian regime

This article draw a very negative image of the social credit system in China as it emphasizes the fact that such a potential measure could endanger democracy in the UK.

We can see this in the headline of the article because of the word “as” which puts on an equal stage both China’s social credit system, and the Labour party initiative. Some other examples could be the photographers chosen by the article because they picked Mao Zedong, mask people and CCTV.

The framing of this article tries to make people fearing social credit system in China. This article draw a parallel between China and the proposal from the Labour Party to create digital wallet for driving licenses.

They have to be good-looking for job, to get married, to get into a good university, to get a good job and all of this to conform to social standards. But this “”””meritocratic”””” idea that if you work hard you will be granted rewards seems broken (says the article).

Social inequality, social mobility, social ladder, angst and frustration towards a frozen and difficult situation: that’s basically the topic of the article. This article from The Korea Times explains that a lot of Koreans feel worried, frustrated, angry in front of their unfair society

Talking about Human rights in China also means talking about minority rights (sexual, ethnic and religious) which are discriminated across the country when they disturb the Han supremacist’s ideology and the Party’s propaganda.

First, the Hukou system shows than even Chinese citizens can face internal discrimination based on their place of birth, family income and diploma. And this kind of discrimination is not about politics, it concerns everyday life with social welfare services inequities…

And finally that it is looked from a outsider perspective (which can mean two things, either Japanese people don’t write articles about this topic or they write about it but as I don’t speak Japanese, I didn’t find it).

What I learnt from both of these articles is first of all facts (historical or actual facts on rape, trafficking, harrassment in Japan for example) but also that articles on this topic always presents a stance (framing)

The article was divided into several parts such as: “moving forward” which obviously shows how this serious topic is arousing lobbying.

After this article I read another one from the Borgen Project which is a NGO based in the USA while fighting against poverty. It is interesting because again it is giving its opinion about Human trafficking.

It used very strong words (showing the stance of the author) like “inexplicably”, “unrealistic”, “I was especially shocked” and even giving an opinion “The government MUST lend more support”. It is not a bad thing but we need to be aware of it while reading it.

The framing, because it is written for foreign people (The Japan Times), makes it from an outside perspective, as if we were looking at the situation from outside which makes both further and more horrible. #framing #perspectives

However, healing always comes after a disease. If we want to suppress this social disease which leads people to fell angst and unhappiness and even push them to suicide all over the world (and in Korea), we need to make (academic, life…) pressure less intense and weighty #pressure #unhappiness

But that woman wore it to represent the Korean minority in China, which is one of the 56 nationalities in Mainland China. So this dress is literally representing Korean (Chinese) people but this article only relays the criticism from Korean politician of what they see as a cultural appropriation

Well, that dress as the article wrote is Korean and is called hanbok. And ONLY Koreans should wear that.

Post-scriptum: what about the Chinese people wearing it to visit the Gyeongbokgung?

#hanbok #2022olympics

It’s sad because Japan is a wonderful country and I think that by respecting locals culture you can have a much better touristic experience! #beagoodtourist #stopkickingdeer