Its just as silly as phantom time and covers almost exactly the same period. The motive is possibly racist which makes it more sinister.
One corner of China’s internet is insisting that the Tang Dynasty never existed
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#12> a history influencer named Qiao Yu I assumed that any "influencer" could be easily googled, but I cannot find literally anything. Or Google censors their name?
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#13> a history influencer named Qiao Yu I assumed that any "influencer" could be easily googled, but I cannot find literally anything. Or Google censors their name?
Not sure how HN's symbol stripper handles them, but here's a try:
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#14> a history influencer named Qiao Yu I assumed that any "influencer" could be easily googled, but I cannot find literally anything. Or Google censors their name?
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#15Its a Chinese equivalent of the phantom time theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom_time_conspiracy_theory Its just as silly as phantom time and covers almost exactly the same period. The motive is possibly racist which makes it more sinister.
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#17Of course, this phenomenon is by no means unique to these two countries. I know a Japanese author who has a small but dedicated following for his argument that nuclear weapons don't exist: https://books.google.com/books/about/Death_Object.html?id=Mw...
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#18Aren't republicans in Texas trying to rewrite history books to ignore lynchings and burnings of Black Wall Street and claim that slaves were treated pretty well?
Seems like every country has factions who do this - right?
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#19"Claiming that the 300-year dynasty was actually a myth is akin to saying the American Civil War never happened" Aren't republicans in Texas trying to rewrite history books to ignore lynchings and burnings of Black Wall Street and claim that slaves were treated pretty well? Seems like every country has factions who do this - right?
Re: One corner of China’s internet is insisting that the Tang Dynasty never existed
#20Its a Chinese equivalent of the phantom time theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom_time_conspiracy_theory Its just as silly as phantom time and covers almost exactly the same period. The motive is possibly racist which makes it more sinister.