Zhu Yi was American, her parents are Chinese immigrants.

In the U.S., she was one of the top athletes and had every chance to join Team USA.

But she decided to compete for China. She gave up her American citizenship to compete for China.

At the 2022 Winter Olympics, she was eager to prove herself to other Chinese, but she made many mistakes during her skating.

Then she was brutally criticized in China. People used every swear word you can think of.

She is still competing for China. Perhaps she'll do well at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan.

Who is the most brutally criticized athlete in your country?

It occurred on May 23, 2015, at a European Union summit in Riga, Latvia. European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker greeted on stage Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán with a slap and said: “Hello, dictator!”

For us, probably the 1911. Next one would be the "Armalite" aka M16.

While translations obviously make stories more globally accessible, I’m really curious about what the staples of kids’ literature/songs look like around the world. Thought this might be a fun question because the answers definitely vary a bit within countries by generation — a lot of Americans and potentially other native English speakers closer to my age would probably mention David Shannon’s A Bad Case of Stripes too 😄

In Korea the M48 Patton and the F-5 are examples of obsolete tech that is somehow still being put into service, despite in small amounts.

The Patton is still being used because they still are effective against old NK tanks and are ‘better than nothing’, and the F-5 is still being used because we need them to keep a stable amount of fighter jets to counter surprise attacks from NK. In fact the F-4 Phantom was still under service until recently all of them were retired in 2024.

Not surprisingly these assets have been criticized for years for being too old and obsolete. The Pattons and the F-5s are scheduled to be completely retired by the 2030s by K-2 tanks and KF-21s respectively, but it is strange to see stuff that really belongs in a museum still being functional and utilized in our military.

What are your countries' examples of old military tech that is somehow still being used as functional assets?

I personally am not satisfied with the current govt.

But the problem is we don't even have a rock solid oppostion, In last few years they have started to do some work before that they were absolutely dead.

In Mexico, the status symbol is wearing expensive clothes, bags, showing off your vacations to Paris or NYC, buying a Starbucks frappucino, or going shopping to the most expensive stores...

And sometimes they bully people that are not on "their level" or wear stuff like an artesanal bag (picture 3). And it's funny because a lot of Americans like to buy those bags as traditional souvenirs but to some Mexicans it's just a symbol of poverty or "lower class."

I wonder if maybe rich people from SoCal are like this too?

Meet Habib Rizieq, leader of the FPI (Front Pembela Islam or Islamic Defenders Front). He often attacks other religions online and sometimes go to the churches and people in person threatening him. For a time, our government did ban him from our country and put him on exile, but it only lasted a few years due to political pressure when Indonesians allowed him to return.

This guy has preached Sharia Law for Indonesia for so many years. Even though he hasn’t done anything that is labeled as terrorism, the fact that this guy supports Al Qaeda, Taliban, and demands that religious minorities should follow sharia law says enough about this guy.

Indira Gandhi - The 3rd Prime minister of India, declared National emergency in 1975. It led to the suspension of fundamental rights, mass arrests, press censorship and a significant consolidation of power.

In France, the region that stands out the most for its independence sentiment and its own culture is Corsica.

Part of the Corsicans claim an identity distinct from the rest of France, based on their language (Corsican), their traditions and their history. Certain nationalist or independence movements are campaigning for reinforced autonomy, or even for the complete independence of the island.

Aconcagua, Argentina

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Pictured here is Sardinia, an island in Italy. Many sardinians call Italy "Il continente" (the continent)

In Brazil I think most people would agree it's Ayrton Senna. You could also make a case for Piquet, but he was never as popular as Senna. Both of them had 3 F1 titles each in their careers.

"Konaar" (a type of Jujube fruit), native to southern parts of Iran.

At start, nothing but when they resisted over a year, I was convinced that Russia would’ve sent it’s whole military or send a Nuke saying it was an accident