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Many thanks to the person who shared that you can ask your local Chinese embassy for a copy of „The Governance Of China“.

I reached out to the Chinese embassy in Vienna and got not only a super friendly response, but also an invite to the embassy + 6 copies of the German translation (2x II, III, IV)!

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[–] SlayGuevara@lemmygrad.ml 45 points 3 months ago (54 children)

An invite to the embassy sounds nice. Remember, it's technically China over there.

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[–] Vertraumir@lemmygrad.ml 27 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I tried this 3 or 4 years ago and got ignored 😭

[–] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 22 points 3 months ago (1 children)

lmao Chinese embassy called you a lib

[–] Vertraumir@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 3 months ago

I have no other choice but abandon communism now(

[–] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 20 points 3 months ago
[–] cosecantphi@hexbear.net 19 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

It's true! I did this one a few years ago after hearing about it on Hexbear

https://hexbear.net/post/106725?scrollToComments=false

[–] ExotiqueMatter@lemmygrad.ml 17 points 3 months ago
[–] felhfeltetel@lemmygrad.ml 16 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Well, I got 1-3 and the Belt and Road one for my birthday last year. At that time, they (the shop I got it from) could not get a copy of the 4th book, which was a bummer, nonetheless I see that now I can find it being listed on sites like Amazon as well.

Personally I would not be brave enough to bother them with this, but it would definitely be an option if I couldn't otherwise get to it.

Honestly I felt a bit sad when I looked up how much cheaper they are on the secondhand market, because technically I "wasted" so much money on it, but at the end of the day, I have my own copies, brand new, which I am trying to appreciate to the best of my abilities. I am hunting for the 4th one, I'll see when I can get my hands on it. Good job though, have fun reading!

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[–] buh@hexbear.net 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

tomorrow is take your kids to work day at the Chinese embassies in the US

[–] CriticalResist8@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Confederate heroes day lmao

[–] ComradePupIvy@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Wierd the US has a holiday about a group of people that CANNOT exist

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[–] HNBethune@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That's wild, what specifically did you say to them to get them to send you the book?

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