Angelo Santos

Carioca, nascido e criado no Cabuçú, Lins de Vasconcelos, tão ateu quanto quando nasci, torcedor do América, casado, pai de 4, avó de cinco, por enquanto.

[Angelo Santos @AngeloS61007123]

Isso é muito importante.
Crescer muito em ambiente turbulento e sem apoio parlamentar é para poucos.

[Fernando Haddad @Haddad_Fernando]

A inflação acumulada em quatro anos é a menor da história do Brasil. Mesmo com choques internos e externos, como as enchentes no Rio Grande do Sul, a guerra na Ucrânia, o conflito no Oriente Médio. O desemprego está na mínima histórica.

A extrema direita falava que a economia não iria crescer. Cresceu. Crescimento acumulado de mais de 11% em quatro anos, maior do que a média dos oito anos anteriores. Desde 2010 isso não acontecia. E vai crescer de novo. A economia funciona quando a gente cuida da base da pirâmide, não quando a gente a penaliza.
#HaddadNaVeja

[Angelo Santos @AngeloS61007123]

Exemplos do arbitrário e autoritário governo Chinês.
😜✊

[Arnaud Bertrand @RnaudBertrand]

This is a very good example of how democracy works at a local level in China 👇

To explain succinctly, at every administrative level in China, they have a "people's congress" (人民代表大会 - rénmín dàibiǎo dàhuì).

At the county, district and township level, representatives are directly elected by voters in their constituencies. Above that (prefectural cities, provinces, and the National People's Congress) - representatives are elected by the congress one level below.

Depending on the location, local people's congresses have more or less oversight power on local spending, appointments, and policy.

Zhejiang province is one of the places in China where people's congresses have the most power after an official named Xi Jinping - you may have heard of the guy - established a framework called "do practical things for the people" (为民办实事 - wèi mín bàn shí shì) when he was provincial party secretary in the early 2000s.

What "do practical things for the people" established was a principle that local people's congress representatives should have a direct say in how local public money got spent. Over time, this evolved into a formal voting system where representatives vote on proposed government projects.

They just exercised this power in a major way: the Huangyan District People's Congress (黄岩区人大) in Taizhou, Zhejiang voted on 16 major government investment projects for 2026 but killed two of them on the spot - a sports center and an irrigation megaproject, totaling over a billion yuan - with roughly 80% voting against.

This doesn't mean these 2 projects are dead forever but they're sent back to the drawing board. The responsible departments have to address whatever concerns representatives raised, bring in experts for further review, and resubmit when they're ready.

This is a level of local democracy that many people will probably be surprised exists in China: it's genuine democratic oversight, they can actually block government spending, and the executive has to go back and try again.

It's also - and this is where China is complex - something that surprised many people in China.

As I mentioned above, not all people's congresses have this sort of power and the story generated a lot of national interest - with many national outlets writing about it, such as Guancha (https://t.co/Ad94EJH3vt) or The Paper (https://t.co/EPPcXQxXRV).

So much so that the Zhejiang People's Congress deleted their original WeChat post about it. We don't know why - the story wasn't suppressed since so many state media outlets carried it - but the Zhejiang People's Congress probably didn't love being the face of a national debate about why other provinces aren't doing this too, as it amounts to throwing shade on their peers. I genuinely don't know, just a hypothesis.

Anyhow, that's China in all its complexity and why sweeping narratives about it are always wrong: a country where elected local representatives can genuinely exercise oversight power over the government thanks to reforms initiated by Xi Jinping himself, and where mainstream media boast about it, but where the provincial organ that broke the story would rather avoid the publicity.

[Evrim Kanbur @WhileTravelling]

Xinjiang in China is becoming a gateway.
Now you can hop on a direct flight from Xinjiang to Germany. A direct air connection between Xinjiang and Germany means it’s connecting Western China directly to global markets, talent, tourism, investment, and ideas.

For decades, economic gravity pulled everything toward the coast. Today, China is doing something many countries struggle to achieve. Turning inland regions into international hubs.

Think about what this means.

🤜 A manufacturer in Xinjiang is now closer to European customers.
🤜 A German investor can reach Western China more easily.
🤜 Tourists can access one of the world’s most spectacular regions without multiple connections.
🤜 Universities, businesses, and professionals become one flight closer.

Infrastructure is what transforms geography from a limitation into an advantage.

The ancient Silk Road once connected Xinjiang to Europe by camel caravans crossing deserts and mountains. Today, those same routes are being reimagined through high-speed rail, logistics corridors, and now direct international flights.

In economics, reducing friction changes everything.

One direct route may look small on a map. But history is often shaped by connections that make trade easier, movement faster, and opportunities closer.

The Silk Road has jet engines now ✈️🌏

In the video, you’ll see Xinjiang. Here are some of the areas you should def visit:

First Stop: Yili (Ili)
The broader Ili region in northern Xinjiang, famous for grasslands, horses, wildflowers, and Kazakh culture.

Second Stop: Sayram Lake (Sailimu Lake)
Also known as “the last tear of the Atlantic Ocean” (大西洋最后一滴眼泪) in China.

Third Stop: Aktas Grassland (Aketas Prairie)
One of the famous alpine grasslands in the Ili region.

Fourth Stop: Kalajun Grassland (Karajun Grassland)
One of Xinjiang’s most famous grasslands and a UNESCO World Heritage area.

Fifth Stop: Qiaxi Forest Park
A beautiful valley filled with spruce forests and snow-capped mountains.

Sixth Stop: Kurdening (Ku’erdening)
Known for pristine forests, rivers, and some of the most beautiful wild spruce forests in Central Asia.

Seventh Stop: Nalati Grassland
Probably the most famous grassland in Xinjiang. Huge open meadows surrounded by mountains.

Eighth Stop: Tangbula Fairy Lake
A scenic alpine lake in the Tangbula area.

Ninth Stop: Xiata Ancient Trail
An ancient Silk Road route with dramatic views of glaciers and peaks.

Tenth Stop: Duku Highway
One of China’s most spectacular roads. It crosses the Tianshan Mountains and is often compared to routes in Switzerland, Patagonia, or the Rockies.

Eleventh Stop: Deer Horn Bay (Lujiaowan)
A valley known for rivers, grazing horses, forests, and mountain scenery.

Twelfth Stop: World Devil City (Urho Ghost City)
A surreal desert landscape carved by wind erosion.
Think Arizona + Utah + Mars + Mad Max movie set. One of the most unique geological sites in China.

Thirteenth Stop: Altay (Aletai)
The Altay region of northern Xinjiang. Known for vast forests, snowy mountains, Kazakh culture, skiing, beautiful wooden villages.

Fourteenth Stop: Ahe Highway (Ahe Road)
A scenic mountain road in the Altay region. One of those roads where the journey is the destination.

Fifteenth Stop: Kanas
This is the superstar. The turquoise lake in your photo is Kanas Lake, arguably one of the most beautiful places in all of China.

[Arnaud Bertrand @RnaudBertrand]

CGTN recently sent a team from France to interview me in Malaysia as "one of the most followed francophone voices on Sino-Western questions"👇

I know there is something poetic about a Chinese media travelling from France to Asia to interview a French man but I suppose that's multipolarity in action 😊

[AL-fira 🇨🇳 @UlyssesFinn]

Surviving the Xinjiang heatwave! 🥵

Passed a watermelon stall where the vendor was screaming into his loudspeaker: "Get your divine melon here! High blood pressure, high cholesterol, arthritis, and 17 other diseases... it has absolutely ZERO effect on all of them!" 😂

Haha, typical Xinjiang style humor! 🍉

[Angelo Santos @AngeloS61007123]

@abeldasorte @Jonas_da_Cruz @ruanpellicer @Dida_CRF Muito obrigado
Valeu mermo.

[Angelo Santos @AngeloS61007123]

@abeldasorte @Jonas_da_Cruz @ruanpellicer @Dida_CRF Manda o link, por favor.
Eu vi mas não guardei.
É ótima. Estou procurando.
Antecipadamente agradeço

[Angelo Santos @AngeloS61007123]

Alô @wsl_brasil, tá na hora de corrigir os erros de arredondamento!🌊O total das baterias devia ser por fração exata, não decimal arredondado. Yago Dora x Marco Mignot foi empate fracionário exato (\(12\frac{5}{6}\) pra cada).Deixem a maior nota desempatar de forma justa!

[Angelo Santos @AngeloS61007123]

@xicosa essa daquelas que você gosta.
Eu acho

[Angelo Santos @AngeloS61007123]

Alô @wsl @wsl_brasil, tá na hora de corrigir os erros de arredondamento!🌊O total das baterias devia ser por fração exata, não decimal arredondado. Yago Dora x Marco Mignot foi empate fracionário exato (\(12\frac{5}{6}\) pra cada).Deixem a maior nota desempatar de forma justa!

[Angelo Santos @AngeloS61007123]

https://t.co/77mC8kqPLD

Já tinha visto isso Yago?

[Angelo Santos @AngeloS61007123]

Neste caso Yago Dora seria vencedor pois teve a maior nota.

[Angelo Santos @AngeloS61007123]

Prestencão galera

"É bom a gente ficar esperto e não se cansar um minuto da militância, porque o jogo vai ser pesado."

[Kriska Carvalho @KriskaCarvalho]

Todas as pesquisas recentes têm mostrado Flávio Bolsonaro caindo e Lula subindo. Lula começa a abrir uma distância bem razoável de Flávio Bolsonaro, que realmente está derretendo.

Mas, gente, se preparem. Se preparem, porque eles vão jogar pesado. A coisa vem muito, muito feia para o nosso lado. A gente sabe muito bem como essa gente está abaixo do nível civilizatório.

E não é só ele, não é só a extrema direita. A mídia também. Essa mídia que a gente sabe que odeia o Lula, o mercado que odeia o Lula, essa parcela de gente que odeia o povo. Porque, no fundo, a gente sabe que é tudo sobre consciência de classe.

Eles vão operar para diminuir essa diferença, porque não querem que Lula seja eleito. Não importa se o adversário é extremista, com viés golpista e autoritário. Não importa para eles. O que importa é derrotar um representante do povo, um nordestino, um operário.

Então é bom a gente ficar esperto e não se cansar um minuto da militância, porque o jogo vai ser pesado.

Um dado importante sobre isso é que esse movimento mexe com todo o Centrão. A gente sabe que o Centrão geralmente não se movimenta para o lado de perdedores. Então é bom observar agora coligações, apoios e todas as candidaturas, porque acredito que o Centrão vai começar a se mover mais para a esquerda.

Mas é bom a gente ficar esperto. As pesquisas são boas, mas o cenário vai ficar cada vez mais insano.

[Angelo Santos @AngeloS61007123]

@lbertozzi @Cecillia Relaxa.
Eles são doentes.
Isso me lembrou da banda de fuzileiros navais, armada, sendo revistada na entrada dos jardins da casa branca onde iam tocar.
Com carro e crachá informando com estampa de polícia secreta, uniforme e crachá de polícia secreta, pensei que só em Portugal.

[Angelo Santos @AngeloS61007123]

@SrpskiVitez333 @OlgaBazova Hahahahah

[Angelo Santos @AngeloS61007123]

@jmdoughertys @elorwelliano Por favor.
Não seja canalha.
Quem estava lá não era a nação.
Era ela.
Isso sem discutir se a nação merecia.

[Angelo Santos @AngeloS61007123]

@elorwelliano É muito, muito importante que seja claro pra todos quen são os diatadores.

[Angelo Santos @AngeloS61007123]

@pedrolrossi Sem a menor vergonha na cara.
Pura desfaçatez.

[Angelo Santos @AngeloS61007123]

@MAGA53826 @zhao_dashuai https://t.co/bSn149JmHc

[Angelo Giuliano 🇨🇭🇮🇹 @angeloinchina]

The 1989 Tiananmen Documentary you will never see in the West.
Rioters hijacking APCs, torching military trucks, dragging unarmed PLA soldiers out, beating them to death, lynching, stripping, burning alive.
Charred bodies hanging from buses like trophies.
Pure mob savagery on Beijing streets.
This wasn’t “peaceful democracy students” — that was the hijacked narrative for the cameras.
Legitimate grievances got turned into the first big Colour Revolution prototype.
Foreign hands, chaos, English banners, the works.
China saw the full picture: soldiers murdered, order collapsing. Chose stability over collapse.

The West only shows one side every June 4th.