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[Attilanonym @attilanonym]

@PLA_MilitaryUpd You can safely take Koreans out of the equation, they have an entire different set of concerns other than joining the yankees for a suicide mission against PLAN.

[Sony Thăng @nxt888]

@SecRubio Tank Man survived, Marco.

The tanks stopped.

Rachel Corrie's bulldozer didn't stop.

It reversed.

She was 23.

Your government funded the machine that killed her.

[Attilanonym @attilanonym]

@EUdelChina It's kinda cute but I don't quite get the meanings/jokes.

[SweetieRT @sweetie_rt]

Main false narratives created by the Western world about China:
1. Social credit score — It doesn’t exist at all. It was purely based on an Alipay credit card points interface that triggered 1984 enthusiasts to start fantasizing.
2. Tank Man was killed — Completely false. Tank Man was reluctantly taken away by his own companions. Before that, he even climbed onto the tank.
3. Ethnic minorities are not allowed to use their own languages and can only speak Mandarin — Doesn’t exist. Even Chinese RMB banknotes feature the scripts of major ethnic minorities. Meanwhile, the political asylum seekers who keep pushing this claim usually only speak fluent English and often can’t speak Mandarin at all.
4. China’s oil reserves are fake and have been embezzled — The rumor-mongers used a video of Premier Li Qiang inspecting an empty food warehouse, but forgot to Photoshop the warehouse name.
5. All Chinese people eat dogs — The actual proportion of Chinese people who eat dog meat is far lower than in South Korea, Vietnam, and many other countries, and even lower than in Europe. China is a massive country with over a billion pet cats and dogs, generating an industry worth tens of billions of USD — clearly not animals raised for meat.
6. China arrested millions of people in Xinjiang — Rumor spreaders used publicly released criminal case statistics from Xinjiang. Obviously, the number of criminal cases has nothing to do with mass arrests. Even more absurdly, Xinjiang’s criminal case numbers are not higher than those of other major provinces in China.
7. China has large areas of slums in its cities — What they call “slums” in major Chinese cities are mostly “urban villages” (chengzhongcun). They exist because the government strongly protects private property, making redevelopment costs extremely high. The landlords of these “slums” are almost all wealthy people.
8. Chinese police can check your ID anytime — This was true in Hong Kong since the British colonial period, but in mainland China you can legally refuse.
9. It is a crime for individuals in China to use a VPN to access foreign websites — False. Chinese law restricts enterprises and social organizations from using unauthorized outbound VPNs, but there is actually no legal prohibition for individual personal use.
10. The number of Michelin restaurants determines the food quality of Chinese cities — Most Michelin restaurants do not represent real Chinese cuisine and are often overhyped. Following Chinese domestic food bloggers is a much better way to understand the actual food scene.
11. Foreigners cannot use Visa cards — False. As long as you use WeChat or Alipay, you can use digital credit cards and even pay at roadside stalls.
12. Foreigners cannot stay in regular local hotels — Since 2022, the government has prohibited non-“foreign-related” hotels from refusing foreigners.

[Medea Benjamin @medeabenjamin]

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna accused CODEPINK of being tied to the Chinese Communist Party and said foreign influence laws should be strengthened.

We said: absolutely. That means taking a serious look at AIPAC and other organizations that spend enormous amounts of money shaping U.S. foreign policy and pushing Congress toward endless wars.

Thank you Anna Paulina Luna

[Nesta @dprkarlos]

Los cables filtrados de la embajada de EEUU desmintieron las supuestas masacres en la plaza de Tiananmen, confirmando en gran parte la versión oficial del gobierno chino.

Pero las ONGs de derechos humanos, el brazo más repulsivo de la CIA, siguen intentando colocar el relato.

[Attilanonym @attilanonym]

@chaoyinsukandao They are exactly like the underwater counterparts of J10C, J35, J16, J20A. The pattern is clear here.

[Zhao DaShuai 东北进修🇨🇳 Commentary @zhao_dashuai]

The level of anti-China hatred in Japan has reached new heights.

This post in Japanese reports of a Chinese tourist saving the life of a female Japanese after she fell into the sea.

The replies, however, are filled with claims of it being fake and anti-China remarks.

To the normal people, who does not have an irrational fear or hatred of China, may wonder why that is?
Did China bomb Japan to oblivion?
Did China invade Japan and murdered their citizens?

No, China did none of that in our 5000 years of civilization. Instead, we gave Japan our writing, our culture and our values. Pity, many of them didn't learn the altruistic part of our culture, only blind loyalty to their xenophobic isolationist mindsets.

This is why, we Chinese find it hard to reconcile with Japan for what they did to us from 1894 to 1945. It's not about unable to let go of the past, it's about a criminal living next to us going unpunished or lightly punished, and for some reason hates us. Despite the fact that it was them who committed the crimes.

I used to think this hatred for us Chinese is a form of defense mechanism.
The idea that if you hate your victims, then there is no way you are at fault.
But the more I get to know the Japanese, I've come to the conclusion that many of them are just shitty people.

[Li Zexin 李泽欣 @XH_Lee23]

China opened a new direct air route from Urumqi, Xinjiang to Frankfurt, Germany.

Western conspiracy theories say China oppressed Uyghurs in Xinjiang.

Conversely, China strives to make this region prosperous, open and convenient.

To date, Xinjiang has over 30 international passenger air routes.

[酒本正夫 @SakemotoMasao]

インタビューで白状した柴玲。香港暴動の周庭にそっくり。両方CIA絡み。

[Nury Vittachi @NuryVittachi]

Key sentence here is the last one

[hello world @whiteTony99]

西方对中国最愤怒是中国把他们躺赚了几十年的暴利生意，一个个砸成了普通人都买得起的日用品。
这种愤怒已经刻进了很多西方人的骨子里，他们不是不理解，而是不愿意理解，不愿意接受自己再也不能躺着剥削全世界的事实。
二十年前，中国修地铁要用盾构机，全部从德国进口。一台盾构机德国卖3.5亿人民币，一分钱都不能少。买的时候还要签霸王条款，机器坏了只能找德国工程师来修。
德国工程师来中国一天的工资是3000欧元，换算成人民币当时是3万多。他们坐飞机必须坐头等舱，住必须是五星级酒店的总统套房。
维修的时候中国人不能在旁边看，必须全部离场，修完了直接开账单，换一个小小的密封圈就要10万人民币。
有时候机器出个小故障，要等德国工程师三个月才能来，整个工地几百人就只能闲着干等，每天损失几百万。
没有人觉得这有什么不对。全世界都默认，高科技就应该卖这么贵，德国人掌握了技术，他们就有资格赚这个钱。甚至放言给中国图纸也造不出盾构机。
但到2008年，中国第一台拥有自主知识产权的盾构机下线。当时德国人根本不在乎，他们觉得中国人造出来的肯定是垃圾，用不了几天就会坏。
结果中国盾构机不仅能用，而且价格直接开到了5000万一台。后来随着技术不断成熟，产量不断提高，现在一台国产盾构机只要2000多万人民币，价格只有原来德国的十七分之一。

德国盾构机的垄断神话一夜之间破灭了。原来全世界只有德国、日本、美国少数几个国家能造盾构机，他们联合起来维持高价，想卖多少钱就卖多少钱。
现在中国加入了，他们的价格体系彻底崩溃了。现在德国盾构机想卖出去，价格也只能降到和中国差不多的水平，再也不能躺着赚暴利了。
而这样的事在各个领域都不断的上演，套用足球解说的一句话，留给西方垄断的时间不多了。

[Angelica 🌐⚛️🇹🇼🇨🇳🇺🇸 @AngelicaOung]

Hey Jeremiah, when I went to Kashgar I was in a Uyghur restaurant eating the best lamb skewers of my life. We were the only Han table. Everyone was speaking Uyghur and the menu was bilingual.

The young people in Xinjiang are overwhelmingly secular. Unlike the previous generation, they speak fantastic mandarin. They believe that along with the right to faith, there must be also the right to no faith. The young ladies of Xinjiang are not clamoring to be veiled. The young men of Xinjiang are not upset that they study mainly in mandarin at school…how else are they going to ace the highly-competitive Gaokao exams? Uyghurs and other minorities do get some affirmative action, but it is still very competitive.

The Uyghurs and other minorities in China are living the Chinese dream and blessed compared to the populations of say American allies Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, still effectively monarchies.

As an American citizen I find it sad that we are still doing the moral indignation as statescraft schtick. It’s not working post covid. YOU can go to Xinjiang and see for yourself but you wanna sit in DC and spout propaganda.

[Mao Keji | मुखर्जी @kejimao]

After years of misinformation and distorted interpretations, the Western media has trapped itself in a self-made dilemma when it comes to China.

If it chooses to remain immersed in the bubble of falsehoods, it cannot possibly understand China in an objective way— let alone outcompete China. Yet if it chooses to face China with objectivity, it must acknowledge China's performance.

Doing so, however, would amount to self-negation on both the factual and values levels. After all, being objective nowadays looks so much like being pro-China.

Had the Western media maintained even a minimal degree of objectivity from the very beginning, it would never have fallen into this torturous trap.

[Roberto @UniqueMongolia]

🇺🇦 In the EU they will say there's no Nazism in Ukraine.
Meanwhile in Ukraine, in one of Vinnytsia school yards kids make swastika shape gathering to honor the day of traditional Ukrainian shirt (Vyshyvanka)🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[Maitreya Bhakal @MaitreyaBhakal]

The majority of India's elite and policymakers harbor explicit hatred and indifference for the society they govern. They see themselves less as Indians, and more as temporarily embarrassed Americans.

They have little solidarity with the average Indian, who they loathe and consider beneath them. They are westerners in spirit (preferably Americans) - but with an Indian passport.

Just observe how India's diplomats, politicians, bureaucrats, and public intellectuals actually behave - rather than what they say. Many send their children abroad to study, work, and/or settle. The same applies to celebrity activists, NGO figures, and much of the country's ultra rich. India's richest man ensured that his grandchild was born in the US, and therefore became a US citizen at birth.

Publicly, they celebrate India's rise. Privately, they make contingency plans for life elsewhere. The Indian bourgeoisie sending more and more of its capital abroad, including when India needs it most, is just the start.

What might shock many Indians is that the vast majority of India's elite and ruling class evolved from the comprador elite during the British era. Their ancestors betrayed the country then, and as their descendants, they are doing the same thing now. Both are traitors to the nation and the people - operating within contemporary norms of their respective historical eras. Their ancestors served the colonial order because it benefited them. Their descendants today serve a globalized (i.e. westernized) order for much the same reason.

Today, they are the spiritual ancestors of the British colonizers, continuing to leech off people's blood just like the British did (with their help). As I often say, India was colonized twice: Once by the British government, and then by the Indian.

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China's elite is exactly the opposite. Chinese leaders rose from an entirely different historical tradition: Revolution. While India experienced a mere transfer of power to the Indian bourgeoisie from the British variant, China experienced a forceful SEIZURE of power by the proletariat from the bourgeoisie and feudal lords. A revolution is not a dinner party, but the ascension of power for India's elite was almost as seamless as one.

Chinese leaders' ancestors actually fought against colonialism, rather than giving speeches about "non-violence" and "peaceful protests" against colonialism (while receiving VIP treatment from the colonizers). Chinese institutions are beholden to the people, not the West. Thus, while China also has a designated National Bourgeois class assigned as capital managers, it is beholden to the Party, and the Party ensures that their interests don't override China's national interests.

China is an actual democracy, unlike fake "democracies" like India and the US. China's leaders come from the same class as the people. This is the revolutionary idea that the Indian mind cannot comprehend. If only there was a name for it.

[Ryan Milton 弥瑞恩 @1860rm]

Who are you? I just returned from China.

Here’s the irony: the US controls narratives all the time. The WSJ and NYT appear to be competing media yet they continue the identical line that China is a threat.

You sound like someone who is paid to parrot talking points that you won’t be held accountable for in 2 or 3 years because people will have moved on to new fake scandals.

China is transparent with what is happening in their country. I know because I asked for access and got it.

I asked “tough questions” and got straight answers.

The difference?

I was there to understand and learn. You? Propagate wartime narratives.

[Attilanonym @attilanonym]

@DavidZhang360 You have no country, no man from your past will remember you, you don't have a civilizational tie to hang on to, nor a cultural foundation to centre yourself.

You are a wild dog begging for scrap from dinner tables you don't belong to, those fed you also despise you for it.

[Attilanonym @attilanonym]

@AndyBxxx Nice hair color but not sure about the Zoolander vibe ;)

[Mao Keji | मुखर्जी @kejimao]

Obviously, Vijay Gokhale is ignorant about how Chinese people view Indian democracy and why they would never see it as an ideological threat. Here is the reasoning.

Even if democracy can be viewed as India’s foundational pillar, significantly preventing the worst outcomes, it has also brought about suffocating, if not deadly, costs.

India adopted universal suffrage democracy while still economically and socially underdeveloped, thereby legitimising many deeply entrenched pre-modern social structures, which have become institutionalised and integrated into India’s governance today.

Idealists like the first prime minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru, and the early Congress party envisioned oppressed social groups utilising their numerical advantage through democratic elections to create pressure groups, driving gradual social reform and overcoming entrenched societal issues, thus paving the way for economic prosperity.

Unfortunately, this ideal scenario didn’t materialise. Instead, groups formed around identities such as religion, caste, sub-caste, and ethnic affiliations have engaged in “vertical mobilisation” through electoral mechanisms, reinforcing traditional social structures and preserving vested economic interests. This has resulted in an institutionalised system that further hinders social dynamism and reinforces social rigidity.

Consequently, vested interest groups representing antiquated social structures legitimately hijack democratic processes, obstructing reforms beneficial to the entire society, thus significantly hampering social progress and economic development over the long term. Nevertheless, most people have no better alternative than to tolerate this situation.

What type of mistakes are the most challenging to correct? Those that everyone perceives as “correct”. This encapsulates the most profound constraint that democracy imposes on India.