Comrade Snowboot

Scholar, comrade, nerd. neurobiologist. I do hearing science and uphold the immortal science. She/her. ENG/CHN.

[Comrade Snowboot @comradesnowboot]

You should apologize when you're wrong or inaccurate, ESPECIALLY to comrades.

I know y'all had to be headstrong against all the bad faith reactionaries on this bird app, but y'all don't have to treat fellow leftists like that. We should champion communication and self-crit.

[来都来了 @SecondRingSZN]

Your Chinese pronouns are baobao, qin and baobei

[Giokielicious @jokieliu]

What people don’t understand is that it’s not just “the CPC liberated Tibet,” but rather “the liberation of Tibet/Xizang is part of the great liberation of China.” Tibetans are Chinese and can absolutely be part of this great revolution. Excluding them from China’s inspirational history is super arrogant.

The serfs were exploited heavily and they absolutely had the right to join this big communist revolution that happens everywhere in China .

I dare you to go to China, talk to a Tibetan face to face, and tell them “I don’t see you as Chinese.” They’ll tell you to fuck off for sure.

Watch the educational video from Rednote user 朱盛国Neil

[Mehmet @afgmeh]

The Chinese engineer is one of the most thankless heros of Central Asia. The more I look into economics of Central Asia the more I get blackpilled that Chinese prosperity is the only hope for this region.

[Charlotte @Charlotte_xia59]

@SweetSummerSN There's a joke about a Maoism pipeline to be made here...

[Comrade Snowboot @comradesnowboot]

@Charlotte_xia59 @SweetSummerSN I think my dad almost went down that pipeline but he didn't go through and instead returned to China and is secretly bitter about a lot of things

[Comrade Snowboot @comradesnowboot]

@li_dawei98 @SweetSummerSN Chinese COVID bitterness: Urgh there's fewer business opportunities and lockdown ruined my school life
American COVID bitterness: I got a chronic illness, my immune system is fucked, and I can't pay my rent now

[克劳德·洛克哈特 Cloud Lockhart 🇨🇳 @li_dawei98]

Something I just realized: since I arrived in China I have not seen a single advertisement for crypto or online gambling. Thank you based god (CPC).

[Comrade Snowboot @comradesnowboot]

I found this absolutely hilarious that you get to see Genshin memes at every unexpected corners @Charlotte_xia59

[Arnaud Bertrand @RnaudBertrand]

I found this absolutely hilarious.

So China has this nationwide policy called "Green Channel" (“绿通”): if you transport fresh produce like fruits or veggies, you don't need to pay highway tolls.

It's real, I checked, here is a government website describing the policy: https://t.co/1ktAm1lL1c

This is meant to reduce food costs and reduce friction in food logistics. If you're a small farmer producing - say - watermelons in Xinjiang, thousands of kms from Eastern cities, highway tolls alone could cost more than the watermelons themselves are worth.

There is, however, a loophole that's going viral on Chinese social media these days 👇 It applies to pickup trucks! So if you have a pickup truck, you just need to pack the back with cheap cabbage and - voilà - free highway for you 😂

So in China these days, if you go on the highway, you're increasingly seeing more and more pickup trucks packed with fruits and veggies in the back 😅

It actually doesn't go wasted and may even work in favor of the policy. When they arrive at destination, the drivers do sell the produce so, on top of waiving highway fees, they even make a profit - basically becoming the small-scale food distributors the policy was designed to support.

The video describes a driver from Zhengzhou, Henan who reportedly bought 500 yuan of cabbage, drove toll-free to Xinjiang, sold it for 1,500, then loaded up watermelons for the return trip and sold those back in Henan. He saved 2,000 RMB in highway fees and probably got his gas paid by the food profit!

I'm myself planning to drive the whole summer touring Western China with my family in an RV: I wonder if it applies, I might try it! If you're in China and see a French guy driving a RV packed with cabbage, don't get surprised 😂

[Comrade Snowboot @comradesnowboot]

It seems that they just met the world at a very Chinese time of its life🤭

[Giokielicious @jokieliu]

Japanese right wingers discovering their publicity doesn’t work anymore .
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It contradicts the “the whole world loves Japan and hates China” narrative.
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The cognitive dissonance is killing them.
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they arrived at the hilarious conclusion that “whoever hates us must be Chinese .”

[Comrade Snowboot @comradesnowboot]

@jokieliu It seems that they just met the world at a very Chinese time of its life🤭

[Communist Party USA @communistsusa]

International notes: Communist parties confront imperialism and reaction

An update on the International Communist Movement and what fraternal communist and workers parties are doing around the world.

https://t.co/mSXbTVdtdg

[Comrade Snowboot @comradesnowboot]

Wow a day of good news I see

[Comrade Snowboot @comradesnowboot]

@stalinistberet 🤞

[Comrade Snowboot @comradesnowboot]

@jokieliu 看起来好好吃……好大的羊肉串

[China Xinhua News @XHNews]

Cheng Li-wun, chairwoman of the Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) party, led a KMT delegation on Wednesday morning to pay homage to the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province. Paying homage to the mausoleum has long been an important part of KMT chairpersons' visits to the mainland. Read update: https://t.co/gJQ3q3deYQ

[Comrade Snowboot @comradesnowboot]

@SecondRingSZN Holy shit I think I just found my great gramp's possible source, and they have a pretty well-maintained genealogy! I'll consult one of the library listed once possible!

[Comrade Snowboot @comradesnowboot]

@SecondRingSZN Awwwww yes (unfortunately I don't have an account on that library service but I could probably get one)

[Comrade Snowboot @comradesnowboot]

@SecondRingSZN Thank you, just tried! I need to talk to my aunt for some details but I can probably go very far on my paternal grandma's side as her origin can trace back to the exact city

[Comrade Snowboot @comradesnowboot]

@SecondRingSZN Sooutherners are so lucky ngl. The farthest I can track is my great-grandfather who was from somewhere in Liaoning.