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[Arnaud Bertrand @RnaudBertrand]

I can't avoid being amazed by the amount of flexibility and efficiency in Chinese administrative procedures. People really go the extra mile to help you, which happens with no other country's public administration (at least in my experience).

During our current trip my younger daughter needs to get a new passport so we decided to do the procedure in Shenyang.

First issue: normally new passports can only be sent to a local address. Problem: we're only in Shenyang until tomorrow and we don't have a local address. The officer at the counter said "no problem, let's connect on WeChat, I'll receive the passport for you and will personally send it to you." Something like this is unthinkable in any other country.

Second issue: for some weird reason my daughter is shown as having an existing pending passport application in Shanghai, which makes her getting a new passport here impossible. No-one knows why that's the case, clearly some sort of bug in the system. Not to worry: the big boss of the place is called, he says he's seen this situation before when the case officer from a previous passport application forgot to mark the case as complete, leaving it as pending. Which would make sense since my daughter got her previous passport in Shanghai.

Third issue: We're told this is something we can only clear personally in Shanghai, because only they can confirm locally why the application is still pending. We tell them we have no plans to go to Shanghai so the big boss kindly takes it upon himself to call the central system to ask them to investigate.

And... it's solved! It was indeed a mistake made in Shanghai, her new passport can be issued in Shenyang and the officer will receive it personally on our behalf 😊

Bear in mind all of this, from us stepping foot in the office for the first time to solving all the issues, was done in the space of 24 hours.

So a huge thanks to the immigration office in Shenyang for going the extra mile. I find it absolutely amazing that for a country the size of China, with the largest public administration in the world, they still manage to have such level of flexibility, personal service and speed.

Which by the way isn't the exception but the rule: it's consistently been my experience when dealing with Chinese administration. And this isn't because I am a foreigner and being given special treatment: I didn't even show my face in this office, this was all done by my wife.

[Andy Boreham 安柏然 @AndyBxxx]

REMEMBERING THE #TiananmenSquareMassacre

For many freedom-loving Westerners, the "Tank Man" photo is a powerful, symbolic, gut-wrenching image. A man who made the greatest sacrifice standing up to authoritarianism.

But it's a lie.

You probably haven't seen the entire film, and have been led to believe he was ultimately massacred. He was NOT.

You can watch the entire film clip of the incident right here, right now (below.)

For those who really understand China, the #TankMan incident is powerful and symbolic as well. It shows the amazing restraint the PLA took after hundreds of their own were murdered and set on fire and strung up on bridges around Beijing in the lead-up to June 4. Watch as the tanks halt and try to avoid the man, and even remain calm and peaceful as he climbs on top of the tank to try and open it.

If you're watching this for the first time, and believed all along that something more sinister happened to "Tank Man," you're not alone. It's time you cleared the Western lies and learn what really happened.

Follow this link to learn more: https://t.co/kPzGVKllby

[S.L. Kanthan @Kanthan2030]

Video of China handling US sanctions.

(500+ Chinese tech companies are under US sanctions now).

[Morten (马腾) 🇩🇰🇨🇳 @mortenhjm]

China went from 80% extreme poverty in 1980 to NO extreme poverty 40 yrs later 👇🇨🇳

It is the most succesful economic development in history !

We should take joy in China’s accomplishments. Not fear from it👏

🇺🇸Professor Jeffrey Sachs at Athens Democracy forum

#China #EU #USA #BRICS

[Jojo @hellojojo123]

@AyuBmiyy Congrats;

[The future is China @IncredibleChina]

#Shanghai in 1945 to what it is now 😳😳😳 amazing 😍🤗😍 love Shanghai. Incredible #China

[Andy Boreham 安柏然 @AndyBxxx]

Remembering the people who died from that devastating disaster today, and the brave men and women who came to help.

[Andy Boreham 安柏然 @AndyBxxx]

I guess TIME doesn’t know that in 156 years of British rule, the Hong Kong people NEVER got to choose their leaders.

The governor was installed from London, and calls for democracy were sometimes violently squashed.

When did HKers finally got to vote? You guessed it! After the island returned to China! Funny that, eh?

[James Wood 武杰士 @commiepommie]

Chinese cities need to be seen to be believed. 😲

#China

[FruitfulCN 1376（互fo） @FruitfulCN]

2023年“五一”假期国内旅游出游合计2.74亿人次 同比增长70.83%

[Tofu Ent | C-ent Updates @EntTofu]

#WeiChen is looking smart in the photos for #May4thYouthDay special program as shared by his studio.

#魏晨

[DaiWW @BeijingDai]

BYD sold 209,448 cars in April.

Tesla sold 53,000+ cars in April, less than 1/3 of BYD did.

[Global Times @globaltimesnews]

The long-awaited move to allow #HongKong vehicles to enter the Chinese mainland was officially announced on Mon. Starting from July 1, qualified Hong Kong vehicle owners can drive into S. China’s Guangdong Province via the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge without the need to meet any additional security request. The application starts on June 1. About 450,000 Hong Kong vehicle owners are expected to benefit from the policy.

[FruitfulCN 1376（互fo） @FruitfulCN]

The first woman in the world👍Chinese climber Dong Hongjuan reaches all 14 peaks of 8000 meters above sea level
全球女性第一人！中国登山者董红娟登顶全部14座海拔8000米级高峰

[Jojo @hellojojo123]

#culture #dance #Chinese #folkdance #soldier #battle #RainieYang #YangChengLin
https://t.co/nweOc4eFJG

[Ines Laimins 李美思 @ineslaimins]

Sea turtles 海龟 always return home to where they were born.

In 2020 over 800,000 recently graduated haigui returned to China, an increase of 70% from 2019, largely due to the impact of the pandemic.

I first heard the word haigui 海归 in class in 2008.

Haigui (hǎiguī 海归) is a slang term for Chinese nationals who have returned to mainland China after having studied abroad. It literally means ‘returning from across the sea’. The term is a pun on hǎiguī 海龟, meaning sea turtle.

We were discussing a Reuters article. The worst financial crisis in decades had left the U.S. economy mired in a recession since December 2007, claiming more than 2 million jobs.

Many educated overseas Chinese were out of jobs and firms from China were holding job fairs internationally. Recruiting sessions in London, New York and Chicago attracted over a 1000 people at each location.

Many were able to secure jobs in the mainland, but many were not as fortunate. Those who didn’t secure a job also returned home.

During this time, so many sea turtles had returned home that the people of Beijing, Shanghai and elsewhere had invented a new name for those returnees who could not find a job.

Enter a new word - “seaweed” (海待 hai dai).

Things have changed a lot since 2008.

Graduates from foreign universities once used to be highly sought out by employers in China, but they are now less likely to receive callback from jobs compared to Chinese students with a Chinese degree.

This has to do with a few things.

➡️the rising standards of Chinese educational institutions

➡️Chinese universities are climbing up world rankings

➡️the high salary demands of the sea turtles

➡️the fact that their English is not proven to be better than that of local graduates

These 800,000 returning students must also contend with around 8.74 million new graduates from domestic institutions, the largest number ever.

The growing Chinese economy is not surprisingly one of the factors tempting Chinese students to return home after graduating – especially if their degrees can fill spots in China’s hot tech industry.

The economy in China looks to be growing at a pace that all new graduates will have jobs and that coming home was what it was always meant to be.

[Jojo @hellojojo123]

#Chinese #dance #tradition #culture #folkdance #DunHuang

[Alice 一潇走天下 @IvaIvazhuang]

#ChengXiaoGreatDanceCrew2
#ChengXiao weibo 29 04 2023

《Qing Ping Le · Le Yan》Dun Huang Dance Performance full 😍😍

[Morten (马腾) 🇩🇰🇨🇳 @mortenhjm]

Maureen A Huebel @MaureenAHuebel asking some interesting questions:

"Gee how did #Xinjiang have this great GDP growth, and you got a growth in your population. Now i don't know how you can have a genocide going on, with an increasing population"

A thread 🧵👇
#China #Uyghur

[Jojo @hellojojo123]

#chinese #culture #martialarts #kungfu #kids #split

[中华全国学联-ACSF @ACSF1919]

“少侠”武术动作行云流水，铿锵有力🤩 #Kongfu

[Andy Boreham 安柏然 @AndyBxxx]

VIDEO: After the #US ditched its citizens in war-torn #Sudan, #China has again shown how gov'ts SHOULD care for their people.

It reminded me of the 7.5 quake in #NewZealand in 2016, when China came to the rescue of its citizens trapped in a coastal town, angering some Brits.