Amier_UK

Social scientist, author, father and husband.

[China Uncensored @ChinaUncensored]

India Just Exposed China's Biggest Lie

China spends billions promoting the image of a futuristic superpower. Glittering skylines. High-speed rail. Cutting-edge technology.

But what if that's only half the story?

Indian netizens are breaking through China's Great Firewall and exposing videos of poverty, crumbling infrastructure, garbage-filled streets, and the reality many ordinary Chinese people face.

[YiFeng Su @sam51824016070]

台湾女生在中共帝都被一对中年粉红逼问是不是���中国人”？语气非常凶悍，还指手画脚，蹬鼻子上脸。

台湾女生：我是台湾人怎样？我们拿的护照不一样。

[Amier_UK @UkAmier]

@saras76 Make it two please... heroes deserve double treats...

[Desmond Shum @DesmondShum]

The Great Projection: How China Misread Xi

A bit of history about China, Xi Jinping, and the lessons we should draw.

When Xi first came to power, he sent out many signals that looked unmistakably “left” in the Chinese political sense.

He stressed the primacy of the Party. He elevated ideology. He warned that the two historical periods of the People’s Republic — the Mao era and the reform era — “must not be used to negate each other.” In plain language, this meant that the post-1978 reform era could not be used to delegitimize Mao’s first three decades of Communist rule, a period widely regarded as disastrous in many respects.

But at the same time, Xi also sent signals that looked reformist, even market-oriented. Much of that interpretation, I think, reflected wishful thinking on the part of the Chinese public and foreign observers alike.

In December 2012, shortly after taking power, Xi visited Guangdong and Shenzhen. Many interpreted the trip as a “new Southern Tour,” deliberately echoing Deng Xiaoping’s famous 1992 journey that relaunched market reform. Official reports quoted Xi as saying that “reform will not stop, and opening will not cease.” Then, in 2013, the Third Plenum declared that the market should play a “decisive role” in allocating resources.

So at the time, many observers assumed Xi was doing something tactically clever: using leftist language to reassure Party conservatives, consolidate power, and neutralize ideological opposition — before eventually turning right, toward deeper market reform.

There was even a phrase for this: “signaling left, turning right.”

When that assumption became harder and harder to sustain, many Chinese shifted to a new formula: “left in politics, right in economics.” Under this interpretation, Xi was tightening political control while still trying to preserve market dynamism. Political power would be centralized, but economic reform would continue.

Covid finally shook many people awake.

The lockdowns revealed something more fundamental: Xi’s left-turn signal meant he was actually turning left.

Over time, the economic side also moved away from genuine market liberalization. The state advanced. Party organizations penetrated deeper into private firms. Security concerns began to override commercial logic. Industrial policy, strategic control, and political loyalty increasingly displaced market signals.

What many assumed was tactical leftism turned out to be strategic leftism.

That mistake continues today.

Many observers still often assume Xi must ultimately prioritize what they prioritize: growth, investor confidence, private enterprise, foreign capital, and global integration. So when Xi speaks of struggle, security, self-reliance, Party control, and national reunification, they treat those words as rhetoric to be managed rather than intentions to be believed.

But Xi has been telling us his hierarchy of values for years.

We should take him at his word.

When Xi says the Party leads everything, he means it. When he says security comes before development, he means it. When he says capital must be guided and disciplined, he means it. And when he says Taiwan is central to national rejuvenation, we should not assume he is merely posturing.

That does not mean every signal produces immediate action. But it does mean every signal should be read seriously.

Xi was speaking plainly. The world kept translating him into what it wanted to hear.

[Winston Sterzel @serpentza]

So I suspect this video was mass flagged by CCP bots (YouTube shut it down then manually reviewed and greenlit it) and so isn’t being recommended, it’s important so would appreciate a watch and some feedback https://t.co/K91ldxg5Hi

[郑敏 @MinMin89485072]

中共宣稱：台灣只要承認統一，什麼都可以談。
台灣：那我們談談民主憲政吧？
中共：這個不能談。
台灣：那我們來談談司法獨立吧？
中共：這個不能談。
台灣：那我們談新聞、出版自由吧？
中共：這個不能談。
台灣：那我們談談直選吧？
中共：這個不能談。
台灣：那我們談談解除黨禁吧？
中共：這個不能談。
台灣：我們就談談國民平等，取消社會階級特權制度吧？
中共：這個不能談。
台灣：那我們談談軍隊國家化吧？
中共：這個不能談。
台灣：那我們談啥？
中共：只要承認一個中國，什麼都可以談。
台灣：我們要談的就是以上的問題。
中共：你們是數典忘祖，居心叵測。

[Amier_UK @UkAmier]

@xu96175836 It won't let like or reshare...

[Amier_UK @UkAmier]

@libo58570875905 @Xuxiaodong3 这个比喻太恰当了！

[Amier_UK @UkAmier]

@Elaine88463773 @DesmondShum 完全同意对这位博主的分析。。。他彻底改变自己的方向。。。歌功颂德。。。

[Amier_UK @UkAmier]

@sam51824016070 怎么没有人说这都是群众演员啊😯😄😄😄

[Bin Xie @bxieus]

China has the most advanced farming technology in the world. To make fruits and vegetables ready to be put on shelves, they get it done in seconds. In other countries such process usually takes days even weeks.
The key is secret chemicals.

[Bin Xie @bxieus]

Chinese students taking bus
vs
Japanese students taking bus

[Amier_UK @UkAmier]

@ElonMuskNews47 Yes, please

[WarrenVsCCP | 🇺🇸🇹🇼🇺🇸 @WarrenVsCCP]

Only in China do you see something this damn sickening:

A biker gets slammed by a bus, lying in the middle of the road — and everyone just drives around him like he’s trash on the pavement.

Cars, scooters, pedestrians… all acting blind.

Nobody stops. Nobody helps. Nothing.

This isn’t “culture.”
This is a moral void.

Watching a man dying in the street and doing nothing?
That’s not society.
That’s collapse.

[Winston Sterzel @serpentza]

So dumb.. poor kid

[陈秋实 Chen Qiushi @chenqiushi404]

国家禁止我们做的事：网络翻墙、投资美股、阅读境外书籍、吹捧选举制度、自由兑换外汇与跨境购物、民间融资贷款、购买比特币……
国家鼓励我们做的事：贷款买房、结婚生孩子、孩子读职高、大人投资A股、赞美俄罗斯与朝鲜、永远拥护党中央和习主席……

[Inconvenient Truths — Jennifer Zeng Reports @jenniferzeng97]

🔥 “Down with the CCP!”

This is what the protesters shouted while the police fired stun grenades and tear gas to suppress them.

🔥This happened in the early hours of August 5 (local time), in Jiangyou, Sichuan—my hometown!

😢The protest was sparked by a horrific incident on July 22, when a 14-year-old girl was violently bullied—her clothes were stripped off, a video was recorded, and then posted online. Despite public outrage, the perpetrators faced little to no punishment. Outraged citizens continued to speak out for the young girl, only to be met with police crackdowns and violent suppression using stun grenades and tear gas.

(More videos in the comments.)

[Adrian Zenz @adrianzenz]

Argentina's highest court allows Uyghur universal jurisdiction case to be opened, paving the way for a potential criminal ruling against Beijing and implicated officials through universal jurisdiction - for crimes against humanity and/or genocide.

Article link is below:

[Winston Sterzel @serpentza]

I hate when China shills do this, cherry pick some bad footage from the USA and put it next to some high speed rail propaganda or something, but I approve of this, fight fire with fire and demonstrate just how easy it is to do these “comparison” videos