mfw I am chinawatching
How the Chinese people truly feel about Xi and his agenda is almost impossible to determine in the absence of a free press or freedom of speech.
Chinese people: “I like it here”
American journalists: “You’re brainwashed by the tyrannical Communist government.”
American people: “This country sucks and we’re so upset that we’re openly rioting”
American journalists: “These people have been tricked by the Russians”
China has no free press or freedom of speech
Michael Schuman is a contributing writer for the Atlantic, based in Beijing, China
optimism in America ended three years ago
You see, when Chinese people tell you they’re optimistic for the future you can’t trust them. You have to cherry-pick statistics that support the exact opposite answer that you get by directly asking the question.
oh shit china’s collapsing again what do we do as communists we are owned now