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PavelBureOfficial [he/him]
It’s really shocking the amount of 傻逼老外 that are accepted as China experts on Reddit. I spent most of my life in China and it was always a trip meeting people like that.
I’ve also noticed there’s a notable chud contingent of Americans in Taiwan. I met one who thought if Taiwan allowed everyone to own guns they could stage an effective guerrilla war against a Chinese invasion. Weird shit.
I don’t think Jimmy Lai was actually behind the locust ad, just that Apple Daily let it run, which tbf isn’t much better. Lai is a massive fan of Trump which isn’t a huge surprise.
But yeah there’s a lot of borderline Great Replacement conspiracies in Hong Kong, e.g. 150 mainlanders coming in everyday to take over the place. A lot of HKers fall into this false sense of superiority due to being a colony and having a massive headstart on development, even though said development was largely driven by acting as an entrepot during China’s economic liberalisation.