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27 Mar

I learned abt Taiwan's National Sun Yat-sen University's "Green rats extermination" project on Dongsha (Pratas) Island in South China Sea. It finally helped me answer some questions abt the Great Leap Forward.

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Taiwan controls Dongsha (Pratas) and Taiping Island in South China Seas. These islands r plagued by rats problem. Sun Yat-sen University's "Green rats extermination" project use ground Corncob flour (no kernels) mixed w peanut butter as rat feed.

rats will bring back these corncob flour "candies" back to their nest to share. corncob flour absorbs water and expand. eventually rats die from dehydration. This solved a question I always had abt the Great Chinese Famine after Great Leap Forward.

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27 Mar

2 yr old video by 17yr old #Uyghur girl 安妮古丽 that shows production of #XinjiangCotton in #Xinjiang

Check out her YouTube Channel for more life in #Xinjiang

Before you say this is CCP Propaganda. This video capture on candid camera aspect of Xinjiang life that would nvr be shown in real Chinese gov Propaganda video.

She asked the farmer lady abt price of #XinjiangCotton (5RMB/kilo), farmer lady says farmers' life r hard

Ironically the #XinjiangCotton harvester shown in the video is Made in US John Deere. So US gov know exactly the mechanized level in #Xinjiang via export numbers. Instead they prefer to project historical association of cotton w slavery in US to China

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Carl Zha

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25 Mar

Nike's virtue signaling over #Xinjiang "forced labor" really helped Chinese brand Li Ning to hit a home run today. Let's recall how the founder Li Ning conquered 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and got dubbed the Prince of Gymnastics.

Compilations of the Prince of Gymnastics Li Ning, ethnic Zhuang from Guangxi, conquering 1984 Los Angeles Olympics

19 yr old Li Ning defeating Soviet and Japanese gymnasts to snatch 6 gold for China at 1982 World Championship in Zagreb, Yugoslavia. 1st earning the moniker the prince of Gymnastics

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Carl Zha

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22 Mar

Remembering the time when CIA collaborated w Taiwan intelligence to assassinate Zhou Enlai on his way to Bandung conference in Indonesia by blowing up his ride Air India’s Princess Kashmir over South China Sea in 1955. Zhou had emergency appendectomy, missed the flight. 16 died.

Bandung Conference aka Asian–African Conference organized by Indonesian President Sukarno, Indian PM Nehru and Zhou Enlai and the prospect of a coalition of newly independent states of the Global South freaked out US planners that they did everything in their power to sabotage it

Bandung Conference 1955 led the way to Non-Aligned Movement. But 1962 Sino-Indian War as result of increasing tension frm CIA sponsored 1959 Tibetan Revolt, and US backed coup overthrowing Sukarno in Indonesia in 1965 would damp the spirit of Bandung.

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Carl Zha

@CarlZha

21 Mar

Americans have been killing Asians in and out of US for over a century. American boys have been repeatedly sent over across Pacific where they raped, brutalized and harass Asian women then demean them as sexualized objects. Even anti-war movie Full Metal Jacket popularized dis👇

US occupation of Japan, Korea, Vietnam and Philippines spawn entire sex industry catering to American GIs. GI on R&R frm Vietnam War kicked off Thailand's sex tourism industry. This only made American males feel entitled to Asian women's bodies

While American men hypersexualize and fetish Asian women, Asian men are emasculated in American culture. Both Asian men and women caricatured and made fun of. It remains acceptable in US to make Asian jokes in public because there's virtually no consequences

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Carl Zha

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21 Mar

People's Liberation Army recruitment video for Shanghai: Inheriting Ancient Tradition. 🔥🔥🔥

Part 2 of PLA recruitment video for Shanghai. The lyrics recalls famous ancient Chinese statesmen, generals and poets. Seems to be targeted at College grads.
I will break down the historical references in lyrics in below thread for non-Chinese speakers

lyrics refers 2 1 of the most famous Chinese poem 人生自古誰無死，留取丹心照汗青 by Song minister 文天祥 who wrote in 1278 while held captive on Yuan Dynasty warship near today's HK.
"Everyone dies, my Loyal ❤️will light up history books" He refused 2 surrender 2 Kublai Khan

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