China Reality Check
1/24 ๐งต THREAD: The reality China doesn't want you to see. Behind the propaganda lies a country in crisis - from collapsing bridges to "human feed" for the desperate. Here's what's really happening on the ground. ๐
1/24 ๐งต THREAD: The reality China doesn't want you to see. Behind the propaganda lies a country in crisis - from collapsing bridges to "human feed" for the desperate. Here's what's really happening on the ground. ๐
2/24 ๐๏ธ INFRASTRUCTURE COLLAPSE: On June 23rd, the Xiangrong Expressway in Guizhou split in half. A freight truck left hanging over a 100-meter drop. This isn't isolated - 3 deadly highway collapses in 2024 alone, killing dozens.
3/24 ๐ THE ROOT CAUSE: China's economic model prioritizes GDP output over quality. Infrastructure projects get subcontracted down multiple layers, each cutting corners. Cheap materials + rushed deadlines + zero oversight = public safety nightmare.
4/24 ๐ HOUSING CRISIS: Chinese buildings are designed to last 50 years but survive only 25-30. Compare that to UK (132 years) and US (74 years). Buildings from 2016+ are even worse - concrete crumbling, steel rusting, windows flying off in wind.
5/24 ๐ฐ PAY CUT APOCALYPSE: Government workers facing 30-50% salary cuts. China literally created "Offices of Pay Cuts" to manage the reductions. 27 major state-owned financial firms have imposed salary caps. Even hospital staff and teachers aren't spared.
6/24 ๐ฝ๏ธ RESTAURANT BAN: New rule prohibits 3+ government officials from dining together. Liquor stocks dropped 10% overnight. The government has no money to pay workers, and workers have no reason to spend. Deflationary spiral in motion.
7/24 ๐ผ THE "PRETEND WORK" ECONOMY: Unemployed professionals rent desks in fake offices for $4-7/day to maintain the illusion they're employed. They show up 9-5, then go home. Some borrow money on credit cards to give "fake salaries" to their wives.
8/24 ๐ PROFITING FROM DESPAIR: One fake office operator spent $50K to set up 30 desks and meeting rooms. At full capacity, he makes $4K/month doing nothing. Only in China could a business catering to the unemployed become this profitable.
9/24 ๐ด "FULL-TIME GRANDCHILDREN": With youth unemployment sky-high, young people are returning home to care for elderly relatives for pension money. Some retired officials offer $1K+/month - better than most jobs available.
10/24 โก SLAVERY CONDITIONS: A viral job posting in Guangzhou: Work 14-16 hours/day, 7 days/week, 2 days off per month, for $900/month. Living in factory dorms. Taking care of grandpa suddenly looks like a dream job.
11/24 ๐ฅค "HUMAN FEED" DYSTOPIA: Meal replacement drinks ($4/day) now sustain millions of gig workers who can't afford real food or time for breaks. Sales hit $3 billion in 2024. Companies planning IPOs. Making money off human desperation.
12/24 ๐ DEHUMANIZING REALITY: Food delivery worker's quote: "After running orders all day, I collapsed onto my mattress. I took a bite of this human feed and it hit me. My life is finished." This is happening to millions.
13/24 ๐ข PROTEST WAVE: 21 protests in just 4 days across China, spanning wealthy cities like Beijing/Shanghai and poor provinces. Main grievances: unpaid wages (some workers going 10 months without pay), benefit cuts, forced evictions.
14/24 ๐ฎ PREPARING FOR WAR: Shocking videos show riot police training against scenarios with migrant workers. Police dressed as construction workers being attacked by dogs. Authorities preparing to treat desperate citizens as enemies.
15/24 ๐ฅ EVEN HOSPITALS AFFECTED: Medical staff protesting after 3 months without pay. When healthcare workers aren't getting paid, you know the system is broken. Posts went viral because people were shocked.
16/24 ๐ญ MASS LAYOFFS: Major lifestyle platform (jobs/housing site) cut 30% of workforce in 2024 - nearly 10,000 jobs. This follows 30-50% cuts in 2023. The company helping people find work can't sustain itself.58.com
17/24 ๐ INFRASTRUCTURE TIMEBOMB: It's not just highways. Subways, bridges, residential buildings - all potentially unsafe. The real estate bubble's collapse left construction firms bankrupt, taking safety standards with them.
18/24 ๐ฐ MEDIA BLACKOUT: Why don't Western outlets cover this? CCP has infiltrated major media. News orgs with China operations can't report objectively - they'd be kicked out. Only outlets without Chinese presence can tell the truth.
19/24 ๐ญ SAVING FACE CULTURE: The fake office phenomenon reveals how far people will go to avoid admitting unemployment. Chinese men under immense pressure to provide. Some would rather live a lie than face social shame.
20/24 ๐ ECONOMIC DEATH SPIRAL: Pay cuts โ less spending โ business failures โ more unemployment โ more protests โ more repression. Each element reinforces the others. The system is eating itself.
21/24 ๐๏ธ SYSTEM BREAKDOWN: This isn't just economic slowdown - it's social collapse. When businesses profiting from desperation are growth sectors, when people give up food culture for industrial sludge, fundamental structures are failing.
22/24 โ ๏ธ WARNING SIGNS EVERYWHERE: Collapsing infrastructure, employment crisis, widespread protests, dehumanizing working conditions. China faces systemic challenges that go far beyond normal economic cycles.
23/24 ๐ฏ BOTTOM LINE: Behind the propaganda lies a country where bridges collapse, workers drink "human feed," and people pay to pretend they have jobs. The CCP's economic model is imploding, taking society with it.
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24/24 ๐ The gap between China's projected image and ground reality has never been wider. While state media shows progress, millions struggle with basic survival. This is the China they don't want you to see. /END ๐งตyoutube.com/live/1G8shAL5Gโฆ
24/24 ๐ The gap between China's projected image and ground reality has never been wider. While state media shows progress, millions struggle with basic survival. This is the China they don't want you to see. /END ๐งตyoutube.com/live/1G8shAL5Gโฆ
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