"In Apr 2023, China's Trade Surplus increased by 96.5%"

I came across an article with the above title, so I went to the data source, PRC Customs, to look at the numbers.

The total imp+exp Jan-Apr 2023. Surplus is RMB2 trillion.

But more interesting..⏬

english.customs.gov.cn/Statics/3d5fe5… ... is to look at what's being exported!

I highlighted a few items.

- Mechanical & Electrical 4.4T, more than 50% of total export 7.6T !!!

- Auto 204B, up 120% YoY! Auto parts 200B.

- Various lower end labor intensive products ~1.5T

And imports..⏬

english.customs.gov.cn/Statics/829ef8…

My daughter & I went to #Xinjiang for a ski trip in Keketuohai #可可托海 in the Altay 阿勒泰 area bordering Mongolia, Russia & Kazakhstan.

I can confirm that
- there is no permit required travel to & within XJ
- extra info required for non-resident staying in XJ hotel

1/18 My travel document is a resident card which effectively like a mainland ID card, my daughter travel with 回鄉證 like millions of Hongkongers thus considered non-resident. Therefore I was able to observe the difference the treatments of different travel doc.

2/18

@SilingWu @Angelo4justice3 @lightning00798 @eshaLegal @mazeemkhan1974 @insulaa_w @FalunDong @PandemicTruther @Theo_Fletcher_1 @historic_ly @LetsBlameChina Me sitting in a Yuen Long 茶餐廳 drinking my 茶走 and reading The Unveiling of Lhasa, published in 1905 by Edmund Candler who went in with the British Army.

The description confirms Tibet was very cruelly brutally governed by Lamas. That came from the British imperialist!
@SilingWu @Angelo4justice3 @lightning00798 @eshaLegal @mazeemkhan1974 @insulaa_w @FalunDong @PandemicTruther @Theo_Fletcher_1 @historic_ly @LetsBlameChina Bounus - description of some may term cultural genocide, possibly before the word "genocide" was invented. This time by American cigarettes companies.