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china watcher. doing politics postgrad in taiwan. lived in china 8 years. mandarin fluent. critical of xi’s "new era". follow for china/taiwan commentary & wit.
Jun 17, 2021 9 tweets 3 min read
A naive Chinese "patriot youth" tried to report a “Taiwan independence” Youtube account to the police, but instead was fined for illegally accessing foreign websites.

His interaction with police and his tearful comeuppance when prosecuted- he uploaded to Youtube.

THREAD (1/9) The 18 year-old from Beijing, Liu Sitong, filmed himself taking a printout of a Taiwanese Youtuber’s account to a police station. He described to camera how he hoped that by reporting the “Taiwan independence activist", this could at least stop him from traveling to China. (2/9)
Apr 5, 2020 8 tweets 3 min read
Rising xenophobia is being tolerated on the Chinese internet.

In this comic strip cartoon, foreigners are depicted being dragged across the ground, thrown into garbage bins, attacked with a disinfectant spray and kicked around. (1/8)

mp.weixin.qq.com/s/BiOzO4snKit4… The comic is entitled "Foreign Trash Classification: An Illustrated Handbook".

The worker says, "Epidemic prevention work still isn't finished. I never expected I'd have to classify foreign trash!" (2/8)