#Xi Jinping Thought

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I love you right tendency communism I love you Deng Xiaoping I love you Nikolai Bukharin I love you New Economic Policy I love you Socialism with Chinese Characteristics I love you Xi Jinping Thought I love you market economy under the dictatorship of the proletariat I love you communism that focuses on bettering the economic conditions of the working class I love you good agricultural policy I love you targeted poverty alleviation I love you using the superiority of state planning to beat the capitalist countries in their own game I love you chinese domination of world trade I love you chinese century I love you the belt and road initiative and helping the global south develop and ditch the west I love you the death of the US empire

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2025(?): Xi Jinping Article Updates Talk from 2023, Adding Passages on Severe Challenges PRC Faces

Brushing up on Xi Jinping Thought today, I read the 2023 Xi Jinping article from the Party ideological journal Qiushi [Seeking Truth] and felt inspired to translate it as 2023 Xi Jinping: Chinese-style Modernization is the Broad Path to Building a Strong Nation and Achieving China’s National Renaissance. This article is “※ This is an excerpt from General Secretary Xi Jinping’s speech on February…

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BREAKING— China adds a 34% tariff against the United States in response to Trump’s tariffs starting April 10th. Also the Chinese government has banned a select group of American companies from doing business in China.

The United States exports soybeans, corn, cotton, meats such as pork and beef, dairy, industrial machinery, semiconductors and more.

Farmers in the United States will feel the brunt of these tariffs.

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Lmao, yeah actually, I trust Xi Jinping over Joe Biden any day.

Here's the facts, while China, much like the US and Europe, is using technology to monitor city streets, public spaces, government offices, and, something the US doesn't have to have this problem, monitoring public apartments.

But here are also some facts, Xi Jinping and the Communist Party of China have raised the living standards of the Chinese people exponentially, year on year for decades now, with growth accelerating over the last two decades as the country built MASSIVE infrastructure projects and modernized.

In that time, US and European wages and job growth have stagnated, living expenses and especially housing and energy have skyrocketed, and education is actively deteriorating, not getting better.

The exact opposite is true in China.

So yes, you have to look at the totality of what the Party and Government in China vs the West is doing for its people and around the world. And it just doesn't compare. While China goes around the world building ports and public infrastructure, then forgiving the debt incurred building it, the US goes around the world selling weapons and ideologies, and instigating wars. The US doesn't even have the productive capacity to supply its own ammunition to satisfactory quantities anymore, and the Military Industrial Complex is just about the only part of the economy the Govt funds infrastructure for anymore.

So yes, at this point, I'm writing in Xi Jinping for US President in 2024

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Tik Tok Bill/HR 7521 - 03/16/2024

Bill HR 7521 passed 3 days ago in the house of representatives by a vote of 352 - 65. If this bill passes in the Senate, which looks likely, Joe Biden said he will sign it, which will purportedly ban Tik Tok. It wouldn't really ban it, but what it will do is force Byte Dance, the Chinese company that owns Tik Tok, to divest by providing a description of what assets would need to be divested to execute a qualified divesture. In other words, they would have to sell it. They would also have to shut down their internet hosting service. Someone in the U.S. would buy it. I've been on the fence with this one as well with whether or not Biden will remain on the ticket. After reading a portion of the bill I saw a loophole regarding what can be done with a foreign person. Donald Trump, who back in 2020 wanted to ban Tik Tok, he's now against banning it. He said that banning Tik Tok would give the government too much power and would make Facebook more of a monopoly. I sure hope his 180-degree shift wasn't partly made because he has a big campaign donor from Tik Tok. Elon Musk is against it. He thinks it will lead to the government having too much control of wording and censorship on all media platforms. He argues that it doesn't just involve foreign adversaries. Republican Congressman Thomas Massie on X posted this: "The president will be given the power to ban WEB SITES, not just Apps.--"The person breaking the new law is deemed to be the U.S. (or offshore) INTERNET HOSTING SERVICE or App Store, not the 'foreign adversary.' " The CCP (Chinese Communist Party) controls what content is allowed on Tik Toc, and the version that is used in China is very different to what's allowed on it outside of China, like here in the U.S. In China they're teaching their children strict discipline and loyalty to the CCP without other harmful content, brainwashing them into their collectivist ideologies. Outside of China they are allowing and promoting content that encourages self-harm and suicide. The big concern in Congress is that the CCP is using the platform to collect as much personal data as they can to be later used against us for nefarious reasons.

Bytedance is the parent company running Tik Toc, and it's former CEO, Zhang Yiming, in 2018 wrote an open public letter of apology to the CCP's headquarters. He was in trouble for not directing his tech companies to push the party's communist agenda far enough, including for what they termed as Xi Jinping thought. Here's some of that letter translated in English:

"I sincerely apologize to regulators, our users and colleagues. I have been in a state of guilt and remorse since I received the notice from the regulatory authority yesterday afternoon and stayed up all night."

"Toutino will permanently shut down the app and the Wechat account of Neihan Duanzi. The product has gone astray, posting content that goes against socialist core values. It's all on me. I accept all the punishment since it failed to direct public opinion in the right way."

"I blame myself for failing to live up to the guidance and expectations of the authorities. In the past few years, the authorities have given us a lot of guidance and help, but I failed to understand properly and to correct properly in the past that resulted in the repercussions today."

"I blame myself for failing the support and trust of our users. We one-sidedly focused on growth and scale without paying timely attention to quality and responsibility of guiding users to obtain positive information. We have failed to undertake corporate social responsibility, and lack emphasis and understanding of our roles in carry forward the positive energy, and guide public opinion properly."

"I reflect that the deep-seated problems for the company are: a weak understanding of the 'four consciousness,' a lack of socialist core values, and a biased guidance of public opinion. 'In the past, we have placed too much emphasis on the role of technology, and failed to realize that socialist core values are the prerequisite to technology. We need to spread positive messages in line with the requirements of the times while respecting public order and good practice.' "

The "four consciousness," to which he referred is described in the following CCP directive as translated into English; CCP Central Committee Publishers Plan for Deepening the Reform of Party and State Agencies. March 18, 2021:

"To deepen reform of the Party and state agencies at this new historical turning point, we must comprehensively implement the Spirit of the 19th Party Congress and persist in taking Marxism -- Leninism, Ma Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory, the Important Thinking of the 'Three Represents,' the Scientific Development Concept, and Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as the guide. We must firmly establish political consciousness, consciousness of the big picture, consciousness of the core leadership, and consciousness of falling in line with party directives. We must resolutely maintain the authority and centralized unified leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core. We must adapt to the development requirements of socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era, persist in the general principle of seeking progress while maintaining stability, and adhere to the proper direction of reform. We must persist in being people-centered, and persist in comprehensively ruling the country according to law."

It seems clear to me that the CCP wants to dominate the world and control how everyone thinks. We can't let that happen. The harmful content on Tik Tok can be found on some of the other platforms, but apparently on Tik Tok it's been more harmful and addictive to kids. Amnesty International 2 reports: "Driven into the Darkness: How Tik Tok Encourages Self-harm and Suicidal Ideation and the I Feel Exposed: Caught in Tik Tok's Surveillance Web - highlight the abuses experienced by children and young people using Tik Tok Outside of China. Between 3 and 20 minutes into our manual research, more than half of the videos in the 'For You' feed were related to mental health struggles with multiple recommended videos in a single hour romanticizing, normalizing or encouraging suicide."

Here's how a portion of the Tik Tok bill reads - HR 7521:

(iii) a subsidiary of or a successor to an entity identified in clause (i) or (ii) that is controlled by a foreign adversary; or (iv) an entity owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by an entity identified in clause (i), (ii), or (iii); or (B) a covered company that -- (i) is controlled by a foreign adversary; and (ii) that is determined by the President to present a significant threat to the national security of the United States following the issuance of -- (I) a public notice proposing such determination; and (II) a public report to Congress, submitted not less than 30 days before such determination, describing the specific national security concern involved and containing a classified annes and a description of what assets would need to be divested to execute a qualified divesture. (4) FOREIGN ADVERSARY COUNTRY, -- The term "foreign adversary country" means a country specified with respect to a covered company or other entity is -- (A) a foreign person that is domiciled in, is headquartered in, has its principal place of business in, or is organized under the laws of a foreign adversary country. (B) an entity with respect to which a foreign person or combination of foreign persons described in "subparagraph (A) directly or indirectly own at least a 20 percent stake; or (C) a person subject to the direction or control of a foreign person or entity described in subparagraph (A) (B). (2) Covered Company -- (A) IN GENERAL -- The term "covered company" means an entity that operates, directly or indirectly (including through a parent company, subsidiary, or affiliate), a website, desktop application, or augmented or immersive technology application.

The loophole I see is that there are people here from China that are legal to work and live here (green card) and who have a residence in China. The President (Joe Biden) could divest any website or app operated by a company with such a person in its employ from China with a green card who happens to own at least 20% of that company. I haven't read through the entire bill, nor am I an expert on Congressional bills or policies, but there might be other loopholes to be found. Given all that I have considered on this, I think divesting Tik Tok is a good idea, but only with no loopholes or wiggle room. I don't trust the government, their too giddy about this and I suspect they may have something up their sleeves. Next to our own ability to destroy ourselves from within, I think China is our biggest threat. This is serious stuff and we're in some very dangerous situations. We've got to get this right and get the right leader in the White House, which, in my humble opinion, is Donald J. Trump.

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The People's Republic of China has now existed for longer than the Soviet Union did so I guess communism does work after all!

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It's mirrors and most of the books are fake. The books you can actuality get are of course all state approved.

Dujiangyan Zhongshuge is a bookstore located in Chengdu, China. Designed by architecture firm X+Living

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2022: Russian Philosopher on Xi Jinping Thought

In July 2023, a Xi Jinping Thought Study Institute was established in Moscow to much comment from the Russian press. Lately read these four articles late June/early July 2023 articles on Russian websites commenting on the opening of a Xi Jinping Thought Institute at the Russian Academy of Sciences, translated below by DeepL. 1. Kommersant  The first laboratory for the study of Xi Jinping’s…

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Why Antizionism = Antisemitism

Got an Ask containing this:

I wanted to know your thoughts on if antizionism could be not antisemitic? Most of what I see touted as antizionism reads antisemitic to me and I was curious to know if antizionism is inherently antisemetic?

Antizionism = Antisemitism?

A friendly guide for the perplexed, the curious, and the quietly concerned

Terms:

Zionism is the belief that the Jewish people should have the right of national self-determination in a portion of their indigenous homeland.

Antizionism is the belief that there should never have been a Jewish state and that the existing Jewish state must be dismantled.

Once you strip that belief down to its real-world consequences, rhetoric, and historical baggage, antizionism is always antisemitism in disguise.

Let's look at the seven most common online arguments for why antizionism isn't necessarily antisemitic and see how they hold up to scrutiny.

1. Antizionism isn't antisemitism because criticizing a government isn’t antisemitic.

"I criticize governments all the time - the U.S., China, Iran, Israel. Criticizing a government is a political act, not a racial or religious one. Equating antizionism with antisemitism is just a way to silence dissent and avoid accountability."

This sounds reasonable, but antizionism isn't the same thing as criticizing Israel. You're allowed to criticize Israel. Everyone does - especially Israelis.

If Israelis were allergic to criticism, the Knesset would implode and Haaretz would spontaneously combust.

Antizionism doesn't insist "Israel should change its policies." To describe yourself as antizionist is to say you believe that Israel shouldn’t exist.

That's not political criticism - that's rejection of Jewish self-determination. No one says "China shouldn’t exist" because they oppose Xi Jinping or are rightly uset about China's treatment of the Uyghurs. No one says "Abolish France" because of Macron’s pension reforms. Yet somehow, when Jews have a nation-state - suddenly that is illegitimate.

If you recognize Israeli's right to exist and loathe many practices of it's government, congratulations: You're a Zionist the exact same way I am.

But if you apply standards to the world's only Jewish state that you don't apply to any other state, that's not activism. That’s bias. And if that bias tracks with centuries of Jewish exclusion from the public sphere? That's antisemitism.

2. Antizionism isn’t antisemitism because Zionism is political, and Judaism is religious.

"Judaism is a religion. Zionism is a modern nationalist movement. Opposing Zionism doesn’t mean hating Jews; it just means opposing a specific political ideology."

This argument is like saying, "I love the Irish - I just hate Irish independence and the Republic of Ireland." Or, "I respect Greek people, I just think Greece shouldn't exist."

Judaism has never been just a religion. It's a civilization - a people with a shared language, culture, history, and, yes, a connection to a specific land - the land they are indigenous to. That land is not Brooklyn. It's not Berlin. It's Judea. That's why they're called "Jews."

Jewish identity has always been one of peoplehood. The modern political Zionism of the late 1800s didn't invent that - it just updated it for an era of nation-states. If you believe that Kurds, Tibetans, and Palestinians have the right to national self-determination - but Jews don’t - then you're not making a political distinction. You're just excluding Jews from the club of peoples allowed to govern themselves.

That's not political theory. That's antisemitic exceptionalism.

3. Antizionism isn’t antisemitism because you can support Jews, just not a Jewish state.

"Supporting Jews doesn’t mean supporting nationalism. I support Jewish safety and rights - I just don’t think there should be an ethno-religious state. That's not bigotry; that's universalism."

If you claim to support Jews...but deny them the one mechanism they've used to escape persecution (sovereignty), then your support is purely theoretical. Jews don't need (and don't have) cheerleaders. They need borders, passports, and an air force.

No one told Rwandans after the genocide, "Hey, I support your survival, just not your statehood." No one tells Armenians they shouldn’t have a homeland because nation-states are passé. This idea only shows up when Jews are involved.

If your vision of equality requires dismantling the one Jewish safe haven on Earth, that's not universalism. That’s putting Jews back in the stateless category - the one that got Jews regularly massacred for two millennia.

And if the Jews are the only people for whom you believe national self-determination is illegitimate....perhaps your definition of legitimacy is antisemitic.

4. Antizionism isn't antisemitism because Jews are settler-colonizers, not natives.

"Zionism is a European colonial project. It displaced an indigenous Palestinian population to create a state for a foreign people. That’s not antisemitism - it’s anti-colonialism."

This one wins the gold medal for historical gymnastics.

Jews are from the Land of Israel. The name "Judea" literally means "land of the Jews." Jewish kingdoms existed there at least a thousand years before the birth of Islam. Jews didn’t colonize the land - they were expelled from it...and many never left.

Zionism wasn't about conquest - it was about return. You can't colonize your own ancestral home. That's like saying the Lakota returning to the Black Hills would be settler-colonialism.

Also worth noting is that more than half of Israel’s Jews are Mizrahi - Jews from the Middle East and North Africa, kicked out of Arab lands after 1948. So even if you believe in post-colonial bingo, Israel isn't some European outpost - it’s the world's only decolonization success story...that happens to be Jewish. If it is the only decolonization success story constantly criticized as illegitimate and the difference is that the people are Jews? That's antisemitism.

For more detail on why Israel does not have the defining characteristics of a settler-colonialist state, see this post.

5. Antizionism isn’t antisemitism because Palestinians are oppressed.

"Palestinians live under occupation and siege. Calling criticism of Israel antisemitic is a way to deflect from human rights abuses and silence solidarity movements."

Again, criticizing Israeli policy is fine. Israelis do it daily, loudly, and in at least three languages. But antizionism doesn’t just criticize policy - it erases the legitimacy of the state itself.

You can advocate for Palestinian rights without demanding the end of Israel. You can push for two states, equal rights, end to occupation, you name it. But if your "solidarity" includes maps with Israel wiped off, chants like "From the River to the Sea," or the demand that five million descendants of refugees flood the Jewish state out of existence - that's not activism. That's a call for eliminationism and ethnic cleansing - and possibly a call for genocide. Of nearly half the remaining Jews on earth. That's...pretty obviously antisemitism.

Related: if your concern for human rights only kicks in when Jews are involved, maybe ask yourself why. Genocide in Syria? Yawn. Uyghurs in camps? Shrug.

Why does only the Jewish state evoke eliminationist views when there are horrible atrocities of enormous magnitude taking place right now which are ignored? How else can one explain the double standard except through Antisemitism?

6. Antizionism isn’t antisemitism because plenty of Jews are antizionist.

"How can it be antisemitic if Jews say it too? Groups like Jewish Voice for Peace, Neturei Karta, and others oppose Zionism. Are they antisemitic?"

There have always been Jews willing to affirm antisemitic ideas. Jews know this because our literature and history has been documenting them for millennia. That doesn’t make the ideas kosher.

There were Jews who converted to Christianity during the Inquisition and helped denounce their communities. There were Jews who served in Stalin's propaganda machine while purging other Jews. There are always people eager to become the "good Jew" in hostile environments - especially if it wins applause, tenure, safety, or Twitter followers.

Neturei Karta represents a fringe within a fringe of ultra-Orthodox anti-modernists who also think the Internet is heresy and women should stay invisible. They don’t speak for Jews - they barely speak for their own cousins.

I frequently see antizionists citing the Satmar Hasidim as antizionist and while it's true that they have a theological objection to the modern nation state of Israel, they don't seek its destruction and they don't collaborate with its enemies and those who seek its destruction. Neturei Karta does these things, and the Satmars mostly despise them.

And Jewish Voice for Peace? It's an organization with a tiny majority which identifies as Jewish, and it's about as representative of Jewish opinion as RFK Jr. is of the American Medical Association.

About 90% of Jews identify as Zionists.

Meanwhile, Candace Owens criticizes Black Lives Matter, denies the existence of systemic racism, and defends white nationalist ideologies. She's been accused of trafficking in talking points that echo white supremacist rhetoric.

Jesse Lee Peterson frequently denounces Black culture, claims racism doesn't exist, and has said things like, "Thank God for slavery."

If we can agree that neither Candace Owens not Jesse Lee Peterson legitimize racism against black people, follow the logic to how we should regard Neturei Karta and JVP.

You don't get to decide whether something is antisemitic by checking if some Jew agrees. Antisemitism isn't negated by individual consent. That's...not how bigotry works.

7. Antizionism isn't antisemitism because it's anti-racism.

"Zionism creates a hierarchy of rights based on ethnicity and religion. Opposing that system is part of anti-racist struggle. It’s not hatred - it’s justice."

You know what’s racist? Singling out the only Jewish country on Earth and accusing it of racism for doing what dozens of other countries do - offer a home for its own people.

The Law of Return - which gives Jews automatic citizenship - is modeled on similar laws in places like Ireland, Finland, and Armenia. No one calls those countries supremacist. Here's a list of countries with Right of Return laws.

Only in the case of Israel is this called "supremacist." What do we call it when there's one standard for everyone else and another standard for Jews? That's called antisemitism.

But while we're on the topic, let's talk about diversity. Israel has Jewish, Muslim, Christian, Druze, and Baha’i citizens. Its parliament includes Arab parties. Its Supreme Court has Arab justices. An Arab Israeli Supreme Court Justice, George Karra, served as presiding judge in the case that convicted former Israeli President Moshe Katsav to prison.

The claim is also factually false: There is no hierarchy of human or civil rights in Israel.

The 21% of Israeli citizens who are not Jewish enjoy all the same human and civil rights enjoyed by Jewish Israelis and are fully equal under the law. Israel has and enforces laws against discrimination.

It's not perfect (no country, no democracy is), but it is comparable with most of the developed world and dramatically more protective of human and civil rights than other other state in the region.

It's the only state in the region which recognizes and legally protects same-sex marriages, but now that I've brought that up, I'll expect to see shitty replies screeching about "pinkwashing" as though it is impossible that a nation of Jews doesn't think it's okay to persecute their LGBTQ+ loved ones...and that they just passed laws protecting LGBTQ+ rights...as a smokescreen.

Don't believe me about pluralism and equality in Israel.

Ask gay Yemeni Muslim Luai Ahmed:

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Ask Israeli Bedouin Tamer Masudin:

Ask Israeli Arab Yoseph Haddad:

Take a taxi ride with Israeli Druze Mansur Ashkar and his Mom:

Meanwhile, the would-be replacement - a Palestine "from the river to the sea" - would be judenrein. Explicitly. Hamas has been very clear about that.

If your anti-racism includes eliminating the only place where Jews are a majority and replacing it with a state that would exclude them, that's not anti-racism. That's rationalized bigotry...and antisemitism.

Wrapping up

Do you see what I mean, Anon? All of these arguments boil down to treating the Jewish State differently from other states...because it is Jewish.

You don’t have to love everything Israel does. Israelis don't.

You don't have to silence your concerns about Palestinians. Israelis don't.

But when you start from the premise that the world would be better off if Jews didn’t have a state - and then reverse-engineer every fact and slogan to support that - you've crossed a line. A real, historically bloody, ideologically precise line which is all too familiar to Jews.

Antizionism isn't the same as antisemitism in theory, but in practice it always ends up in the same place:

Blaming Jews

Demonizing Jews

Excluding Jews - and, whenever it is successful,

Endangering Jews

The shooting in DC which killed two people exiting the Jewish Museum? The shooter was targeting "Zionists."

The guy in Boulder Colorado who chucked Molotov cocktails at senior citizens (including a holocaust survivor) who were quietly walking to raise awareness for the hostages in Gaza? He wanted to attack "Zionists." It's on video. You can hear him screaming about Zionists.

Meanwhile, a segment of the US left is praising both of these attacks on Jews...because they were framed as attacks on Zionists.

In the West right now, "antizionism" creates a permission structure to rationalize, excuse, or disguise antisemitism.

If you care about justice, equality, and truth, Anon - don't be fooled by the disguise.

Antizionism = Antisemitism.

More resources:

https://www.adl.org/resources/article/anti-zionism-antisemitism-how-anti-zionist-language-left-and-right-vilifies-jews

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BREAKING— China has suspended exports of certain rare earth minerals and magnets to the United States and around the world.

China has the largest supply of rare earth minerals in the world and is looking to draft new regulations to prevent those minerals from entering the US market thanks to Trump’s trade war.

Rare earth minerals from China are key to the production of smart phones, laptops, headphones, TVs, electric vehicles, defense systems, robotics and more.

This would be an absolute blow to the technology and defense space for the United States. China is proving once again that they are not bending the knee to Trump’s chaotic trade war.

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As a chinese-canadian and a long-time user of xhs (xiaohongshu/little red book) I thought it might help to have some information and gentle reminders addressing the many rules + what kinds of content you can post on the app :)

To start, there's a lot of misconception about being able to post anime content. We aren't averse to Japanese content or media- as a matter of fact, there's a pretty big anime and cosplay community, especially on xhs!

Here are some photos from my trip to suzhou! (dungeon meshi and skip to loafer content was a mythical pull lol)

With that being said, it is disrespectful and offensive to post media and content containing or associating with the glorification/apologia, themes, symbols, etc., of Japanese imperialism and involvement during WWII. This includes AOT, MHA, and many other other popular animes.

Please note that I do not support censorship: I believe that people should have the freedom to post, express, and create media on social media platforms as well as have the ability to watch different kinds of shows - but considering xhs is an app from a foreign country, it is important to contextualize its local policies through historical lens. I strongly implore non-Chinese users to research Unit 731 and the Nanjing Massacre to better understand why certain types of content from Japan are banned and blacklisted in China.

2. There are active LGBTQ+ communities on xhs- and for many queer people in China, where the country's ideologies are still pre-dominantly conservative, social media platforms is one the few safe spaces where they can express their sexuality and/or gender identity, particularly for wlw (or le). It is important to keep in mind that progress in the LGBTQ+ rights movement in the East, specifically China, is at a very different stage compared to the West; please be respectful of the fact that the Chinese LGBTQ+ community has their own culture, their own slang, and their own ways of expression in a country where LGBTQ+ people continue to face legal and social discrimination.

3. When you first create your account, you might be quite daunted by the long, long, long list of rules and community guidelines, specifically the first section, where it states, "1. Values - XiaoHongShu encourages users to post content that aligns with current positive social values. All content posted should:

Adhere to the Chinese Constitution and laws.

Practice the core socialist values. (A list of values promoted by the Chinese government, which includes: prosperity, democracy, civility, harmony, freedom, equality, justice, the rule of law, patriotism, dedication, integrity, and friendship)

Promote patriotism, collectivism, and socialism.

Spread the correct views on history, nationality, state, and culture.

Promote the excellent traditional culture of the Chinese nation.

Uphold social ethics, professional ethics, family and personal virtues, and respect public order and good customs.

Promote scientific thinking and popularize scientific knowledge.

Advocate a positive, healthy, and progressive lifestyle and social trends."

No, this does not mean the content you post or interact with has to be about praising the CCP or saying, "I love communism!! 🤩". It just means you cannot be comparing Xi Jinping to W*nnie the P*oh (ifyyk).

The point is, try to avoid political discourse or criticism regarding the Chinese government on xhs, especially since xhs is a platform more akin to Pinterest or Instagram, where its more so a lighthearted place for travel tips, recipes, aesthetic fashion and makeup tips and inspiration, cosplay, cute animal videos, productive lifestyle and snapshots of simple life, etc! You can still discuss different things about Chinese culture and society, such as healthcare system, attitudes toward foreigners, income and spending, etc. But please be mindful that there are real people behind the screen; people who are not their government. I promise you, Chinese people are just as capable of poking fun, referencing brainrot, and interacting with non-Chinese people normally 💀.

Anyways, please take the time to review these rules and guidelines, especially since xhs is very strict about implementing them and can potentially lead to your account getting banned. This includes things such as:

excessive displays of wealth (be considerate of others' financial situations)

only sharing scientifically proven information/avoiding misinformation (no pseudoscience)

respecting boundaries (no nudity or sexual/sexually suggestive behavior; you can definitely show skin, but if you're making a grwm video please don't show up in your underwear - even on tiktok I never understood why influencers do that 😅)

etc, etc.

Many of the community guidelines are in line with social norms that are prominent in East Asia, which is understanding that a social media platform is a public space to be shared with others in a civil and respectful manner. And many of these guidelines refer to explicitness as a measurement - (fake) blood is fine, but gore and other such obscenities are not. You can kiss your significant other in a cute video, but you shouldn't be posting each other fornicating (this applies to both heterosexual and homosexual couples). You can swear, but you shouldn't be yelling racial slurs. Honestly, a lot of this is just common sense - xhs is supposed to be a wholesome, inspirational, and chill space!

4. Take this as an opportunity to learn about another culture, another language, and even make new friends! As long as you're civil, kind and respectful, xhs is super fun and entertaining! Of course, it's not representative of the Chinese internet space as a whole; the majority of users are women (so consider using "sis" or 姐 instead of "dude" or "bro" ). With that in mind, please be respectful in your comments - many of the women posting makeup edits or fashion videos are seeking appreciation, not sexual harassment 😅 even if a someone is posting a thirst trap, try to be tastefully humorous! If you're trying to communicate in Mandarin, I would suggest using the simplified Chinese Pinyin keyboard (QWERTY) and start learning the four different intonations of each character so you are able to sound out and type sentences using the alphabetical keyboard!

I hope this was helpful and legible, even if by a marginal amount (if this was actually incoherent, I apologize, I learned English by watching My Little Pony💀), and I hope everyone has a really fun experience on the app!

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Chairman Gonzalo and the CPP-NPA-NDF has done more for the development of Mao Zedong Thought and Marxism-Leninism then any Chinese premier since Mao

I'm far more interested in the victory of communism over imperialism, the advancement of socialism as a real and material scientific model of development, and the support of communism by the masses even if they are not actively ideological, rather than clinging to petty dogmatisms and waging a guérilla war where you don't even capture and govern a single village. And by all of these counts, I am far more interested in Xi Jinping thought than Gonzalo thought sorry :)

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THE PUPPET MASTER & THE PUPPET

Let’s be clear, Donald Trump is walking blindly into a geopolitical trap laid with precision by Vladimir Putin, and he doesn’t even know it. I say this with a certain respect for Putin, not for his politics, but for his cold, calculating genius. He is what he is: a ruthless autocrat who knows how to play the long game. Russia will do what Russia does, and their people will deal with that reality. But Trump? He’s not a leader. He’s a puppet. And Putin? He’s the puppet master, tugging strings while Trump struts, oblivious to the fact that he’s being played like a cheap fiddle.

They’re laughing at him behind closed doors, Putin, Xi Jinping, Kim Jong-un, all of them. They know exactly who Trump is: a man desperate for admiration, easy to manipulate, and blinded by his own ego. He thinks he’s walking into history as some strongman on the world stage. But in truth, he’s being marched into a slaughterhouse of his own making. Trump believes he’s dealing with equals. He’s not. He’s dancing for tyrants who see him as a useful idiot, loud, dumb, and dangerous only to his own people.

Make no mistake: these autocrats don’t fear Trump, they’re setting him up. They’re loving every second of his bluster, every tantrum, every anti-democratic rant. Because the longer he plays into their hands, the closer he gets to a fall that will be swift and brutal. His ideologies, rooted in narcissism, fear, and fantasy, will lead him straight into the jaws of a global reckoning.

And when the mask finally drops, when the deals turn to dust and the so-called alliances implode, Trump will do what he always does, bend the knee. Not to America. Not to democracy. But to the very dictators he once tried to emulate. He will grovel to maintain relevance, to feel powerful one last time. But they will discard him, mock him, and move on, because that’s what happens to pawns once they’ve served their purpose.

Meanwhile, the rest of the world is watching. North Korea is amused. China is calculating. Europe is bracing. And America? We’re left to suffer the consequences of one man’s delusion of grandeur, a man who thought he could match masters and instead became their fool.

This isn’t just political theatre. It’s the slow, grinding collapse of American dignity on the world stage. And if we don’t open our eyes, we’ll all go down with him.

True Story.