Category: China

According to Chinese news reports, the Shandong Provincial Department of Human Resources and Social Security, along with nine other departments, recently issued a joint notice. This notice officially announced the comprehensive reform to transition provincial public institutions into enterprises. As enterprises, they will revoke all civil service positions and change them into regular employees. Meaning, workers can be fired, and their pay will change based on performance. Everyone will be cut and asked to sign new contracts, officially becoming staff under enterprise bargaining agreements.#chinaobserver

This is an instant classic and a great case study into how the Chinese government actually works.

In recent years, there has been an increase in the number of Chinese people reporting social injustices through the Internet and using their ID cards. On August 9, 2024, a woman in Liaocheng City, Shandong Province, reported the family of Wang Xinsheng, a local tax bureau official, online using her real name. She said that the official’s family had made $5.59 million in illegal income in recent years. She also said that Wang’s family had multiple properties in several cities.

China is digging up something from it’s past. It won’t end well for anyone.

#ChinainsightsOn August 3, in the Paris Olympics table tennis women’s singles final, Chinese female player Chen Meng played against Sun Yingsha, who is also on the Chinese team. Logically speaking, no matter who wins the championship, it is a moment of great pride for the Chinese people, but the atmosphere at the scene was astonishing…

Can you imagine walking into a Starbucks in a Chinese city and encountering a scene that feels completely out of place?Amidst the soft background music, you might see a group of elderly women happily chatting while sorting vegetables. Nearby, some elderly men sit with their own water bottles, either snacking on sunflower seeds or playing cards. Someone else might be engaged in a leisurely game of Go, while grandparents bring their grandchildren to do homework or play. In essence, the focus is on relaxation without spending any money.#chinaobserver

What’s going on with China’s cardboard cars?

Some people have returned to the once-glorious venues of the 2008 Beijing Olympics and recorded videos showing what they look like 16 years later.Back then, the Chinese government invested over 40 billion USD in the Beijing Olympics, setting a record for the highest investment in Olympic history. Every four years since then, Chinese nationalists have stirred up “Olympic fever,” proudly comparing other Olympic Games to their own, with a dominative air of national pride.#chinaobserver

More physical censorship coming out of China because they are embarrassed about the amount of made in China EVs going up in flames.

China is now occupying the territory of several countries. And kicking them out might take war.

There are wild rumors flying out of China right now. There were rumors of this before, in 2022 which I debunked, but now there is a new one.

China’s “new flying fish” Pan Zhanle, who clinched two gold medals at the Paris Olympics, disbanded his only official Weibo fan group on August 12, 2024. Pan’s decision has been praised as a knock against the growing escalation of so-called fandom culture, which many believe has eroded traditional sportsmanship.

Recently, a netizen captured a man having an emotional breakdown late at night, walking down the street and crying uncontrollably.According to a kind-hearted passerby, the man came to Zhejiang to find a job. His whole family is waiting for him to bring home food, and his baby is still in swaddling clothes, crying for milk. However, it has been half a month since he arrived in Zhejiang, and not only has he not found a job, but the money he brought from home is almost gone. To make matters worse, his family called urgently needing money. To comfort them, he lied, saying he had found a job and would send money soon. The man couldn’t bear the pressure any longer and broke down in tears.#chinaobserver