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On how to avert war and maintain peace, and more than that, how to shape a region that reflects our values and shared regional values…
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US bank victims were bailed out in 3 days. In China, many have been waiting a year. Victims of China’s rural banking scandal in Henan tell me thousands haven’t received a penny back of their life savings. Instead they’re being tracked, harassed or worse.
A couple in Shanghai said right before China’s annual political meeting, they were kidnapped and detained for 11 days to prevent them from protesting to demand their money back. Bank victims tell me the government & banks have ignored their relentless calls for answers (pt 1)
A lawyer & banking victim in Beijing, told me: “Some depositors, myself included, can no longer survive. Because all of our money is stored there, some people may commit suicide, some depositors may hurt others. Everyone has a tipping pointโ (pt2)
Experts say the crisis in Henan is just the tip of the iceberg, as China’s economy slows & debt balloons. Frank Xie of University of South Carolina Aiken estimates “at least one-third or one-quarter of the small banks in China are in trouble” (pt3)
Last summer, government said it would start paying depositors back. While many did receive their money back, for the ones remaining, they’ve received no sympathy or even explanation One told me we’ve “been robbed of money, yet we are treated like criminals” (pt4)
At a protest this year, the victims chanted for their money back and held this poster: “America’s Silicon Valley Bank customers got their money back in three days. But China’s Henan village banks’ customers haven’t been given a cent in a year.” (pt 5)
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In less than one minute, a big roll of toilet paper is gone, in a public restroom in #Chongqing City, #CCPChina, on Apr 21, 2023.
In 2001, a western #FalunGong was going to secretly travel to #Beijing to protest against the #CCP‘s crackdown on Falun Gong. Before she left, she asked for tips for getting around in Beijing.
I offered only one: Take your own #toiletpaper when going out.
She asked: Why? I said, because there isn’t toilet paper in the public restrooms.
She asked again: Why? I said, people will take it home if toilet paper is provided.
She asked for the 3rd time, why? At that stage, I felt so ashamed to have to explain to her that because people will take it home anyway…
Seems now the situation is better, after 22 years. They do provide toilet paper now. Only the people still haven’t gotten any better.
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Jennifer’s World ๆพ้็ไธ็
March 20, 2017 6:18 pm Last Updated: September 30, 2017 5:38 pm 2017ๅนด3ๆ20ๆฅ
Jennifer Zeng is a Chinese Falun Gong practitioner who was persecuted for her faith by the communist regime and now resides in the United States. Read more at her blog.
Today I read an article in Chinese news describing how, in order to prevent people from taking toilet paper in the public restrooms to their homes, scanners equipped with facial recognition technology were installed in the public restrooms in Beijingโs Temple of Heaven (Tiantan) Park.
Read her article here:
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BMW owns MINI
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BMW owns MINI
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BBC
20 hours ago
By Annabelle Liang & Fan Wang
BBC News
UK-based carmaker Mini has responded to an internet uproar in China accusing it of racism at the Shanghai Auto Show.
A video from the event appeared to show Mini staff offering ice cream to foreigners while refusing to give it to Chinese visitors.
Mini China, which is owned by Germany’s BMW, said the workers were distributing the treats to company employees.
However, it also said that it was “deeply sorry for the negative mood the incident brought on everyone”.
In a statement posted on Chinese social media platform Weibo, Mini China said it had given out a total of 600 ice creams during the show on 18 and 19 April.
“In addition to distributing 300 portions of ice cream per day, we also reserved a very small portion for our hardworking colleagues on-site,” Mini China said.
“The four to five foreigners you see in the video are colleagues who are wearing employee badges,” it added.
The company also said the incident resulted from lapses in management and training, and called for consideration towards staff in the video.
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The topic “BMW Mini” quickly became one of the top searches on Weibo, with over 93 million views.
The comments were largely negative. “You should have specified that the initial purpose was to give ‘foreign’ big and small friends sweetness,” said a post that drew more than 165,000 likes.
“I feel ashamed as a Mini owner,” said another user.
The incident spurred one vlogger to give out ice cream in front of Mini’s auto show booth.
“I was just angry, and I only gave it to Chinese people,” he told Chinese media outlet Jimu News.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-65344836
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