What's happening in China?

[ThePythonicCow]

Posted by onawah (here)
the realization that I need to re-prioritize

May the light be with you.

[ThePythonicCow]

Posted by Ewan (here)
So we are wasting time with opinions formed largely around our life's experiences. We simply don't know!

If I only spent time on things I knew, I might be trapped in the darkness onawah seeks to enlighten. The art of dealing with the unknown is different, but exists.

[rgray222]

People in China learn information primarily through state-controlled media, which does have a great deal of propaganda. We don't know how these kids in rural China know about Epstein or how they arrived at the belief that Americans eat children. Most likely through their parents. It may seem inconsequential or even humorous, but fostering hate or fear towards another nation never ends well.

Chinese kids in rural China told youtuber @SabbaticalTommy that Americans eat people based on Epstein files.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=WykqVfRxJ_Q

[onawah]

China is Practicing For Something Disgusting - Episode #311
The China Show
383K subscribers
Apr 17, 2026 4pm CST

'This is not good for China... or the world..."

Some Sources -

• https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...es-2026-04-14/
• https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/11/u...-supplies.html
• https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgk331k44yo
• https://www.military.com/daily-news/...ical-rift.html
• https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...reigners-skip-
• https://theconversation.com/chinas-m...with-it-279600

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=FqL4BA4TP_A

[Ewan]

Every one of those links above are 404's or page not found.

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P.S. -- Fixed. ThePythoniccow

[ThePythonicCow]

Posted by ThePythonicCow (here)

Posted by Bill Ryan (here)
This video (which I've not yet seen) might help to counter some of the relentless China-critical propaganda.

There are two polar opposite narratives in the West regarding China. ... but presently I hold a polar opposite view, such as from Lei's Real Talk (Youtube).
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The very "world order" of nations is shifting; we know not yet just how. For those of us who feast on mental puzzles, this is a great time to be alive.

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Aha - I think I see how the "world order" of nations is shifting.

Thanks to listening to the first hour (so far) of Simon Dixon's Iran War Week 7: The Real War—Energy, Rare Earths & The China Deal (Youtube), plus a little of my own secret sauce, I think I see what the New World Order looks like.

• Two centuries ago, the British Navy ruled the waves and ocean traffic.
• Last century, British Banking ruled global banking, with the U.S. its strong arm, and petro a key energy <=> money converter.
• Now it is NOT a question of which nation will be most powerful next: whether the U.S., China, Russia, or nuclear winter.

Rather the next "control grid":

• replacing 1800's naval power
• and 1900's financial power,
• will be information grid and supply chain management.

Each major nation will provide key components of the digital computer, satellite, internet, semiconductor, precious metals (and helium), AI programmed, world wide information infrastructure, enabling micro managing much of humanity and our civilization on an epic scale.

That is the new, multi-polar, world order. That's why corporate banking controlled money flows can be replaced at the core of banking with "the blockchain", which enables real-time financial tracking, settlements and asset-debt management world-wide. The power masters no longer need bankers hiring humans to approve your multi-million dollar wire transfer half way around the world. Now the global trade, monetary and information networks and communications will be monitored and managed automatically in real time and near perfect detail.

So - yes - there is (at least in the view of those of us who follow Lei's Real Talk) a collapsing regime of Xi Jingping in China. But that is not the collapse of China, no more than the dramatic changes in the U.S. are the collapse of the U.S. Rather both nations are transforming their leadership to better fit into this new world order, in which a matrix of nations, each serving various critical roles, micro-managed, all deeply monitored and managed, provide the New World Order structure.

In short, over recent centuries, control first used (1) navies, then (2) banking, and soon now (3) a deeply embedded information grid managing and depending on global finances and supply chains.

(Likely someone saw this coming ... why were the last several decades spent building out a World Wide Web and getting a mobile phone in almost everybody's hands? I watched the now global, both satellite and land based, cell phone network start when AT&T subsidiaries Bell Labs and Ameritech Mobile Communications launched the first commercial cellular telephone service in Chicago, in 1983. I was working at Bell Labs at the time, coding Private Branch Exchange (PBX) system and early Unix development software back then.)

[onawah]

Untrue.

Posted by Ewan (here)
Every one of those links above are 404's or page not found.

It is very common practice when there is a long list of references attached to a video NOT to include the entire web address for each link, which was precisely the case with the current China Show video.
I did not copy and paste the hyperlinks into the forum post as I often do (since the list was rather long, and regular internet users are generally aware of how this works).
But you have only to go directly to the youtube page where the video is, and click on each of the references to be taken directly to each article.
However, I have copied and pasted them all below for your convenience:
:
China's BYD says fire broke out at parking garage in Shenzhen; no casualties
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...es-2026-04-14/

U.S. Intelligence Shows China Taking a More Active Role in Iran War
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/11/u...-supplies.html

Philippines accuses Chinese fishermen of dumping cyanide in South China Sea
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgk331k44yo

How China's Military Weapons Aid of Iran May Cause Larger Geopolitical Rift
https://www.military.com/daily-news/...ical-rift.html

China Poised to Be Top Tourism Economy as Foreigners Skip US?
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...-checkout=true

China’s military support for Somalia is on the rise – what Taiwan and Somaliland have to do with it
https://theconversation.com/chinas-m...with-it-279600

Posted by onawah (here)
China is Practicing For Something Disgusting - Episode #311
The China Show
383K subscribers
Apr 17, 2026 4pm CST

'This is not good for China... or the world..."

Some Sources -

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pa...

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/11/us...

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg...

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2...

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl...

https://theconversation.com/chinas-mi...

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=FqL4BA4TP_A

[onawah]

That might all happen, at least until the whole electric grid goes down...
It's largely all about timing, and it appears likely that there may have been a slight miscalculation...

Posted by ThePythonicCow (here)
Each major nation will provide key components of the digital computer, satellite, internet, semiconductor, precious metals (and helium), AI programmed, world wide information infrastructure, enabling micro managing much of humanity and our civilization on an epic scale.

Posted by onawah (here)
CLOWN WORLD: Why Now?
SpaceWeatherNews (S0)
839K subscribers
Apr 13, 2026

(Davidson doesn't mention a date for the finale of the current 12,000 year solar cycle disaster in this short video, but the general timing he has been predicting has been sometime in the 2040s.
However, the timing of the "killshot" from the Sun that could bring down the planetary electric grid is still "any time now", statistically, given that the Carrington Event of 1859 (which destroyed telegram equipment) if it happened now, would be enough to do it.
...And that could cut down the years remaining for Prepping for the cycle's finale considerably.

LEARN! • THE DISASTER CYCLE - The Evidence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=levsYok2ttw

SOCIAL MEDIA:
X (Twitter): https://X.com/SunWeatherMan

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=3SsCLebz0Io

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[ThePythonicCow]

Posted by onawah (here)
That might all happen, at least until the whole electric grid goes down...
It's largely all about timing, and it appears likely that there may have been a slight miscalculation...

Posted by ThePythonicCow (here)
Each major nation will provide key components of the digital computer, satellite, internet, semiconductor, precious metals (and helium), AI programmed, world wide information infrastructure, enabling micro managing much of humanity and our civilization on an epic scale.

Absolutely - all about timing. I figure Trump's (and Xi Jinping's) clock will expire this year, but the grid is good for a few more years. So the globalists are in a hurry, but still possibly on their schedule.

See further my BREAKING NEWS ~ Continuously Update - Post #4273.

[onawah]

I'm not so sure about that:

Posted by ThePythonicCow (here)
... while some fresh "young" souls are birthed into a higher plane of awareness, whatever the heck that means.

Young souls have to go through the same kinds of trials that old souls do before they get to "graduate"; at least according to The Michael Teachings, and they make a lot of sense, imho.

As for this:

Posted by ThePythonicCow (here)
but the grid is good for a few more years. So the globalists are in a hurry, but still possibly on their schedule.

There's really no telling for sure when the grid will go down--statistically it could actually be anytime now.
Davidson thinks the globalists are beginning to panic judging from various tell tale signs, causing them to expedite their schedule (and likely commit some big blunders in the process).
The placing of their DUMBs hasn't always been all that judicious, as anything too deep underground may be subject to destruction from shifting, pressure, flooding, rising magma, etc.

[ThePythonicCow]

Posted by onawah (here)
Young souls have to go through the same kinds of trials that old souls do...

My use of the word "young" was a bit odd here ... I meant "new to the next level", not to how long they had been on this plane I do know.

Posted by onawah (here)
There's really no telling for sure ...

That's for sure - no telling that I know for sure that I know.

[ThePythonicCow]

Returning to the primary topic of this thread ... the decline of China ... Lei's Real Talk has two new videos, one from about 4 days ago focused on the financial problems in China, and the other from yesterday focused on the social problems in China. Both videos focus more on what the ordinary people of China are enduring. They are being pushed to revolt by ruthless and desperate regime.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=EdoF2Fvk41Q

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=l3HpykkqY6s

[Ravenlocke]

BreakThrough News

Mar 19

“What moral authority does the US have over my country, which has lifted 800 million people out of poverty?”

At the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Hong Kong Legislative Councilmember Dominic Lee calls out the West for using 'human rights' to attack other countries.

https://x.com/BTnewsroom/status/2034716512582353277

[AutumnW]

Posted by onawah (here)
China is Practicing For Something Disgusting - Episode #311
The China Show
383K subscribers
Apr 17, 2026 4pm CST

'This is not good for China... or the world..."

Some Sources -

• https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...es-2026-04-14/
• https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/11/u...-supplies.html
• https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgk331k44yo
• https://www.military.com/daily-news/...ical-rift.html
• https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...reigners-skip-
• https://theconversation.com/chinas-m...with-it-279600

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=FqL4BA4TP_A

I used to watch Serpentza all the time, but quit as they seemed to be engaging in non stop propaganda for the US and allies benefit. They do a very good job of showing many of the terrible things about China, but not much of anything good.

It would be like someone doing a podcast about the US and taking their camera to the poorest meth neighbourhoods in Alabama, or the ruins of the Detroit manufacturing base and then topping it off with a visit to the worst senior care homes and prisons .... all while not mentioning anything good about the US at all.

We're being positioned through propaganda to hate China. It's a war on multipolarity. The American elite are globalists but also nationalists. They don't view this as contradictory.

[onawah]

The 2 hosts of The China Show both married Chinese women and often express their fondness for the Chinese people (though they often point out their fallacies too, particularly the generation that grew up under Mao).
The same problems exist in China that do under all Communist regimes, and today it's probably second only to North Korea in that regard.
I don't think The China Show aims at creating hatred for the Chinese people as much as compassion, but it does show how terribly the people fare under Communist rule, and that they criticize unreservedly, with good reason.
I agree that the 2 hosts seem to be unaware of much that is going wrong in the US, but then that was never their goal.
In any case, there is PLENTY of criticism of the US online, whereas finding the truth about China is more challenging, particularly since the CCP makes sure there is plenty of pro-China propaganda, while ruthlessly suppressing as much as possible anything that is critical of China and criticizing the US to the point of manufacturing tall tales.
(Much of that appearing now on this forum and apparently supported by Bill Ryan.)
Nevertheless it's clear if you do enough research that things in China are extremely dystopian.
The China Show includes evidence in their reports (as well as references) to prove their points; though not nearly as much compared to many youtube sources, such as "China Observer", "China Update", "China News", etc. as well as "Lei's Real Talk", and similar credible sources.
The China Show's reports are designed to be entertaining as well as informative and so are mild by comparison to the first 3 named above and are without the continuous barrage of on-the-scene videos which are extremely illustrative of how bad things are there, often to the point of violence.
The government and especially the police force are so oppressive that the citizenry has little opportunity to express their discontent though the huge amount of propaganda from the CCP makes it look like all is well.
Just a little deeper investigation reveals a much different picture.

Posted by AutumnW (here)
I used to watch Serpentza all the time, but quit as they seemed to be engaging in non stop propaganda for the US and allies benefit. They do a very good job of showing many of the terrible things about China, but not much of anything good.

It would be like someone doing a podcast about the US and taking their camera to the poorest meth neighbourhoods in Alabama, or the ruins of the Detroit manufacturing base and then topping it off with a visit to the worst senior care homes and prisons .... all while not mentioning anything good about the US at all.

We're being positioned through propaganda to hate China. It's a war on multipolarity. The American elite are globalists but also nationalists. They don't view this as contradictory.

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Some current updates and the last one which is dated 2023, but still sums up the BRI's problems which are ongoing and steadily worsening:

China's 2026 Murder Season Just Kicked off
serpentza
1.58M subscribers
Apr 18, 2026

China's Revenge Against Society attacks are kicking off hardcore

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=I_LjgHWXFBs

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Big Trouble in Beijing! City on High Alert, ID Checks for All, Armed Police Raid Homes

China Observer
807K subscribers
Apr 20, 2026

"Beijing authorities have recently heightened security measures, triggering speculation as there are no major events taking place.
Videos show long lines of passengers waiting for checks at subway stations, with a heavy police presence. One woman expressed frustration, saying, "Identity checks have started again at Beijing subway stations, and the queues are back." "

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=8DLI9mYM0_Q

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China Is at a Breaking Point—Here’s Why
Lei's Real Talk
436K subscribers

"Poisonings. Car attacks. Fires. Explosions.
Across China, a wave of violent and “accidental” incidents is unfolding at the same time—raising a deeper question: are these really isolated events, or something more systemic?
In Beijing, a mass poisoning and ramming attack shocks the public. In multiple cities, vehicles plow into crowds. Factories erupt in fire and explosions. And in Shenzhen, over 100,000 electric mopeds are seized overnight—cutting off a basic survival tool for millions.
This episode breaks down how economic pressure, collapsing local finances, and aggressive administrative control are converging into something far more unstable. From infrastructure failures to rising social resentment—and from information control to public backlash—this is a look at how pressure inside a system builds, distorts, and eventually breaks through.
What we’re seeing is not random.
It’s a pattern."

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=l3HpykkqY6s

( I see now that Paul had already posted this video from Lei's Talks above, but it's an excellent one so worth re-posting.
People may not take the news so seriously from The China Show due to the casual attitudes of the hosts, but when Lei talks about the same events and issues with her sincerity and knowledgability in full display, it's not so easy to dispute.

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This is Why China’s Belt and Road Initiative is FAILING
Business Basics
2.07M subscribers
Nov 24, 2023

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=k54aNl6Kqps

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Lots more from Business Basics about China here:
https://www.youtube.com/results?sear...usiness+basics

[onawah]

When Jobs, Banks, and Wages All Shift at Once: China’s Economic Reality
Lei's Real Talk
436K subscribers
Apr 16, 2026

(To complete the picture, this is the episode that Lei refers to in the video posted above, "China Is at a Breaking Point—Here’s Why".
It completes the picture she painted there of how desperate conditions have become for the Chinese people, which have been building to the crisis stage, especially over the last few years. )

"China’s economy isn’t just slowing down—it’s starting to feel different. Hospitals are closing. Withdrawals are getting blocked. Jobs are harder to find.
As 2026 unfolds, the pressure is no longer hidden in official data—it’s showing up in everyday life.
Patients are flooding hospitals, yet facilities are shutting down. Banks are tightening control over withdrawals, and in some cases, deposits are disappearing. At the same time, wages are falling, competition is intensifying, and even highly educated workers are struggling to secure stable jobs.
This episode looks at what’s happening across healthcare, banking, and the labor market—and why these changes may be connected.
When all three start shifting at once, it’s not just a slowdown.
It’s something deeper—and people on the ground are already paying the price."

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=EdoF2Fvk41Q

[onawah]

How The World's Largest Dam Is DESTROYING China's Coast
Beyond The LIMITS
978 subscribers
Premiered Feb 26, 2026

(This is the most detailed, logical, well researched report I have seen about the 3 Gorges and why it was never a good idea )

"The world's largest dam was built to stop one of history's deadliest rivers. It worked. Completely. The Yangtze floods that killed hundreds of thousands across the twentieth century are not coming back. By every measure its engineers designed for, the Three Gorges Dam is a success.
So why is the coastline disappearing?
Since the dam closed in 2003, the Yangtze has stopped delivering the sediment that built its own delta over thousands of years. Downstream riverbanks are eroding. The Yangtze subaqueous delta — the underwater foundation of one of China's most densely populated coastal regions — has shifted from accumulation to erosion. Shanghai, built on a sediment plain that the river spent millennia constructing, is no longer receiving the material that maintains it.
Below the reservoir, the geology is responding to thirty-nine trillion kilograms of water pressing on fault lines that were only partially mapped before construction began. Earthquake frequency in the region increased seven to eight times after the reservoir reached full operating level. A previously unidentified fault — discovered only after the reservoir filled — has the potential to generate an earthquake approaching the dam's own designed seismic limit.
None of this is a failure. It is what happens when a perfect solution operates inside a system more complex than any engineering model was built to measure."

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=rVTh6sO_F6w

[onawah]

China Just Lost So Much Face - No Coming Back From This - Episode #312
The China Show
384K subscribers
Scheduled for Apr 24, 2026 4pm CST

"Even we are shocked at what is happening in China..."

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=jpiKkZqkToA

[ThePythonicCow]

Posted by ThePythonicCow (here)
Aha - I think I see how the "world order" of nations is shifting.
...
Likely someone saw this coming ... why were the last several decades spent building out a World Wide Web and getting a mobile phone in almost everybody's hands? I watched the now global, both satellite and land based, cell phone network start when AT&T subsidiaries Bell Labs and Ameritech Mobile Communications launched the first commercial cellular telephone service in Chicago, in 1983.

Another possible dime drops -- this one a bit weird.

This Telegram post asserts that the real reason for getting rid of lead in house paints was not for health reasons, but to avoid blocking the soon to be developed wireless mobile phone traffic: https://t.me/FreedomDoc1/18109

Perplexity.ai further informed me that:

The big push in America to get rid of lead in the paints used on houses really began in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

[onawah]

Open Anti-CCP Defiance Is Spreading Across China
Lei's Real Talk
437K subscribers
Apr 24, 2026

( I expect the people are still afraid, but realize they will have nothing left to lose if they don't start standing against the CCP.)

"China is changing—and fast. Across multiple cities, something unusual is happening: anti-CCP graffiti, public shouting, and even formal complaints calling for political change. This isn’t just protest anymore—it’s open defiance.
We walk through real cases from Beijing to Shenzhen and what they reveal: people are no longer staying silent. They’re pushing back—publicly and politically.
At the same time, a buried chapter from China’s past is resurfacing, linking earlier abuses to today’s system. What happens when fear fades—but pressure keeps building?
This is more than unrest.This is a system being challenged at its core."

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=UWXw_Q-NoYs

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China Is Sealing Itself Off—Here’s How Xi Is Doing It
Lei's Real Talk
437K subscribers
Apr 23, 2026

( It appears the CCP is attempting now to create a new "Cultural Revolution" and make China even more like North Korea, with closed borders.)

"Is China closing itself off from the world? In 2026, a series of moves—from tighter passport controls to social restrictions and sweeping VPN crackdowns—suggest something much bigger is unfolding inside the system.
This isn’t just about censorship. It’s about control over who can leave, who people can talk to, and what information can flow in and out of the country. From officials to ordinary citizens, the scope of control is expanding—and it’s becoming more visible than ever.
At the same time, Beijing is facing pressure from both ends: internal instability and rising global confrontation. As the outside world pushes in, the system appears to be pulling inward—tightening control and reducing exposure.
In this episode, we break down the four key layers of this shift—and why China may be sealing itself off from the inside."

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=T_cPgPusjvA

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From Bridge Collapses to Street Attacks: What’s Really Happening in China
Lei's Real Talk
437K subscribers
Apr 22, 2026

(Nothing new, really, it's just all escalating.)

"China is seeing a surge of disturbing incidents—mass poisonings, car attacks, bridge collapses, and unexplained fires—happening almost back-to-back. Officials call them isolated. But the pattern tells a different story.
From Beijing to Shenzhen, pressure is building across society, infrastructure, and governance. When people are pushed to the edge, and systems stop functioning the way they should, everything starts to change—and not in predictable ways.
This episode breaks down how these events connect, what they reveal about deeper stress inside China, and why more people are starting to ask: is this still random… or is something much bigger unfolding?"

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=_nVOEVlglwE