BEIJING (Reuters) - Many Chinese are venting their frustration at the slowing economy and the weak stock market in an unconventional place: the social media account of the U.S. Embassy in Beijing.
A post on Friday on protecting wild giraffes by the U.S. embassy on Weibo, a Chinese platform similar to X, has attracted 130,000 comments and 15,000 reposts as of Sunday, many of them unrelated to wildlife conservation.
“Could you spare us some missiles to bomb away the Shanghai Stock Exchange?” one user wrote in an repost of the article.
The Weibo account of the U.S. embassy in China “has become the Wailing Wall of Chinese retail equity investors”, another user wrote.
The U.S. embassy did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
China built an economy that’s like 50% based on bullshitting to your superiors about how much infrastructure you built.
Don’t forget, the US has implemented some strong sanctions against China including restrictions on trade.
Imagine competing in a race but you have your friends holding back your competitor.
It’s almost like if you respect basic human rights has a positive economic benefit…
We talking about Palestinian human rights? Or are those not humans?
Ironically both. Palestinians don’t believe their neighbors should be allowed to continue living, so they engage in constant warfare. Now their neighbors don’t want to give them free stuff anymore.
At a micro level, theres a lot of low quality products. Things that look okay on their face, but fall apart with any minor inspection.
I wonder if that’s deep down the problem for China, beyond products.
It’s what happens when you build a culture around “saving face” rather than competence. And then kill 10% of the population, targeting the productive and educated.
