China Tweets #8
Fast-fashion brand Shein is doing well:
Per 36Kr, Shein reached over $16Bn of GMV in 1H 2022, which is more than +50% YoY, and should reach their full year target of $30Bn fairly easily, given seasonality.
— Rui Ma 马睿 (@ruima) September 4, 2022
Supposedly, Q2 2022 DAU is over 30mm (peak 32mm), +15%.
US AOV is $75, accounting for 30% of sales.
On Fuzhou Police Overseas Service Stations:
All the cases show that the Fuzhou police Overseas Service Station is not just an administrative office, but it may also works as intelligence-gathering and criminal report office directly connected to the Chinese Security forces.
— Giulia Pompili (@giuliapompili) September 5, 2022
https://t.co/hx8LYxscmW
Criticism of Guangzhou's zero-Covid policy in Cantonese bypasses Weibo's online censors:
If it’s not clear Canto is its own language… Weibo’s censorship apparatus could not understand posts written in Canto vernacular and failed to wipe posts expressing dissatisfaction with covid measure in Guangzhou 😅 https://t.co/72y7IvlQyG
— Niao Collective (@NiaoCollective) September 4, 2022
Liz Truss is likely to have a hawkish stance toward China:
Yes, she will.
— Liqian Ren (@liqian_ren) September 4, 2022
Used to be US/UK politicians will talk very tough about China before election, then after election both sides sit down and work. Now being tough is the work. https://t.co/plvxzGhqUU
Some see parallels between the extremity of Beijing's zero-Covid measures with those from the Cultural Revolution:
At this point, those who wonder why the Great Famine happened in China can see the political logic that caused it play out in real-time.
— Yiqing Xu (@xuyiqing) September 5, 2022
Ling Li explains the machinations of the upcoming 20th National Party Congress in a thread:
I wrote a long-form piece for The Diplomat, explaining how the Party Congress works.
— 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐢 (@lingli_vienna) September 5, 2022
I also identify the formally authorized group who makes the final approval of nominated candidates for the membership of the Central Committee.
Main takeaways. A thread. pic.twitter.com/Kblmx5O9qx
Social-Darwinism lives on in PRC national consciousness:
China still sees the world through 19th century social Darwinist thinking. Strong nations will dominate, weak nations will be enslaved and destroyed. This simple barbaric worldview is the foundation of their geopolitics.
— Chinese History Expert (@chineseciv) September 5, 2022
I watched this film based on Rui's recommendation. Get an insight into how tough life still is for some in China by clicking the YouTube link in the comments:
Return To Dust is an award winning movie about the very poor in rural China. Lots of Chinese citizens thought it was over dramatized just to win foreign awards & make China look bad. State media had to step in & say, no, ppl do live like this, it’s you guys who are out of touch. pic.twitter.com/EA65KM2Jw0
— Rui Ma 马睿 (@ruima) September 4, 2022
Xi wants to improve the "New National System"for tacking key and core technologies, and "strengthen the leadership of the party and the state over major scientific and technological innovations."
“强化党和国家对重大科技创新的领导”
— Mao (@Maoviews) September 6, 2022
“新型举国体制”
🙀 pic.twitter.com/lgX7CUOVUl
Xinhua News Agency President Fu Hua said that Xinhua must take a clear-cut stand on politics, and do not stand outside the party ranks for a minute, never deviate from the direction of General Secretary Xi Jinping, and never depart the vision of General Secretary Xi Jinping and the Party Central Committee.
新華社社長傅華提出「三個一分鐘」：
— Mao (@Maoviews) September 3, 2022
新华社必须旗帜鲜明讲政治，做到一分钟都不站在党的队伍之外，一分钟都不偏离习近平总书记指引的方向，一分钟都不离开习近平总书记和党中央的视野。👏 pic.twitter.com/3LAAMWXz0Z
An image from the drought in China:
A couple sit on a section of a parched river bed along the Yangtze in central Hubei province, China (AFP) pic.twitter.com/EEBil6OCEB
— Justin Pickard (@jcalpickard) September 5, 2022
Moving from US dollars to roubles and yuan:
#BREAKING China to start paying for Russian gas deliveries in yuan, rubles instead of US dollars: Gazprom pic.twitter.com/iaDm2UtXyw
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) September 6, 2022
Recruiting via livesteam:
A sort of hot thing right now in China is livestreaming recruiting. Kuaishou just reported 250mm MAU for its livestreaming recruiting function Kwai Recruitment (快招工), +90% QoQ. The tool is targeted at blue collar workers. No resumes needed, just leave your contact info. pic.twitter.com/wleL2OpFG2
— Rui Ma 马睿 (@ruima) September 6, 2022
State government collecting DNA samples from the people of Tibet:
“There is no publicly available evidence suggesting people can decline to participate or that police have credible evidence of criminal conduct that might warrant such collection,” said @hrw https://t.co/K9PSs0NCZm
— Helen Davidson (@heldavidson) September 5, 2022
China's national curriculum to be taught at a newly opened Chinese school in Dubai:
Chinese School Dubai — backed by 🇨🇳 government and the first 🇨🇳 public school outside China — is modeled after Hangzhou #2 High School in Zhejiang. CSD follows 🇨🇳 national curriculum; teachers and school officials were directly recruited by Hangzhou Education Bureau.
— Byron Wan (@Byron_Wan) September 6, 2022
1/n pic.twitter.com/fEm1Bln4HV
“I wonder what they'd do if the stone tested positive”
Meanwhile, in zero-COVID China:
— David Paulk (@davidpaulk) September 6, 2022
"Let no stone go unswabbed." pic.twitter.com/rq1yx9wbgl
Major policy statements from the Central Committee for Comprehensively Deepening Reforms:
Want to know China's policies for the next 5 years (or maybe longer)?
— Henry Gao (@henrysgao) September 7, 2022
Just look at the meeting summary of the 27th meeting of the Central Committee for Comprehensively Deepening Reforms, which passed 5 major documents: pic.twitter.com/sjXddld00R
Putin and Xi to meet in Uzbekistan:
Putin will meet Xi Jinping in Samarkand, according to the Russian ambassador in Beijing Andrey Denisov.https://t.co/xE2r8L1bxa
— Temur Umarov 马铁木 (@TUmarov) September 7, 2022
The Queen of England and China
In Shanghai, 1986. pic.twitter.com/LhUfdfR57S
— China in Pictures (@tongbingxue) September 9, 2022
In Beijing, 1986. 🙏 pic.twitter.com/kAYqQ0wtxR
— China in Pictures (@tongbingxue) September 8, 2022
What the CCP can learn from British Royal Family propaganda:
The Royal propaganda is insane. Wall-to-wall, planned barrage of state-building media work.
— Mike Gow 高英智 (@mikeygow) September 10, 2022
What the CCP wouldn’t give for this level of consensus, citizenship and patriotism on display.
They’ll be studying this. pic.twitter.com/9PXgDbbyno
"The one that should have died hasn't died, while the one that shouldn't have died has died..." — Who on earth could Chinese netizens be referring to?
该死的还不死，不该没的却没了…… pic.twitter.com/euv7PJthDd
— 湘女 (@bqB9Ml6aFloKS2F) September 9, 2022
“该死的不死”，火遍墙内社交媒体！
— 新闻调查 (@xinwendiaocha) September 9, 2022
看来人心向背，很多人心里还是有杆秤的！ pic.twitter.com/2EKcW4EAk9
A jibe at how some Hong Kongers treat their foreign domestic workers:
Literally 90% of middle class households in HK https://t.co/eWMoc4CYwj
— Justin | hurtingbombz.eth (@hurtingbombz) September 10, 2022
Pro-Xi voices inadvertently draw unwanted comparisons between Xi and Queen Elizabeth II:
When you accidentally draw attention to Xi’s dynastic intentions and undermine every argument made against QE2 by fellow leftists by providing an excuse for her unchallenged reign. Carlos so clever. pic.twitter.com/Xj7kmagVsr
— One Jade Cabbage (@hurt_chinese) September 11, 2022
When the UK begins to mirror China:
Astonishing. What could the charge possibly be? “Picking quarrels and stirring up trouble”? Welcome to China. https://t.co/yjEA3C3NWA
— Donald Clarke (@donaldcclarke) September 12, 2022
Just went to Parliament Square & held up a blank piece of paper. Officer came & asked for my details. He confirmed that if I wrote “Not My King” on it, he would arrest me under the Public Order Act because someone might be offended.
— Paul Powlesland (@paulpowlesland) September 12, 2022
Writing down the value of debt works:
1/2
— Michael Pettis (@michaelxpettis) September 8, 2022
"History shows—whether in Latin America, Africa or Europe—that debt crises are usually resolved when creditors write down the value of debt they are owed and borrowers undertake policy overhauls to put their finances on a stable footing."https://t.co/x5xQAgI8jA via @WSJ
A thread on what CCP's top science official had to say on science and technology in China:
The CCP's top science official is scared for the future of S&T in China.
— Jordan Schneider (@jordanschnyc) September 8, 2022
ChinaTalk translated key excerpts from his recent speech on why he thinks the US has a good shot at containing China's tech rise
A THREAD pic.twitter.com/TgQnT1Zhk5