Hello, this is Klaus.
On July 8, former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated.
This soon made headlines all over China.
Someone remarked that China had spread the international news so rapidly
while remaining radio silent about the assault victims of Tangshan.
There has been no good news in China recently:
strict pandemic measures still everywhere,
a brutal assault in Tangshan, code red in Henan, bank frauds, horror stories, etc.
Abe's death seems to be welcome news for most Chinese people.
Almost the entire country is in joy,
celebrating on social media.
A foreign reporter questioned China about this.
China had no comment, but acknowledged that the Chinese were celebrating.
A comment says, "I’m a sh*t person, but that says nothing about my country."
So, even if every Chinese wanted to nuke the world,
China would still be a peace-loving country.
These people have marvellous logic.
Some conscientious netizens have been attacked simply for saying “Rest in Peace”.
Shops across China have launched sales and promos to celebrate Abe’s death.
Even concert posters show slogans of celebration and joy.
People have seemingly forgotten the pandemic, their mortgage,
and even the fact that they were brutalized by the CCP moments ago.
Netizen “Pls save my father” is cheering on behalf of Hangzhou
while his father is suffering from colon cancer, with no money for treatment.
Another netizen, “Mushroom Leader”, is quite similar.
He said he would celebrate with a drink the night,
but he had been busy begging online for money to treat his father’s liver cancer.
Netizen Kanen said,
“Even if ten Abes had been killed,
Japanese people could still earn 500,000 RMB per capita per year,
travel the world visa-free like taking a stroll in the neighbourhood,
enjoy an employment rate of over 90%, have the safest green food,
get free medical care, and eat free lunch at school (primary and secondary).
Japan’s national welfare would still be among the top 10 in the world, and their technology among the top 3.
Every year, China spends big money to buy from Japan high-speed rail screws,
AC compressors, car engines, cameras, chips, etc.
I don’t know what those idiots who earn less than 2,000 yuan/month are so happy about.”
Mr. Xin Ke said, “Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot dead.
Of course, the Chinese are celebrating online.
Their cheery voices will soon spread to Japan,
and reach the ears of Japanese people during a time when tensions are so high.
What will the Japanese people think?
What kind of impact will it have on the already fragile Sino-Japanese relationship?
Don't forget we rely on Japanese technology and products far more than on US technology.
If the Japanese are totally pissed off and turn against us,
I don't know how Chinese companies would cope.
What would happen to your daily bread if your business went under?”
Such unbiased voices are drowned out by the noise.
Some people even take pride in being part of the noise,
“If a Jap dies, I will gladly celebrate, and it’d be my honor to be criticized.”
I wonder if these people see the logic behind all this.
They disagreed with "I don't celebrate because I'm a human". Clearly they don't consider themselves as humans.
Some Chinese don’t even see themselves as humans, so how can they expect others to treat them as humans?
Criminal defence lawyer Du Jiaqian said,
“There is no need to worry about such issues. To the Chinese,
a quality life is not the most important thing.
The Chinese themselves don't even care.
Aren’t such people adorable,
out of touch with the outside world,
out of touch with the world economy?
For the Chinese, poverty is not scary,
but having nothing to hate is truly frightening.”
Indeed, the majority of the Chinese people are still ignorant.
Nationalism and hatred are deeply embedded in their upbringing,
so they forget their own sufferings by gloating over the sufferings of others.
Netizen “Second time of bad luck” said,
“Here are some places your countrymen on the Internet hate the most:
the US, Japan, Hong Kong and Taiwan,
China’s greatest benefactors at the start of its reform and opening up.
How did you think China went from a cesspool where hundreds of millions died easily
to one of the top players in the world?
Because of your communist party and your Soviet daddy? Remember 1949-1979?
However, your countrymen never know whom they should hate.”
Indeed. China became the world’s 2nd largest GDP through reform and opening up,
thanks to capital as well as technology,
both of which were mainly provided by the US, Japan, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Japan has helped China in so many ways.
Japan is China’s biggest donor, accounting for 66.9% of global aid to China.
During Wuhan’s lockdown, the Japanese made lots of donations.
But every time there is a disaster in Japan, the Chinese are always clapping.
If someone in China were to publicly organize donations for Japan,
I believe they would be lynched.
China's favorite countries are Russia, North Korea, Iran, Cuba, etc.
But what have they given to China?
What investments does Russia have in China? How many jobs have they created for the Chinese?
These countries are vampires, supporting the CCP in exchange for the people’s blood.
But the nationalist sentiment of the Chinese people is so easily manipulated by the CCP.
They love or hate whomever the party tells them to love or hate.
Do you think the Chinese hate the West due to historical reasons?
Western powers have invaded China, and so has Japan.
But that is not why the Chinese hate the West and Japan.
Russia used to be one of the Western powers,
the most bloody of the Allied Forces, and occupied more Chinese soil than any other nation did.
Somehow, Russia was removed from China’s list of Western powers.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, in the eyes of the Chinese, is “Russia against the entire West”.
Obviously, Chinese people’s love or hate follows one principle:
They love dictatorship and hate democracy. That’s how their minds get played by the CCP.
However, there is a tiny beam of hope in the darkness.
Many anti-CCP Chinese people took this opportunity to share the song "Too bad it wasn’t you",
meaning they wish Xi Jinping had been the one who died.
Now the song has been censored online.
Chinese people’s speech is becoming less and less free.
Sinzo Abe, as a political figure,
certainly made various enemies.
It was impossible for him to satisfy everyone.
We don’t yet know exactly why the assassin killed him.
But the fact that a national leader was killed
also shows that officials of democratic countries are more approachable,
because they were originally elected by the people.
The Prime Minister of Britain rode his bike to work alone.
The president of Taiwan can eat alone in a restaurant.
They were originally elected by the people, so they need not be afraid of the people.
It would be impossible for a democratic government
to relentlessly spend taxpayers' money on government officials.
Of course, their officials are not as protected as Chinese officials.
I dare say that if Chinese officials were to behave like politicians in democratic countries,
they would have died many times over in a day.
I think Abe was not only a good prime minister, but also a good man.
He was very pragmatic, very pro-people. He visited the people on his knees.
You can call him an actor, but I don't think any CCP leaders can act.
He was the longest serving Prime Minister of Japan.
While in office, he improved Japan's health care and education,
completely eradicated unpaid overtime work in Japan,
and increased Japanese people’s social welfare.
When China was tormented by COVID, he led Japanese officials to donate their salaries to China.
He had no children, had no greed for money, and did not love power.
He resigned twice as Prime Minister on his own volition.
During his tenure, his wife opened a tavern to make a living and worked as a waitress.
After the G20 summit in Hangzhou, he left a thank-you note to the hotel waiter.
Setting nationalities and politics aside,
I believe he was a good man, and sincerely wish him peace in heaven.
All right, time to hear your comments.
In our last video, we talked about the official report on the assault in Tangshan.
The government silenced the victims on the grounds of protecting their privacy.
Netizen Jerry Liu said,
“If you want to protect someone, you can still interview them.
You can use pseudonyms. You can pixelate them. You can edit their voices.”
Netizen Ivan Johnson said,
“Tan Sitong once said that having a child in Qing China was adding a slave to the world.
The same is true in today's China, and slavery in China has its own social pyramid now…”
Netizen Black Star says,
“There are two explanations for ‘leaving without treatment’.
One, the patient had a minor injury (minor abrasion or bruising).
The patient could leave the hospital on her own if she was conscious and her wounds had been tended to.
Two, the patient's injury was too serious to be treated,
so her family and friends were asked to directly take her home and plan a funeral.
However, considering China’s medical system
where patients with a minor sickness are required to be hospitalized for observation,
how could the doctors let a patient leave without paying a fortune?
Basically, the former scenario is highly unlikely.
The assault was so brutal... only a minor contusion or a slight bruise? Impossible!
The assault has been officially characterized as a major incident... I don't think the hospital wanted to get involved,
so the latter scenario is more likely."
Well said.
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