Biased Chinese

Monthly China October 2025 | K-Visa/ Rare Earth/ 9 Military Purge/ Sanlitun Manifestation/Shanghai Halloween


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Don’t ask a Chinese what’s your dream, instead, you should ask them what’s your fear. Because being able to and being allowed to pursue your dream is such a privilege that only applies to a small number in China. In reality, most is driven by fear. To a Chinese, to fully realize their fear and overcome it is such a big step in their life. Such a step demands courage, which is a rare trait even among all the human beings.

So, to figure out, of which the Chinese people is fear, can give you brighter insight than asking their dream, which is always secondary. For example, on the last day of October, when people in the democratic countries were enjoying the Halloween with spooky or funny costumes, the most sighted costume in every street in the major cities of China was the police uniform, especially in Shanghai, the setting of police car was full fledged in every major gathering spot . Policeman would stop anyone in whatever costume using the same language like, ‘Halloween is a western holiday which is not for China, we don’t celebrate it, go undress yourself right now’. Then the cosplayer would be quote ‘accompanied' by the police to remove their make up. Can you imagine it? On the street of China, what scares people most is not the sight of a devil or monster, but the Chinese policeman. At the same time, our general secretary, Xi Jingping was watching G-dragon’s show in APEC’s banquet with typical unreadable expression on his face. If you know that South Korea’s entertainment industry has been banned over a decade in China, you would understand how Chinese were amused when seeing such a view on the social media.

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Biased ChineseBy Holly Wu