On the heels of TikTok's looming shutdown on January 19 over its ownership in the U.S. (unless the Supreme Court intervenes), it looks like another American users are flocking to a Chinese app called Xiaohongshu as people become less optimistic that TikTok can overturn U.S. ban.
Maybe in addition to teaching Americans to respect and admire China and the Chinese people, this cultural exchange will also help to innoculate more liberal Chinese netizens against the late Soviet “communism in wonderland” style idea that you can trade in communism for capitalism and it’ll be all upside.
Apparently some Chinese people thought we had free healthcare for some reason.
Sometimes (and I emphasize Sometimes) Chinese can be sarcastic in ways that are not going to translate into American English.
Even paying outright for healthcare in China is cheap. There was a youtuber living in KunMing who said she usually visits an english speaking GP paying a little under $10 because of the convenience rather than using her employer provided healthcare fund.
There’s already quite a few posts about healthcare costs in America. Apparently some Chinese people thought we had free healthcare for some reason.
Maybe in addition to teaching Americans to respect and admire China and the Chinese people, this cultural exchange will also help to innoculate more liberal Chinese netizens against the late Soviet “communism in wonderland” style idea that you can trade in communism for capitalism and it’ll be all upside.
Sometimes (and I emphasize Sometimes) Chinese can be sarcastic in ways that are not going to translate into American English.
Even paying outright for healthcare in China is cheap. There was a youtuber living in KunMing who said she usually visits an english speaking GP paying a little under $10 because of the convenience rather than using her employer provided healthcare fund.
FYI. Chinese Insulin <$1. US Insulin $100.