Strong Signal, Military Vehicles on the Streets in Fujian!! A Taiwanese Actually Dared to Go to Xinjiang, This Experience Is Too Surreal!? Food Delivery Rider Sees Through Life! Qiqi Talks 'Refreshing 817' 20261102

In this episode, host Qiqi explores the recent increase in military vehicles appearing frequently on streets during daytime, the major reshuffle among top PLA leadership, and political dynamics following the Fifth Plenary Session. She then reflects on class perception differences revealed through the delivery experiences of a food delivery driver, analyzing the essence of education and the public's civility in Chinese society, while interweaving an account of a Taiwanese tourist's experience on a soft-sleeper train in Xinjiang.

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Over these years, the frequency of military vehicles appearing on the streets in broad daylight has truly been getting more and more frequent, higher and higher. Previously, it wasn't this high, because, well, in fact, most of the time when large numbers of troops needed to transfer or carry out small actions, they basically chose the dead of night. They rarely hit the road in broad daylight when pedestrian traffic was heavy, nor would they make their movements or activities so conspicuous. But now, more and more instances are indeed being filmed, and as we can see, it is daytime, not late at night.

The most important thing is that various pieces of information are mixed together right now. For example, look, diesel fuel is being rationed during the autumn harvest time, a large group of top PLA leaders were purged again—just last month, right? They are still continuing a major reshuffle. Then, at the meeting, he emphasized weapon quality and corruption issues again, combined with some actions at sea and the movements of aircraft carriers. To be honest, I feel quite uneasy in my heart. After this Fifth Plenary Session, I feel that Xi Jinping's overall performance and state of speech showed a sort of determined-to-win posture. Although I really don't want my prediction from two years ago to come true, because that would really be the absolute worst outcome.

Yesterday, someone criticized me saying: "You're just a delivery guy thinking about these things every day, can that feed you?" To be honest, I used to think the same way. But after delivering for 236 days and entering hundreds of residential compounds, I discovered one thing: every single order is actually telling you how this world operates. Now when I close my eyes, I can guess roughly what kind of person the owner behind the order is. Some orders have extremely detailed notes: no cilantro, mild spicy, pack soup and noodles separately, please place it gently by the door. When I deliver it, the security at the compound gate is strict, but the guards patiently point out the directions, and some even help press the elevator button. The person who opens the door speaks in a gentle tone: "Thanks for your hard work, thank you." I took a look at the order amount, starting at 70 or 80 yuan, and hey, the delivery fee is also higher than in other places.

At first I thought it was because they had money, so their civility was high. Later, I realized that it wasn't that they were thoughtful because they had money, but rather that thoughtful people gradually became wealthy. They are willing to pay for details and pay for service. On the other hand, some orders come from old residential compounds without elevators, where the 6th or 7th floor is the norm. The note has just one line: "Hurry up, starving to death." When I called, the other party's tone was extremely aggressive: "Where are you? It's been half an hour since I ordered!" Hey, I delivered it upstairs, the door opened just a crack, a hand reached out to take the meal, and with a bang, the door slammed shut. Sometimes if a little soup spilled, I would get chewed out and then given a negative review. And the order amount? A dozen or so yuan, spent a long time trying to stack discounts just to hit the minimum.

I started to wonder, why is the difference so huge? Later, I found a pattern. People who leave good remarks and have a good attitude live in better and better places; those who rush people and use harsh words still live in those old, rundown neighborhoods after many years. This isn't metaphysics, it's a habit of thinking. The former understand cooperation and win-win, while the latter feel that since they paid money, they are the big boss. There's another kind of order from rental housing in urban villages, where the location is often inaccurate and the phone calls often don't go through. After much difficulty, the door is opened by a few young people sharing an apartment, crowded together. They would awkwardly say, hey, sorry bro, the location wasn't set right. Sometimes they would even hand me a bottle of water and say the weather is hot, thanks for your hard work.

The order amount isn't very high, but they would write in the remarks, take your time, watch out for safety. Hey, these people remind me of myself when I just graduated. I also lived in an urban village, but there was light in my eyes. I feel that such people will move away sooner or later, moving to more expensive neighborhoods, ordering more expensive meals, and writing more detailed remarks. During the time I've been delivering food, I've entered hundreds of neighborhoods, and I've discovered a heartbreaking truth: the gap between people isn't just about money, it's a gap in cognition, habits, and how they treat others.

You see, people in high-end neighborhoods use remarks to teach me how to make deliveries; people in old neighborhoods use bad reviews to teach me how to live; young people in urban villages use a bottle of water to remind me that kindness has nothing to do with money. In the past, when I ran ten stores, looking at the financial reports made me feel like I understood things very well; now, delivering food and looking at orders makes me feel like I've just started to understand. Actually, what kind of ordinary-people opportunities are hidden behind these orders? I haven't fully figured it out yet, but I've seen some patterns. People in high-end neighborhoods are buying peace of mind; you help them handle the troublesome things, and they are willing to share a piece of the pie with you. People in old neighborhoods need small things they can't live without—fixing bikes, changing locks, unclogging drains. The threshold isn't high, but people look for them every day. Some young people in urban villages are the residents of future high-end neighborhoods; if you help them now, they might take you along as they rise up later. I don't have the ability to use these details yet, but I'm watching, watching day by day. Oh, new orders are coming, figure it out yourselves slowly.

I walk down the long street. Actually, human nature should be common across the world in its essence. But humans have a very magical trait: they learn, they think, then they grow, and then they make changes. This is why education, including the entire social environment, is a very, very important reason. Because have you noticed? When someone grows up in a country, their entire state closely mirrors the state of that country's society, right? And then, if you put them in another society to grow up—meaning they might originally be Westerners, but if you let them be raised by Chinese parents since childhood—then they will actually be just like Chinese children. Therefore, the shaping by the broader social environment later on is also very, very important. The entire education under the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is mainly brainwashing, so there is no room to enhance their ability to think. Only by enhancing people's ability to think can you elevate the overall quality. But once they have the ability to think, the authoritarian regime of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) becomes dangerous. Therefore, the current choice of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)—and probably its permanent choice—will only be to say, "Let's just rule a bunch of foolish people," and it will never say, "For the sake of improving overall quality, let's allow everyone to have the ability to think." I think this is also the reason why there are so many Little Pinks. For example, the following travel record in Xinjiang by a Taiwanese friend of mine also illustrates quite a few issues.

[Video Clip] Brother, um, you go sleep on the upper bunk, okay? Um, I'm drunk, I'll sleep on the lower bunk, you go sleep on the upper bunk.

[Video Clip] No, no.

[Video Clip] Why not?

[Video Clip] I bought the lower bunk.

[Video Clip] Right, other people's.

[Video Clip] You guys, buddy.

[Video Clip] You. You should hurry up and rescue, can it be?

[Video Clip] Some vegetables for sale? You.

[Video Clip] I don't care, come. Hey.

[Video Clip] Hey, hurry!

[Video Clip] Hey, put it down, put it down, hello, sir.

[Video Clip] Got a haircut, I'm at Ürümqi railway station. My little assistant Xu Ming went back to divorce his wife, so I have nothing to do in Ürümqi these few days and thought about what to do, why don't we go to Kashgar, so let's go play over there. And this time we are taking the deluxe soft sleeper, I don't know how deluxe the deluxe soft sleeper is, let's experience it and see.

[Video Clip] Train 1656 heading towards Kashgar! Boarding, please show your identity documents! Watch your step, watch your...

[Video Clip] Lower bunk number 05, wow, this even has a cabinet, pretty good. Alright, staying there for the night today. Um.

[Video Clip] Wow, there's even its own bathroom!

[Video Clip] Oh, a bit expensive, 2000 is fine. I hope there's no one on my upper bunk today, I want this room all to myself.

[Video Clip] Pay attention to taking and placing things first at this time, don't knock over the four-cornered cup here. Then get the hot water over in that direction ahead. After getting it, the water away from the jar should also be washed, don't get scalded by the splashing water. And then we, uh...

[Video Clip] I was thinking, "Oh, I got lucky, ah, nobody's here," but then a high roller came along. Oh my god, this sucks. Life is eight or nine out of ten times disappointing.

[Video Clip] Later, I arrived at Korla Station.

[Video Clip] Here. It's past 1:00, can't go out. Going to sleep in a bit.

[Video Clip] Can he get up there? Do you think he can get up there?

[Video Clip] It'll work, no problem. Sharp mind, come on, get up. Brother, um, you go sleep on the lower berth, okay? Um, I drank too much, I'll sleep on the lower berth. You go sleep on the upper berth. No, no sleep, no sleep, that won't do, let's go, no sleep no sleep, let's go, no sleep no sleep. Why won't it do? Because I'm slow.

[Video Clip] Publish.

[Video Clip] Definitely!

[Video Clip] That one.

[Video Clip] If it's finished, you grab it.

[Video Clip] I don't want money. Get up there.

[Video Clip] Won't learn.

[Video Clip] Can you get up? Absolutely. Get up there, be careful, don't fall off. Won't fall off.

[Video Clip] Let me support you. Um, okay, um, alright, you guys go back before me. What? Tell them to go back before me. Let me support you, let me support you. Hey hey, let me support you.

[Video Clip] Put down, put down. Hello, sir.

[Video Clip] Ah!

[Video Clip] Put it up there.

[Video Clip] Get up, get up.

[Video Clip] The investigation is here, investigating this responsibility.

[Video Clip] Won't fall down, won't fall down.

[Video Clip] You have to put it up there.

[Video Clip] Hey, yeah, hasn't dropped it yet, oh I dropped it. You're pretty impressive, haha.

[Video Clip] Hello, sir, if you can't manage, just put it down and let him stay outside.

[Video Clip] This.

[Video Clip] Now.

[Video Clip] Yours is just...

[Video Clip] Hey hey hey!

[Video Clip] Stop making a fuss, because other passengers need to rest, okay?

[Video Clip] I've arrived, have I arrived?

[Video Clip] But you doing this is already affecting others' rest. I won't tolerate your temper. I don't have a temper, I'm speaking inside the room.

[Video Clip] Why isn't that hot water hot?

[Video Clip] Ah, where are you getting it from?

[Video Clip] Got it from over there, I can't cook my instant noodles.

[Video Clip] Nobody has been around for a long time.

[Video Clip] That means it will slightly...

[Video Clip] Just fell down.

[Video Clip] Not bad. Big brother, go to sleep quickly. Let me help cover you with the blanket.

[Video Clip] Hey no, you don't give me anything, no more of this, okay? Sleep. You go sleep. Brother.

[Video Clip] Mmm.

[Video Clip] Still not sleeping? You're still eating instant noodles?

[Video Clip] Yeah, it's okay.

[Video Clip] I drank too much, oh.

[Video Clip] Mmm.

[Video Clip] You don't mind, right?

[Video Clip] I don't mind.

[Video Clip] Drank too much!

[Video Clip] You can't come down, wait a second. Brother Jie, Brother Jie, come over here for a second, wait a bit. No need to support, just don't fall off.

[Video Clip] Ah! What did you say? I'll remember this, no problem.

[Video Clip] Me? Me what? Sorry, I wanted to ask you. Not this, uh, make it clear. What thing?

[Video Clip] Mmm mmm mmm.

[Video Clip] Funny, speechless.

[Video Clip] Moving moving how many dollars? Um. I don't know.

[Video Clip] Around 8:30. Oh, good morning. From.

[Video Clip] Oh, fast. Made enough profit, we all got stuck.

[Video Clip] Scared me to death. Ah, it's past 8:00 AM now, getting ready to head out. Wow, slept pretty great, so that big brother didn't come back later after all, hehehehe, pretty sweet.

[Video Clip] Folk songs on the radio.

[Video Clip] Oh. Kashgar at 8 AM! Holy shit! Haven't woken up this early in a long time. Let's wander around. The e-bike is back in Urumqi, so we're walking. Let's walk around this place.

This is why there were so many security guards beating up property owners during the pandemic. Can friends understand this? It is why there is such heavy oppression, because when petty people get a little power, uh, their attitude changes drastically. Because mentally they haven't made the transition yet, so when they fancy themselves standing tall and superior to others, they actually haven't learned how to be decent human beings; mutual respect is not something that can be rushed. Coupled with the severe economic collapse right now, the hostility among most Chinese people has probably become very heavy. Then, the improvement of the overall literacy of the people must take a long time to transform along with the entire society, you know. How should I put it? The people living in this society and the society itself interact with each other. Look at Taiwan, under the push of so many external forces at that time, during that era, you know, under the push, walking the path of democracy has already been considered quite a long time. From our perspective, right? Most of a human lifespan might have passed, but look at the entire society, it has only just stepped onto the right track, and it's not even quite stable yet. So we can imagine how difficult this process is. Alright, that is all for this episode. If you would like to support me, please join the member channel. Also, I really hope to chat with everyone in real-time during the members-only live streams. That's all for this episode, see you next time.