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"Bun-Bashing" Completely Out of Control: Masses of Unemployed Flood Trending Searches Demanding Xi Jinping Give Them Jobs, Cai Qi Seizes the Chance to Stir Things Up! Spy Zhang Wanying Abandoned by the Party! Foreign Ministry: We Don't Know Her! National Day Holiday EVs Go Crazy (Old Beijing Teahouse/Episode 1767/2026/10/08)

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This episode mainly discusses that Cai Qi, Director of the General Office of the CCP Central Committee, secretly launched a global transnational repression operation against the "humiliation of Xi," including multiple incidents of suppression due to satirical remarks about Xi Jinping; the arrest in the US of Chinese-American real estate agent Zhang Wanying for allegedly monitoring William Lai's eldest son on behalf of the CCP, followed by her abandonment and disavowal by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; and the severe unemployment wave reflected by the severe "charging shortage" for electric vehicles during the National Day golden week and the trending Weibo topic that "a huge group of people who cannot find work must be resolved."

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It is said that within the top tiers of the CCP, officials are engaged in a vicious dog-eat-dog fight, and those around top leader Xi Jinping live as if walking on thin ice with a fierce tiger. Cai Qi, Director of the General Office of the CCP Central Committee, who has long been seen as the de facto "number two" favorite, has suddenly fallen out of favor. To say the least, several recent lists of successors circulating have excluded him entirely. As if intentionally, rumors are frantically claiming that the puppet Premier Li Qiang will be chosen by Xi Jinping to succeed him and ascend to the supreme throne. Although rumors also say Li Qiang is chosen precisely because he is spineless and obedient, making him easy for Xi Jinping to manipulate at will, sitting on the dragon throne is an extraordinary glory no matter what. Therefore, rival powerhouse Cai Qi seems to have been provoked and is making restless moves again. News from the CCP officialdom indicates that Beijing is secretly launching a transnational "anti-Xi humiliation" operation: those who humiliate our Steamed Bun shall be hunted down no matter how far away they are. The mastermind behind this is none other than Cai Qi, who is eager to bare his knives, expanding the crackdown on "making reckless comments about the Central Committee and the Party and state leaders" to the entire world, ensuring that everyone behaves submissively and obediently wherever the General Secretary's gaze reaches. If this major task is successfully accomplished, Old Xi will surely look at Cai Qi in a completely new light, especially after Xi Jinping and Peng Liyuan's sneaky visit to the White House, where they were greeted by anti-communist activists with deafening slogans and left terrified—so much so that Old Xi reportedly no longer dares to go abroad. Whenever those around him mention the APEC meeting in November to meet Trump and Putin, Old Xi cries out, terrified that anti-communist activists will chase after him carrying portraits of the unclothed clown emperor to greet his ancestors back for generations. Worried sick about this, Peng Liyuan constantly reminds him that there is no need to go abroad, as this year's APEC summit will be held in Shenzhen on our own turf where there is no unclothed clown emperor—aren't they just like frightened birds? Therefore, Cai Qi has foreseen the opportunity in advance and is taking precautions to help his beloved Emperor Xi Pig launch a vigorous anti-steamed-bun-humiliation campaign.

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Speaking of independent commentator Du Zheng, he wrote an article in the Taiwanese media *Up Media* on October 5, stating that in recent months, several consecutive incidents of suspected transnational repression by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) have been directly related to the so-called "insulting Xi." The first incident involved Taiwanese comedian Huang Yi-hao, who was scheduled to perform a cross-talk show satirizing Xi Jinping at the Taipei Comedy Club "Comedy Base" in May this year. However, he was threatened with paint and feces thrown at him, forcing him to cancel the performance. Which hero is Huang Yi-hao? He is the one who wrote a long poem in his cross-talk to satirize Xi the Steamed Bun (mocking nickname for Xi Jinping). His famous golden line is: "You'd better listen to the original and authentic version yourself, look here, ah-pooh!" Just ask, isn't Huang Yi-hao's rapid-fire monologue brilliant? In fact, after the incident where paint and feces threats led to the cancellation of Huang's performance, the Taipei District Prosecutors Office determined that the entire case was "transnational repression" directed by unidentified CCP personnel, damaging Taiwan's freedom of speech. Now for the second incident: a Chinese restaurant located in Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, South Korea, was vandalized by four Chinese nationals in September this year because its name clashed with Xi Jinping's Korean name. They smashed the restaurant door, broke inside, and fled after causing damage. South Korean police stated that these four individuals fled the country and returned to China after committing the crime. The third incident occurred recently during Xi Jinping's visit to the United States from September 23 to 25, where he encountered large-scale protests wherever he went. People shouted slogans such as "Step down, Communist Party! Step down, Xi Jinping!" and called to "End the CCP, Put Xi Jinping on Trial," and "Recall the Dictator Xi Jinping." However, the protest rallies were disrupted by pro-CCP personnel, and CCP agents wearing black masks directly intervened, even resorting to violence such as beating protesters and spraying pepper water. Du Zheng said that based on internal information he obtained earlier, he concluded that a transnational anti-"insulting Xi" campaign is quietly underway. Du Zheng's judgment is that the worldwide anti-"insulting Xi" work is personally arranged behind the scenes by Xi's chief of staff, Cai Qi, and the starting point was earlier than imagined, possibly even brewing when the Xi family army took full power at the 20th National Congress of the CCP. Cai Qi's painstaking efforts to show loyalty inside and outside the country have finally reached a particularly fitting, necessary, and intimate historical juncture.

A state security (MSS) officer using the pseudonym Wei Ming revealed to Du Zheng that he went to Hong Kong for university last year, affiliated with the school, with only one task: to monitor teachers and students. Wei Ming also said that in the undercover business, the Communist Party only trusts mainlanders. Indeed, after decades of non-stop brainwashing inside the Great Firewall, the brain-dead effect is truly remarkable. Wei Ming also emphasized that although the sensitive points of speech control in Hong Kong are different from those in the mainland, the first rule is the same: criticizing or insulting national leaders is prohibited. In plain English, it means banning the insulting of Xi the Steamed Bun, which shares the same origin as the crime of "wantonly criticizing the central authorities" in CCP officialdom. Du Zheng said there are undercover agents in all universities in Hong Kong and Macau, and there are even more such people overseas. A friend who used to be inside the system earnestly warned Du Zheng: "You guys can just scold the CCP, don't mention Xi's name." He said that now when people have meetings, they can only say good things about Xi, and they avoid mentioning Xi's name during daily dinners. In the past, when people got drunk, they might call him by a nickname, but now they are afraid of being recorded on audio or video and reported. No matter how much they drink, there is always a string tightened in their minds. There's no choice; there are too many cautionary tales. Laughing and joking might feel good for a moment, but it leads straight to the crematorium. Zhou Derui, former member of the Standing Committee and Director of the Organization Department of the CCP Tianjin Municipal Committee, is one example. In fact, that guy was the first official to propose "loyalty that is not absolute is absolutely disloyal," which was later claimed and popularized by Li Hongzhong. As a result, this same Zhou Derui, during a private chat, mocked Xi's so-called "common prosperity" by saying: "If everyone is rich, who will deliver takeout and tighten screws?" On another public occasion, Zhou joked about Xi Jinping's "housing is for living in, not for speculation" by saying, "Housing is for living in, not for arguing; the more you argue, the more the price rises." Consequently, after Zhou was taken down, the charge of "wantonly criticizing the central authorities" conspicuously appeared on his list of offenses. Ni Qiang, the fallen former Secretary-General of the CCP Hainan Provincial Committee, also brought trouble upon himself because he couldn't control his mouth. It is said that Ni Qiang spoke the truth after drinking, saying that the Hainan Free Trade Port personally decided by Xi Jinping is destined to be an unfinished project, a second Xiong'an. The guy didn't expect that this honest talk was secretly recorded and submitted to the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection. Cai Qi was speechless: "'Two Upholds' and 'Two Establishes' have broken my heart, but this is indeed a good opportunity for me to serve the boss. The more people I arrest, the better my achievements." Therefore, rebels at home and abroad, please do not lie flat. My future promotion entirely depends on your contrast. Please create more opportunities for me, insult him as much as you can, and start insulting. Let's do an emergency poll: tea friends, please also tell us why the more the CCP "anti-insults Xi the Steamed Bun," the more severe the situation of insulting Xi becomes at home and abroad? Alternative answers: 1. Because Xi's defense of the Party has brought misery to the Chinese people; 2. Because Xi Jinping is becoming more and more absurd and brutal; 3. Because insulting Xi is the only pleasure for Chinese people; 4. I don't know why, I just want to insult him. Hurry up and type the number in the comment area.

“Time is money, efficiency is life”—this phrase can make people driving electric vehicles (EVs) during the National Day golden week spit blood, and it smoothly evolved into the logical counter-phrase: “EVs save money, gas cars save lives.” That's right, during the National Day golden week, many people traveling by electric vehicle once again encountered a “charging famine.” Waiting in line at service areas for hours turned what many families hoped would be a dream vacation into a nightmare of “charging anxiety.” From the night of September 30 to October 1, long lines formed on several popular expressways such as the Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao, Shanghai-Chengdu, and Erguang expressways. At one point, nearly 200 cars were crammed into the Zaoyang North service area in Hubei waiting to charge, with car owners waiting solidly for over five hours. Individual charging stations even resorted to a “restaurant numbering” system, where queuing felt like getting food in a cafeteria, except that this single meal consumed more than half of the holiday. Prepared people took out folding chairs to rest by their cars, while others simply dozed off in the back seats. A clever netizen suggested getting off the expressway to find charging piles in surrounding counties, but car owners immediately raised their hands to say they had tried it and truly did not recommend it. Leaving aside the fact that exiting the expressway ramps is just as jammed, the piles in the counties are simply unreliable. Various issues were fully on display: some were under maintenance, some were occupied by gas cars, and some had incorrect location coordinates. After detouring for an hour or two only to find the piles unusable and then heading back to the expressway, the extra time added up and led to a total breakdown. When your turn finally comes, you can only charge up to 80%, and electricity prices take advantage of the holiday to spike as well. When you calculate it all, you haven't saved much money, but you've wasted a huge amount of time. How can this be described as anything other than a “total loss”?

Facing various complaints, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s official media Xinhua News Agency had to step in to smooth things over, but it was still the same old routine of turning a funeral into a celebration. On October 4, Xinhua published an article titled “Holiday EV Travel Faces Charging Test, How to Break the Gridlock of Energy Replenishment Anxiety.” Just looking at the title, you could tell the article was mainly about the good news that the party and government had basically broken the gridlock of long-distance charging and replenishment anxiety. The opening claimed that expressway service areas were using on-site numbering and staggered charging for new energy vehicles, with popular stations providing mobile charging facilities to ease peak charging pressure. Then came a heap of data: from October 1 to 3, daily average charging for new energy vehicles on national expressways reached 23.87 million kilowatt-hours, an increase of 49.39% compared to the same period last year. Among them, charging volume on October 1 reached 28.04 million kilowatt-hours, up 60.4% year-on-year, setting a new historical record for a single day during a holiday. It also babbled on about how China has built the world's largest electric vehicle charging network. See that? The “charging anxiety” that the whole society was concerned about was smoothly spun into “good news” in Xinhua's article. Many car owners were experiencing the distress of being unable to charge, yet Xinhua claimed that “range anxiety” had been “significantly dispelled,” backed by human evidence called “many car owners.” See that? These “many car owners” all reportedly said they felt there were more charging piles in service areas, operation and maintenance were guaranteed, EV travel was more secure, the number of fast-charging piles was substantial, charging efficiency was quite high, and the status of charging piles could be checked in real-time via mini-programs so they could plan ahead without opening a blind box, meaning our long-distance replenishment experience is improving. The actual suffering of those car owners was thus lightly brushed past by Xinhua. But unexpectedly, the very next day Xinhua slapped its own face—presumably the leaders were also on holiday, and the junior editors pulling overtime these past two days were acting independently. On October 5, Xinhua published an article titled “Ministry of Transport: 79 Service Areas Expected to Experience Exceptionally Busy Charging on October 6,” advising travelers to pay timely attention to information and rationally plan their trips. This was practically telling EV-driving travelers not to go to these 79 service areas, which are concentrated in major provinces such as Hunan,河北, and Guangdong. If you went, you likely wouldn't be able to get charging services. May I timidly ask if the beasts of burden can still return on time to clock in for work if they avoid these service areas? Alas, it is all with Chinese Communist characteristics, caused by forcing the entire nation into a unified holiday and rigidly promoting the “holiday economy.” Saying too much brings tears to the eyes. It's not just the problem of electric vehicle charging; during the golden week, no other form of travel is easy. Tourist attractions are packed to capacity with abysmal user experiences, hotel, dining, and retail prices are skyrocketing, and service quality has plummeted. As for how this kind of “holiday economy” that herds the beasts of burden out of their pens disrupts people's normal living order while violating economic laws, the Party merely smiles slightly in the face of such reactionary rhetoric. Our Party has always firmly believed in a stubborn brute force principle: “If there are no difficulties, we will create them and forge ahead anyway.” The complaints of the beasts of burden are the most trivial of trivial matters. Move along.

US-based Chinese real estate agent Zhang Wanying was arrested at a US airport at the very last moment while attempting to flee back to China, on suspicion of monitoring the eldest son of Lai Ching-te for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). On October 5, during her first court appearance, the CCP's Foreign Ministry once again coldly displayed a

Even with such a bleak reality, the National Bureau of Statistics never fails to whitewash the numbers, inflating them again and again. As a result, the officially announced urban survey unemployment rate remains very stable at just over 5%. Those who have already given up on job hunting and exited the labor market—the 'lying-flat' unemployed—are not counted at all; the real data is far more painful than the official narrative. These unemployed individuals who haven't found work don't care about long or short holidays; on the 5th, they joined forces to push the topic 'A large group of people cannot find work must be solved' to the trending list. The conventional understanding is that the current situation where a large group of people cannot find work is a very severe social reality, and this matter must be faced and resolved. Young people face job-seeking difficulties after years of hard study; they work hard but cannot get suitable positions. Personal ambitions have nowhere to be realized, and family expectations become a mirage. Employment is not just an individual's survival issue; it is linked to the income, confidence, and future expectations of ordinary people. Emotional blogger 'Tianzaozao T' takes an unconventional path, asking bluntly: is this about solving the job problem or solving the people? 'Tianzaozao T' makes a valid point: it is indeed necessary to solve the fact that a large group of people cannot find work, but the question is how to solve it and who will solve it. If 'solve' means 'finding a rice bowl for these people,' then one must ask where the rice bowls are. If 'solve' means 'making these people stop making trouble,' that is another matter entirely. She believes that not finding a job is never because these people are not working hard enough; it is because positions are shrinking, industries are transforming, AI is replacing roles, and many industries suddenly do not need so many people overnight. If you ask a 35-year-old who was 'optimized' to learn programming, they might not even be able to pay their mortgage. If you ask a newly graduated master's student to deliver food, they didn't study for 19 years just to struggle with an electric scooter. The problem is not with the people; it is with the entire CCP social structure. The scariest thing is that in the end, the word 'solve' becomes shifting all the pressure onto the individual. 'Tianzaozao T' stated that if a person's inability to find work is simply attributed to 'not working hard enough' or 'not being flexible in employment,' it cannot truly solve the employment problem. If it gets any more 'flexible,' it will soon become 'flexible survival.' The blogger also said that no matter how hard an individual tries, they cannot overcome the macro environment. What really needs to act is the policy level: stabilizing existing jobs, creating new jobs, and improving social security so that those who cannot find work do not run out of food. Don't just shout slogans; you have to pay real money. I think 'Tianzaozao T' is worthy of being an emotional blogger, actually fantasizing that the Party would pay to solve the employment problem—it's a bit naive, because the Party's consistent tenet is not to solve problems, but to solve the people.

Thinking back to the early days of the regime, Chairman Mao waved his hand, saying that since the founding of New China was so recent, it was impossible to immediately solve the employment problem in cities, and all intellectuals who could go to work in the countryside should happily go there, as the vast world had great potential. How many human tragedies occurred during that time is unknown. As a victim of the 'Up to the Mountains and Down to the Countryside' movement, 'Elementary School Doctor' Xi Jinping has had those painful years of 'carrying 200 jin of wheat for ten miles without changing shoulders' packaged into the 'Liangjiahe' spirit. Who knows when the 'Steamed Bun' (Xi Jinping) might wave his hand and say: 'Young friends, unemployment is not scary; as long as you are willing to endure hardship, there is endless hardship to endure. Xi Jinping's new era of Liangjiahe is waiting for you.' Doesn't that make you shudder? As I mentioned to everyone before

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