This video explores the long-standing superstition of backroom diplomacy in U.S. diplomacy toward China and its dangers. The speaker points out that the CCP has repeatedly violated both public and private promises, yet certain interest groups and China experts in Washington still blindly believe in closed-door negotiations. The video reviews the drawbacks of the backroom model since Nixon's visit to China, analyzes the tactics used by the CCP to hoodwink Western dignitaries through information control and cultural misinterpretation, and calls on Washington to abandon appeasement and illusions toward Beijing, adhere to diplomatic principles of transparency, record-keeping, and verification, and force the CCP to change using the truth in the sunlight.
On September 20, over 80 workers from the Longhu Sanqianji project in Chenghua District, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, sat on the ground downstairs to demand unpaid wages collectively and engage in rights defense due to wage arrears by the developer and the construction contractor, Qingrui Decoration Company.
On September 18, in a student group chat, a counselor at Dalian Maritime University responded to a student asking if military training assembly times could be announced in advance by saying, "Those who are unsatisfied with the college's arrangements can come to me to process their withdrawal."
On September 20, a car crash occurred at the Beiguo Xiantianxia Shopping Mall in Baoding City, Hebei Province, causing damage to mall facilities. The High-Tech Zone Detachment of the Traffic Management Branch of the Baoding Public Security Bureau subsequently issued a notice stating that the accident was caused by the driver's improper operation, which caused the vehicle to go out of control.
The Ministry of Education released the "Management Measures for Primary and Secondary School Leadership Personnel," stipulating that having taught in rural and weak schools for more than 3 years will be a priority condition for the selection of school leaders, and encouraging leaders of quality urban schools to exchange, take up posts, and study in rural schools.
On September 20, Bailuo Cleaning Company in Yuhua District, Changsha City, Hunan Province, owed sanitation workers four months of wages, leading a large number of employees to strike and go to the company headquarters to collectively demand unpaid wages and defend their rights.
On September 19, a Chinese citizen in Russia was asked to pay a fine of 100,000 rubles on the grounds of a residency registration issue during a local police check. Although the person stated that the landlord had already handled the registration, the police insisted on either paying the fine or being taken to the police station.
On September 19, science popularization blogger Heshenbao published an article reviewing his experience as a docent at the National Museum from 2011 to 2021, pointing out that dispatched labor employees and officially budgeted staff receive unequal pay for equal work, and promotion channels are limited. He criticized the system for shifting fiscal costs onto the ideals of young people, depleting employees' drive, and called for fulfilling corresponding obligations based on one's employment status.
On September 20, at the Longtan Industrial Park in Bobai, Yulin, Guangxi, 7 workers who had been owed over 500,000 yuan in back pay for nearly 5 years by Yulin Yongda Fire Protection Engineering Co., Ltd. hung a banner in front of the company branch to demand their unpaid wages.