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 Sep 18, Liu Anjun, a family member of Sun Meihua, disclosed that the Xicheng police in Beijing demanded that the family disband online chat groups and prohibited any public mention of the matter, while also banning audio and video recording during meetings. Previously, Sun Meihua was brought back to Beijing on Sep 8, but family visits were obstructed, leading to demands for confirmation of her health status and a thorough investigation into the circumstances of her disappearance.
On September 20, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced on social media that the Security Service of Ukraine, Unmanned Systems Forces, and Special Operations Forces, among other departments, jointly launched a large-scale long-range drone strike against the Moscow region the previous night, successfully hitting critical Russian petroleum industrial facilities and logistical bases.
On September 19, discussions surrounding the compensatory leave system topped the Weibo trending list. Netizens and bloggers criticized the system for rearranging weekends to piece together long holidays, arguing that its purpose is to boost consumption rather than guarantee rest, and pointing out that the two-day weekend and paid leave systems have long failed to be implemented, leading to increased fatigue among the public. The official Weibo account also interpreted this system design as originating from domestic demand-driven motives, triggering strong public dissatisfaction over policies ignoring public opinion.
On September 19, CCTV CNR's 'Kandan Observation' column released a video criticizing regulatory authorities for their slow response in handling food safety issues such as cabbages dipped in formaldehyde and bamboo shoots smoked with sulfur, questioning why regulatory authorities struggle to detect problems that media and bloggers can easily uncover.
On September 20, a physical altercation broke out between two passengers on a train in Hebei over a minor dispute. Video footage shows that when the train police officer arrived to handle the situation, he was holding a cigarette and appeared indifferent to the ongoing argument, triggering netizen criticism regarding his work attitude and professionalism.
On September 20, the Weibo topic "Holiday Adjustment and Consumer Boycott" ranked fourth on the social trends list. Shortly after, the topic was censored by the platform, showing that it could not be displayed due to relevant laws, regulations, and policies.
September 18 marked the fourth anniversary of the Guizhou quarantine bus accident. Netizens posted photos of community bulletin boards from that year, which featured handwritten slogans such as 'If none of them were me, then next time it will be me' and 'Better to suffer than be numb.' These were posted to mourn the victims of the accident and the Urumqi fire, and to protest society's numbness.
On September 18, the Cyberspace Administration of China issued a notice requiring platforms to clean up negative information inconsistent with official corporate statements, and categorized behaviors such as parodying corporate logos, products, and entrepreneurs' portraits as false and misleading handling scopes, demanding platforms to implement whole-process audits and strict handling of enterprise-related information.