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It's sad to learn how isolated we really are, most GenZ Americans were taught to love and accept others of difference. Wether that's Race, Religion, Culture, Sex, etc... we grew up learning a kind of acceptance our older generations don't have because our families didn't want us to grow up like we're learning we have. My heart breaks for the Americans that are so self serving that they can't see the cloud our government has put over our eyes.

I'm Chinese.

The lives of Chinese people are not as good as shown on Xiaohongshu

If you are a blogger on Xiaohongshu, and you interview ordinary people in ordinary counties about their daily lives and daily expenses, your videos will be banned soon because ordinary people live in poverty (even China's former Premier Li Keqiang said that 600 million people in China earn less than 1000 yuan per month), and showing these poor lives to the public is not allowed in China because it will deepen people's doubts about the effectiveness of the Communist Party's economic policies.

When Xiaohongshu first became popular in China (I don’t mean when Xiaohongshu was first established), it was an app about female consumption and entertainment, and as a result, a serious comparison culture was formed on this app. This culture led to a phenomenon called “refined poverty”, which means that young people with limited incomes spend a lot of money (even borrowing high-interest loans) on some items and services that can show off their wealth on social media, while being very tight on other aspects of life.

Therefore, generally speaking, the content about Chinese people's lives that you can see on Xiaohongshu is posted by middle-class people living in big cities and people who are poisoned by the culture of "refined poverty".

Ordinary people are too embarrassed to post their ordinary lives on it. Even if they do, if they post too much, their posts will be deleted or their accounts will be blocked.

So, I can say that the content about life you can see on Xiaohongshu is exaggerated. The content on Xiaohongshu cannot reflect the real living standards of Chinese people.

I'm a Chinese live in Wuhan, China is not good as you saw on Rednote, but also not bad as you thought. Rednote is not same as it was developed, now I use it as a search engine for nice photo and videos, and also learn experiences from others about where I should go for my vacation and how should I plan it. Note that don't 100% trust what you heard from a small polulation in a country, that's why I'm here in Reddit, I don't believe Americans are pitiful as I saw in Chinese social media these days, I just registered my Reddit account 1h ago,I'm having the breakfast now.😅

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I am Chinese, don't believe what is said above, "The CCP does not allow people to publish some poverty information." Some people also say why it is red instead of other colors, because the government has brainwashed us. I think it is ridiculous and stupid to say such things! ! I don't like the CCP, but I really want to laugh when I hear such rumors

Immigrating to a country is never a joke. As a Chinese, I don't think those Americans who want to immigrate to China are fully prepared.

Every country has its own advantages and disadvantages, and they are not perfect. I will not belittle the government of my country, but I am not ashamed to explain the bad of the country.

As someone mentioned above, according to the National bureau of statistics's bulletin in 2022,

"According to the five-level income grouping of the national residents, the per capita disposable income of the low-income group was 8,601 yuan, the per capita disposable income of the lower-middle-income group was 19,303 yuan, the per capita disposable income of the middle-income group was 30,598 yuan, the per capita disposable income of the upper-middle-income group was 47,397 yuan, and the per capita disposable income of the high-income group was 90,116 yuan."

Well, there are indeed low-income people whose annual income is less than 8,601 yuan, or less than 1,000 yuan (about 137 US dollars) per month, but there is no data on the specific number of these people.

China is a massive developing country. Most of the netizens on Xiaohongshu(AKA Red Note) live in first- and second-tier cities. They have time to go online, which means they are not struggling in life. But user jumster_c's thread got wrong in one thing, these netizens are not the middle class or upper class in China. In fact, there are still a large number of people at the bottom, but they are just a little better than those who are still struggling in life and have no time to go online.

The Chinese government strictly censors the content of the Chinese Internet. Generally speaking, you are not allowed to discuss political topics. This is the consensus of most Chinese netizens. But it is not as demonized as the Western media.

As long as you don't touch the red line of political topics and just enjoy life, I think the environment in China is still better than many Western developed countries. For example, the world's strongest infrastructure, modernization, convenience, affordable prices, etc. You can randomly select a user on Red Note to ask and see what they say. Or more directly, just go to China for a week to experience it, and you will have your own rational judgment. Again, it is very hasty to talk about immigration to a country you don't know much.

Edit: 600 M people got less than 1,000 yuan monthly income is an outdated information.

It’s called the capitalist media cage.

They keep us dumb and compliant.

American youtubers already on the first front to learn about China 240H visa free. Lots of travel blogger all around are flocking to China. This is the great time for Americans on their own to learn about China.

pls come and experience China, i'm 100% sure that you will be shocked that China is way beyond your imagination of how it has completely transformed from a poor country to current status in just 50 years.

I live in Guangzhou and this is the picture i took in the downtown business area of Guangzhou.

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Wait till they find out abt the worklife and unfinished housingplanns

This happened to Japan during the pandemic. Due to Japanese context being so popular at the time, everyone wanted to move to/visit Japan. Now, Japan has a hug influx of tourists.