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And We’re Completely Unprepared China is collapsing in real time. Workers are protesting. Students are dying. The economy is crumbling. And while all this is happening, Western media are still staring at Trump. No one’s covering it. No one’s talking about it. But we’re going to pay the price – for a long time. Flag of China with face of Mao Zedong on RMB (Yuan) 100 bill This Is Happening Now – And No One’s Talking About It What’s happening in China right now is hard to describe without using words like “uprising” and “collapse.” And yet: Western media are pretending it’s not happening. But I see it. You see it. The internet is overflowing with videos, pictures, and posts from Chinese citizens saying what the Party has spent 36 years trying to crush: Enough is enough. People are coming forward with their full names. They’re filming themselves. Hanging banners demanding that Xi Jinping step down. Students, unemployed, small business owners – all share the same desperation. And they’...

Silence doesn’t mean I’m done! A few days ago, I was sitting sleepless on the couch at seven in the morning, exhausted and in a hell of pain after struggling through a day I’d rather forget. I hadn’t slept all night. My body was wrecked. My mind was racing. And the only thing I could manage was to write — I just had to focus on something other than the pain. I was supposed to post this back then, but I couldn’t. It’s taken me a few days to recover. I’m only sharing this now – because I think it’s needed. For me. For those of you who’ve asked. And because it’s still just as relevant. I’ve been wondering if I should bother continuing this blog. It brings in no income. Every post takes anywhere from a few hours to several days to write – even with tools like Google, YouTube, news articles, social media, and not least, AI. I’ve gotten a lot of positive feedback via messages on Facebook, often from people I haven’t spoken to in years. They’ve told me they like what I’ve shared. Several ...