China Is Collapsing Now

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’re not hiding it anymore. The fear is gone.

I see videos of protests in cities I’ve never even heard of, with thousands gathering, shouting, resisting – even knowing that people have already been killed. Yes, killed. There are reports of students dying in police custody. Of parents not being allowed to see their kids after arrests.

I see TikTok posts and forum threads asking: “Why are we afraid to die when we already can’t live?”

I see that even an innocent bike ride – tens of thousands of young people cycling overnight from one city to another just to eat a local dish – was shut down with police and censorship, because the authorities feared it could spark something bigger.

They’re right. It is the beginning of something.

And still no one’s saying a word. Not the UN. Not CNN. Not the BBC. But the internet tells another story. And that story doesn’t lie.

So What’s Actually Happening in China?
In short: The country is buckling under the weight of its own lie.

For years, the Party bragged about growth, stability, and progress. But behind the numbers, the reality was rotting:

• People lost their jobs.

• Factories shut down.

• Millions of young, educated people are unemployed.

• Housing prices are collapsing, and people are losing their life savings.

• Trust in the future is gone.

China’s economy was never built for sustainability. It was built on eternal export growth and debt-fueled construction. Now that both are failing, the whole model is cracking wide open.

Then the U.S. hit them with tariffs. Many think that caused the crisis. It didn’t. It exposed the crisis – and accelerated it. When China loses access to the U.S. market, the money dries up, and no political slogans can change that.

The losers are everyday people. Workers who don’t get paid. Small business owners going under. Students who can’t find jobs. Parents who no longer believe their kids will have a better life than they did.

When there’s nothing left to lose, fear disappears. That’s exactly what we’re seeing now.

Even Neighboring Countries Are Backing Away
It’s not just the U.S. that’s had enough. China’s own neighbors are now putting up barriers – not against war or ideology, but against Chinese economic desperation.

Vietnam and Thailand recently imposed strict controls on exports to the U.S. Why? Because Chinese companies are increasingly trying to smuggle goods through third countries to dodge American tariffs. Products are sent to Vietnam, relabeled, and shipped on as “Made in Vietnam.”

It worked – until now.

Authorities in Hanoi and Bangkok responded with:

• Certificate of origin checks

• Tight inspections of imported materials

• Blacklisting shady export channels

This isn’t symbolic politics. It’s self-defense. Because if they’re used as a backdoor, they risk U.S. sanctions – and none of them can afford that.

What used to be regional partners are now pulling away. Not because they disagree with Beijing ideologically – but because they see the signs of collapse and want out before they get dragged down too.

China is becoming toxic. Not just to the West, but to everyone around it.

All this while China’s diplomatic charm offensive in the region is falling flat. When Xi – or “Winnie the Pooh,” as many now call him online – sent his envoys on an Asian tour, Beijing hoped for support. Instead, countries responded with action.

Vietnam signed a deal to buy F-16s from the U.S. The Philippines held joint military drills with American forces. Singapore tightened export controls to stop sanctions evasion. South Korea partnered with the U.S. to shut down smuggling routes.

And when China’s diplomats returned home, they did the only thing they still know how to do: threaten the very countries they just visited. That says it all. China expects loyalty – but more and more, gets the cold shoulder.

When the Bottom Falls Out
With exports drying up and neighbors closing their doors, China is left with its domestic market. The problem? It’s already maxed out – and broke.

The Party’s solution? “We’ll pivot inward.” But how do you bet on a population that’s out of money?

Purchasing power is weak. Confidence is gone. Consumers are clinging to what little they have. And producers are no longer fighting for growth – they’re fighting to survive.

Price wars are breaking out. Margins are vanishing. Product quality is tanking. “Eco-panels” aren’t eco anymore. “Multilayer” goods are now single-layer. Companies are cutting corners, cheating to save costs – and selling at a loss just to keep the machines running one more month.

Meanwhile, factories shut down. Workers are sent home unpaid. Apartments sit empty. Entire cities that once buzzed with production now lie dead.

This isn’t one sector failing. It’s the whole model collapsing. And the authorities? They respond with propaganda videos and QR codes for loyalty points – but no fix for the bottom that’s fallen out.

When the Regime Loses Its Grip
When an authoritarian regime starts losing control, it doesn’t happen with one big bang – it happens like a silent landslide. It starts when people stop being afraid. And that’s exactly what we’re seeing in China now.

The authorities still act like they’re in control. They shut down protests, delete posts, arrest critics. But what used to be enough to smother resistance no longer works. The protests come back. Again. And again.

What’s new – and truly dangerous for the Party – is that people are no longer hiding. They come forward. With names. With faces. With addresses. Students, workers, young parents, intellectuals. People who know they might disappear. And still they say it publicly: “This regime must fall.”

And it’s not just in big cities. It’s happening in small towns, on campuses, in industrial zones. It’s happening on TikTok and in livestreams of street protests. In banners hanging from overpasses. In manifestos quoting Tiananmen 1989 – not as a warning, but as inspiration.

Even harmless-looking public activities, like that massive bike ride from Zhengzhou to Kaifeng, are shut down by police and censorship. Not because people chanted slogans – but because the authorities know those gatherings could explode into something far bigger.

For the first time in a long time, the regime has no answers. Just reactions. Threats. Violence. Propaganda. But that no longer works. Not when people have lost faith. Not when they have nothing left to lose.

And that’s when a regime is truly in danger – when fear no longer works.

The Media’s Greatest Betrayal Is Happening Now
While Chinese citizens are stepping forward, face and name, and calling for freedom, one thing is glaringly absent: Western media coverage.

Where are the reports? Where’s the crisis analysis? Where are the headlines? Why isn’t this being covered daily?

Is it because the journalists know they were wrong for 30 years – and don’t dare admit it?
Is it because they’re still trying to find a way to blame Trump for China’s collapse?
Or is it simply because they’re so obsessed with one man that they no longer see the rest of the world?

They didn’t see Brexit coming. They didn’t see Trump winning in 2024. They didn’t see the energy crisis until it hit. And now they don’t see the world’s second-largest economy falling apart – openly, visibly, in real time.

China’s collapse won’t be isolated. It’ll hit our supply chains. Our prices. Our production. Our medicines. Our tech. This won’t be a Chinese crisis. It’ll be a global shockwave.

And the media? As usual, they’ll come running after it’s too late. When factories in Europe shut down because parts don’t arrive. When meds are in short supply. When cargo ships sit idle. When the world wakes up with a bang – and everyone wonders how we didn’t see it coming.

Well, some saw it. But they didn’t get column space.

In the End: This Isn’t Just About China
We’re already knee-deep in a demographic crisis in the West. Fewer young. More elderly. A public sector soon lacking millions of hands. We don’t even have enough people to fill our own shoes – and now the country carrying half the load for us is collapsing.

China’s fall doesn’t just mean fewer goods. It means we’ll have to produce more ourselves – just as we have fewer people to do it. It means more expensive medicine, longer delivery times, fewer components, more inflation – and more desperation.

There’s no Plan B. Our entire model is built on China working. And now it doesn’t.

And we’re not ready.