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“How did it come to this?” This is oftentimes the question we ask while looking back on the darkest moments in our history. As China is seemingly plunging into a second period of Cultural Revolution in its history of less than a century, when the residents of the People’s Republic defame and attack certain cultural and religious elements irrationally, this blog puts together the key events that may possibly lead China and beyond into yet another decade of desolation. We will keep this blog updated, as our investigation continues, and more events of this type take places.

June 2020

In a desperate attempt to create an image that the Wuhan virus had originated in other countries, China blamed imported goods (e.g. salmon) for transmitting the virus into China, thus having tightened the monitoring and restrictions on importations (Apoc. 13:17); China gradually became self-isolated from global trade.

October 2020

Prior to the fifth plenary session of the 19th Central Committee (十九屆五中全會), a public opinion poll conducted by an unnamed Chinese media indicated that “security (安全)” had become the major focus of Chinese people.

August 2021

Xi Jinping redefined and reemphasised the concept of “common prosperity (共同富裕)” in his speech to the Central Financial and Economic Affairs Commission (CFEAC).

April to December 2022

The late Zero-Covid policy led China to the brink of state bankruptcy (Apoc.18:9-19).

October to December 2022

The Sitong Bridge (四通橋) protest, White Paper Revolution (白紙革命), Flame Revolution (火焰革命) and other anti-lockdown movements caused political upheaval in multiple regions of China; China became increasingly alerted to the hypothetical “foreign interference”.

October 2022

In his opening speech at the 20th National Congress (二十大), Xi Jinping emphasised the concept of “security”.

January 2023

A movie titled Full River Red (《滿江紅》) widely aroused xenophobic sentiment among Chinese people.

April 2023

China revised its Counter-Espionage Law to broaden the definition of “espionage” and embody a whole-of-society approach to dealing with national security risks.

The Zibo barbecue craze began, which was one of the first and short-lived attempts of China to shift to domestic consumption-driven economy.

May 2023

Chinese stand-up comedian Li Haoshi was criminalised for insulting the Chinese military; China tightened its censorship on show business.

July 2023

The revised Counter-Espionage Law became effective.

August 2023

The National Bureau of Statistics of China began to make adjustment to the statistical and data collection methods of youth unemployment rate and other economic data in preparation for economic restructuring.

Anti-Japanese sentiment was widely ignited among Chinese people, excused by the release of treated radioactive wastewater from Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant into the sea.

September 2023

Xi Jinping stressed the “Fengqiao model (楓橋經驗)”, a governance model that mobilises grassroots civilians to expose, monitor and reeducate the dissidents among themselves.

November 2023

The Zibo barbecue craze ended.

December 2023

The Ministry of State Security of China began to identify economic doomsayers as national security risks.

February 2024

China’s stock market collapsed, as A-share index slumped to record lows.

March 2024

Chinese author Mo Yan was sued for distorting history and insulting national heroes.

Tsinghua University was widely accused by Chinese people of not being sanctioned by the United States, together with the Seven Sons of National Defence.

Products of Nongfu Spring (農夫山泉) were widely boycotted and vandalised by Chinese people over the suspected Japanese elements on their packages.

June 2024

China covertly launched a nationwide investigation into corporate tax, demanding payment of taxes dating back to the 1990s from private and international companies.

Four US citizens or residents and two Japanese citizens (a mother and her child) were attacked and wounded by the Chinese respectively in Chinese cities of Jilin and Suzhou, as xenophobic sentiment continued to rise among Chinese people.

September 2024

On the 18th, a 10-year-old Japanese citizen was stabbed to death on the 93rd anniversary of the Mukden Incident by a Chinese man in Shenzhen, during a planned attack targeting Japanese children.

(To be continued…)

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