In an information-rich world, the wealth of information means a dearth of something else: a scarcity of whatever it is that information consumes. What information consumes is rather obvious: it consumes the attention of its recipients. Hence a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention and a need to allocate that attention efficiently among the overabundance of information sources that might consume it

This quote is made by Herbert Simon in 1971, a psychologist and economist who first theorized the concept of attention economics. This concept came out when the current world leaders were in their youth, I believe some of them knew it very well, and some made it into use to the maximum.

On the 13th of May, Trump visits Xijingping in Beijing with a bunch of high-level business men; a week later, Putin led another group of rich guys in his country came to visit Xi as a kind of show off, like lets compare who’s closer with whom, super childish and super chauvinism. These three old guy play their game treating the rest of the world as monkeys watching by. And the result of their talks? Nothing big, nothing special, nothing benefit for you and me. Dude, it’s time to wake up. The only news good for us is the death of either three of them, anything else is their play. So at this moment I decide to stop talking about them and use my attention wisely for people I care.

On the the 7th of April Trump posted : “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to ​be brought back ​again. I don’t want that ‌to happen, but it probably will. We will find out tonight, one of ​the most important ​moments in the long and complex history of the ​World.”

A lot of people were shocked by this blatant threat. But anyone with intelligence can tell by the text how desperate he is, which means the United States couldn’t get rid of this deepshit fast as they expected. Every American is paying for the bombs on the land of Iran, whereas no European allies want to get involved. The blockage of the strait of Hormuz is purposefully made and now we’re in a game called “lets see who can hold the breath longer” Small countries panic first, such as south korea and philippine.

Coincidentally one of my American friends sent me the News of BBC sth like Europe has maybe six weeks of jet fuel left. And She did actually change the plan and fly back to the states earlier before all the flights were cancelled as she imagined. What seems more ridiculous is that Trump continued his show singled-sidedly announcing the war in Iran was over and then expected the world to blindly follow his imagination. It reminds me of the folktale The emperor’s new clothes in every facet. In reality, we all know what happens now, and the US asked for it.

What can I say, the fire is lighted up. And the tension is simmering in every corner. On the 24th of April, a Japanese self-defense officer broke into the Embassy of China in Tokyo through the wall with a knife, he claimed that he wanted to stop China’s aggressive propaganda towards Japan, quote “remain from hardline statements” and saying he would kill himself with the knife if the ambassador refused his opinion.

On the first day of March, the world woke up immediately drown into the news of the death of Ali Khamenei and US attack on Iran. Trump continued wielding his knife and stabbed the people of his same kind from the back with smug. Obviously he didn’t realize that it’s easy to start it but hard to end like his crisp Venezela blitz. Personally, I shared the joy with my Iranian friend who’s living abroad, but I understand the people inside her country probably hold a more complicated feeling and more pragmatical concerns. So you may wonder what’s China’s attitudes? In sum, china can provide money to the current Iranian regime, but not military protection. As the world knows, China is the biggest buyer for Iranian oil, and indeed China financially benefits a lot due to American sanction to Iran. If you were China, why on earth would you give it up? Dude, you can think by your toe. Even a dumbass can do a correct math here. So, China will continue doing this business as long as it’s making profit. Again, who else won’t ? Trump’s attack made a huge cost from America’s budget, I wonder how long can he even the number on his accounting book as the war drags on.

There’s famous phrase on politics in ancient china, around 300 BC, Zhuangzi, a representative of Daoism gave the insight about his current society as follows: 窃钩者诛 窃国者侯 (Here is one who steals a hook - he is put to death for it: here is another who steals a state - he becomes its prince.)

That’s the reason why people despise the politics. Over three thousand years till now, we still see it’s proven true.

I feel that it’s from the same idea that there originated a phrase from the USA that

“If you owe your bank ten thousand dollars, you have a problem. But if you owe the bank ten million dollars, the bank has a problem”

We’ve seen the rehearsal in 2008, “too big to fail’, what do you think? Burying your head into the sand won’t solve the problem, 18 years later, it comes up in a more furious way. The problem is straight away: how do you deal with Trump?

I have been keeping an eye on the case of Epstein since 2019 when he died in the jail. I believe a lot of people already smelled the rat at the moment. But unfortunately then, boom, the covid came, the world changed.

Unsurprisingly, the first fire of 2026 was lit up by the USA. On the third of January, I believe, most people’s attention worldwide was given to Venezuela, since their dictator-president Nicolas Madura was snatched up by the the US task force from pentagon and transferred to New York City over night. It is a huge slap in the face to China indeed because on the same day in the afternoon, before Maduro was kidnapped to the US, he just met Chinese special envoy. We common Chinese don’t know what they were talking about, but we do realize that Chinese government lost on this game. And the oil deal between the Chinese government and Venezuela was unsurprisingly over. But personally, I’m happy for Venezuela people, and I assure you a lot of Chinese people feel this way. What else can you do when a dictator is down, celebrate of course. The sun will continue to rise and fall, the earth will continue spinning. Nobody is irreplaceable. Especially we don’t give a single fuck to a dictator.

A week later, people’s attention switched to manifestation in Iran, another country of oil and dictator. The world paused to see if Trump would really take his words into action under his smug vibe from Venezuela. But it turned out just bluffing in the end. What Trump really fooled is the Iranian people who summoned up courage to stand up to their vicious government and lost their life. Till this moment I write, Iranian people are still fighting and suffering. But the media spotlight has already moved on to Greenland on 16th January when Trump threatened to use force to invade Greenland and tried to back down the Europe by his beloved tarif. And the European Union finally realized that if you continue to ignore this retard in order to keep your dignity, then this stupid head with the most power in the world would take your decent silence as an agreement. So the lesson is that if you know you fight with a pig, you should be ready to smear your body with shit, any hesitation is stupid. France got this lesson hard, but finally it jumped into the battlefield.

If you know anything about Chinese YinYangBaGua, you’d know that the year of 2026 is a year of Fire, which usually means violence and war. So when I saw the PLA (People’s Liberation Army)’s action on Taiwan the day before the New Year’s Eve, I took it seriously. Immediately I messaged my Taiwanese friend to think about a plan B. She asked me in return, why don’t you mainlanders resist, I told her that people who resisted had been in jail. The work of propaganda over 5 years has shown its effect now on the net, you can only see nationalists’ feverish support. And what’s worse, I can tell you this, if the war breaks out tomorrow, most mainlanders won’t be surprised at all, which means, sadly, people are mentally prepared, or in another word, accept it.

I’ve always been thinking about the question since I entered university : what’s wrong with China ? I read a lot of peoples viewpoints, Chinese and foreigners, dead and alive, and I also asked some in person. But I’ve never got a clear answer on it. At least not clear enough for me. Because a clearly defined problem comes up with a clear solution trajectory, which I haven’t seen in any of them. But one thing that I’m sure is that this problem of China can only be solved by local Chinese people who still count China as their home.

Chinese people who’s thinking about this question like me are pretty aware of the current image of China, such as the outrage burst out towards Shein’s first permanent physical store opened up in Paris on November fifth. Unlike other fast fashion, Shein was unanimously viewed as the lowest brand, a lot of French I know never hide their disdain on Shein, and on the same kind of brand like Temu. Me, as a Chinese studying in Paris, I totally get why they think like that, and I don’t want defend Shein and Temu at all even though they break into the world market for the first time as Chinese brands from mainland. I don’t feel proud of them, neither do I feel shame. As a foreigner living in Paris over two years, I’m impressed by the eco-fever here in the Europe which I believe is out of good initiative, a sense of mission. But I have to say, they don’t see the real problem which divides them. The gap between the rich and the poor goes to extreme after the Covid. Why can’t you simply see it. People lining up to the opening of Shein in Paris, being accused of buying Shein trash could only feel the hypocrisy of their accusers on the other side of the streets, mainly from bourgeoise class, with good education or good family background, manifesting for the ecology. Both of the sides is the victim of this capitalism whose outcomes are predicted long time ago. I don’t have a solution for you because China’s mode is definitely not the answer. But I hope you can understand why some Chinese business feel the hypocrisy of Europeans’ reactions towards Shein or Temu. They would simply say it’s not them who create so many poor without choice in your country. Just be aware. Understanding is the first step for solution.

Don’t ask a Chinese what’s your dream, instead, you should ask them what’s your fear. Because being able to and being allowed to pursue your dream is such a privilege that only applies to a small number in China. In reality, most is driven by fear. To a Chinese, to fully realize their fear and overcome it is such a big step in their life. Such a step demands courage, which is a rare trait even among all the human beings.

So, to figure out, of which the Chinese people is fear, can give you brighter insight than asking their dream, which is always secondary. For example, on the last day of October, when people in the democratic countries were enjoying the Halloween with spooky or funny costumes, the most sighted costume in every street in the major cities of China was the police uniform, especially in Shanghai, the setting of police car was full fledged in every major gathering spot . Policeman would stop anyone in whatever costume using the same language like, ‘Halloween is a western holiday which is not for China, we don’t celebrate it, go undress yourself right now’. Then the cosplayer would be quote ‘accompanied' by the police to remove their make up. Can you imagine it? On the street of China, what scares people most is not the sight of a devil or monster, but the Chinese policeman. At the same time, our general secretary, Xi Jingping was watching G-dragon’s show in APEC’s banquet with typical unreadable expression on his face. If you know that South Korea’s entertainment industry has been banned over a decade in China, you would understand how Chinese were amused when seeing such a view on the social media.