When you can't see the future clearly, first steady your steps. In middle age and beyond, one must understand to be calm and not争, and learn to accept things as they come. Many things in life are actually already predetermined; to gain is my fortune, to lose is my fate.
The views on Trump have now become a focal point of conflicting perceptions for many. Recently, retired diplomat Cui Tiankai commented on Trump with a phrase I found quite striking. He believes that Trump's emergence is a manifestation of the accumulation and concentrated explosion of contradictions in American society at a certain stage, rather than simply the result of an individual stirring up trouble to enter the White House twice. Listen more, watch more; hearing multiple perspectives leads to clarity. However, one point is a consensus: Trump's emergence has already stirred the world into chaos [嘻嘻]
In the past, I have dealt with many entrepreneurs and gradually discovered that there are three types of entrepreneurs who cannot run a business well, ultimately resulting in chaos: the first type constantly preaching and wanting to educate others, making themselves look like philosophers; the second type always pointing out the direction and being keen on grand narratives, making themselves look like politicians; the third type always appearing in public and eager to be trending in the media, making themselves look like socialites. The three types mentioned above can be from this or that company, but they do not resemble true entrepreneurs. Those engaged in real businesses must be low-key, grounded, and focus on running their companies well.
I watched a ten-minute documentary "Not Young Enough", and my mood was exceptionally heavy. This short film focused on two couples over 35 who are unemployed; they were once highly educated white-collar workers in large companies, standing in the most stable position of the urban middle class. After losing their jobs, life quickly shrank to: mortgage, anxiety, silence, quarrels, escape. With the loss of work, the sense of security collapsed, and the cracks in marriage were infinitely magnified under high pressure. Families that had leveraged in the past are now indeed struggling, families with a single source of income are also finding it hard, and without preparing for the future, it's also very difficult. On one hand, they need to reduce expenses, on the other hand, they need to find sources of income, while also trying to maintain physical and mental health. They should have a regular schedule, constantly look for things to do, not be idle, persist in exercising, reading, and learning; do not look down on small amounts of money, be good at accumulating little by little.
These graduate students were all pushed to the limit; otherwise, how could so many people produce 83 pages of complaint materials? Therefore, there is no need to wait for the investigation results; based on normal logical reasoning, it is basically confirmed. Although they are all workhorses, at least the large companies' workhorses have high salaries and good benefits, while graduate students are merely cheap labor.
Investigator Han Futao from the Beijing News has successively tracked and undercover reported on the oil tanker and the Xiangyang Psychiatric Hospital insurance fraud incidents. This is what a real journalist looks like! I always thought that investigative journalists had long disappeared, but I didn't expect to see a brave survivor. In today's society, it's not that there are no problems, but rather that there are fewer and fewer people who can discover problems, or those who dare to expose them are indeed becoming rarer.
Two Indian pancake chefs in Shaoyang, Hunan, have been recognized as foreign experts by the local science and technology bureau, each receiving a consolation fee of 1000 yuan. After reading this news, I truly feel a mix of emotions. It's surprising that they were recognized by the science and technology bureau; is science and technology really this undervalued? By this standard, many individual catering workers in China, including those making pancakes, pulling noodles, and cutting noodles, should also be recognized as experts.
The bubble in US technology stocks is quite dangerous. The recent strength in non-US markets and gold is actually a sign that risk-averse funds have started to take action. Once the AI bubble bursts, it will be hard for the A-shares that have been following the US stocks to stay unscathed. The game is over; if you don't leave the table now, you'll have to pay the bill! [hee hee]
Originally, surgery may not be necessary, and it is just a matter of elective surgical indications. However, the hospital and doctors insisted on performing the surgery despite insufficient preoperative diagnosis, which is the main reason for the child's death. Is there only administrative punishment and no criminal liability to pursue?
I used to have a good impression of Chengdu, but now it has changed. Public supervision is a symbol of civilization; a city cannot tolerate different voices.
This is a major piece by Han Futao from the Beijing News, following the undercover investigation after the tanker incident. He spent the last month of 2025 undercover in a psychiatric hospital. Cheers to the Beijing News! Cheers to the investigative journalists who dare to expose the darkness [good]
In life, try to stay away from those who lack imagination, as they will bring you negative energy. People whose imagination is exhausted typically lack curiosity about new things, relying solely on ready-made templates for their speech and actions, and have no expectations or visions for the future, failing to appreciate the beauty of everyday life. An exhausted imagination is a sign that a person is about to be marginalized and ultimately eliminated by society; such individuals easily become 'the walking dead pushed along by inertia', losing not only their innate desire for creativity but also their ability to actively feel the passion that comes with the vitality of life.
Originally, the intention was to prevent a slow bull from becoming a crazy bull, but the effort was too strong, and it’s almost becoming a dead bull. If it falls below 4000 points, we might have to consider market intervention again [sigh]
A major reshuffle in the pharmaceutical industry has quietly begun. The countdown clock is ticking, and the goal is those four words on traditional Chinese medicine instructions — "Not yet clear." The new regulations from the National Medical Products Administration are like a scalpel, cutting precisely: after July 1, 2026, any traditional Chinese medicine that still dares to write "Not yet clear" in the three sections of "Contraindications," "Adverse Reactions," and "Precautions" in its instructions will have its approval invalidated and not renewed after expiration. What does this mean? Of the approximately fifty-seven thousand types of traditional Chinese medicine currently available in the country, over seventy percent are treading on this red line. They must either spend money and honestly conduct clinical trials, clearly outlining all risks; or wait on the shelf to be eliminated and disappear completely. This is not a siege against traditional Chinese medicine, but rather a return of the right to choose and the right to know back to the patients.
Sapiens author warns global leaders: AI will take over everything that is text-based, including law and religion, and even future presidents[Cool][Hehe]
A rice cooker sells for so much? Poverty has limited my imagination, how much does rice need to be per pound for a pot at this price? What kind of bowls and chopsticks should I use to eat? [Hehe][Yunbei]