Category: China

It is amazing how much of a difference not having makeup and being exposed to the sun can do to someone’s face:

A Chinese woman in her 20s who went on a 10,000km long hike turned into a grandmother in her 60s in three months.

According to the Hong Kong South China Morning Post on the 10th, Xasha (28), from Hubei Province in central China, departed from Chongqing City in southwest China in January and embarked on a walking tour to the Tibetan Autonomous Region. With a backpack weighing 50 kilograms, the walking distance so far is about 10,000 kilometers.

Sasha, who walks about 50km a day, receives donations through live streaming online from time to time. When there is a lot of donations, it is about 10,000 yuan (1.87 million won) per month.

A Chinese influencer filmed her hike and posted it on social media. What made headlines was her face, not her hiking scene.

This is because she did not wear makeup and her sunburnt face looked different from her previous appearance. On social media, “Your face looks 58 years old (not 28 years old).”

Maeil Kyeongchae

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From the Chinese perspective why would their government do anything to stop the flow of fetanyl into the U.S.? The more Americans hooked on drugs creates social decay and money wasted combatting the problem which are things the CCP likes to see happen in the U.S. Plus deep down they probably look at this as payback for Opium Wars when western powers, primarily the British, did the same thing to China:

Fentanyl pills seized by U.S. Custom and Border Protection officers at the Port of Mariposa in Nogales, Ariz., in November 2023. (Jerry Glaser/U.S. Customs and Border Patrol)

 Chinese and American officials held the first meeting of a working group that aims to curb the flow of illegal drugs such as fentanyl to the U.S. and the chemicals used to make them. “We reached common understanding,” China’s Minister of Public Security Wang Xiaohong said Tuesday, describing the talks in Beijing as “professional” and “pragmatic.” “Our two sides agreed to follow the principles of mutual respect, managing differences, and mutually beneficial cooperation as we work to carry on cooperation on counternarcotics,” Wang said.

The U.S. side emphasized the need for progress. “President Biden sent such a significant delegation to underscore the importance of this issue to the American people,” Deputy Homeland Security Advisor Jen Daskal said at the meeting.

Stars & Stripes

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