12 years ago, this passport stamp changed the direction of my life.
My wife brought me back with her to China, and somehow convinced me that this was where our future would begin.
At the time, I had no idea that this place would become home, or that it would lead to a family, a business, lifelong friendships, endless lessons, countless adventures, and many new chapters.
People sometimes ask me if I will ever move back to Canada. My answer is simple: China is home.
@domdesm You are just such a sad pathetic old simp. Your child should be ashamed of their father who was so desperate to be married to a Chinese woman. Chinese women are know to be with a man just for money. You are just a passport bro.
@domdesm You will always still be a 老外 though.
No matter what everyone tells you about China being your 第二个故乡
You’ll still always be an outsider.
Not saying it’s bad or good but it’s the truth.
As welcome and kind as Chinese are, 老外 remains a 老外
Canada and China are building a more stable and constructive partnership.
Building on the progress made during my visit to China earlier this year, Minister Wang Yi and I focused on creating new opportunities and greater prosperity on both sides of the Pacific.
Something you will never see from CCP propaganda: China's 15 Minute Cities.
People need to scan their ID card & take a face scan to pass checkpoints.
——If you are Blacklisted by Social Credit System, you would be stopped.
Stay vigilant, Americans!
Don't call your factory today
It's the last day of the May holiday in China
Let them rest and restart tomorrow full speed
Don't worry, during the coming weekend there is a working day...
Eight reasons China made it
1) Flattened social hierarchies
2) Pushed gender equality
3) Never allowed the West any control
4) Pushed education & nutrition for all
5) Locked religion behind private doors
6) Set national S&T goals and achieved it
7) Played the West's game against the West itself
8) Kept the top corporates under the State's boot.
1, 2, 4 and 5 transformed the society.
5 further made society rational & progressive.
3 and 7 kept it sovereign.
6 prepared it for 21st century.
8 allowed for common prosperity & not naked loot.
Despite its authoritarianism and surveillance state character, it did a lot for the common Chinese citizen (bar a few groups like rural elderly etc.) and miraculously escaped the poverty trap.
Very difficult, though desirable, for many other nations to even copy bits and pieces of this playbook.
#China#Prosperity#Playbook
I don't understand why everyone dreads long flights so much.
I feel like I change the trajectory of my life every time I take a 20-hour flight across the world.
I sit on my computer, listen to podcasts, write, work, introspect, and plan my next season of life (usually fueled by a fair amount of caffeine).
By the end of it, I've produced a bunch of content, clarified my vision, and know the exact moves that will get me to the next level.
Looking back, long flights often end up being the most transformational days of my year. I look forward to them every time I go traveling for this reason.
🇨🇳If you haven't been to China recently, you no longer know what the most advanced civilization on earth is capable of looking like.
China is a generation ahead of its global peers.
I've now visited three provinces and two municipalities in China, and based on what I've seen, there's no clear gap in quality of life between the West and China.
Some things are generally better in the West: air quality, real wages, work-life balance.
Some things are generally better in China: infrastructure, urban modernity, safety.
Overall, the gap that many Westerners assume exists has largely closed.