The crisis triggered by the war in the Middle East has escalated rapidly. A Chinese sailor livestreamed scenes from the conflict, showing hundreds of ships stranded as the Strait of Hormuz was effectively blocked. Beijing’s strategy in the Middle East has collapsed. Today, we take a deeper look into this issue.
On an early day of the month, a Chinese sailor was stranded on an oil tanker at Jebel Ali Port, the largest port in the Middle East. Using his phone, he livestreamed a shocking scene. “We are currently anchored at Jebel Ali Port. The ship has finished unloading, but because the Strait of Hormuz is blocked, we can only follow the ship owner’s instructions and wait here for further orders. Can you see the area over there? That is a U.S. military base, known as one of the safest logistics hubs in the Gulf region. What just happened? An oil tanker was hit by a missile. That ship probably tried to force its way through the Strait of Hormuz. The ship owner is likely American or Israeli, but the crew is certainly not. This is a disaster. Truly bad luck. But to be fair, our situation is not much better. The U.S. base nearby has also just been attacked. Ninety seconds ago, two projectiles landed. The explosions were extremely loud. It was attacked yesterday, and after firefighters had just put out the flames, now two more strikes have hit. I really don’t dare stand here anymore.

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“Hey brothers, is today Saturday? There isn’t a single car on this road!” I have noticed for the past two days that Harbin has been completely empty, without a single car. It’s truly frightening. I told you before that this village was desolate, but you wouldn’t believe me. Everyone, look at this. The temperature is now below –30°C. And look over there—there isn’t a single plume of smoke rising. Not one. This village has already become deserted.
The Northeast region has now become desolate. Northeast China was once the backbone of China’s industry. The oil fields of Daqing Oilfield, the steel industry of Anshan, and the automobile industry of Changchun once created a glorious era. But that glory faded long ago. Today, in many cities and villages, a different and painful scene is unfolding. Nine out of ten villages are deserted, and some villages even have only a single resident left. Some netizens bluntly say that the current situation in the Northeast is the future of the entire country.

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Hello. What we are about to share on our channel today is more of a warning than news.
Let us begin with a shocking allegation that has been circulating online. Someone shouted, “How can you do this?” The person yelling was not a bank robber. It was the customer who had been taken to the police station by the bank. In this vast city, a woman had gone to a bank. Her goal was simply to transfer about 200,000 yuan from her personal account. That was all. However, what awaited her was not assistance from bank staff but a report to the police.
She said she was taken into a police car and interrogated in a room where officers repeatedly questioned why she was transferring 200,000 yuan. A blogger pointed out that the bank kept repeating the explanation that it was “to protect the customer’s assets,” but that argument had already collapsed.

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More than 1,000 households in this village have no one living in them. Look at this place—this one even has a big gate. This one is good, there’s a garage inside, and another one here too. There are two houses side by side. You can see they look wealthy and secure. The gate is huge, and there’s even a talisman hanging on it. But look around—this entire village, every house is empty. All empty. One after another. Hello everyone, welcome to the Kanda Road Show. I’m Meiling. The three northeastern provinces of Liaoning, Jilin, and Heilongjiang were once the industrial heartland of China, famous for steel, coal, machinery, and heavy industry. But as market reforms reshaped the economy and industrial structures changed, these traditional industries gradually lost their competitiveness. Many state-owned enterprises collapsed, local government debt rose, the real-estate market declined, and economic growth in the region has lagged behind the national average for years.

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This is a scam. I couldn’t help blurting that out the moment I bought the ticket on my phone screen. The app showed that only a few first-class and second-class seats were left. Or sometimes the unfortunate words “Sold Out” would appear on the screen. I stood on the platform, but the moment the doors opened with a rush of wind, a train appeared before me. Yet all that remained was empty space. Look there. The train had already passed Suzhou and was heading toward the big city. The train was bound for Changzhou. Normally, it would be packed with passengers and luggage, making it difficult even to stand. However, even though I kept filming, no one appeared in the frame. This was not a staged production. This was the original recording, completely unedited. It felt as if I were the only person there. The silence was so deep that it seemed as though we were alone inside that enormous mass of steel.

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"Pears rotting in the fields become fertilizer. You think you can survive by working hard? That's the biggest lie we farmers tell ourselves."
"What price do you have to drop to before you buy? The production areas are overflowing with fruit; we can't sell it and have to dump it. We finally got a bumper harvest, hoping to turn things around in March, and now it's all ruined, all stuck in our hands. The market is completely stagnant."
"Look at these apples! My God, all wasted. They just dumped them all here, really expensive apples, just wasted like that."
Originally, they thought the New Year of 2026 would bring a good start, but unexpectedly, fruit is piling up across the country. Truckloads of oranges, apples, watermelons, pears… are all becoming fertilizer. The fruit farmers are devastated and crying.

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