A CNBC story about affordable family life in China has become the latest viral weapon in the internet's cost-of-living discourse wars. But the real story is about county-tier cities nobody's watching.
A Chinese citizen tried to stop someone from smoking in public — which is literally illegal. Police allegedly stripped her. Then the internet cancelled HER. Welcome to peak Chinese mob justice.
Gold sliding to $4,500 has China's internet in collective panic. The legendary 'auntie army,' young ETF traders, and wedding-gold buyers are all stressed — and it reveals a deeper crisis of confidence in safe assets.