Chinese New Year: Stage fell when singing China's dream...Police ask for lucky money/Some are crying

from the end of january to february 15th chinese people celebrated their most important holiday of the year the chinese new year giving out red envelopes is one of the customs during this period the money inside the red envelope makes people not only happy but also brings messages of blessings good luck wealth and prosperity elders usually give red envelopes to the younger generation while bosses give to employees and so on however giving police red envelopes has never been a custom of chinese new year but the chinese police aren't ashamed when demanding them ah the dozen or so policemen came to the retail street and visited the shops one by one when they went to each shop they shouted happy new year then the merchants had to give them red envelopes we don't know how much money they contained the police don't have to say give me red envelopes under their jurisdiction the merchants know what to expect in the future if they don't offer them red packets the camera person said that the police officers had already collected hundreds of red packets foshan city is one of the wealthier cities in china it's believed that collecting red envelopes during the new year is one method local police enrich themselves [Music] the policeman was carrying a red cloth bag filled with red packets is in other cities police officers have red envelopes ready for drivers the red envelope had words printed on it saying wish you peace and health with a cute cartoon tiger because 2022 is the year of the tiger instead of money inside it has a parking ticket the red envelope is important to the traffic cop because they collect them chinese police can probably list many reasons why they deserve red envelopes for example they had to give up their vacation and work overtime to catch people who set up firecrackers it has been a custom of the chinese people for over 2 000 years to blast firecrackers to ward off evil spirits during the new year fireworks are also an important element of traditional chinese culture through the sound of firecrackers bursting at midnight on the first day of the lunar new year people can truly feel the atmosphere of getting rid of the old and welcoming the new in an ancient chinese poem there is a line that reads new year's day firecrackers are shouting goodbye to the last year in warm spring breeze people drink tusu wine with cheer thousands of households greet the bright rising sun replacing the god name on the peach board on the door with a new one the names of the deities on the peach wood and the tusu wine mentioned in the poem both serve the same purpose as firecrackers to expel evil spirits and demons at the turn of the new year and to welcome good fortune and luck for the new year many chinese people still have happy childhood memories of setting up firecrackers on new year's day but in recent years most cities in china have banned fireworks during new year's eve citing air pollution noise pollution and safety concerns as reasons the ban has upset many chinese who have taken to the internet to complain i can't even feel the smell of new year myself not to mention making my children feel the atmosphere of new year or nowadays new year's eve is really becoming more and more pointless completely losing what has been passed down from our ancestors we don't need to work on air and noise pollution right around the new year's holiday many cities in the world have fireworks on new year's day despite the local ban many people continued to set up firecrackers to celebrate the new year they were cautious and ran at the sight of police cars there were so many firecrackers being set off that it was heard everywhere in police surveillance rooms during new year's eve starting on chinese new year's day several videos have surfaced online showing police in many places busy arresting people in various villages and towns compared to cases such as criminal offences chinese police seem much more efficient in catching people with firecrackers within 30 seconds of the firecrackers going off a police car arrived this man was setting up firecrackers at home and when he was done he found the police standing behind them he was taken to the police car it was a very special new year not only did the men set up firecrackers but the women also did the same i'm from darmian village in the south of thomas today on the new year's eve i didn't listen to the government and set up firecrackers at home i regret very much i shouldn't have done it after loudspeakers had notified the people several times i have realized my mistake and will abide by the laws and regulations and follow the government's call i hope that everyone will take me as a warning not to set off firecrackers this new year and not to light incense on graves and have a good new year in some areas people who set up firecrackers in the wild were detained by police for 15 days and fined 30 000 rmb or about 5 000 us dollars though in some cities the fines are reportedly to be a few hundred rmb overall it should add up to a lot of revenue for the chinese police for arresting people for firing off firecrackers since the ccp took over power it has been keen on revamping the traditional way of celebrating the chinese new year including changing the yellow new year to the spring festival and banning firecrackers the goal is to cut off the traditional culture and ideas that have been rooted in the hearts of chinese people for generations so that people will gradually forget the inner meaning of these festivals and customs and replace them with the party culture under the immersion of the party culture for 70 years the morality of all professions in china has been declining rapidly doctors used to save lives and help the sick but in modern china doctors chant the kind of slogans that would surprise you this is a banner in the lobby of the operating room at the kong way hospital in guangdong province it reads welcome the year of the tiger money everywhere in the surgery rooms [Applause] china's hospitals are indeed overflowing with money in the market-oriented operation with socialist characteristics whether the economy is strong or depressed but it isn't the case for many chinese after a turbulent 2021 they had an exceptionally difficult time on the chinese new year in 2022 the red envelope for starting work this is the red envelope what's inside is my own money the boss deducted for my salary first time i saw such a thing never have i seen any factory do this before i would rather there is no red envelope migrant workers can be said to be at the bottom of china's workforce as the chinese new year drew near migrant workers in the cities were looking forward to bringing home some of their paychecks and reuniting with their families for the new year but in many places they weren't able to fulfill this wish where's the justice this is our salary for the work we did and it's replaced by liquor 600 rmb or 95 us dollars a bottle can the workers still live don't you have parents don't you have children how can you live in peace foreign [Applause] [Music] these are some of the good and the bad that happened to chinese people during the chinese new year not all chinese including police officers are willing to be assimilated into the foul trend and try to speak out against it on february 7 a police officer sent out a video reporting his superiors in real name the chinese website shows that this policeman had been honored as one of the top 10 policemen in his city he said his supervisor the captain of the anti-drug squad of the bong boo public security bureau warned him that if he continued to report problems to higher ups he could be expelled from the party and from the police force i said yes i've been waiting for this day for a long time if you want to expel me so be it what's the big deal i dare to come forward and speak out for the sake of the victims i am not afraid of any crackdown in retaliation i've already been punished once before what's more they don't solve any problems raised because some problems are never solved because the people who are supposed to solve the problems are the very people who create the problems they don't dare to solve the problems but they can solve the people who raise the problems that's the reality i can't stand looking at the eyes of those helpless victims so i choose to come forward even at the expense of myself i will continue to report to the public security bureau by name to eradicate this group of scum under the public security bureau and police force since childhood i've understood one thing in this world if you don't take responsibility i don't take responsibility then who will if no one dares to take responsibility no one dares to do anything our society will be ruined and the last victims are you me and everyone else in the meantime a video has been circulating online in which yang xiaoping who is alleged to be a member of the second generation of the red regime speaks out at his 80th birthday party saying that he wants to see the day of a democratic and constitutional government oh oh [Music] the public information shows that yang xiaoping was a civilian officer in the army before he retired with the rank of major general he used to engage in the field of defense technology yang's father was a general who served as deputy chief of staff of the communist party and commander of the beijing military region his brother was a lieutenant general this is the other side of the coin after more than 70 years of communist rule the chinese people are thinking struggling resisting and waiting will what they are waiting for come true the chinese people are very particular about omens the following clip which has been circulating during the chinese new year shows that the omens for the ccp are quite bad [Applause] at the moment of the stage collapse the lyrics sung in the song happened to be my china dream anyone familiar with ccp propaganda knows that in beijing's discourse the chinese dream is synonymous with the ccp dream [Music]