‘Top’ French media pundits can’t name three living Chinese people

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This is genuinely incredible and says SO SO MUCH about the perception of China in the West. This is the #1 news show in France, and the host – David Pujadas – asks the pundits around the table (a sample of the top media figures in France) if they can name 3 living Chinese… pic.twitter.com/gkkWxTKfni — Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) May 29, 2026 This selection of French media pundits was offered a simple challenge: name three living Chinese people. As you’d expect, a familiar response came: Xi Jinping; then… nothing. Rien. Juste l’embarras. These are not some random fellows interviewed vox-pop on…

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I am not a communist, but I am an anticapitalist As far as Communism goes, if you call a bunch of Capitalists selling off their country's assets for their own avaricious and political gain a "collapse", consider this: What about Great Depression, the worst systemic banking crisis of the 20th century, or the 2008 International Banking Crisis, whereby we are left paying the price, whilst the people who caused it still live it up in Kensington & Chelsea with their Oligarch mates. The fucking irony is that remaining so called Communist countries are now playing the Capitalist game better than the…

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