09/24/25 - Allegedly in order to mass-produce drugs.
“There’s something even more wild—farmers cooking 1.6 tons of drugs.
You read that right. Not 1.6kg, not 160kg. 1.6 tons.
And that’s just what they recovered at the scene.
“After getting the gist of the case, Hangjin Houqi Police Station quickly established a dedicated task force to conduct investigations. On the 19th of January, Liu and two others drove to retrieve the drug precursors which they had stored in a supermarket in a village in Linhe District to transport it back to a rural residence in Manhui Town. Allegedly in order to mass-produce drugs. In order to prevent drugs from leaking, the next day, the task force split into two groups to tighten the net, capturing Liu, Su, and Bai, who were manufacturing caffeine. Farmer Li, who had provided them with a location, was also arrested. 1.6 tons of caffeine were secured at the scene, as well as various drug paraphenalia, and 1.4 tons of drug precursors.”
Comments say, “Caffeine? That’s not a drug, is it?”
“I can’t believe such geniuses existed in Inner Mongolia.”
“Death sentence?”
“Men and women with fatal flaws aren’t suitable for Xiangqin [dates arranged by your parents or a matchmarker where people lay out their conditions and expectations right away and things are decided very quickly, explicitly dating for the purpose of marriage ASAP].
These fatal flaws include being short.
Divorced parents.
Being divorced yourself.
Divorced with kids.
Old.
Bald.
Fat.
Poor.
Etc, etc.
There are all fatal flaws, and if you have any of these, you won’t do well in the Xiangqin market.
Because Xiangqin is a very practical place. Anyone going to Xiangqin believe in efficiency and they’re usually pretty pragmatic. They’ve got a scale in their heart, especially when it comes to the other side’s qualities. So if you try to Xiangqin with a fatal flaw, anyone who dates you is going to find that you fall under their expectations.
It’s different if you just date on your own, because then emotions will be involved, and it’ll cover up some of those fatal flaws.”
Comments say, “If you don’t have these flaws, though, then you probably wouldn’t be Xiangqin in the first place. A lot of people are going to proactively pursue you.”
“Wow, aside from balding, I have all of those.”
“If the goal is marriage, of course you can’t pick someone who’s been eliminated by society.”
“What is this tiny irregular shape between Hebei and Tianjin?”
Comments say, “Sample-size Hebei.”
“How about we explore the area ahead of us later?”
“Langfang.”
“Hebei must be awesome, to buy such a large piece of land in such high value areas as Beijing and Tianjin.”
“Take one step to the east and you’re in Tianjin. Take one step to the west and you’re in Beijing. But at home, you’re in Hebei.”
“The eternally-bent backs of Langfang people has finally broken in this moment.”
“The tiny irregular shape is somewhere you go on the weekend.” [Hebei tourism board made a very viral ad where the slogan was, “So close, so beautiful, visit Hebei on your weekend.”]
“That’s the Hong Kong of Hebei. They got really famous meat patties.”
“Why don’t they just make this area Beijing or Tianjin? It’s completely surrounded.”
“Because it’s got no water. When they were drawing districts, neither side wanted it.”
“Oh, loving Langfang, maybe in your next life.”
“The two had a baby. I think it’s probably Langfang.”
“Yeah, I live here. It takes me an hour to go to Beijing and an hour to go to Tianjin. It’s the only advantage.”
“Lol, but it only takes an hour to go from Beijing to Tianjin.”
Zelinskyy has officially announced that on the 24th that Ukraine has decided tos tart exporting weapons.
The war has made Ukraine’s military production capacity expand like crazy. In the last three years, their weapons production has increased 36 times. The amount of domestically produced equipment has went from less than 20% to 60%. Even America admits that Ukraine is better at drone technology.
Western aid is just an empty check. A Ukrainian politician has once publicly shown off rusty Russian tank parts and expired “Stinger” missiles. Less than 4% of the promised aid has been given out. These empty promises has forced Ukraine to become self-sufficient.
Zelinskyy is playing a dangerous game. He promised to install blockchain chips on exported weapons to track then, but technology experts say that these systems are easily hacked. Once the weapons begin flowing out, it’ll be like opening Pandora’s box. Who knows what hands they’ll end up in?
The arms market is a land of apex predators. America, Russia, and France takes up 70% of the business. Ukraine is forcing its way in to take a slice of the cake. But weapons that have been tested in battle are always popular. Supposedly, Middle Eastern buyers are already prepared to buy 2000 attack drones.
Selling arms to get foreign exchange and using the battlefield as a lab, Ukraine has found a path of survivability under fire, but the risk of spreading weapons is like a sword hanging above their head.
What do you readers think about this? Let’s talk about it in the comment section.”
Comments say, “If Ukraine is so badass, why haven’t they invaded Moscow yet???”
“Zelinskyy is using the war to sustain the war. This is going to be a lengthy war of attrition.”
“If they can afford to export weapons, then stop asking for aid.”
“After the Gaokao, the head teacher wanted to disband the parents’ group chat. My sister said, “Teacher, just leave, we’ll stay here! In a couple of years, this can become a dating group chat. It’s easier to date people who know you the roots of.””
“The head teacher doesn’t have to leave either.” [Screenshot of a picture captioned, “What’s it like to marry your middle school teacher?”]
“The only college graduate in the whole group chat is the teacher XD”
“You’re all memeing, but our parents are doing this for real.”
“Now that I’m in college, I’ve found that the guys in my high school were the best after all.”
“The end of all Xiangqin is high school classmates anyhow.”
“Do people really want to date their own classmates?”
“Teacher: I can wait for a couple of years and date them too.”
“Wait, you seriously want to marry your own high school classmate?”
“Do you actually know your classmates though? Nobody knows my roots.”
“Don’t doubt it. I’ve got a high school classmate who dated their high school classmate in college, and once they graduated and went back to their hometown, they met that high school classmate and fell in love again. He’s acting out all the trending hashtags in real life.”
“I only found out in college that not everyone was raised properly. I’ve truly witnessed the diversity of biology. It’s like a closed loop of education.”
“High EQ: At the end of the day, what matters is still your youthful crushes. Low EQ: Picking around for someone you can settle for.”
“If it has to be my high school classmate, I would rather be alone forever.”
“The scariest is when a candidate immediately comes to your mind when you see this.”
“A curse even worse than staying single has appeared.”
“Teacher: I can be the matchmarker and sit at the main table once they’re married.”
“Some people are only good in high school though.”
“And then lie and say that you’ve liked them ever since high school.”
“It’s just because it’s hard to meet anyone new.”
“It’s pretty ridiculous. There’s a middle school classmate of mine who I hardly even knew, who contacted me after all these years to ask how I’m doing. I immediately knew what he was after and said that I was fine, about to give birth soon, and he never contacted me again, lol.”
“Oh no, are small towns going to start picking out their dates from graduation pictures?”
Question: “Why don’t girls like to split the bill with guys these days?”
Answer: “Because the way westerners split the bill is different from what men assume.
Two people: I order 1, 2, and 3, and you order 4, 5, and 6. When the bill comes, I pay for 1, 2, and 3, and you pay for 4, 5, and 6.
Group meals: When you have a big group of friends, teams, or coworkers, like maybe 5 people ordered 6 dishes to share and it comes out to 100 bucks in total, then you pay 100/5 + your own drinks, because drinks are expensive. You can’t be ordering a 20 dollar cocktail while I’m drinking a 4 dollar coke and asking me to split the bill evenly.
Mixed split: Order your own food, plus one big plate to share. When the bill comes, you pay for your own food and drinks, plus evenly divide the cost of the big plate.
Splitting a meal + taking someone out: Normally, for an early date, the guy might pay for dessert. So for the girl, it’s your own meal + drinks, and for the guy, it’s his own meal + drinks + dessert.
Taking turns: If we’re going to an expo together or something, if I get the ticket, then the other person might get the food.
Totally taking someone out: One party pays for everything.
New splitting the bill: Guy pays for everything, girls shows up to date dressed up all nice.
Because a lot of girls will buy new dresses for dates, get new nails done, and even get their hair done, so a lot of men believe that your beauty is your investment in this date.
And I honestly think they’re kind of right. A fancy meal is really only 200 bucks or something, but it costs a lot more for the girl to get her hair and nails done. This is just my personal opinion, because this is how I’ve always treated guys who eat out with me. If they’re making time to come eat with me, I always pay for the meal.
A lot of men think that if this girl dressed up this nice to come see me and spent this much time, they acknowledge that effort.
You can’t demand girls both dress up real nice, provide you with emotional values and face, and insist that they would’ve dressed up even if they didn’t have a date that day.
Oh, and also, a lot of guys seems to not be able to read or something. I’ve written about so many ways to split the bill, can you only see the new splitting the bill?
If you can’t accept it, then just ask to split everything evenly. Nobody is forcing you to choose this.
And a lot of girls don’t like the new way of splitting the meal either, because they don’t want to owe you that favour. They want to do it the traditional way.
Some guys act like they got screwed over or something, but if you don’t like it, can’t you just speak up?
And I never said that girls have to do their makeup or that you have to split the bill on their new dress. My point is that if someone put on make up for you and dressed up nice for you, can’t you get her some boba tea and say something nice to her? If you don’t know how to buy gifts, can’t you just get a flower for 9.9?
If a guy dressed up all nice to come see me, I’d at least bring a pack of chocolate from home as a gift.
You don’t understand basic rules of socialisation?
If a guy told me this was his most expensive suit, I would think that he’s taking this date very seriously. I would never think he’s asking me to pay for half of it. A lot of praise + a small gift is enough.
I can’t believe you can leave over a hundred comments about something so small, talking about how they shouldn’t make the man responsible for their makeup. If you want to be responsible, then be responsible. If not, then just say up front that you want to split the bill evenly. But if you’re not gonna be responsible, then don’t say that the girl isn’t taking this date seriously because she didn’t put on makeup, whether you’re a man or a woman.
Even dogs know they don’t perform tricks without a snack. And I would never deny a dog a snack just because they didn’t do the trick.
But honestly, with how China is, splitting the bill is impossible.
If two people go to Haidilao, how are they supposed to split the bill? I’m only 45kg. I don’t eat that much, but you want me to pay for half the dinner? I have to dress up all nice, set aside at least 6 hours of my time, to pay for half the bill?
If you say let’s get some coffee and split the bill, that’s not splitting the bill. That’s me going to get a coffee and grabbing one for you while I’m there, and you don’t pay me a delivery fee.
I only like to hang out with my friends when I come back to China because we all don’t want to take advantage of someone else. If my friends are inviting me out to karaoke, before I’ve ever arrived there, I’ve already bought a groupon for the massage parlour afterwards.
Splitting the bill as a girl, especially when both sides have the intention of becoming lovers, is always getting taken advantage of.
Fundamentally, a guy is dating girls because he wants to meet his future partner and the mother of his children. If he doesn’t want to spend money on you now, he’s not gonna in the future.
And don’t call girls gold diggers. Hanging out at a cafe after work or a boba tea place comes under 20RMB. If you add in a piece of cake or something, at most it’s 40RMB.
If you’re interested, you can go to a more expensive place and it’s still only 100RMB on groupon.
And also, if I’m interested in a guy, I’d be happy to take him out. If I like him, I’d be happy just to see him, but he might not necessary be as into me, so I have to give him a reason, a little reward. That’s on me.”
Comments say, “What bullshit. The core message is simple, you gotta pay her way.”
“Wow, how triggered did she have to be to type that much? Made me laugh.”
“Dressed up all nice? Who gets to define if it was nice or not?”
“If she shaves off her hair and rips out her nails and cuts up her pretty dress after the date, then I’m fine not splitting the bill.”