10/12/25 - Every place I love has shut down. Every place I hate is still open.
#Small car lost control in Chengdu and burst into flames killing driver. “Around 3:16AM on the 13th of October, 2025, there was a severe traffic accident involving a Xiaomi SU7 on the Renshoushi section of Tianfu Road in Chengdu, Sichuan.
According to the dash cams of multiple eye witnesses, a Xiaomi SU7 first began swerving unpredictably while driving. A netizen claims that while waiting at a red light, he could hear the driver of said car loudly yelling.
Afterwards, the car sped up and lost control, first crashing into the median, then rolling into the opposing traffic lane and bursting into flames.
One car owner’s dash cam shows the car flying past on his right before crashing and quickly bursting into flames after crashing.
Someone was trapped in the driver’s seat and multiple passers-by proactively participated in rescue, using tools or their bare hands to smash the car window. Some passers-by even cut up their hand. Someone brought a fire extinguisher, but because the car door could not be opened and the flames were too high, their rescue efforts were unsuccessful.
After firefighters arrived on the scene, they first suppressed the fire with their water cannon, and then used tools to cut the car apart. The scene was finally under control, but the driver had unfortunately passed away.
As of now, Xiaomi customer service claims that they still haven’t received detailed information, and Xiaomi Automotive has not responded to this incident in an official capacity. Reporter learned from multiple departments in Chengdu that this accident happened in the Gaoxin District of Tianfu Road, and was dealt with by Branch 6 of the Chengdu Traffic Police. Chengdu traffic police said that they are dealing with the accident in accordance with the law and cannot reveal casualty numbers yet.
The Gaoxin District Emergency Management Bureau expressed that an accident did, in fact, occur, and car accidents involving private vehicles are dealt with by the traffic police, and they do not know anything about casualties yet.
Chengdu Fire Department told reporters that they cannot accept an interview right now, but they will publish an announcement about the aftermath of this accident. In addition, Chengdu “122” workers explain that they are dealing with the accident right now and cannot reveal which brand of car was involved.”
Comments say, “Those car owners did all they could, trying to help despite how big the fire was.”
“Car manufacturers need to put safety first and not sales. Consumers need to open up their eyes too and choose brands they can rely on.”
“Passers-by really did everything they could. There are so many nice people in China T_T”
“This is a rating of all Ancient Chinese Dynasties.
This is my rating of every Chinese Dynasty. I only rated centralised regimes that controlled the majority of Chinese population, not gonna rate anything else. I’m not going to explain the ratings here, but I might make a separate post going into more detail later.
Western Zhou—100. This 100 doesn’t mean it’s flawless, but that it’s the measuring stick I will use against other Dynasties.
Qin Dynasty—70.
Western Han—95.
Eastern Han—80.
Western Jin—50.
Sui Dynasty—70.
Tang Dynasty—80.
Northern Song Dynasty—75.
Yuan Dynasty—70.
Ming Dynasty—90.
Qing Dynasty—80.”
Comments say, “The Qing Dynasty’s 80 should only count during the Three Golden Emperors. Before then, it’s 60 points, and afterwards, it’s a failing grade.”
“Why does Ming have a higher score than Tang?”
“Overall, your rating hides a central line—whether they effective maintained and developed a proper system of order using Chinese culture as the core. This is a very Daoist rating system. I look forward to your explanations.”
“Huh? None of them was better than Western Zhou?”
“Trump claimed on social media, “Don’t worry, China, it’s all going to get better! …America wants to help China, not harm China!” Before Trump posted, Vice President Vance also said that America is willing to have rational negotiations with China about tariffs.
As Trump’s attitude adjusted, the American stock market futures began rising again, with the S&P 500 futures rising by 1.1%, NASDAQ futures rising by 1.4%, and Brent crude oil futures rising by 1%. Risk assets are all rebounding, so there’s no need to line up on the rooftops yet.”
Comments say, “Short for one day and long on the next. A White House stock market king?”
“This fucking small town is like, if you find some place you really like but you don’t go eat right away, next time you go, it’ll have went under.”
Comments say, “The best places shut down the fastest.”
“Lol, a takeout driver came into my store to eat and I thought he had the wrong place. I was like, “I didn’t order any takeout.” And he was like, “I’m here to eat.””
“Every place I love has shut down. Every place I hate is still open.”
“My favourite rice noodle place, I just ran into the owner today. He’s become a takeout delivery driver.”
“Yeah, whatever my favourite place is, it’s gonna go under, like I’m some kind of star of misfortune. I don’t know what to do.”
“Right? I love eating a certain stir-fried rice noodle place, to the point where when our small town location shut down, my husband and I joined the franchise because we loved it so much. And our place went under too T_T”
“What’s even more upsetting is that your favourite place starts to suck, like your first love rotting.”
“This applies to school cafeterias too. If you don’t hurry and eat, he’s gonna quit.”
“This is why! You never save money! Never get memberships!” [The way memberships work in China is that you pay a large amount of money up front, like 2K or more, and your subsequent meals are deducted from that at a discounted rate based on how much you paid in up front.]
“I opened a stall selling rice noodles, and my portions were so good that I had no profit margin and had to shut down. The most popular Fuding pork place, I’ve calculated it out, it’s not gonna last more than 3 months, because that guy has great portions too.”
“I still don’t understand why Cha Bai Dao should shut its doors and become some random brand of boba tea.”
“Opened a Zhengxin Chicken Cutlet in a small town, and business was okay, but I didn’t make any money. Okay then, I’ll move to the city. A lot of people came to me to ask why I closed it down, and what I was thinking was that if none of you are willing to buy it, then I’m just gonna take it away. I’ve got quite a lot of repeating customers, because I care about quality and hygiene, and my business is great in the city.”
“Yeah, and the only things left are barbecues and buffets, no innovation to speak of.”
“There’s a hotpot place around here that was amazing, but there’s almost no customers. They’ve went under three times. It recently opened back up again and there’s a little more people in the store now. I’m happier than he is. Finally, they don’t have to keep shutting down anymore.”
“Every place I love always goes under. Probably because the tastiest food is using good ingredients and is cheap. That’s the only thing I can tell myself to make myself feel better.”
“Yeah, I found a super delicious duck place and it closed down before I was sick of it, so I opened my own, and mine closed down too.”
“Why do only tasty places shut down?”
“Yeah, a crispy breadstick place opened up around here—it’s just bread, but there was a huge line when it first opened up. I don’t like standing in line, and after a short time, it went under, and I never even got to try one.”
“Even Shaxian will go under. I don’t even know what to do.”
“I don’t get it either. All my customers say my food is great, but my place still went under.”
“The tastiest places all use good ingredients, so their profit margins are so low that they can’t stay open.”
“Self-serve car wash, you have to put in money to wash your car. I put in money once, 58RMB, the car wash only cost a couple of bucks. The next time I went, it had become a car park.”
“There’s nothing to be sad about. If it goes under, that’s proof it’s not that good. I always wait until a place has been open for a while before I try them out.”
“I have a friend who’s a prison guard. Once, I asked him out of curiosity, “What happens to prisoners who are so old that they can’t get out of bed?”
He actually laughed at me and said, “Can’t get out of bed? There’s no such thing. The people with delayed death sentences or life sentences, once they reach a certain age, they usually get a sentence reduction and get to go home. There aren’t many people who stay in the system and lie around all day.”
I was just drinking tea and almost choked on it. I asked him what he meant, and my friend put out his cigarette in the ash tray and said, “Slow down, let me tell you a true story.”
A couple of years ago, there was a guy named Liu in my section. He was in his early 40s when he first came in, got a life sentence. The first few years, he was stubborn like a rock, wouldn’t listen to instructions, constantly getting into fights with other prisoners. The prison guards would try to talk to him and he either doesn’t say anything, or he taunts that he’s not gonna get out for the rest of his life anyways so he can do whatever he wants.
I said to my coworkers at the time, Liu is probably going to stay in here until he’s too old to move. But after 10 years passed, things slowly changed. He started applying to participate in work programs, never complaining no matter how grueling the work in the factory was, and even helped new prisoners get used to the environment. We were all wondering why he suddenly changed, and he said he just wanted to earn more points so he can get a reduced sentence.
And Liu really did use his good behaviour to get his life sentence reduced to 20 years, and then to 15 years. He’s only a couple of years away from release and everyone thought he’d just keep going, when something happened last year. One night, there was a commotion in the section. We ran over and took a look, and Liu was fighting another inmate, and his face was covered in blood. We pulled them apart and asked what happened, and Liu didn’t say anything, and the other inmate said that Liu was trying to take his stuff.
We checked the security cameras, and Liu did throw the first punch, and really did try to take the guy’s stuff. According to regulations, Liu would get a lot of his points deducted, and even his previous sentence reductions might be affected. I talked to Liu to ask what he was thinking, why he’d make such a mistake when he’s almost out. Liu was silent for a long time and said that that something happened with that prisoner’s family and he’s been in a bad mood. Liu wanted to use this fight to let the other inmate vent out his emotions to avoid something worse happening later.
I didn’t believe him at the time. I thought he was making up excuse. But not long after, that prisoner came to find us and said that Liu really did deliberately taunt him because he was thinking about suicide at the time. Liu was worried something would happen to him, so he came up with that strategy. That’s when we knew what Liu was after, and considering the circumstances, we didn’t punish him.
Early this year, because of his good behaviour, Liu got another sentence reduction and he’ll be out in another two years. He told us that after he gets out, he wants to go back to his hometown, find someplace where no one knows him, and farm some land and live out his days peacefully. Another inmate named Wang came in earlier than Liu, sentenced to delayed death, and got it reduced to life, and then got it reduced again to 20 years. He was in his 50s when he came in and his health was bad. Most people thought he probably wouldn’t make it to release. But he’s very active, gets up every morning to exercise, and is learning literacy and skills from other inmates.
One time, he got severely ill and had to be taken to the hospital, and the doctors said that the situation was pretty bad. He might be bed bound for a long time. We thought he’d have to stay there this time, but he actually recovered not long after with sheer willpower, cooperation with the doctors, and consistent exercise. He’s even in better health than before. He successfully got an early release last year and supposedly, he opened a convenience store once he got out and life is going pretty well.
At this point, my friend lit another cigarette and said, “Do you understand now? Those prisoners with long sentences might be depressed at first, but after a while, most of them want to get out early, so they’ll do everything they can to reduce their sentence. And the structured lifestyle in prison with guaranteed healthcare means that so long as they don’t give up, they can maintain their health pretty well. The only people who honestly can’t get out of bed are either too old, or have very severe genetic conditions, and those are pretty rare.”
That’s when I understood. It’s not that prisoners don’t get so old they can’t get out of bed. It’s that in order to get out early, they’ll all working hard to stay in good health and get a reduced sentence. These impossible changes are come from the desire for freedom and expectations of the future.”
Comments say, “I think it’s just the structure lifestyle in prison means that they don’t get sick often.”
“Do prisoners get free healthcare?”
“So long as it’s not an immediate death sentence, they almost always get out.”
“But in reality, you get in at 30-years-old for smuggling drugs, and get released over a decade later with severe stomach ulcers and die in another two years.”
“I’ve worked at a factory before, where a lot of the craft was being done in prison, and I’ve been a couple of times. Most of the people in that prison are local prisoners with light sentences, so management was pretty loose. They said that they’d rather stay in prison, because life is very structured, and the work they do is pretty easy. There’s nothing for them to do even if they get out, and with no education, they’d have to do back-breaking labour and not make any money and get looked down on by everyone. So they’re better off staying in prison.”