One of the Iranians I follow on XiaoHongShu. Her Mandarin is absolutely impeccable.

It's really wonderful to follow Iranians and Russians on xhs because there are hardly ever the arrogant, rude, dehumanising, hate-filled comments below the video you’d see on X.

But I don't want to give you the impression that Chinese social media is heavenly either. There are racist and bigoted comments too. However it's not like a flood compared to X or even Threads.

But on the whole I don't have to endure the usual antognaistic screaming and moral grandstanding we are so used to on Western social media.

If you can get on Chinese social media, please do. The different perspectives will be illuminating. Better, it humanises “the other”, reminding you that there are humans even on “the other side”.

Too much content on Western/Anglo-Saxon media and social media dehumanises countries or other societies.

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