I have nothing to write tonight, so I have to open a window.
There is nothing interesting in the WeChat circle, and I didn’t see anything worth talking about after visiting various websites.
The hottest topic on Zhihu is that the RMB has returned to the fourth place in the SWIFT active currencies, which actually means it has surpassed Japan. The ranking of the top three currencies in SWIFT has been very stable, with the US dollar at 47%, the euro at 22%, and the British pound at 7%. The next three currencies are the Japanese yen and the RMB at 3.x%, taking turns to lead and win and lose.
In fact, the actual RMB share is even higher, because China has been promoting local currency settlement with some of its trading partners in recent years to bypass the US dollar, such as China-Russia trade and China-Iran trade. Therefore, the actual data is definitely higher than that of Japan, and may be similar to that of the British pound, but it cannot be compared with the US dollar and the euro.
I don't think this matter counts as newsworthy; it lacks points for further discussion.
Go check the Baidu hot search list, the number one is earning 1.3 million yuan from 8,000 yuan. Ever since the employment environment has worsened, there have been such contents on the hot search every now and then, either college students earning 50,000 yuan a month from street vending, or someone in a certain city making 20,000 yuan a month from food delivery. On one hand, they block out discussions about poor employment, while on the other hand, they promote this unrealistic toxic positivity. In fact, netizens are not so easily fooled; I see many comments in the discussion area that are quite resistant.
Additionally, there are two memorable things today: one is that many people preparing for postgraduate entrance exams are complaining about how difficult English is; the other is that some parents are giving their children some so-called 'smart drugs' to improve their grades, which has a name I can't remember, something like Lixilong, which are mental health medications that might have stimulating and excitatory effects. It left me stunned; is it really necessary to push it this far? Even if you graduate from a top university, what does it matter? You still have to humble yourself to get a job that pays 10,000 yuan a month.
Uh, actually there’s a buzz in the circle today, which is that the chief expert who previously questioned the data has been banned from speaking, but I can’t elaborate on this matter.
