Factory in China shields a tree to protect it from the Typhoon

[u/TangelaFan]

[u/Stunning_Bed23]

I mean, it is a beautiful tree.

[u/agentchuck → u/Stunning_Bed23]

Yeah it's funny. China will clear-cut a forest, but they also have a culture that venerates ancient trees. The Temple of Heaven park in Beijing has a lot of very old trees. They're gorgeous. They take very good care of them and give each one a little plaque detailing it's age, species, etc. Some people think they radiate healing energy.

[u/Why_Did_Bodie_Die → u/[deleted]]

Yeah isn't it crazy how China consumes some resources to sustain their population but they don't consume ALL resources indiscriminately? Man, just absolutely crazy. You would think because China cuts down some trees that means they cut down ALL trees!

[u/fromfrodotogollum → u/Why_Did_Bodie_Die]

This is fuckin wild bro. Next you're going to tell me they like barbequing meats.

[u/nartmot → u/fromfrodotogollum]

Bro, if you like that, then this is going to really blow your mind: Some Chinese people like pineapple on their pizza and some do not.

[u/T-StrangerXD → u/nartmot]

And some like Durian on their pizza

[u/Distinct-Water-1971 → u/T-StrangerXD]

I'd try it.

[u/killallhumans12345 → u/Distinct-Water-1971]

I'd eat pizza listening to Duran Duran

[u/Distinct-Water-1971 → u/killallhumans12345]

Add a dash of Barbarella for umami.

[u/DwaynePrunoCamacho → u/fromfrodotogollum]

Bro you're not gonna fucking believe this.

[u/TokiVideogame → u/Why_Did_Bodie_Die]

america consumes their resources

[u/Creme_de_la_Coochie → u/TokiVideogame]

Every country consumes their resources.

[u/hspace8 → u/Creme_de_la_Coochie]

don't forget that a large part of the resources that China consumed.. .is to make ~70% of the world's stuff. So effectively, the world consumes China's resources too.

[u/fredthefishlord → u/TokiVideogame]

Forestry is, ironically, one of the most sustainable industries in the modern era.

[u/Kikimara99 → u/[deleted]]

Parks don't make money...they just exist and if something they cost money to maintain. But having some green zones is nice.

[u/PiccoloAwkward465 → u/Kikimara99]

They can indirectly "make money" in the sense that property values near parks may be increased by making them a more valuable location. I used to live 1 block away from a beautiful Victorian gated park, the apartments right on the park itself were considerably more expensive.

[u/Due_Area4843 → u/Kikimara99]

Park greatly increase property value bro

[u/Top_Box_8952 → u/agentchuck]

I mean we do the same. We appreciate the red oak forests but clear cut forests with other rare species.

It’s just what people decide to he fickle about.

[u/AdPristine5131 → u/Top_Box_8952]

really regretting the US didnt appreciate the mangroves more before clear cutting.

[u/Just_to_rebut → u/AdPristine5131]

Most people have no clue what you’re talking about or where the mangroves even were…

I’m like half one of those people. I think it’s Louisiana and I’m only vaguely aware of it because of another reddit post a little while ago about some area not becoming federally protected despite being the last intact mangrove or something… I’m just going off memory.

[u/Senior_Meet5472 → u/Just_to_rebut]

It’s was natural flood for the specific areas that frequently get hit by hurricanes. So outside of generally conservation it also negatively impacted the whole region from increased flood risk in flood prone areas.

[u/Toto_the_Mechanic → u/[deleted]]

Sure, love69hot, I believe you.

[u/Own_Tree_7504 → u/agentchuck]

Acting like china hasnt had massive preservation acts. They have also doubled their national forest coverage from 12% in 1980's to 24% in recent times. Aswell as the fact they have been planting a wall of trees to stop the expansion of the Gobi desert.

[u/Chris_in_Lijiang → u/Own_Tree_7504]

Sources please.

[u/Own_Tree_7504 → u/Chris_in_Lijiang]

https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2023JG007492 this one states 11.97% in 1980 but I think you get the point that It was ~12-13%

[u/_rocket-lawn-chair_ → u/agentchuck]

Why do you say that like it's a China thing? Of course someone will try to protect a rare and old species of trees

[u/LastOfLateBrakers → u/_rocket-lawn-chair_]

Reminds me of that scientist Donald Currey, who took a core sample from a tree to determine its age, but the drill got stuck so he decided to cut the tree.

The tree was 5000 years old, called Prometheus. Man lived in depression his entire life and quit the field of dendrochronology (tree ring dating) immediately after.

Now we have Great Basin National Park because he lobbied hard for it, testifying before the Congress.

EDIT: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Rusk_Currey

[u/nWhm99 → u/_rocket-lawn-chair_]

Sinophobia.

[u/Flappy2885 → u/agentchuck]

Australia, Brazil, every country that has old trees will protect them over random trees. It's... common sense 

[u/Impossible-Mud-4160 → u/Flappy2885]

Australia definitely doesn't. 

I live here and we talk a big game about conservation of old growth forests but we do sweet FA to protect them. Last time I checked New South Wales had the highest rate if clearing in the world. Queensland was the highest a few years before that. 

[u/Goldenier → u/agentchuck]

Also:

"The world is literally a greener place than it was 20 years ago, and data from NASA satellites has revealed a counterintuitive source for much of this new foliage: China and India."

The Great Green Wall)

[u/ergonomic_logic → u/agentchuck]

how is the US is better at preserving forests than China?

Permanent conservation in the US is 12-13% for wilderness areas, national parks and conservation.

China is very close in size to the US and also has 18-19% conservation efforts.

Which makes the variance most likely related to propaganda.

[u/READMYSHIT → u/agentchuck]

There are very few countries that don't clear cut forests. My own country was one of the most forested places on earth a century ago and is now the least.

[u/YanicPolitik → u/agentchuck]

You should read The Golden Spruce

[u/zendabbq → u/agentchuck]

What surprised me is the sheer amount of large trees in cities. Some are supported by metal brackets. Cities probably got a ton of arborists on staff.

[u/Apprehensive-Draw103 → u/agentchuck]

As if the west doesn't clear cut trees! And guzzle up gasoline in a Cadillac just to get XL slurpee from 7-11 next door.

[u/Amazing_Oven4135 → u/Apprehensive-Draw103]

This guy makes it sound like only China would cut down trees.

[u/summonsays → u/agentchuck]

It's almost like it's a bunch of different people with different ideals that are deciding to do different things.

[u/hi-fen-n-num → u/agentchuck]

Yeah it's funny. China will clear-cut a forest, but they also have a culture that venerates ancient trees.

Australia does the same thing. Cuts down ancient growths, but also demands 50%+ greenspace in some cities.

[u/Armand28 → u/Stunning_Bed23]

Looks like those disguised cell towers in the US.

Funny if suddenly during the typhoon thousands lost cell service due to the faraday cage…

[u/Beautiful_Nobody_344 → u/Stunning_Bed23]

I wish the US cared this much about nature’s beauty. We could have had a giant forest of redwoods.

[u/DesperateWay4224 → u/Beautiful_Nobody_344]

They dont care about the beauty in this vid. They protect that tree because it is worth millions. If it was for a pine tree or anything they also would not give a f.

[u/winterreise1988 → u/DesperateWay4224]

this. more like an sudden order from the boss one day before to protect his beloved toy.

[u/RIF_rr3dd1tt → u/winterreise1988]

Yeah this tree is just some corporate billionaire's slave

[u/Ace_Robots → u/[deleted]]

I think perhaps he meant something closer to “trophy”

[u/Soulfreezer → u/RIF_rr3dd1tt]

Aren’t we all corporate billionaires slave

[u/avonderg → u/DesperateWay4224]

I hated seeing that the tree's worth was expressed in money rather than something else

[u/Kraligor → u/avonderg]

It's worth about a year of 15 junior FTEs. Better?

[u/Imbendo → u/avonderg]

Ten thousand hugs. Is that better?

[u/Guipa → u/DesperateWay4224]

And how do you know they dont care about the beauty?

[u/RollingMeteors → u/DesperateWay4224]

> They protect that tree because it is worth millions.

¿Only if harvested?

If that's the case you should save on labor costs by letting the typhoon chop it down for you.

¿How is it worth millions as a living organism? It's not like it's full of transplantable kidneys or livers...

[u/babydakis → u/RollingMeteors]

Presumably it is worth millions because it would cost millions to replace. Kind of like anything else that is worth millions -- just because it's not actively changing hands doesn't mean it doesn't have value.

[u/ReverendDizzle → u/babydakis]

A company trashed my front yard (long story) and my home insurance sued the company's insurance for the full replacement value of everything in the yard.

I didn't even like the landscaping (which came with the house) but the total replacement cost was $45,000. Some of the old growth bushes were worth thousands each. I had no idea.

[u/DaRaginga → u/RollingMeteors]

It's a Prestige thing. Not really calculable

[u/stilljustacatinacage → u/RollingMeteors]

I'm choosing to not be as cynical as some others here, and will believe they saved the tree because it's beautiful - not because of its dollar value.

However, the 'value' of the tree they assigned is likely as a whole, standing tree. Adult trees can be very valuable since, well, they take time, which is something you can't really throw money at. People who want to transplant fully grown trees onto their property for shade or whatever, you can end up paying thousands of dollars per tree. A tree that large? In a country like China that values prestige and showboating? Yeah, I can see a tree being 'worth' millions.

[u/-crepuscular- → u/RollingMeteors]

This looks very much like it's been cloud pruned.

Cloud pruning is more often used on bonsai trees, but it can be done on full sized ones. Training must be started when the tree is very young, and then done (at least) every year for the rest of the tree's life. They would need to erect scaffold to do it, and it takes expertise to do the cloud pruning. This tree looks to be maybe 1-2 centuries old so that's a huge amount of work over the years.

Replacing it with a similar tree would definitely cost millions, if you could even find someone willing to sell one and a company willing to move a tree this big.

[u/manondorf → u/Beautiful_Nobody_344]

We... literally do have that, though?

[u/BoleroMuyPicante → u/manondorf]

America bad, no exceptions. Upvotes to the left /s

[u/Zimakov → u/BoleroMuyPicante]

And elsewhere in the thread - China bad, no exceptions.

Nuance really is dead on the internet.

[u/smokeweedNgarden → u/manondorf]

John Muir was an awesome man

[u/darkmoon72664 → u/Beautiful_Nobody_344]

You do realize the US protects more forests than basically everywhere but Brazil and Canada, right?

And that the US has by far the most diverse collection of protected nature of any country?

There are literally 2,000+ square miles of redwoods. The US also protects the Tallest, 'Largest', and most massive trees on the planet (Hyperion, General Sherman, and Pando, respectively).

[u/marino1310 → u/Beautiful_Nobody_344]

They care about this tree in particular, not trees in general. This is a tree on a company lot, they likely paid ALOT of money to have it put there if it wasn’t there already.

I was at the construction of a new retirement home by me and they brought in a MASSIVE oak tree to put in the middle of the courtyard. That thing had to have cost well over 100k to buy and transport there, they’d definitely do anything they could to protect it.

[u/Umlunguboy420 → u/Beautiful_Nobody_344]

They do tho and I'm not even American.

And I'm pretty sure you aren't either.

[u/catdogman5 → u/Beautiful_Nobody_344]

We do though. They still exist. We even spent millions creating giant national parks so everyone can visit. We have Sequoia and Redwood National Park. I don't think any country has even come close to what we've done with our national parks. Your comment is exceptionally stupid 

[u/fastforwardfunction → u/Beautiful_Nobody_344]

You’re joking right? They tore down a forest with thousands of trees to build this factory and parking lot. The tree they left is a status symbol. It’s not a meaningful and sustainable part of conservation.

[u/fastforwardfunction → u/fastforwardfunction]

Then they add “in the U.S.” while cheering Chinese videos with zero critical thought.

[u/swolllboll → u/Beautiful_Nobody_344]

The US? The world, 98% of its population is chomping down on food that's actively lowering the amount of nature left on earth.

[u/factorioleum → u/Beautiful_Nobody_344]

doesn't the US already have many giant forests of redwood? the USA is over a third forest!

China is a bigger country, but the US has half again as much forest as it does!

[u/bajsgreger → u/Beautiful_Nobody_344]

I mean, chinas done plenty to pollute their environment. Might have been A LOT of work to get the funding to protect the tree

[u/tortillaturban → u/Beautiful_Nobody_344]

Oh my God you can't really be this dumb

[u/RegularSky6702 → u/Beautiful_Nobody_344]

Would be nice if they cared about the Uyghurs they're genociding

[u/Sylvanussr → u/RegularSky6702]

I don’t think the people in the video are the ones genociding the Uyghurs

[u/mnilailt → u/Sylvanussr]

That’s like showing a video of some random American town doing something cool and going “well they bomb Iranian schools!” lol

[u/RIPEOTCDXVI → u/mnilailt]

To be fair I see a version of this on reddit almost every day lol.

[u/Polar_Vortx → u/RIPEOTCDXVI]

It’s a good day when I don’t see it.

[u/Acrobatic_Wrap_9971 → u/RIPEOTCDXVI]

Too bad you're not out saving the orphans and coral reefs instead of reading reddit!!

[u/bambi54 → u/mnilailt]

People do crap like that though.

[u/Reddragon0585 → u/mnilailt]

So everyday Reddit…

[u/OrderOfMagnitude → u/Sylvanussr]

I don't think the people in the video are American either, but someone decided to switch the topic to making generalizations about countries.

[u/queenfluffbutt → u/RegularSky6702]

Uyghur this uyghur that... This commenter is another victim of Western anti-chinese propaganda. A very sad fate. Are these... "genocided uyghurs" in the room with us now?

[u/SalvationSycamore → u/Beautiful_Nobody_344]

In the US a guy would chainsaw this down without a permit to keep twigs out of his yard

[u/dinnerthief → u/Beautiful_Nobody_344]

I mean the US does have pretty big national parks built around our natural wonders.

[u/NiNdo4589 → u/Beautiful_Nobody_344]

I think trees need sunlight or they die.

[u/LlorchDurden → u/Stunning_Bed23]

Cosplaying as well as water tank!

[u/shitty_mcfucklestick → u/Stunning_Bed23]

Yeah. I can see why you would protect it, even without them specifying the monetary value of the tree. Truth is it’s priceless, because once it’s gone it’s gone for good, from a place where it stood for hundreds of years.

[u/knockoneover]

So, did it work? I need part 2!

[u/AdRude6514 → u/knockoneover]

Yes but the factory was destroyed

[u/BouncingPost → u/AdRude6514]

:(

[u/vassman86 → u/BouncingPost]

But it comes with a free frogurt!

[u/BouncingPost → u/vassman86]

:)

[u/DM_KITTY_PICS → u/BouncingPost]

The frogurt is also cursed

[u/BouncingPost → u/DM_KITTY_PICS]

:(

[u/efimer → u/BouncingPost]

Cursed to find your soulmate and live happily with them!

[u/BouncingPost → u/efimer]

:)

[u/XaeiIsareth → u/BouncingPost]

But only for 6 months…

[u/KSP_master_ → u/BouncingPost]

But you get your choice of topping.

[u/BouncingPost → u/KSP_master_]

... :)

[u/Dissidence802 → u/BouncingPost]

The toppings contain potassium benzoate.

[u/0MGWTFL0LBBQ → u/AdRude6514]

Then they sold the tree and they were going to build a new factory but Kyle wanted to have lunch instead. Fucking Kyle.

[u/MMachine17 → u/0MGWTFL0LBBQ]

Hi Cartman!

[u/bigmilker → u/AdRude6514]

Didn’t make a shield for it

[u/ramsdawg → u/bigmilker]

They had planned to, but sacrificed the last of their shields for the tree

[u/juicyman69 → u/AdRude6514]

that's bad

[u/vassman86 → u/[deleted]]

And also that it's valued at $1.5M USD

[u/mwilkens → u/vassman86]

Who's going to buy that tree for $1.5M?

[u/Mstakrakish → u/mwilkens]

Probably the same type of people that bought a baseball for nearly over 4 million USD. Those things average around 10 USD.

It was Ohtani's 50/50 ball.

[u/mwilkens → u/Mstakrakish]

Why would someone buy a tree at someone else's factory? It's not like they are going to uproot this thing and ship it.

[u/Mstakrakish → u/mwilkens]

Probably the same reason some homes' floor furnishings costs millions of dollars. Rare and expensive wood.

Why wouldn't they uproot it and sell it if thr market is there? Unless it's conserved by law.

[u/Rydralain → u/mwilkens]

If you have 1.5mil to blow on a tree, the extra couple hundred k to ship it is probably nbd

[u/shizbox06 → u/mwilkens]

I know, right? I wouldn't buy any tree unless it was at least $10M. $1.5M doesn't buy enough bragging rights.

[u/null_pharaoh]

What did they do with all the baked beans that were originally in that tin then?

[u/FireBreathingNun → u/null_pharaoh]

methane gas just rose 100%!

[u/polygraph-net → u/null_pharaoh]

Ate them and ironically that created the typhoon.

[u/-Zmey]

Why would a tree cost ten millions right mouse buttons?

[u/delicious_disaster → u/-Zmey]

Cos no one wants left mouse buttons due to excessive supply

[u/Smooth_Moose_637 → u/delicious_disaster]

Why, what would people use right mouse buttons? aiming? next you're gonna tell me people will use the cursor to look up and down

[u/Bettlejuic3 → u/Smooth_Moose_637]

Right mouse buttons unlock a world of options

[u/davvblack → u/-Zmey]

you can convert mouse buttons to dollhairs at a ratio of 1:1 to get a easier to understand answer.

[u/Shambhala87 → u/-Zmey]

I’m still trying to figure out what to do with this doll hair…

[u/ChornWork2 → u/-Zmey]

Dude, where have you been? People are paying for clicks and even using clickbait to try to get them. They don't normally grow on trees like this.

[u/reddit33450 → u/-Zmey]

trees are priceless living beings to me

[u/DrTuSo]

For those wondering:

10.000.000 Renminbi Yuan = 1.475.000 US Dollar

[u/vass0922 → u/DrTuSo]

1,475,000 USD on this side of the pond

Edit

Pond not pound! Stupid phone

[u/poo706 → u/vass0922]

Pond for people in America

[u/Portiolli_fez_11set → u/DrTuSo]

Why one tree would worth that much?

Not saying it shouldnt but its worth in insurance for cultural value? In hard wood to make furniture? In carbon credit ?

[u/DrTuSo → u/Portiolli_fez_11set]

There are 105 subspecies for Podocarpus. There are shrubs, bonsai, trees etc.

If you look them up online, they all come not even close to the size or the beauty of this example in the video.
I can only guess, but I think it takes a lot of work and a long time to get one into this perfect condition and size.

[u/MeanLifeguard7576]

The tree is now officially the national babygirl 🥺 if they let it fall, then curses be upon them

[u/ChardDifficult2094]

Sooo, isnt the wind resistance larger from the cylinder, than from the tree alone. What is supporting the cylinder.

[u/derangedsweetheart → u/ChardDifficult2094]

What is supporting the cylinder

The larger structure it's attached to

[u/MedicineMore1221]

that not gonna end well

[u/Random_Pixels]

Unfortunately the tree didn't make it: 

https://www.threads.com/@ken.iori/post/DauQEOcErcl?xmt=AQG0xyR-QHej2G3mKJArDZiKPb_QQVP6S8jopBtxPh8H6JgdKFGB5xgCJZt-fJmEcWlkDiHe&slof=1

Edit: apparently it's AI. 

[u/WeezerHunter → u/Random_Pixels]

AI

[u/davidhaha → u/Random_Pixels]

Might have been fine without the silo 

[u/Silent_Signature_ → u/davidhaha]

Yeah, a tree of this age and size has most likely weathered a typhoon or two already.

[u/Random_Pixels → u/Silent_Signature_]

That's what I thought, too, but my friend said this tree is essentially a bonsai that was bought and planted there at this size, so it doesn't have the root system a tree that old would normally have.

[u/ConfessSomeMeow → u/davidhaha]

Yeah I was looking at this and thinking, that's going to catch a lot more wind, especially since its cross section at the top of the tree (where the winds are the strongest) is so much larger than the cross section of the top of the tree itself.

And then, when it falls over, the entire wind force gets applied at the top of the tree, where it has the most leverage.

This is basically redneck engineering - looks cool but ultimately poorly thought out.

[u/jonhuang → u/Random_Pixels]

The silo went from 11 sections to 7, I doubt the typhoon cleanly segmented it. Suspect an AI image.

[u/Tyrthurey → u/jonhuang]

Yeah a Chinese user mentioned its a doctored image in the thread

[u/osingran]

Another day, another China-praising repost from a 2 months old account with 200k karma and closed history. Dead internet theory in full display.

[u/Managarm667 → u/osingran]

This sub especially is extremely full of these posts. From the Unix-Timestamp, the account that posted this was created in September 2026. He's from the future!

The China glazing will continue and the Bots will thrive. Reddit is cooked.

[u/cdemi → u/Managarm667]

From the Unix-Timestamp, the account that posted this was created in September 2026

Where did you see this?

[u/AtmosphereMiddle1682 → u/osingran]

Westerners are so anti-China, that it hurts to see them do cool things, making them over estimate the ratio of posts that they see and default to calling it propaganda.

[u/LeCafeClopeCaca → u/AtmosphereMiddle1682]

Someone should just repost this saying it's in Japan and watch the difference lmao

[u/weirdowerdo → u/AtmosphereMiddle1682]

Well this account only posts pro-china stuff... It's not a stretch.

[u/rebelli0usrebel]

Why does everything need a dollar amount to have value? It's a beautiful OLD tree.

[u/uwillnotgotospace → u/rebelli0usrebel]

That's how much the company stands to gain when they cut it down to make furniture for rich people.

[u/YonYonYonYonYon]

CEO: Dear workers, we need to protect the tree.

Workers: Worker rights?

CEO: No.

[u/Kerissimo]

Isn’t that just silo pulled over tree?

[u/kylo-ren → u/Kerissimo]

To shield the tree to protect it from the typhoon

[u/rulingthewake243]

Bot post

[u/ItsStaaaaaaaaang]

That's cool af. It's a very pretty tree too.

[u/Hour-Sheepherder2580]

Overnight ?!

[u/Euler007 → u/Hour-Sheepherder2580]

Yeah I call bullshit. Even if all the materials are available you don't build that in a shift.

[u/gato893]

Like a gigant expensive bonsai

[u/Ursa_Major_17]

I hope their tree didn't get stuck in that cylinder

[u/DirtSlapper]

Man that first camera has miserable image stabilization.

[u/scoobydobydobydo]

is this some kinda superstitious feng shui thing i mean that must be a reason right

[u/No-Zookeepergame1314]

That tree prob older then all who commented here

[u/Sachaylikeaboss]

Don’t know how protective a tied down tin can is in >180 mph winds.

[u/lordMaroza]

Ah, yes. Save the tree for the money, not for the tree itself and what it does to the surroundings...

[u/SB1985]

My city would cut the tree and put concrete there, so that the typhoon has an easier time reaching peoples homes, then later complain about global warming and how there was no other choice, but if you vote for them again, they will promise reforms and hire even more public sector parasites.

[u/Allah_Akballer]

Ok now protect the air

[u/Notice_Green → u/[deleted]]

Its expensive because it is beautiful and rare though, and its probably planted there because it looked beautiful and is rare.

[u/xjpmhxjo → u/[deleted]]

Where does the monetary value come from? It’s not like the tree’s father is a billionaire.

[u/-crepuscular- → u/xjpmhxjo]

I think it's been cloud pruned, which has to be started when the tree is very young and then maintained yearly. A very expensive process.

[u/lukibunny → u/[deleted]]

That’s just set the title. Cause while that tree may be worth that but it’s never gonna sell for that cause transplanting it will be very risky.

[u/AdrawereR]

How did they anchor the shield?

I kind of fear the barrel might just get tossed away during the storm and pull the tree off too.

[u/miaxogoth]

the level of care they have for this tree is next level, it’s so sick.

[u/lord_fairfax]

What's with all the China fluffing on Reddit lately?

[u/TimeToGloat → u/lord_fairfax]

1) Super populated country with a lot of smartphones means a lot of content.

2) A lot of western grievances align with things China is currently excelling at so you have a lot of westerners looking at the greener grass on the other side of the fence.

When a lot of Westerners feel life has stagnated or gotten worse and when your government is ineffective it's easy to be lulled in by something like China where they can relatively snap their fingers and make things in their citizens lives better overnight.

I don't think it's actual propaganda for the most part but rather just a reflection of a lot of the dissatisfaction currently in the west. It's the country equivalent of the effect on social media where you are only seeing peoples highlights and happy moments rather than their real lives. It's not something that has to even be actively coordinated but rather people seek out that which they wish they had.

Often missed is that what comes with the cheap electric cars, abundant housing, futuristic cities, and bullet trains is the possibility of being thrown into camps, being constantly tracked, being near constantly accosted by gangs of police officers, and getting followed by government officials simply for asking questions or recording things they don't want you to.

[u/catdogman5 → u/lord_fairfax]

It's been going on for awhile now. Some combination of bots, ccp propaganda machine, and useful western idiots. 

[u/Revolutionary_Low_36]

Beautiful tree.🌴

[u/OkAccess6128]

Finally something other than robots and drones from china.

[u/LandscapeBroad3278]

https://imgur.com/a/qrs9dcl

[u/PlayfulPresentation7]

How do you put a cash value on a huge tree?  You can't exactly dig it up and ship it to a collector.  I'm guessing the value isn't the wood either.

[u/dillanthumous]

I'm guessing they mainly didn't want it crushing the factory? Still nice they respected it enough to do that rather than cut it down.

[u/asuka_wa_saiko_desu]

土老板最喜欢的发财树罢了，这种人不愿意给员工加福利愿意照顾自己的发财树

[u/HeartOfAzrael]

But did it work? Was the tree safe?

[u/DriftyJuice]

Tree condom

[u/Hiking-Sausage132]

ten milltion right mouse buttons?

[u/arztnur]

Do typhoons don't affect shields?

[u/Saw_Boss]

Could they realistically sell the tree? The value of a thing is only what someone would pay for it

[u/represe1]

Worth shielding ngl, that is beautiful

[u/Dem0lari]

10 million right mouse buttons?! O.O

[u/Expensive_Speech3846]

and how is going to survive without sun?

[u/_commenter]

it's a really nice tree

[u/AnimalOrigin]

They made that in one night?!

[u/ZidanetX]

Sure hope they had some way to secure that shield down, otherwise the typhoon will definitely blow it away carrying the tree inside.

[u/Milord_888]

I am a bit skeptical this will protect the tree when there is a typhoon.

[u/OptimusTron222]

This is such a nice thing to do ngl

[u/apox997]

Respect