China's Version of 'The Truman Show': Who is Truman, and Who is Roland

Li Ming announced that all 500 wronged souls at the 798 Art Museum have completed their withdrawals. (Video screenshot)

[People News] The situation surrounding mainland actor Yu Menglong continues to unfold. Many netizens, while rallying to support him, have had their long-held beliefs shattered. After reevaluating the society under the Chinese Communist Party's rule, they have experienced a spiritual awakening. A popular netizen known as Little Pig Sister, who frequently shares videos to uplift others, has garnered significant attention. Recently, she shared some thought-provoking insights in one of her videos.

Little Pig Sister has had three of her accounts deleted in quick succession. However, just a few days later, she returned online. She described herself as a drummer in the battle to support Yu Menglong, whose role is to boost the morale of fellow netizens.

She calculated that since the incident began, she has recorded over 200 videos. Little Pig Sister noted that while many accounts have been aggressively taken down, the perpetrators have suffered even greater losses. Not only are they burning through cash, but the public is also tightening its wallets, leading to a significant loss of market share for these evildoers.

In a video posted on December 3, Little Pig Sister stated that Yu Menglong has effectively introduced the preface to the book 'National Awakening.'

She stated, "Initially, I thought you were Truman, but as I got to know you better, I realised you are not 'Truman'; you are simply bound and threatened. We are the 'Truman.' We are the ones who have been awakened and enlightened by your departure. It turns out you are not 'Truman,' but rather 'Roland.' I am unsure how long everyone will continue to hold on, and I do not know how this situation will develop. All I know is that taking action is better than doing nothing. We need to become, or rather, we have already become the brave adults we aspired to be in our childhood."

The references to 'Truman' and 'Roland' made by Little Pig Sister pertain to characters from the 1998 American science fiction comedy film 'The Truman Show.' This film chronicles the life of the main character, Truman, which is essentially a reality show broadcast to hundreds of thousands of viewers around the world as 'real life.'

In the narrative, Truman is an ordinary middle-class man with a stable job, a devoted wife, and close friends, yet he is unaware that the idyllic island he has inhabited for thirty years is actually a massive film set. Everything surrounding him is fabricated, and all his family and friends are actors, but he remains completely oblivious to this. In the film, Truman's first love, Roland, is an extra. Out of sympathy for Truman's plight, she provides him with numerous insights into the truth, but is forcibly removed by the production team.

One day, Truman reflected on the words of Roland and gradually began to question the world around him, leading to a series of inquiries that unveiled the truth of this 'world.' He noticed that the same people and cars passed by his house every day, that his wife, who worked at a hospital, and the doctors had no real medical skills, and that the places he typically avoided were merely simple sets. Truman also discovered the crew members hiding behind the scenes. Feeling a growing sense of fear, he resolved to escape this place in search of his first love and freedom.

However, the producers maintained absolute control over Truman's life, and he failed in several attempts to escape. Ultimately, Truman overcame all his fears and felt no attachment to his life as a star, boldly stepping onto the path of freedom that lay ahead.

This 'Little Pig Sister' realized that, like Truman, they were living in a fabricated world carefully constructed by those in power. Yu Menglong, akin to Truman's first love, Roland, became a means for netizens to expose a significant breach in this false reality.

Truman was constantly monitored by thousands of cameras, but when it comes to citizen surveillance, the Chinese Communist Party is the most extreme. In 2022, the British cybersecurity firm Comparitech released a research report analysing the use of video surveillance systems in 150 of the world's most densely populated cities. They found that China has approximately 540 million surveillance cameras, equating to 372.8 cameras for every thousand people. This figure is still considered a conservative estimate.

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has invested over 6 billion in the Golden Shield Project, a data-driven surveillance platform utilised by its security agencies, which spans the entirety of China. The primary function of the Golden Shield Project is to block foreign websites and servers, monitor key network communication keywords and emails, as well as IP addresses; it also filters web content, URLs, and HTTPS certificates. Additionally, it enables real-time monitoring of all online activities of 'key' targets, including surveillance in internet cafés, personal internet monitoring, domain hijacking, and even the hijacking of personal computers to send viruses.

The CCP's objective is to isolate all truths, instilling fear in the populace and confining them to a 'Truman Show' of its own making.

This fabricated reality is even more extreme than the 'Truman Show' depicted in the film. Every source of information—television, radio, newspapers, and magazines—serves as a mouthpiece for the CCP's propaganda, and even people's worldviews are shaped or altered according to the CCP's directives.

The CCP has transformed textbooks into instruments for indoctrinating party culture, ensuring that children accept every standard answer provided by the CCP from kindergarten, which unwittingly cultivates a mindset aligned with party culture and undermines independent thinking. Within this party culture framework, the CCP blurs the lines between the concepts of nation, ethnicity, and political party, leading people to mistakenly equate the CCP with China, thereby reinforcing the so-called 'Party Mother' complex through national sentiment.

However, an increasing number of Chinese individuals, much like Truman, are now eager to seek the truth and reclaim their independent thought and spiritual freedom.

A remarkable book that has captured the attention of the mainland populace—"Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party"—has opened the door to escaping a false reality. Through the "Nine Commentaries," people have come to recognise the historical crimes committed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), including the persecution that resulted in the deaths of 80 million Chinese. They have seen that the CCP's propaganda of peace is merely a facade, and they have understood how the CCP employs atheistic party culture to erode traditional Chinese values, transforming the land of propriety into a realm of deceit and malevolence. To date, over 450 million courageous individuals have declared their withdrawal from the CCP's party, youth league, and young pioneers organisations on the Dajiyuan website, no longer identifying as followers of Marxism-Leninism, thus liberating themselves from the spiritual chains of fear imposed by the CCP.

Following the death of Yu Menglong, many fans expressed their wish to assist him in withdrawing from the party. They stated, "He was kind during his life but was harmed by the CCP's elite; I will withdraw him from the evil party on his behalf," and, "In my dreams, he told me he wanted freedom; I will help him withdraw, hoping his soul finds light again."

On November 1, the Global Withdrawal Centre released a statement noting that while a family member or acquaintance must apply to withdraw for the deceased, due to the numerous requests from netizens, "for the reasons mentioned, the Global Withdrawal Service Centre has made a special exception today to officially process the withdrawal registration for the late actor Yu Menglong."

The Global Withdrawal Service Centre emphasised, "This action serves not only as a redemption for a violently deceased spirit to break free from its constraints but also as a testament of conscience for many Chinese friends who seek truth and enlightenment."

(People News first published)
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