Local Finances Crumble: City Guards Chase for Fines, Thousands Street Vendors Run For Their Lives - Video

In a street-side food stall, a vendor fries noodles while keeping a vigilant eye on the local urban management officers. In a split second upon spotting them, he swiftly abandons his cooking utensils, hops onto his cart, and speeds away, leaving the awaiting customers to chase behind. One customer remarks, "I’ve never run this fast for a meal in my entire life."
In China, the common people, who pay taxes to support the government, inevitably become targets for the government to exploit in order to secure fiscal revenue. We’ve discussed in previous videos how, in Changchun city, the traffic department increased the issuance of traffic tickets to supplement fiscal revenue. In this episode, we delve into China’s street economy and how the government generates income through confiscating vendors’ property and imposing fines.
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