Detoxing with Carl Zha

This is type of Chinese EVs that Canadians will be able to buy pic.twitter.com/yKIn7FutP9

— Carl Zha (@CarlZha) January 23, 2026

"Why are you laughing?!!" https://t.co/U5g7epUZv7

— Carl Zha (@CarlZha) January 22, 2026

https://t.co/SndJA0SR41 pic.twitter.com/Ru44oRyqPz

— Carl Zha (@CarlZha) January 23, 2026

No trade, no trade deficit https://t.co/vM6YLmnHxV pic.twitter.com/hLwyKFgZZu

— Carl Zha (@CarlZha) January 21, 2026

The fast and the furriest in China pic.twitter.com/SJOG3K5ZUp

— Carl Zha (@CarlZha) January 21, 2026

The story of Chinese geologist Li Yizhu, the white guy who grew up Chinese

Li Yizu 李忆祖 was born in a missionary hospital in Tianjin in 1938. His birth mother gave him up for adoption right after birth. He was adopted by a Chinese family. Growing up, he was often bullied by other kids because of his appearance.

Graduated from Beijing Institute of Geology in 1961, he answered Mao’s call to go work in remote frontier by giving up his assigned position in Beijing and requested to work in Xinjiang. Xinjiang was a major oil, coal and uranium producing region. He stayed in Xinjiang for more than 60 years.

He applied to join Communist Party of China in 1966 but then the Cultural Revolution started. No one was willing to write him recommendations. He had to wait til the end of Cultural Revolution to join the Party in 1981.

Fluent in English, he stopped speaking English after Cultural Revolution began because people often mistaken him as a foreigner.

The story of Chinese geologist Li Yizhu, the white guy who grew up Chinese pic.twitter.com/fszeoS9uIU

— Carl Zha (@CarlZha) January 19, 2026