How to evaluate Indian host Palki Sharma?
Comment 1: Can be called a role model for (Chinese)domestic media professionals [Laughing]
Comment 2: Pretty good.
The only reason you find Palki ridiculous is that India is ridiculous.
As a journalist, Palki at least knows where her loyalty should lie; she’s not a spy for another country.
Those accentless losers at CGTN, however, it’s hard to say which country’s spies they are.
Reply 2.1: How many public intellectuals has CCTV produced?
Reply 2.1.1: Public intellectuals, a spy stronghold.
Reply 2.1.2: Several genuine spies have been caught, both men and women.
Reply 2.1.3: Media studies is a notoriously bad university major; the media industry is infamous for low pay and high workload, with no reputation to gain. When things go wrong, they get blamed for spreading rumors. Such people are the easiest to buy off, perfectly matching the image in CIA propaganda films.
Reply 2.2: Much better than those useless folks at CCTV.
Reply 2.3: Reminds me of an Indian study blogger introducing a JNU teacher’s strategy for cultivating diplomats: “Don’t care about your own face, care about the national interest. Fight for every possible ambiguity.”
Reply 2.4: Yes, Sharma is essentially doing domestic propaganda. How is she any different from partisan mouthpieces in the US?
Reply 2.5: Exactly, we mock what this sister says, but never mock her personally.
What we lack now are such “overconfident” public figures.
It’s not a derogatory term at all [Troubled].
Comment 3: Compared to the one who interviewed Academician Ding Zhongli, I feel mock reverence for “Hyperthyroid Sister”!
At least she doesn’t bite the hand that feeds her; she doesn’t pretend to be independent while secretly holding dual citizenship.
Reply 3.1: I think Chai Jing’s competence is fine; she just has a severe filter when viewing the Western world.
Reply 3.2: Actually, Chai Jing herself and her standards are decent. She’s not a pro-US, anti-China public intellectual like Gao Xiaosong. Chai Jing is just too deeply penetrated by white liberal ideology, similar to extreme environmentalists and vegetarians.
Reply 3.3: Actually, the vast majority of China’s elite—whether in academia, media, law, or finance—see the West as the authority. It’s not just her problem. Her interview is a classic result of being drowned in Western information; the voices of seven billion people in developing countries simply aren’t heard in the media.
Comment 4: I think she’s good. She genuinely loves her country—India. I’ve seen her host an interview where she got countered by a US economist. Hyperthyroid Sister’s stance: [“India can surpass China, the US should support India”]; the US scholar subtly implied: China’s greatest sin is being too successful (hinting you India aren’t); be careful the US plays you. If Chai Jing did this interview, she’d say [“The US is great! China is no good! How can the US better suck China dry?”]
Hyperthyroid Sister and Chai Jing are worlds apart; it’s the difference between a human and a ghost. I deeply respect Hyperthyroid Sister’s patriotism, enemy or not. Born and raised in India, a Brahmin—what’s wrong with loving her motherland? Chai Jing, born and raised in China, cultivated as an elite (also a Brahmin), loves the US, not her homeland—is that right? Though Hyperthyroid Sister brags a bit much, think of our hard times: didn’t we also shout “Surpass Britain and catch up with America,” “Reach world advanced levels”? Others mocked us relentlessly then, but what kind of thing has no ambition at all? Forever worship Europe and America? Be a colony forever? And she’s actually quite clear-headed (or her team is). Why? After the Israel-Palestine conflict, all her videos talked about India’s military advantages, but swap the subject—it’s actually describing China’s advantages over India. E.g., she recently said India’s high combat effectiveness comes from coordinated land, sea, air, and info—that’s describing China’s info-chain advantage. Or India using AI in war for big wins—also hinting at China’s advantages. Etc. She loves her country, speaks for her homeland—that deserves respect.
Reply 4.1: As a Chinese, I find her subjective, self-deluded. But from an Indian perspective, she’s probably patriotic.
Reply 4.2: From a Chinese viewpoint, her words/actions might seem funny, but at least she’s human. Even a clown is better than a dog.
Reply 4.3: You’re right, I don’t dislike her either; it’s just entertainment. But you can’t ignore that her patriotism is built on “India Wins” doctrine. Her team might be clear-headed, but their ultimate goal is using “win-ism” to fool ordinary Indians—this isn’t good for India. True patriotism should discuss how to win in the future, not spin failures into wins now. India has such media too, but it’s not mainstream. So she’s just following the crowd, not a standout patriot.
China/East Asian culture is brutally performance-based “win-ism”—its side effect is worshiping the strong. Since it’s performance-based, naturally you side with the strong. While you mention the spineless group, don’t ignore the tough backbone group. It’s because of them we caught up after humiliation.
For individuals, self-delusion or strong-worship is a choice, but collectively, it affects national trajectory. As a well-traveled Brahmin, Hyperthyroid Sister refuses the historical responsibility shouldered by China’s patriotic elites. Broadly speaking, she isn’t truly patriotic.
Reply 4.4: Is she truly patriotic? If you truly love your country, you praise where due and criticize where due—that’s true patriotism.
Comment 5: Hyperthyroid Sister is ridiculous because she serves her country, but her country is truly ridiculous; she’s just tainted by association.
Unlike here, where those sanctimonious, “worldly” media personalities on TV—if you rounded them all up and shot them for espionage, some might be innocent. But if you used decimation (kill every tenth), there’d definitely be some who slip through.
Comment 6: Hyperthyroid Sister is loyal to her profession. If you find her ridiculous for blatantly lying, then isn’t the White House spokesperson also blatantly lying? Do you find them ridiculous? Also, she’s better than 99% of Chinese media people.
At least she doesn’t bite the hand that feeds her while spouting nonsense about “independent thinking” or “independent personality.”
The comments are full of talk about how things are abroad. To me, there’s one standard: Dare to praise China? Dare to criticize Jews for massacring Gaza?
If not, how are they different from Hyperthyroid Sister?
Reply 6.1: Such people are feeding Indians delusions; it’s absolutely not good for India.
Reply 6.1.1: You overrate her. “India Wins” doctrine is Modi-led; editors write the scripts. Since when does a host dictate national strategy?
Reply 6.2: Most answers here are eye-opening. India clearly lost its expensively bought Rafales—the entire air battle was a crushing defeat!
Yet this media declaring delusional wins is praised by you as “patriotic.” And you all resonate with it? Do you yearn for this self-deceiving, mental masturbation?
How do you view last year’s MIIT campaign cracking down on “positive energy rumors”? Wouldn’t you consider that obstructing “patriotism”?
I expected some to resonate with MAGA, but never imagined you’d resonate with Indians.
Reply 6.2.1: How is it resonating?? This question is about Hyperthyroid Sister! If India goes east, she never goes west—she fulfills her duty perfectly. Whether east is right or wrong isn’t her concern. As for “positive energy rumors,” China doesn’t need them now, so crack down. If needed someday, encourage them. Get it?? Don’t discuss shitting while eating; don’t discuss eating while shitting.
Comment 7: Hyperthyroid Sister is an extreme nationalist lunatic, Sinophobic yet not pro-US, surviving daily by insulting two superpowers as spiritual sustenance. Especially insanely jealous of China (Lao Zhong). While loudly proclaiming “India so awesome,” her eyes burn with envy watching China. China releases DeepSeek? She shrieks “When will India have its DeepSeek!?” China reveals a 6th-gen fighter? She screams “When will India have a 6th-gen chicken (fighter)?” Xiaohongshu (Red) gets hot? She yells “Why don’t you use our India’s Xiaochengshu (Orange Book)!?” Her favorite was Hao Ge’s “Our plane got shot down,” which pissed this old hag off. Daily mocking “Papa Sister” on Firstpost is also fun. The advantage of high-caste nobles? Us low-castes smear them daily; they treat it like rain washing their face—they don’t care. Pity India simply can’t support this old hag’s nationalist pride. Every few days, it either screws up or produces beastly jokes, forcing Sister into constant convulsions between extreme arrogance and extreme inferiority. What hurts Hyperthyroid Sister most daily isn’t China or us jokers, but the bizarre Indians dragging her down, slapping her face daily, preventing her proud success. Born proud, but born in a giant cesspit. Full of love-hate for this pit she can’t escape, she copes by fantasizing it’s a garden while slandering others’ clean vegetable plots. That’s why she’s full of hatred for us daily.
Reply 7.1: Rather than loving India while born in a cesspit, she and her high-caste friends are colonizers replacing the British, clinging to India. Their “love” is an owner’s love for a vessel; their harsh “criticism” is a master’s for a slave.
Reply 7.2: Chinese start at Kshatriya in India…
Reply 7.3: Hates China, hates even more that she isn’t Chinese.
Reply 7.4: A major reason Hyperthyroid Sister hates China is allegedly being dumped by a Chinese ex-boyfriend…
Reply 7.5: Isn’t this Indian woman just doing a paid job?
Came to China to study medicine when young and got rejected.
Later, Ambani’s WION hired her.
No choice—anti-China pays and gets clicks outside.
Comment 8: She eats India’s rice, serves as India’s host.
Unlike our country: Eat China’s rice, serve as another country’s host.
Comment 9: My evaluation of her has only one point:
Palki Sharma is better than Hu Xijin.
Comment 10: She is Bharat’s (India’s) propaganda warrior.
Look at ours:
Warrior Fu Guohao sacrificed his life,
While the fly boss retires still buzzing,
Covering for swarms of enemies disguised as our warriors.
Folks,
Who won this round?
We got hammered by Bharat, okay?!
Dammit!
Comment 11: US reports India losing a plane? Hyperthyroid Sister mocks US F18s falling into the sea. Hilarious.
Comment 12: Big Sister actually works for her pay.
Comment 13: Netizens long ago gave her an outlaw nickname: Hyperthyroid Sister.
That’s the most fitting evaluation.
We Cantonese say: Names can be wrong, nicknames never are.
Comment 14: My deepest impression: her wearing her grandmother’s red-green-black sari, debating a Zionist. She said, “I will NOT let you decide what I wear! I will NOT let you decide what I speak!” Whether in debate skills or stance, she’s 100x better than Chinese public intellectuals!
Comment 15: She always accuses Chinese media of mocking India (official media rarely does; self-media does. She deliberately conflates them). I want to say: Even with the Firewall, domestic impressions of India are bad because Indians provoke so much on foreign social media. Just a fraction leaking inside leaves netizens speechless. If all their comments were brought over, we’d laugh for a year. Same with Vietnam, South Korea—Chinese media barely pays attention, yet they endlessly provoke China on YouTube/Twitter daily. “This was copied from Vietnam,” “That was invented by Korea.” Many are blatantly malicious. The one who provokes first is cheap. Don’t blame Chinese for laughing at you.
