Comments by "AQuietNight" (@AQuietNight) on "Cyrus Janssen" channel.

  1. That impressive tech from China allows China to watch every move you make. Or watch every move their competitors make. Kinda like what they can do with Tik-Tok.
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  2. After the first 200 bombs are set off, does the other 800 really matter?
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  3.  @zeusmaryusep  China is running internal debts and I think that is why they are selling their U.S. Treasuries. They have large bills at home to cover.
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  4.  @nmew6926  Their problems can spill over into the United States. Politically speaking, South and Central America can be pretty immature. And there is no one to blame but them.
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  5.  @Shenzhou.  I am well aware of 2025 but the majority of the population will not be in high tech.
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  6.  @ragnarokws2670  I am involved in tech :) The majority of Chinese will not be making their living in high tech in 2025,2030,2035,2040,2045,2050,2055,2060 and so on.
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  7. If Latin Americans were only mature enough to run their governments like adults. Corruption and incompetency is the source of the problem, not the U.S. The U.S. has to come in to help clean up the self inflicted wounds.
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  8. Basically Putin is saying he'll allow some of Ukraine to exist. As long as the Ukrainians take his dictation.
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  9.  @jascforfun7576  "That's how they build their own space station, that's how they built the world's leading high speed rail and mag-lev trains," I never said the Chinese do not make sophisticated products, what I said was China makes it's money on low labor cost goods. The majority of the population will never make a living off of mag-lev or space stations.
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  10. Considering Eileen's values, if China doesn't work out for her, she can try North Korea next.
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  11. It wouldn't take a genius to know getting a port from a country for 99 years for $1.2 billion dollars is a no brainer. From the beginning China knew Sri Lanka would default and they would have a military valuable piece of real estate. Other loans were made to countries that would have a difficult time paying them off.
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  12.  @therealdeal2163  The British leased the port of Hong Kong for 99 years and when it returned it back to China, China got back a small industrial giant. China has been lending money to countries that do not have a lot of cash to throw around. So when these countries default, China takes possession of the mortgaged property which will be used to feed the Chinese industrial machine. What Chinese is doing is assembling a transportation machine for their industrial output. They take your raw materials, then send you back cell phones and plastic goods. They also take your crops. To be nice they may buy some of your craft goods and native artworks. Anything else the Chinese industrial machine will stomp out of existence due to their low prices and high volume. One of Xi Jinping's goals is to make sure China builds all it needs so it doesn't have to buy from elsewhere.
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  13. China will be facing big problems. China's axe in the world is they produced things cheap but they are slowly losing that edge.
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  14. You haven't mentioned one instance of why Russia's neighbors fear Russia. Since 1900 look at how The Soviet Union/Russia treated several of it neighbors. It's not just about Ukraine.
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  15.  @JohnnysCafe_  "You should let the west know this." I just sent the email.
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  16. Every country added to BRICS will make the ship a little more rickety.
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  17. Cyrus lives in Canada now but he has left his heart in Guangdong.
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  18. If anyone takes away her 1st Amendment rights, it will be by her choice, no doubt with some guidance from the Chinese government.
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  19. My hunch is it's more business than any desire to see the old country. If the China thing doesn't work out, Eileen can try North Korea next.
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  20. You do not get stronger by allowing others to steal from you.
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  21. You are not allowed to buy property in China. Chinese who are American can buy and own land in America. China supports Russia, supports North Korea, has fired missiles at Japan, continual threats towards Taiwan, strip mines oceans of fish, demands intellectual property from business that wants to do business in China, doesn't even support constitutional freedoms guaranteed to Chinese citizens. Yet all we hear from Cyrus is constant praise for China. If you want to be taken seriously you must attempt at trying to be honest about China.
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  22. In a time of war most countries seize the assets of the offending country. Russia invaded Ukraine and Afghanistan permitted Al-Qaeda to reside in their country in which Al-Qaeda launched an attack against the United States. That money is held in reserve for people who have filed claims against the 9-11 attackers and Afghanistan. Russia invaded a country in which they knew the United States and Europe had an interest in. Russia started the war knowing this. Russia expected no real response but as one can see, they were wrong.
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  23. I have watched Chinese "news" outlets. Let me say at times I have been amused.
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  24.  @wenling3487  As I said, if China launches 200 nukes and the U.S. launches 200 nukes, the rest won't matter. No one will be left to worry about the aftermath. Get it? It won't matter if they hit their target. The U.S. has only 3,750 useable warheads, a dramatic 90% drop from the 1960's level.
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  25.  @wenling3487  Radioactivity... it floats through the air and lands everywhere. All your food will be radioactive. And your drinking water. Jack, you dead. When Putin hinted he was thinking of nukes... Xi Jinping went loud and told him to knock it off. Why? All the radioactivity will blow right over and into China. Dinner suggestions for tonight? How about a nice bowl of glow in the dark noodles?
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  26.  @wenling3487  I understand MAD. I am just saying setting off a few hundred bombs will be just as effective. The end result will take a little longer for full affect but much less cost. Remember, work smarter, not harder. Take the $ savings and enjoy your last meal with the family. Take them to Disneyland if the park still functions :)
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  27. I think China is a bit stretched with all these loans they have made and some are going very badly. For instance some countries are finding the shiny new railroads China built for them are draining their budgets to keep operating. They now have roads and ports to no where. Also, since World War 2 the United States has invested in businesses and infrastructure that amounts into the billions of dollars. As for the Philippines, they act more like the dance hall girl who loves the one she is with and the Solomon Islands is no economic powerhouse, has no economic reason for being outside of being a vacation spot.
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  28.  @888via  Is the U.S. rounding up Chinese like they do in China?
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  29. Look into how China treats Tibet.
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  30.  @Shenzhou.  Same reason they have the same in Europe. Keep in mind inflation sets in as well so the Yuans you put away for the day you retire will be worth far less. As other economies around the world develop, this would apply pressure on Chinese business and they will have to cut costs and keep wages as low as possible so people will not have as much to save for retirement.
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  31.  33 666A  I see you can't defend China or North Korea too.
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  32. Asian-Americans do fine. As for Yang, he was a lousy candidate and more screen time wouldn't have helped him. Oddly enough another Asian-American that ran, Tulsi Gabbard would have been a fine choice but she ran under the wrong party.
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  33. Wait until she runs afoul in China.
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  34. In China you sing with one voice. Or else...
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  35.  @Shenzhou.  The quality of American products is quite good these days but they are not as cheap as American workers get paid more. You have goods made 60-70-80 years ago that still work like new. The issue is cost. China's costs will rise as Chinese workers will demand higher wages and work less hours. The Yuan will have to rise in value and this will make Chinese products more expensive which will make other countries products more desirable. China sits on it's currency now but it is inevitable China will have to let it's currency's value rise which will make exports more unattractive. Xi Jinping knows this and is trying to build up the domestic economy to compensate for the loss of export market. Most countries do not want to buy from other countries, they want to make product themselves.
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  36. Sad, the Chinese really blistered her. And her dad ran back to China to do research for China after working on the American dime.
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  37. Asians are the highest income group in the United States. Asians are admired for their work ethic. There has been some problems in poor areas and people spoke up for those harmed.
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  38. The CCP has instituted a policy of down playing and reducing celebrity worship so she will get her 15 minutes of fame and then be sent to a back water where she will only get a public display on occasion. She will also be expected to praise the Chinese Communist Party and it's leader Xj Jinping. And her beauty is small compensation for the treatment China has shown for it's small minority communities.
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  39.  @Shenzhou.  No doubt he is saying expect large income transfers. The U.S. has income transfers now, though not as extensive as some other countries. It is inevitable China will have extensive social security programs and that is when taxation in China will get very interesting. Social Security spending is the largest line item for the United States (it's not the military). There are two groups in the United States that eat very well, tax lawyers and tax accountants.
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  40.  @Shenzhou.  China has more to lose if it loses it's export market than the U.S. has to gain by importing from China. As I learned more over the years about economics the less I trust economists and economic professors. My arguments against China trade is there are a lot of costs not taken into account when you import from low wage countries. The British learned this over a century ago, the United States seems to need to learn it twice over, first with Japan and now with China. Always remember the most basic law of economics: There is NO such thing as a free lunch.
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  41.  @Birdylockso  Ever look at the dinner party invite list for Chinese leadership?
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  42.  @turtlemanist  One is the Persian King from 530 B.C. The other posts videos about China on YouTube.
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  43. ASML sells China machines. The week after ASML will be seeing cheap ASML knock offs on Hong Kong streets.
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  44. You're working too hard to be pro China Cyrus. Europe isn't ready to drop Ukraine and they are not in that much of a rush to make nice with Russia. The German Chancellor made clear there are lines Germany will not cross to get a Yuan out of China. ASML is not that ready to run to China and ASML knows the minute they ship equipment to China, within the hour there will be Chinese copies. ASML does have a dispute with the United States but that matter will be cleared up. By the way, there was news on power generation in the United States that will allow more electric to be produced in cleaner, more environmentally friendly ways. While it will be several years off before it is in practical use, Russia and the Mideast can now paint their economic futures as more uncertain.
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  45. The United States and Europe are working together on advanced projects together. The United States is also working on advances in electrical generation that Europe will benefit greatly from and the Chinese will put on their must steal and copy I.P. list.
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  46.  @linphilip6389  "The only way you can generate enough electrucity is by buring human alive." Ah, looks like the Chinese spies discovered our secrets. That means the Chinese will steal that idea too... Keep a fire extinguisher near by Lin :)
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  47. So some of these people come to America and they buy a few hot dogs and soda yet the spies that come with them steal billions from our country. I see you avoid that subject.
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  48. With China, comes spies.
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  49. China is Communist. By Communism's very nature, it cannot be Progressive.
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  50.  @Shenzhou.  As I said: Income distribution
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  51. Israel wanted to back off years ago. The PLO's response to Israel: We want to drive the Jews into the sea.
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  52. Chinese products will become more expensive.
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  53. Germany runs a trade deficit with China. Russia has no problem attacking it's neighbors. If Russia attacks, the U.S. will have to bail out Europe.
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  54. Several countries wanted to sign mutual aid treaties because of China's activities in the region. America didn't have to bully them into it. China did.
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  55. Yeonmi Park is cute :) Other defectors have come through saying similar to her. Remember ALL defectors can go back home to North Korea if they wish. Very, very few do.
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  56.  @truthtellerfreethinker7311  When North Korea allows it's people to move around freely, I'll call her a con artist too.
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  57. You are on Chinese television because they know you will not embarrass them.
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  58. I do know Vietnam wanted a treaty with the United States for mutual defense against China. Not very forward looking wouldn't you say?
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  59.  @joelle4471  Disturbance is the word. I do not see China as peaceful. The leadership is cunning.
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  60.  @Shenzhou.  Income distribution.
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  61.  @thechloromancer3310  No, job loss is just starting. Plus other countries want high value. Countries like India are starting to make their moves plus India is a liberal democracy. Other countries that supply China with raw materials will start demanding sophisticated industries. Sure selling iron or copper ore is fine, but if you want them, you will buy them fully processed in our factories.
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  62. They still have statutes of Lenin and Josef Stalin in Russia.
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  63. None of this may matter if China's friend without limits Russia decides to start nuking Ukraine. Once that happens a space station will be the last thing on anyone's mind.
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  64. Vietnam in 1979. Constant threats to Taiwan and Japan. Tibet. Philippines. The grab of the Sea Of China. Strip mining the fishing grounds of smaller countries that can not defend themselves. Hardly the actions of a peace loving government.
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  65. Tell China to stop sending spies over then you can feel comfortable again.
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  66. I can't remember the last time Cyrus said anything slightly negative about China. That's strikes me as bias. We lose a few scientists but we gain Chinese businessmen and people who want to free of the Communists. What does that say about the U.S.? And who knows, some of those Chinese students may be spies and maybe they are in positions where they may feel they will get caught.
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  67. Someone like myself watched how these countries developed and what they did internationally since the 1960's. China is relentlessly running a pr campaign to show how wonderful they are,. YouTube is loaded with this sort of thing. China has made it clear it wants to be top dog and that they will be the leader of the pack. Cyrus doesn't mention how China roughs up it's neighbors and several want defense pacts with the United States to counter China's bullying. If things were so swell, why would China's neighbors want protection from China?
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  68.  @beesplaining1882  China is not laying out billions around the world and not expecting something back for it. Many U.S. bases around the world have little staff or military equipment. They are closer to listening stations and lightly manned. The U.S. can't afford too many large installations, it is just too expensive.
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  69.  @aria_1237  Read the news like the rest of us do.
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  70. They said the same things about the Soviet Union back in the 1920's and 1930's. Now the Soviet Union is gone and Russia is attacking the Ukraine. For one, you must ignore China's bullying the countries that surround the South China sea. Even Russia's azz kissing cousin India signed a defense deal with the U.S. because of China's peaceful and neighborly ways.
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  71. The United States tries to tie economics and human rights together. The Chinese do not care who their borrower governments kill.
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  72. The Philippines love the ones they are with.
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  73.  @masahirukouta21  It was agreed upon the Republic Of China would get control of Taiwan after the Japanese surrendered. The Republic Of China is the government that now resides on Taiwan. The United States was allied with the Republic Of China during World War 2, not the Communist Party of China.
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  74. The argument over NATO is a waste. Since the 1900's how many times has The Soviet Union/Russia marched into neighboring countries versus how many times has NATO attacked The Soviet Union/Russia? Half the time you can't get the EU to decide on what to have for dinner. And the half you can't get the EU to agree with the United States.
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  75. Installed Russians is a good way to describe it.
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  76. It started the day the Russian Empire conquered Ukraine centuries ago.
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  77. Several years ago China told Chinese Tic-Tok to clean it up. Their Tik-Tok did.
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  78. If the United States enforced the same internet rules China does... ...Cyrus would be off the internet. I should add complaining about a leaky kitchen faucet won't get you banned in China, complaining about bad government policy will.
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  79.  @tat3179  If you had the good fortune to read previous posts of mine, surpass was never a concern of mine. You appear to be not fortunate.
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  80.  @user-fiF5ei8tyah  No
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  81. I wonder why Argentina went to China to get money? Any ideas Cyrus?
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  82. I did read it in the mainstream media and it was evident Sri Lanka could not pay off the loan from the beginning. If you have something China wants they will give you a loan too. And if you can't pay it off, oh well.
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  83.  @zeusmaryusep  If the dollar drops, the Chinese Yuan goes up and boy what that will do to their exports. On the other hand, U.S. exports will go up and that will mean more jobs, maybe even better paying jobs and the Chinese will lose theirs. There will even be more money to start paying down the debt. Could a country face a worse fate than that?
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  84.  @zeusmaryusep  Let's see.. if the Chinese want gold and the U.S. says no gold, what happens? China has closed factories and many unemployed. Other countries will be building up their industrial bases and China will have much more competition and few people to sell to. China will probably say ok to U.S. dollars. As China's trade surplus drops and more gold leaves the treasury the Chinese will say we are losing our reserves. As reserves drop China will have to devalue the Yuan. That means raw materials will cost more. Imports start costing the Chinese more while imported food and fuel will go up in price. All that is gold is not always golden :)
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  85.  @kanlu5199  Competition is happening now, examples being India and Vietnam. Many factories can go up weeks. Africans want some of the action too. In 5 years the world economy will look quite a bit different.
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  86.  @kanlu5199  If I have to do your research for you I charge $250/hour. Paypal accepted. I gave you two freebies.
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  87. Gold is wonderful until you start running trade deficits. Then China will slam shut the gold window. As for Russia, they are becoming a welfare client of China. China has been keeping the lights on in Moscow.
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  88. An invasion by any other name is still an invasion. I guess we should thank Russia for making the world safe from Ukrainian apartment buildings.
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  89. If the U.S. limited trade from Mexico, the Mexican market would shrink.
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  90. The U.S. can fine tune trade policy with Mexico, limiting Chinese companies access to the U.S. market.
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  91. Mexico would look like Cuba without the U.S. China is only building in Mexico to benefit them. If the U.S. reduces imports from Mexico, what will Mexico do? Export their stuff to China?
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  92. China has done remarkable things. But China is driving up a huge credit card bill and at a time the global economy is in a state of change. China's economy may start peaking out as other nations develop manufacturing economies. What you could see is a flood of goods causing deflation and reduced economic growth around the world. A man who has no problem locking up people on a mass scale has no problem making war on other nations. Make no mistake about it, Xi Jinping is not a nice guy.
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  93.  @ablam8  Russia will be a colony of China soon as China buys raw materials from Russia and then sells back to Russia everything the Russians can make but at lower Chinese prices. The rail line is slow and expensive and may never generate the hoped for traffic. If Europe reduces oil usage Russia will experience a decline in revenue. Russia will have to get by by selling commodities but that will cause a brain drain as Russians with high tech talents will move to the west due to lack of opportunity in the country. Also, after Russia needlessly attacked Ukraine how many companies will risk investing in Russia?
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