Youtube comments of Vale Tudo (@valetudo1569).

  1. Apparently problems don't exist if you just cover your eyes
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  2. Winston's video is 100% true. About 5 years ago - I found an old dying man on the streets in China (he appeared to have been hit by a car). Everybody walked past him as if he were invisible, as he lie in a pool of his own blood. When I saw this, I started screaming for help (I was new in China and didn't know how to call authorities.) and tried bringing attention to the dying man, but nobody wanted anything to do with me. I finally I found some young individuals in their early 20's who spoke English and were willing to acknowledge me. They called an ambulance and as soon as it became apparent somebody else was handling the problem - a giant crowed formed and suddenly, like magic, everybody could see the dying man.
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  3. China: Don't politicize trade!" Also China: We won't trade anything with Lithuanian components because of politics
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  4. This is not quite accurate - Homework is definitely not banned in China. It's been "banned" for the lower grade levels, say 1-3, however... The children are still expected to know the same material for tests and parents still have massive anxiety due to the insane competition. So the result of this is parents have taken on more responsibility and still have their kids study and do homework at home. Effectively, nothing has changed and if anything has burdened parents more
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  5. Its interesting how they arrest the executives of these developers when the government was fully complicit and enabling of their behavior for at least 1.5 decades
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  6. Once I was walking to work in China and saw somebody laying in the street in broad daylight. I thought it was a joke or he was just drunk...bc nobody was reacting to him. As I got closer and started to walk past him, I thought "hmm let me just make sure everything is alright". As I walk closer - I see he's laying in a pool of his own blood, bleeding out of his ear. Anyways I scramble trying to get peoples attention, screaming and pointing to the gentlemen on the floor. Everybody either acts like I'm invisible or scurries off even quicker. Finally I find a young girl and she is shocked when I point her to what had happened. She quickly calls an ambulance - and all of sudden - a giant crowed forms. Somehow with this girl calling an ambulance and taking care of the problem, people can magically see and hear us. This was actually a year or so after I saw your video about good Samaritan's in China and I thought "Wow Winston's video was correct"
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  7. Kevin Rudd (former AU PM) put it best when estimating China's timeline for Taiwan. 1. China would need to first insulate itself sufficiently from the damage of the global financial system (sanctions). This would include securing energy, food, and other commodities in RMB. Since Rudd first said this, we have seen them making strides in doing this with unilateral trade deals with Brazil, African countries, Arab nations, and more. 2. China would need to build up it's military to the point that they point that they are sure they would win. They are working towards both of these goals but they have a long way to go and will need many years if it is to be achieved. Will they attack Taiwan? - That is probably the goal. Is it a sure bet and will it be soon? - Probably not
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  8. Michael Pettis, a professor at Peking University (don't know how he's still allowed to be there) has a fascinating take on how the Chinese people have basically subsidized the state and industry directly and indirectly through suppressed wages. An indirect way is through lack of environmental regulations on business...which helps the business be more profitable but then who pays the monetary cost? The people pay the monetary cost when they get sick and have an increase in medical costs and are unable to work - just like in these villages. Which effectively reduces their wages by putting the cost of industry onto them, instead of business.
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  9. The gov doesn't like anybody but themselves being opinion leaders. It's a shame such talent will be wasted
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  10. This is also part of the steps to be taken to insulate themselves from sanctions on a future Taiwan invasion (maybe in 10 years or so). China is a major food and energy importer, so they need to have protection against financial sanctions for when the time comes.
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  11. What I learned in China is its only important how things appear, not how they truly are. Whether it's school employees faking a fun activity just to send pictures to parents (seen this), or a turnkey company refurbishing an apartment that looks nice but after a few weeks starts to fall apart (seen this), or being sold numerous items that were actually broken or useless but repackaged, made to appear working or as brand new, until after you purchased it (many many times). These are but a few of the countless examples about appearance > substance when it comes to China
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  12. The goal of blaming foreign foods/packages is two fold: deflect blame onto the west and boost domestic consumption. Boosting domestic consumption is one of their economic goals, so they must have figured why not utilize the fear to further another goal.
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  13. Stop trying to be gangsters once you become rich and famous
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  14. Is anything ever her fault? I've heard and read of Johnny and on many occasions (3 in this trial alone) of him taking responsibility for past relationships and personal inadequacies... this woman seems to deflect blame at every chance she gets.
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  15. China's aggression of the last 10 years has been out of desperation. They knew this time was coming and were trying to assert themselves when they thought they would be the strongest. Furthermore, their increasing attempts at economic and technological espionage was also a sign of desperation, as they sought to outgrow their debt by taking technology from others and using it to produce high end goods/services - improving their debt to GDP ratio and leapfrogging to advanced manufacturing. 1. Covid likely jumped this situation forward by years since it caused their debt to balloon 2. I don't think they anticipated the US and it's allies growing some balls and putting export controls on them in response to their increased aggression. This is all hitting them at once and I don't think they know what to do.
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  16. Stop focusing on niche social issues at the expense of economic issues. When the Dem party is more concerned about pronouns than a public option for healthcare - there is a major problem
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  17. I just looked up that Wolfspeed company - they employ 5,013 full-time and part-time employees in US and across Europe. Basically all of those people are going to lose their job due to China's state subsidies undercutting their business. This is what they mean by "exporting unemployment" and "Beggar thy neighbor".
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  18. One thing that is interesting to me is the CCP's much apparent lack of understanding of human psychology. Did they not consider their actions in HK as basically sinking their chances for willful unification in Taiwan? And now they further try to catch bees using vinegar with their favorite lever - fear and punishment. This may work domestically with those who have no other choice, but it doesn't work in a place like Taiwan. You can't scare people into being a part of you when they feel they have other options.
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  19. Great perspective. I was in the Shanghai lockdown and everything this dude says is spot on, only tiny critique I'd say about is when he said the rich in SH suffered the most - I'd say the poor suffered the most because the rich areas got taken care of much more the poor areas. They went for so long without food and were treated the worst. The only difference is the rich have means to leave... and he's right - all of my affluent Chinese friends were psychologically scarred from that event (even the super pro-gov. ones) and have left or are planning to leave soon. The poor simply don't have the means to leave if they did I think many would also.
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  20. Shutting down the nuclear plants was just silly...especially in a place that isn't that sunny or particularly windy
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  21. There was a Chinese PHD on the bridges podcast who specialized in studying electoral systems around the world. When asked what the CCP feared most, he said "Crowds gathering, large crowds. They don't want people grouping up together.". Aside from Halloween being a "foreign" holiday, I can't help but feel these Halloween gatherings of "large crowds" with potential political costumes make them ridiculously paranoid.
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  22. Kindergartens in China are having massive problems and facing closure. I'm seeing the the effect first-hand and the ones I know about all have same problem: not enough kids. I knew this was coming as industries related to children would be hit first, but man the speed of it is a bit shocking.
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  23. As a long term investor, I'm not touching that rally with a 10 foot poll. Sadly, I see so many pundits on popular youtube channels advising people to go all in for quick cash
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  24. China has literally said "Don't play with fire" on like 20 occasions
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  25. Communists/authoritarians will never give up power willingly
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  26. I think in her mind, she rationalizes all of the lying by blaming Johnny for all of her problems. That it somehow justifies what she's done.
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  27. I'm sorry but what bothers me so much is when officials from China talk about opposing trade protectionism... when they are the most protectionist country in the world that is not named North Korea...
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  28. Her perception of herself is off. She thinks she actually appears believable and doesn't realize how obvious her bs is
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  29.  @tasreasfatemsa8266 Democracies are by no means perfect but they seem to be a much better alternative to strongman authoritarianism.
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  30. But its legitimately not a narcotic... that's a ridiculous classification
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  31. It never ceasing to amaze me how they always have to tie absolutely everything to the US instructing other countries on what to do and how to feel. Like... as if the Philippines couldn't possibly not like getting their territory taken from China. It MUST be the US instructing them
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  32. Has anybody noticed that almost everyday they keep coming out with these "measures" to help the economy, using very high brow language to describe a whole bunch of nothing
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  33. China's Commerce Ministry said "EU's investigation was an act of 'unfair competition'". - every accusation is a confession
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  34. One thing I don't get about analysts and the housing market, is 1. When they say the worse is over due to stimulus, and 2. that it will take years for the excess amount of houses to work through. 1. Isn't more stimulus just delaying/slowing the inevitable and ultimately making the end result worse by encouraging more building of something that there is already too much of? 2. With the sheer amount of excess housing, some 1 extra per Chinese person, + a shrinking population... how will this market ever get "worked through"? It seems like with negative population growth + new homes being built isn't zero - the excess amount of homes might actually increase. Even if it shrank - not nearly enough to get through the excess and rebalance
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  35. I've yet to see one foreign leader point out the hypocrisy of China's anger at "de-risking" when China itself is trying to "de-risk" under its dual circulation policy. This policy's goal is to build domestic markets to further reduce dependency on foreign imports (aka "de-risking") and increase foreign countries' dependency on Chinese supply chains. I actually feel most foreign leaders are ignorant to this
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  36. China's message to their own EV companies: Don't let them do to us, what we did to them for the past 20 years. "You cannot move your manufacturing abroad in joint ventures or otherwise because of tariffs or regulatory hurdles...even though that's exactly what we encouraged the EU and globe for 2 decades"
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  37. This man is right. I live in a very wealthy part of China and even here people are hurting financially and youth struggling to find jobs. If there is 5% growth - nobody knows where it is going because its not felt even in an area like mine that typically has high economic growth.
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  38. Scholtz is Merkel 2.0 when it comes to trusting autocratic regimes
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  39. She turns to the jury too much..like every time. Once in a while or sometimes might be beneficial but everytime, like a programmed robot.. is weird.
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  40. It's clear who Japan thinks the villain is.
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  41. No way, he's transformed the company into a major powerhouse. As a shareholder of MS - I love this dude
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  42. Yeah, your off. All GDP is not created equal... while it's usually a measure of output for most economies, it's an input for China. The government sets targets and then uses debt to spend on as much as it needs to reach that growth target. So it isn't actually growing on it's own, they are forcing the numbers up to an insane degree just to keep things afloat. Now, a lot of governments use debt to boost their economy. The problem is with the way China does it - they spend the money on the supply-side, not the demand side. To put it simply - much of the growth from that GDP doesn't go to the people. It goes to unproductive assets and oversupply of goods. The people aren't feeling hardly any of that 5-6% you speak of, but it allows people to go on youtube and say "Look! It's growing at 5-6%!"...while much of the country suffers.
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  43. One thing I learned from the Covid lockdowns in China is that Xi will "dig in" and not course correct until its absolutely too late and he's forced to. That told me a lot about his reluctance to course correct when he believes something is the right way, and suspect the same will be true about the economy.
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  44. I love that quote at the end "We need more actions, not more action plans." a nod to all the vague, general "plans" that use every positive buzzword out there but then nothing happens. Like, China really thinks if they just keep telling people things will get better that they'll just start pouring their investments back in on trust
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  45. My close Chinese friends confirmed this as well. They said the gov has taught them not to intervene... because of the past and possibly in the future - if the government is doing something to the people, they don't won't want interference. So basically it just transcends to all other actions, like "if it's not your business - don't worry about it"
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  46. Lol fake news.. Nice try Chinese WuMao
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  47. It is definitely not the "norm", but it does speak to the descent into nationalism that China has become, that this could even be conceivable. The fact that she was forced to make an apologetic wechat post shows that it was not only the thoughts of that single officer alone...and keep in mind there were people who agreed with the officer
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  48. About China calling the US a hypocrite for subsidizing chips - those chips are not only subsidized in response to China's years of industrial policy, they are for domestic use and are only a drop in the bucket for what the US needs (I think some 5% estimated). China's subsidizing legacy chips for export and to tighten their grip on global markets. Big difference.
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  49. Its wild to me how they want to push the same "One Country Two Systems" that they used in HK as if that would be attractive to TW after what they pulled. The lack of self-awareness of how others perceive them is incredible
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  50. Lol go for it. Ain't nobody scared of you
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  51. The main issue with China's unwillingness to shift from investment to consumption is - control 1. Putting hands in the consumer means less for the State, which means less control of where money goes by the government and more control by the consumer... who wouldn't pour it into sectors they deem as "critical" for global dominance and state power. 2. This part I think is more ideological (but the current guy seems to very much be about ideology) in that by putting hands in the consumer, and relinquishing control, it begs the question of if the party would become less relevant. If people have the money and are driving the growth - why would the party be so important? Why give up so much freedom and choice in decisions when they are the ones driving things? People may want greater say in decision making, civil liberties, and rights. 3. People who consume more and have higher standards of living tend to expect more social services. This sounded weird to me at first but this economic effect seems to be well documented that as people have higher standards of living - so goes their expectations from their governments on continually improving social services. It kind of reminds me of the Shanghai lockdowns and how the people in the richer downtown areas got good food while people even 1 hour out from the downtown went days or a week + without food options. And the quality of what was given was far less. People in downtown would've rioted if they got the treatment of people on the outskirts...People with higher standards of living won't put up with what they are getting now. Anyways I think a lot of it comes down to not wanting to give up control, influence, and an unwillingness to admit their economic model not being the best relative to the more liberal economies.
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  52. The US has got to do more to help the Philippines or China will take it as a sign of weakness and continue to ramp up aggression. Whether its lending a US escort or giving them technology to resupply that ship, I'm not sure - but they aren't doing enough. The current US election and issues in the middle east and Ukraine don't help to encourage the US either
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  53. All of these numbers are based on what the Chinese government officially states. Independent analysis of data has suggested the amount of mortgage loans on the Chinese banking system is much higher. Possibly even up to 20%
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  54. "never interrupt your enemy when they are making a mistake."
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  55. What bugs me is that the convo about TikTok is always about data but it seems like a of western media never talks about influence operations, which I think is an even bigger threat.
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  56. I've noticed how China seems to often go after those who have citizenship of western countries but are Chinese born. As if one a way to communicate even if you switch citizenship on paper "you are born Chinese and will always be Chinese". Its almost a weird way to send a message of ownership to dissendents, regardless of what your passport says
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  57. Yeah, thats what you tell yourself to make sense of Joe's opinion not validating yours.
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  58. If you have even a basic understanding of economics and policy then you know this whole argument of "Under Trump the economy was like this and under Biden its like this" is completely silly. However most voters have no concept of either of these
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  59. People have short memories - I remember back in 2018 when people said Trump wouldn't tariff China - and he did. The market went down - and he continued to tariff China.... those tariffs are still on and added to today
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  60. Sorry Tony. I left a comment yesterday about the currencies, and you politely replied "thanks for the feedback". Just wanted to say I look forward to your vids every day and you're doing a great job. In retrospect, I could have communicated my feedback better and hope it did not contribute to your feeling of a lack of sharpness. Anyways I also live in China and am on break in Japan, so I hope you have a nice rest!
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  61. "Whats wrong with falling prices?". Says the guy in charge of a country that is about to follow Japan's deflationary path. Omg...
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  62. In psychology there is a saying "you get what you expect" meaning if you expect an action/behavior/attitude from others - you may unconsciously behave in a way that often provokes that response. Xi's attitude about the US, back when US leadership was still relatively friendly towards China - makes me think of this principle.
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  63.  @quinnstanley5930  My comment is in response to the title. Its not my fault if its misleading, its theirs
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  64.  @hgkghkhgkgh8378  My point is they are constantly the ones saying not to do the exact thing they do constantly. Simply don't say it
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  65. Every accusation is a confession
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  66. Yeah, this is actually true
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  67. I think it's a big a problem in Chinese society that there is apathy towards those who are not close friends and family, instead of empathy towards their fellow man. Not everybody, but it's a big problem
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  68. China's civil/military fusion policy is to blame for this. There is absolutely no technology manufactured by the Chinese private sector that cannot be forcefully co-opted by the government. With said, it's only logical that governments would now raise an eye to any sensitive software or technology that is installed in sensitive systems or areas. This is a logical blow-black that Beijing likely did not conceive when crafting this policy
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  69. I stand with Taiwan. GO TAIWAN
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  70. Key words: "Russia's 1st Deputy Prime Minister says...."
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  71. I think analysts over-estimate the ability of raising the retirement age will have. A lot of people in China still work well over the retirement, just unofficially. Not because they want to, but because they have to. 2nd - the ability of the gov to move the rural population into more productive urban jobs is also hard due to lack of investment in rural education. That's an investment that takes what... around 18+ years to pay off. The rural population, as a whole, lacks the skills to move into more productive urban jobs. With high youth unemployment so high, there is even the question of if there are jobs for them to take, at the moment...
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  72. The hukou system provides a bunch of migrant workers that the big cities don't have to pay for in terms of benefits and healthcare. Basically cheap labor...they're gonna fight like hell to keep it in place, and they also have the most political power.
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  73. Why should it be expected that it put out an equal amount of negative news about everybody? Maybe some people have more negative things about them than others. That in of itself doesn't mean it's wrong or bias, as some are implying
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  74. Economist Michael Pettis said this would happen. As China shifts its investment from real estate into manufacturing in a desperate attempt to keep its economic model going - countries are going to be unwilling to absorb additional exports from China at the cost of their own industries, which have already been hollowed out from China's subsidies
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  75. Basically: If you don't like it, you don't need to come. Whether the way it's ran is to your liking, it still gives you a chance to voice your views and engage with the rest of the world so you may be better understood. You pick if it's worth it for you or not
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  76. A lot of people still don't know or understand this. His main goal was to prevent a Palestinian state and existence of Hamas was the perfect excuse to prevent that... He always wanted them to exist so he could point to them as a reason for why the Palestinians could not have their own state.
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  77. The short term effect of not letting major players sell stocks mean the market doesn't go down as much, the long term is - if you're a potential major investor in China, would you buy shares in a company knowing you may not be able to sell them later?
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  78. This is true. It's a pain many many people in Ukraine are feeling right now as well. I wonder if Dugina is aware of that
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  79. Exactly... It's projection at it's finest
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  80. You need to take a look in the mirror and ask yourself what China has done to make this situation worse. I think the US has made some mistakes here, but if you only see the US as making mistakes in their actions, you are bias and don't realize it. It takes two to tango
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  81. "Stability through progress and consolidate progress through stability" - I feel like all of these government statements from various institutions say a whole lot of nothing with as many words as possible. It seems all made to look like they are doing something big when they actually are not.
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  82. Yeah it's permanently cut off until it isn't.. North Korea is like a small child crying for attention and changes its mood on a whim
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  83. The plant only addresses about 5% of the needs of the US. So no, Taiwan was smart and kept it's advantage
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  84. Since they're bringin in Johnny's ex and Amber's friends to testify about Johnny's demeanor... I wonder why Johnny didn't ask Winona or Johnny's ex wife to come and testify what they said publicly in his defense.
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  85. Data Centers: Billions invested in facilities across states like Iowa, Texas, Virginia, and Arizona to support Azure cloud computing. Redmond HQ Expansion: Major redevelopment of Microsoft’s headquarters in Washington, including modern offices and sustainability features. Rural Broadband Initiative: Expansion of internet access in underserved areas through the Airband Initiative. AI Research: Establishing AI labs in cities like Redmond (WA), Atlanta (GA), Cambridge (MA), and San Francisco (CA). And many many more. These are just a few examples... do a bit of research before saying things.
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  86. My father was a gambler and a shyster....and my Mom was honest and hard working. I remember she told him "if you spent half the time and energy you spent into trying to cheat and get rich quick - you'd be a millionaire by now." Kind of reminds me of that lol
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  87. I don't know if they understand that the constant harassment becomes less effective because it just becomes normal. You also can't scare people to want to be with you. They should try to use honey to catch bees and not vinegar
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  88. Utter speculation without strong basis. He did his best to invade and failed.... you don't "pretend" to invade. You either do it or you don't.. and he definitely tried
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  89. I live very close to this location....maybe 10 minutes by scooter. Pretty crazy to see/hear about this....all from the outside internet, as it's censored here.
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  90. By putting that 100% tariff as a punishment to somebody ditching the dollar would only further weaken it, which would make it easier for them to ditch and also encourage others to do the same as the currency weakened. Anybody who has any a clue sees this is nonsense but people who are just in love with his personality and the empty confidence in which he talks will lap it up like a dog
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  91. Doing a great job Tony, thank you for your efforts.
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  92. Stop it... this is nonsense. Clearly she means the Ukraine side.... she is not crying and sad hoping Russia will be victorious. What is this, propaganda?
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  93. To Bill Bishops point at the end - imagine the Chinese reaction if another country banned Chinese vehicle from a city because their leader was visiting? They'd scream and shout about unfairness, not treating Chinese companies fairly, and likely react with even greater restrictions on said-country's vehicles or other products. It's ok for them to see other country's vehicles as a security threat, but it would surely not be ok for others to see their vehicles, or telecoms, or apps, etc etc... as a security threat
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  94. This quote shows you their bully mentality: “China is a big country and you are small countries, and that is a fact.” —Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi speaking to ASEAN regional forums.
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  95. ​ @fenglihei  You clearly only read Chinese propaganda. 88% of world trade is in the USD. The world is still in the dollar denominated era. Re-read what I said - I said that China is making progress on bilateral agreements in Yuan but it has a long way to go. Both are true. Yes the 45 countries that signed on to sanctions on Russia include the biggest economies in the world. China not having foreign debt is irrelevant. Most of Japan's debt in the 1990's was domestic debt. They lost 3 decades of growth due to that debt. I never said China was borrowing from Russia. I have no idea where you got that from. US and other EU countries have price capped Russia's oil and gas. A way to minimize their profits while not hurting global supplies. I'll end with this - my original comment was a fair analysis and you come in here with your nationalism and emotion, angry that somebody is saying something you don't like about your 国家。Knock it off, and learn to have a good faith conversation instead of trying to make this a fight over the pride of your country. Everything I said here was fair, objective, and without my personal feelings involved. The same cannot be said about what you have said
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  96. Somebody needs to make a list of the constant repeating of phrases out of the Modern Chinese propaganda 101 playbook regarding the US and "West". For example: "Cold war mentality" "Zero sum approach" "Interfering in Chinese internal affairs" (a classic) "Win win cooperation" "Don't politicize trade" What else am I missing...
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  97. Everyone mostly mentions the resources in the South China Sea as China's interests in controlling it... but what they often don't mention is: leverage. So much trade goes through that SC Sea that you better believe Beijing will use it to punish those who speak out against them or have other political issues. It will become another economic weapon to use as political retribution.
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  98. Hey hey guys, hold on, China "doesn't interfere in other country's internal affairs", remember?
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  99. Women have more choice yet men still want to hold onto the traditional way of women doing everything - cooking, cleaning, taking care of children... and now + working. The world changed fast but the expectations of men are slow to change...especially in a traditional and patriarchal society like China. This leads to more women saying "no thanks".
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  100. GZERO Media does not get the views and attention it deserves. Love watching Bremmer and everybody else on here
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  101.  @smoothoperator2008s  Lol I love how people quote China GDP growth as if it's the same as other countries. Their GDP is a manufactured input, not an output of actual economic activity like other transparent countries. For every RMB of GDP they had to spend 7 rmb of debt, with that number growing exponentially. Even worse - it's largely spent in unproductive assets that just boost numbers on paper but do little to actual produce any value for the function of the economy. and their consumption is 7%? I go balls deep into the economics and have not seen that from any credible source. Their problem is literally low consumption and high macro debt. You're off dude
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  102.  @astroch  You say two things that have nothing to do with each other. I live in China and his observation is valid and correct.... it has nothing to do with sociocultural issues, its just the objective reality
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  103. They use the term "economic coercion" because its what everybody says about them. They seemingly don't quite understand what it means because they don't understand how use the term correctly. Look, if you're positioning yourself as a competitor and military threat to a country - they would have to be crazy to keep supplying you with the technology you would use to potentially hurt them or their national security interests with. China would absolutely not be selling the US any technology they feel would hurt their interest or their national security. However China does not really have any high-end technology that the US buys from them, hence why they resort to export banning things like rare metals and whatnot in retaliation. So here is the question - on one hand China and it's nationalists boast as being so strong, self-reliant, technologically independent, and superior to the US - yet they get so mad then when the US stops giving them technology and investment. So which one is it? You can't be both so strong and brittle at the same time. You either still heavily rely on the US quite a bit for your goals or so strong that you deal with anything they throw your way.
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  104. So why does China scream so loud if it is so big and strong?
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  105. @A. A. As you see the video, they used to develop 40% of the worlds chips. They also literally invented the semiconductor. Problem is they outsourced a lot of their manufacturing for it. They still design up to 60% of the world's software for semiconductors
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  106. China: "We don't meddle in other peoples affairs" Also China: "Lets set up the largest foreign disinformation operation in the world..."
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  107. I love how he mentioned that China is actively and significantly decouple from the US. In fact, China started decoupling way before there was any hint of this in the West under its "dual circulation" policy, which dates any talk of decoupling from outside. So when you hear all this rhetoric from Chinese diplomats against "decoupling" - its utter nonsense and banks on the fact that 99.9% won't ever look at Chinese economic/geopolitical policy. P.S. - I'm ready for you WuMao/bots/nationalists. Boohoo and cry more
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  108.  @Jell0zz  It's extremely different. Each has their own unique problems, but they are definitely not the same. Anybody who has lived in both countries would know that
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  109.  @MariJayne-b2h  99% of the rappers from the 90's and 2000's who were real gangsters were able to do it though.
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  110.  @1ndragunawan  So this is also true...even for China. Not only does the world rely on Taiwan, but China itself also relies on Taiwan for chips. This is one of the barriers China will need to overcome before it invades/takes Taiwan - Chip dominance. Not an easy feat
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  111. workers are not all the same. They may have laid off workers in certain areas but still need workers with a specific set of skills (AI, for example). I don't personally know that to be true, just stating a possibility.
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  112. Michael Pettis has written books about this. He said the reason the trade deficits (like the US) go down when tariffs are used isn't so much because people buy less things from other countries - its because real incomes go down and so people have less money to buy things in general...thus indirectly resulting in less imports, but for the wrong reasons
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  113. In almost all aspects... they seem to think they should get to treat others a certain way but certainly not get treated in the same way
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  114. I really hope the EU doesn't b*tch out and back down. Enough is enough
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  115. US wars? Russia invaded Ukraine, in Europe. US has given an immense amount of help at Europe's request... ok Chinese bot
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  116. They are trying to insulate themselves against a future invasion of Taiwan. So in that regard, you are correct. China is a major importer of food and energy. If they are sanctioned when they invade Taiwan, it'll be extremely crippling to their economy. Securing energy is one of the steps/goals to insulate themselves
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  117. hmm why did this not show up on my home page even though I had been refreshing? Not until I clicked the actual page....its usually not like that. Wonder if the bots were downvoting...
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  118.  @tylerboothman4496  I dunno but we gotta find out. Loomer looks like she's eaten a pup or two. RFK is on record for goin after roadkill, so he might be suspect #1
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  119. One thing I want to mention - around 56:39 when Brad says China's average life expectancy is 81. Take that with a large grain of salt, considering its from their official statistics and is likely massaged for political reasons. Also, women are not just "allowed" to retire at age 50-55 - they need to retire. Although many still work off the books. The details of the youth unemployment are actually the opposite of what the guest says. It's not Chinese kids who were educated to work in factories that don't want to do service jobs - it's educated Chinese who went to school for engineering, accounting, etc - who don't want to work on factories. It's why they have factories that can't find workers yet still have high youth unemployment. To be fair about the car thing - Chinese cars, especially electric ones, are very popular in China and are making inroads in Europe and other places (because they're subsidized by the gov to be cheaper). However, most people would for sure prefer a foreign made electric car if cost wasn't an issue
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  120. It's just a way to keep people from fleeing
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  121. He's over 80 years old, struggled his whole life, wrote books, and only recently became a "millionaire" at only 3 million net worth because of his books. Check yourself
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  122. Thats the thing... foreigners always see the big cities and think that is the real China. In reality - almost half the population lives in poverty
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  123. I agree with the EU. Hamas is bad and wrong but Israel has gone too far in disregarding and in some cases punishing Palestinian civilians
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  124. 100% true.... I love how they say it "destablizes the region" or whatever... like them lying about militarizing bases didn't exactly do that, or justify this response by the Philippines. Projection at it's finest...
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  125. Brooo I assumed by these videos that you weren't in China anymore. Goodluck with the local authorities...
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  126. Stop it. Leave them alone
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  127. Tony I gotta say that often I'm bored on youtube, I'll hit "refresh", your video will pop up and I'll get super excited. Thank you
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  128. This guy lost all credibility with me when he said "Not worse than ours" about Chinese demographics
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  129. This guy gonna get disappeared
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  130. Best believe part of the deal of building those schools is that they will need to teach favorable things about the CCP
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  131. You are completely correct. Ignore that "GamerShowdown" guy
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  132. The plea is probably crucial to getting a conviction for Trump
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  133. Who is we? Its just you lol
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  134. Sweet a Sunday episode!! Thx Tony
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  135. Michael Pettis is absolutely the guy to listen to on China. He understands its economy and the history of its economic model better than anybody I've ever heard. I encourage others to look him up on youtube and watch some of his interviews on this topic.
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  136. I've also noticed he doesn't like to mention why he sells certain stocks, especially since its still his biggest position of common stock... bc he knows he'll tank it. I've seen him tip toe around these questions before
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  137. I'm skeptical if this bond actually had high demand like they're saying. I bet they are using official government numbers (as usual) and taking it like they're credible.
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  138. Alley cats get around
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  139. There is also another aspect besides only chips. China would have a strategic advantage to project itself militarily if it were to control Taiwan. This would be a major danger for Japan and also the US.....hence Japan also being especially concerned with Taiwan China desperately wants to control the first Island chain. For defense and also offensive purposes.
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  140. So what's your point... they still don't own the SC Sea and have no right to harass the Filipino or any other countries.
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  141.  @JonTan-z3e  Because what ends up happening is: A: people spending more of their income on higher priced imports B: The imports are so expensive that they pay for more expensive domestically made products. The end result is the same: People pay higher prices for good that results in less total household income because of the cost of goods
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  142. Long live the great Taiwanese!
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  143. I actually have a theory.... one aspect of this is getting rid of the rotten, speculative, and debt ridden property market...but the other is that - the CCP wants to switch to a consumption led economy, and the property sector has been sucking up a ton of the spending from consumers (70% of household wealth is in property). By making real estate not as attractive, and with the money having nowhere else to go... I think part of this plan is to force people to basically spend their money domestically on consumption.. instead of is the speculative real estate market. Of course then there are a ton of other problems that come with that as well
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  144. He had the option to leave early on, fool... he said no I don't need a plane I just need bullets. Man you guys live in a totally alternate reality don't you?
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  145. I wonder how China would react if a US balloon went near their missile silos?
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  146. I just got told at my school that Halloween was banned, and we basically have to wear our costumes in secrecy inside the school
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  147.  @Penultimo-o3v  There is no elaboration... just Chinese bot nonsense...
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  148. "Then why did you put that out there?" "I didn't...you forced me!!" She can never take responsibility for anything. Then she gets caught lying about telling her friend to call the cops and then deflects that blame as well
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  149. What are you talking about...
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  150. Him, Elon, Bezos... are all the same. They will switch on a dime if it means making more money... you don't get that big without being ruthless and without principles
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  151. It was pretty bad dude... what are you talking about
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  152. This is why Germany can't muster a backbone against China. China is smart by deepening economic ties, dependency, and thus - influence. Schultz is Merkel 2.0 when it comes to depending on authoritarian regimes for economics Merkel's and now Schultz's "Change through trade" approach doesn't work with autocratic regimes. They change you, not vice versa.
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  153.  @lagrangewei  I don't agree that they have achieved both and I also don't agree that China's current numbers overtake the current might of the USN. Most military experts agree that China needs more time before that happens. I've seen many estimate it to be about 2027. Russia can help but its not enough. Hence why China is trying to strike bilateral energy deals with other countries in Yuan. I think China will try to get Taiwan to submit without a fight but I personally don't think that will happen. If it doesn't happen they will be prepared to take it forcefully and I believe that's what they are currently doing.
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  154. Because China is an Ethno-State. To them - if you are ethnically Chinese than you are one of "us" - in the eyes of the government. A piece of paper saying you are now a citizen of another country is simply a formality to them and if anything an insult that you denounced your Chinese citizenship. They don't respect or truly recognize ethnically Chinese that now have different nationalities.
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  155. China: "we oppose interference in internal affairs of other countries." Also China: Here comes our balloon to spy on your nuclear missile silos!
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  156. I was told by a middle class couple in China that it was intentional and encouraged by the government for people not to help others and to mind their own business... because if there ever came a time when the government had to take action against anybody - they didn't want others to come to their defense and group up against them. They said its intentional there are no good Samaritan laws, and if you get scammed or injure an attacker in effort to save another - courts will regularly or almost always side against you because "you at fault for getting involved.". I don't know if this is the true reason or not, but it makes a lot of sense.
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  157. Doesn't apply here... they barged into managements offices and wouldn't leave
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  158. It wasn't... can you please leave out conspiracies out of this please. Its already in everything else
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  159. There is something they can do about it - increasing household wealth to increase consumption. However it seems to be something they don't want to do because its politically difficult and they would rather be in control of where money goes instead of empowering the individual
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  160. Nobody believes you, WuMao...
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  161. Yeah, one country two systems really worked out for Hong Kong right
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  162.  @xxoo-lp6vc  China's debt to GDP is more than 3x the US. US is about 120% and China's is in the upper 300's... So, no
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  163. Lol yup... you know you've made when you attract bots and WuMao
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  164. So how do you explain the Roger Stone and Paul Manafort pardon? Trump is simply allowed to do these things because the bar is so low, but Biden and the Democrats are simply not held the same standard.
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  165.  @fenglihei  China could not survive this as much of its economy relies on foreign trade. It also extremely reliant on foreign imports of energy, food, agricultural products, and commodities. This is why I said in my original comment that China is working to insulate itself from the global financial system and secure bilateral deals on Yuan. I think you are very aware of how the economy was before trade and opening up...and China instantly getting cut off from that much foreign trade would not simply snap it back to that time - it would be much worse as China relies much more heavily on foreign trade now than it did back then. As I said in my other comment though - You are not trying to have a good faith conversation with me based on facts. My original comment was fair and you are here arguing with emotion and trying to prove my wrong. I'm not interested in talking to a nationalist who is not looking to have an honest conversation and only trying to defend your country. Have a good day
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  166. @ The world won't put up with this kind of behavior. Trade partners all over the world are already pushing back, and this will get stronger
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  167. What does that even mean
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  168. This girls career is so done. She shouldn't have went out there talkin when she herself is an offender. She will be seen as a liability in any movie now.
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  169. What's also rich is China was just literally requiring a 3 day test for anybody who even wanted to enter a grocery store, coffee shop, etc... in their own country. Yet are firmly opposed to others wanting a 2 day test...okay
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  170. Kotkin answered this - Ukraine wasn't close to joining NATO, but even if they were - invading a sovereign country over a potential security deal with your enemy is not a justified reason to invade. Every country holds a sovereign right to negotiate their own security deals. If US thought Mexico in the future might join China in a security deal, that would not justify the US preemptively invading and taking over Mexico
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  171. How is the US being expansionist in Ukraine? Russia invaded Ukraine, if anybody is being expansionist its them. What territory is the US trying to capture for itself to expand upon China is also being imperialist/expansionist with its actions in the South China Sea. Your perception of who is being imperialist is way off
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  172. Let's go Tony!
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  173. "Beijing's efforts to get rid of foreign technology from companies" - right except for technology they haven't copied yet.
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  174. Right her supposed attitude in this story is very different than all of the evidence we heard from her so far.
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  175. Lol no, it doesn't....thats what makes this so ridiculous, and shows you the level of governance in China
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  176. Tariffs would not stimulate growth and nearly every economist in the world would disagree The Fed printed money when Trump was in office The Fed actually made money off the loans to the banks as they were paid back in interest
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  177. Your comment went south with the Bretton Wood thing. You, just like most of the gold standard people, don't understand how currencies work. US got cheap goods from China but they were also supposed to open their markets in return, not just sell cheap goods... that didn't happen. They also subsidize their industries like crazy which goes against fair trade practices so the money more flows their way. In addition, Kyle is talking about US money through investment, not money through Temu for cheap goods.
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  178. Something that is often neglected to be discussed is the demographic collapse and the effects on economic growth in China. The Zero Covid Policy and industry crackdowns are causing them to use debt and essentially borrow growth from the future. A future where growth will already by very hard with an aging and shrinking population. Very tough times ahead for the Chinese economy, and I am doubting they will ever emerge as the largest economy.
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  179. Love Pettis. He has quite a few interviews here on youtube
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  180. disagree. the US has it's problems, but it do not forget that they have the strongest military, for now
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  181. Lol you think you're so clever with your disingenuous comparison
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  182. We don't know anything, stop it
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  183. "If he doesn't, she'll end up saying "he didn't make me pay because he knows I'm the true victim". She will never stop" damn truuuuuuu
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  184. That has nothing to do with the topic of the video
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  185. Lol okay. Tell that to Warren Buffet, the greatest investor of all-time, who just sold out of NIO and invested in TSMC
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  186. I think there was a big misjudgment on China's (and Russia's too) that the US was too divided and weak to make these kind of moves on export restrictions, geo-strategic, and military moves. It's the whole concept of the "Rise of the East, fall of the West" mentality that they hold.
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  187. I think this dude had trouble seeing his son for who he was. Clearly he didn't take the threats or police investigation seriously...big mistake
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  188. It's already spreading to the financial sector and the insurance sector is heavily intertwined with the financial sector. I think this guy is speaking too soon...
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  189. I feel like the EU is all bark and no bite. They aren't cohesive enough to actually do anything of significance about the trade imbalance and market access.
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  190. Right he cares so much about his hair... oh sorry thought you were talking about Trump
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  191.  @bluecoffee8414  The problem was more useful than the solution for that guy. By propping up Hamas and allowing them to exist, he ensured the Palestinians would never have their own state
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  192. I live in China and If you go back and read what original Marxism is about ---- its insane how opposite of that it is here. To the point where I don't see how they even draw a connection to it here (you can find statues of Marx in some parks and whatnot). Just by slapping on "With Chinese Characteristics" doesn't do it justice... its like the exact opposite of original Marxism
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  193. I don't. He's so vocal about censorship and the US government but when it comes to China - he is tight lipped as can be
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  194. I think Biden's strong support was politics. He calculated that he'd gain more from supporting Israel from older democrats and independents who vote at higher rates, and lose some support with younger voters who vote at lower rates. However I think he miscalculated the backlash that has grown stronger overtime.
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  195. About Goldman's comment about it not being systemic - it's not "systemic" in the traditional sense, that bankruptcies will spread to all over the system. It's systemic though in function since so much of the economy relies on real estate growth that a decline in real estate will likely result in a decline in growth in the system as a whole
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  196. Way to be racist. Him being Indian has nothing to do with anything
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  197. I'm still skeptical. I'll believe they're complying when the regulators say it's actually happened
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  198. Yea well we don't use the bible to make or enforce laws
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  199.  @srhodes6963  I don't think there is any evidence that it is
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  200. I feel like China tried to leap-frog the normal stage of a country's development so fast, in an unnatural manner (unusual amount government planning and allocation of capital), and for the main purpose of strengthening the power of the party - not the people/country as a whole.... that there are many deficiencies and holes in the fundamentals of a country at their stage of development. Education is also an investment that takes a long time to pay off....like 10-20 years. I think the government may have been in too much of a rush and short sighted to think that far ahead. In that sense, it becomes much more attractive to put that money into infrastructure spending to create "right now" GDP numbers and boost your economy. There is also the heavy focus on face, rather than substance - making China "look cool" through big shiny buildings, sending people to the moon, etc... instead of investing that money into education and healthcare systems.
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  201. No it isn't. You misunderstand it
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  202.  @patbyrneme007  Very incorrect. The reason the manufacturing is doing so well is because its heavily subsidized with debt.
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  203. I STAND FOR TAIWAN
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  204.  @JohnJaneson  Very much agree.
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  205. Well he so quickly glosses over that and then quickly and incessantly harps on things Biden, Harris, or the Dems have done. Minimalizing everything Trump does and maximizing everything the Dems do...then claiming he isn't biased.
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  206. Hmm I don't think Microsoft offered him a job simply to give him leverage in negotiations and gamble in that manner. I think that is thinking too far into it... I think they likely offered him a job because they seem him as a unique talent and saw it as an opportunity
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  207. Boohoo
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  208. Sounds like he's trying to hustle Theo out of some cash, hoping he'll fold.
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  209. Amber Heard the type of chick to say "It wasn't my fault! Johnny made me cheat!"
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  210.  @Nettamorphosis  That in of itself is crazy though. If calling out somebody for their blatant racism means your allies turn against you...there could never be a greater sign that you're with the wrong people
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  211. If I had to compare the Chinese government to a human - it'd be the insecure boyfriend that goes through his girlfriends text messages, e-mails, and even follows her to make sure she is not talking to other men.
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  212.  @leond9999  Oh it's English, it was just too much for you to understand. 我如果说中文你看得懂吗？
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  213. You guys way over-use the whole TDS thing to deflect anybody who has an opinion against Trump
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  214. Stop it with your "you have to speak Chinese to understand or make any comment about anything Chinese". It's elitist and ignorant... I'm so sure people in China don't have opinions about any other countries or politics, especially if they don't speak the language of said country
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  215. I agree with Bill
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  216.  @fenglihei  Take your emotions out of this and try to have a good faith conversation or gain understanding., You are simply trying to defend your country. You came here to attack me, and I have no interest because you are not here to have a conversation - you are here to fight and win an argument, fueled by your national pride. No thanks
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  217. Its probably more complicated than this but it seems so weird to me that the central government basically took most of the local governments tax revenue + gave them most of the spending and growth responsibilities, but gave them land sales as the main way to make money to fund it all - which then created the incentives that resulted in the housing bubble.. only to take that away from them but still keep taking all the tax revenue.
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  218.  @tasreasfatemsa8266  In 2020 Li Keqiang said over 600 million in China live on 140$ a month. So its not the same, and the total amount of poor are relevant.
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  219. ​ @chris-vr5pm I could be wrong but I think he means in the event that China invades or is about to invade...
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  220. LMAO same
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  221.  @bell-xk5dd  Lol okay.. everything is America and England's fault huh? You guys have a weird obsession with blaming everything on the US/West
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  222.  @gerttopmuller  They are, but fox pounces on it like a ravenous dog. Another reason to drop it... easy meat for the hounds.
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  223. Data Centers: Billions invested in facilities across states like Iowa, Texas, Virginia, and Arizona to support Azure cloud computing. Redmond HQ Expansion: Major redevelopment of Microsoft’s headquarters in Washington, including modern offices and sustainability features. Rural Broadband Initiative: Expansion of internet access in underserved areas through the Airband Initiative. AI Research: Establishing AI labs in cities like Redmond (WA), Atlanta (GA), Cambridge (MA), and San Francisco (CA). And many many more. These are just a few examples... do a bit of research before saying things.
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  224. Because it's a nothing burger...
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  225. Removing indicators and data is what you do when you aren't confident
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  226. I currently live in China and work as a teacher - and you are absolutely right, now more than ever if this the case
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  227. Year end rally? Lets start teaching people to be investors and start thinking out more than just a month
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  228. To say the whole "win win cooperation" line is overused would be a massive understatement. It's like there is a state directive to include that in every statement about diplomatic relations with another country.
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  229. I'm a democrat but I'm not a fan of DEI initiatives
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  230. I think talk is cheap and easy + they are so used to the world taking them at their word for so many years. Western countries and businesses were always so trustful, so they keep falling back to that playbook hoping people will believe them and rush back in
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  231. I'm really curious why Blizzard pulled out of China, given their history of successufully doing business. I know a lot of other media/information companies recently pulled out (linkedin and yahoo) due to a "increasingly difficult operating environment", and I'm wondering what new demands may have been levied on them to continue operating. I played World of Warcraft in China, and with such a huge base of subscribers - demands must have been huge for them to pull out.
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  232. @Kim It's definitely becoming less attractive for a lot of foreign workers. I do live in China, but I do it for my own personal reasons.. not because it's my best option financially or living standards. Almost half of my foreign friends have left though...
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  233. Yeah, thats what you tell yourself to make sense of Joe's opinion not validating yours.
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  234.  @xmkl38 You think China stealing Philippines territory in the sea would win them friends? Please...
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  235. What about the massive subsidies they get? If for no subsidies, they would not be competitive. Hence the EU investigating them for subsidies and China getting mad about it
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  236. Well this is Dutch equipment, not US. And no - this is not considered a backdoor as the software needs constant updates and communication with ASML for it to be functional. This has always been known by every party involved and is the way of such sophisticated equipment
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  237. I can't say how much I disagree, for these reasons: 1. The time of debt-fueled property growth is gone (30% of GDP and 70% of household wealth) 2. The Zero-Covid policy is on for the foreseeable future, and even when gone - has created economic scarring in both business activity and consumers psychology 3. Current regulatory crackdowns in tech, real estate, and education... with an uncertainty of future regulations on a dime, without notice. 4. Chinese companies delisting from the NYSE. HK market cannot come close to making up for this. 5. Potential for war in the Taiwan straights within the next 10 years 6. Population/demographics - and in my opinion, the most significant an inescapable of the 6
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  238. "Please don't go with the US chip ban so we can get more high end chips to update our military and attack Taiwan, which would also be a huge geopolitical threat and danger to you." Yeah okay
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  239. Bill is right on
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  240. I wish this guy was US President instead of Trump
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  241. I didn't get "don't respond to the attacks" at all from his message.
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  242. A Chinese girl once told me that most people understood the whole concept of communism and the revolution was bs, and that a lot of people know the government "plundered" them. I can't help this feeling could be a manifestation of what Pettis always talks about as a transfer of household wealth to the state. However she said: 1. there was nothing they could do about it 2. they saw their lives get better each year so they were still pleased with the result Anyways itll be interesting going forward if #2 is not happening quite the same as it was
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  243.  @28gire-jp1tw  Lol oh wow my feelings are so hurt
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  244. I live in China and have seen similar conditions for factory workers. They are treated like nothing and the gov does nothing about it
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  245. I would disagree with this woman. Unfortunately, the people blame the local government for the bank issue... and not the central government. They are unaware of how the policies of the central government have actually led to this issue on the local level.
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  246. If she endorsed Trump you'd be thrilled. Stop it...
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  247. So many Wu Mao's on WION's channel
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  248. Right. I can tell he speaks Chinese by the way he pronounces everything
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  249. The obsession with blaming everything on the US... and the "playing with fire" line...
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  250. I'm an American but India is doing quite well for itself. I'm happy to see stronger relations between US and the Indian people
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  251. The weird thing - all of the Chinese propaganda touts how developed China is, yet they are "developing" when it comes to treatment from the WTO and other instances. It's a dual identity and one is used when most convenient
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  252. Could be worse, you could be that lion that got slowly killed
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  253. Completely agree.... and especially after what literally just happened to them with Russia, and with China backing Russia.
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  254. I'm not sure either and I've asked myself this question. Only thing I can think of is they hope to develop these countries over the long term and create nations who are developed and friendly/indebted/dependent on them through economic growth. I think they may have been overly optimistic though about what they can achieve.
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  255. If you believe this guy you are going to lose money
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  256. In regards to the last part of the video - living in China I can attest that its believed by very very many that Covid started outside of China, particularly in the US
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  257. I literally said the same thing above. We need to start reciprocating and realize these guys have nefarious intentions in any way possible
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  258.  @mygaffer  Lol actually it's quite the opposite. You have no understanding of what I said, clearly
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  259. This construction firm sounds like a State Owned Enterprise. It shows you how they treat people
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  260. With Dalio - I don't think it makes sense to invest that much in China just to gain "insight". I think what makes more sense is using that insight to hedge his bets against China, if/when it turns out to be the wrong move. You invest all those billions without being certain, but you at least gain the ability to hedge if things go south, and offset your losses.... anyways it's all just speculation, but if I had to bet money - that would be mine.
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  261. This is going to lead to more tariffs from countries who produce legacy chips. If they do not, then their industries will be decimated to near zero
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  262. Everything has to be through a political lense for you guys eh? No, they're problems started with cutting corners on cost and obviously not taking enough care of their workforce in pursuit of higher profits
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  263. Bill is right
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  264.  @questworldmatrix  It's not about history, it's about the present. I also think Japan knows they did wrong in the past, and completely changed themselves...and at that time, they may have been a villain. However - times change, cultures change, people who did bad things die, and the sons should not be judged by the sins of the father. This is something the CCP has not learned ,as they hold onto grudges forever...in fact, it's a tool for them. Anyways, Japan has many reasons to feel China is the villain and it's their point of view. It's supported by facts and it's their opinion
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  265. I've heard some reports on this, and as you might expect - quite bad
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  266. Elephants are scary as hell. You don't realize how they can crush you on a whim until you see them in person. I went to Thailand, and you can just feel and hear the weight of them as the walk around. They could mistep and crush every bone in your leg... and some just have attitude problems and have a tendency to get violent for no reason - especially the males. Extremely fascinating but potentially dangerous animals, depending on their personalities and histories.
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  267. There are tons of good US based news coverage, you're just not looking in the right places.
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  268. China did the same to Japan in 2010 over a territorial dispute, using rare earth minerals. The result? Japan diversified it's supply chain to rely less on China for rare earths, taking away their leverage and ability to use economic coercion. China's actions reinforce the resolve of the US and other countries seeking to diversify their supply chains away from China to avoid economic coercion. This is one lever they won't be able to pull in the future to bend others to their will
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  269. About the cooking oil - I do wonder how this story even got published, being as how its a state run paper (they all are) and makes the government look bad, and how one of the companies was a state run company. if anybody got punished - it was probably the person who allowed the story to get out in the first place
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  270. I, for one, don't think it's a coincidence that simultaneously as China's economy slowed in the past decade - the surveillance and censorship state increased. Seemingly preparing for the days when the social contract of exchanging personal freedoms for economic growth, would be broken.
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  271. Funny thing is they are blasting the concept of other countries diversifying from them - yet they have be doing the same thing for years under the guise of their "Self-Reliance" strategy. Basically ... I be less dependent on you but you be more dependent on me... get out
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  272. If you listen to Larry at 2x speed - he almost sounds like a normal human being talking in terms of speed
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  273. Bill Maher said it best - "Trump is a city roach. The worse things he eats - the stronger he gets."
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  274.  @LD-Orbs  "Do as we say, not as we do"
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  275. Something the CCP does not realize about this "short-term economic pain" is that much of it will be medium to long term. How many businesses have/will close down because of this policy? How many businesses will not invest more or start up because of this policy, or fear of future policy shifts? That is the medium to longer-term pain. How about the effect on birth rates? This is not just "pain", this is economic "scarring"
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  276. Anybody else find it odd that China can have 20%+ of youth unemployment yet their overall unemployment is so low and nicely tucked away at 5%? If youth unemployment is in fact so high - that means the unemployment of the other groups would have to be substantially below 5% and would suggest that the factors contributing to youth unemployment are limited to that group and do not ripple up.
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  277. Jimmy Dork is a cook conspiracy theorists. Shouldn't even be here
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  278. I live in China and I wouldn't touch Chinese stocks with a 10 ft pole....regardless of how much upside potential there is. Living through the zero covid days, increasingly harsh regulations, large amounts of fraud/corruption, housing bubble, and bangin the war drum... noway. Better/safer places to put your money
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  279. Lol nice try Chinese Bot/WuMao
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  280. People will say "Oh but it's growing 5%!" - remember that GDP is not a measure of value creation, especially in China. Each year they set these GDP targets and figure out how much debt needs to be used to fill the gap between organic growth (consensus seems to be between 2-3%) and where they want it. This results in a pretty GDP number but, for the last 15 years, a lot of unproductive assets that do little to add value to the real economy or the average persons income
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  281. Lol... if thats how you interpret all of this - you live in lala-land or under a rock
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  282. This dude sounds like a salesman for why this infrastructure package is a good thing for China. Lets be clear - this is a debt-fueled stimulus package through a channel that suffers massive diminishing returns on investment and should have been stopped 15 years ago or so. China is already facing massive debt to GDP ratios and this will make the de-leveraging that is to come - much more painful.
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  283.  @jemborg  I don't think her public lunacy has much merit since it wasn't under oath in court. Like how Guilliani is out saying one thing but in court saying another. Mark meadows is the most damning but having as many people to corroborate makes it that much more air tight.
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  284. I feel like this girl is running defense and trying to put a positive spin on this...
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  285. Rattner is missing some things. He's focusing on the central government debt but he seems to be unaware that it's the macro debt of the entire economy, especially in real estate and local governments, where the problem is. Personally I do focus on the assets, as he says people don't do that. The problem with their assets is that a lot of them are unproductive and actually have a negative ROI (high speed rails to Xinjiang, ghost cities, malls and other empty structures). Their debt to GDP ratio is actually estimated to be 2.5x the US. I'm a bit disappointed at what seems to be his lack of homework done on this issue, because it looks like he just googled it and looked at the central government debt (which is what a lot of these statistics sites show), but you have to look a bit deeper.
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  286. Yeah I doubt this was his first rodeo
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  287. Those are the waters of the Philippines. The Chinese boat should not even be there
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  288. Lol oh I didn't know that your area's autoworkers were the whole economy. What a smart person
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  289. ​ @bobsmith3983 I try to get my news from various global sources, with as little political bias as possible - even if it tells me things I don't like. If they have a bias I try to keep that in mind as I listen to them and take what they say with a grain of salt. I try my best to look at objective numbers and opinions.
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  290.  @Lee-hw2oh  Taiwanese people in country of Taiwan
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  291. Support for these executive orders have massive support from Dems and Republicans. So goodluck with your nonsense.
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  292. Deflation is worse than inflation, smartguy...google why deflation is a bad thing
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  293. I also agree with the economist... cash handouts would've been better during the most severe parts of lockdowns and Zero Covid. At this point it would just be a bandaid or like giving a pain killer for chronic pain - a temporary solution. Now deeper, much more difficult reforms are needed. I personally think its a combination of Pettis' arguments plus an ideological dimension of the party feeling the need to be the source of growth - rather than the consumer
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  294. I live in China and I thank you and look forward to your videos Tony
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  295.  @chinavirus841  I'd say nobody is winning, and considering that everybody thought they'd be done in 2 weeks - I'd say they're doing quite well for themselves.
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  296. The fact she agreed to taping her new fiancé indicates she thought it was possible he was capable of the crime
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  297. This girl needs to stop with the "Uhhhh" every other word. Jesus....
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  298. I said from the start that China would lean on this dude to drop out because they want the KMT to win and his support would split the KMT vote and almost ensure the DPP win - which they dont want.
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  299. I like the long/deeper dive episodes whenever possible. I also like the 6 days a week =D
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  300. Well, they do... with 9 dash line, Taiwan, territory between them and India, small islands in East China Sea, etc
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  301. I guess you didn't realize Trump also had a part in some of that major spending, especially at the end of his presidency for Covid. I also don't think you realize what he's saying about Trump doesn't discount or deny what Biden has done, and that adding tariffs would simply add to whatever inflation is already present
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  302. A lot of countries have tariffs on American goods. You are factually incorrect.. India has a 10% tariffs on US goods.....EU also has tariffs on US cars...just a few examples, there are more.
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  303. Now they need to do the same in England, where she said under oath that she had already donated the money.
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  304. Why did those who were around them every day never witness these marks... but they witnessed them on Johnny. That's my question... Every photo and every incidence is only from her account, and nobody else actually saw them on her. We also know that Johnny was constantly trying to disengage, while she would aggressively work to continue the fight.
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  305. Lol China mad
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  306. @TienyeeTien  Lol I am. 我在中国已经住了六年半了
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  307. What on earth are you talking about...
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  308.  @DK-ev9dg  Keep making goofy comments
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  309.  @Superpooper-2020  The fact that you say "My India" shows you are actually Chinese. In Chinese, people often say: 我的中国" or "My China", but this structure is weird to say in English. Nice try, Chinese WuMao
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  310. EU is prepared for any retaliation, and still decided action needed to be taken. You can't make an omelet without breaking some eggs
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  311. Utter nonsense that has no basis and isn't grounded in logic. You don't go in and then "willingly" pull out unless you were about to get smashed. Stop it...
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  312. I hope Trump doesn't F this up.... I'm sure the drug companies have donated a ton to him and bought him.
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  313.  @irritatedanglosaxon1705  Sorry I only speak English... but yes, I am fine
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  314.  @irritatedanglosaxon1705  Your comment looks like you ran it through a translator. 你会说养育吗？
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  315. Anger, paranoia and misinformation? You summed up the Chinese government with three words, nice.
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  316. The US has the largest web of allies and partnerships around the world. Your statement is factually incorrect, especially in regards to a video about China - the country who has problems with almost all of its neighbors + more
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  317. How about you show you true Chinese name instead of masquerading under this one....
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  318. Thank you Lei. The only problem with that gentleman's assessment about "now being the best time to strike" in regards to raising interest rates is.... The Federal Reserve is independent of America's foreign policy. It's raising of interest rates is based on economic data and not US strategic geopolitical goals. I see how he came to that conclusion, but it just doesn't work that way.
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  319. The rise in imports is a good thing if it came from consumer demand. Not so much if it came from State owned enterprises funding infrastructure projects.
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  320. "So much fancy terms" aka you didn't understand anything
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  321. Problem is, a lot of is still made in China but simply re-routed through other countries. Until China hits the wall on its debt-fueled manufacturing industrial policy, truly switching will be hard.
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  322. I wouldn't agree with that. Since the US has security and defense pacts with both S. Korea and Japan... their security issues with N Korea are the US problems as well....not to mention an ICBM might be able to hit places like Guam
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  323. Getting rid of income tax disproportionately benefits the very rich and will explode the deficit. Stop talking nonsense...keep the income tax and raise it on the very rich, while also raising the minimum wage. Give money back to the people who need it the most and will actually spend it rather than accumulating more millions
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  324. Im not a fan of Dave but I wish Destiny and Mehdi had more of that this round. I'm a big fan of Destiny but him + Mehdi was a bit too much intensity for me. Palin was just useless in every sense
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  325.  @renemartin5729  Yeah and their debt spending grew by 9% to achieve that. That's a whole lot of debt for 5% growth.
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  326. Then China has nothing to be angry about then, right?
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  327. BBC is legit
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  328. I mean, you're here
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  329. Germany has made the right move and has actually gained face globally. Europe will go through a small pain period but it will be ending within a year, once they fully source their energy from another country. The mistake for Germany was to rely on Russia so much to begin with.
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  330. US, S. Korea, and Japan all seem to have enjoyed a great relationship for a very long time. Infact, US has a much better relationship with most of Asian than China does. So ask yourself who is the common denominator in these bad relationships. More importantly, ask yourself which man is the common denominator in these bad relationships.
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  331. This just further proves that countries need to de-risk supply chains from China
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  332. To comment on the end of the video - I was doing a ton of research as to why China has sped up it's aggressiveness in the last decade. I was asking myself Why would Xi become aggressive now? If he believes China's rise is inevitable, why not wait until tomorrow? Later I happened to stumble upon an article about why Japan attacked the US in pearl harbor out because they saw the US as it's ultimate threat and calculated it would be their only chance as they forecasted things would be dire for their economy in the future. That's when it clicked for me. If you are set on doing something, and tomorrow won't be as good as today - then you act today. If it were the case that tomorrow is better - then you'd simply wait and hide your cards. Perhaps the CCP has known for a while that the future wasn't what everyone thought. I'm glad to see more and more people stating this out in the open about how China might be pulling a Japan in more way than one. Wait until 2050 and your chance to reclaim the SC Sea and Taiwan probably won't be there.
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  333. Microsoft popping on this news shows you the short term focus of the market. This deal would've been a longterm win - and this decision should have made the stock go down, if the market actually had a longterm perspective.
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  334. Stop making everything political...
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  335. I'm a longterm bull, and thats why I actually hope Eric is right and stocks dip way back down, even to Oct lows. It's all a buying opportunity if you have a 5-10 year horizon
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  336. He was trying to make it for profit when he was there, and left because they wouldn't and give him full control. He is the one scamming
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  337. This is the Chinese perspective, but its only that - the Chinese perspective. Many other countries would not see it that way
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  338. Something else that is interesting is how China is supposedly a "socialist" country...yet lacks meaningful social programs and safety nets. It's like they kept the authoritarian aspect of socialism and give none of the supposed benefits. All of the responsibility is on the people to figure it out for themselves, whenever hard times are thrust upon them
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  339. I mean if you feel that way - don't come here and watch him. You seem to give a lot of attention to a "former American idol judge.".
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  340. Stop listening to Candice Owens, Tim Pool, and Tucker Carlson
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  341. It's only the extremely big firms in the financial sector. China, in this particular sense, know what it's doing. It wants to attract foreign capital so its selectively allowing full ownership in key sectors. It's not a broadening chance of policy, however...
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  342. I work in a school for rich kids in China.. and they even dress their kindergarten kids in 150$ shirts that they will spill food on and grow out of. My Chinese co-worker chided me for saying its a bit silly and said she would do it too. Its not a surprise since most of the money out here is "new money", as in accumulated in the last 20 years, so there is this perceived need to show everyone what your worth is based on your exterior
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  343. This made me LOL
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  344. They have tried this multiple times and it did not work...as we see the US oil industry booming more than ever
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  345. Why did Trump hire him then
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  346. Hmm I have friends who just got locked down, as well as know of other communities that have. How are there "no new local cases" ? and at the same time?
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  347. Way more than 80 million. There are 100 million in Guangzhou alone... if you factor in all of the Cantonese speakers in the entire world? Many many millions more. I know most of the big Chinese populations in places like Monterey Park and Alhambra, CA - alone are Cantonese speakers.
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  348. Definitely an ideological bend. The party wants to be the one to generate growth and increasing household income gives more say/power/control of the economy to the people who will look to satisfy their own needs and wants and not the party's.
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  349. Lol okay. How about stop bullying people in SC Sea and taking their territory. That's totally not provoking anything...
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  350. I think he was a great president. Chips act, inflation reduction act (horribly named but a great bill), infrastructure bill that Trump couldn't get done. Despite being old and gaffing, he actually had one of the best first terms
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  351. The EU is all talk in it's "de-risking". In actuality... they're increasing investment and trade.
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  352. Umm this is a lie? It's absolutely not the same situation in the US
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  353. Um well the US just passed 1 trillion dollar infrastructure package at the end of 2021? I guess you were not paying attention. Regardless - that will not fix the cost of manufacturing low cost goods in the US and it doesn't really make sense to try to do so. As manufacturing costs in China get more expensive - you will see more and more low-cost manufacturing moving to Vietnam, India, and Mexico. This has already been happening for over 10 years but has really been sped up by tariffs and especially the Zero Covid Policy. Don't get all angry at me. These are just objective truths of the economics involved
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  354. Lmao!
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  355. Thank you! After a while, I was like - "wait, what am I watching??" Then they finally got to it -_-
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  356. In regards to the quote from Bishop @4:46 about fentanyl - the Chinese are very transactional... and I don't think conceding on something as valuable as fentanyl for the sake of "good will" is in the cards. Meaning.. I think they see fentanyl as a point where they have a ton of leverage, and they likely won't give it up unless they get something meaningful, concretely, in return (ie export restriction relief or something equally as relevant). I personally don't agree as I think the US see's the export restrictions as something that could potentially deter a war and protect he current world order...but we'll see.
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  357. To be fair, it was a mistrial and its not like he was found innocent. Mistrials usually mean that no result was yet found and he could be tried again
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  358. His bias is so obvious
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  359. Id say deceptive
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  360. Nations invaded by China: India: Sino-Indian War (1962) Russia: Sino-Soviet Border Conflict (1969) Vietnam: Sino-Vietnamese War (1979) Next: Taiwan If you want to argue technicalities of who has invaded more, sure thats fine - but China's hands are far from clean, so at that point - what does it matter who has invaded "more" ?
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  361. Tech nerds who have checked the chips show they are from 2021 tech and likely from the stockpile they accumulated pre-chip ban. There is a reason they did a silent-release and didn't make a big deal out of it. It likely isn't gonna last
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  362.  @Fred-t8q  I just think initiatives where the sole purpose is to pick people based on race or gender is not helpful to the business and alienates a lot of people. I think its fine if , for example, you have 3 equally qualified candidates (ie 2 white males and 1 black female) and you choose the black male because you have a lack of diversity... but that doesn't seem to be whats going on here. It seems like there are quotas to hit and when you create quotas you create incentives for people to seek out others based on ethnicity/gender instead of the most qualified individuals. I also think it can make a lot of people feel alienated. So I'm very much for diversity, but I'm not for initiatives that seek out people based on race and gender as the primary focus to achieve specific DEI targets/quotas
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  363. That opening clip is hilarious "You're turning red Vinnie" LOL
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  364. "Someone doesn't agree with me? MUST be Teh d33p stat' He gave a fair analysis and even said the fact checkers checked Trump more and he feels that showed some bias. You gotta stop deflecting everything that conflicts with your view... a ton of people thought Trump lost that, its not crazy to think so
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  365. Has anybody ever noticed that the Pro-Chinese & Anti-Taiwan comments on SCMP videos almost never have Chinese account names? I'll leave you to figure out why
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  366. Think longterm, not short term trends
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  367.  @williamkinkade2538  I haven't seen any Han prejudice in this thread...knock it off.
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  368. That would be Xi and then Trump
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  369. They are drops in the bucket when you consider the total size of the US workforce. Remember it's a country of 3.31 million
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  370. The ones who can afford to come to America already have money
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  371. It's called the news
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  372.  @wanglei5500  US and its allies do not want their technology to be used to build up a military they may have to fight. If China can get around it, that is their right and all the more power to them.
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  373. So much ignorance in your comment
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  374.  @TD1237  A logical response is others putting tariffs on their dumping practices. This is tit for tat since foreign cars dumping in the Chinese market is not a thing. Btw China already tariffs imported cars, the same thing they are angry about others for doing to them. So, no
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  375. Lol destroyed her
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  376. They used him to test the waters on this stance. If there wasn't immense pushback then they would have adopted it... but now with the backlash - they can throw him under the bus and say it was just his idea
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  377. Preach!
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  378.  @jinlee2617  The Chinese ain't gonna do nothin
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  379. Lol
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  380.  @odysliu9102  I live in China and the original poster is correct, and you likely know it as well. These kind of open discussions are not allowed to be on Chinese TV or on social media. The only thing allowed is praise of the party or things that are bad against the West, especially US
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  381. I agree it's mostly symbolic, however, China has been trying to gain influence within Europe for a longtime now and strategically this hurts that opportunity. It also has a knock on affect as it will influence other Central and Eastern European countries view of China. So a diplomatic blow, as well as geopolitical in terms of their Europe strategy
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  382. Your looking at a cube and calling it a square. The savings far outweigh any spending to the point where it actually reduces the deficit. The drug pricing aspect alone will save an estimated 100 billion because Big Pharma gouges us by not allowing medicare to negotiate prices (something all developed countries can do). I know reading is hard but look at the details with an objective mind before forming an opinion.
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  383.  @spider6660  ​ So this is factually not true. China hides a lot of it's total debt by only giving the debt of the central government, they don't include the massive amount of corporate debt held by the private and state sectors, nor the local government debt. All of these stat websites only show the numbers China officially states, because normally you could trust those from any of the major economies (not in China's case). In 2019 the Institute of International Finance (IIF) estimated their total public date was over 300% of GDP. They have only added to that debt since the pandemic began (especially as of recently) and economic growth has slowed further. The South China Morning post said - China’s overall debt was 270.1 per cent of gross domestic product at the end of 2020, up from 246.5 per cent at the end of 2019 So, what you said is incorrect. They actually have much much more debt to GDP ratio than all of the countries you mentioned. They just cherry pick which "debt" they choose to list or officially state as "China's debt to GDP" to give some context - the US has a major debt problem and their debt to GDP ratio was 126%
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  384. The US did not lose 18.3 million.. you're insane
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  385. I know this is so hard for you to fathom, but there are institutions that don't play into your petty politic games that you think everything revolves around.
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  386. You do realize that nearly every Nissan and Toyota cars sold in the US are made in the US right? You don't actually know anything, do you
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  387. Right. Its a political move, not an economic one
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  388. Nothing to do with anything
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  389. Yup she fled the PH and just got nabbed in Indonesia. She totally fabricated she was half Filipino and she's literally just a Chinese citizen
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  390.  @jayanimations494  I care. I think the story is fascinating
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  391. Don't think I could have said it better myself....
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  392. Happy New Years from Shanghai. I think you are there too, but nonetheless... thank you for all of the great content. I watch the vids daily... stay up my bro
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  393. I push back on the dude newscasters that said the market went south and then rebounded when Trump was elected. I remember the markets skyrocketing when he was elected bc they knew the tax cuts were coming - and they did
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  394. Crazy. Who is buying homes at these prices?
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  395. ​ @89volvowithlazers  I don't think yelling at China is the correct tactic, but I think Germany and France are signaling a lack of cohesiveness and unity within the EU in regards to China. What he says feels more like "Ok I'll say the thing they (EU) wants me to say but actually it's nothing meaningful.". My take, anyways
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  396. Wow, nice job deflecting from the issue with "What about"-ism. So disgusting
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  397.  @sinic1978  Lol not as rattled as those faulty missiles and missile silos
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  398. Bro if you think Kamala is "far left" you've been consuming too much NewsMax
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  399. I think if you ask anybody in Asia - they would say China
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  400. Bill is right
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  401. @ Where are you getting this from? Even if that was true - half the population (rural) live on 150$ a month or less. Even if they used up all their savings - it would barely move the needle on China's consumption
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  402.  @fenglihei  You are free to believe that, if you want
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  403. Well, Israel is supposed to be ethically and morally better than a terrorist group, right? Especially given the balance of power. That's probably why
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  404. You had to throw in your own partian politics in there with your "*anti-trump hype". Calm down
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  405. Imagine what the US could be if we had a guy like this
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  406. China is not collapsing anytime soon but a Japan era slowdown is likely by the end of the decade. 1. China is about 65% of US total GDP, so comparing the 3% to the 5% (not 5.5) doesn't work. The bigger you are, the slower you grow. 2. I'm not sure about the accuracy of your 20 million manufacturing job openings. What I do know is there is high youth unemployment and many college educated kids don't want manufacturing jobs. 3. Chinese economy is currently not based on advanced manufacturing. They want to do this, but it currently is not. 4. Much of the growth this year was fueled by supply-side government debt spending in infrastructure and manufacturing. Most of credit expansion was from local governments and SOE's, and not private business investment. Here is the thing - if the economy was organically growing at 5%, why are corporate profits flat or down? Its if an economy growing at 5% than corporate profits should be up more than 5% (I've seen 8% estimated). This would suggest that a lot of this growth is going to unproductive assets fueled by government spending...and not actually creating much value.
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  407. I love Johnny and I'm on his side, but I think a strong man would've left a long time ago. Especially after the finger incident... Depp is a legend but he was weak in this relationship by letting somebody treat him like that and not dumping her sooner.
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  408.  @schloops8473  I think its possible his attitude/perception that the US was the enemy could be what led him to those actions that consequentially helped provoke that very behavior
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  409. "He can't leave LA county, he can't go anywhere" Well LA county is big as F***. I mean how many places can you go in a prison cell? Just stay in LA..damn
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  410.  @donkeychan491  deflation is bad because if people think things will be cheaper in the future - they won't spend today. The "not spending" of today then increases deflation and then the cycle continues. While too much inflation is bad - a little inflation is good for economic growth. Many would say that's around 2-3%. There is media bias in every direction. There is a ton of stuff against China and a ton of stuff for China. Just depends on what your algorithm is set to. I don't think there is any indication that China's surplus is due to efficiency. There is a known and documented problem of over-capacity in China - building things nobody needs. It's a natural consequence of over-investment in things like manufacturing or infrastructure. Check out Michael Pettis when you have a chance. He's living and teaching at a very reputable University in Beijing and would not be allowed to spew lies or give anti-China bias. He breaks all of this down very logically and explains that its known issue but why its so hard to change
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  411. My prediction: the Mex and Canada tariffs won't happen but the China ones certainly will.
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  412. I'm a bit confused by this comments...China would absolutely have shot that balloon down, regardless of threat to human life - and made an even bigger spectacle of it. So what you said is a bit puzzling...
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  413. First the horrible re-brand to "X" and now "Grok" ? Man they really know how to pick names over there.
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  414. So I watched the cross-examination one first... and thought she was pretty credible and honest witness. Now I'm watching this... comparatively, she was pretty unhelpful in the cross examination and couldn't remember so much. In this one, she emotes much more and seems to remember much easier the details of everything. Comparing the two I can't help but feel she is bias towards Amber with how willingly forthcoming she was in each testimony. The demeanor is completely different. It seems she does clearly remember in detail many of the sort of things she seemed to have forgotten when Johnny's lawyers asked her questions. She gives, in detail, much more information without the lawyer having to pry it out of her...and the details given clearly seem to favor Amber.
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  415. It's likely much more than 15, but whatever. If the more effective western vaccines had been accepted - they could have avoided all of this. Pride and nationalism at it's finest.
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  416. I agree with Bill
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  417.  @freeman041  They absolutely do need to understand the economy. That is the dumbest take I've ever heard
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  418. You never thought she was deranged, stop it...
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  419. aka "Ian says something I don't like and/or disagree with, and therefore he is part of the establishment." stop it...
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  420. Don't become a day trader. Bad idea
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  421. My question - Why arent' her old best friend Rocky or her own sister willing to take the stand, under oath, to corroborate all of her stories they were involved in? Especially her sister... why would you not want to come to your sisters aid and give her a slam dunk against her "abusive" ex husband, if what Amber said about Johnny swinging at her - were true?
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  422. Nah he's not saying that..... at all. He said it would "help"... which is just basic logic
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  423. @Deangelo Mathis Lol umm are you from like 100 years ago? They do that, It's called NAFTA - or whatever the new upgraded version is called
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  424.  @Anonymint-vj7bt  I don't think he's a "renowned China expert". He's just an economist who has extensive knowledge of about their economic model. He doesn't quite say that.... he said the amount of investment that was in real estate cannot simply be shifted over to technology because it's so large that the technology sector couldn't absorb it all productively. Especially since technology isn't hurting for capital.
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  425.  @渡海-q2w  Nobody is anybody's master, lets get this straight. Humans are masters to themselves
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  426. l'm confused at what you're getting at?
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  427. I agree with Von Der Leyen and think she's spot on here. Enough is enough
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  428. Word
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  429. or, it is "make your enemy think you are strong when you are weak"
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  430. Listen to Summers at 1.5x speed and he sounds normal
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  431.  @Puntonghua  The same can be said about China when it happens to them
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  432. Thats right baby
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  433. Well except it's not
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  434. I think China largely believed the Philippines could be bought off with domestic investments and would keep quiet as their territory got stolen off. Think again...
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  435. I can only speak anecdotally, so take it for what it's worth, but in one of the major cities (don't want to exactly say where I am) - restaurants, stores, and bars aren't as packed as they were a year ago. Also I've noticed more stores that are closed and remaining vacant for longer. I think that things aren't horrible, but I don't know if "rebounding well" is how I would describe what I see.
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  436. Who is complaining? They are simply reporting it... dum dum
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  437. I agree with Bill
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  438. Nothing to do with Biden
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  439. Sounds like China should thank the US then and won't be mad at all about these new curbs. It's puzzling though why they asked the Commerce Secretary to take off the previous curbs though since this only helps them hmmm
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  440.  @teebone2157  It doesn't work out like that. I live in Shanghai and the average Chinese salary is 7,000 RMB or about 1,000$ a month. It is not that cheap here to where that thousand works out to being enough to live a good life. Smaller cities are less expensive but the pay is also far less.... its hard to make it on your own out here as a local on a local salary, almost everywhere. Low cost of living and even lower pay
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  441. For every action there is an opposite and equal reaction. China didn't consider the reaction to their expansionism into the SC Sea
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  442. They are showing they don't bow down to bullies
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  443. The thing I disagree with this gentleman is that China is in a better place Japan was. I'd say at best it's mixed...some things are better, and some are worse. China has more control of it's financial sector than Japan did and stricter capital controls, however - It took Japan 20 years into their crisis before their population started shrinking, they were also more developed, and more of China's economy is held in the real estate sector than Japan's was. So at best it's a mix, and if it will be better or worse than Japan's situation is an unknown.
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  444.  @zacksmith5963  You do realize that China's debt to GDP ratio is greater than the US right? You really should not be mentioning debt when trying to compare China to the US
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  445. @ Well you can ask the gentleman in the video about that. Don't take my word for it - all I can do is offer my personal experience. But I do have friends all over and somehow they are all experiencing the same. Its common knowledge inside China that jobs are hard to find and things are much slower... I don't know what to tell you. If you want more concrete data - watch the video again or just search it here on google or youtube. There is tons of data to support what I'm saying.
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  446. It's called statistics... they don't need to test everybody. They can take a large enough sample size from the population to get a clear idea of what strain is circulating
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  447. He is ruining China. Deng was the greatest Chinese leader. This guy is the Chinese version of Trump - except he won't ever leave
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  448. This sums it up perfectly!
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  449.  @Zei33  Yes exactly, they use all of those phrases over and over again, word for word... They have no idea how unauthentic it sounds because its said exactly the same way, every time...like from a script they're all given to read with the same copy/pasted lines
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  450. Relax tanky
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  451. I remember in China, she said the news was always talking about America. I asked her what they say, she said "Basically, America = bad guy."
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  452. They have been doing the exact same thing to Canadian aircrafts
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  453. Newsflash: China's debt problems are much worse than the US LOL. What a fool to make that comment...
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  454. Wow that's a great way of putting it. Cheers
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  455. I live in China and know many Russians and Ukrainians here. It's not "all good" in western Ukraine dude....not to mention they're still very likely to fall as country to Russia in the medium to long term. Do some hard work and research things like this (from legit and nonbias resources) before coming to such conclusions.
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  456. Spoiler: China already tariffs imported cars... the same thing they are mad about others doing to them. Hence why so many actually build inside the country, through joint-ventures. They decreased the import tax from 25% to 15% in 2018. This is simply putting them back to the 2018 levels
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  457. Hmm Im not sure if thats accurate. First time he wqs running against Joe and was the likely winner
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  458. Hating Japan is a useful tool for the CCP, and they absolutely teach their population to hate Japan - starting at childhood. I recently heard a co-worker teaching and encouraging our young students to chant "kill the Japanese!", while filming them with her phone and laughing. When I got upset with her, she rebuked me saying it was fine because she agreed with it.
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  459. No, she couldn't. She was largely shelved and marginalized... VP's aren't known to actually have much sway on policy
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  460. Lol not even the Chinese bots can cover up the ridiculousness of the CCP here....
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  461. Its funny how China always says the Philippines rams them.... and then in literally every video you see the Chinese ship slamming into the Philippines ship
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  462. You are completely wrong. We do not have enough of world class engineers for what we are trying to accomplish. I hate to agree with Elon and Vivek but they are absolutely right.
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  463. I live in China and the railways are absolutely world class, *however*, China's economy is hurting bad right now and probably on the path of Japan's in the 1990's. They have the opposite problem of the US - they OVER built in real estate and infrastructure (such as high speed rails). These rails are basically everywhere and some of them go to nowhere - meaning they lose money and many are financed by massive amounts of debt. Yes the rails are impressive but these rails are now a representation of their failed economic model of building nonproductive infrastructure. Don't take this as a lesson of how China is better than the US.
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  464. Great job EU!
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  465.  @M.C._3369  All the ring wing ppl are on this vid boosting like-minded opinions, but reality is Joe has never been about the sponsorships ever.... he doesn't need to. He makes so much goddamn money you think he really needs or cares about more? Dude is actually free now in the sense that he can speak his opinion on whatever he wants and fuck the haters
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  466. This is a small clip. Look Pettis up and youtube to understand his total thesis... he's incredibly knowledgeable on the Chinese economy. He even has many former students who became economists in the Chinese government and they consult him often.
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  467. How does that apply to China in this video?
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  468. Indian government has offered, China has not responded
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  469. After seeing the other video about all of this - the Dad was a weak man who desperately sought his wife's approval more than he cared about his own kids.
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  470. You have bought the propaganda to distrust the system
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  471. Banks always start optimistic on China and then revise down when they can see they're gonna be wrong. Same thing happened last year
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  472. Bot-city
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  473. Stop it with your nonsense...
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  474.  @ralphace3071  haha is that every insult you know? Give me more
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  475. The Teacher passport thing is crazy... I mean, do they think some CIA spy is going to "indoctrinate" the teacher with "Western Ideas" and then they come back and plant seeds of "color revolution" into primary school kids or what? Its bizarrely paranoid, even for them
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  476. Hardly... economy is booming
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  477. Thing is, the US gov does not own those private energy companies. They aren't nationalized.... I do think this stems from subsidize in the chips and inflation reduction act.
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  478. Elon is gonna (or already is) talking to Trump about how weapon sales to TW is a bad idea and they're a liability to the US etc etc. Crazy how a dude that China has so much leverage is so close to a US president and has his ear.
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  479. It actually isn't gonna make a difference
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  480. He should've pressed him more on the Tianamen square thing. He gave a very vanilla response that didn't indicate any controversy.
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  481. Caught Covid for the 2nd time a month ago (live in China as well). Also was much milder and voice got super horse.
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  482. Actually, yes, it is
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  483.  @Amsterdamned33  Bolton and Dork are jokes. The shooter was a former Trump supporter... I know conspiracies are exciting, but the truth is usually far more boring. The guy was simply a crazy, former Trump supporter. Everything isn't about "Teh Establishmont"
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  484. China has surpassed as a total of debt to GPD %. I think you don't understand math
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  485. This is their excuse to not pump more
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  486.  @debabratabanerjee7461  The burden of proof is on the person saying otherwise
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  487. So much anti-west Russian bot nonsense on this comment section!
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  488. Bill is right here
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  489. Apparently they can't
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  490. Why doesn't Elon do the same in China?
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  491. The reason its not "pretty good" is because to even grow as much as they are now - they are spending about 7x as much in debt than the actual GDP growth. Actual organic growth from consumption and private investment is estimated to be closer to 1%. Not good at a country with this level of development and entering shrinking population
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  492. Its tit for tat for Huawei
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  493. There is nuance to what he's saying, and I think his analysis is valid
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  494. Hmm I don't really care about TSLA personally but they do make great cars. I can't agree that they're low quality
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  495. This "tooltalk" guy is correct. You have no understanding that the problem itself is not subsidies to be sold within the domestic market and free trading zone. The problem is when a country subsidizes for the purpose of exporting and totally eradicating any global competition in other peoples markets. Apples and oranges
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  496. Love Kevin Rudd. Happy to see him here on WION
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  497. Hey bro - you're not sounding like a broken record. This is daily news... people who expect shit to resolve after 1-2 days are being unrealistic. This housing thing is going to be daily news for a long time, and people are just gonna have to deal with it or it wouldn't be accurate If these videos came out once a month or once every few months.... Ok I'd get it. But this is day-by-day. Keep doin what you're doin... you are on the right path with these videos. Cheers
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  498. ​ @sjv9147s Throw in all of the US debt (it's all in dollars, so this external/internal reference is irrelevant) - and China has much more. I misspoke before, US's total debt is 120% of GDP and China's is around 280%. The point is - you have no place to bring up debt when comparing the two countries bc China is, by far, the worst offender. You can say US is a "fad country" but they still have the biggest economy, the most powerful military, the most global influence, the greatest web of global alliances, and the reserve currency. China won't ever overtake the US due to it's crushing debt load at a much lower development level and shrinking population. You may not like it, you may call them a fad, but it is what it is.
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  499. hmm the buyers of homes in America are usually individual Chinese investors. These are Chinese development companies in China who build giant apartment buildings for the local real estate market The same Chinese people who buy homes in America are often the same people who buy the homes made by these developers in China though...diversifying their real estate portfolio
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  500. What you're really saying is "Joe isn't on our side in hating bud light! AAAHHH!" knock it off. He has right wing friends and tendencies, but he doesn't have to go with all of the group think
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  501. I think if some people hear anything that isn't 100% in support of Israel - they switch off and shut off their ears. Ian's points are valid and although may be hard to hear, its worth listening to and considering
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  502. Well the US actually invented the semi-conductor, and the internet, and GPS. What has China invented recently? US stopped producing semiconductors willingly, by outsourcing them to Taiwan and other countries. However they do design all of the software for advanced semi-conductors though... like the ones Taiwan makes. China doesn't have to worry though, because their chips are the things that go into kids toys, and scooters, remote controls, etc.. so it they don't need the US software
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  503. The talk of De-dollarization is great for clicks on youtube, but it's largely false in the next 20-30 years. Far more likely is the current trend of very slow decay over a very long period of time
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  504. For this election specifically - Biden choosing to run again and not letting a proper primary happen after the mid-terms, allowing for a stronger candidate to emerge (probably not Harris) was the main issue. More broadly speaking - Democrats choosing to use a lot of oxygen to focus on niche social issues rather than economic issues. Get the over-paid, big money, rainbow-haired consultants out of the Dem establishment and get back to listening to grassroots issues. Healthcare, education, workers protections and wages, etc
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  505. And she will continue to blame Johnny, society, and probably her legal team next... for her situation. It's you, girl, it's just you.
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  506. China has been subsidizing their industries for decades and to drown out global competition and dump their products onto the world, distorting global markets. This the hypocrisy and projection at it's finest They're only mad because others are fighting fire with fire, and it hurts their plan to get ahead
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  507. ​ @Andy-P Naw I'm not specifically talking about US cutting China off from technology. I'm speaking much more broadly than that...debt capacity, their whole state led economic model not working going forward, and population decline. Getting cutoff from tech is only a result of their increased geo-political aggression and souring international relationships... which only further complicates things for them as I doubt they saw that coming even 5 years ago. To add to when I was reading about Japan, I also read that nations in decline have a history of getting more aggressive (Russia might also be in that camp)...because they feel if they don't act now, their chance might not be there later. I can't help but wonder if there is a parallel here between that and how China is behaving.
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  508. And heeeeeere come the Chinese Wumao's and bots. They will be sure to have non-Chinese names and profile pictures
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  509.  @florencebaendes2853  Its not about being an expert.. it's obvious, simply logic.
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  510. I'd say the problem is Europe doesn't agree or like China's behavior, but they're not economically strong enough to really do much about it. I think they would like the luxury of taking a stronger stance against China like the US, but they're just not able to. Hence the EU Pres stating how they really feel yet the leaders of each individual country cow-towing to Beijing to economic deals. It's a big mess and I think it's gonna sting even worse when Beijing ends up invading Taiwan and Europe finds itself in another Russia/Ukraine type situation.
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  511. Listening to Summers on 2x speed makes him sound like he's speaking at a normal pace
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  512. Statistically not a good idea. Many many more have lost shorting apple than won
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  513. I live in China and unfortunately the older generation didn't grow up with a lot of rules and especially if they have money - they especially feel they can do what they want
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  514.  @MRT-co1sd  Stop with the nonsense conspiracies, please...
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  515. 560km? It would take a century for them to make up the cost of this project with efficiency gains of this project. This is further over-investment of unproductive assets to boost GDP numbers, plain and simple
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  516. “They talk about a relatively small number of people that went to the Capitol and in many cases were ushered in by the police.” “Because I offered her 10,000 soldiers or National Guard and she turned them down.” “He wants to raise your taxes by four times.” "I didn't have sex with a pornstar" Just a few, and there are many more
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  517. Because they have assets in the US, but their losses in China still affects their operations in the US...its not a separate company
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  518.  @PlaYer-sn5or  I'm not sure why you posted any of this. This has nothing to do what I said in my comment
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  519. What did Buffet say... better to buy a great company at a fair price rather than a fair company at a great price.
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  520. If he loses - people will cry "fake fake fake!" and unable to accept loss, like adults.
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  521. Nah I'd say he's mostly spot on
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  522. Glad to see GZERO getting more subscribers and more views
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  523. Can't have cases if you don't test. I am here on the ground and it is spreading faster than a wild fire. Two people from my job got send home today because they were positive
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  524.  @happymelon7129  It ultimately makes no difference. Every Chinese company has to obey the CCP... its not like those investors supercede that. In addition - M-rook is still correct, CCP bans almost all US apps (including tiktok itself...they only allow Chinese version douyin), so even if just for the sake of reciprocity - It should be banned.
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  525. There goal isn't to pump up the market, its silly speculators who did that. So the answer is no, the market falling isn't going to change anything
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  526.  @happymelon7129  Nobody has changed the definition in the US lol. You're just making things up because you have no argument. US is doing quite well, bad example you chose
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  527. Please explain yourself. Most of the "decoupling" has been done by corporations themselves who did so at their own will when it was revealed during the pandemic what over-relying on the Chinese could entail. It hurt consumers much more during that time, which hurt their business, and they don't want that to happen again... nor do consumers.
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  528. Longterm? A lot better than China's.
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  529. Exactly my thoughts
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  530. It's a sad state of insecurity when you have to post something like this to make yourself feel better about China's failings
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  531. This is very true
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  532. also the guy says "I packed a 'to-go' bag for me, and my dog" he has to know that if he tests positive - they cull your pet. You can't bring your pet with you and they fear the dog will spread the virus, so they cull them. Weird he did not mention that, as it's common knowledge now
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  533. At one hour in, I have to disagree about the trade deficits not matter for jobs bc we created so many jobs last year. The thing is, the trade deficit requires us to have massive budget deficits to stimulate the economy and avoid job losses that would result from the trade deficit. Ideally, our trade would be balanced and we'd import as much as we export.. that would give us more room to reduce the deficit. So yes we had great job growth, but we also had record deficits
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  534. ​ @THarshavardhanReddy  ​ I could be wrong but I think he means in the event that China invades or is about to invade...
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  535. I don't understand China's logic... they want to bully smaller countries in the SC Sea and then get upset when they spend more on defense and ask US for help. You can't have it both ways, and you catch more bee's with honey than vinegar. Pick one - you either want the SC Sea or you want to have better relations with those countries and keep them from reaching out to the US for help.
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  536. He should get way more attention
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  537. Yeah somehow the little boat moved sideways as it went straight and hit the front tip of the big boat. Okay
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  538. And where do they get the data for the massive "inflows" domestically? Most likely the Chinese government...seeing as how it could potentially be illegal now for a firm to report this info from the inside. Hard to believe businesses aren't taking out loans, super slow credit growth, low consumer spending, real estate market deflating, yet investors domestically are piling in at such a rate...
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  539. Well US is becoming less of a customer and more of a competitor to oil producers, since they're the #1 producing nation at this moment... so yes, of course they're losing influence, but for the right reasons at least.
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  540. Lol let them.. they still need Boeing as they can't produce enough planes yet, airbus has years of backlog. Apple and Tesla employ a ton of people and itll result in a lot of job losses and even more exodus of foreign direct investment. Employment and foreign direct investment are already a major problem right now. The country with a larger export surplus and economic issues is much more vulnerable in this situation...that is China. They cannot meaningfully respond without causing great damage to themselves at the moment
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  541. Should have done .50
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  542. Yeah, Winnie the Pooh
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  543. 3 things going bullish for Disney right now 1. Movies being allowed again in China (top line) 2. layoffs (bottom line) 3. reshuffling (speculative) Either way it's good news in all aspects. I'm still in red a bit on Disney but I can't be mad about all of the recent events
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  544. Hmm I don't think it's a propaganda channel....even if some small details here are not exactly accurate. In fact, this is just one of many similar stories about China's SOE's you can find all over... and it's a known problem that SOE's not being as productive as their private counterparts and often having massive debt issues due to the mentality that they will always get bailed out.
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  545.  @williambrandondavis6897  So who is pumping all the oil in the US? We are at record production. I'm reading that shale oil on average needs a price of 50$ per barrel to be profitable. It's at 75$
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  546. You're the same as Trump people in US
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  547.  @secramis4558  Well yeah, thats who I'm referring to when I say N Korea since he makes the decisions. Obviously not the citizens
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  548. Its more about buildings than the trains.
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  549. They are using this diplomat as a feeler for this new potential stance. They'll assess the backlash and go from there whether to make it their stance at the moment or wait until a more opportune time. It's a disgusting way to play global politics
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  550. Ok so Vivek didn't even answer the question...
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  551. I wouldn't call their problems "molehills". It isn't collapsing however, but much more likely is Japan-esque stagnation
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  552. Ridiculous statement. A bizarre view of actions to see those as comparable....just bizarre.
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  553. I think this is a testament as to why one man should not have so much power. Deng Xiao Ping was aware of this and was smart to put in term limits, internal debate, and collective decision making in the CCP...unfortunately it did not last.
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  554. Lol okay
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  555. About the economic nationalism and lack of support for trade agreements: Its not good but we should look at the "why". It's because big business and leadership did not allow or ensure most Americans took part in the wealth generated from globalization in the form of wage gain and job creation. Cheaper goods were nice but they did not offset the other issues adequately. This created resentment that boiled into the economic nationalism.
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  556. This Indian news-caster has great hair and a great beard
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  557.  @iggy5347  You're talking nonsense. Look up Michael Pettis on youtube, watch a few of his videos to get an understanding why China's trade surplus is actually a bad thing...just like US's massive trade deficit is also a bad thing. Its not as simple as surplus = good and deficit = bad...they are both really bad
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  558. I just think it looks awful. I don't get the appeal
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  559. ​ Maxxxie DeSantis  Lol it doesn't take a Chinese person or a genius to figure out how supply chains work The video is pretty basic logic and public knowledge on the issue.
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  560. As an export based economy with weak consumption - China literally relies the most on globalization out of all major economies... irrevocable economic collapse would exactly be what happens to China. The opposite of what you say is true... hence why others are for decoupling and only China is screaming not to de-couple
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  561.  @pantsenfuego9986  Show them or the videos of legit police saying so. No more of this if there is no evidence
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  562. Yes and China (+ anybody who understands even a bit about these machines) already knew this, always. This is not new or secret that the machines wouldn't work without their approval
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  563. Well, he's right
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  564.  @upstateNYfinest  This is also true. Summers is the reason why the stimulus package in 2008 wasn't bigger - he is a fiscal conservative and totally called out Biden
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  565. Better quality? Lol yeah if this were 2019. Stop with your pro CCP nonsense... this huawei phone will come and go
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  566. They're also going hard on the Japanese as well. IF your goal is attract foreign investment to boost your economy... it is extremely counter-productive to go after the companies the #1 and #3 economies in the world trying to invest in your country.
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  567. Looking at the chart.. it looks like there are several other points that either hit that same market, very close to, or possibly exceeds (the point on the far left). I don't feel it matters either way, but it seems to just be on the lower end of the overall range of that chart, and nothing too insane.
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  568. Uncertainty is the bane of business. You need predictability and consistency... not saying those things are always achievable but China has done the exact opposite with little reason to believe the future would be otherwise. It wasn't always like that, but clearly the current leadership has thrown that to the wind.
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  569. Hey, Taiwan it's own country. I think you have a typo there
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  570. Their goal was to move their growth engine to high technologies... the issue is they got way too brazen with their ambition and foreign policy, revealing themselves as an adversary/competitor/threat to the US + other nations (Australia, India, Japan, etc). If they had listened to Deng Xiao Ping and kept a low profile, quietly progressing....these headwinds wouldn't have happened
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  571.  @ssuwandi3240  What does the US have to do with this video about Germany and China?
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  572. The problem with the soybean comparison is - if US heavily subsidized and mass produced soybeans to the point where it dominated global industries to the point where other countries' soybean industries couldnt compete with artificially low prices and went out of business - then it would be the same, but that is not the case. The problem is not exporting goods you have a lot of, its the heavy subsidies that distort market forces and give an insane advantage over others.
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  573. ​ @Fauzanarief-n7i  Hey man, are you actually trying to have an objective conversation where you try to gain understanding, or are you trying to make this a China vs US thing? Because it feels like you are trying to make this a China vs US thing. I'm reading over your comment and it looks very uninformed about what's in the bill, how it works, and how the US system works. There are no "mega-projects" in the bill, that is more of a Chinese infrastructure thing. The US doesn't need to massively produce cement/steel in the way that China does for this bill. I've lived in both California and China for many years. I can explain some things to you, but if you trying to just make this "China #1, America = bad guy!" then I'm not interested in wasting my breath...
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  574.  @iamsheep  My bad I misread your comment and responded incorrectly. You are right on this and also the critical thinking aspect you mentioned.
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  575.  @neoevans7833  She literally just did an unscripted interview with no teleprompter lol. Facts just don't matter to you guys
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  576. Summers is the slowest talking man ever
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  577. You are absolutely right and thats what they would have done - if they were telling the truth... however their cover up and backpedaling tells all...
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  578. Hmm this is incorrect. India is free compared to a place like China, but they are definitely not "one of the most free", and one could argue under Modi it has become less free. Look up India's Freedom Index. P.s. I'm actually a big fan of India and Indian people, but it's just not true, what this comment is saying
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  579. Yet my entire building just got locked down for 7 days, all because one person with a positive case was inside a super market that some of us go to.
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  580. I've been hearing this for years from fund managers... about how Japan growth is about to kickoff and to invest in Japanese stocks, how attractive they are, etc... and it never happened. I'm starting to think these vids are all just advertisements in disguise for fund managers or opportunities for them to justify their funds positions
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  581. About the economy being less sensitive to interest rates than we might have thought - he may be right. Something a lot of ppl don't remember was a few years ago when we had record unemployment and low rates, economists and the fed were baffled bc that historically meant higher inflation - but it didn't. They couldn't hit 2%.... and now - we jacked them up and they haven't had the same effect in the opposite direction as they have historically. So it might be true that today's economy is simply less sensitive, in both directions, to interest rates.
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  582.  @ittakes2-2tango  They sure seem scared
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  583. I can't help but wonder how much China has had to do with the joint ticket between the other two political parties
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  584. All by design. I'll tell you one thing from personal experience - the Chinese Tiktok (Douyin) does not do that... infact, the opposite
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  585. They always do this... they see something another country did and they copy it. This is because their ship initially got turned away at Sri Lanka, so they're like "hey thats a great idea!"
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  586. They see anybody who is hyper-successful as a threat...
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  587. My thoughts exactly
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  588.  @PewterThos  In addition to this, the fact that about 70% of Chinese household wealth is in housing and the prices are now falling means peoples net worth are going to decrease by a lot. This has a lot of negative implications for consumption and the economy as a whole.
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  589. It was Clubber Lang not Apollo who predicted pain, but I'll forgive you for that because you're not a nerd like me
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  590. Brexit was the problem. Big mistake
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  591. Or, attracting the top tier talent in the world is the US's super power - and we have a shortage of them. Also, you can't legally pay someone less for similar work.. they'd have to be paid same as US citizens doing similar work.
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  592. Some of the hidden losses found so far are in the "wealth management" products. Some big companies had their clients money tied to real estate, illegally, if I remember correctly.
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  593.  @fooksengloke3625  Lol thats funny because literally every Chinese I know that is financially able to move out of China - has. I can think of 5 people/families that I personally know, off the top of my head.
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  594. I remember she used to make weird sexual comments about her and Don on TV
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  595. Its going to be a repeat of Japan in the 1990's
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  596. Problem is - there are less and less of them. Don't lose a country due to pride
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  597. Lol yet all the other bots are here saying "there are no jobs!". Tell your parents to get their ish together
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  598. He's not Gordon Chang. Gordan is hawkish and irrational. This guy is just a bear and he has a lot of opinions about other non China related things as well. Many countries have people who are bullish and bearish on the economy. US has more bears than anybody else (Peter Schiff is always negative). People can't get so upset just because China also has (like every other country) people who have positive or negative opinions about its economy.
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  599. Thank you!
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  600. Goodjob EU!
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  601. The countries they are in want them there, and it's their right to have them
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  602.  @yoboya384  Yeah I'm all for that. As an American who grew up with Filipinos and has been been to the Philippines many times - I'm happy and hope to see their armory and economy grow stronger. Cheers
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  603. I'm also a bit shocked by the bullshit people were feeding him. I mean he did his best but he should've known it was a long shot. That story was unbelievable at its best
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  604. I feel good about Adobe. Buying here for the longterm
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  605. One of the issues is - a lot of this news about the property market is being suppressed. People aren't fully aware of how bad things are, so likely some are still buying out of ignorance and conditioning from the past few decades of real estate going up. It was about 9 months ago when a co-worker of mine (in China) was telling me how hot the property market was
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  606.  @Agtsmirnoff  No, I'm just too tired to explain this to you. Requiring ID can disproportionately affect certain groups, such as low-income individuals, who may face more challenges obtaining valid identification...ie - their ID expired a month ago but they work 2 jobs and have a family, so haven't had time to renew it. Obtaining an ID can also be costly or logistically difficult for some, especially in rural areas with limited access to DMV offices. About fraud - Evidence suggests that in-person voter fraud (Despite what the Republican party will tell you) is extremely rare, so the requirement may not significantly reduce fraud. To summ it up - we have a problem in the US of people voting too little, not voting too much or faking votes. With little evidence to suggest people are voting fraudulently - you do more harm than good by requiring ID
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  607.  @Agtsmirnoff  But then I explained it lol
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  608.  @Agtsmirnoff  Canned answers? They're legitimate
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  609. China and India must've put the heat on him
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  610. EU is tired of their manufacturing being hollowed out by subsidized industries. No more...
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  611. Lol they are all over it like flies on shit
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  612.  @oliverenterprises3526  What on earth are you talking about
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  613. Listen to Summers at 1.5 speed so he sounds like a normal person.
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  614.  @C.C.A  Nah
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  615. I'd preface that as the government rather than the "Chinese", as Chinese people are just like you and I and are often the victims of these policies. But yeah thats a going theme... the expectation that benefits can be gained while avoiding any costs. Same goes for their dual circulation... increasing exports while also increasing domestic demand - doesn't work like that, but they will try anyways
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  616. Oh yeah, I'm so sure it's not going to track movement. If you're a dissident, that's exactly what it's gonna do
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  617. If you take it out of context like that, its chilling. However the Ukrainians want to defend their own country and want the means to do so. The US and others are providing them with that
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  618. This man is absolutely right
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  619. No... he's not saying Hamas was working for Israel. Netanyahu doesn't want a two state solution so the existence of Hamas actually helped him reach that goal because he can say "look, we want a deal but the Palestinian authorities don't control even half of the people and Hamas is a terrorist organization! We cant' deal with them.".
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  620.  @civicblade1  Stop it.... CGTN is from the State, and will never host or show people actually having a legitimate round table discussion with views that they do not control and could be critical of them.
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  621. Alright coolguy
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  622.  @aj-us5qp  Thank you sir! I did
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  623. Thank you for being aware and pointing that out. It's ridiculous...
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  624. The problem is not that banks aren't lending enough, it is that nobody wants to borrow. Don't treat the symptom, treat the cause... focus on actually getting money into the pockets of households instead of supply-led stimulus
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  625. Lol yeah but its pretty immature. Apple stores all of their data on Chinese soil.. This is just like a lil kid "you did it to me so I'm gonna do it to U!"
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  626. aaaaand thats how you start a nuclear war
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  627. creativity is not a strongpoint of China...
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  628. Everybody here should search "Michael Pettis" on youtube. He is a famous economist who works at Peking University in Beijing, and even advises some of the CCP on economic issues. He has a very fascinating concept of the issue with the Chinese economy, and what it needs to do to reform. It'll give a huge insight into the oddities of their GDP numbers and the reforms necessary to prevent stagnation of the Chinese economy. I'm actually surprised he's as open and honest as he is, given how strict they've become on the flow of information and that he still lives in China.
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  629. I'm also very disappointed in the lack of spine of American politicians. They passed legislation to ban tiktok and now they're quickly backtracking... the message China will receive from this that Americans politicians are spineless
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  630. Believe the former Fed guys over any of these talking heads or "strategists". You can make fun of his stumbling but as a former Fed Pres he's more credible than any other group on here
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  631. It's never "cancelled". If you average all of the times of recessions it comes to 6 years, so there will always be one on the horizon. People are always bad at predicting them... there is always somebody saying there will be one.. so whenever they happen - that particular group who was saying one would happen at that particular time - take credit, when in reality a broken clock is right twice a day.
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  632. He already made a ton successfully shorting it. As the guy above said - it doesn't mean your short something forever. He was and is still currently short - and it has played out well for him so far. Cry more
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  633. He is very right
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  634. I just don't get it. I think it looks awful...
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  635. If thats what you got from this video, you completely missed what she's saying
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  636. It's a buy for longterm investors. In reference to your "not sure how anyone coul Amazon as a buy.". Puhlease...
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  637. Beware of the message in this video at your own peril. This is a speculative rally and you are playing fire if you try to chase it.... a lot of people are going to get burned from videos like this
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  638. I think that is up to China
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  639.  @Monkey341  China has escalated tensions on the border in recent years, similar to how it's escalated tensions in literally every border dispute it has. The common denominator in the East China Sea disputes, South China Sea disputes, Taiwan Straight disputes, and India disputes - is China. You don't get to act like a dick and then say "hey, throw that aside and align with us." If you want to get something, you need to give something. Right now, it's China is asking to get something but is unwilling to give. It doesn't work like that.
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  640.  @vikingspud  I've read SH and the other first tier cities are still in pretty good shape for now. Ofcourse that is from government housing data, so take it with a grain of salt
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  641. I don't know if you haven't noticed - there are no shortage of jobs. We have record unemployment, even without "mass deportation". Man, people really just say things without looking at the objective numbers first
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  642. When she refers to talks about Ukraine, she's' referring to the inevitability of China invading Taiwan... and if China is sanctioned or they have to pull out - they don't want to have all of their eggs in one basket.
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  643. Be careful with guys like this. They're often made in their own self-interest as they work with/for firms that are heavily invested in China. In addition, a lot of these guys analysis are bias as they still think this is a cycle problem that presents opportunity, rather than a structural problem that will be much harder to change and longer lasting.
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  644. This is a perfect case of F**k around and find out
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  645. ha ha I always see you do superchats on TheChinaShow podcast. Word up... love SerpentZA and Laowhy86
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  646. I don't
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  647. Great research on this video. I know it must've taken a lot of time
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  648. Haha cool to hear Huashan Hospital mentioned... I go there every month.
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  649. Larry Summers talks so slow
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  650.  @myacc9610 Chinese people are resourceful, but that doesn't change the fact the long-term economy has been mismanaged. China grew very quick, very fast, but it did so at a cost - crushing debt levels and malinvestment in unproductive assets by the government. This might sound crazy if you look at the past 30 years, but the same was true about Japan in 1994, which also had break-neck growth and China has followed their exact growth model. Factor that in with a rapidly aging and shrinking population, also made much worse by a mismanagement of past policies. So the situation China is in actually has zero fault of the hard-working Chinese people, and has everything to do with those who failed the change the investment-led growth model once it became it stopped producing a positive ROI (about 15 years ago or so by some estimates). Anyways its definitely my opinion this is structural, and there will have to be a long pain period of re-adjustment, similar to Japan post 1994. Time shall tell
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  651.  @fishcane1  the Philippines clearly made a mistake in the past with China, as the US has made mistakes as well, but we can't use that to justify current inaction. We can point fingers at PH all we want - but at the end of the day China will succeed in the SC sea if that is the case...and the US also will lose credibility as a defense partner. We need to do more
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  652. I'm not sure why you think he doesn't understand this? He's quoted many people who say exactly this.. Michael Pettis is one.
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  653. Right but you're numbers miss something. The type of chips China produces are very low quality in terms of their value. They are mass producing things that go into kids toys, electric scooters, remote controls...etc. Meanwhile TSMC and Samsung are producing the highest quality/most advanced chips that go into things like: iphones, advanced computers, scientific equipment, etc......the value of those chips far outweigh the value created by the entirety of semiconductors produced by China. Remember - not all chips are created equal
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  654. As an investor who lives in China - this guy is extremely wrong
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  655.  @rd9102  I mean, everybody I know loves their Tesla lol. I don't have one and prolly won't be buying one... but everybody I know who has one - loves it. Lack of quality is absolutely the opposite of what they say
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  656.  @cp3190  I mean, everybody I know loves their Tesla lol. I don't have one and prolly won't be buying one... but everybody I know who has one - loves it.
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  657.  @Kenelm-q1e  Well, he said, right? He shouldn't have said it then... So, he's a liar
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  658.  @lukeflynn3943  Imagine you tell your wife "I won't cheat on you" , a few months later - she catches you cheating on her. When she gets mad? You just say "nah, I meant in 5 years I won't cheat on you"
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  659. They were likely instructed to not report them, by the higher ups
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  660.  @onbored9627  Nah they mention it
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  661.  @DEonaraR  Very funny. That is a completely different problem that is much harder to fix, politically. Difference is? In America people can admit their country's problems
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  662.  @huoyeh4319  Sarcasm is hard for some people I guess...
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  663.  @sjv9147s  More sustainable than China's. I like how you say "external" as if that makes a difference. Japan, Brazil, Soviets - all their massive debt problems that killed their growth (or in the Soviets case - collapsed their regime) resulted in domestic debt problems. This matters even more because China is following their exact growth model. China's actual debt to GDP is more than 3x that of the US. Now, if you google "China debt to GDP" you will get an absurdly low number. Thats because typically that only calculates the debt of the central government. The majority of the debt is held by provincial governments. Their actual debt to GDP makes the US's problems look like child's play.
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  664. ​ @inhk5514  Ok let me give you some perspective. There are 264 publicly traded Chinese companies in the US. 100% owned by them, no joint venture. Now mind you, this is simply the biggest companies that are publicly traded - there are many many more private chinese companies that operate in the US. You are naming a few of the very biggest banks or a company like Tesla, and acting as if that proves your point. China does not reciprocate, and so it deserves any blow-back it gets from it's protectionist policies
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  665. 3000 sounds a bit far fetched.... 3400 at most, and even then it'd have to be a pretty big event or a massive drop in earnings.
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  666.  @robertwang7825  Whoever said anything about pushing them to brink... I'm just saying by nature, countries who run surpluses tend to be more vulnerable during a trade war. Also, its been a while since there was double digit growth
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  667. The current parallels are interesting. As the economy slows in China, dissent (or risk of) creeps up - and the current leadership cracks down hard again
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  668.  @jeffreyschnedar8020  Yep and there is also that. Good point
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  669. Karl Marx, in fact, did not say this. Get your facts straight...Of course it does not deter many people from liking your factually false comment. Aside from the comment being incorrect, the named tactic is also most commonly employed by Trump
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  670.  @Kevin-fq3zh  Preach!
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  671. Funny thing is, that guy's sentiment is a common thing here in China (especially Shanghai). People are led to think they actually have human rights, and are shocked when they find out they don't. In the Shanghai lockdowns, all I kept hearing was "I can't believe they're doing this to us. They can't do this to us." and I remember always thinking I was baffled how so many locals didn't understand that they didn't actually have rights
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  672. If I could sum up Xi Xing Ping's rule in one word: Overconfidence
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  673. Nobody is scared
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  674. Why did they let it get so bad before they decided to do a state bailout fund? They knew this issue was coming with undeveloped properties... what, they just expected people to keep paying their mortgage on a house that didn't exist? Ridiculous
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  675.  @RumbleFish69  We are makin the claim, not law enforcement
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  676. Yeah, at how many lives lost? Very irresponsible to go from one extreme to the other, over night. Should have gave time to prep hospital beds and get the vulnerable vaccinated and boosted
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  677. They are both the biggest grifters
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  678. Then you didn't understand what he said. He meant he would end the hopes of getting a populous in....He literally said that right afterwards. He wants a populous candidate and he fears Trump would punch a hole in the populous movement.
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  679. This is a good video where he admits he was wrong on something
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  680. There seems to be a conflict between the board's goals and the goals of the for-profit subsidiary. The non-profit side just wants to research and seems to have begrudgingly created the subsidiary out of a need to fund their research. The nonprofit wants to create AI as a public good, while the for profit is commercializing it. It just seems like two conflicting goals that make it easy for conflict to occur.
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  681. They could have given them some more time...
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  682.  @LondonWater  Thank you!
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  683. Lol nice try, Chinese/Russian bot. Sew that discord
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  684. 25 million? It's just shy of 29 million
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  685. Think long-term, people. If you think Nvidia is a great company and that semi-conductors have a bright future - buy a piece of the business. If that's your perspective, then big drops are a buying opportunity What causes people to lose money is thinking on a quarter by quarter basis...as most of the financial news is geared towards - short term traders
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  686. Hmm I'm confused as to what you're implying. There are definitely technology companies in critical areas that would be willing to invest in China for their own benefit - and to the benefit of the CCP's military. Especially the CCP is dangling some low hanging fruit with perks above their head. Businesses do what they do and act in their own best interest, if the CCP offers them a lucrative investment deal - they will take it. Even if it hurts the national security of their country.
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  687. I'm American but a "US Republican in Congress agrees" means absolutely shit.
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  688. Yeah but it's the "how". He's going to force Ukraine to give up its land and allow Russia to take it, or get rid of all support
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  689. I support Taiwan. I've lived in both places and race does not make a country.... they are two different places, with two completely different styles of governance, law, society, and mentality. With that they have different passports, currencies, and diplomatic ties. CCP waited too long, and they allowed Taiwan has become it's own country. Just like Ukraine is no longer part of the Russian Empire.....the world stands with Taiwan.
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  690. The three things businesses and investors need: transparency, certainty, and policy predictability. Ask yourself where China rates on those 3 metrics
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  691.  Fortifier1021  I'd guess its much more on the otherside....especially with 30 million more men than women.
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  692.  Fortifier1021  Those are two separate things. thats why I put the "+".
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  693. If you told a room of investors in 1994 that Japan wouldn't grow for the next 30 years - You would have been laughed out of the room. I see a similar sentiment with China, from analysts and these banks
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  694. If you lived in China in the first few months of the year - you saw how Covid paralyzed a large part of the country and how stores/restaurants remained way below capacity from before. The GDP numbers are hard to believe without fudging + massive debt fueled infrastructure investing from the gov. On the housing side - what I don't get is, isn't the gov just kicking the can down the road and making it even worse? There are already way too many homes in China + a shrinking population + the building of even more homes. It just seems like this is sacrificing pain in the present for even more pain in the future.
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  695. By that logic, how many is Trump responsible for then?
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  696. The "needles" give you protection against covid. No luck needed
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  697. This is what China gets for militarizing bases after they lied and said they would not. They alone destabilized regional security
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  698. Thats the argument but they were competing just fine
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  699. The slowest talking man in the world
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  700. Screw OPEC+
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  701. no
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  702. Its tougher than you think because a lot of is re-routed through other countries. So it may say "Made in Vietnam" but actually it was from China. They simply send it to Vietnam, put in a few screws and now the origin country is changed.
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  703.  @Andy-P  Right and thats the thing. I've heard so many "plans" on quotes here for state media that say a whole lot of nice words but without anything substantive. "Improve efforts to revitalize the efficiencies of productive forces and better utilize economic foundations to their full potential" like...what?
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  704.  @henli-rw5dw  Right but ultimately that isn't resulting to improvements in the overall situation. GDP is still growing at near 5% but its nowhere to be seen. btw I'm on the ground in China and nobody is feeling like there is 5% growth...quite the opposite
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  705. China has looted and plundered its own people for years. Now they're doing the same to African countries and other in the SE sea. China would be nowhere without the west welcoming it into the global system. Maybe it should remember that
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  706.  @crayrayc  No, I mean Japan, Korea, Australia, India, Malaysia, Vietnam, the Philippines, England, and more who see China becoming more assertive and aggressive on the global stage since Xi came to power - do not see it that way
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  707.  @fakename9008  Lol... yes, I do have 5+ years experience in China. I don't give any of my personal info on youtube, but you have no idea 你不知道
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  708. Michael Pettis is one of the most underrated people on the planet when it comes to China's economy. For those interested, I highly recommend you search him on youtube
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  709. I'm an American living in China and these people have ZERO idea how good they have in the US compared to here. You aren't allowed to say anything negative about the government, even to normal people, out of fear of them reporting you. Posting about homosexuality or anything seen as vulgar (even showing a bit of cleavage) is strictly prohibited. That is just the tip of he ice berg... I roll my eyes at people who constantly scoff at the US government or praise China... come live here for a few years and go around the country - you will go back to the US with a new found appreciation.
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  710. When you are breaking the rules, then just accuse your competitor of lying
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  711.  @billpetersen298  Right and this is insane to me
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  712. Its alright when its against a Democrat's son, apparently
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  713. I think he's done a pretty good job. Really good if you compare it to the guy before him
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  714.  @donkeychan491  There is a reason policymakers are worried about deflation. You can try to justify it in your head, but in China's case - it isn't a good thing, and they will do whatever they can to avoid it
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  715. The sheer amount of Israeli tech in devices ain't as much as Chinese... that is for sure.
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  716. I'm an American living in China and let me tell you - half of China lives on less than 150$ a month in hardcore poverty. What your family member saw is what 99.9% of all foreigners see are the big beautiful cities of Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Beijing....because thats all they want you to see.
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  717. You can turn it off...
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  718. Why do people say dumb stuff like this? Russia's economy is being propped up by China and even then its flat for the last 2 years of growth and the only reason its not negative right now is due to debt spending on its military. There is no economic future in Russia as long as Putin or someone like him is around. 2nd - China has already been de-risking for years while complaining about others doing so. Its called their "dual circulation" policy. Why is it ok for them to de-risk but not others? Absurd
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  719. Lol that was funny
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  720. About China stifling the US outreach efforts - Authoritarian and especially communist governments are constantly paranoid about western ideologies finding their way into their societies and actively seek to prevent it. I'm not shocked they're doing this and its important to know that any "exchanges" will do so under the parties thumb and always seek to further their own goals rather than a legitimate mutual exchange. The guy's at the China Show (SerpentZA and Cmilk) have pointed out on numerous occasions that these "exchanges" are often one-sided with China "exchanging" their culture/influence while giving nothing in return. Burn's statements only corroborate that observation.
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  721. Exactly
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  722.  @_rohit97  Wow you think I'm a PHD? I'm so flattered 😎
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  723. When Tony said his home was New Zealand - I was shocked. I always thought, from his accent, he was Brittish. 很有意思
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  724. I wonder why people think Trump brings lower inflation when his love for tariffs is inherently very inflationary
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  725. Perhaps they are meaningfully aware- but they understand that you should not punish people today for the sins of their fathers? Japan has repented, completely changed their society and government + all the peoples of those atrocities are long dead. People in Japan rebuke the actions of their past leadership and military. It's the reason people don't hate Germans because of the history of the Nazi's It's the reason Vietnamese don't hate Americans because of their history in the Vietnam war. The world cannot go on and progress with people holding onto grudges and blaming people today for their ancestors sins who are long since dead
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  726. China is slowing is more about their economic model than the global economy. The global economy is just adding to their situation.
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  727. How bout another option - How many would die if China had accepted the more effective western vaccines this whole time and vaccinated their country with them instead of the less effective domestic ones that basically do very little against omicron?
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  728. You realize that US is more econically dependent on the US right? They're an export based economy, and guess who their #1 customer is?
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  729. Those companies are American companies that are beholden to US law. Why would they ban them first? Get outta here
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  730. The obvious pattern of state propaganda to tie everything every sovereign country does, that China doesn't like, to "following the US agenda" is mind boggling. It assumes that every country has zero agency in its own decisions and does everything for the interest of the US rather than itself.
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  731.  @Twyscape  It absolutely is not. Russia is the one who invaded a sovereign country
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  732.  @timfuscaldo3024  Hirings are reported even higher... hence unemployment lowering. You try again
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  733. Great line. Explain yourself
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  734. Hmm sounds like you've been listening to Peter Zeihan, which I do as well and largely agree with , however I think the timing is not correct on the demographic decline. The demographic decline is likely to really start being a drag in the next decade, however China still faces many near term problems - massively high debt/GDP ratio and lack of growth drivers since real estate growth of the past is likely gone and infrastructure investment doesn't bare the fruit it once did. With all of that said - time is not on China's side, and things are likely to get worse if they don't invade Taiwan by the early 2030's at the latest. More likely it'll be a selling point for XI's 4th term in 2027
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  735. What lol
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  736. India has offered.... so far no response from China's government.
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  737. This dude seemed very narcissistic (even seemingly knowing he was by his google searches). He probably thought he could fool the police without a lawyer...didn't even get rid of the chemicals. Saying he was arrogant is an understatement...
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  738. Nobody in the US is complaining
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  739. Great job, US. Taiwan is a country
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  740. Did you actually watch the video? It had nothing to do with Trump getting elected
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  741. Lol there was just some Chinese guest on Bloomberg yesterday saying how banks were cheap and a good place to put your longterm capital. That didn't age well...
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  742. Partner...not sidekick
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  743. I think at this point Xi isn't thinking past a Taiwan invasion which is a medium-term horizon. The short-term goal is to increase the surveillance/police/control-state on the population for the post-Taiwan invasion so if there are protests riots - the State will be able to maintain control Also to increase RMB transactions on trade to limit damage on sanctions from the US dollar
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  744. Its funny how they didn't make the same assessment of Moody's when they downgraded the US credit rating. At that time it was accurate and well deserved... and didn't sight bias. And yes the "you just don't understand China" is the end all to an argument about China with many people who can't defend their point. China is never wrong, its just "misunderstood".
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  745. Jesus let the guy talk... completely interrupting him
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  746. I'm a business major, ran my own business, and passed both my Macro and Micro econ classes in college with A+ - the name is just for marketing purposes but the savings from this bill actually reduce the deficit...not add to it. The drug pricing aspect alone saves 100 billion...that is deflationary. Surprise surprise CNBC comments is full of people who don't know what they're talking about
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  747. Nope.. nice try trying to sow distrust
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  748. Great job US and great job Biden!
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  749.  @gonelucid  Stop defending something so indefensible. Trump biffed up hard on that one
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  750.  @user-nf4nh1gg5i  What does CNN have to do with any of this?
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  751. What about the "experts" in China. When is the last time they said anything positive about the US? It goes both ways
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  752. GDP is a horrible measure of value creation, especially in a state run economy focused on that number rather than real value. I live in China and jobs are hard to find right now - not just where I live but in most places. Wages are flat or actually down. How can this be possible in an economy growing 5%? Because if you dig a hole and fill it with cement - that is also GDP, but it gives very little value.
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  753. Taiwan does not want war with China, and cannot create it. The balance of power is not equal, and only one can hurt the other. It's up to China to pull the trigger, or not
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  754. ​ @ddegn  Thats exactly what I've said many times. The TW public's support for that system went wayyy down after they clearly didn't hold up their part of the bargain. I can't quite figure out if it was just their massive insecurity of having a democratic autonomous region so close to home, or if they thought people were so dumb that they wouldn't draw parallels... or both. Either way it was a poor decision and they don't seem to get why TW doesn't accept that as an option.
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  755. Manufacturing does well and thats why consumption is doing poorly. Wealth is simply being diverted from infrastructure investment into manufacturing... all at the cost of household income and thus consumption. Mark my words - as manufacturing goes up, consumption goes down. Household savings is what fuels the ability to lend to the manufacturing sector... and high savings means low consumption. They are inversely related
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  756. Yeah and it was insanely high at that time too. What is your point
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  757. Lol you really have no idea what this ban means, do you
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  758. Ok stop it with your nonsense about hearts and whatever. Indonesia, like many indo-pacific countries are concerned with China's attempt to steal the South China Sea and it's aggressive actions.
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  759.  @randommedia3441 They'll never get close to 7% again...
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  760.  @happymelon7129  Lol untrue. Nothing significant will change from the downgrading. There is a debt problem in the US, but China's debt to GDP (the actual metric that matters) is 2-2.5x as bad. China's debt problems are far worse than even the US
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  761. I think he's pretty good
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  762. Yeah so this is a big problem in all of the western countries of the world, and is raising the price of homes to the point where people who actually want to live in the homes - can't afford them. Canada was smart and put in a tax for foreign buyers. I wish the US would do the same
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  763.  @jessicaregina1956  Israel also bares responsibility. You can't force others to live in an open prison 24/7 and expect them to sit quietly.
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  764. Gonna be much more than 1 mill. The hospitals are stretched to brink on a good day.. plus an older population, lack of quality vaccinations etc
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  765. Policy-wise, I actually think he's pretty good
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  766. It seems to be the agreed upon #2. Who really knows though... but probably. Likely not by as much as they say it is, though
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  767. Problem is people can get fooled by charismatic individuals and propaganda. Your theory works better if people were actually well informed with good information, not so much with media nonsense that is today and persuasive politicians
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  768. Might sound strange but it's also important to note that Joe Rogan and Elon Musk also said they'd vote for Desantis. They're only two guys but highly influential in the right wing/anti establishment crowd. If they continue to voice support for De Santis (and others join in) that could be a negative for Trump and boost his main rival
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  769.  @huoyeh4319  Nope I mean the CCP. Emperor Xi may get to tell people what to do in his own country, but not others ...and yes, Taiwan is it's own country
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  770. What a dumb comment. If you think those two things are remotely the same - you cannot tell two unlike things apart.
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  771. I think they are finally growing a spine and doing the right thing
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  772. They got mobbed and violently destroyed by thousands of police in plain clothes. One dude hung himself right at the scene
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  773. They will get more of a tax break than you. Work on raising the wages, working conditions, worker protections of the middle class. This is the way you lift normal people up while not giving more help the very rich... not eliminating a tax that helps them a lot more than us. Bernie is absolutely right
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  774. China is about 65% of US total GDP, so comparing the 3% to the 5% (not 5.5) doesn't work. The bigger you are, the slower you grow. Actual debt to GDP is about 280%, when the US was the size of China it was 70%. This is unsustainable and a Japan style stagnation period is likely, as they follow the same investment led economic model. Both created miracle like growth for a time, but is followed by long period of stagnation once the debt burden becomes too great. To be fair, the US is also on an unsustainable debt path that it will one day have to answer for. Its just that China is much further along + at a much lower stage of development.
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  775. American politicians are spineless... yes, I am American.
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  776. Watch the whole thing. I agree with Bill
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  777. I agree
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  778. Lol too funny... you're right, it's always "raised tensions" like, from what number? Where are we now? haha
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  779. How bout giving some time so they could make living arrangements?
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  780. You can make that bet, I would not...
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  781. This dude says "Cupertino" way too much
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  782. Taiwan needs to really put attention to cybersecurity
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  783.  @justinblake420  They are ethnically Chinese, but their nationality is Taiwanese. Maybe in your world, ethnicity and nationality are the same - but the rest of the world does not see it like that. ie: if a Chinese couple move to America, start a family and have children - their children are ethnically Chinese but their nationality is American. Distance is also irrelevant. By that logic - Sri Lanka belongs to India China does not have a right over all ethnically Chinese, just because of their DNA and the language they speak. The CCP has never governed the island, ever. Taiwan has: governed itself for 70 years, it's own passport, currency, diplomatic ties, trade agreements, system of government, military The CCP waited too long to retake the island and now the world see's it as it's own country. They had 73 years and they will justifiably have global pushback and consequences if they try to do so now.
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  784. Extremely optimistic view... and mostly debt-fueled, supply side driven to fudge the numbers of demand. As a long-term investor, I have actually stopped watching bloombergs reports on these analysts view of Chinese GDP but it just screams to me as confirmation bias and short-term perspective.
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  785. How about giving them more time?
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  786.  @animaanimus8011  I don't have time to go into detail to explain my point with every single random person on youtube who does not understand me. You may have interpreted me as elitist, but that is yours to interpret. A better idea would be to actually go look up the guy I'm talking about actually watch his lectures and interviews, instead of me 2nd hand explaining to you what he thinks. The Palestine train disaster actually proves my point that it's nothing like the US. When the train wreck happened in Palestine - the people can actually sue that company, and possibly the government - and be awarded compensation for their damages. All of this by an independent judiciary. In China? Wrecks and disasters like that happen all of the time but are covered up and censored by the State. There are footages of gas explosions, building collapses, train derailments, etc etc... that are caught and shared by cell phone but never shown on TV. There is zero recourse for the victims - they can't sue the government and goodluck going up against a big corporation in China as a poor villager...especially if it's a state run corp. There is no independent judiciary, your voice will not be heard (in fact, it will be censored), and you will be left to foot the bill...which is an indirect subsidy to businesses and the state. That is how your exact example proves Pettis right. Anyways, I've said too much and you can go watch him yourself
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  787.  @itsthenewlifeofsomeone1  If you say so... China has no friends. China mad lol
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  788.  @rescf7902  China is insecure
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  789.  @greaterbayareahero1401 我住在中国。Smart guy...
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  790. Get off Elon's lap. He's obviously got a chip on his shoulder about their success and wishes he could take credit and be a part of it
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  791. A lot of arm-chair legal analysis here. It was a mistrial... it means no result was found in that specific trial.. it doesn't clear him and he's able to be tried again
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  792. The irony is as a socialist country... it's supposed to be the opposite. Workers should come first before profits... but this is in name only
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  793. I live in China and went the Shanghai lockdowns, and found your interview both interesting and accurate. Thank you.
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  794. I know many Chinese who are quite unhappy with the government
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  795. A combination of over-spending with debt in nonproductive assets (infrastructure and real estate), debt capacity near it's limit, favoring state owned enterprises, and lastly - a shrinking population. It's going to be very hard for them to increase growth without major reforms.. but those reforms would mean giving up some control - that ain't gonna happen.
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  796. Yeah, you keep posting this same comment everywhere. Looks like a Chinese bot/WuMao
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  797. Lol one woman who allegedly ate a cat equals "Haitians are eating your dogs and cats!". No, he made it sound like a widespread phenomenon. He sounded like our crazy parents/grandparents who read conspiracy links on FB and think they're real
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  798.  @nevilenobody606  Well right, but they read that same line like its the default on the "public diplomatic statement" script given to them by party officials...probably is
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  799.  @eilois  Right but you fail to mention why. Taiwan used to be recognized by over 20 countries, but China has using various economic and coercive means to widle that down to 13. They even used to be in the UN It's not like these countries just, by themselves, woke up one day and decided that Taiwan wasn't a country. China bought, pressured, or coerced them to do it. If you tell China no, especially on Taiwan, they will retaliate. Know this, in the hearts of most people, it is believed Taiwan is it's own country. It's just not something most dare to say on the world stage
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  800.  @ryannathaniel9296  If they were bigger, I think they probably would declare independence. However, they're too small and the backlash from the CCP would be absolutely insane and start a major conflict. Nothing they can do about their size
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  801. Argue his points
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  802. @ Hmm I don't think you get my point. What I'm saying is - people didn't believe Trump would tariff in 2018 and he did. Nowhere did I say those tariffs are the same as now or didn't cause problems... I'm simply saying people were foolish to think he was bluffing.
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  803. ​@ And you basically didn't get my point. I'm not comparing the severity of the tariffs.... my point is that people were silly to think Trump was bluffing this time because they thought the same thing last time. Of course these tariffs are different...it has nothing to do with what I was saying
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  804. I live in China, I love the Chinese people, and I fully agree with you
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  805. I think she's great
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  806. Haha I was this guys personal trainer years back and watch these videos on his instagram all the time. Great to see others enjoying them as well
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  807. Well thats what I'm saying. Seeing as how they've been considering the US as an adversary for years (if you saw their domestic propaganda for the last 10 years then you know what I'm talking about) - I don't see why any nation would help a supposed adversary or even competitor. US ain't breakin any laws or rules by using it's own tech and relationships with allies built up through decades of diplomacy.
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  808. Hmm I'm not sure you understand the purpose of the tariffs. The EU wants them to move manufacturing into EU countries to create jobs. Hungary being an EU member and manufacturing going there is still mission accomplished for the EU. They welcome Chinese EV's if they create jobs within the EU, instead of taking them
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  809. I just heard the part you're talking about, and although he probably is bias, his use of the word "shallow" was not an indication of that. He's just using that term to indicate low value added goods, the word he uses is not really meaningful
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  810. Yup and thats because he's not really upset with her. He doesn't realize how telling his reaction is
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  811. Stop complaining
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  812. The downtown areas of 1st tier cities I'd say are extremely fast-paced... Especially all of the scooters & wai mai guys zipping around, smashing their horns. Haven't been to New York City yet, but I'd agree that's definitely not the reason people are leaving. That is the last thing on their mind
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  813. Calm yourself. The video was fine and explained what the title said
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  814. Lol the brick is a joke. Are you kidding
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  815. Yeah they are planning that they warn people about their plan? Stop it... the idiocy
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  816. Hmm I don't think this gentleman is accurate. Italy has stated more than once that all the BRI did was increase imports from China but not much the other way.. this simply was a cost with none of the promised benefits. This is verifiable in their trading data. Not just something that's made up
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  817. Wang Yi had to throw in the "cold war thinking" and "zero sum" out of the China diplomatic script. Everytime...
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  818.  @wadigkin95  Yeah but they're not cornered, that's the thing. Mainland China is in zero danger
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  819. Well it's partially true... your tune changes when your confidence/arrogance bubble deflates a bit. Their economy isn't collapsing though, but the days of breakneck growth are likely behind them...without the speculative real estate market driving growth anymore.
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  820.  @JonnyHu-ni4ku  Yeah, so I'm well aware of the challenges the Chinese economy faces. But I think China would sooner become North Korea than collapse like the Soviet Union...and turn more inward, more controlled, more hostile to outsiders, as it declines.
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  821. Wow somebody knows nothiiiing about economics. 1. China's export rising is largely due to stronger foreign currencies and a weaker yuan...not an actual increase in value. Ie - you sell something for 10$ today, and then in one year there is 50% inflation and now you sell the same thing for 15$. You actually did not make more, because the actual value of what you sold is the same. 2. A better indicator of China's economy are their imports - which reflect economic demand. Imports have gone down, which shows Chinese domestic consumption is weak. 3. China's economy cannot solely rely on exports anymore. That worked 10-30 years ago, it doesn't work as well today. Especially considering China cannot progress to an advanced/developed economy by relying on exports so much... they need domestic consumption and innovation.
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  822. They should just call it "solid-cream"
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  823. You don't quite understand the details of either situation then
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  824. His family business and family members saw a lot of enrichment. Its not like he had an crystal ball that would allow him to see in the future he would lose court cases, get shot, etc...Much of those are in recent times
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  825.  @Charles-qe7kc  Lol ofcooourse you had to throw the US in there...everything revolves around that. Look, China has followed Japan's economic model to a T. I'm not sure by what metric you're measuring "resilience" but this growth story has been played out and studied quite a few times in history. It goes the same - massive investments in infrastructure, manufacturing, and often real estate. This leads to breakneck growth, but also a huge accumulation of debt and bubbles. The bubble pops, just like the real estate sector did in Japan in the 90's, and then you have many years of low growth or stagnation. The crazy part is every country knows this path and says it will switch to consumption when the right times come - but none of them manage to do it.
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  826. Trade has increased bc the dollar is rising and the yuan is falling... making their exports cheaper. Thing is, since their currency is going down - the total numbers are inflated, so the % are higher yes ...but the actual value of that % increase are also inflated
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  827. "They don't want to go into debt like the United States" yeah but their actual debt to GDP ratio is 2.5x that of the US. So it could be they're already heeps in debt (hence the cutting the head off the debt-fueled real estate sector) and don't have enough debt capacity like they did in 2015 and 2008. They also love supply-side stimulus and as the gentleman said - that isn't as effective as it used to be when you've built all your roads, airports, bridges, etc...already.
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  828. Learn about economics and you'll find your answer
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  829. About the end quote about the central gov telling local governments what policies to enact but then not giving them funds to do so - Covid was probably the most egregious in recent times. All the lockdowns and covid testing that was ordered, yet not funded. And what did that get them? Heaps of debt and nothing to show for it
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  830. Pettis goes more into detail about this in his videos you can find here on youtube. I don't fully understand it like him but basically a fast adjustment is basically like ripping a bandaid off quickly while a long one is like doing it slowly. It drags it out slowly but ultimately this results in more economic damage (pain) in the longrun... however its better for social stability. Japan is a good comparison... no real social instability but decades of lost growth
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  831. The fact that this comment is so badly worded and hard to understand - yet has so many likes, leads me to believe it's a bot account....which there has been a massive surge of on DW lately. Taiwan is a country, knock it off. CCP never controlled it, waited way too long to the point TW has their own government, passports, currencies, diplomatic ties, laws, etc etc. They even have to wait in the foreigner line when they come into China...so even China knows this.
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  832. Absurd....as in not true
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  833. Knock it off... there weren't enough government jobs all of a sudden to drop the unemployment rate by that much.
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  834. Lol goodluck with that...
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  835. Goodjob EU
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  836. There is a reason they are on board with it, and its not the whole "puppet master" conspiracy
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  837.  @wanglei5500  The problem with your term "Chinese sea areas" is that China illegally claims the entire South China Sea as their territory. This is against an international court that said China had no right to the territory. Those waters are international and the waters specifically close to the Philippines is theirs. The CCP does not respect others or international law.. the CCP only cares about its own national interest.
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  838. What is she supposed to lie because she's in China? She spoke her truth and isn't afraid of China or going to sugar coat anything just because of where she stands
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  839. Preach!
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  840.  apocain  India has a bright future though. As the economy grows, I think you'll see less going abroad
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  841. Exactly
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  842. @@BheshajBadugunonsense... they have influence disney movies the same way they do all other movie companies to not say bad things about China or put in good things about China. The Shanghai government owns about half of the disney park there and thats it
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  843. I'd be curious to know more about the participants of these surveys were actually selected. I find it hard to believe the Chinese government would actually allow them to poll random people all across China without having some say in who they poll, or what they report.
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  844. They do... they interview people from all sides
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  845. Where is the data to show this
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  846. I also got told to "go back to my country" during the Covid years in China. People would move and sit away from you on the metro, because the news was telling them foreigners were bringing in the virus.
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  847. Lol uhh no. Nice try tho...
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  848. haha good question. I think it's a spot where you get inflation under control but also avoid a recession.
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  849.  @excellentsmithers6417  Honestly I have absolutely no clue. My guess is as good as yours
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  850. I don't think a lot of Chinese understand the science of getting infected and that you have a high level of immunity for a while after you recover. This is gonna cause people to hide even though they've already recovered and are largely safe to go outside
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  851. Don't be partisan at a time like this. Think big picture, not small picture
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  852. As an American - I wish this guy could be our President. He seems like what America used to stand for
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  853. They're just objective numbers about housing prices and equity...relax with the conspiracies
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  854. And thats why you see all these "strategists" on here telling people cuts are coming soon... what they're saying "dump your treasury and high yield accounts and give us back your money!!". They hate that people have decent low risk options that they have to compete with
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  855.  @will4417  I'm American and I'm for them safeguarding our future against over-reliance on an autocratic regime...just for slightly lower prices. US is not gonna end up like Germany when Russia cut them off
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  856. Actually quite the opposite. He always parrots Beijing's message. I also find it odd that these CNBC international videos almost always get very little views - but this one, that happens to be favorable to Beijing - somehow gets so many views and attention? And your comment gets so many upvotes with very little comments? I would not be shocked if these are fake and bot accounts pushing this up
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  857. Hmm there are plenty of Chinese nationals studying in science courses in US...
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  858. Well if they had accepted western vaccines and vaccinated their elderly - many people would not die and hospitals would not get full. You're not talking about that
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  859.  @ericv9610  Nonsense conspiracy BS
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  860. This is just fake and disingenuous. So GDP is not important? Lol okay guy... is this a real account or some Russian bot shit?
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  861. Exactly... thats the thing. They're relying on people being ignorant that they don't need to do this in every other non-US market. Get out of here
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  862. I think Apple knows what it's doing. It's done a pretty good job so far
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  863. Not really. They said it was opening up yet most people were still unable to leave their homes... it really just started yesterday - and everything is still basically closed except for markets, + a 48 hour covid test required to go in anywhere that is open.
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  864. These are random magazines looking for headlines...so these are your sources? The fact that you have all of these shows you're likely either a bot or one of China's paid troll farms
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  865. He's absolutely right about those accomplishments and he should get credit, however, it doesn't translate into him winning the election. Unfortunately most people don't vote on those foreign policy accomplishments and the presidency is largely a popularity contest. I had always said and hoped he would step down after 1 term, had primaries and let the dems duke it out for the candidacy (none of this letting Kamala have it).
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  866. I thought it was hilarious when he called Jamie "Eddie" Lol
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  867. If you have 2+ year horizon... tech is a huge buy right now. Don't let these talking heads fool you - they mostly appeal to and speak from a shorter/medium term trading persespective.... MSFT, GOOG, AAPL, AMZN - are all great longterm buys right now. Not saying they won't go down more (hope they do), but not bad idea to start dollar cost averaging at this point
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  868.  @MultiWolfxxx  Yeah well good for them then. They should thank the US
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  869.  @JayMayne-zo1qh  Lol US has the most powerful military in the world. You're on drugs dude
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  870. Uncle Roger lol
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  871. The Chinese Bot accounts trying to sew discourse are in full affect, I see.
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  872. China touting it's Huawei phone with US tech has backfired. They are "so self-reliant" yet somehow they will be so angry at tightening curbs of US tech being exported to them. So which one is it? You are either so advanced and self-reliant or you still need US tech and these curbs hurt you
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  873.  @hanfucolorful9656  First off - show me where US has their envoys or diplomats manipulating government officials inside China. Having them secretly add US government officials on private calls, changing invitations to foreign nations, forging their signatures to get visas? 2nd - Thats not true at all, its been stated numerous times, in English by their own diplomats and state media that "China does not interfere in other countries internal affairs". Go back to CGTN pages, WuMao
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  874. I think China is just moving more in the direction of N. Korea... more closed off, inward looking, and paranoid about spying/national security.
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  875.  @galaxyrider9599  Didn't you already make this comment? I swear this is Russian bot central right here. btw - she isn't in Russia, thats where she would get prosecuted for speaking the truth.
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  876. Nope. It's quite real
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  877.  @doubtingthomas9612  Chinese bot trying to masquerade as an actual native American to distract from China by pointing out something negative about the US. Nobody believes you...
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  878. "China is more concerned about geopolitical issues than its economy " is a better way to say it. Unfortunately there seems to be a disconnect in understanding that the entire reason China got so much geopolitical power in the first place is because of its economy. Don't forget what got you to the stage... Also, this woman is a liar. The banks are on the receiving end of all this bad debt and are responsible for it. They are absolutely cheap for a reason
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  879.  @jerryrichardson2799 Hmm there are still currently a lot of young adults in China. Its that there aren't a lot of young children. It'll be another 10-15 years for the brunt of that hits the workforce....with it getting worse each year afterwards. I work in early years education so I see it firsthand with school closures and whatnot.
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  880. I just watched Bill's response... it wasn't that bad. Nobody really likes to hear/see themselves impersonated, and its not like he was angry or threw a fit about it
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  881. I agree with her
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  882.  @ssuwandi3240  You're such a strange person. Trolling all of these China videos with your love for authoritarianism
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  883.  @ssuwandi3240  My love is for people to rule themselves and choose their own leader. Something China and Russia won't allow. Also funny you mention a race based approach when in defense of the CCP - a group that structurally implements a race based national identity and not only does nothing about racism within its borders but fosters xenophobia towards foreigners and has a completely different ruleset for them within its country. I'm a native English speaker so nope that shouldn't be a problem, but I also speak Chinese. Strange how that happened though since I'm not "adaptable" or "open-minded"
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  884. Stop it.. this man is a low life murderer
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  885. Lol okay
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  886.  @rap3208  It is much much more complicated than how you are putting it.
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  887. The EU is super soft on China, especially on trade. Brussels will complain, China will make more empty promises, and then they'll go about their business as usual. EU hasn't figured out yet that you can't just bark, you have to bite - in regards to China. Or if they have figured it out, they still haven't the political courage or will to do so.
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  888. Me too. I've been saying this for years
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  889. I still say the primary factor in inflation is the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the rise in oil, along with the supply chain constraints in China from zero covid. I know that's not popular to say but I think it's true, simply because we are seeing it world wide, and not just in the US. Did the massive stimulus contribute? Of course it did...and we were seeing inflation from that before the war. Did the Fed miss the mark? Yes they did, and Biden does not control them. however, I still think the stimulus was what needed to be done at the time to avoid further economic damage. Hindsight is always 20/20, and nobody could have predicted Putin would've done what he did.
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  890. What logic is that?
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  891. Not sure who you're talking about, but a lot of China's growth is debt spending in nonproductive assets. They literally use debt to hit whatever growth target they want.. so I'd take 1% of organic growth from consumption and private investment, vs 5% that is mostly just government spending on things give a negative return on investment.
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  892.  @dabblindipshit  Learn about inflation and how it does not = the economy
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  893. I just saw another girl representing JPmorgan saying that equity risk was back on. Wtf is going on here...
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  894. People sacrificing the national security of the nation for their own city and interests. It's disgusting and I'll tell you what - aint no way in hell China would ever allow this in their backyard. Do your best to grow your city's economy but you don't do it with companies and investments related to China. They need to block this
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  895. demographics are more of a medium and especially longterm problem. Debt is a near-term problem.... but regardless, they have a near term problem (debt), medium + longterm problem (demographics). It doesn't bode well for the Chinese economy
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  896. But its even worse from 4 years ago. He did well in the debate against Trump in 2020.. thats where all the talk of him "getting a big shot in the ass!" came from. In 4 years the difference is still pretty big
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  897. lying through their teeth.. one of the features of the belt and road and all of these economic packs - is to gain influence within the UN to do whatever they want and have these smaller countries support them. It's low hanging fruit for them, and it's the west fault for being reactive and not proactive.
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  898. They used him to dip their toe in the water and get a feel for the buying temperature for this position. Now with the immense backlash they will distance themselves from it and say it was just a rogue diplomat or w/e
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  899. It's under pretense of national and global security. It's also called using influence garnered from decades of alliance and good treatment...something China knows nothing about. All of China's dirty tricks (oh and there are many) are done by coercion, blackmail, threats, and transactions... it does not know how to build alliances or trust
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  900. Asap...unless you're renting it out and it's bringing you income
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  901. Lol you don't know anything about economics, do you
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  902. Its not crashing... but a long, Japan-esque stagnation period is likely
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  903.  @walhdamaskus2408  Lol US is definitely not crashing and is in fact performing very well economically
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  904. Actually it doesn't and whatever their position is on Israel is a completely separate issue from them getting invaded, unprovoked, by Russia
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  905. Lol you realize China is the king of coercion right? Look it up... it's literally what they do, and for years
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  906.  @David_Lo_Pan  Dope thx bro! Good lookin out
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  907.  @David_Lo_Pan  I don't think I can contribute as many resources as you, but on the economics side somebody I really listen to is a guy named Michael Pettis. Ironically he's a professor at Peking University but is quite critical of the economic policy of the regime. I can't figure out how he's managed to be so outspoken and still hold a prestigious position there. But yeah anyways, he's really opened my eyes to how the economy in China is unbalanced and is likely headed for Japan-esque (or worse) stagnation in the coming years.
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  908. All of them, especially in major cities and every university as well under the "Chinese student union" or something similar. They keep tabs on students and overseas communities to make sure they aren't out of line while over seas, and to rally them when convenient
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  909. Funny thing is CCP doesn't want ppl to diversify away from them but they have been "de-risking" for years under the guise of their "Self-Reliance" strategy. The message is clear: "We want to be less dependent on you but for you to be more dependent on us."
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  910.  @emiliovargas3184  Yeah for sure if she goes back on her plea deal. Is it the case though that saying crazy things in public would be a violation of it? I'm not sure what the terms are.
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  911.  @defintity_9951  Exports are still an issue though as it's still an export based economy.. hence the charm offensive to discourage people from diversifying away. However, I agree with you. The bigger problems are the ones you stated
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  912. Nope
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  913. Hong Kong, overall, is having a hard time. You name one sector and are comparing it to when things were crazy locked down last year. It won't be a slow-down like 2015. It's a structural slowdown and high growth won't be coming back... Leland even says this above. China's trade surplus actually shrank this past year. It's higher than pre-pandemic but its not at it's highest...their exports with their major trading partners dropped across the board ( I believe the average was 8%). They also can't rely on trade surpluses as a means for growth going forward because the economy is too big for that and must learn other ways to grow besides subsidizing manufacturing to keep those trade surpluses. "Come see for yourselves" well I live in China, and everyone is aware the economy is hurting.
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  914.  @EdwardOtero-p8c  First of all, calm down. 2nd of all - you're wrong. People with larger incomes get taxed at a higher rate... thats how a progressive tax system works. So eliminating the income tax disproportionately benefit those with higher incomes. Calm down with your "the world can't survive without rich people" - as this doesn't pertain to anything I said.
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  915.  @drunkdrftr  Not nearly to the same degree that China has. The fact that you even make that comparison shows you don't understand the severity of this
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  916. Yea I've always wondered hoe he gets away with speaking so openly, especially in todays climate in China
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  917.  @TheToolBoxWhisperer  To you I sound arrogant, to me you sound ignorant. I sound that way because I actually put in the time to read about these things and have a legitimate understanding of basic economics. Something 99% of people who speak on these topics never do and don't have. Yes of course I know they don't get tariffed, that is my point. Its you who are saying if you buy a nissan or toyota is SOL and I'm saying that they're not bc the ones you see in the US are actually made there. Its you who is insinuating they are not and will be tariffed. And no, Toyota and Nissan have been producing cars in the US since the 1980's. Again, you do no reading or research before you open your mouth. That is why I sound arrogant to you and why you sound ignorant to me.
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  918. Goodjob EU. You give subsidies for your firms but only for domestic production, and not to export to the world to kill other peoples industries. Welcoming Chinese EV's as long as they produce within the EU and bring jobs, rather than in China and taking jobs. Great job not letting more of your manufacturing be shipped overseas and creating more job losses just so those same jobs can be created in another country. Nobody has a right to vacuum up the demand from other peoples market, especially when they use state subsidies to unfairly out-compete those in that market. Don't want tariffs? Then you build there and create jobs there.
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  919.  @lauritruta6350  Bad for the globe, and also the US.
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  920.  @ItsRyanRoyce  Well, he is bad
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  921. If there is to be any change, I think at some point - China is going to have to admit that the blame is not completely one-sided. While the US certainly bears significant responsibility... it does not bear all of it. I think some self reflection is needed and searching for the "why" to figure out what part they had in the US going from friend to basically foe.... and "they want to maintain their hegemony!!" is not adequate, as it still deflects all responsibility.
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  922. Lol look at this guy parroting Chinese media. "Oh they are visiting them! That means they're weak!" says the logic of a 6 year old. Feel free to explain yourself though
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  923.  @kshen7485  Lol bro you literally just copied and pasted THE SAME MESSAGE you did to me a day ago! You're for sure either a bot or a WuMao!
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  924. Thats not accurate
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  925.  @xxoo-lp6vc  Lol okay buddy
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  926. Nice try, Wumao
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  927. Get outta here. This is China's version of neo-colonialism. It's China who does not view anybody as a partner, but as pawns to be exploited.
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  928. Bingo
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  929.  @srumi9481  Right.. they didn't fact check him on the incorrect amount of equipment left behind. I think there were others as well... now more fact checks have come out afterwards. He lied repeatedly... I think she was only found to have lied once. You lie more - you get fact checked more. You then don't get to call bias because of that
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  930.  clemathieu JT  Lol wow you named 1/2 gigantic companies that are exceptions
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  931. Exactly... he's going to be especially picky when he's earning great no risk return on short term treasuries
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  932.  @69pepe420  it's under 4....
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  933.  @MrSky10101 Ofcourse I have. And even with that - they still have massive legit sales in China. They're cheap compared to western cars that most people can't afford. Doesn't mean that companies aren't over-producing them to get somekind of tax credit or who knows what else,, which inflates the numbers.
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  934.  @MrSky10101 ive seen videos of the massive fleets yes, I've also seen a massive amount of Chinese made electric cars, and teslas, driving around the roads in China. Two things can be true at the same time.. they could be selling a ton of electric cars in China and also be further inflating the numbers to make the numbers look better than they are. I'm just sayin that there are some popular electric car brands is all. Also doesn't mean that people would prefer or choose a Chinese made car if foreign brands were readily available or affordable to them. They probably wouldn't
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  935.  @DK-ev9dg  Lol go home, bot/WuMao
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  936. Anything you guys don't like, you call fake
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  937.  @yitian  I don't agree that they partnered with them to poach talent. That is a wild take and there is zero evidence for that
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  938. I have literally said the same thing...there was no escaping this, only delaying the inevitable. Everybody was going to have to pay theirs, eventually
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  939. It would cut both ways, but it would be deeper on one side for sure
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  940.  @robertwang7825  Listen man, you're just throwing things out that having nothing to do with my original point. Thats all well good, my point is - both will be cut, but one will be cut deeper. Thats all.... I'm not saying China will be on the brink or collapse. Its just the nature of the country who has more to sell is more vulnerability in a trade war. I didn't make that up, its just how it is for obvious objective reasons. Thats all
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  941. Yeah but it depends on how much their profit was prior, right. If I'm consistently making 10,000 profit every year and then all of a sudden I start making 2,800 profit... that's a pretty massive decline. Especially when investors were paying the price for a company that was making 10k profit. But I see what you mean. I also initially thought they'd be at a loss, with such a big drop in profit. Considering they are supposedly one of the "safest" real estate builders and even they got hit that hard? That speaks loads to all of the others
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  942.  @amirhandzel8602 I happen to agree with it. They have made some mistakes in their efforts to achieve their goals
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  943. Wut
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  944. China was the main beneficiary to the rules based order in the last 30 years, and as soon as they became big enough to do so - they seek to undermine it. Talk about biting the hand that fed them, ridiculous...
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  945.  @hangender  Wow judge jury and executioner over here...
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  946. What are you talking about
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  947.  @Siacourage  I also don't watch them consistently, but if they weren't relevant - you'd be elsewhere to see what the "other side is up to".
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  948. The projections for China's economic growth by the IMF is way too high. Zero Covid is still a giant weight on the economy, and will cause economic scarring in terms of consumer spending, business investment...and accelerate businesses leaving. The major crackdowns in education, technology, and especially real estate will also put a massive dent in their growth. The most important is real estate. It's been fueled by debt and responsible for 30% of GDP + 70% of household wealth. The era of 5%+ growth is over for China. I predict 2-3% for the rest of the decade and then after that? The population decline really kicks in and we see Japan era stagnation...but worse, because their per capita GDP won't be nearly as high as Japan's was
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  949. WuMao bots are now all over CNA, just like they are all over Bloomberg, DW News, Al Jazeera, Wion, etc etc etc.... all in the past 3-4 months a major uptick in propaganda accounts and comments. Smh.. thats how you know China is hurting
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  950. This great
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  951. It would have been important to mention that Chinese EV's get an insane amount of subsidies from the government
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  952. Lol ya'll been sayin that forever... don't hold you breath
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  953.  @vlhc4642  I disagree that China's drone industry "carried" the war. The original posters comment is very valid
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  954.  @squareff255  I think its you who do not get it. Your comment demonstrates you missed the entire premise
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  955. I work at a kindergarten in China and my school + most others are having massive financial problems due to low birth rates. I don't think the US understands that immigration is its super power and they need to reform and embrace it. Illegal immigration is the worst kind of immigration but make it easier for these people to come legally so they don't need to do it this way. Literally the future the US depends on it and its our greatest advantage in a future of low births
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  956. I'm from Los Angeles and now live in China... and I'm so happy for these people
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  957. I wouldn't go so far as what the title suggests. In a normal/market economy, this would be true... but the Chinese government will use as much debt as needed to make sure they hit that target. GDP is not a good measure of value creation though, and much of that GDP is likely to come from unproductive spending
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  958. They aren't anywhere near China when they did these missions. They were the SC sea which an international court already ruled China has zero jurisdiction over. China is trying to steal it from all of the neighboring countries...stop it
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  959. "I've never seen EU more united" and so, I hope, Europe can come together to provide funding and military support to Ukraine to supplement the US abandoning them.
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  960. It's crazy to me how they've been doing all of this blustering globally, and then domestically touting US as the enemy and how the west is in decline while the east is rising... and this whole time - they relied on the US for critical technology. They must have gotten overconfident in their ability to influence Washington through the business community and the free market principles of the US. They found out now that the US gov actually has teeth over these kind of issues.
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  961. nope
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  962. Only in China would they put these animals together smh. How irresponsible
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  963. I've lived in China since 2016 and since that time the birth rate has halved (-10% a year). When I look at the historical youth unemployment data - I'm no longer surprised. If you're a young person looking to have a girlfriend/boyfriend, get married, buy a house, start a family (the usual order of things out here) - the job market is going to have a huge effect on that. Keep in mind that if youth unemployment has been going up over the years, how about people who are under-employed or simply not seeing prospects for a upward mobility? Much much higher
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  964. Give likes to upvote the video and fight the stupid troll WuMao bots
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  965. "China never interfered in US internal affairs". Two words: United Front (google or Chatgpt it)
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  966. Lol nomatter what he does, you guys just can't let go of your narrative. He could drop a nuke and you'd guys say it wasn't bigger because of his Chin a ties
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  967.  @joenewman6494  Thats exactly what I'm saying about you lol
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  968. So that is a complete and factual lie. It isn't from consumption and that is the problem.. consumption is extremely low and most of the growth supply-side spending by the government on infrastructure and manufacturing using debt. You are making things up sir
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  969. The food and safety regulators in China are a joke. They're underfunded and often vulnerable to bribery... the only way something would happen is if many people get sick from something and it causes pressure on the government to do something... but in terms of longterm cancer and disease risks? Nothing will be done
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  970. There are no real "ASIAN" values though that unite Asia though. Many countries in Asia have problems with other countries in Asia, both now and historically. I don't expect any shared "values" to change that anytime soon
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  971.  @mcgaretse77  Can you please name those values and let me know if they have been successful in uniting them. Take the big economies of China, Japan, and S. Korea. All are east Asian - have their "shared values" united them? How about India and China....have their "shared values" united them? I think it's more relevant to look at current economic, security, and geo-political concerns when it comes to where each individual Asian country stands, rather than "shared Asian values". Also, many countries in Asia are democracies and doing quite well under that system...
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  972. They been saying this for 22 years (since they joined the WTO).... how many times can the world be lied to?
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  973. So that is actually something that would work against China. If they attack those bases - they also buy a response from those countries. IE Japan is expected to and already preparing to join the fight because they also know the US bases on their territory will be attacked. This will greatly complicate things for China if they now have to fight the US and China. In addition, with adding the bases in the Philippines - it makes taking out those air bases much harder. If just in Japan that is very doable... but with the addition of the bases in the Philippines? A very very tall order to keep all those airfields down
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  974. Lol you have no knowledge of economics do you? China's large savings is exactly why they are in this issue... what a silly guy....and you're here bragging about China having high savings lol
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  975. Seriously... she seemed to have an unquenchable thirst for attention and intimacy from different men
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  976.  @WeeWeeJumbo  hahaha! Just somebody who has a lot of personal experience in the mainland ;P
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  977. "Inflation is down but prices are still very high" yeah because lowering inflation doesn't mean deflation...ie prices going back down. It simply slows the price increases
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  978. This man has some giant ears
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  979. The new apple is way hyperbolic but the stock/company is doing well
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  980. Mom was manipulated (and possibly seduced?) by this wanna-be cult leader. The dad was way too trusting, compliant (weak, even), and approval seeking of his wife. So is it the suspicion that the 85k was taken by the Jodi chick?
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  981. It's not a cycle.. the problem is structural. These guys just can't wrap their head around that paradigm shift... similar to how financial analysts can't wrap their head around the US central bank keeping interests higher for a long time, since interests were 0% for so long. You get used to how things are and are resistant to a new way of thinking.
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  982. You realize Japan, South Korea, India.. all did this before? It's simply bc China has 4 variants circulating and they aren't sharing any gene sequencing data. Other countries want to know if there is a new variant being produced from these massive infections... it's not about being scared of covid
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  983. She was talking about the Chinese diplomat's behavior, not Chinese in general. Stop with the disingenuous titles
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  984. As an American living in China - Yes, a large part of the US population is incredibly weak to propaganda. I feel like we are so naive because 1. We are self-centered and don't actually know much about the world or other governments 2. We've had the luxury of being insulated from conflicts due to our geography and military so we don't take any threats seriously 3. We think we are smarter than we are and will easily see through or won't be affected by propaganda. Americans live in fairy-tale world and many are convinced the big bad guy in the world is our own government rather than adversarial nations (due to our self-centeredness)
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  985.  @vincecarlo  Got locked out of my other account and made a new one, dummy. I've had an account for over 10 years
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  986. "What am I missing" - a lot, apparently. Go look at a chart of the US dollar and see its close to a 20 year high. Now go look at a chart that compares the US currencies to all others... why do people who know nothing have such strong opinions?
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  987. "What am I missing" - a lot, apparently. Go look at a chart of the US dollar and see its close to a 20 year high. Now go look at a chart that compares the US currencies to all others... why do people who know nothing have such strong opinions?
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  988.  @johnbrowne2145  ​ I think most military experts would agree that as of today - the US military is still ahead of China's. The problem is the US military is spread out all over the world, while China seems to be laser focusing its buildup in the Indo Pacific. So China's military, theoretically, wouldn't need to be as great as the US to win a war in the indo-pacific. At the same time, Japan and maybe even Australia would likely be involved in a conflict over Taiwan. I'm obviously not a military expert, but from what I've read - as of today, China is not in a position to take Taiwan by force due to intervention by the US and probably Japan. Most theoretical war game scenarios forecasted for 2027 showed US+ Japan + Taiwan edging out a win, but each suffering massive damage and losses. War games are just theoretical simulations though so take them with a giant grain of salt.
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  989.  @densyst  You call yourself a "westerner" but you type in English identical to Chinese who have learned English as a foreign language. 我知道主要是因为我住在中国和会说中文
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  990.  @demokc3885  Lol no you didn't because I just googled it and its before I even hit the search button. It even shows the flag, really big, and says "Country of Taiwan". Try it LoL Sorry bro, everyone knows its a country but nobody says it out loud because China will get so pissed. It's like an open secret
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  991. To be fair, it's Hannity who brought it up
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  992. You're not Indian, You're Chinese
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  993. They simply don't like people who don't look like them, especially dark people. If it was someone from Finland or Sweden - they'd have no problem.
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  994. It's true.... I'm here, and positive...lol
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  995. This guy is like Trump though it seems... he's got 9 lives. Wasn't he already found guilty of bribery and corruption? Somehow, he is back in the drivers seat
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  996.  @ragingtyga  Besides Saudi and Qatar....I wouldn't consider those countries very successful though. Especially N. Korea, which is probably at the top of the list for dictatorship. Saudi and Qatar have the special circumstance of having access to black gold (oil) and gas... and are lower on the scale of being a pure dictatorship
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  997.  @wiser3754  I think it's a one party-rule, but I don't think it's considered a dictatorship. Those two things aren't always the same
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  998. The Chinese bots and WuMao are all over this video. Lol they are ready to jump on any video about this news and upvote their own comments
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  999. In 1990 - if you told a room of economists that Japan wouldn't grow for the next 20-30 years - you would have been laughed out of the room. Let that sink in
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  1000. Lol okay...
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  1001. I grew up thinking that President's were held to the same laws as everyone else and could even be arrested. Apparently there are no actual guard rails and this was all built on the trust and honor system that nobody as bold as Trump would ever get to power. Insane
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  1002. Patrick is right about the Chinese story. This is the same method they do time and time again... they lure to China, wine and dine you, give you a giant payout...all to build a relationship as part of an influence operation. You can google many similar stories... they especially do it to researchers they want to recruit in their thousand talent operations. In this case - it was obviously for political influence
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  1003.  @ZekeBriarcliff  lol yes exactly
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  1004. Umm maybe if you're watching Chinese and Russian propaganda...
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  1005.  jacksmith6015 Well you can tell that to China, because they constantly use the term "The West" in international and domestic messaging & media. And it's quite the opposite of what you said, I already replied to your other comment with more on that. China would be decades behind of where they are now if not for help from the west.
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  1006. You didn't listen right? He said by Trump doing this it will get them to take the issues like drugs and immigration more seriously. So this aged PERFECTLY because thats exactly what it did. Comprehension of English is hard eh?
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  1007. Thank you to Xi for causing all of this from the start
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  1008. 2020?
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  1009.  @TheRedland284  Lol okay. If you say so
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  1010. The chart looks like the DeSantis decline is matched by Trump's gain... Which would suggest most of the ppl jumping off of DeSantis are jumping onto Trump
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  1011. "De-risk" is just a nicer sounding word than de-couple...but they basically mean the same thing. Nobody is going to completely decouple of China... so it all just means diversifying supply chains so China can't squeeze you when they want. Question is to the EU leaders - how are you gonna do this? I hear a lot of talk but not a lot of action... I hear talk about wanting to revive the trade deal between EU and China, I see Macron and the German Chancellor making visits with their business envoys... I see Germany allowing China to purchase a stake in their critical infrastructure. The EU is all talk when it comes to "de-risking" but their actions are the complete opposite.
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  1012. Lol oh ya it was the US and UK that "incited" them... totally not the bombing from you the day before that killed 39
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  1013.  @MadgeGreen  Its people with your thought process, that allowed this exact tragedy to occur. I'm going to let you think about what you said, and try to figure out what is wrong with that thought process
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  1014. Thank you for the podcast Ian. I feel like engagement for these podcast episodes could be greater if we had video of the people talking along with the audio. I know this isn't always possible, but just some feedback
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  1015.  @Thebt7  google why deflation is bad
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  1016.  @davenobody407  Oh there are deaths. You're just not hearing about them
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  1017.  @padnomnidprenon9672  Excuse me? China is the KING of subsidizing and breaking their trade agreements. They subsidize steel, solar panel manufacturing, electric battery development, ship building, and oil production industries, and semiconductors/technology companies They are simply mad because now the US is fighting fire with fire, and it hurts their plans to dominate chips. They also have stole chip technology from both US firms and Taiwanese firms... stop it
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  1018. Lol not right now
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  1019.  @MsFancia  How many countries militarized islands when they said they wouldn't ?
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  1020.  @zuriyel5368  Nice try. It's called decades of building alliances...but China has no friends, so how could they understand that? Newsflash: China only became what it was because the US helped them join the WTO, gave them tons of technology, and pioneered the Freedom Of Navigation Act that allowed globalization to occur...that let China sell to the world. Stop it....China bites the hand that fed them.
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  1021.  @alileevil  It's called the benefit of having actual alliances with countries around the world...something China knows nothing about
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  1022.  @alileevil  Well the USA literally pioneered the Freedom of Navigation Principle that allowed globalization to occur and China to sell to the world. The US also helped China join the WTO which also let them sell to the world... the US also gave them tons of technology. The railway line is a joke and actually loses money...great job China. Well lets see, the US invented the semi-conductor, the internet, multiple vaccinations to deadly diseases, the telephone, the light bulb, etc etc
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  1023. When you read about pure Marxism... its wild to see how different it is, and many instances the complete opposite of what China is. Yes, I know, this is explained as "Socialism with Chinese characteristics" but if its so far (and in many cases opposite) from the actual characteristics of socialism - how can it even bear that name at all?
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  1024.  @waltergrace565  I use to like him but when I see stuff like this... it just screams wanting to shit on Dems for anything smh.
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  1025. What blows my mind about Islam is they think because their religion says somebody should die if they insult the prophet... that everybody should be subjected to their beliefs and the rules of their religion.
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  1026. ​ @greatasia606  Well it's called neo-colonialism. They do this for a few reasons: 1. China depends on a vast number of natural resources for it's State-run economy. 2. UN votes and influence. China doesn't have a lot of friends and is good at making enemies. By targeting small/developing/poor nations with debt such Sri-lanka, African countries, etc, they get UN votes and influence for bad things they do in Xinjian, Taiwan, etc. 3. It gives them a place to dump their excess capacity for things like cement, steel, etc that their State-run economy produces, that nobody needs. 4. They get access to strategic infrastructure such as trade routes and ports that can be used militarily to further project their military around the world. China has developed a New Age colonialism/imperialism. Instead of running with guns and subjecting their people like the colonialists of the old age - they take advantage of the people of these nations by going through their corrupt government and officials, to create the appearance it was by the will of their people...when in reality, the people have no idea what they government agreed to. They demand that Chinese workers and companies be used by the money they loaned to that country, so that very little of that money actually goes into the economy. They transfer very little to none of their skills to the locals. It's Neo-Colonialism
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  1027. Yeah but you love it when they endorse Trump and say the opposite. You just don't like this one because it goes against your guy... stop it
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  1028. Money is power. The government (both local and central) thought they could have their cake and eat it too: keep people poor while retaining the vast majority of wealth and power from the GDP growth... and sustain China's rise. I think this is hitting a wall... to go forward, you have to give people more money, and money = power. However, I think ultimately they will refuse to do this and retain as much money/power as possible. The government wants to retain most of the gains so they can dictate the economy... and not the consumer/citizen....end quote (just joking)
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  1029.  @asahel980  If you think these problems the youth are facing in China is the same as other major economies - you're crazy. It is not the same as this all over the world.
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  1030. Yeah, congrats to their real estate sector too
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  1031. I agree with Bill
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  1032.  @John-hg3zd  Thats funny because thats exactly my advice to you
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  1033. About the Chinese audit papers - I'll believe it when I see it....keep in mind these potential "deals" to these delisting issues present opportunities to both sides of the isle for shorts/options to pump and dump stocks On the Chinese side - best State Officials create, proliferate, and profit off this news On the side outside of China - best believe private investment groups know about, proliferate and profit off this news
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  1034. Lol does that make you feel better? China's credit rating is lower than the US, so not sure where you're going with that needless comparison
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  1035. Lol oh yes they do. Another one fooled by the Huawei scam I see
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  1036. a perfect 50 a day huh
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  1037. Lol go ahead...
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  1038.  @Samson-z1o  Lol umm and what is this video about then? And all of the other videos pleading with countries not to diversify away. "Please please don't stop buying from us。“ Puhlease...
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  1039. Lol you have no idea who she is.. do you? She's actually bias towards China and is the daughter of a CCP official. The fact that she isn't saying how amazing China is (as she usually does) should tell you something. Look her up, smartguy
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  1040. One issue that is different than last time and not good for the Chinese - 1. Trump won decisively, not only the electoral college but most likely the popular vote. Signally strong support 2. Trump doesn't have to run for re-election. He has less incentive to worry about the pain they cause on US companies
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  1041. This guy is spot on
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  1042. Nah
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  1043.  @henry-mn3hj  Well actually, it came from Stephen Kotkin, who was also interviewed by Lex. You should look it up You are making silly assumptions about my character
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  1044. Thats what I don't get... from what I can tell - the data wasn't bad, but it wasn't "good" either. So people predicting cuts in September - wouldn't inflation just go right back up from where its at now? Wouldn't that simply put us even further from where the fed wants us to eventually be? I don't get the logic...unless we were sub 3% and quickly going down towards the 2% goal, I don't see why they would be in any rush.
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  1045. Yeah! Why not just get a guy on a reaaaaallly tall ladder
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  1046.  @lagrangewei  So attacking somebody requires many more times the force of those defending. As we see in Russia and Ukraine - Russia has a much bigger army, but they are the attackers and so its still quite difficult because you need many more times overwhelming force. This is a well known concept in war and you can google it for more details from people much more knowledgeable than myself. The problem with attacking Taiwan is the Taiwan straight. China cannot rely on airpower alone, and the bases in the Philippines, Japan, and the ballistic missiles Japan is going to set up on the north island chain around Taiwan will make it very hard for China to move behind the island. This will force them to rely on airpower and an amphibious assault from Taiwan's east coast. You can look at the battle of Normandy for an idea of how difficult this is and why China prefers not to do this.
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  1047. Thats overdoing it. Its still one of the top companies in the entire world
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  1048. Here is the wild thing - The mortgage strike is being censored in China. If people were actually allowed to see it - and it spread... it would be insaaaaane situation..... same with the bank situation on Henan and people not being able to take their money out. Their ability to hide and censor information allows them to have bad practices and policies that could collapse them
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  1049.  @jmohd  and vice versa
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  1050. Lol okay...
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  1051. Lol opposite
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  1052. The Chinese bots and Wumao are all over this video smh
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  1053. Even more were hired
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  1054.  hulagukhan-we3fw  Lol the best in the world.. they seem to have quadrupled in the last few months as well.
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  1055. Well they played the same card in the South China Sea. China's stance is whatever benefits them at the moment
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  1056. Hmm Taiwan is already a Democracy. And you should look up what a colony means... Taiwan is its own self-governed country
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  1057.  @PlanetCHINA.1  Trade doesn't = like. To answer your question: India, Vietnam, south Korea, Japan, Philippines (doesn't actually like China but keeps channels open for the money and investment...hence allowing US military expansion), and Malaysia is the same as Philippines as they have expressed feeling bullied but keep channels open for the money. I would not even consider North Korea or Russia "friends" as distrust runs very deep between them and China, and it's merely a relationship based on current dynamics, rather than actual shared values (other than hating the west) and long history of trust. Look at how Pakistan's population has responded to increase Chinese presence in their country. China has no friends, man. All of their "positive" relationships are purely transactional, and between the governments - and not the citizens of said country.
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  1058.  @NinjaRunningWild  So actually, tons of evidence now that they have over counted by 100 mill and 1.28, but regardless - stating a big population as evidence that the quality of that population must be good, is silly. Take 30 minutes to actually read up on China's population and how demographics actually work before making silly statements
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  1059.  @weho_brian  You only buyback your own stock if you believe it to be undervalued... not to prop up the stock price
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  1060.  @Song-TheNiceGuy  I live in China, and only the big cities are developed. The majority of people still live in abject poverty. Their GDP per capita is still that of "developing". You might ask - how can that be? That's because the Chinese government keeps an abnormally high share of the wealth created by GDP (60% vs the 40% average of other countries its size). This is the reason their GDP per capita is not developing yet many people still live in a 3rd world state - the government keeps a lot of the money from the hard work of the people of the last 30 years
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  1061. Nah stay away from AMS28K
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  1062.  @eyar163  Lol and when did I do that? And relax on upvoting your own comments
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  1063.  @donnydrumpf9563  I mean well I don't need to prove you wrong. If you just google the history of conflicts from those time, you will see that is factually not true
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  1064.  @donnydrumpf9563  ​ Before I responded to you, I took a moment and thought, and I was able to come up with at least 10 conflicts in the past 50 years....just off the top of my head. So I'm not gonna waste my time with you. Here is a clue to help you out though - google the conflicts of every major non-Anglo-Saxon country, and your answer will be right in front of you.
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  1065.  @donnydrumpf9563  What about Chinese - Chinese wars
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  1066.  @donnydrumpf9563  Ok so now you are changing your racist/prejudice tone against non-chinese. Also, calm down with your use of exclamation marks, question marks, and "hahah". It dilutes your message.
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  1067. ​ @donnydrumpf9563  Lol you lost. Goodbye
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  1068.  @donnydrumpf9563  Every insult you can think of huh? Lol not bad if you're a 9 year old
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  1069.  @lucywang8541  Stop using your own family's experience as logic for China's experience. Just because your personal family isn't suffering doesn't mean that millions of Chinese people all over the country are not suffering. Think outside of yourself and show some empathy
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  1070. Considering what they should be growing at for their level of development and coming out of Covid? Yes, it is... and its going to get worse. Going to be tougher for you to come here and defend the CCP constantly
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  1071. I don't quite get what you're saying
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  1072. I've been to the fake Paris in Hangzhou... it's a dump lol. Old people even planted crops in the fountains...hilarious
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  1073. It's crazy to think all of that healthcare investment in the last year for Zero Covid could have went to preparing for now. Instead, money down the drain and hospitals overwhelmed... this is what happens when you have such concentration of power in one man.
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  1074. They are though - see TSMC building a massive chip factory
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  1075. "China feels the private sector has pushed out the communist party in China" Yeah if you're perspective of what CCP should be in daily Chinese life is similar to what N. Korea is...then sure, I can see how you might feel that way.
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  1076.  @jjsamuelgunn1136  Um apparently you think Iran and Iraq are the same country? Because the Iranian general was not killed in his own country, he was killed in Iraq. He is also a leader in the revolutionary guard, which is considered a terrorist organization. Anyways, I'm not here to defend the US's actions. The point is China always loudly claims they don't interfere in other peoples internal affairs.. but it's blatantly not true. Don't claim that then, if you can't abide by it.
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  1077.  @therminust4  You can google the question you asked and you'll find the answer. But balloons have advantages to satellites - just look i tup. Also you're talking nonsense about the gps superiority. Btw who invented GPS technology? Also something to look up
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  1078.  @gold_real_money  I don't think anybody was afraid. Nobody wants another country to spy on it or violate their airspace
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  1079.  @jjsamuelgunn1136  Hey how about you calm down, buddy. Coming on here getting all worked up because somebody said something about China. Be a man and don't be so sensitive
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  1080. Nah you just missed what she was getting at, just like Dave Smith did.
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  1081. China has a policy of mercantilism (maximizing exports and minimizing imports) - often through illegal trade practices and protectionism. This needs to be dealt with
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  1082. What strikes me is how nobody is actually addressing the real problem: the strength of the US dollar. A strong currency means US exports are more expensive and imports are less expensive. If we want to boost exports - we need capital controls on US treasuries for foreign buyers to lower the artificially high US dollar and minimize damage to consumers. The tariffs simply treat the symptom, and not the cause... and cause a lot of harm to US consumers.
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  1083. Because he's so rich, he thinks he knows everything about everything.
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  1084. We have to thank President Xi for this. Thank you Xi! You closed the entire country for 3 years, at the cost of the economy and peoples lives, and still did not find the time to prepare for a re-opening. Your deeds will always be remembered
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  1085.  @flykespice  Yes I do. Somebody above you just said exactly the same thing, and I responded with a better plan. Read the comments first before repeating the same response
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  1086. I mean any influential media had a role to play in public support, nomatter how small. If you own 100 shares of apple - its microscopic ownership, but you still own a small piece of the company
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  1087. Because she's a reporter?
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  1088.  @whatever-o6t  Shooting down a Chinese spying instrument? Huge success
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  1089.  @whatever-o6t  Lol yeah but it doesn't. It didn't "accidentally" blow across to Alaska, down past Canada, to nuclear missile silos in Montana. Oops
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  1090.  @michaelgavinjohnston7985  If I put my CCP-hat on, I bet they would say that "We didn't do anything to HK, It's still autonomous and we are still upholding our promise!" and in regards to Taiwan they'd likely say "Taiwan is only not responding to us due to US influence! If the US wasn't there backing them up - they'd want to be with us and our tactics would be more effective". They seem to utterly lack the ability to self reflect on the consequences of their actions
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  1091.  @iggy5347  You realize that is a bad thing right? Low imports signal weak domestic demand....the trade surplus represents the government's over-investment in manufacturing at the cost of household income...hence the lower domestic demand. The more the trade surplus grows = the weaker consumption will become
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  1092.  @iggy5347  Its not that simple in economics, like it is in your personal spending. The cheap exports come at a cost - lower household income. I'm not going to bother typing it all out to explain, look up Michael Pettis who is one of the leading professors at Peking University in Beijing. He's trained a lot of the economists for the Chinese government and does a great job of explaining it.
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  1093. It's almost impossible. The Chinese State has been preparing for social uprising for decades... people will get disappeared and imprisoned for years... and for those not - their lives ruined financially and through inability to be employed. Their control regime even extends into education by brainwashing to be obedient since they are children
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  1094. Lol I know you are not talking about the US debt right now. China is facing massive debt issues
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  1095.  @shoopddawhooped  haha, I guess there is that
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  1096. Ok Russian bot
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  1097. ​ @MithunOnTheNet  exactlyyyy
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  1098. ​ Maxxxie DeSantis  Lol well actually I did study Micro and Macro economics...did pretty well too. I'm not not gonna respond to your giant post, except that China has to change it's entire growth model, which is no easy task for anybody. The days of debt fueled GDP growth with construction and property are coming to an end. And the clock is ticking on those demographics. Every year it gets just a little bit harder...bc the working age population is shrinking. If you love China - learn to be critical of it, not deflect. If you're so confident - there is no need to be defensive
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  1099. I think she's spot on
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  1100. You clearly don't understand economics. Look up deflation
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  1101.  @Houthiandtheblowfish  deflation and controlling inflation are not the same thing. That is not what's happening here
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  1102.  @roro-v3z  What are you talking about? My point is that you complain experts in US never say anything good about China. I'm saying neither do the Chinese experts. I live in China and everything on the news and from experts is "USA = bad guy" so don't complain about what US experts say if you don't also complain about Chinese experts doing the same thing to the US
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  1103.  @roro-v3z  So now you say maybe, because we both know the experts and media in China are not humble or open minded about their opinions of the US. And you switch to "Oh yea but you started it first" - which I also don't agree with because the news in China was very negative about US far before the US changed its views. All of that stuff might work on someone who hasn't lived in China for a long time and doesn't speak Chinese or pay attention to the news, but that is not me
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  1104. Hey Steve go get some Taisho brother
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  1105.  @roberts2697  I love these nonsensical comments from people who don't understand trade surpluses and deficits. I'm not even going to waste my breath trying to explain to you the stupidity of your comment. Go look up Michael Pettis and read a little bit about what his argument is, come back to me, and then we'll talk.
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  1106. I like the BBC and take them seriously.
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  1107. The fact that people try to commit crimes like this in this day and age already shocks me. Ok his mom is old so she may not realize how far things have come since the 1970's but her kids do. Even one of them is a lawyer... the fact so many brains here and nobody tanked this idea as insane, is baffling
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  1108. Fake news. His country was invaded
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  1109.  @hgkghkhgkgh8378  Its all still politics man. Same thing happened when Australia asked for an independent investigation into the origins of Covid and China put an 80% tariff on Australian barley, coal, and suspended beef imports from four major Australian meat processing plants. Again, they can do what they want with their own trade - but don't constantly accuse others of something they also do, and quite significantly.
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  1110.  @Puntonghua  I think you don't understand what I said in my original comment
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  1111. Investors have just been psychologically conditioned for the last 10-20 years to think China is only up up up, and that this is just a blip. They don't fully understand the structural implications of what's going on, and how it fundamentally alters the growth trajectory going forward 1. The time of debt-fueled property growth is gone (30% of GDP and 70% of household wealth) 2. The Zero-Covid policy is on for the foreseeable future, and even when gone - has created economic scarring in both business activity and consumers psychology 3. Current regulatory crackdowns in tech, real estate, and education... with an uncertainty of future regulations on a dime, without notice. 4. Delisting from the NYSE 5. Potential for war in the Taiwan straights within the next 10 years 6. Population/demographics - and in my opinion, the most significant an inescapable of the 6
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  1112.  @blokin5039  I swear I saw almost an identical comment today under a Chinese name? If by "a tiny bank" you mean over 2 dozen banks in different provinces...than sure
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  1113. ​ @blokin5039  There is Henan Xincaifu Group which controls 13 rural banks in Henan Yuzhou Xinminsheng Village Bank Shangcai Huimin County Bank Zhecheng Huanghuai Community Bank Guzhen Xinhuaihe Village Bank I haven't got the energy to find you the rest, but it's not "a tiny bank". Please stop spreading your lies to defend your 国家
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  1114. Way hyperbolic
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  1115. Or just like China did to Japan with rare earth minerals... and then Japan just diversified their supply chain and now they don't have that leverage anymore. Same will probably happen with this
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  1116.  @LoC28C  So that is absolutely a lie. China has the most restrictive airspace in the world, other than North Korea. They have the highest rate of passenger flight delays and cancellations due to their restrictive airspace not even allowing their own commercial planes to fly over giant areas at any given time. You can't even fly drones in most places and get a message saying it's restrictive. How do I know this? Because I live in China. So please be careful before you spread your lies. The US has explained why they allowed it, so you can go look it up from many legitimate sources to find that answer. And remnants are being recovered as we speak
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  1117.  @mcgaretse77  India seems to be doing pretty well under the current system. It's mostly Russia and China that are acting up so want freedom to terrorize without any blowback. China is also the #1 beneficiary of the global system and wouldn't be where it is today without it. It's only in recent times that they've become more aggressive and now seek to destroy what set them up for success
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  1118.  @Bebornagain12345  Show me where inflation is up 20%?
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  1119.  @DK-yz9xk  lol but they haven't
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  1120.  @DK-yz9xk  They are ethnically Chinese, but a growing majority do not consider themselves Chinese by nationality... you know that right
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  1121.  @liminhao1985  Well yeah, there is one now. It's ruled itself since 1949. Wake up.
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  1122. The ring thing was huge. If you get smacked with rings - you're gonna literally have ring marks in the exact same shape as the rings, exactly where you were hit.
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  1123.  @JohnSmith-i3i  "John Smith", who has horrible English, I have no idea what you are talking about or where you are coming from with that message
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  1124. Cry more, WuMao
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  1125. Lol okay, those two things have nothing to do with each other
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  1126.  @nathansutphin6543  Every bad thing in their mind HAS to be Biden's fault. Its how their media wires their brain
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  1127. Hey waste more time, sure
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  1128. How much will it cost if we do nothing though. The amount of cost to mitigate the damage will do much more harm in the long run
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  1129.  @glorioustrap  With all of the Chinese bots all over youtube, I welcome this one.
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  1130.  @Fauzanarief-n7i  ​It's over a 10 year period, so I don't think the issue of raw materials or manpower is a credible factor, in my opinion. The bill says it prioritizes sourcing for the US on materials but exceptions will be made if there is not enough domestic supply or the cost is too high. So yeah, I just don't see that being an issue or a need to "match" China in production. Also I'd note that US manufacturing and manufacturing moving into China is more a thing of the past. China is getting much more expensive to produce in, plus a lot other uncertainties, that now there is the problem of manufacturing leaving China for places like Vietnam, India, Mexico. Private property rights in the US have always been an issue in terms of building infrastructure. However, most of the hard-infrastructure spending is going towards updating/modernizing already built infrastructure. Even in rural America - it's still developed infrastructure (ie: roads, bridges, water systems, etc) it just old and needs to be updated. There won't be any new giant bridges or massive new highways being built that were not there already. So I don't think property rights should be a giant issue. China definitely has it's advantages in building things due to costs and lack of property rights. However, what I've personally saw in China when I lived there, was actual new infrastructure being built...ie: new highways, new bridges, tunnels, buildings, etc... I think that is a lot different then what then US is planning to do with this bill
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  1131.  @titusp9488  Hmm well about 35% of the US has college degrees, and it's definitely a boost to their employment/earning potential. But regardless, 65% of adults not having college degrees is far too high. I think it's a combination of different things 1. Education is too expensive 2. There is a bit of a cultural issue -historically people in the US didn't need a college degree to have access to high income jobs. Many of the parents of the people who are 20-40 years old didn't need to have college degrees to make a lot of money or own a decent house. Times have changed though, and because many of those parents didn't need to go to college, they didn't instill in their children the importance of it either. Most of my Asian friends in the US went to college. There was no question about it growing up bc their parents really instilled it's importance and didn't really leave room for anything else. I think Americans as a whole need to instill this in the future generations. I think if US adopted a better culture of the importance of higher education + more affordable education - you would see a large uptick in college graduates
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  1132. Preach!
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  1133. The girl is spot on. Doubling-down doesn't mean success. First off they don't exactly have the debt capacity post-Zero Covid and they didn't already develop the technology themselves in the first place because it's much much easier to get it elsewhere. We are talking about years if not a decade + for them to "maybe" develop it themselves.... because you can't simply throw a pile of money at research and development and guarantee success.
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  1134. Neither side is without blame
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  1135.  thulomanchay To play devil's advocate - they are forced to live in an open prison. That is a breeding ground for extremism and hate. Neither side is without blame
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  1136.  @klloh5012  Closing the border is one thing, not allowing in food/water/medical supplies etc is another. I believe it was Egypt who made the first move to allow it in from their side.
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  1137.  @rubix8897  I don't know what you're getting at with that comment, but it doesn't matter. Look, I'm not a Hamas supporter so none of that is gonna work on me. Life isn't black and white... two things can be true. Hamas can be bad and the Israeli leadership can also be bad.
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  1138. A lot of people are. However many see Trump as a much greater threat
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  1139. Well this is true. If we had invested in college more and encourage people to go - we'd have less of a need to import skilled workers.
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  1140. I doubt they are that stupid.. its not the same way you filter in your home
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  1141. Microsoft stock went up because the market is short term focused and see's an investment that will bring longterm profits and growth as a short term expense. Jim is just a whacko and is also has a short term trader mindset
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  1142. I have never ever...seen a retired Chinese policeman or anybody who looks like it - as security in US. This isn't China - where you have old Bao Ans as security everywhere. Security guards in the US actually look like, well, security guards....and not somebodies Uncle.
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  1143. Meanwhile - China is extremely racist against every ethnicity. How about this - when China lets US police stations inside China, then US can do the same. Until then, China won't even let in youtube...
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  1144.  @nelsonferrer8994  agreed
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  1145.  @chasx7062  You're either the same guy as fba or just another extremely ignorant person. No need, you will soon see why deflation is an even worse problem than inflation.
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  1146.  @ssuwandi3240  The comparison is quite fair because they are following a very similar economic model. Although Japan was technically democratic with a private banking industry - they didn't quite manage it like that. They still set loan quotas and the state still directed where the money went ... it's why their situations are both so similar. Households got a low share of GDP in the form of wages, consumer spending was low, extreme over-investment in real estate and infrastructure, deflation, high debt to gdp ratio, used "window guidance" to instruct banks which sectors to lend to (whether they needed it or not), high exports and trade surpluses with the rest of the world. The situations are so similar because the economic models were/are so similar. There are some things that are better about China"s situation over Japan's but also some things that are definitely worse.. So its might not be 100% the same, but odds are they will be similar and could be better or worse. We will find out It's important to note that this economic model was not invented by the Chinese, or the Japanese... it's a known and documented investment-led economic model and it has always ended up with either a violent rebalancing (US in the 1920's, Brazil in the 1960's) or a long, drawn out period of rebalancing that results in prolonged stagnation (Japan and probably China).
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  1147. So, no, it would not. China literally subsidizes (against WTO rules) this industry to dominate it. By creating export controls, they might give some short-term pain but long-term they reduce others dependency on China's artificially low prices by helping others to build supply chains with other countries who produce these metals. Funny thing is - the US is one of the suppliers of these metals, so it actually helps their industry long-term
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  1148.  @briandbeaudin9166  I've heard that argument and my good buddy subscribes to it, but I'm just not with it. I'm more worried about Trump's erratic and impulsive nature....not to mention extreme narcissism and disregard for institutions. DeSantis is by no means "good", but I personally find him less dangerous than Trump...in regards to the future of America....Especially internationally
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  1149. China dumps much more radioactive waste in the ocean than Japan. This is retaliation and coercion by China over Japan's agreement to ban tech from export to China.... and China is now getting it's lacky (Russia) in the mix
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  1150. China is about 5 years behind the leaders in the semiconductor industry. This may not seem like a lot but in the semiconductor world - it's huge. Their efforts to subsidize their own chip industry (hypocrites) has largely failed due to corruption and semiconductors being incredibly hard and expensive to manufacture. China would also not be able to operate Taiwan's semiconductor manufacturing if they took over Taiwan, because the software it uses is from the US
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  1151.  @ronnietexan  If you think those two things are the same or similar - you cannot tell two unlike things apart. That is your problem
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  1152. There are always these insanely one sided takes in the comments on videos like this. Nobody is saying or expecting that
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  1153. China did this to themselves by being too aggressive and predatory when it came to technology
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  1154.  @Leshic2  Hmmm I see it as the opposite, and worse "Do something justifiably bad to us, We'll do something 2x unjustifiably to you,"
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  1155. China is the most protectionist country. They used tariffs and other trade barriers to do the exact same thing for the last 30 years to get foreign countries to move their manufacturing into China... boohoo and cry more
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  1156.  @tooltalk  Not to mention they held their EV industry in a protective bubble for 15 years while they poured in subsidies. The only foreign automaker to get the subsidies were Tesla and they got a much smaller percentage, hence their tariff rate into the EU is lower.
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  1157. Tooktalk is right here. China also put its EV industry into a protective bubble for 15 years while pouring subsidies and protecting it from global competition. The only one they let in was Tesla which was used to get suppliers to up their standards and then use those same suppliers to build their own EV's. All the other car brands were denies the same subsidies and Tesla only got a small share, hence their tariffs into the EU being much lower
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  1158. Fed should have raised .50 pts like El Erian said
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  1159.  @calvinblue894  Yeah, so whats the problem then?
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  1160.  @calvinblue894  Lol okay
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  1161. I'd argue their government gets in the way of their very smart, hard working, and talented people
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  1162. The nationalism is getting insaaaaaane in China. Jesus...
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  1163.  @sheldonli1413  Because its absolutely the opposite of that. 1. The market shot up way before they even knew what the stimulus would be and we largely still don't know the details. So as of right now this rally is pure speculation. 2. China has structural problems. A one-off stimulus isn't going to change that and any pumping is likely temporary. 3. China's economy has never really followed the economy. Look at the last 15 years of their stock market it - it has gone nowhere despite GDP soaring in that same time frame.
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  1164. Rise of Taiwan
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  1165.  @Sinister_Ball  Yeah that really worked out with China trading in the WTO China right? (sarcasm)
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  1166. He's not giving Heard's lawyer the answer he wants, which is something to make the witness look bad... so he's getting frustrated with him and objecting.
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  1167.  @subtitelingyou  Lol the corrupted dogs are the ones across the straight. Puh-lease
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  1168. Corruption goes a long way
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  1169.  @TienyeeTien  Yes the whole "you're channel is xxx years old" has nothing to do with anything. Newflash - people can have more than one google account.. not that it is relevant to this conversation.
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  1170. They gotta distract the world from their current Covid problems somehow....
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  1171. If you look back to what Deng said, Xi has broken almost everything: Observe calmly (冷静观察) Secure our position (稳住阵脚) Cope with affairs calmly (沉着应付) Hide our capabilities and bide our time (韬光养晦) Be good at maintaining a low profile (善于守拙) Never claim leadership (决不当头) His arrogance and overconfidence caused China to have a target on its back, geopolitically
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  1172. Almost everything Deng said has been broken by Xi: Observe calmly (冷静观察) Secure our position (稳住阵脚) Cope with affairs calmly (沉着应付) Hide our capabilities and bide our time (韬光养晦) Be good at maintaining a low profile (善于守拙) Never claim leadership (决不当头) His arrogance and overconfidence has put a target on China's back, geopolitically.
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  1173. Almost everything Deng said has been broken by Xi: Observe calmly (冷静观察) Secure our position (稳住阵脚) Cope with affairs calmly (沉着应付) Hide our capabilities and bide our time (韬光养晦) Be good at maintaining a low profile (善于守拙) Never claim leadership (决不当头) His arrogance and overconfidence has put a target on China's back, geopolitically.
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  1174. Almost everything Deng said has been broken by Xi: Observe calmly (冷静观察) Secure our position (稳住阵脚) Cope with affairs calmly (沉着应付) Hide our capabilities and bide our time (韬光养晦) Be good at maintaining a low profile (善于守拙) Never claim leadership (决不当头) His arrogance and overconfidence has put a target on China's back, geopolitically.
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  1175.  @vincecarlo  Lol okay
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  1176.  @cristinaximera9663  Lol okay
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  1177. Is FB and IG allowed in China?
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  1178. Ok so I live in China and although all of those other apps track you - they are very different than an increasingly authoritarian communist government having access to your data. A few of the problems with this is that it can be used to increase social and political discord through propaganda (already tons of evidence of this) and be used for espionage - by say, getting on the phone/computer of somebody connected to a company or the military. You don't want these guys having access to data of so many Americans. They absolutely WILL use it for their strategic and political goals.
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  1179. Everybody can travel now. I know a guy who is positive in China who just got on a plane back to the US
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  1180.  @oizorref2615  What happened to the USSR?
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  1181.  @isaacdajiahao  Got lied to by China? You're right
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  1182.  @wildwildwest9588  Lol okay
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  1183.  @wildwildwest9588  China is insecure, otherwise - why get so angry when somebody says something bad about your government? If you are strong and confident - then you wouldn't care
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  1184.  @rescf7902  Ain't nobody worried about China. Have you seen the demographics? All anybody has to do is wait them out
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  1185. Lol!
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  1186. I'm smirking too - bc I'm buying more Adobe. Great job for them to acquire this company, widening their moat and in the longterm - adding value. Most investors are short-term focused. As a longterm investor, I'm buying more adobe at a discount
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  1187.  @GregoryBarratt  The problem with your statement is "feels like" the law doesn't work like that.
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  1188. China can't even make China economically interesting anymore, let alone others
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  1189. And all of this every came out, only because the ex police chief went to a foreign consulate and then it became public to the world...causing them to lose face if they did nothing. Otherwise - it would have been much more convenient to cover it up and hide what someobody within their own party had done. There is a reason he went to the US consulate and not his own central government.
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  1190. Lol what are you talking about?
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  1191. Thank you for saying the exact same thing I was thinking. There are bad people on both sides of the aisle
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  1192. You can look it up, but it's known that one of the CCP's foreign policy strategies is to de-risk their own economy aka make it less dependent on others (see their stated self-reliance goal) while at the same time making the rest of the world more depend on itself. So, why have they been de-risking their own economy for years - but it's not ok for others to do the same? Why?
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  1193. What are you talking about.. he has major legislative achievements. He'd have way more too if he wasn't blocked by his colleagues on both sides of the aisle, fueled by their massive contributions from Big Pharma
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  1194.  @sagalhirsi2284  One China, and One Taiwan
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  1195. Wonder if China is going to compensate all the people it forcefully sterilized or aborted their babies during the one child policy. ...or possible the Uighers for their forced sterlizations?
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  1196. She isn't though...
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  1197.  @sirkeg1  Do you realize her dad being a CCP member actually hurts her credibility and not helps it? Lol and her explanation of "basic market principles" fails to mention the massive direct and indirect subsidies over the last decade to the EV market that actually distort those very same market forces.
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  1198.  @signumxmagnum  I think Taiwan should have it's own seat at the table, as Taiwan. The PRC will not allow this though
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  1199.  @xucharlie628  If they were bigger, I think they would declare independence. However China would retaliate so ferociously that it'd be too damaging for a country of that size
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  1200.  @signumxmagnum  I personally don't think Taiwan is China's territory. Those are bad examples because all the places you mentioned: Are governed by the US, recognize the US constitution as their own, use US currency, their residents are US citizens and use US passports, and support being a part of the US. The same cannot be said about Taiwan
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  1201.  @spider6660  Also kind of funny when China is the one launching missiles and flying jets around Taiwan all because an old lady went there
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  1202. Its crazy to me they're still trying to prop up the real estate market and encourage even more building... and people to buy more homes that will almost surely decrease in value.. leaving them holding the bag. I know they're doing it to help local governments but man zero care for the average citizen in that regard
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  1203. I think nothing is gonna stop Beijing from invading Taiwan at this point. Companies investing more in China is gonna be like countries investing in Russia 4 years ago. Not being part of CTTPP is a shame, but at the same time it was the business communities fault and politicians for not ensuring that more of America didn't see the gains from the globalization that made them insane record profits for so long. Thats where the anti-trade, anti-globalization movement originated from...corporate greed.
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  1204. China is way more restrictive. The US in comparison is still insanely open to Chinese businesses... the problem with China and semiconductors is what they intend to do with them - which is mainly build up their military to start a war with Taiwan and likely steal/dominate the S China Sea with their military. Thats not okay
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  1205. Biden's done a great job. Keep it up Sleepy Joe
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  1206. Hmm do you get how buybacks work? Buybacks are essentially returning that capital back to shareholders as buying back the stock means shareholders own a greater % of the company and the stock price goes up as a result. You can return capital through dividends or through buybacks
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  1207. It could indicate that they were getting less subsidies, as any company not being fully compliant and forthcoming with the investigation got penalized at the max rate (ie SAIC)
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  1208. I love the "slower but higher quality" - where is the higher quality part? Consumption isn't going up, wages aren't going up. Its just slower
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  1209. Lol Beijing is opposed to a 2 day test from those coming from China... yet they literally were just requiring a 3 day test for anybody who even wanted to enter a grocery store, coffee shop, etc... in their own country? And "scientific basis" umm how about you have MASSIVE covid infections, with multiple variants, and you're sharing any gene sequencing with anybody? Get outta here...
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  1210.  @hiro0500  US total debt to GDP is somewhere around 250%. China's debt to GDP is 300%+ The number that matters is debt/gdp and not a total debt number because the US is a much bigger economy. China'd debt vs its GDP is much higher
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  1211.  @ChickensAndGardening  Right and then when you consider they don't exactly have incentive to respond to peoples concerns (not like they have elections), unless the social unrest gets so bad that it possibly endangers their power, ie the mass protests all over the country at the end of Zero Covid. They "could" snap their fingers and enact Good Samaritan laws, but when their only incentive is power preservation, why would they?
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  1212. They are doing more of the same supply-side stimulus. Refusing to increase household wealth and give money back to the people to create demand.
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  1213.  @dfv671  You mean how it always was before 2018? This is actually just a 10% hike from the current 15% tariff and a return to the pre-2018 levels. This is not a major deal and just makes for good bloomberg headlines
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  1214. Chinese BOTS all over DW comment section in this video.
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  1215. Yeah but these aren't sanctions. I think you misunderstand what is going on and what sanctions actually are
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  1216. Yes. Do not mistake for a place like China where people don't have a choice. People in Japan could choose another party if they wanted to, they simply don't. Its similar to the state of California in the US where democrats have dominated for a long time because the voters there choose them because they want to, not because they don't have a choice.
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  1217. I think US companies will be just fine, even if they see some decrease in sales to China.
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  1218.  @zenden9  Yeah but thats fine, because the US never claimed self-reliance and is friendly with all of those countries. Arizona plant is in progress.
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  1219. You are coping by drawing a false equivalency. This is something different....akin to Japan in the 1990's
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  1220. Lol goodluck. China's chip industry is dead. Next time, don't attack somebody economically and diplomatically when you still rely on them heavily for technology
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  1221.  @buuqmarabo2778  Lol okay, we will see. I don't think you understand how reliant they are on US technology. All this bragging and the entire time - they needed the US to even function in the high-end chip space
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  1222. I think she did alright. Not amazing, but alright
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  1223. It's the psychology that is created when you have 16 years of such low rates. People got used to it and have a hard time realizing there is a reversion back to the historical norm.
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  1224. What's crazy is... is dude is like 29 or 30? But he looks 45
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  1225. I hate to say it but Elon and Vivek are absolutely right.
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  1226. What data is she reading that says the tax cuts were passed down to consumers through lower prices? All that I've seen was that the majority was used for buy backs and raising dividends.
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  1227. Please elaborate
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  1228. Well, that would be China
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  1229.  @chew5461  Absolute nonsense. Anyways, all the more reason for Italy to ditch the BRI then right. No reason to be China's dumping ground
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  1230. Instagram already does the exact same thing with "rolls" or whatever they call it
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  1231. Yeah because the US was the same size and runs in exactly as it did back in 1862. This is a child's concept of tax policy and economics
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  1232. He stole classified documents. What are you talking about
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  1233. One issue is all of the low hanging fruit is gone - in terms of using infrastructure investment to create GDP growth. It's very hard for them now to use debt to create things that have a greater return on investment than the cost of the debt itself. It's also not easy to create organic growth through innovation and productivity gains...especially as the state takes more control of the economy. Throwing a bunch of money at it often becomes... more bad investments. This is one reason China has resorted to IP theft and technology transfers - it was an easy way to circumvent their issues with innovation/productivity/organic growth. Well that has also had it's own geopolitical costs and also become harder in recent times
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  1234. Goodjob Biden!
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  1235.  @justinl1880  I'm talking about in the future, not today.
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  1236. Get used to that 2.8 for a very long time, and eventual stagnation. Nomore debt-fueled property boom, and a shrinking population.....not to mention the Zero Covid Policy
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  1237. He absolutely does not. He was, himself, trying to make open AI a for profit company... look it up, its all documented. He wanted full control and to make it for profit and they said he couldn't have full control - so he left. Read about this before you make strong opinions
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  1238.  @JB-xm8qi  Actually I'm learning Chinese, but very funny
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  1239.  @jackyan8925  I bet you China's big growth days are behind it. I doubt it will actually see 6% again, and if it does - almost certainly fueled by debt. It's easy to say "we are switching our economic growth mode" but it's extremely hard to do, and there is very little evidence of it so far. Chinese consumption is very low because the government keeps a lot of the wealth from the GDP gains, instead of giving back to the citizens...hence the low average wage in China relative to the GDP gains of the last 30 years
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  1240.  @jackyan8925  Hmm so I would see it the other way. China has the opportunity to sell to the world because of the global order created by the EU and US, that has allowed globalization to occur. In addition, China has has greatly benefitted from the EU and US opening their economies to China, even when China has not done the same. It is China that has been the beneficiary, and yet it bites the hands that fed it. There are alternatives to China (Vietnam, India, Bangladesh, Thailand, etc) but there are not alternatives to the demand from the EU and the US. So who is gifted here....? It is not the customer, who is gifted by the seller... but it is the seller, who is gifted by the customer who chooses to buy from them...even though they have increasingly more options to choose from.
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  1241.  @jackyan8925  By the way, I don't think China should "Lie down". I think China should work as hard as it can to make the lives better for it's people. I love the Chinese people and want the best for them... I think humans are humans, and I want the best for the human race. I hope the Chinese people continue to rise up and their quality of life improves
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  1242. I love how the most protectionist country not named N. Korea is always calling others to not be "protectionist". GTFO....
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  1243. I've literally thought the same thing
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  1244.  @TheToolBoxWhisperer  Ok so you're saying a bunch of whacky stuff here. Tariffs only discourage foreign trade if there are ready substitutes and the tariffs are high enough. Trumps tariffs would only bring on higher prices aka inflation The 2nd part is completely bogus. Where is the stimulus? You'd need to actually use a carrot (subsidies, tax incentives, etc) and not just a stick (tariffs) to stimulate domestic production. Trump isn't offering a carrot for the industries he would cut off. And - any substantive tax subsidy would only massively add to the deficit. Not only that, it would take time... you can't flip a switch and production magically appears. Lastly, things are more expensive to produce in the US so that would also lead to higher prices. So the burden is on you to explain how it would stimulate, because it seems like you're thinking is very simplistic and lacks understanding of economics.
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  1245.  @ssuwandi3240  I really have no idea what you're talking about. I don't usually even comment on issues with Iran
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  1246.  @nana-bj8fe  Lol nobody cares. A ton of other people gonna vote her.. doesn't matter what a random person on youtube says
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  1247.  @AL-cu5dg  Love the conspiracy theories you guys come up with. Who needs substantiated proof right?
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  1248.  @Charles-qe7kc  The way that Japan and China were able to fund the massive investments in infrastructure and manufacturing is by suppressing wages and driving up savings (hence the low consumption). Its a tried and true model for rapid development (Vietnam is also doing this now). Professor Michael Pettis in Peking University does the best job at explaining this and I recommend you look him up. He's a respected economist even within China. I cannot agree China is on the best path because we are not seeing a strengthening social safety net, on the contrary, many provinces are struggling with debt so much that they are cutting back on the social safety net. I have not seen any indication there are significant efforts to stimulate the demand side, only the supply side... and that is exactly the issue of how this problem happened in the first place. Countries know they need to eventually shift to consumption for economic growth to continue - but very few ever do it, and theory is that groups of people get very powerful from the old model and use that power to obstruct its change. Right now we are seeing a ton of supply side investment switching from real estate over to manufacturing... so its the same old supply side playbook, and why consumption will continue to lag until the entire model changes.
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  1249.  @后宫后  Lol wow so clever, did you think of that all by yourself?
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  1250. Super skeptical on China's 3.9% growth...
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  1251. Hmm demand is low in China due to a weak economy... I'm not so sure that they want it for themselves
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  1252.  @mooboo6603  I don't short or trade anything lol. I'm a long-term investor and definitely not taking my chances with Chinese companies
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  1253. Yeah Mao also thought this....as does N Korea. Look, for economies to continue to advance they will need to trade with each other - and that means they will need to rely on each other. This is why we call it the "global" economy. It's just going to be impossible for a country to act like they are on an island and still do well/grow
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  1254. Bro you literally stole this exact comment from the one in the original interview video that Amon was watching lol. It was made 5 hours before you from another person ReyZamora
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  1255. Tom looks like he has a glass eye
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  1256. Rogan definitely goes on personality above all else
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  1257. Elon and Vivek didn't understand the heavy anti-immigrant/nationalist movement of the people they got in bed with. They don't like immigrants or foreigners, and they will turn on you if you don't fall in line.
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  1258. Not in half.. you're crazy
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  1259.  @Seven.Heavenly.Sins.666  Not gonna happen
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  1260.  @Seven.Heavenly.Sins.666  But it hasn't lol. I live in China and Iphones are not half price or even close to it. You're talking nonsense
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  1261.  @Seven.Heavenly.Sins.666  Umm well yeah, I know what country I live in
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  1262.  @Seven.Heavenly.Sins.666  Lol I don't know what else to tell you. Why would I make that up
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  1263.  @Seven.Heavenly.Sins.666  Lol alright can you push that to see that I'm not lying then? The reason I replied to you in the first place is bc I live in China and wanted to dispute what you were saying
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  1264.  @Seven.Heavenly.Sins.666  你也是
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  1265. I've always felt like the Chinese government is a master of projection... look at what they are guarding against, or accusing others of... and that will give you a clue as to what they might do or are doing. Worrying about their satellites being disabled? Well it's because they are exploring this option as a means of offense. Obsessing over the data of Didi and punishing them insanely... Then you find out the amount of data collection they have access to of people in foreign countries. Always paranoid about foreign spying... when they have the most vast espionage campaigns
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  1266. What's interesting to me is that they have the highest debt to GDP of any major economy in the world - yet they have still left so many of their citizens so poor. Where has it gone? Bridges to nowhere and the pockets of their elite
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  1267. China rails against US hegemony when China itself seeks hegemony. It's envy and jealousy at its finest
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  1268.  @s._3560  Lol and how does China and Chinese feel about Africans coming to their country? China is probably the most racist against dark skinned people...stop it. As an American of black/white heritage... I've always been welcomed in my home country. I cannot say the same for my black brothers and sisters I've met in China.
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  1269. China is obsessed with the US, stop it. It also doesn't take a genius to understand why a country would take in all factors when determining its strategy and position against another country. People on youtube are so mind numbing -_-
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  1270. Xi was way too arrogant to position himself and China to be this global leader and equal/better than the US when they still relied so heavily on their technology and know how. I really think he was overconfident in thinking the US would never pull these levers. Deng Xiao Ping said bide your time, hide your strength, and never lead - the exact tenants that Xi threw to the wind.
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  1271. The only thing wrong is about him saying "Xi's the boss so he's gonna have to own the consequences." which is actually the exact opposite of what being the Big Boss means in China. At most, local officials will be blamed and purged. Much of the deaths will be covered up by reporting them as flu deaths and the news will also not report any of the chaos. Anybody who speaks out will be squashed, just like all those protesters who later got arrested at their homes.
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  1272.  @SunshineJeremy  ​ To answer your question - The US economy is far larger and in far better shape than China's. The railway lines are actually now hurting their economy, rather than helping. Its not about being stupid.... its about their old model being broken. The railway lines used to have a positive return on investment when the country was under-invested, and now they have a negative return with many of these new rail lines not servicing enough passengers for the cost. Look up what happened to Japan, its very similar to China now... and the Japanese also weren't stupid.
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  1273. Didn't this get uploaded yesterday?
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  1274. It's really hard... the surveillance, controls, and subsequent punishments put in place are just too great
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  1275.  @chocolate7732  Do you realize this version of the virus is like the common cold? This policy is ruining peoples lives... Chinese people that I know who cannot run their business
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  1276.  @mariajiao4855 stop with the racist bs
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  1277. Man I hope these guys have very strong protection against hackers. States will be pouring in a lot of effort to get their hands on this stuff
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  1278. Ridiculous conspiracy nonsense...
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  1279.  @grimaffiliations3671  lol 4% employment and you are complaining its below the average? Leave the US, please
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  1280. They are right about full employment. Stop believing the right wing hype that the sky is falling as long as Biden is in the WH
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  1281. "China under-representing real impact of its latest Covid-19 surge" Ofcooooooourrrrse!!
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  1282. China will certainly lean on Hou to drop out so the KMT guy has a better chance of winning. Foxconn is balls-deep in China
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  1283. I was down for a sequel, just don't make a musical
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  1284. Hmm I see both sides of it. In situations where the employer has a lot of leverage and worker does not... ie you really need a job, or you simply don't understand what a non-compete is (many young people do not) - then its not that simple and could deny future work opportunities once you leave. At the same time - if you work for a media company (such as a youtube podcast) you want to make sure you aren't hiring people just so they can learn from you, then turn right around and use that to copy and compete with you and poach your staff/guests. I knew of a specific case where this happened
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  1285. The problem is that the entire CCP system runs on bribery and corruption. These local officials earn meager salaries but hold immense power over industry and business... and businesses need to bribe officials for licenses, certificates, contracts, etc... and if you don't? Well then you lose to everybody else who is doing it... So it becomes something that you need to do just to compete with others. Bribery and corruption is an open secret in China. So when I see these "corruption campaigns" it's more about who are they choosing to target on any given day, because everybody is dirty and a fundamental change of the system isn't on the table.
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  1286.  @wanglei5500  But what you're saying is factually false. Many countries lay claim to those areas, but none of them officially own it by law. According to United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) - those waters are legally international waters. That means that states do not have the right to limit navigation or exercise any control for security purposes.. Any claim needs to be worked out legally in international court, and nobody should be forcing others out of those waters without a court ruling.
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  1287. I'd disagree... people have options for phones, they don't have options for oil. Another thing is peoples lives depend on access to cheap energy, the same is not true for an iphone. Apple is also only a single company... this is price fixing by numerous bodies/countries
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  1288. People think inflation/high prices = economy. Unemployment is low, wages are up - but they still think things are bad because they remember very recently when things were less expensive. They also think that slowing inflation means prices will go back to what they were, that's not what it means.. it means the rate of increase slows. So it's a misperception of the question and what "economy" means.
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  1289.  @weisseguy25  It actually doesn't mean that. Obviously people don't like it when real wages are down, but real wages doesn't = the economy. The economy is the total of economic activity. You're perception is exactly what I'm pointing out.. that people think real wages = economy. It does not
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  1290.  @chancelewis6674  But it is benefitting the people. Unemployment is at record lows. You can argue that real wages should be higher, and that is a problem for sure, but it doesn't mean "the economy" as a whole, is shit. Real wages alone does not = equal the economy. It's an attribute, but not the economy
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  1291. I live in China and its quite real. You do realize that all of this news out of China is approved by the government, right? So it would not be allowed to be sent out if it was western propaganda.
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  1292. I agree is diversifying from China and I also believe Taiwan is it's own country...but why does TSMC hosting an event in Arizona and Tim Cook being there have to do with anything? They already get chips from TSMC, as does China. This is a non-issue thrown into the video for nothing other than fluff
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  1293.  @rakeshmaskare5050  Yeah I'm aware and agree with all you are saying. I just don't get how Tim Cook being at the event is relevant. It's common knowledge that both Apple and China get chips from them, is all I'm saying. It's not relevant he is at the TSMC event
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  1294.  @f1aziz  Umm relax, buddy. I ain't "woke", I'm sayin she spoke what she believes to be true...and I think she is right. Calm down with your woke nonsense...
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  1295. China: Calls for dialogue to settle differences with the west Also China: Refuses to meet with US Defense chief for talks to settle differences
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  1296. Dems do need to do better at reaching out to young men, so they don't feel Trump is their best option
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  1297. No
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  1298. Learn more about it. Turkey is in Russia's pocket.. don't take his words as truth, Erdogan is a liar
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  1299.  @rishithaurora  Because there comes major diplomatic and geo-political benefits.
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  1300. Don't steal classified documents and you won't have any problems. What an idiot... The law applies to everybody
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  1301. The Chinese government will be very careful about what they say about Abe pubicly (they'll say nothing), and revel in the hate they have festered domestically about Abe and Japan as a nation. It's disgusting what is being said (allowed to be said) in domestic Chinese social media
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  1302. Moody's actually was not wrong with the data they were given in 2008. It was the banks that gave them bad data. Nice try to be a smartguy though. Funny too, I bet you were not saying that when they downgraded the US. Were they so political then?
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  1303. ​ @santoshbannur  I doubt apple would increase their prices. They want to reach more of the Indian market and cost of the phone is an issue. I suspect this will also help with import duties to make the phone cheaper in the local market. 2nd - "Would anyone buy Apple?" Well they are the most valuable company in the world. So yes, many many people would buy apple products. Why would they keep servers in India? Now you are sounding like a Chinese WuMao... only China forces apple to keep servers in their country. What an odd thing to say....
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  1304.  @santoshbannur  I live in China...
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  1305.  @santoshbannur  There are ways...
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  1306. Why doesn't he do the same in China?
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  1307. exactlyyy....Neo-colonialism. They were just mad that it got done to them... they actually just want to be the ones to do it to others.
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  1308. Lol ya thats why the US economy is booming. What a stupid comment to say stimulating consumption is a bad idea.. its exactly what they need. Go take an econ class
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  1309. Compared to China? Pretty well... especially since China has printed more money than anybody
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  1310. I'm not sure if you watched the video, but these guys came in here on legal visas and over-stayed
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  1311. If you think, even for a second, that China isn't going to use Musk as a way to influence Trump not to impose tariffs - you are totally kidding yourself. He has so much of his fortune in China, and therefore they have massive leverage on him.
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  1312. at 13:18 when he says the top leadership seem to have some accountability to the public and an example of the protests given leading to zero covid being lifted - it was more fear than anything, as these were organic protests happening all over and social uprest is what led to the communist revolution in the first place. All of those people in those protests have been "disappeared", and many call it the "silent tianamen" as it would no longer be viable to mow people down with guns in the world of phone cameras. In addition, it offered the government a convenient way to lift the lockdowns and blame the protestors for the chaos that ensued.. seeing as how local governments were dead broke and the infection was already out of control in Beijing.
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  1313. The East is Rising and the West is falling... so why is China's economy stagnating at 60% of US GDP while US is still plowing ahead and with better tech advancements in AI?
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  1314. Only idiots do
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  1315.  @thetangieman3426  Lol like where. Recessions have a specifically defined, and the numbers simply haven't reflected that. If 2+2 is 4, you can't say 2+1 is 4 just because "it's been that way for months. It says so everywhere".
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  1316.  @davidolusola1248  Well for 1 - that was last year. You said we've been "in recession for months.". In addition - if you call that a recession then that was the weakest recession ever and I'll take it. It was barely negative the second quarter and it was because of inventory carryover. So it may have just barely been a recession on paper, but a lot of economists don't actually consider it a recession. As of now - the economy is actually doing well and has held up exceptionally well in the face of all of these interest rate hikes.
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  1317. This is absolutely not true. I live in Shanghai and am currently on day 50 of a total lockdown, and I mean TOTAL lockdown... I could not get food or water in the beginning and I will get arrested if I leave my house. Forced mass testing every two days, and I could not get food or water in the beginning. I have to use a VPN to access the outside internet because it's blocked here, I have to censor myself on private messaging apps bc of fear of legal consequences or deportation. Foreigners are institutionally not treated the same or afforded the same rights as locals. America is nothing like China and is NOT becoming like China. To say such a thing is completely disingenuous.
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  1318. I think he makes quite a bit of sense
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  1319.  @pisablavatsky-cb3dd  You can see what I said
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  1320.  @LovingFeelingThinking  Lol right.. the US is always the bad guy in Chinese media. How about this - why does the entire world complain about Chinese economic co-ercion... but only China (and Russia) complain about US coercion? It's well documented and known all over the world what the CCP's tactics are. Another funny thing - you are on a US platform (Youtube) and legally allowed and able to talk crap about the very country that helped make it possible for you to be here typing to me. Is the same allowed for a foreigner on Weibuo or Youku? The irony
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  1321.  @ragnarokws2670  "raw critical material" ? China is the biggest importer or raw materials, including food and energy products. They mainly dominate rare earths and major economies have already secured or are securing alternate supply chains (such as lithium mining in Canada) after what they saw China did to Japan in 2010. Japan now gets a lot of it's rare earths from Australia. lets also be clear about the two metals they recently banned export of: other countries currently have the capacity to mine this metal. It's simply that China subsidizes the production of this to lower the price and dominate the market. All this will do is raise the price of this metal a bit - but then China will lose it's market dominance. Ultimately this already fuels and reinforces other countries resolve that they need to diversify away from China. It creates some minor short-term pain for others but longterm loss for China
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  1322.  @ragnarokws2670  Lol bro "perfect refine tech" ? And it seems that you don't understand how this works... China needs insane amounts of raw materials from other countries (I‘m pretty it's the largest importer of raw materials）- it can then refine those raw materials into other things.. but then it's not "raw" anymore. China very heavily depends on the rest of the world for raw materials...most of those materials are bought in dollars. Sanctions would cripple China more than Russia.. which is a net-exporter, while China is heavily a net-importer
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  1323. Stephen Kotkin, who did an interview with Lex before, doesn't think it was NATO expansion that caused Russia to invade, simply because Russia has been at trying to expand its borders with war in one way or another for 20 years. However, he said even if it was about NATO, other sovereign country's security deals don't give another country a right to invade them. Every country has a sovereign right to make its own security agreements and that in itself is not an excuse to invade. Hypothetically, If Mexico maybe discussing a possible security deal with China, the US would have no right to preemptively invade Mexico out of fear the deal would go through. It would not be China's fault or make them responsible for the US's actions.
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  1324. You don't think they expected this already? Please...its just people here on youtube that are actually surprised. Everybody knows China does tit for tat.. Of course they knew and still acted accordingly
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  1325.  @amunra5330  That is factually not true. The general tariff rate on imported vehicles were reduced from 25% to 15% in 2018. On top of the general tariff, there are often additional charges like consumption taxes and VAT (Value Added Tax), which can significantly increase the total cost of imported vehicles. Going back to 25% is simply going back to how it was before 6 years ago. Big whoopty doo
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  1326.  @wongcma  Nope
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  1327. I live in China and little kids will tell me Mao Zedong is their hero and internally I just shake my head. I asked an adult friend if people know how bad Mao was and she said "We know he made mistakes but people just attribute it to him being old."
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  1328. Man Trump really fucked up getting out of that deal. Their previous leader was much more moderate and less hostile towards the west. What a dummy
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  1329. Because every incumbent party globally lost in elections this year. Inflation was a global phenomenon, despite Americans thinking it was only a US problem. Whatever party was in office during the last 4 years likely would've lost
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  1330. Isn't that everyone who has endorsed Trump though too?
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  1331.  @sylviadilorenzo5176  20% tariffs on all goods is worse for my dollar. No thx 😬
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  1332. I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic or not, but it is actually is pretty good.
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  1333.  @oscar6832 Ok you can have it back. It's coming in the mail in 2-4 weeks
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  1334. India has a much brighter future than China does though. 1 child policy fucked them As the saying goes "Demographics are the closest thing to destiny"
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  1335. I feel like she needs more exposure and to be more aggressive.... I'm not seeing her on my feed as much as I should be. Zoom calls with Obama, appear on more podcast, hold press briefings even.. and use the word lie, with video examples. Take the gloves off and attack... don't try to look like a measured politician all the time
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  1336. It's not a Lehman moment, it's a Japan-esque multi decade saga
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  1337.  @bobcharles7716 So the opposite of the picture you are painting is true. PPP is a metric China uses to claim it's the biggest economy in some respect. Its actually not a good representation of the overall economic power. Japan was wealthy before it got old and stagnated, China is old before it got wealthy... and thats exactly why it could be much worse situation than what Japan experienced.
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  1338.  @bobcharles7716  Bob 你的真名是什么？Anyways, you can believe what you want to believe about China's economy, but what will happen - will happen...and you can still be here on youtube trying to downplay everything
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  1339.  @bobcharles7716  Gordon Chang is a nut, no need to even reference him. Look man, I don't want to get into it because I can tell your one of those guys that will go on forever. You're inaccurate to act like the PPP is "the way" to value an economy and the IMF does it - because it's one of the methods the IMF uses, it's not "the" method. I also don't care what the CIA does because they're the CIA, not a relevant economic body. Also this is youtube, don't expect people to be "polite". You can argue all you want to, but lets see what happens with China's economy. I am predicting a much slower growth for the rest of the decade and then even slower growth in the 2030's. Meaning China will never reach the overall size of the US economy. We'll see if I'm right
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  1340.  @bobcharles7716 Whatever you say buddy, have a good day
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  1341.  @bobcharles7716 If you say so bud. I say China's economic model is dying or is done. Time will tell who is right
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  1342.  @bobcharles7716  What planet do you live on man. You must only look at tanky, pro authoritarian videos on Youtube, and have your head under a rock on objective facts that are happening in the Chinese economy right now. You're insane if you think that China is in somekind of strong position and the G7 is now somehow scared. I don't know what planet you live on, but it ain't earth
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  1343.  @bobcharles7716  Let me explain something else to you - your PPP measure of economics is just a theory - it relies on the thinking that the yuan was grossly undervalued, that it would appreciate against the dollar and that will carry it to being a bigger nominal economy. Not only is it a theory based on future projections - the exact opposite has happened in China. The currency has depreciated, the population is shrinking faster and sooner than expected, the property bubble is bursting - with 70% of household wealth in property. Not only is there no sign that China isn't changing it's model in the foreseeable future - it would still have to undergo an extremely painful rebalancing period that would take many many years, similar to Japan. Lastly - I live in China and have for many years, I speak Chinese, and I see it first hand. Nobody here feels like they are winning - since Zero Covid, all of my friends who had the money to leave, have left or will be leaving in the next year. Others want to leave but cannot. They aren't buying homes, and many are seeing the value of the homes they own - fall. You are doing yourself a disservice by believing all of this fake news about how great things are going here, because its all propaganda
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  1344. It feels like he's running defense for OPEC. Super odd
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  1345. Lol what are you talking about? The US "smirking" is just something you made up in your head
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  1346. Right and that has worked for the past 20 years, I think going forward it's going to be hard to justify building new factories. Those will be built in places like Vietnam, India, Mexico The Zero Covid Policy has really sped this process up
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  1347. "Americans don't often get news from beyond our own shores" - as an American living overseas in a very international city, this always strikes me when I go back home and everyone is so "American-brained" from the lack of global perspective.
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  1348. Because it would hurt them too?
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  1349. Shuttup, Chinese bot
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  1350. Guys, Musk is a liar..incase you haven't figured it out yet. "Taking Tesla private...funds secured", buying Twitter, Tesla and bitcoin, cyber truck... to name a few..
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  1351. China is, on a daily basis, doing something dramatic to Taiwan. You just don't hear about it.
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  1352. Yeah but Joe didn't get to where he was at by chasing views. His brand is legitimate and intriguing conversations. Joe has said before that this is what he's interested in and also eluded to he doesn't think Trump could actually do that. I also don't think he is capable of doing anything but being braggadocious, constantly talking about himself, and making it about his campaign and grievances.
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  1353.  @raviagarwal3924  Right... is definitely not "common". Far from it..... these are Mafia-like tactics and shows insecurity on the part of the CCP
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  1354. Lol now that he got a reality check that the US is willing to play-hard ball - he changes his tune. Don't do it Biden, his true colors have long been shown. He will quickly stab you in the back as soon as the US is not needed. He didn't even wait until they were not needed this time, he just got too big for his britches and under-estimated US resolve.
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  1355.  @ssuwandi3240  Lol dollar ain't goin anywhere for a long while. Don't believe all that hype nonsense propaganda going viral the last few months.
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  1356.  @wayangpok  It's extreeeemely hard to just "develop technology" like ASML. There is a reason they are almost the only ones in the world that can do that. You can't just throw money at something and create technology... or else China would've surely done it. That's why they are trying to steal it
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  1357.  @ssuwandi3240  Lol you type like a 12 year old playing an online game. I have friends in Germany and they're doing alright, so I'd cool it on the nonsense videos you've been watching on youtube. In fact I have Chinese friends who have left China for Germany and took their capital with them.... of course not all of it, because China has strict controls on capital leaving the country - because if they didn't? Holy shit you'd see the most massive capital flight in modern history.
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  1358.  @will4417  Lmao than you're either a liar or an idiot. The US is autocratic? HAHAH.. people can actually sue the government and win. You can literally say whatever you want about the President or any leader - and nothing happens to you. You're on an American company platform (youtube) calling the American government Autocratic....And it's totally legal - Think about that. Yeah, so autocratic.... you're fake, dude
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  1359.  @jetli740  Losing to bots? lol are we playing a video game or something
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  1360.  @pausereflect5911  The way you guys all type does not seem authentic. All of this wreaks of WuMao or bot account nonsense. No matter how hard yo guys try to make people think China = good and US = bad guy - it's not gonna do much... because the facts on the ground still stink
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  1361.  @jetli740  ​ Its just weird how these videos by CNBC international get zero attention, and all of a sudden you guys are all over this like flies on hot shit when its about something important to Beijing. Replying back quickly in rapid fire manner to me because what I say isn't pro China. You aren't gonna be changing anybody's mind with your silly propaganda campaign
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  1362.  @slappyfun So can countries like Italy possibly be changing their own minds?
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  1363.  @slappyfun  Yeah but there is a problem whenever any country does anything that China doesn't like, the automatic default is to revert to "US puppet masters!" as if nobody can make any decisions for themselves, and its always the US intervening. Maybe, just maybe, Italy didn't like the outcome of the deal and Italy itself decided it wanted to leave. The numbers in trade data support that
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  1364.  @apt62  China would be nowhere without the US helping it when it was underdeveloped. China is the King of playing dirty, ask it's neighbors in Asia
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  1365.  @suckmemore  Maybe only in your media-bubble and online circles. Mainstream media is called "mainstream" for a reason - it's the biggest and most viewed news media around the world.
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  1366.  @secularapple  They did try to issue new shares and it set the whole thing off
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  1367.  @secularapple  I'm sayin if you look at the sequence of events - they did decide to sell shares... I think like 2.5 million shares. Thats when word got out about their troubles and the bank run started.
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  1368. To compartmentalize one issue - I think Xi is very politically and ideologically focused, less economically focused, and was overconfident in China's dominant position in supply chains. Zero Covid is big example of when he drove a major policy on politics instead of balancing economics, and saw that companies were not married to China's service as a supply chain provider. It's becoming more competitive and companies are/were more willing to diversify than expected
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  1369. blah blah blah conspiracy blah blah
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  1370.  @megasizer5119  Wow you really got me. I totally did not know that and couldn't possibly have just been saying conspiracy as a shorter way to reference conspiracy theory. Thank you captain obvious
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  1371. Except that the EU shares values of democracy and freedom with the US, and has a deep alliance with the US that spans many decades. Without the US - Russia would have defeated Ukraine right now... they are largely the largest contributor of aid and weapons to Ukraine. They also have helped securing oil and gas to Europe after Russia invaded Ukraine. Your comment is a bit silly and shows your ignorance on the history and relations between EU and US
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  1372.  @bobbobby2978  Science would disagree with you. It offers quite a bit of protection...the MRNA vaccines, that is
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  1373.  @bobbobby2978  Not for Covid
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  1374.  @bobbobby2978  Sure, but not because of Covid. The science is there... MRNA vaccines are fantastic at protecting against serious illness and death. I'm gonna believe science over some guy on youtube
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  1375.  @bobbobby2978  Yeah, I'm gonna listen to the scientists and data lol. Adios
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  1376.  @ericv9610  Ok Alex Jones...
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  1377.  @JK_JK_JK  Lol right. The propaganda comes from China, not the rest of the world, lets be clear. They literally have a guy who is head of the "Propaganda Department". You can look him up
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  1378.  @tbryant9765  Oh trust me.. I don't say anything without reading or researching the hell out of it. Otherwise, I just don't speak...
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  1379. except when they are promising massive tax cuts for corporations
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  1380. Chinese Gov be like "Do as we say, not as we do." Big surprise when you do this to your own people that they do it to each other
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  1381. The market(giant institutional investors and fund managers) is hoping rate hikes are coming at the end of the year because 1. to keep their clients happy. and 2. because they have been conditioned for the last 16 years to think low interest rates are the norm. Knock it off.... you're either lying, letting your desires and bias influence your judgement, or all of the above.
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  1382. We got a 50 center here. You know it's illegal to jump the firewall right...
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  1383. 1. Because they're using it to gain leverage over every country and use it to punish them when they don't play by their rules 2. They're breaking WTO rules by subsidizing their own chip industry. This is allows them to undercut competitors and drive them out of the market. That is why this is against the free trade principles of the WTO 3. They're the #1 offender of stealing technology by others
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  1384. Instead of trying to scare Taiwan, China should ask itself why they increasingly have moved to not be a part of them. Actions in Hon kong killed the idea of a two country one system option, aggressiveness in Taiwan straight has also pushed them farther away. You can't scare, coerce, and use threat of force to make people want to be with you. You catch more bees with honey than vinegar... maybe they should stop throwing so much vinegar
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  1385.  @alexlazar4738  food, energy, and security ain't free. And they are much harder to come by in a country with contracting GDP... so to downplay it as if it doesn't matter - is wrong and disingenuous because I'm sure this person knows that
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  1386.  @DP-rr9kp  Oh yes, I am quite aware of what GDP is. Germany is probably the hardest hit and still forecasted to end the year with positive GDP growth. Cheap gas helped but no you cannot just give all of the credit to that... ridiculous. The Germans have been quite innovative and efficient in their manufacturing...and gas does not create that. Their biggest mistake was putting so many of their eggs in one basket and snubbing nuclear. They're still snubbing nuclear and want invest invest in solar and wind - in a country that is neither sunny nor windy. So yes, I am quite aware of the situation
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  1387.  @DP-rr9kp  I know they're a food and energy exporter....and they still got wrecked by sanctions and businesses pulling out. What does that tell you? It's not simply about producing food and energy... Russians still need money to buy shit. And I applaud Europe for what they did. They stood on their values, even if it meant short-term pain. Clearly Russia didn't anticipate they would be strong enough or willing enough to do this... but they were
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  1388.  @DP-rr9kp  Lol ok so now you're pulling from any corner of history to defend your point huh? The people who started those wars are long dead, even their kids are dead. The world was a much different place then... What Putin is doing is now. In the modern world with modern rules. What bad people did a long time ago does not justify the bad things Putin is doing today.
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  1389.  @DP-rr9kp  So let me ask you a question - how is that relevant to talking about Russia? How, in your mind, does pointing out other bad things people have done - matter to what Russia is doing now? It's like a child's argument when they do something wrong - they point to something else another kid did
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  1390.  @DP-rr9kp  No, you were talking about GDP and then switched into "what-about-ism" by trying to point to bad things done by other countries in the past, as if it had some value or justification to what Russia is doing now. It does not... two things can be wrong at the same time, and one bad thing does not justify another.
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  1391. Lol, right them a letter and tell them to do that
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  1392. The problem is there was no notice or time for them to make living arrangements. Did you understand the video?
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  1393.  @MeiinUK  Newsflash: tons and tons of students applied to go to the USA and Europe to study in the last few years. Are you just a WuMao Bot or do you actually think before you type?
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  1394.  @alko_xo  At least he didn't try to overthrow our democracy by spreading lies about not losing. As old and senile as Biden is, I'd take him over an insurrectionist any day
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  1395. Lol what are you on about. Pure nonsense...
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  1396. They don't seem to get it. It's like they only have one tool and use it for everything: force....maybe because it works domestically but not on free countries
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  1397. inflation isn't soaring anymore, and is lowest among developed nations... as in economic growth
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  1398.  @BakriPeluddin  Lol right. Exactly
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  1399. I actually think the opposite - Israel out arms its adversaries in the are by far. I think its absurd the US helps them as much as they do, especially when they don't need it and are very ungrateful + seem to boss the US. You cannot compare Israel to Ukraine... it's beyond apples and oranges
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  1400. I'm just always skeptical with the herd mentality in the market. It seems to always go the opposite way...
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  1401. No, its China
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  1402.  @waynegore5291  What are you talking about
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  1403. Well seeing as how Taiwan is it's own country. China should stop interfering with other countries. They should also stop trying to take peoples territory in the South China Sea and India.
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  1404. She's not a good actress
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  1405. There's nothing wrong with this and in fact could be seen as a positive. If tariffs bring back manufacturing to the North American continent - that's a good thing for a few reasons, even if it isn't directly reshored in the U.S. directly
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  1406. lmaoooo
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  1407.  @huas5350  Wow so funny... you really got me there
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  1408.  @dywang32  China was able to fully commit because their companies were in a protectionist bubble by their gov and packed full of direct and indirect subsidies
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  1409.  @dywang32  Whats your point... and Tesla being in China is what helped their EV industry boom. Its a tried and true strategy by the CCP to introduce a real competitor locally while nuturing their domestic companies. They did the same with Apple to build up Huawei and Xiaomei + others. Most of the EV companies use the exact same suppliers that Tesla beefed up to meet their standards for EV components. Look it up, its a known and successful strategy by the Chinese government
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  1410. You do realize that China has about 2.5 the total as US right? It's in their local government financing vehicles, so it does not show up if you simply google China's debt to GDP (which uses national government debt). Google "China's real debt to GDP" and you'll find much more
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  1411. It's that one party in the US is against public spending, but is fine with giving tax breaks to wealthy corporations. Infrastructure is a fantastic way to boost the economy that pays dividends for decades to come... insane it's such a battle in the US. However, China has the opposite problem - over investment in infrastructure. It gave them massive growth but now they're a bit reliant on it....vs organic growth through domestic consumption.
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  1412. Not a secret and has been well known...forever. Taiwan can't be invaded and plundered for its semi-conductors like a bunch of pirates... tech of this level requires constant software upgrades and tweaks from not only ASML but the US even. It also requires a lot of highly sophisticated replacement parts that can't be made just anywhere else.. itd have to come from ASML.
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  1413. Funny because actual Chinese debt is more than double the US...and their economy is far less developed. The pot is calling the kettle black for sure on this one.
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  1414.  @fvalemus5377  Lol nope. Not at all...
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  1415. ​ @MRTY323  I would say he's not right. China has the fastest aging population in human history and their birthrates are insanely low. In 10 years they will have lost something like 70 million working age population and gaining 110 million in dependants (mostly seniors)... that's like losing a France worth of working age people and gaining a Japan worth of old people. and minorities are just as much part of the population as whites... so are you discounting them? America does not = white people. It's a rainbow And the US allowing immigrants in is a feature, not a "pad". It's one of the biggest strengths of the US historically and now, with birthrates falling all over the world - most notably in China.
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  1416.  @xfactor6099  Lol okay
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  1417. Because the economy is objectively good
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  1418. Ofcooooourse there is tons of anti west comments here. Russian bots are all over this..
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  1419. Lol goodluck with that. You show that you know nothing with your comment
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  1420. Okay Chinese bot... nobody believes you
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  1421.  @cryptocryptic4409  By that logic then her words are meaningless... since they can change on a dime.
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  1422.  @cryptocryptic4409  If you try to predict the market and base your movements on that - you're gonna lose longterm. Almost nobody can beat the market longterm, except guys like Buffet and Peter Lynch. Best returns come from buying and holding the S&P500 over a long period of time (10-20 years). Playing around and predicting the market will net you less in the longrun.
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  1423. economics would disagree with you. The country that has a trade-surplus is much more exposed in a trade conflict
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  1424. Don't steal classified documents and you won't have any problems. What an idiot... The law applies to everybody
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  1425.  @aztronomy7457  I won't, but law enforcement will. Thats how things work in a rule of law country They do their job, even when people get angry
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  1426.  @Armanii2795  ​ Well I'm a citizen and lived there for 32 years of my life. Just left 3 years ago, still have family there all over that I talk to on a regular basis. It is nonsense
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  1427.  @Armanii2795  That doesn't mean it isn't developed and that it's cities are "devolving". Every country has it's problems, just because youre pointing out some problems in the US doesn't mean you're correct. I've traveled the world and the US is a first world country and has one of the highest standards of living in the world. These are objective facts
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  1428.  @whatyouseeisnotreal6145  China is the one enslaving all of it's Uigher prisoners
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  1429. Did you actually watch the video? It had nothing to do with Trump getting elected
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  1430. Alright well then they will be happy, right?
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  1431. Invasion by who?
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  1432.  @ssuwandi3240  Only bully is China
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  1433. A lot of it will, over time...and to Vietnam/India/Thailand. As of now - those countries lack enough of the skilled labor and supply chains necessary for US companies to do that.
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  1434.  @tomonetruth  Yes every country would like to do it and if they're smaller/at a lower level of development it can be done. I'm speaking in regards to a economy as large as China that is running an extreme account surplus. China's investment led economic model means it relies on suppressing domestic demand/consumption to drive up savings. Doing this results in very competitive exports but lower imports (a symptom of low domestic demand). The US is the opposite - A large economy that runs a large trade deficit but has strong domestic demand/consumption and thus - strong imports. So these countries can't have it both ways - you're either going to sacrifice domestic demand and have very strong imports, or have strong domestic demand and lower exports. A large trade surplus and low imports is a symptom of weak domestic demand. If domestic demand goes up - imports will go up and exports will fall, and vice versa
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  1435.  @benfowler1134  They've had stock market crashes and actually most don't trust the market due to the insider training and other corrupt practices. But the real estate market most strongly believed would only go up and yes have had no experience with a crash. This is true
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  1436. lmaooo
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  1437.  @JayMayne-zo1qh  If you say so
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  1438. Bc you can smell a rat
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  1439.  @Countcho  Hmm I'm not sure about that... as even if they had half of their GDP - it's still many times that of the UK. I think they'll see economic stagnation, similar to Japan's....but worse
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  1440.  @AnotherAmerican91  Actually I'm a big fan of Peter's, but I think he is a bit too hyperbolic and certain of outcomes. I think he's right about China's demographics in collapse, but wrong about their population being half by 2050. The math just doesn't add up
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  1441. The main issue of what you said - What percentage of China's population is under the age of 25? Where was China at in development when it had 40% of it's population under the age of 25? China's demographics are like a sick lizard. They would be so lucky to have that much of their population under the age of 25... and when they did? Their economic development was poor. I'm not even Indian, but long story short: China's growth is a thing of the past and India's is a thing of the future
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  1442. So thats where you are wrong... it's ambitions are not like very other country in the world. It's ambitions are to strengthen and maximize the power of one monopolistic political party within, and bend the world to the will of that party. No thank you
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  1443. It's an awful thing, just like it's awful how many mothers and fathers have lost their children in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. I never want anybody to die, but the pain Dugina feels now is the same pain that millions feel in Ukraine.
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  1444.  @anabona4764  Yes, I do know that. I'm not sure how you made that judgement of what I know, but it's wrong. I'm also not sure how how that information about fleeing from Donbas to Russia applies to what I said about Dugina now feeling the exact pain his ideology inflicted upon others
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  1445. Lol yeah and they can't find jobs
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  1446. Talk rather than fight? They got invaded. It's like telling somebody they should talk as they are being shot with a gun.
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  1447.  @tootiredtostop1606  I think you missed the whole point of what I was saying. You have the reading comprehension of a child
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  1448.  @toolegittoquit_001  That is exactly my point. He cares about his business in China for his own benefit and certainly the Chinese will use him as an asset to influence Trump because they know he cares about himself aka his money and business.
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  1449. The root of the problem though is a lack of good university spots... hence why it gets so competitive. If there was more investment in higher education to create more opportunity - you wouldn't see people killing to get their kid in. The ban on the after school tutoring is just going after the symptom, rather than the cause.
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  1450. Wion comments are always filled with bots probably either from Russia or China. Utter nonsense and vitriole trying to sow division
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  1451.  @4BanginYJ  Yea, the bad guys are the ones who invaded - Vladimir Putin. Either you are the Russian version of a Wu Mao (Chinese paid internet army) or you just have very low IQ. Make no mistake - Russia invaded Ukraine, unprovoked, and this women's tears come from a foreign power invading her homeland and destroying her life.
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  1452.  @deadLEE15  Yup they are taking a page out of the China play-book. China does the same thing on any video that is critical about China. Bunch of fake comments and fake accounts to upvote the comments.
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  1453.  @JohnJohn-bz1lq  Yeah and they invaded a sovereign country without provocation. That's straight up evil.... glad you are proud of that.
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  1454. @Oreoshenki The language is irrelevant. A lot of people in Ukraine speak Russian... just like people in Mexico speak Spanish. It doesn't matter.
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  1455.  @marcrchz  They know. They are either Russian bots to help spread propaganda online - or just brainwashed nationalists. Likely both
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  1456.  @practicalrussianwithtam4816  So what is Russia then? War just for the sake of war?
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  1457. She over-does the frowning to compensate for lack of ability to cry on command. Just like Curry said - she externalizes blame... it's Johnny's fault because he "enlisted millions of people" to attack her (online). Maybe it's simply because nobody likes you and believes you? Is that possible? Ya dumb bitch
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  1458. Right and everybody was saying the first half would be really tough and the market would bottom/re-test October lows. Basically: "Nobody knows anything."
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  1459. Spoken like a true CCP mouthpiece. Sounds like you got this straight from The Global Times
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  1460.  @sleepyjoe4529  I'm confused by your comment. Are you saying US is committing genocide against Muslims?
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  1461. "2nd time ASM has levied charges against a Chinese entity". As the saying goes - Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice shame on me + the short sightedness of businesses. The CCP doesn't want to work with you, they want to replace you. You're cooperation for short-term quarterly or yearly gains hurts you in the long-term. But what does a 64 year old CEO retiring in the next few years care about the long-term future of a company, amiright?
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  1462.  @NPC-oc9oo  yeah, I disagree with that. With that logic, why would anybody invent anything... just to sell it to China for a few bucks? Lol noway
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  1463.  @NPC-oc9oo  Yeah, I don't agree. I also think China is sacrificing the long-term for the short time. It ain't gonna work out
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  1464.  @workingguy-OU812  Check out Michael Pettis. He's a world renowned Professor/economist at Peking University in China. He breaks down the problems facing the economy so well. I'm actually surprised he's as open as he is, seeing as how he works at a Chinese university in Beijing
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  1465. As an American living in China and just recovering from Covid, I'd say he's mostly spot on from what I can see around me. The only one thing I'd disagree with is that Americans are still much fatter than Chinese.
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  1466. I didn't know you had to have a Chinese last name to understand economics. Where did CCP economists learn economics? Oh yeah, from western universities
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  1467.  @pyrophobia133  Yeah, I can't agree. If by "we" you mean the US. Check Michael Pettis, he advises the Chinese government and teaches at Peking University in Beijing. He outlines what China needs to do to continue to grow and not stagnate
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  1468. Same nonsense
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  1469. Damn.... you fast, but not that fast...
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  1470. You realize that China already owns tons of garbage assets right? That is basically what this housing crisis is....ghost cities and empty apartments that are built are speculation, rather than real value.
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  1471. Not true. US is not China...companies can, and have, told the government no to relinquishing private data... and even sued them, and won. Show me where that happens in China
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  1472. Yup it's called recency bias
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  1473. One of the most cringe comments I've read in a while. The idea that Candace is a "warrior" in some-kind of "war" that can actually be fought and won is ridiculous. This is the epitome of what is tearing this country apart...We are Americans and we need to stop hating each other. Candace perpetuates this division and profits from it. And everybody who thinks like the original poster are just sheep in a field contributing to Americas demise.
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  1474.  @odysliu9102  So, I live in China. I know what's discussed openly on social media and TV. Even on social media - there is pretty strict censorship. People can voice their opinions...to a certain degree, but it is not as public or official as this. Anything from a news source like DW would not be allowed or heavily controlled. Publicly is not the same thing, because it's between 1 on 1 or maybe small groups.. this is with thousands or possible millions. It's time to come to the conclusion that the Chinese government is not open to discussions that could possibly be critical of itself, inside China. If you are Chinese (which I think you are) I think you know what I mean. I still love China and the Chinese people, but it is what it is.
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  1475. Right... this guy sounds more like an index/market guy and not somebody who understands the structural problems of the economy.... or at least pretends not to to promote Kraneshares
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  1476. Prices ain't goin down... its just that the rate at which they go up will be slower.
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  1477. "Phnom Penh and Beijing say the project does not mean China's military will be posted there" Oh yes it does. Ain't nothin for free with China
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  1478. I'm confused by all of this... I remember all the old videos when she was with that other pimp and they played this Mark for money and spread a bunch of lies about him. Now I'm seeing she is with another dude, who shot at her, has a kid with her, and is her brother?
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  1479.  @kundixue3  Oh I'm quite out of my bubble. I think you should look in the mirror and say that
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  1480.  @binbi8177  No? Who would say such a stupid thing
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  1481.  @kongy1787  I think many more would say that about China
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  1482.  @ssuwandi3240  Lol the Chinese are facing the opposite and arguably worse problem: deflation...so no, try again. Please elaborate on your British comment though
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  1483.  @ssuwandi3240  US is doing the best on inflation and economic growth out of any developed nation. You lose again... there are so many better ways to legitimate criticize the US, and you pick the weakest ones
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  1484. ​ @rap3208  So they have border problems with India, Bhutan, and Nepal. They have territorial problems with Japan, Vietnam, Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia (Natuna Islands). That's pretty significant. I'd also argue that China used to be open to solving to South China Sea diplomatically and has unilaterally decided to solve it militarily by using coast guard ships to literally block and spray Philippine ships with water cannons and set up numerous military bases on artificial islands in the region, after the said they would not.
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  1485.  @rap3208  Lol yes they do have territorial problems. Stop it.... and the shoal is not theirs to control. It's 70 nautical miles off the coast of the Philippines and 1000 from China. They need to get the hell out and stop being modern imperial colonials and taking the territory of smaller countries with force
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  1486. Hmmm I would not be so sure of that... and why would that be all you "need to know" ? There is more to America than big corporations.... If you believe there is not, I think that is the same fallacy that Beijing is making
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  1487.  @JosueMartinez-ww1vj  You're not reading what I'm saying... it's not just short term pain, that is only one layer. There is medium and longterm pain... please read everything before you talk man. Not to mention - if they had accepted western vaccines, and pushed to vaccinate the old - they wouldn't have to lock down at all - as their vaccines do jack nothing. It's pure nationalism that this was allowed to happen
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  1488.  Kai H  refute my points please, instead of just calling names
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  1489.  @sw9276  Lol well no, that's not true at all. Are you talking about in the US or what? I can explain it to you why they are "short-staffed"
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  1490.  @jerryrichardson2799  I like Zeihan and watch his videos daily, but he's a bit hyperbolic when it comes to the Chinese population. From now until 2030, they're forecasted to lose .8% of their workforce a year. After 2030 it will increase to 1% and then more.... Which all of this is really bad, but it won't be collapsing by 2030 like he predicts. I think he will eventually be right, but it will take more time to come true. Anyways Peter would say I'm absolutely wrong on that, so take it for what its worth. I do like Peter's insights though, and another really good dude to read up on is Yi Fuxian. Some of the things Peter has said have been validated by his work on the Chinese demography. Also Michael Pettis (who is quoted often on Tony's videos) has some really good interviews on youtube that I recommend.
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  1491.  @ssuwandi3240  Lets be honest, we both know you have no idea what you are talking about
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  1492.  @ssuwandi3240  Lol what on earth are you talking about. What pond, and where are you talking about that has 10% inflation
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  1493. It barely went down... stop it
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  1494. That doesn't make sense because it's insanely painful and costly to China. The need to ease Zero Covid is that it's expensive and costly in many many ways
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  1495.  @aredtomato8957  Lol if you say so...
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  1496.  @aredtomato8957  You gotta do a whole lot better than that, if that's all you got
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  1497.  @aredtomato8957  Yup that's right, go away now please
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  1498. There is a major, widespread misunderstanding of "free speech". Free speech only protects you against the government, it does not apply to private platforms.
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  1499. You have zero idea what you're talking about. China has way bigger deficits and debt to GDP than the US... they have "perma-stimulus" on the supply side through manufacturing subsidies - and they are running out of room to take on more debt. Thats why you aren't seeing stimulus, thats why local governments are cutting back on social services and clawing back bonuses. You're reading too much Xinhua. The only sustainable path forward for China is to ditch the planned economy, however that will never happen as it would mean the government giving up power
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  1500. ​ @VinVin21969  Difference is - Chinese engineers can still access that data that is stored in the US...meaning it's useless that its stored there. The same is not true about apple, and China would never allow that. In addition - Apple can and has told the US government no when they requested information from them about personal data. Same about TikTok. So you're example doesn't work.
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  1501.  @xinyiquan666 I just responded to another guy on this thread who said the same thing as you. Read it if you want to see a response to what you said
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  1502.  @VinVin21969  Yeah, you didn't read or understand what I said. I think you're too simple to get it
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  1503. Beijing could stop the flow of those precursors in an instant with a snap of a finger... lets see what happens. I think it'll be something at the margin at best, unless the US is willing to concede something significant.... even then I think it'll be temporary at best. It's my opinion that the sell of precursors is justified as a weird revenge from the opium wars (despite the US not being the one who sold it) and also an aspect of a war without restrictions. What better way to win a war without firing a bullet than to kill your enemy slowly from the inside with drugs (as they perceive "The West" did to them long ago.).
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  1504. Hmm this video isn't even about that...
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  1505. China don't like this
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  1506. Newsflash: The world is not only obsessing and caring about the US. Also - this guy is paid by Russian and Chinese state media... Piers knows whats up and asked the right question. He can't betray his masters and criticize Russia or China
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  1507. Like who?
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  1508. Just like Putin wasn't gonna stop with Ukraine, China ain't gonna stop with Taiwan. That is how expansionism works
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  1509.  @bellingdog  That would be relevant, if it was one or two people. But its more than a dozen... if you've had 12+ girlfriends every single one of them hates you - there might be something to that
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  1510. China has been anything from silent. They showed their imperialistic intentions too early and now the developed world is turning on them. Xi should've listened to Deng - bide your time and hide your strength
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  1511.  @christopherlau566  Nothing to worry about then, right
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  1512.  @alexsnow5092  Its just nonsense stuff that you guys have backwards engineered to suit a desired narrative. Putin miscalculated and now Russia is a rogue state and China's bitch. Typical over-confident authoritarian.. he messed up in Ukraine and Kiev specifically
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  1513.  @evgenyreshetnikov3483  google is your friend
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  1514.  @ssuwandi3240  Lol I'm not Taiwanese
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  1515. I don't remember the report but it was said that Cambodia and Singapore are the most infiltrated countries by the CCP
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  1516. They should have included the amendments that prohibited these companies from using the funds on stock buybacks and some of the amendments introduced by Sanders and Rubio. Of course the corporations benefiting from this bill lobby'd against that and won I pushback on his assertion that because of short term economic slowdown creating less demand for chips, this isn't needed. First of all, it 'll take years to see any manufacturing benefit from this - well beyond the short term decline in the demand for chips...not to mention when (not if) China tries to take back Taiwan - we absolutely cannot be caught flat footed, and need to diversify the chip supply chain
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  1517.  @edmurks236  Well they think they are sovereign and independent countries...and they would be right. The "who do they think they are?" is what a lot of people not only in the West, but also in the East...are saying about China
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  1518.  @MetaView7  Yeah, didn't mean that in a "good" way. If that's what you're saying...
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  1519. What does this even mean?
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  1520. Yeah, as if China doesn't have a lot of "experts" and opinions about The West and US
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  1521. Thing is Dr. Hughes never actually did any examinations with Johnnhy.....Hughes did do tests/examinations with Amber. 2ndly - Dr. Curry's diagnosis is strikingly consistent with what all of the witnesses so far have described in detailed personal events.
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  1522. The "goal". And here come the conspiracies...
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  1523. Ummm no...lol
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  1524. I would say the issue is structural/political. The Fed controls monetary policy and Congress would be in charge of taxes. The fed can only use the tool it has for this problem - raising interest rates. Congress would have to act to use it's tools of creating legislation to raise taxes on the rich... but thats politically unpopular for them, so they ain't gonna do that. It shouldn't be like that, but unfortunately thats how it is. Congress's real constituents are the rich and mega-corporations. And if they were to raise taxes on the rich - you'd see massive retaliation by super-pacs and media campaigns by right wing-media. We need to end the corruption of money in politics so our politicians serve the masses and not the rich few...so Congress can actually make decisions in our best interest
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  1525. It has nothing to do with that. It's much more about the war with Ukraine
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  1526. These are the real rioters and domestic terrorists... it's the far/radical right....just like it was on Jan 6. Your support for them is disgusting
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  1527. At first I thought it was licking/cleaning it, like it was gonna adopt it, then next scene - no head. Jesus
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  1528. Stop it...For every 1 you know, there are many many more employed. Your personal experience is not representative of the larger population
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  1529.  @Astrobucks2 I don't know where you have been because I knew way more people let go or laid off pre-pandemic. Your anecdotes are just that - anecdotes, and not a good reflection of the situation of the overall country of 329 million.
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  1530. There is always this kind of WuMao on every video that isn't positive news about China. China is only growing at all because it injects massive amounts of debt to create unproductive assets. With a slowing economy + debt capacity running out + shrinking population... China ain't ever becoming the #1 economy in the world.
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  1531.  @thorsrensen3162  Yeah the problem is we are kind of fucked right now, because of the war in Ukraine. I'm of the mind that we need to pump now while simultaneously massively increase our investment in green energy, so we can transition faster than before.
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  1532.  @Max-qi3hg  Yes, big time. Google Chinese EV subsidies.... It's insane
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  1533. My comments have zero controversy or inappropriateness and they still get censored, constantly
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  1534. None of Elon taking over X has been smart. It's a cesspool of misinfo and relies upon it for engagement
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  1535. Since Britain became democratic? Always
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  1536. Nah AMS28K sucks
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  1537. One of his new billionaire donors from the Club for Growth has a major stake in Bytedance, that's why he did a 180. Ridiculous
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  1538. Please explain
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  1539. I think she should go down in the history books as a hero who stood against a dictator
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  1540. There is something wrong with it - Russia invaded a sovereign country. Do not equate China helping the invader with those helping the invaded. Not only this, but they openly and flagrantly attack civilian structures, which is a war crime. Knock it off...
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  1541.  @tonypeterson5316  Lol that would have been a great insult in the 1st grade
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  1542. The Teslas sold in the US are produced there, so tariffs won't apply
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  1543. They are spending a ton on R&D and throwing more money at something doesn't always fix the problem. You make it sound so easy
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  1544. The whole field of geopolitics is guesswork. Nobody is a fortune teller... but Bremmer's insights and knowledge is as good as it gets. He works with governments and world leaders for a reason.
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  1545. The Chinese government doesn't believe in "guard rails". If they can do it and "think" they can get away with it - they will. Imagine how crazy the extremes are of the left and the right - well that is their government rolled into one. Their political party has a monopoly on the country with nobody internally to check them
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  1546. So why is China so upset at all of these bans then?
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  1547. The one that all western democratic countries have. You should learn about history
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  1548. I cringe whenever I hear people pronounce it "zangzoe" . It's pronounced like "JungJoe"
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  1549.  @erictky11  If anybody is provoking in Asia right now, it's China. If anybody is "showing muscle" in Asia right now, it's definitely China.
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  1550. Boggie's girl is fire tho, damn
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  1551. Bingo!
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  1552. But they aren't... not yet, at least. It's mostly big tech... others will follow yes, but it's not "right now" as in today. We'll likely start seeing them in the weeks and months that are to follow
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  1553. The eating dogs and pets thing was wild
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  1554.  @Shegwababy  You're insane
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  1555. It's their business because it will affect other countries when China uses it as a naval base and continue to unlawfully take the South China Sea from other countries. They aren't telling Cambodia what to do, they are voicing their concerns...which is well in the bounds of respecting them as a sovereign country.
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  1556.  @Bk6346  Yeah I agree with you 100%
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  1557. Bro you hit the nail on the head and I liked your comment. China has a societal problem of "Get rich quick" that clearly extends to government policies as well. They spent too much, too soon, and cut corners to try and become the #1 power in a short time. Big mistake...
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  1558. Its great because the numbers are objectively good. Doesn't mean everyone is living the good life, but your social media feed about how bad things are - is what is not accurate
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  1559. ​ @Centurion-ph7gk  Ofcoooourse inflation is a factor of the economy. I'm saying its not THE economy. Inflation being higher than average for the last few years doesn't mean the economy is "bad". Also its good to have a global perspective - the US had the lowest inflation and highest economic growth of any developed nations. However us Americans are so self-centered we think its United States of the World, fail to gain perspective by comparing it to other developed countries, and focus on every. single. negative. aspect. Live in some under-developed countries or even just some developed that aren't doing as well as the US (UK, France, Germany)- you'll realize how this "America-sux" mindset is so detached from reality its ridiculous
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  1560.  @marktn9851  I can't subscribe to that theory. It just doesn't add up...not even close
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  1561.  @MB2.0  China has shown restraint because it has absolutely no choice. I am not sure if you are aware of this - China is 10x more vulnerable to sanctions than Russia, and their military is nowhere near that of the US. These are just facts, don't get your feelings hurt
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  1562.  @TheKkpop1  Lol peaceful? Xi has been anything but that. Deng (best leader so far), Jiang, and Hu Jintao were all relatively peaceful. Xi? He's like the Chinese Trump... trying to fight everybody and ruining China's relationship. China is violating freedom of navigation laws - that is why US conducted drills. The world will stand up to China and not let it bully smaller countries around the world by violating global norms and disregarding international laws. Play by global laws, or the world will stand up to Xi's aggressive CCP
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  1563.  @MB2.0  Absolutely false. Of course they are interconnected...it's the only thing preventing a true cold war. However - The US economy is much more open to Chinese economy than vice versa. China's economy is still pretty closed off compared to the rest of the world. What this mean is the US is less exposed to China than China is to the US. You will tell me I'm wrong but this is the objective truth. If push comes to shove though, and China takes action against Taiwan - the US will absolutely sanction them and it will hurt much more than what happened to Russia. Here is why - China relies on imports of food (a lot they get from the US), oil, and advanced manufacturing of chips and equipment. Most of which is traded on the US dollar. If the US reaaaallly wanted to - it could stop food imports, sanction oil and everything traded on the dollar, and the Chinese economy would be done in a year. They could also send one nuclear powered carrier to the Persian Gulf and block oil imports. China's navy still runs on fuel and doesn't have the range to sail to the Persian gulf to stop an oil embargo. I don't think the US would do that, because believe it or not it actually cares about the lives of people in China. Plus taking such strong action like that against a country would only be warranted if something big happed, such as: Russia invading Ukraine, or China invading Taiwan China actually knows this vulnerability and is the reason why they haven't invaded Taiwan yet, or shot down Pelosi's plane. They absolutely will not invade Taiwan until they can guard against these sanctions and the US dollar.... + build up their military more
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  1564.  @marktn9851  You don't like what I'm saying but I'm telling you the truth. Xi is much more aggressive than his predecessors. He feels China is strong now and trying to assert strength and dominance, but I believe he's overconfident. It would be much better if he abided by Deng Xiao Ping's words of ""Hide Your Strength, Bide Your time"
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  1565.  @marktn9851  I think that is the Chinese point of view, but it's not the view of many Asian countries who actually want the US to counter-balance what they see is an aggressive and assertive China. These countries are: Japan, S. Korea, Australia, the Philippines, and India. These are all US allies, with the exception of India (informal ally). Keep in mind it was not the US who launched missiles into the waters around Taiwan and into Japan's EEZ. It's also not the US who had a conflict with India on their border just recently. It is not the US who basically claimed the entire South China Sea for itself, at the expense of all of the countries who depend on it for their economies - and all because of an "ancient map" that was supposedly found. China also claimed they would not militarize the South China Sea - and they did exactly that. These are all extremely aggressive actions on the part of China since Xi took power. It seems the "Apex Predator" is behaving just as that - using it's newfound strength to overpower smaller countries and economies. The US has had military bases in countries that asked for it all around the world for many years, long before any issues with China. You're talk of biolabs makes me think you might believe those conspiracy theories about US biolabs making Covid or bioweapons, or something. And yes, the US has made many mistakes in the past with wars and a ton of other issues. No doubt about it - but that does not excuse China's behavior now. It's not one is wrong and one is right, or that US has been wrong so it doesn't matter what China does. Any country that does bad things should be held accountable, and China is not exempt from this. A small history lesson: One of the main reasons China has risen is because of globalization that came from the Freedom Of Navigation (FON) principle and the rules based order that was set up and led by the US after WWII. This made the waters of the ocean safe and allowed globalization to occur. The very same globalization that allowed to China to use the global oceans to sell to the entire world, and import vast amount of natural resources, like: oil, minerals, steel, etc etc. Especially given that China had zero functional navy at the time and had no way to protect it's shipments. If you don't believe me, you can look this up as it's documented world history. The very same freedom of navigation principle that the allowed China to rise - is now being violated in the South China Sea, by none other than the PRC. So yes the US has done many atrocious things in history. Nobody is here to say the US has a clean record, if that's what you think. But do not forget that two "wrongs" do not make a "right", and that the US has also done many things that has benefited the globe and allowed countries (especially China) to grow immensely and create a middle class. This is not taught or talked about in China because in China, America = "bad guy". But it is the truth, and it'd be wise for the CCP to keep this in mind when blaming the US for all of it's problems, and taking sole credit for everything that China has become.
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  1566.  @marktn9851  Lol ya okay, I'm a bot I never spread falsehoods. Everything I say I've researched extensively from legitimate sources....or else I wouldn't speak on it I've also lived it. I lived in China for many years and just left after the recent lockdowns. 我会说中文, I've spoken extensively to locals to back up what I know and to get their opinions, I've seen the change in attitudes from the leadership, I've seen how the media portrays the outside world. So do not tell me I'm spreading falsehoods and trying to distort views. I have done the work to validate the opinions that I have
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  1567. Stop it Wumao... you guys are everywhere now, like those scam financial comments
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  1568. Nobody is really worried about that... hence why you haven't heard that much about it recently.
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  1569.  @papi-sauce  shaking in my boots
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  1570. Ummm the bots are from the Chinese side. This is not China... US gov does not control the news or bots
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  1571. INCOMING WUMAOS WITH FAKE ACCOUNTS AND LIKES TO SAY HOW THE US IS WEAK AND SEEKING HELP FROM CHINA
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  1572. Johnny's lawyers hinted he would not try to collect the money. After this? Now he probably will. This was an 8 million $ mistake, you emotionally reactive buffoon
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  1573.  @wumaobot Those "obsolete weapons" seem to be helping them pretty well against an invader... and western countries are actually giving those weapons and money as aid. That means they don't have to pay them back, dummy.
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  1574. In addition to the transparency - democracies have the ability to get rid of ineffective leaders. Authoritarian countries do not, and get stuck with theirs.
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  1575. ​ @saltymonke3682  Not in the real world
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  1576. I wouldn't touch Alex Jones with a ten foot pole. He'll use that movement... he'll use it to further his own goals and agenda. Better to take that money and forget about him
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  1577. Who ever made that claim...?
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  1578.  @SimilakChild  So thats actually not accurate. The US, and the rest of the world - have Taiwan manufacture the very high end chips. Now, where do the designs and software come from so that TSMC can manufacture those chips? Well, they come from the US. Manufacturing is just one of the steps. They also need the software to design the chips. The US leads in that category... they simply outsource the manufacturing part. The US still manufactures moderate and moderate-high end chips, but just not the top of the top. So anyways, you clearly don't know what you're talking about and need to read up more.
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  1579.  @SimilakChild  Yes... thats called manufacturing. The designs and software for those chips come from US. US is the #1 in software that is used to design chips. If USA is not tightening control of chips (top-end) to China....then China has nothing to be angry about, right?
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  1580.  @SimilakChild  Lol I'm not deflecting at all..what are you talking about. I'm simply saying what you said is not accurate.....there is a lot more to chips than simply manufacturing. There's a lot of design and software that goes into chips before they can even be manufactured.. Many people don't realize it but the US still holds the #1 spot for design software. They simply outsource their manufacturing, but everyone still needs their software to design the latest chips.
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  1581.  @1nvd  All the rappers from before them also lived that life... but had enough of a brain to put it down once they started makin legal checks. These new guys are idiots and they'll spend their lives in jail because of it
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  1582.  @warsamedaman7313  I am lookin at the history, that is my point... older rappers were smart enough to put that away once they made legal cash. The new rappers are brain dead
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  1583.  @TheIcemanthomas  Nope
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  1584.  @Smackso72  Thats categorically false. These fools end up in jail long before they reach that level and throw their potential wealth away
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  1585.  @blackcherry6877  You made my point - thats the rap game TODAY. It wasn't always like this, and has changed - for the worse
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  1586. Lol it's the CCP who is panicking. The loss of face is deafening...
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  1587. If "Bernie Sanders" is to the left of "Karl Marx" - than all of Europe is completely communist and makes China look like a liberal democracy
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  1588. Note what she said about the lack of support for households - this is not new. While the government may claim to want to transition to a consumer-based economy, they also do little to support said consumers. You can't have your cake and eat it too... if you truly want a consumer-based economy - you need to start actually supporting consumers, and not just the rich, big business, state owned enterprises, and government officials
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  1589. Hell nah
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  1590.  SCPython  Lol oh yes, the most popular argument of Chinese and Russian State media. Everybody who goes against China or Russia is the "lapdog" of the US. Right
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  1591.  @chisomahamba379  I'm doin pretty good actually, but thx
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  1592. Oh stop it... you're take wreaks of bias and you are mischaracterizing the issue. The issue is - if they block whatever they don't like, why do they allow this? China clearly hates the US and its allowing of these comments is to pain Israel as the bad guy as they are scene as a close ally of the US. Quit with your disingenuous nonsense
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  1593. Its wild how fast those little pigs ran after they knew there was danger
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  1594. Lol OFCOOOOOURSE the pro CCP WuMao/Trolls/Bots are already all over this video. They've literally 10x'd in number over the past 3-4 months... on literally every video
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  1595. Shuttup you **ckin' bot
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  1596.  @garymcmillan6943  Fun fact: Chinese WuMao and bots love the word: "sheep". Too obvious Mr. "mcmillan" ---- the guy who doesn't even capitalize the 1st letters in his own name >.>
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  1597. Lol timeout for what.... USA is in a strong position economically, China not so much...and they hold the cards for technology. There is no reason to ask for a timeout when you have a stronger position. You'll probably talk about China holding US treasures...(like all the WuMao's) and go ahead - I'll wait...
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  1598.  @StevenX-v1r  So why is it ok for China to be "self-reliant" but then China doesn't want other countries to be self-reliant and diversify away from China (de-risking) ? I don't believe China is on a good trajectory. It's actions have damaged its relationships with most of the developed economies and now it's getting cut off from much needed technology. US and others aren't perfect in this situation, but China does not even for a second that it's even a bit responsible for the position that its in. It's crazy
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  1599. EU is a high trust society, China is a low trust society...Germans and the EU in general are way too trusting and get taken advantage of because they see China through their own lense. Just because you saw some documents doesn't mean you can trust it... without the ability to check - the Euros should've never been given out.
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  1600.  @Senshidayo  Oh yeah I totally agree. My Chinese is alright but sometimes if I hear somebody who is clearly from a rural area it sounds so mish-moshy to me, it barely sounds like mandarin sometimes.
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  1601.  @Senshidayo  Oh wow you're definitely much more knowledgeable about Putonghua and different dialects than me haha. I'm still an intermediate student of Putonghua, so things like Hakka and even Cantonese are still way off for me. Very interesting information though, especially about syllable aspect. Cheers
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  1602. Just like Dr. Curry said : externalization of blame. She would have been way smarter to just admit she messed up on the donation and even admit she hit Johnny as well, but claim that it was mutually abusive. Whether true or not, that would have been way more convincing and saved her from defamation... instead she went full liar and tried to make herself out to be blameless.
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  1603. calling the market optimistic is the most charitable way to say it... they've been down right delusional. I remember last Summer when so many people were saying 5 rate cuts by the end of 2023... almost a year later and with a bit is "ok" data - they are back at it
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  1604. Its not harmless, there is data now to show that the algorithym is showing and hiding things that are in Beijing's interest at much higher rates than other social media apps. US intel also just recently stated ccp accounts used it to try and influence 2022 midterms. We cannot give an adversarial power an open window to influence US policy and public opinion.
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  1605. Here and there... but not enough. Most people didn't know what she stood for
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  1606. SerpentZA is awesome
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  1607. I think if you play, only choose to pay up the 60 dollars you would pay for a normal diablo game and then stop. Although then there would be little replay value once your capped at 60$
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  1608.  @ssuwandi3240  ssuwani I wonder if you're drunk when you are posting. You aren't understanding what I'm saying
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  1609. It's a little more than that. It's a combination of the rapid urbanization + the 1 child policy + Zero Covid. Mostly the first two... Before urbanization - kids were free manual labor. Once people moved into the cities they just became a massive expense. This happens in all developing countries though as they urbanize, but China did it so fast... + if you combine that with the One Child Policy which meant 2 people only produced 1.. then you have a double whammy. One Child Policy might be gone but now that a lot of people got used to families only having one kid - they just kept it like that. It became their normal...and cost of living being so high, many opt to just pour all of their resources into one. More recently, I'm sure Zero Covid didn't help people feel safe and secure enough to get married or start a family. It probably made them feel economically insecure.
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  1610.  @卢曦-w9f  So I'm not sure how your comment relates to what I said in my first comment. With that said, you phrase it as if developed countries somehow " only live comfortably" because of the labor the developed countries provide....to which I'd say is another massive misunderstanding and oversimplification of how this all works
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  1611. ​ @卢曦-w9f  Hmm outsourcing cheap labor is a huge benefit to developed countries for sure, but you make it sound like it's a one sided benefit. For example, the US used to be the cheap labor source for the developed world like Britain and France back in the late 1800's-early 1900's. It needed that and benefitted from being the source of cheap labor and then was able to grow to a middle income economy and later high income.... fast forward to today - countries that are cheap labor for developed countries are also now benefitting from that position and if they make good choices they will grow out of that position, it will go somewhere else, and they will one day be the other side of the coin. My point is that it's a mutually beneficial position for each country at the stage that they are at.
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  1612. I just watched Bill's response... it wasn't that bad. Nobody really likes to hear/see themselves impersonated, and its not like he was angry or threw a fit about it
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  1613. It is...try looking past your own nose and look at the rest of the world for comparison. Highest growth of any developed nation and lowest inflation... but Americans have their heads in the sand, listen to their media bubble-overlords and ignore objective data.
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  1614.  @newyear8961  that is a straight up lie. What bogus news are you reading?
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  1615. It actually isn't a lie, and why we aren't in recession even with high inflation. That may not be true in the future, but it is at the moment and has been since we came out of Covid.
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  1616. More are opening
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  1617.  @chenshulun  Lol what does China know about free competition and trade? They're literally spitting in the face of WTO rules by subsidizing their chip industry and stealing technology. You know nothing my man
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  1618.  @vikingspud  Yep all that is very true
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  1619.  @fba90130  Very well said
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  1620. Do it now to prevent a war later
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  1621. Yeah, kill more fish
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  1622. The talk of the sanctions super-charging China's chip industry is spread by State Run/Pro CCP outlets and picked up by Western Media for clicks. There is absolutely no evidence of this, and quite the contrary - China's chip industry so far has been largely unsuccessful at catching up to the best in the world, despite throwing so many billions. SMIC has "maybe" developed 7nm chips now, but they use this N+1 technology or whatever where they have to use this other technology to boost less effective chips up to 7nm, because they cannot get the 1st generation lithography equipment. It's the reason China was upset in the first place about being cutoff from it. Supercharged? Absolutely not. At best, they will be greatly slowed down and forced to spend many more 10's of billions to develop their own....at best
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  1623. If you actually understood the details, you would see that it is
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  1624. It says one hit but clearly there are two different bridges damaged. One with a hole in the middle and the other with the sides/middle blown out.
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  1625. Then I'm sure China won't be upset at all by this and hold a press conference blasting the move, right? Since it's no biggie to them, according to you
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  1626.  @doctorstrangelove9487 It's not about the Chinese people, it's about the CCP. They ain't been around that long
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  1627. I don't think so. Of course they would do that to a plane they retrieved... they'd be stupid not to, even if it wasn't their original intention. If they got Putin's plane, Kim Jong Un, Ayatollah...they would absolutely do the same
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  1628.  @JHdiamond  No its not. They would be stupid not to search the seized property.. what is this world coming to where people just crave to believe conspiracy theories?
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  1629.  @crystal2484  We will have to see. I mean Japan had a higher standard of living, so that made the stagnation not so bad for quality of life... China would have stagnation at a much lower development level. We can't say for sure which will be worse though, each are different and each system has some advantages and disadvantages. One disadvantage of China is that their population is already shrinking, while Japan's didn't start until 20 years after their slowdown started.
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  1630.  @walhdamaskus2408  Lol I don't really listen to Yellen much. Just an administration talking piece. Michael Pettis is much more significant to me
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  1631. Now she's using terms like "meta-data" stop it..
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  1632. The last thing he needs is even more "Yes" men around him. However, that is the only thing he will accept... people who will not actually tell him the objective truth about his actions or ideas.
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  1633. Saudi is an official US ally
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  1634. Russia started this war. Russia FIRST escalated by bringing in North Korean troops (Trump is flat wrong on the timeline, you can google it) onto the battlefield - Biden publicly stated that allowing long range weapons was because they brought in North Korea (again, you can google this). He is lucky the US and EU didn't match his move by bringing in outside troops. Stop watching right wing media and Joe Rogan that fool you into thinking that the US is somehow the one causing all of this.
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  1635. Sorry that you don't like the bad news about China so you have to call it a "political agenda". P.S. - all of China's domestic news is constantly bad news about the US. Thats the real political agenda. This is actual reported news
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  1636.  @LaVictoireEstLaVie  Lol nice try, WuMao... trying to pin Dems and Reps against each other. On China - this is the one thing where they agree.
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  1637. I agree that Trump inherently hates NATO. I believe he has a child's concept of geopolitics and thinks "Why are we spending the most for the safety of people across an ocean who do nothing for us?".
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  1638. You clearly don't know how this works. 1. the US giving subsidies is in response to decades of China doing so, and their subsidies pale in comparison to China's. The total of the US subsidies are a small fraction of subsidies China dishes out each and every year. 2. the US is not subsidizing to the point of destroying foreign industries... China's EV's are so subsidized by the state that itd be impossible for any free market economy to compete... and that is their intention.
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  1639. China doesn't get that nobody believes it's attempted outward appearance of being this Panda-type figure that is reasonable and rational. We all know it's a bold-face lie and we see the actions from their One Child Policy, Zero Covid Policy, treatment of Uighers, Hong Kong, etc etc etc... the list goes on. They lack self-awareness to how the world sees them...
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  1640. About the Hukou - you do have incumbent obstruction by the urban middle class. Even though they can't actually vote... there would likely be social unrest. However, you also have local governments who benefit from this free/cheap labor of migrant workers flooding cities that they don't have to pay benefits for. They would also block the change and its just another example of one way household consumption is suppressed by exempting many from a social safety net.
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  1641. Here come the China WuMao bot army to flood the comments to push their youtube propaganda and say China = good guy, EU = bad guy
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  1642. Not worried about it. China is the next Japan in terms of a big slowdown and transfer of manufacturing...and the world is going to have to look for a new factory. Most of their GDP is all supply-side government-led spending...vs organic growth in consumer spending and private investment Which means you are gonna see "CHINA GDP GROWTH 5-6%!" at the end of the year...yet households and private corporate profits are stagnant or increased by lackluster amount
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  1643.  @ssuwandi3240  I'm confused at what you're talking about
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  1644.  @gonzalos4379  Bro you are on drugs. They sanction Australia for asking for an investigation about Covid, they economically punished Lithuania for not agreeing about Taiwan and even pressured other countries to stop doing business with them, they punished Japan by using export control on rare earth minerals, and many more...basically any country that interacts with Taiwan, supports Hong Kong democracy, oppose genocide in Xinjiang, or "offends" any "core interest" - will get punished using economic, diplomatic, or political means. China has wrote the book on this and it has become part of it's #1 go-to against it's trading partners。 You're out of your mind....
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  1645.  @joey3291  Lol they are trying to...look up China's military expansion in the South China Sea, Africa, and other places.... they envy the US's hegemony and seek to be the next hegemonic power...wake up
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  1646.  @joey3291  They'd love to. They already started with Cuba, their spy balloon, Djibouti, South China Sea. It's just the start of their hegemonic ambitions to replace the US
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  1647. Lol don't hold your breath. You'll disappear soon after nothing happens, never owning up to your nonsense comments
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  1648. Yes
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  1649. This guy is a tanky who is paid by Russian and Chinese state media....he'll get in trouble if his criticizes his masters. You can find videos of him doing both of their media here on youtube.
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  1650. What a stupid comment. Lol ok so I didn't know a random 7/11 decides the US election.... hey guys! No more need for polls... the best way to predict who will the election is to walk into a random 7/11! How could we not have figured that out
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  1651. That or they let Putin continue and he eventually invades the EU. A small price to pay to prevent WW3
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  1652.  @CharlieDexter99  You're an idiot if you think that. Many some of you guys can't get "Dem Vs Rep" out of your mind because your so US politically minded. You know what their propaganda is geared towards? Increasing the fighting between Dems and Reps, because an American that is fighting itself cannot fight them as effectively. And you, sir, are playing right into that
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  1653. Lol already happening by itself. China is bleeding investment by it's own doing
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  1654.  @veganath  I'm confused by this comment
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  1655.  @veganath  How are they NOT unified? Lol uh... then what do you think all of this fuss is about? China and Taiwan both say they are not unified...that is the whole reason there is controversy. I'm really confused at what you call "semantics". You don't shoot missiles at people you are unified with
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  1656. Jan 6, telling Georgia to 11,780 votes, witholding aid to Ukraine unless he finds dirt on his political opponent, the list goes on....Trump makes Hillary look like an absolute saint
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  1657. January 6, telling Georgia 11,000 votes, Blackmailing Ukraine to find dirt on his political opponent or not get aid, the list goes on... what planet do you live on? Literally WAY crazier shit went on during Trump's presidency. Trump makes Hillary Clinton look like a saint
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  1658. January 6, telling Georgia 11,000 votes, Blackmailing Ukraine to find dirt on his political opponent or not get aid, the list goes on... what planet do you live on? Literally WAY crazier shit went on during Trump's presidency. Trump makes Hillary Clinton look like a saint
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  1659. January 6, telling Georgia 11,000 votes, Blackmailing Ukraine to find dirt on his political opponent or not get aid, the list goes on... what planet do you live on? Literally WAY crazier shit went on during Trump's presidency. Trump makes Hillary Clinton look like a saint
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  1660. January 6, telling Georgia 11,000 votes, Blackmailing Ukraine to find dirt on his political opponent or not get aid, the list goes on... what planet do you live on? Literally WAY crazier shit went on during Trump's presidency. Trump makes Hillary Clinton look like a saint
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  1661.  @coolgamers2794  Stop with the worship
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  1662.  @kunals275  Not own... US has no desire to own TW. That is the whole point as to why they are friends vs China
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  1663. Also, Trump is exactly the guy Vivek is saying who we shouldn't choose and celebrate. He isn't fit to be Pres but enough people think he's funny or "tough" or "a boss" so they support him.
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  1664. Lol nobody has begged for help
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  1665. Israel had US support initially, but Bibi has gone too far and the civillian cost is too great. At worst its genocide and at best its ethnic cleansing
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  1666. They will be fine. They have bags for days
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  1667.  @cleirecarvalho457  Tiredgeek is right. Elon doesn't pull that in China, and Brazil is not the US. He could have at least appointed a representative...thats why X got banned - he was totally disrespectful to their court system. This is Elon grandstanding and virtue signaling as usual. Elon - keep that same energy and do the same in China. Use starlink to give them "free speech"
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  1668.  @eh1702 I mean hey if thats part of the plea and she broke the plea then you take it away.
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  1669.  @DarthMaui  Hey no need to shout. If she violated a part of the agreement then you take it away. If its the case that she's just trying to save face to the media and it doesn't affect the agreement or hurt the validity of the testimony, then you don't...simple as that.
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  1670. There is nomore rule of law in HK, only the rule of the CCP
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  1671. Lol CNA is western media? Fool...
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  1672. Uncle Lair? Lol
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  1673.  @userwest626  Nah
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  1674. "Who owns the algorithm?" this dude is asking good questions
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  1675. His job is to break the post office and then point to how bad it is as an excuse to shut it down. He probably feels emboldened with Trump coming back in
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  1676. Lol. Xi came to him
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  1677.  @Nick-li3ut  Lol okay
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  1678.  @amandeepbaa6978  Lol okay guy
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  1679. ​ @LeeLee-BB  It's so cool to bash the US these days right. I will say that that it is not 100% about money. Something a lot of people don't understand is that the US feels a sort of kinship with Taiwan because of US history. The US used to be in a similar position as Taiwan - England claiming America as it's own, and America saying they want to rule themselves. The main difference is that China is the big one and Taiwan is the small one. But the truth is US and Taiwan share this sort of experience, of being claimed by another and wanting to rule themselves
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  1680.  @jeromecatubig5935  nah I don't think so
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  1681.  @nedkelly9688  Lol uhh China does not control the South China Sea. They "want" to control the South China Sea...is more accurate. What have you been smoking my man?
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  1682.  @jeromecatubig5935  Lol okay
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  1683.  @amandeepbaa6978  the only "neo-colonialism" or "neo-imperialism" is being done by China and Russia.
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  1684.  @4Fixerdave Yeah I was actually thinking about Russia. I think they had hoped to take TW by the end of the decade but now they're very uncertain as the war has made the west more cohesive and dented their over-confidence in the weakness of the west. Russia was a useful idiot and now they see the possibilities if they were to invade. I still think it's on the cards though when 2027 rolls around if Xi is feeling very insecure about his chances for another term are in danger.
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  1685. If thats what you got - then you misunderstood the point
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  1686.  @hehe-mq2bk  strategies have consequences. Steal and cheat long enough - and your partners don't want to be partners anymore
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  1687.  @DragonFire-v5e  I think he's great and love hearing his opinions
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  1688. Don't steal classified documents and you won't have any problems. What an idiot... The law applies to everybody
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  1689. China has nothing to do with Disney. What is this weird conspiracy theory
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  1690. Ask China
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  1691. Hmm RMB is nowhere close to being the reserve currency though. The Euro and Yen are way ahead of it in terms of global use
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  1692. What does any of this have to do with the US? This video is about the mortgage problem in China
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  1693. It's not as funny when the commentator is sitting there dissecting the obvious things that make it funny, like he's a professor
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  1694. ​ @MrMakabar  Is Tokyo growing because it has more births per person or is Tokyo growing because urban areas have more inward migration at the expense of the rest of the country? Urban centers(globally) typically have far lower births due to the cost of living, but absorb a ton of migration from other areas due to higher salaries and standard of living. Also keep in mind that the main driver in real estate prices wasn't people upgrading their homes but due to speculative buying. People buying homes simply because they thought they would go up in value later and had no intention of living in them...hence the ghost cities. All I can say about the growth is that in downtown Shanghai prices in have plummeted 10-20%. As mentioned in one of Tony's video's a few days ago, a real estate market researcher in Beijing said it was 10-30%in Beijing..both figures not officially reported. As long as there are people - there will be a housing market. If there is growth in the future, it will likely be after sharp declines and far from the all time highs.
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  1695. Right and it's all because they over-fished their own waters. There is no concept of leaving some fish behind so the population can replenish... It's all "take take take" Part of this whole "belt and road" thing is to basically get access to country's resources, including fish, to send back to China.
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  1696. ​ feng dfd  Yeah, you have no idea what you are talking about. Ok so can US ships go right off the coast of China and start to take resources and fish (if there were any) from there? Absolutely not, China would blow them out of the water. Country's have territorial waters, and China does not respect this. You need to read up on things before you talk
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  1697.  feng dfd  So this is actually not true. China fishing in other peoples territorial waters is a big problem all over the world. Do a quick google search, since you are on the open internet, and you can see many countries complain about the same thing. You will never hear Chinese news talking about this, because they will only tell you good things about China, but it's quite true.
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  1698. Hardly...this move is nowhere near as damaging as what the US did to China. Not to mention China has a history of coopting private business for military use... the US does not. So this is purely political, but no matter bc they can't do much in return
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  1699.  @jackzhou4813  Hardly... when did I ever say or insinuate they were US state-owned enterprises?
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  1700.  @JillValentinova  Hate to break it to you, but the start is very close to the finish. The reason the US chose that move is because it's very A-symmetrical. The way the value chain is set up - there isn't much China can do in retaliation. China still needs the rest of the world far more than vice versa. This is one example of that being exploited
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  1701. China has a "build it and they will come" mentality, when it comes to infrastructure/real estate
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  1702. Relative to the rest of the world - we are. We produce most of our own energy and food...infact, many countries depend on us for oil and food...we export it to many places. We are also lucky enough to be resource rich. If you're suggesting the US become 100% independent and rely on other countries for nothing - that is impossible not just for us, but for any country. The closest country to do that is North Korea. Think about how that worked out for them
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  1703.  @headhonchotheone9041  Glad we did. He was awful
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  1704. ​ @thomaspham6921  Right but it doesn't matter, in regards to exporting to all over the world. Let me give you another example - lets say two people go out and buy things.. first guy brags that he bought 3,0000 things and the 2nd guy only bought 1. Then they compare and the first guy bought 3000 toys for 1 dollar each, but the 2nd guy bought an 80,000 dollar BMW. That is basically China's entire semiconductor industry vs TSMC, Samsung, or even the US in terms of value added. US chips are not near the value of Samsung or TSMC, but they're still pretty high and they create the software and designs that both of those countries use. China does not produce high quality chips as of now, therefore the world does not use China "high quality chips". These are facts, so I don't need to say anything further. The electronic components you speak of that are imported from China to the US and then sold at a profit are - low end, cheap electronics. Which are the only semiconductors that China currently mass produces. Look, your comment wreaks of bias. I'm only telling you what is objectively true - I have no feelings about who produces what. It's just what is the truth right now
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  1705.  @Wuifgong  Yup and then they dump it, leaving them holding the bag
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  1706. Many countries created the rules based order. It has been largely led by the US yes, but many people are a part, created, participate, and benefit.. not to mention the vast majority of the global economic growth and achievements of the past 75 years have been supported and reinforced by that order... stop it.
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  1707.  @TheToolBoxWhisperer  Well in that case, swap his name out for yours and I change nothing I said. It was quite apparent from my comment that cars made domestically aren't tariffed....that was literally my entire point of my comment to him, but apparently that was hard for you to understand. So maybe you should direct that comment to the OP since they are the one who doesn't understand that and I'm the one who brought that to their attention in the first place. To answer your question: Higher Consumer Prices Retaliation from Other Countries Supply Chain Disruptions Increased Inflation This would result in lower consumer spending and increased costs for businesses and thus hurt the economy.
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  1708. Markets go up and down. These guys also made many more billions when rates were insanely low for more than a decade. Nobody likes rate hikes but it's the best tool we have and all of this is likely mostly temporary as the world adapts to Russia's invasion of Ukraine
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  1709. Well he is the leader of a major middle eastern country...
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  1710.  @darlenedowie2926  Yeah of course, but what is your point
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  1711.  @darlenedowie2926  But you realize that mainstream US media still shows what those leaders say. My point is that when a world leader speaks - it will get reported on, good or bad....especially when its a highly controversial topic in the US.
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  1712. They have professional pick pocketers too. I had an old-ish lady open my backpack once on the metro in China. I turned around and caught her and started pointing at her and shouting "xiaotou!" which is thief in Chinese. She looked shocked and shamed, and was forced to stand there cramped against me as I called her a thief until we came to our next stop. Then she scurried off asap as soon as the doors opened. Worst part? When I looked back and caught her - the entire train car could see her going into my bag the whole time and nobody said a thing.
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  1713.  @matthewp1682  He never said it as hope. The guy lies all the time
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  1714. Is Joe just waking up to the army of bots on social media arguing with real people about things? Aka Russian and Chinese bots that flood any channel or topic that has anything to do with issues these governments care about. He's like "Its not zero %"....bro, its been way way more for a while now.
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  1715. Literally nobody recognizes that but China...and especially not the US, so stop you're nonsensical lying. An international tribunal from the Hague ruled China is wrong, and China is constantly harassing US vessels that try to uphold the freedom of navigation in the area....and why the Philippines granted the US access to their bases. Nobody but China believes those stupid 9-dash line claims. Stop bullying so many countries...
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  1716. Well its PR because it took them so long to find him.
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  1717.  @ItsRyanRoyce  Trump won the popular vote by 2 million, so don't strut too much. In addition, most people are idiots and have no clue about policy. I suspect his approval will continue to slide, just like in 2020
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  1718. China mustve been real jealous then when they banned FB, Google, Instagram, skype, linkedin, etc etc etc
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  1719. National jealousy is China banning google, instagram, facebook, whatsapp, Skype, Zoom... just to create their own copy cats
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  1720. I'm confused at who you are talking about when you say "they". They released the warrant and it showed the FBI had credible and probably cause to search his place for the documents. How bout this: Don't steal classified documents from the white house and you won't have any problems. Simple...
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  1721.  @averyj.steele1074  I actually spend a lot of time reading. If you spend less time reading partisan nonsense and actually read or listen to credible information about law - you wouldn't be here responding to me. The only one screaming, crying, and looking stupid - has been Trump supporters. Don't steal classified documents. If you do - give them back when they ask numerous times. If you dont - they get a warrant, and search your home. Period
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  1722.  @averyj.steele1074  Well I wasn't necessarily talking about you then, was I?
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  1723. Separate issue than a foreign government interfering.
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  1724. Hmm not sure if they'll be ready militarily to attack in 2025. I don't believe their navy is up to par yet and the latest chip ban really hurts those prospects. In addition, China is trying to build back up it's economy and a war would definitely hamper that as much of the trade from the coasts anywhere near Taiwan do tons of China's exports. Lastly, China would only likely attack when it's 100% sure it could win. Even if there is a 20% chance that China would not be successful, I don't think Xi would take the chance as the result of losing would be way too damaging. I heard one of the leaders in Taiwan suspects it'll be in 2027 - when Xi seeks his 4th term. This will give him a chance to say he accomplished something and being a wartime leader is often good in the short run for political support of your country.
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  1725.  @thegreatone4090  Well no, I was being sarcastic. Hong Kong is an absolute mess and China lied and didn't keep it's deal. Two country one system is another lie by the CCP. Taiwanese people aren't stupid
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  1726. I think Ian knows a hell of a lot about a wide range of topics. Don't come here and be an A-hole...
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  1727.  @kshen7485  You're a typical CCP exceptionalist
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  1728.  @kshen7485  Lol 我住在中国 smart guy. I'm speaking from experience....
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  1729.  @LDW1961  Well I think this surely is, at a minimum, a way to hurt tesla by making people think they can't be trusted and are part of the whole "foreign forces" conspiracy they like to use. And you're right, once their EV markets mature more and tesla becomes more of a nuisance than useful - they're out.
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  1730. You would be foolish for that...
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  1731. These policies are bottom up and have majority support of the American public. Why else do you think they are being done in an election year? Because they will garner support
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  1732. He's actually very credible. You should look him up and find the recent videos where he is pushing back against people saying China is collapsing or over. Its just anything you hear not positive about China from a white guy - you instantly reject
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  1733. China does it en mass... you can google all of the known cases of Chinese espionage and you'll get pages upon pages, of legit cases.
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  1734. He got it right in 2016, even when it wasn't popular
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  1735. Hmm this gentleman is painting things in a bit of a positive light for China and negative for Japan. In regards to China - much of the rural community is older and full of men.. the young people mostly migrate the already urbanized areas.. hence why the birthrate is so low - most of the young are already urbanized. In addition, the rural population doesn't have the education or resources for urbanization to actually be a productive investment...it would yield a negative ROI. You only need to ask yourself why they haven't been doing this for the past 10 years (urbanizing the rural areas) if it was such a clear option. The reason you aren't seeing stimulus as in 2008 and 2015 is because their debt to GDP ratio is 2.5x... to put it mildy - they don't have the debt capacity to do so, and don't have many avenues where it would produce a positive ROI (since they insist on supply-side stimulus instead of demand-side). In regards to Japan - what he seems to pain as a negative of Japan already being urbanized, many would say that Japan was already wealthy when their bubble popped and didn't have negative population growth until 20 years later. China is much less developed, and much older than Japan was at this stage. Japan got rich before it got old, China will get old before it gets rich...is another way to look at the points the man made.
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  1736.  @Sit-bc9uw  Thank you!
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  1737. Lol, China became what it is in large part because of the US and other western countries. You think they invented how to build streets, buildings, hospitals, the internet (invented by US), semiconductors (invented by US), metro system and high speed rail (tech from Japan), etc etc etc? They learned how to modernize with help from foreign/western countries and globalization was largely spearheaded by the US... the same globalization that allowed China to sell to the world. Do not bite the had that fed you
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  1738.  @janetmalcolm3403 Hasn't so far. Keep telling yourself that
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  1739.  @ssuwandi3240  You obviously don't understand US politics. And ask yourself why that ban on Australian barley was put on in the first place. You don't get credit for doing something wrong, for years, and then stopping it. The barley, coal, and ore bans should've never been on the first place. The wine ban is still in place...all from the government who constantly complains about others "weaponizing trade". The hypocrisy...
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  1740.  @ssuwandi3240 ssuwani you're always on here talking pro china nonsense. China was brought into the WTO by the US/West and has never obeyed the rules...get out. You're also talking some nonsense about AU and the yuan. China was mad at AU because they openly said there should be an investigation into Covid. Unacceptable use of weaponizing trade. And you're right - the virus started in the Wuhan virology lab was literally studying corona viruses in bats and it's transmissibility to humans
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  1741. "all companies" Except restaurants, bars, gyms, schools, department stores, etc....basically everything is still closed. Only diff is you can walk outside now and have to wait in line to get a test every 48 hours.
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  1742. Don't steal classified documents and you won't have any problems. What an idiot... The law applies to everybody
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  1743. Lol its kinda why they said "you've been right this whole time" because he hasn't really taken a side and leaned more on the "wait and see", which compared to this delusional market - means he's been right
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  1744. Newsflash: when you lie more - moderators will correct you more. Their job is not to correct people an equal amount, its to correct people who lie. They also let Trump get the last word every.single.time...and past his time - which equated to 7 more minutes of talk time. If they were bias towards anybody, it was him
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  1745.  @reactionsok  I'm confused, are you saying Trump didn't lie his ass off in that debate?
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  1746.  @jackburton307  "I guess whatever it takes to win right?" Yeah like try to falsely claim you won an election and incite a riot at the capital to stop certification 😇
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  1747.  @rnsteve2265  Because she didn't lie like Trump? Don't lie and you won't get corrected
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  1748.  @jackburton307  Yes
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  1749.  @jackburton307  You do realize there were lies of Trumps they didn't fact check either right? Ie - He exaggerated by many billions the amount of equipment that was left behind in Afghan. He also falsely claimed Harris was sent to negotiate the Ukraine peace deal. And there are more Look man, your guy lies like crazy. He said so many crazy things they couldn't keep up with him. They also let him get the last word, past his time, on every single exchange...so much so he got 7 more minutes
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  1750.  @inhk5514  Lol wow you named 1/2 gigantic companies that are exceptions
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  1751.  @chaoticrealm777  short term treasuries aka what this "cash" means? Then yes, absolutely
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  1752.  @jaehparrk  There aren't deals around... and earning 5.5 on short term treasuries allows him to be especially picky about the deals he makes. He buys low, and right now - the market ain't that low and return on short term treasuries is high. It's probably not a good time to buy
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  1753. HK has now further become a tentacle of Mainland China. The destruction between economic/political/national security continues
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  1754. Its funny when people say "I don't know anybody who blah blah blah" , do you realize you're just one person?
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  1755.  @aoeu256  They absolutely don't eat healthier. Everything besides the rice has animal products in it, the food is extreeemely oily, and full of pollutants and other unsanitary practices (see gutter-oil). You are trippin... Oh and their doctor per citizen is much less and they are extremely underpaid....hence why there aren't enough - because they don't get paid well. You can't take a total number when they have the 2nd largest population. Their health outcomes are much worse as their healthcare system is vastly underfunded.. I go to a Chinese hospital once a month and it's an absolute mad-house....and this is one of the most well funded hospitals in a first tier city. The doctors see patients like a person driving through a mcdonald's because there aren't enough doctors per person. You're lying, dude
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  1756.  @capricorn839  I mean, we don't know that yet, but could be. She's almost certainly at least government connected... as most organized crime and wealthy individuals are in China
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  1757. The Taiwan Straight is international waters, you dummy. This is internationally recognized under freedom of navigation
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  1758.  @WanWanOfficialX  What a dumb example. You really think Taiwan is comparable to Texas? Please, tell me when the CCP governed Taiwan. Please, tell me that Taiwanese share the same values with the CCP like like Texas does with the rest of the country. Please, tell me more about how people from Texas have separate passports, currency and a completely different government from the rest of the US - the way Taiwan does to China. Tell me how the US wants to take away Texas freedom of speech, freedom to the use the internet, freedom to criticize anybody they want, etc etc etc They don't want a Chinese dictator to rule their lives and control everything they do. They don't worship Xi, and never will
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  1759. Tough part is that Amazon in the US refuses to allow people to see where their stuff is sources from and they lobby hard to prevent them from being forced to. They do it in the EU, but not in US
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  1760. Typical ungrateful American. US has had the best growth and lowest inflation out of all the develop nations... yet Americans still can only be resentful and ungrateful. Rich country problems
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  1761.  @alikalexander4656  Axios has a great article on revisions, if you care to know. They literally happen after every job report ever and there is a good reason why...nothing embarrassing about it. You can even just google it
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  1762. You watch way too much Tucker...
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  1763. I'm not happy that his daughter died nor do I wish upon anybody. However, it is ironic that he now feels the same pain that his ideology has brought on so many Ukrainians
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  1764.  @WokOverEasy  I actually thought this was the plan. They just got emergency approval for their MRNA vaccine in Indonesia... I thought they'd trial it there and then bring it home. I can't understand why spend all that time and money developing it... to not use it?
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  1765. ​ @CodeMeat  I think their screaming for freedom was justified. The government waited far too long to re-open and even when they did? They did it in the worst way possible. If this was the plan, they shouldn't opened a long time ago. If they insisted on waiting this long? At least give people 3-6 months to prepare and get their booster shot. Make no mistake, this is not the fault of the protesters. This is the mistake of the Emperor Xi
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  1766.  @CodeMeat  Okay you typed way too much. All I'm gonna say is that the majority of the "Lockdown" people are brainwashed by the government propaganda. It was never sustainable and it caused much economic pain, to only be flushed down the toilet. The government fooled you and many many millions of other Chinese. Stop believing the lies the CCP is brainwashing you with and realize they are only using you as a tool for their own power. The people are only puppets for Xi and the CCP, they do not actually care about the people.
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  1767.  @RossMoore777  Well yeah, I agree with you 100% and have always said the same thing. I'm talking about in the context of them not willing to give up their nationalism and pride. They literally already had their own MRNA vaccines pass trials and develop (finally)....and still did not wait
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  1768.  @Blindswordsman1994  Could not have said it better myself.
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  1769. Lol so tell me who you vote for in this "democracy" ?
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  1770.  @gliu1431  Oh stop it.. just type it again. There is no conspiracy against you. This isn't China, you can type what you want as long as it doesn't violate googles terms of service.
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  1771.  @gliu1431  Snowden leaked confidential government information - this is illegal. Assange, like snowden, leaked a ton of confidential info. Do not compare this to China, where you cannot even fully express yourself on social medial or wechat. You can even get in trouble for expressing yourself on foreign social media if you out of the country. Stop it
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  1772. This is not new or a secret. The machines need heaps of constant tweaks and updates through software. Not only that - the repairs and machine pieces need to come from ASML, so those machines don't work without their approval. This is just news media trying to get clicks from those who don't know this
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  1773.  @robertwang7825  Yeah so why are you mentioning double digit growth lol.. that was 15 years ago. So many of those are examples of vulnerabilities in a trade war. Most of those industries, while also having a domestic market, heavily rely on exporting.
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  1774.  @eddiecheang1513  When you say "We" you mean "China". Philippines, Korea, Japan, Australia, India disagree and want the help of the "Yankees". It's only the CCP who doesn't want them there because they want to bully smaller countries, take their territory, and have nobody get in their way. And the funniest thing is "nobody is going to interfere or disrupt" in a video showing exactly that.
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  1775.  @jasonjean2901  Lol oh little Jason. Notice how the economy is growing at 5% but wages are either flat and going down? How about corporate profits? Yes also flat or going down. I wonder how that can be... Self sufficient? LMAO...China is more reliant on external demand than ever. Please put down Xinhua for a minute, sir
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  1776.  @jasonjean2901  Lol oh little Jason. Notice how the economy is growing at 5% but wages are either flat and going down? How about corporate profits? Yes also flat or going down, with youth unemployment quite high as well. I wonder how that can be in an economy growing at 5%? Self sufficient? LMAO...China is more reliant on external demand than ever. With domestic demand so low, the need to rely on exports and hoovering up demand from the rest of the world has never been greater...hence the worry about "de-risking" and tariffs from places like the EU, US, and other countries. Please put down Xinhua for a minute, sir
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  1777.  @jasonjean2901  Lol oh little Jason. Notice how the economy is growing at 5% but wages are either flat and going down? How about corporate profits? Yes also flat or going down, with youth unemployment quite high as well. I wonder how that can be in an economy growing at 5%? Self sufficient? LMAO...China is more reliant on external demand than ever. With domestic demand so low, the need to rely on exports and hoovering up demand from the rest of the world has never been greater...hence the worry about "de-risking" and tariffs from places like the EU, US, and other countries. Please put down Xinhua for a minute, sir
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  1778.  @jasonjean2901  Lol oh little Jason. Notice how the economy is growing at 5% but wages are either flat and going down? How about corporate profits? Yes also flat or going down, with youth unemployment quite high as well. I wonder how that can be in an economy growing at 5%? Self sufficient? LMAO...China is more reliant on external demand than ever. With domestic demand so low, the need to rely on exports and hoovering up demand from the rest of the world has never been greater...hence the worry about "de-risking" and tariffs from places like the EU, US, and other countries. Please put down Xinhua for a minute, sir
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  1779.  @jasonjean2901  Lol oh little Jason. Notice how the economy is growing at 5% but wages are either flat and going down? How about corporate profits? Yes also flat or going down, with youth unemployment quite high as well. I wonder how that can be in an economy growing at 5%? Self sufficient? LMAO...China is more reliant on external demand than ever. With domestic demand so low, the need to rely on exports and hoovering up demand from the rest of the world has never been greater...hence the worry about "de-risking" and tariffs from places like the EU, US, and other countries. Please put down Xinhua for a minute, sir
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  1780.  @jasonjean2901  Lol oh little Jason. Notice how the economy is growing at 5% but wages are either flat and going down? How about corporate profits? Yes also flat or going down, with youth unemployment quite high as well. I wonder how that can be in an economy growing at 5%? Self sufficient? LMAO...China is more reliant on external demand than ever. With domestic demand so low, the need to rely on exports and hoovering up demand from the rest of the world has never been greater...hence the worry about "de-risking" and tariffs from places like the EU, US, and other countries. Please put down Xinhua for a minute, sir
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  1781.  @jasonjean2901  Lol oh little Jason. Notice how the economy is growing at 5% but wages are either flat and going down? How about corporate profits? Yes also flat or going down, with youth unemployment quite high as well. I wonder how that can be in an economy growing at 5%? Self sufficient? LMAO...China is more reliant on external demand than ever. With domestic demand so low, the need to rely on exports and hoovering up demand from the rest of the world has never been greater...hence the worry about "de-risking" and tariffs from places like the EU, US, and other countries. Please put down Xinhua for a minute, sir
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  1782. Comparing the US to this situation is simply retarded. It's beyond apples and oranges
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  1783. She's gonna blame her legal team, and ofcourse - Johnny.... never herself
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  1784.  @Burtifly  China has been "de-risking" before any threat of a trade war.
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  1785. Incase you didn't know - China's navy literally can't sale across the pacific ocean. Their ships only have a max range of 1609km if they sailed in a straight line
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  1786. All of that growth was debt fueled by the government and on the supply side. Without - China's economy likely would have been flat or even contracted. Very little of the debt that was spent went to households and thus demand remaining low. It's inorganic growth vs organic growth (actual economic growth from normal business activities and investment)
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  1787. officially 18.5 million are "allowed to go out". Unofficially - the communist committees of each neighborhood are not allowing their residents to go out because they will be held liable if somebody comes up positive. So basically it's just a head-fake... they know by implementing those rules that people will not be a let out by their community leaders, but they still can say "oh they're allowed out"
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  1788. Lmao go buy some then
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  1789. Lmao go buy some then. I dare you
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  1790.  @HoldMyCowsberg  Lol you guys are all the same, buying into the Chinese propaganda of "American Masters". Yeah sure, China has so many problems with so many countries because of "America"... it couldn't possibly be because of it's own actions, right? Oh and nobody said America was a saint, and America itself doesn't claim to be a saint...unlike China who thinks its flawless.
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  1791.  @happymelon7129  China is the one empire building. Thats exactly the point of what they're doing in the SC Sea and taking other peoples territory
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  1792.  @timawa22 50% of Asian economy rely's on China's investments? That's nowhere close to accurate and complete nonsense
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  1793. Ok so this report is not giving the full picture: The Russians may be making some money off of higher oil prices, however.. 1. They are selling their oil at about a 30$ discount to global prices.. so they aren't making as much per barrel as the high oil prices globally 2. Their overall volume of barrels sold is still down. Russia is also highly inflating their official numbers to appear they aren't hurting so badly 3. Once the global oil economy restructures, global oil prices will fall sharply. This effect will be felt within a year and will be fully in effect within 2 years. In addition, at this point the Russian economy will be selling zero oil to Europe and the West. Russia has doomed itself as an economy and energy super power
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  1794.  @romanyarkov8426  I'm not sure if you're aware - but the US and other countries were already aware of this possibility and already secured alternatives. Why else do you think that China and/or Russia hasn't already done this? Because it wouldn't work
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  1795. Tbh most average investors arent afraid.... its all of the big fund and asset managers that come on here and just want easy money and prices to shoot up from low rates. The economy is doing fine and their optimism is more emotional and from a place of self-interest than grounded in reality.
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  1796.  @Kevin-fq3zh  blobby blah blah!
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  1797. "It's not like Americans don't know what Trump did" - sadly, a lot of Americans have had history re-written over the last 4 years by media telling them that 1. Jan 6 was not his fault, 2. It was Antifa/FBI that started or participated in the insurrection, 3. That it wasn't an insurrection, etc etc...
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  1798. When he says inflation has come down... he's talking about the rate. What you're talking about would be "deflation", which is not going to happen and is not the goal.
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  1799.  @jye7027  The "BS CULTURE" is what led to all the inventions that China enjoys. The internet, the cell phone, the engine, high speed rail, high quality steel, etc etc etc.... were made by foreigners. Most of them being US, some of them being Japan and other nations. The same countries they demonize, they needed to build their country
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  1800. If you notice, its always these "strategists" who represent large funds that want people to pour more money in. Their "optimism" comes from a place of self-interest rather than objective analysis
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  1801. When you lie more, you get fact checked more. Funny how that works
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  1802. People haven't interviewed Putin because dictators are very picky about who they let interview them and ensure it's somebody who is supportive of them and will paint them in a good light... aka Tucker
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  1803. Lol "hanging out" haha
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  1804. They could stop the trade of fentanyl precursors with the snap of a finger. It's a form of societal warfare to not only allow the sell of those precursors but to subsidize them and make them cheaper...knowing what they are doing to their rival.
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  1805.  @thomaszhang3101  Lol and where is all that quantum incryption? Newsflash: China hasn't invented anything since paper
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  1806.  @eunidapieters9331  Well the US outsourced a lot of low-level manufacturing...because it was expensive to do it at home. However, a lot of people agree that it was mistake to do it so much. I have also seen counter-arguments to it being necessary as part of switching to an advanced service/consumer based economy and to having your currency as the global currency. Not sure which answer is more correct
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  1807. Trump: "Your reserve currency is so secure." Also Trump: "The reserve currency is under threat" Which one is it?
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  1808. Lol yeah EU should just accept China's values of breaking trade rules and running massive subsidies that hallow out their manufacturing. WuMao nonsense...
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  1809. She got nervous when Camille said perjury, and frantically wanted her to repeat the question. She got scared that Camille had just caught her in a lie that could perjure herself
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  1810. Anyone think the "anonymous" person who held the wallets and got hacked is actually the Taits? He even kind of talks like them... "I've spoken the truth, your opinion is your opinion." Sounds like Andrew lol. If so, he got a check from the ppl who made the coin and also jacked the money of all the ppl who had wallets
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  1811. The idea is that there is One-China through Beijing & Taipei unifying by non-aggressive, non-coercive, and consensual means. That is the "One-China" policy that the west accepts... not "Taiwan belong to CCP! Bow to us! " that Beijing thinks is right.
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  1812.  @MRT-co1sd  No it's just the attitude by looking at how the CCP behaves in regards to the One China Policy
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  1813. Well its just copper... its literally in everything
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  1814.  @jamesconroy7030  Yes. Don't come on youtube being the "Well actually..." nerd with glasses. I mean the word "literally" in a literal sense, but when I say "everything" - that word I'm using figuratively for "most". Attack the substance of what I'm saying - copy is in most of the things around you in your house... you can't ban people who buy a metal
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  1815.  @jamesconroy7030  yes obviously I meant copper. Yes ofcourse its valuable bc its rare.. they aren't climbing up phone lines for nothing.
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  1816.  @cheeho9698  I think China seeks to dominate others and become the new #1 hegemony not only in Asia but the world. The actions clearly show that
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  1817.  @silentwatcher1455  So, you realize that China has more than double the US debt to GDP and is at a much lower development level... + a shrinking population, right? You literally made a strong case as to why China will never be the biggest economy.
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  1818.  @orbitalpotato9940  So I disagree. What you do is tell your population "We are going to start relaxing zero covid in 3 months。 Get vaccinated now" to create urgency You then start preparing medical supplies, ICU beds, doctors, etc. You start educating the public on how to the reduce risks, etc. You then slightly start to relax curbs over time to give the hospital system a chance to get up to speed. All of these things would have saved many lives and hurt the economy much less.
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  1819.  @johnlammergeier2890  Calm yourself.. they have 1.4 (by their estimates) and there is evidence it's actually 1.28. Anyways... They could have a hospital system that could handle their population - if they wanted. Instead, they'd rather spend money on shiny buildings and fancy space shuttles. Listen, I've been to many public Chinese hospitals and they are underfunded. It is 100% the Chinese governments choice to not spend money on them and to spend it elsewhere.
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  1820.  @fleyua7176  first all - you have no idea how many China has dead because they aren't recording. 2nd of all - we have seen estimation of at least 1 million dying. Some estimates are much higher... and there are tons of videos showing that funeral homes are overrun and crematoriums are running day and night. It is absolutely impossible that China isn't going to have massive deaths. With their lack of natural immunity and quality vaccines, + inadequate healthcare and maxed out hospital capacity.. no way to avoid it. Nice try though
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  1821.  @davidfognini8526  Lol thats not what I hear from my Chinese friends
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  1822.  @李荣-n7s  Lol that doesn't make any sense. So If they say Xi is great - don't believe their words? Ohh you mean only if they say something negative. Get out... And to be clear, they can't stand the government and the leader...they just can't speak out. Many of them have left or will be leaving soon.
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  1823. They might, one day
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  1824.  @-jovoc  The evidence is there. It'll be hard for even you to deny in the next 5 years... or maybe not, you'll just blame the country's problems on the West
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  1825. I forget where it was, but it was leaked years ago or the Chinese readout was simply found on the Chinese internet that one of the goals of "dual circulation" and "self-reliance" was to increase the dependency of the world on China and decrease China's dependency on the world. This is why they rail against de-risking while simultaneously de-risking themselves. It punches a hole in half of their plan
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  1826. I can't believe the amount of Elon fanboys here who think this comment was a good thing. Twitter will go bankrupt because of his bad decisions.
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  1827. Yeah and they do it with good reason... China lies and spies. They would never everrrrr allow this in their backyard...so now we are supposed to? Not to mention they literally blame us for everything.... they even blame us for Covid. Get outta here
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  1828.  @cyclopse6210  Lol uhh but most countries don't spy or lie to the extent China does? China literally blames the US and West in general for all of it's problems.. for the past 10-20 years (especially the last 10). Literally China is many times worse in everything you said, and initiated it a long time ago. Chinese news (propaganda)/social media is proof of this
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  1829.  @NekoShogun34  fairy tales. Some companies may benefit from tariff barriers but the overall drop in income is a net negative for Americans. The problem is not the lack of tariffs - the problem is the strength of the dollar. Yes, a currency being too strong can be a bad thing. If we can actually reduce the strength of the dollar - our exports become more competitive. Tariffs are simply a transfer of household wealth to the government. Its a tax that makes us poorer.
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  1830.  @russcontact  Hmm I'm confused if you mis-replied to me. I'm not arguing in favor of tariffs. This might be towards somebody else
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  1831.  @Cotswolds1913  It is but I'm talking about the net effect. Although some demand will shift to US domestic producers and thus create new jobs, however, the people paying for those goods will be doing so at a much higher price. Its all documented that the net effect is overall lower household disposable income due to paying higher prices for goods. There is also the issue of higher prices causing the feds to raise interest rates.. which would also hurt growth. The issue is the strength of the dollar... its actually too strong, and this creates our trade deficit. There are plenty of ways to lower it without hurting households too much. I wish Trump would explore those more instead of using tariffs
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  1832.  @Cotswolds1913  First of all - type less, its not that serious. US having high interest rates is a problem China wishes it has. Its from growth being too strong, while China is stuck in a deflation spiral from growth being too low. Btw, newsflash - China's debt to GDP is far worse than that of the US. But you wouldn't know that, would you. China's growth model is failing, just as Japan's did - because they followed the exact same growth model and learned nothing from Japan's fate. You tell me, who put those people in poverty that CCP "lifted up"?
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  1833.  @Cotswolds1913  You're absolutely wrong. Anybody who knows anything knows that China hides a lot of its debt in its local governments while keeping its central government balance sheet relatively clean. China is the most imbalanced economy in history, before that it was Japan. Their investment led growth model is coming to an end and guys like you will keep bending over backwards to defend them. Good thing for me is - time will prove me right. All I have to do is wait
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  1834.  @Cotswolds1913  So, who put all those people in poverty that the CCP lifted up?
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  1835. Hmm only one is complaining about others de-risking....that tells you who needs who more
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  1836.  @GH-sb8ll  Well they didn't send Biden lol, or even their #2 in charge. And he met with Xi, their #1 guy. So you're splitting hairs here in using that as example to prove your point. China is the one begging people not to diversify away from them. The ones who have the luxury of being able to diversify of those that have the power. Keep in mind that it's China that relies more on the US for income and technology, not the other way around.
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  1837.  @boundless1494  Yeah and thats their choice and right to de-risk if they feel it's necessary. Just like China has been doing for years and calling it their "Self-Reliance" strategy
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  1838.  @lgroots8691  Whether you think he's wrong or not - it takes a lot to admit that publicly, and we need more of that in the world. Not chastising people for it
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  1839. Alright so the US is only hurting itself and China will succeed nomatter what, rigth? So then China has no reason to be angry and should be happy about this. Case closed right
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  1840. Unfortunately corporations aren't going to bring their prices down if they don't need to. The only thing that would force them to do so is increased competition or consumers not buying their products. Hard to do in industries that are dominated by a few and sell items that are necessities or almost a necessity
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  1841. I actually think she should take O'Reilly's advice and be the one to propose it to Trump....because you know he won't sign it and it'll make him look bad
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  1842. Oh yes, here we go again with the conspiracies. Let me remind you Powel is a Trump appointee, and while in your brain everything is political - there are still people in this world who are not and actually just do their job. You don't wait until the economy is bad to cut rates, you do so before as there is a lag. There is evidence that unemployment was rising at an alarming rate so you get ahead of it. One good jobs report (that is likely to be revised down a bit) does not change that trajectory... especially when the next one is likely to not be as good bc of the hurricane and boeing strike
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  1843.  @hangender  You guys have just discovered that job numbers get revised for literally every single report in history, and now are jumping on it to try and fit your political needs, smh. They also got revised everytime when Trump was in office, just the same, smart guy. I bet you can't even tell me the mechanics behind it
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  1844.  @VL-inquisitor  No, it's only China that said they don't recognize it...and that's because it didn't go their way. If it did? They'd be touting it's legitimacy. I'm sorry, but you don't get to claim and entire sea just because you allegedly found some "ancient map" or whatever...that's not how the modern world works
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  1845.  @id10t98  Yes this is true
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  1846.  @rickwalden7022  It was just tax cuts... not really business.
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  1847. Definitely not a 1st world country...
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  1848. @exhindu Yeah and their economy is shit
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  1849.  @harrysmith8338  Oh so you have read my comment on this and posted the exact same nonsensical comment. It's absolutely not bullshit and I'm not the only one to have seen this, nor has it been the only time I've seen this. The incident I speak of was in the Putuo district in Shanghai and was very close to the city center. It's a very common occurrence and and Winston literally has video footage of numerous occasions of this in this very video. You are bullshit
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  1850. Lol what did the US steal back the plans for it's own jets?
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  1851. The idea that Beijing believes to continue/win its economic and narrative struggle with the US, it must continue it's growth rates... reminds of me of the same thinking of the Zero Covid policy - clinging to an idea rather than being pragmatic. It's almost like hitting the gas 100% just to try to win a race - even it means you crash into a wall afterwards.
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  1852. This, is how you know the level of governance in China has collapsed... when they even start testing FISH for Covid... Tell me more about how fish have lungs...
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  1853.  geranienbaum  They have viable plans to do so and are already working on it. It's estimated to be completed within 2 years. I can't say each and every country but I know they plan to buy from the other top oil producing countries.
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  1854.  @alexanderanderson4082  Well every country needs/buys something from another country....and it will always be like this, for everybody. Nobody is 100% self sufficient.... so I'm not quite getting what you're saying. Germany and the rest of Europe will begin to produce and resource their energy from somebody other than Russia. It will take time to reroute all of those supply chains...and it will be painful, but it will pass with time. France is in the best position (they get most of their power from nuclear)...but all of this "doom and gloom" I'm seeing in the comments here is just ridiculous....Germany and the rest of Europe will be fine in 1-2 years. It will hurt, but they'll recover
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  1855.  @davidwoon6402  Nobody is going to repent for anything. Germany and Europe will go through a pain period for the next year, and then things will start to get better. 2 + years and they'll be fine.... who won't be fine will be Russia as it's economy and place as an energy super power has been permanently damaged
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  1856. She's an ayi for sure
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  1857. "So what changed?" bribes. China targets these small nations for a reason - they're easy to pay off and go against their peoples interest
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  1858.  Tangerine Cloudsky  Nah it doesn't. Taiwan belongs to Taiwan
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  1859.  Tangerine Cloudsky  Nah, it doesn't
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  1860.  Zack Smith  Lol okay guy
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  1861. @Kodek Your choice. I think most would not agree
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  1862. Well Mainland Chinese media is never objective so I guess it's a wash right...
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  1863. They already ban Tesla's in certain areas in China and on certain highways on certain days... they also ban a ton of people working in state run companies from using Iphones. Mind you state run companies employee a massive part of the population
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  1864.  @thearpox7873  I take a different approach - The West should have known better, but China is still wrong. I say this because they claim to be about free trade, fair market dynamics, and not protectionist... and time and time again they do the opposite. However, its the Wests fault for believing and trusting them
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  1865.  @thearpox7873  I think the The West should have known better and China is wrong. The West was too trusting and believing that China would both give and take in terms of trade and investment. If not immediately then one day. China is wrong because it perpetuated this and to this day still claims to be about fair trade, market dynamic, and anti-protectionist - which is clearly still not true.
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  1866. They would have done it in 2 seconds, with disregard for civilian life. Chinese citizens are just cattle to help them reach their goal
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  1867. Couldn't have said it better myself
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  1868.  Maxxxie Lorenzo  Oh there is gonna be way more than 1 million dead Chinese. By the way - people dying is no laughing matter, no matter where they happen to be born. You are a disgusting human being for that
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  1869. ​ Maxxxie Lorenzo  ​ Lets make something clear - I never ever wish for more human beings to die, nomatter the race, or where they happen to be born. However, on foreign and Chinese social media - I have seen many Chinese people who are happy about the deaths from tragedy in the US, India, Japan, etc.. So let me just say - I am not like those disgusting people. A Chinese life is equal to me as any other human life. These are my values. The Chinese Government wasted the last 3 years not building ICU beds, not stockpiling medicines, vaccinating the vulnerable with quality (western) vaccines, not educating the populous... only to "rip off the bandaid" and impose massive costs on every aspect of life. Extremely irresponsible and incompetent. They can no longer say "at least we didn't have mass deaths.". I love the Chinese people.. but China's government, is completely shit.
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  1870.  @JR-vc4gm  Actually original Covid was not delta... Delta was the first major variant. So do not tell me what I need to "realize". It started in South Africa many months after the first Covid outbreak in Wuhan China
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  1871.  Maxxxie Lorenzo  So, I stopped reading at your first comment after the first paragraph. If you somehow think China's choices are better than US or EU - I cannot agree with you. For the past 3 years, China sacrificed it's economy and livelihood of it's population for the sake of not having mass deaths - that is all out the window. They now have wasted the last 3 years + mass deaths. It's literally the worst of both worlds - and it didn't have to be. The world literally had effective vaccines for 2 years + all of the data of what was needed to reopen...and did nothing with it. This is what you get when you have over-concentration of power and bad governance. With this governance - China will never be the #1 super power economically or in terms of influence.
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  1872. There is always a massive amount of Wu Mao's on WION's youtube comments
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  1873. I'm actually a huge fan of Mohamed and think he's spot on here
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  1874. I feel like media companies are taking this too seriously and just using this to get clicks - OFCOOOOURSE these guys are going to visit China after their companies investing billions upon billions and not being able to visit in 3 years. Knock it off. It ain't news, and stop reading too much into it... newsrooms and readers alike..ain't no political message one way or the other in any of this.
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  1875. I think Bill Clinton was a pretty good Pres. Not perfect, but nobody is
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  1876.  @alantse7464  the US would have to be absolutely foolish to sell technology to China that they could then use militarily in a future conflict against them. No country is entitled to others technology and if they are a competitor or threat - you don't give them the tools to hurt you.
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  1877.  @MTSeeker-jc1xm  Do you realize that the hypersonic missiles was used with US semiconductor tech? It was one of the big reasons why US put export controls on. They were not going to allow their tech to be used in weapons that may be used against them.
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  1878.  @glorioustrap  You're talking nonsense about things you know nothing about. You are I both are not weapons experts on hypersonic missiles. I also never said it was the actual semi-conductor itself. From what I read, it was the technology used to make the semiconductor.
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  1879.  @MTSeeker-jc1xm  Alright so then China shouldn't be angry about the export controls right? If what you say is true, it doesn't affect them one bit and they should be fine with them. Also, China only rails against "US hegemony!!" because China wants to be the hegemonic power. Stop believing the fairytale Beijing sales you that they are the good guy fighting the big bad US. They want the position the US is in, they want to be the new hegemonic power. Lastly - In case you didn't realize - the US is not "white". It's has many ethnicities
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  1880. If they think if Kamala ain't gonna slap tariffs on those EV's, even if they're made in Mexico... they are mistaken. Both parties are quite hawkish on China
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  1881. well compared to where they were... sad to say that is considered "spooked" now
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  1882. Umm well yeah, he is the President. Thats how democracy works
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  1883. I see tons of fake propaganda about Chinese schools on instagram. Then there are always the bot comments "Meanwhile US is trying to figure out what gender the kids are". Always something negative about the US as the top comments
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  1884. Then China won't be angry at all about this then, right?
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  1885.  @aboard04  China has been at war with the US for far longer than vice versa. US just finally woke up and caught up
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  1886. Gotta love these Chinese bots and Wu Mao (paid internet trolls by the ccp). How bout you get off our media, since it's actually illegal in China for you to be here
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  1887. This is all vague and in generalities....a "nothing burger"...and It looks to intentionally avoid Russia leaving Ukraine.... Ultimately, if Ukraine doesn't agree - China thinks it will look like somebody who "tried" and that it will become easier (in their mind) paint Ukraine as the one responsible. I think their propaganda department is miscalculating...
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  1888. ​ @kanding3369  Who invaded who? Russia invaded Ukraine. It is not NATO that Russia is fighting - it's an sovereign country they invaded. Any peace plan means the invaders need to leave. Any plan that does not explicitly state the invaders leave the lands of the invaded has zero chance of being accepted. Only one of us is the dumb dumb, and it ain't me.
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  1889. Thank you! He loves to talk crap on the US government and free speech - yet will not dare open his mouth and say the same about the much more oppressive Chinese regime. The hypocrisy is insane
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  1890. I live and work in China and I have a co-worker (another American guy) who gets into arguments with the management and basically does the same thing... argues with them in English and does so in a way that it puts them at a massive disadvantage. Intentionally using very high-brow or academic English for a sense of superiority and advantage in dialogue... I don't think Vance and Trump were doing it intentionally but its definitely not cool
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  1891. You just can't accept that the Chinese government is doing something bad...
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  1892. And best believe the numbers are worse than they say. They always fudge the numbers to look more positive than they are...
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  1893. Trump lost bad. Even Fox admitted it
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  1894. Trump literally answered zero questions. What are you talking about? Please go back and watch... he answered none
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  1895.  @GeorgePoulakis-kf8os  Lol I like how you only have one option, out of an entire debate. And no he did not, I have the transcript right in front of me. The question was: "Do you believe Americans can afford higher prices because of tariffs?" and he totally went around and then talked about how Biden didn't get rid of his tariffs. He completely dodged the question
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  1896.  @GeorgePoulakis-kf8os  I'm not sure what you mean about Roe vs Wade. Trump said that China would pay the tariffs and then rambled on about how Biden kept his tariffs. About tariffs - not only did Trump not say that, but nobody said that, and if you think that - you don't understand how a tariff works. It does not cause other country's prices to rise.. that makes zero sense
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  1897. Wisconsin is arguably the most important state in the election? I thought it would be PA or even Michigan
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  1898. Says the country with the most restrictive airspace besides N. Korea. You can't even fly drones in many places in China... not to mention needing foreigners to register themselves anytime they move homes, and surveilling everybody through cameras and wechat. China would have gone absolutely crazy and shot the balloon down in 2 seconds, even if there was a very small chance of it hurting civillians.
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  1899. This would suggest China is planning for a conflict with Taiwan
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  1900. Imagine if Biden or a Dem was putting on all these tariffs? They'd lose their minds
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  1901.  @mythbusterthe6749  Why are people who support China obsessed with the US? You guys always have to bring them up and try to compare. 1. China has 4x the population, so the fact that its not 4x the market says something. 2. There is more to consumption than simply the "car market" You're a clown
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  1902. "It's not over forever but it's over for a while" I think it's over forever
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  1903. Because we can't realistically have all of it move here. Its not that simple, not that black and white. Some of it is going to have to be overseas, and at least it moving to a friendlier country is a lot better than it being 100 miles off the coast of China or even in China.
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  1904.  @nickschwear1610  I'm not talking about the economy, I'm talking about his concept of how currencies and tariffs work. There is actually a good argument for weakening the US dollar as it being the reserve currency is double edged sword with massive benefits and costs. Tariffs would definitely do that but its also a massive double edged sword with its own benefits/costs. My point is - the way he is explaining it is not at all how it would play out in real life
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  1905.  @qqqqqqqqqqqqqqfaf  I'm saying that what Trump is proposing as punishment would actually reinforce and strengthen others to follow...not prevent them. Tariffs would weaken the dollar, and a weakened dollar would help others move away from it. What he proposes would actually accelerate the process
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  1906. Right... they just don't want to scare people. It's always like that..
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  1907. Its funny because I live in China and this would not even turn a head. There are water ways all around the city I live and they are full of garbage... no doubt all the boats use it as their dumpster bin and just dump everything over. No concept of taking care of the environment
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  1908. It is... considering: China's level of development, their weak growth last year because of zero covid, and that the 5.5 growth is largely government investment that focuses on increasing supply (not demand), instead of organic consumption and private business investment. So yes, it is
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  1909.  @awesome8975  The west is still growing, smart guy...and doing so with better debt/GDP ratios. For China's level of development - they should have higher organic growth (consumption and private business investment). Their number is largely inorganic, government mandated growth. They use debt to build unproductive assets which actually put them deeper in the hole and hurt them in the longterm.
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  1910. No, you're a clown show. Not every missile uses the same kind of fuel, and I doubt you're an expert enough to know each and every kind of missile that China uses and what kind of fuel it has. Clown
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  1911.  @sinic1978  Lol where is Bangalore? 其实我住在中国
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  1912.  @sinic1978  No other accounts and not google translate. I don't know what else to tell you
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  1913.  @sinic1978  Lol don't mistake boredom for diligence. Also, you respond quickly to mine too haha
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  1914. 1. People asking why this is happening is because the news about whats actually happening in the economy is being hid 2. It's wild how the government is asking financial institutions not to be net sellers of equities, again, to hide what's going on. This cannot be a good sign
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  1915. China is the biggest modern colonial power
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  1916. China is the modern colonial power. Also, Africa was never mentioned in the video. Stop it, WuMao
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  1917.  @TD1237  China is exploiting them for their resources and UN votes. Bribing their officials for favorable trade deals
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  1918.  @haniahannslew4108  No U
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  1919.  @lagrangewei  Oh I sure do, and I think its hypocritical because China itself is also a colonial power. They colonized tibet, Xinjiang and now they're taking territory from smaller countries like the Philippines. They are 100% a colonial power both historically and in modern times
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  1920. Don't steal classified documents and you won't have any problems. What an idiot... The law applies to everybody
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  1921.  @mikehampton6493  What blows my mind is how people fail to see if it were Biden, Hillary, Hunter, or Obama that the FBI searched - they would be jumping for Joy. Somehow, that would be a great thing, but if it happens to Trump - "ohhh noo! It's political!!" They loved the FBI when Comey announced there was an investigation into Hillary Clinton days before the election, weren't they? Somehow, that was not political, but this is
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  1922.  @mikehampton6493  Preach!
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  1923. stop it....nonsense conspiracy theorist... or possibly Chinese nationalist or WuMao
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  1924. Elon loves to criticize US gov for freedom of speech and everything else, but he won't say a peep about China, which has no freedom of speech and put roadblock after roadblock for his business in China. Simply put - he knows who his masters are
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  1925.  @KaiserHooray  They recognize it on paper, but functionally its clear by their actions in regards to Taiwan, they don't recognize it in practice. It's simply a game of politics to keep China calm and avoid another major geopolitical crisis
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  1926.  @freddybell8328  He cares about his money first and foremost. He knows he can talk shit to the US and it makes him more popular, he knows if he talks shit to China they will ruin his business. Simple as that
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  1927. Hmmm actually the opposite, in regards to the dollar. The dollar is quite strong, some argue too strong... a weaker dollar would actually lower imports, boost exports, and reduce the trade deficit.
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  1928. Hmmm actually the opposite, in regards to the dollar. The dollar is quite strong, some argue too strong... a weaker dollar would actually lower imports, boost exports, and reduce the trade deficit.
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  1929.  @RemoG0915  I think it was the deal going under
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  1930. Maybe China's actions in Britain are what is influencing them the most.
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  1931.  ndukasmith  Likely a paid WuMao or bot account. Expect to see them on every video about this topic, deflecting blame on India, the US, etc...Pretending to be citizens of said-country to make their opinions more credible. They do it in droves after news like this comes out.
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  1932. What a great way to take somebody out of context. He's talking about baseless conspiracy theories about Clinton body counts and Hillary birthing Alien babies. Lets be honest, Pakman is probably much much more informed about political issues than you or I, so stop it....
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  1933. Lol you posted the EXACT same comment on a WION video about Yellen and China. You WuMao bots are pathetic...
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  1934. Not to mention the quality is much less
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  1935. Johnny's fault in this is not divorcing this woman after she cut off part of his finger. C'mon man... if there was ever a sign - that was it. Now you got all of these problems. Should've filed and came public with all of this madness.
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  1936. He just doesn't want Russia to invade and destroy others. How on earth did you equate that to wanting Russia to be destroyed? The insanity
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  1937. PREACH!
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  1938. The data she's using is from the official data from the Chinese government. When will the rest of the world wake up and stop taking their data as accurate? Ofcooooourse they are gonna say it's not a big deal, and understate the amount for which the mortgages affect the banks
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  1939. It's just wild to me how they disrespectfully gloated, when they were the ones that gave the virus to the world. You can find tonnnns of tweets from state media too that was constantly making fun of other countries for not being able to contain the virus. It's just such disgusting and inhumane attitude from any government to have about other humans
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  1940. This is why forecasts and projections are uselss... because they can change on a dime, as if they never existed - and still be wrong in the end
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  1941.  @alanccvoo  But my name isn't Kamala lol
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  1942.  @ruthreuter9813  The country is literally not on fire. The government is also not a company
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  1943. Lol the bots and WuMao's (like weinam chia) are gonna roast you for this comment.... but you are 100% spot on. and lol @ that person's comment....anybody who knows anything knows the USD ain't goin nowhere anytime soon
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  1944. Yep. Xi seems to be extremely conservative-minded, and does not want or think China needs structural reform.
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  1945.  @Plainsburner  Damn... I agree. I don't think it'll be nearly as bad as the starvation caused by Mao. But there will be a lot of economic pain, and they'll probably just blame it on the west...namely the US
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  1946.  @RobespierreThePoof  It's easy to talk, but I'm not seeing a ton of action. It's my feeling that they are somewhat aligned with the US on these big issues, but not completely, and again - not much action. I think China is just too big of a partner right now and without a collectively strong economic position, I just don't think they can afford to really put their feelings into action. Anyways, just my opinion. We'll see how this all pla
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  1947. China sure is successful at divide and conquer within the EU, with Macron sucking up to the CCP. This German representative speaks up now but their leader was just over there cozying up to Beijing not too long ago. All of this appears as weakness to Beijing. They want to de-unionize the European Union... and are largely succeeding.
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  1948.  @garyleewhite  Well its literally the only way, since he is against supporting Ukraine, says he'll end it in 24 hours, won't say he wants Ukraine to win, and speaks highly of Putin. Tell me another way that happens, given those statements
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  1949. Xi is bad for business...hardcore
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  1950. Very true
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  1951. Yeah then why do they need US technology so much to be relevant....China would be nothing today without US technology and the Freedom Of Navigation Act that was pioneered and enforced by the US, that allowed globalization and thus China to become what it is. They bite the hand that fed/feeds them...
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  1952.  @NUI_BAWK_2_Ang  Wait, so... their race being Asian means something to you? I'm not sure if you're aware, but US is not a race. Literally anybody can be American, and yes, even Asians.
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  1953.  @NUI_BAWK_2_Ang  Lol okay
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  1954. Oh I have done this, and ChatGPT tells me the exact opposite of what it tells you. You are a bot/Wumao/nationalist
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  1955. Lol such a lie... it was all over the place in the mainland and all over the Chinese State-funded shills on youtube. Why lie?
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  1956. Lol lies. China is making enemies with every developed nation. What is your excuse for their poor relations with India, Japan, and Korea?
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  1957.  @benyomovod6904  Its not even comparable. The Appalachians is not half the US population, as is the rural population
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  1958. I thought Destiny had good points
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  1959.  @KP-by4eu  I'm confused at what you mean. I have money chillin in my account right now
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  1960. Ofcourse the top comments are WuMao disguising themselves and trying to deflect and redirect from China's woes.... Every video lately that is negative about China has them in the last few months.
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  1961. If you think for one second that the Chinese government would not to do this to track people of interest (dissidents, Uighers, journalists, family of government employees) than you are completely fooling yourself. Not only track, but watch their keylogs to see what they are typing to others and their passwords. There are no rules for the CCP when it comes to achieving their goals, and their strict restrictions on outside world's access to their system is a projection of their own intentions to other countries.
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  1962. lmao!
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  1963. He is a dictator
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  1964.  @iloveHXC4ever  China rails against US hegemony because they want to be the hegemonic power. China now has military bases and is in the process of building more. They simply complain because the US has the position that they want. You don't think they'd love to have military bases all over the world? Absolutely. The main issue is they don't have the alliances that the US has
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  1965.  @iloveHXC4ever  I don't think I was trying to glamorize anything? Yes I know its about competition... I'm not arguing anything differently lol
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  1966.  @iloveHXC4ever Maybe you need to look up the definition of a dictator. If you think that a democratically elected president of the US is the same as Xi - you cannot tell two unlike things apart
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  1967.  @iloveHXC4ever  Nobody ever ever said Democracy was perfect. That is you reading nonsense Chinese propaganda and projecting it outward. If you talk to people in democratic countries, almost all of them will tell you about the flaws of democracy and the problems it has. We openly express our opinions and are critical of our system because we want it to improve. Can you do the same? Look up what a dictator is. You need to educate yourself on that definition. You're a clueless nationalist who consumers way too much Chinese state media
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  1968. Goodluck avoiding the swift system lol
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  1969.  @happymelon7129  Lol I saw you post this exact comment on another CNA video about BRICS. You are so sad man...
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  1970.  YoDaddi  That would have been a great insult in the 5th grade.
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  1971. ​ @Fizzing-Amperage  I've heard it myself from people, I've read it in Xinhua, global times, etc... it's all over the propaganda. So don't tell me its all in my imagination. Also your line "we look dim witty to you" is also a message constantly said in the propaganda. This narrative that the US/West has looked down on China and Chinese people, and now China is strong. The US never looked down on China - Chinese people have been respected in the US because of their dedication to education, strong work ethic, and financial prowess. All of that nonsense is a brainwashing tool used by the government to seed resentment to the west - and it works.
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  1972. This guy talks about "reverting back to the mean" as an argument for rates coming down, my question is - how far are you looking back? Because if you go back past 16 years - rates were historically and insanely low. Rates going back up like this may be them finally "reverting back to the mean" if you look back far enough.
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  1973. from 5.11 onward when talking about China's currency - I actually have no idea what they're talking about, and that is coming from an business/economics major. The point of the source that is referenced is very unclear, in my opinion
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  1974. lmaooo you call the US nontransparent when compared to China that literally makes up it's numbers for everything and puts people in jail for being transparent. Btw - How about every tech company, media, app, service, etc that China has banned not only of the US but from the world. Puh-lease...
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  1975.  Fortifier1021  Well I mean it's pretty well documented. Next you might ask me where I heard the earth was round. I also live in China and people here are very aware of it. Its no secret
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  1976.  @user-wb8mp9by9f  Lol that would've been a great joke in the 3rd grade.
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  1977.  @user-wb8mp9by9f  Lol ya see. Now you know I live here
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  1978.  @user-wb8mp9by9f  Nope! Not super young but not a boomer either
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  1979.  artin vartanian  I don't. I blame Putin the invader and Dugina the one who influenced him
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  1980. Bet you this dude is actually Chinese lol
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  1981. Love that you quoted Michael Pettis. Anybody curious about the real economics of China - I highly recommend you google him
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  1982.  @bogdar2019  Who "had" those civillians do it?
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  1983. Is this a shock? China would absolutely punish apple if they released shows that were critical of them and China is a massive market for them. This is how the CCP gets people/companies to self censor - you prove yourself as very willing to inflict economic punishments and this dissuades others from being critical of you. Economic coercion at its finest and it's "Go to #1" for these guys.
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  1984. With that statement, you show you have no understanding about how China operates. To say you draw a false equivalency is an understatement
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  1985. Cenk has zero knowledge of brand value. He tried to widen his net and inadvertently destroyed his brand....and now he's doing damage control with little success if not more damage.
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  1986.  @MRT-co1sd  Calm down. Nobody is gonna hurt you
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  1987.  @MRT-co1sd  No I don't think its a joke, I think its false
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  1988.  @MRT-co1sd  Again, with your silly conspiracies. Take off your tin foil hat and realize - reality is not that interesting. There isn't a secret societies pulling strings or with hidden information. Jews are just jews.. they don't have special information we don't have. This is not a movie or comic book, dude
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  1989.  @anthonydouglascontares3471  The country is doing better than ever. There always has been, and always will be people suffering. However you have believed the propaganda that we are doing so bad - we are not. Economy is at record highs, unemployment at 4%, wages are up, energy prices are down. Your statement is objectively false compared to our history
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  1990. Well its actually not. China is too big now to rely on export for further growth and the world already absorbs so much of Chinese exports there simply isn't enough demand for such a large economy to rely upon that further. Especially with global demand weakening - exports are going down, not up. The high exports also rely on a lot of subsidization of manufacturing industries, so its a double edged sword and quite costly. Lastly, you can't progress to an advanced economy if you still rely on investment and exports as a source of growth. It has to come from consumption, private business investment, and innovation
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  1991. It absolutely has global ambitions to restructure the entire global order with itself at the front. Everybody is awake to this now and it is not a secret anymore...thats where all of this controversy comes from. Nobody wants China to lead any global order, and this is the pushback for that concept
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  1992.  @dannnsss8034  The funny thing is - they always brag that they don't interfere in everyones issues... when it's clearly the opposite
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  1993.  @Elfangorlanzhou  ​ So why are so many other nations now doing it too? Btw, to Xi Jing Ping and the CCP literally everything is political. Even the last 3 years of Zero Covid was political, so stop it...
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  1994. Bloomberg can't talk China into a crash. China is crashing itself, and they are simply reporting peoples opinions and views on what is already happening
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  1995.  @TAL142  Lol the old "The US did blah blah blah a long time ago so it's ok for China to do blah blah blah" argument huh? please stop You people are so obsessed with the US when talking about China. Get better arguments and stop being so insecure
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  1996.  @TAL142  So why are you mentioning any country besides China to my comment in this video? You're insecurity is so great that all you can do is randomly talk bad about other countries when somebody says anything critical of China, even when it's completely off topic. I'm neither American nor European... so it's really just mind-boggling that you can be so start bringing up random countries to try to make yourself feel better about China
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  1997. I just think none of this makes any difference. Xi gonna Xi, nomatter what he agrees to or tells any world leader. If anything, its a way for him to buy more time before more export controls come on
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  1998. The people in Japan could choose another party if they wanted to. They simply don't...don't misunderstand what he is saying. Its similar to the State of California in the US where democrats dominate because people vote and willfully choose them over the other party, not because they have to. Google political parties in Japan, there are many...and the voters could vote any of them into power if they wish.
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  1999.  @lagrangewei  Read my response to the other person. Solving this conundrum in your head isn't hard
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  2000. Your opinion is not too informed then
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  2001. Then don't watch, baby. Boohoo
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  2002.  @waynegore5291  Yeah, like they do in China, right? Block any news that makes you look bad
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  2003. She got destroyed here. At this point, you need to just own up to it instead of trying to dance around the lie
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  2004. They had no choice because they were literally dependent on it. They have been weening off though and will soon be completely free. They did reduce it as much as possible and price cap it in the meantime... You should read more about this before asking these questions
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  2005.  @MightyPisces  Well obviously I disagree but I wanted to say yea they also delete my replies too! Whats up with that? I didn't know it happened to others as well
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  2006. Dropping inflation doesn't mean prices will come down. It means the rate at which they go up will slow. Prices are never coming down, people need to understand that and dropping the price is not the goal... it's slowing the rise to 2%
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  2007. To be fair - in China they teach British English in public schools and in Britt English they say "maths"
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  2008.  @timfuscaldo3024  Yup thx
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  2009.  @guile-md6mg  Yeah Trump left us in shamble, with your short-a** memory. Eggs up but wages have been up. Cry more
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  2010. Not if they bail them out... but then that leaves another problem of adding even more debt to already super cash strapped local governments in China. Less immediate probably but still a major problem
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  2011. Right China totally isn't bullying other nations around the South China Sea, or Australia with it's tariffs for calling for an investigation into the virus
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  2012. China seems to really misunderstand human psychology. One of the purposes of these drills was to wear down the Taiwanese and turn them against their President. The part where they got it wrong was assuming that they would blame her for the drills.... but it's the opposite. They blame China and so it pushes them further away
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  2013.  @PlaYer-sn5or US isn't going to recognize Taiwan as an independent country, and is most likely pressuring Taiwan to also not do so. US wants to avoid a war, as it would wreak havoc on the globe and there would be no winners. All of this military build up is actually to deter a war, not to start one. Anyways, I don't agree that its up to the US. I think Xi wants to be the one to unify Taiwan with China. Ideally this is without force, but eventually with force if need be. I believe the "with force" scenario is what China is preparing for.
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  2014.  @l0lzor123  Hmm Xi also told the PLA to be ready to invade Taiwan by 2027. Doesn't mean he'll do it in 2027, but that they should be ready by then. Yes I agree it will be something the US and allies will be aware of before it happens, similar to Ukraine.
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  2015.  @cpengching4717  This is true lol
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  2016.  @Mike-bo1oj  Who ever said or implied that?
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  2017.  @steve1750  I think you make it much more simple than it is. I doubt those countries could replace and supply China with all the massive amount of energy and commodities that it needs. If you think that Russia becoming a global pariah and vassal state of China is "succeeding" than be go ahead and believe that
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  2018.  @damionkeeling3103  I disagree that ship numbers are more important. It's more about technology and effectiveness. I'm gonna make a crude example but imagine 100 guys with swords vs 10 guys with assault rifles. The assault rifles would mow down those 100 swordsman without effort. That is an extreme example and not saying China has swords and US has assault rifles, just trying to make a point that technology/effectiveness > more important than numbers.
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  2019.  @frankinbm2176  Never said there wouldn't be pain for the dollar or the globe if China was hit with sanctions. This is why its in the best interest of all countries for there not to be a conflict and why its trying to be avoided at all costs. I disagree the hegemony of the dollar would collapse and likely the EU would be on board with sanctions - they have stated more than once that if push came to shove they'd side with the US.
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  2020.  @attilaharangozo1044  Thats not my take, but who knows for sure really.
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  2021.  @demokc3885  Yea then China is the PRC and Taiwan is the ROC
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  2022. Their "no lockdown" is already worse than a lockdown by most western standards. Closing every store, restaurant, public transit, office, etc... is a lockdown already. It's just not a draconian hardcore lockdown like Shanghai... yet
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  2023.  @hl3641  Shanghai is the largest contributor to the countries GDP. Not to mention 20% of the entire population is in some form of lockdown.
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  2024. Hmmm I'd say China has lost about half of wallstreet in the past 10 years. They relied too heavily on US corporations influencing government to their advantage. Not a bad bet to be honest... but when Trump arrived and changed the Republican (most business friendly) party + tarriffs, + Covid + lockdowns etc etc.... they lost a lot of corporate America. Don't believe me? Look at how many things in the US are built in China now compared to 10 years ago and it's a massive difference.
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  2025. China will never grow above 5% again. Organic growth will be 2-3% at best...anything over that will be debt-fueled, nonproductive asset-spending to boost GDP... ie more nonproductive infrastructure and real estate spending to boost GDP numbers short-term. Their growth model was not sustainable long-term. You can't cut corners to become an advanced economy and escape the middle income trap. And all of this does not even consider the decline in working age population...
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  2026. "Obamer" Lol
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  2027. Lol you have no idea what you're talking about
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  2028. The deal is still ongoing. Stop it...you're jumping to conclusions and being foolish
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  2029.  @AmericanDiscord  Well that doesn't make sense. Iran is not exactly in a good spot right now, and giving their population an economic boost from the sanctions relief would probably do a lot to quell them
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  2030. ​ @AmericanDiscord  ​ In case you hadn't noticed - Russia is in no position to give support to anybody. There is a reason Iran badly wants a deal - because becoming the N Korea of the middle east will be worse.
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  2031. Lol that opening vid kind of "punches a hole" in the theory that "No, the Philippines ship rammed us!"
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  2032. Chinese Bot account. The vast majority of US citizens supported this and even attacked Biden for not shooting it down immediately
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  2033. I love that US production punches a hole in their price fixing BS. They hate it, but the world shouldn't suffer at the hands of a global oil cartel
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  2034. It would literally be illegal for them to not provide that data to the Chinese government if asked. This is such a blatant lie and no company or individual in China has that ability. It's an absolute lie and you're a fool if you believe it
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  2035. Seriously... I see people jumping all over "rate cuts in September!" just because we got some ok data
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  2036. Trump left us with 18% unemployment and a lot of that stimulus was to fix what he broke. America is screwed because so many of their population have the memory of a fish
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  2037.  @Tyler-vw9bh  I mean we were as safe as with other President's, perhaps minus Bush. I don't see anything Trump did to change that. I compare him to Trump in the sense that they are both nationalistic/populous type right wing guys who seem to escape trouble at every turn
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  2038. Lol, at least US economy is booming. You guys are just so obsessed with talking about the US - you do it on every video. Sad
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  2039. Ultimately the problem is there are too many houses to people. This talk of a "recovery" in the housing market can only occur if people return to speculation, which isn't good, since there is there is a fundamental problem of over-supply. Unless the population of China somehow doubles (since that are some of the estimation of houses to people) or suddenly the extra houses disappear - then any recovery will be short-lived and the trajectory is down. I'm not sure why people want to pretend like this isn't a simple equation and tip toe around this
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  2040.  @butcheinsel8722  Who is "my" president?
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  2041. China has been feeding negative news about the US for over a decade now.. basically when Xi came into power. It's just that the US was not aware of it
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  2042. Don't be fooled. N. Korea is just barking, like a small dog
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  2043. The US is why we have the freedom of navigation that allowed everybody to trade and sell to each other... stop it.
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  2044.  @ssuwandi3240  Well I mean it wasn't that strong in the Mao era right. Do you care to mention what job creation engine there might be with real estate gone? I mean, real estate has been about 30% of GDP so far. I'd like to say that comparing an advanced market driven economy like Germany to the authoritarian and state run economy like China is a tough sell
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  2045. China always pads the numbers in a way that is positive to them. If youth unemployment is said to be 20% yet overall is 5%... they're both likely higher. Particularly overall unemployment
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  2046.  @aliciag1353  Who didn't go through bullying and abuse? Look, I'm with Johnny on this and think Amber is lying...however, he is not absent of responsibility. Psychopaths may pick their victim but it takes two to tango. and he's a grown ass man. He should've dumped this chick wayyyy earlier when there were numerous red flags. Amber is a scumbag liar but Johnny is weak, in terms of knowing when to walk away from a situation. He seems to self-reflect a lot, I'm sure he'd admit some responsibility and know he messed up.
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  2047.  @blackknight4996  Nice try, Wumao
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  2048. Stop it... they give massive subsidies to their EV industries. This is not a secret dude... its well documented and well known
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  2049. Admittedly so, Trump's closing line about her being there 3 years and ain't done nothing would've been a great line of attack and should've been not closing but used early on and built-upon. To be honest tho -We most competent people know, the VP has two jobs: tie-breaker in the Senate and replacement if the Pres dies. VP ain't got no power and no sway on policy. In pure debate mode tho, Trump should've used that to hone his attacks because it would've been harder to defend
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  2050. Anybody who says China is collapsing is watching clickbait nonsense....the system doesn't work like that. What's more likely to happen is Japan-like stagnation.
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  2051. They had no probable cause... thats how the law works. It wasn't their bad
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  2052. @@PeterLang-mj9ou Yeah because the US actually has friends and values other democracies. China has no friends and fought with Soviets and also hates N Korea... even other socialist countries it hates
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  2053. Lol why are this guys eyes so big when Galloway starts talking
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  2054. For them, it's a lot
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  2055. Lol if you actually understood the problems with the Chinese economy - you'd realize how foolish you are for this comment
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  2056. "Tik Tok has taken steps to distance itself from the Chinese government, such as: placing its headquarters in Singapore." "The Chinese consulate in Washington DC is lobbying on behalf of TikTok. Clearly Tiktok is in crisis mode."
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  2057. Nobody cares in the US
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  2058.  @directxxxx71 They aren't lol
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  2059.  @jereflechis4014  Exactly. I can't believe anybody is surprised he rigged the election...of course
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  2060. I work at a school in China and can confirm their love for YMCA because of Trump lol. They tried to make us all dance to it as a performance bc some of us are American and I refused
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  2061. Yeah but these guys (investment companies) were so late to downgrade China...waiting until it's painfully evident they won't meet the previous growth targets they set. Problem is these guys are heavily invested in China and so they have to justify their investments to their clients .Most independent analysis I saw were saying many months ago that China was going to be growing between 2-3% this year. It's always like this in the investment world: Firm A is heavily invested in Sector/Company B .... So they constantly fight or downplay the obvious to justify to their costumers and everybody else whey they are invested in Sector/Company B, despite the obvious being...well, obvious
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  2062. @ Buy all you want to, but China cannot continue to suck up other countries demand to supplement its own. This will come to an end
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  2063. The video made me think they inadvertantly did him a favor... then I come and see a bunch of butthole-raiders, eating this dude slowly....Jesus. At least try and run cow... you just standin there lettin them take your butt
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  2064. You sound like a Trump supporter in US. "illegals" stop it...
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  2065.  @enshrinehd  Yeah it's a weird thing in China where they know shit is fucked up but if you mention it or point it out - They get offended. Weird bc I'm American and I've had random people tell me that my President's suck, or any other bad thing they might think about the US... but I'd be not do that to them. smh
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  2066. Ok Negative Nancy. Yes the US is the worst country in the world
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  2067. Not when you have an agressive and coercive authoritarian regime trying to bully and invade another democratic country.
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  2068.  @wayangpok  The world will not stand by as China invades a sovereign, Democratic country. We will not have a Ukraine 2.0
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  2069.  @Kukura001  Get outta here, WuMao...
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  2070. I don't know what rock you live under, but it's not US that is having a tough time right now. Quite the opposite
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  2071.  @speedingAtI94  Your logic is that of a child. It's called diplomacy, and if you're cutting off a country like China from critical technology that they desperately need - it's smart to meet with them to try and cool things down, and explain you can still do business in other areas so that things don't escalate into a broader conflict that isn't good for the globe, your allies, or even China itself. US is cutting China off from what it needs, not the other way around. China is the one experiencing significant structural problems with it's growth model, not the US. Your reasoning doesn't make sense.
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  2072. China is boosting this
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  2073. Well US is beating them, hence why their companies have the technology. They're just no longer willing to be taken advantage of by a government that does not reciprocate
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  2074. Lol but it's true... not sure what you're laughing about
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  2075. China don't give nothing for free... it will ALWAYS have strings attached
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  2076.  @aaron4387  I actually agree with you 100%. The amount of fentanyl that comes through Canada can fit in a backpack, so none of this makes any sense. I'm just arguing that specific point in their language to show them they are incorrect about what Bremmer is saying.
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  2077. It's time for US to prioritize national security instead of company profits. China sure does so maybe it's time to fight fire with fire
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  2078. Whatever their research discovers - Thailand will give it to China or they will just take it, and patent it in China as their own
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  2079.  @theciakilledjfk5973  Not fully agreeing with somebody is one thing... but then totally discrediting any shred of their worth is another. Reading comprehension is your friend, use it
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  2080. Wrong assessment
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  2081. Hmm perhaps. But inflation is literally all over the world...is Biden to blame for that?
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  2082. Yeah thats why all you Wumao's are here commenting right lol. That means videos like this are doing something right if it pisses you off so much
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  2083.  @fsxmantra  I'm not Indian, so I have no clue what you're talking about
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  2084. We need gun control in the U.S. There are too many guns floating around and it's too easy for legal weapons to become illegal weapons
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  2085. Lol he's the US ambassador to Japan... not a politican, foolio
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  2086. Do you realize that this executive order actually prevents our money from going to key sectors in China? Listen more
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  2087. Free speech only protects you against government prosecution, and even that has limits. 99% of people think it relates to private platforms like social media.. it does not
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  2088. He'll never make it out alive
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  2089. Lol no, he's a dictator and he's ruining China
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  2090. I remember hearing this exact same thing years again when two of their planes crashed due to pursuing profits over safety. Here we are again, years later... these idiots are just begging for China to come in and take market share
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  2091.  @jinoz8560  That is an awful comparison How about this - if you don't like people dressing in Kimono's? Don't do it on a street that is known for Japanese folk culture. Regardless of how you want to spin it - this is racist and made China lose face
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  2092. Newsflash: Xi is a liar
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  2093.  @YourHineyness omg that is gold... I've said something similar but not that well put. When they accuse others of "politicizing trade", "protectionism", "respecting others sovereignty and internal affairs", "railing against US hegemony", "abusing national security", and anything in regards to spying etc etc.... it's 100% them
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  2094.  @tooltalk  Yeah, I'm in agreement with you. My comment is to show the opposite side of the coin that the first guy is presenting. Its documented that China provides illegal subsidies under WTO rules. To act as though they are beating people "squarely" is laughable.
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  2095. China is lightyears ahead of US in self-isolating. They literally have more practice at it than anybody in history
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  2096. Yes, thats exactly what they are. Unlike China
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  2097. I support this. I think they should restrict even more key technologies... no more helping a government that has been hostile towards the US for a longtime and does not reciprocate on open-ness or economics I think it was Lennin who said "A capitalist will sell you the noose for which you are to hang them with" well no more of that
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  2098. Can you stop...
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  2099.  @Super_Flea  You are mistaken, its party before country for the Republicans. The same ones who are chosen a man over their country and who have not yet conceded the election he lost. Stop injecting politics into everything, this is a murder trial.
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  2100. Umm yes? What a stupid question
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  2101. Guys, this is a Wu Mao - a Chinese government troll.. notice the bad English grammar and the fact he did not even bother to capitalize the first letters in his own name.
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  2102.  @kshen7485  Did you even read my comment or are you simply a CCP bot/Wumao assigned to stock Gzero? You are lying as I stated I was in Shanghai at that time. Many upon many were not taken care of and were terrified - I knew them 。 People committed suicide, I knew people who had their pets killed. My friend's giant compound with numerous buildings barely got any food for two weeks. You're lying man
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  2103.  @pejmansehatpour7838 Yes I have taken courses in both macro and micro econ and did very well, so I'm aware of the the differences
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  2104.  @godlovemehaha  I ain't goin nowhere, buddy. Try and make me
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  2105. Lol. You're a fool
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  2106. Firing people will not fix the corrosive effects of corruption. How long has the "anti-corruption" campaign going on and how many officials jailed? Its a systemic problem that will keep coming back
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  2107. Ya'll didn't mention the head scar that Obi Wan gave him.... it's in the freakin thumbnail for this vid lol
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  2108. If Trump is smart - he'll tie the imposition of tariffs to two things 1. Stop the sell of fentanyl precursors, and 2. Exert hard pressure on Russia to make some concessions to end the war. China is easily capable of both of these things.
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  2109. Yeah because it doesn't agree with your political narrative, therefore - it can't be real. "But but but....Tucker told me that Biden and Dems were bad for jobs and the economy!"
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  2110. It's also important to note that the reason China's market share has increased so quickly in the chip industry is because of massive state subsidies, economic espionage and forced tech transfers - all of which are illegal under the WTO rules...I actually support this ban because if people aren't going to play by the rules, they shouldn't get access to your equipment and research
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  2111. Producing their own high end chips? They made those 7nm chips from foreign lithography machines that they can't get more of. It's also highly likely they had to subsidize the costs of those to make them price competitive as it's not cheap to do with the lithography machines they have. EV indistry is also heavily subsidized. China is going to need a whole lot more than 7nm chips for cell phones and subsidized EV's to get out of this situation.
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  2112. Well literally all you hear on the Chinese State Media is how America = bad guy, so I think it's fair if there is some balancing
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  2113. Screw this CCP Shill
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  2114. For all you Americans who always complain about the Democrats being far left on economics - no, THIS is far left economic policy. Xi is bad for business...
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  2115. ​ @kamrantaherkhani2066 China has printed more money than anybody...
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  2116.  @HFadeZeroHour Pretty sure most economist who look at China can see that. Western or otherwise
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  2117.  @davenobody407  I'm not sure if I believe that. I was in the lockdowns and although they had a lot of cases a day - I wouldn't say "millions" were infected, not even close. Most people around here still haven't caught the virus (until right now), so it's still very much an immune naive population.
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  2118.  @davenobody407  Thing is I don't think they'll report deaths anything close to what they really are. They'll likely mark them down as flu related or something, as they did in the initial Wuhan outbreak
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  2119.  @eric5901  Oh I know all about the blacklisting and I think it was a smart move. No, you don't get the help of the country you constantly steal technology from and are trying to overtake using unfair trade practices and economic policy. Incase you haven't noticed - China is ruining it's relationships with every developed country in the world. US, Canada, the countries in the EU, Australia, Japan, and even India (still developing). Who is the common denominator here?
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  2120.  @markbernier8434  I can only speak as an American, but just as the economist said - I think cash handouts during an extreme external shock can be good thing... but only in those extreme situations, and not as a continual effort. Its impossible to get that intervention perfect, so you're faced with two kinds of errors: doing too little or doing too much. I think most economists would agree that doing too much is favorable to doing too little. China chose too little and many lives have been ruined because of the pandemic response... and the opportunity missed. Now they need to work on longterm solutions
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  2121. You realize that China needs to buy US debt to maintain it's trade surpluses right? This stupid argument about China holding US debt shows that people don't realize how it works. US needs others to buy it's debt to maintain it's budget deficits - and China needs to buy US debt (dollars) to maintain it's budget surpluses (which is what an export-based economy needs to function) with the rest of the world. It's a mutually beneficial relationship in that respect and neither's economies could do what they do if it wasn't like that. It's not like China is doing the US any favors by buying treasures or has somekind of leverage.. they both need those transactions, or else China wouldn't do it.
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  2122.  @crescencianominas2387  Do you realize, that China's actual deb to GDP is more than double the US? So if that is your logic, then China is much much worse spot... especially considering they're not as developed and already shrinking population
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  2123.  @dixcreative  I would say Australia is much more run on the CCP than the USA. They have been infiltrating their democracy for years. Hence the public resentment and thus the political pushback of the last half a decade or so by the citizens who have woken up to the fact...in spite of the CCP economic retaliation
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  2124. The comments here are full of haters on Sam just because he disagreed with your boy Weinstein. Knock it off...
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  2125.  @alileevil  USA was crucial for China to get into WTO. US was naive to think China would actually live up to their word and honor their agreements... instead, they now bite the hand that fed them. Enough is enough
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  2126.  @fredtan1506  Nobody believes in your "9 dash lines". China ain't own nothing in that sea
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  2127.  @fredtan1506  You have been brainwashed by The Global Times
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  2128.  @fredtan1506  America didn't draw the 9 dash line. China and their "Ancient map" nonsense, is something only China believes.
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  2129.  @fredtan1506  Only people who have brainwashed and indoctrinated are the Chinese nationalists who have bought in to the propaganda that started at a young age through the education system and then media like The Global Times
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  2130. Over Trump? Yes
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  2131. ​ @biggpicture2930  Well I don't want to type a big essay, but the ultimate goal was: A classless, stateless society where the means of production are communally owned, and wealth is distributed according to need. The state will "wither away" as class distinctions disappear. *I see no intention of the state to ever "wither away" and in fact quite the opposite - its growing in its control over the economy, politics, and society *Wealth is highly concentrated within a small group of the population, with the majority not having a lot compared to the ones that do...and definitely not distributed according to need. *I think class disparities are huge *I don't see communal ownership at all, in fact the economy is significantly capitalist So yeah, it just seems to be going in the opposite direction of the goal of actual Marxism to the point its unrecognizable
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  2132.  @biggpicture2930  Alright, keep that energy... but both those countries are still doin well
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  2133.  @biggpicture2930  I'm from there. All my friends and family are there - and they're doing great. Opposite of the news inside China, which makes everything look better than it is, the US news makes things look far worse than it is. Living there, and watching things on social media - is completely a different world. US is far from perfect, but we acknowledge our problems (something China cannot), and rest assured there is a reason US is still the global leader in many areas and still a top destination for Chinese immigrants and students
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  2134.  @storage4539  You talking to me or the other person?
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  2135. Because China has become aggressive and malignant. China needs the chips to update their military and attack Taiwan...which is a massive geostrategic and security threat to Japan. So if you don't understand why they're doing all of this, there is a good chance that there is a lot of information you are missing.
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  2136.  @Jason-io9zg  lol always everybody who doesn't do what China wants is a "dog of the US". Just can't get it in your head that some people just don't like the CCP and their actions
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  2137.  @oceanwave4502  Lol you are talking like the US did all of that for no reason? Totally unprovoked? Let me remind you that China has "Anti-Japanese Museums" all over the country and teaches from a very young age to hate Japan...even until this day. It has countless propaganda movies and currently has massive conflicts with Japan in the East China Sea.
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  2138. Hopefully these people actually live in the buildings or at least rent them out... instead of letting lay vacant, as in China
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  2139. Just like Russia thought Ukraine would be easy
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  2140.  @waltergrace565  I do. He's an anti-establishment Dem who constantly shits on the Dem party for being too establishment...just like TYT.
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  2141. ​ @deepdiver849  let me ask you - who put them into poverty in the first place? Also keep in mind, China has the problem of more people leaving than coming in. The US has the problem of too many people wanting to come in and not many leaving. Until that changes - your argument is moot. Longest lines for visa applications in the world, and people even risk their lives to get in (including Chinese). So if the US is so bad - why is that? Also, please answer my question of who put them into poverty in the first place.
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  2142. This guy had no good answers for Piers questions
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  2143. I'd argue it's already too late. When you wait 70+ years to take a territory...you have missed the boat. They have: 1. their own system of government 2. their own passports 3. their own currency 4. their own trade and diplomats 5. Completely different social rules (if you go to both China and Taiwan, you will see the massive difference) Right now, they are unable to take it, because Taiwan has support from powerful countries and China's military and economy would be retaliated against. They should've done it decades ago, when nobody knew the difference between Taiwan and Thailand
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  2144. 🤣
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  2145. You talk as if the Chinese government is open and transparent about data? So no, you can't do a "comprehensive data comparison" It's literally impossible in China, because they either don't give data or they give fake numbers.
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  2146. I'm not even Indian but I always see your ass here talking CCP nonsense propaganda. If the CCP is so strong why even come here and talk nonsense to Indian people? You're insecure bro. Sad
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  2147. I don't think he's not saying to not save hostages. I think he's talking about attacks that are going after Hamas with so many civilian casualties. They aren't trying to save hostages when they blow up a refugee camp because a suspected commander is within.
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  2148. @tommygogetter5992There is a video of a gentleman from the israeli army publicly stating and confirming on global media everything I just said... I didn't just make it up, I got it from the horses mouth.
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  2149. @tommygogetter5992Go tell that to the Israeli military who said it was refugee camp. They didn't make any if's, and's, or but's about it. You can try to rationalize it, but they have openly admitted what it was and what happened, without excuses
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  2150. @tommygogetter5992 I think its you who cannot accept anything contradictory about what you think. It may be hard for you to accept - but Israeli is not without blame here. Ian has good points
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  2151. ​@tommygogetter5992 Richard Hecht of the Israeli International Defense Force answered "yes I can" when asked if he can confirm that they destroyed a large chunk of Jabayla refugee camp. It is the largest refugee camp in Palestinian territory, with more than 100,000 inhabitants. When he is asked about bombing the camp knowing that so many Israeli " Palestinian men, women and children would be killled in the process" He only responds with "There was a senior Hamas commander there that killed many man Israeli's.". Stop with your disingenuous mischaracterization. You're not a good person man
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  2152.  @charlesedwards5333 I thought he made a lot of sense. And you're so quick to denounce somebody's entire body of work simply because you don't agree with their opinion on this topic. That sounds like 8th grade behavior and lacks nuance
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  2153. @CCherriosful Lol okay expert that knows so much about this new feature. They just said you can
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  2154. Lol I live in China and most people here in the big cities are struggling from high unemployment and low to negative wage-growth. Government figures are a farce..
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  2155. They're not allowed to speak out... remember the doctor who got arrested for trying to warn people of covid.
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  2156. China is the new colonial power
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  2157. If thats what you got, your English comprehension is quite poor
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  2158.  @danielli9167  China is the one who does the bullying and the one who most benefited from the globalization that was spearheaded by the US. They should thank them
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  2159. China is only something because of globalization, which allowed them to sell to the world. They best not bite the hand that fed them
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  2160. Yup and in addition to that - they always go off of the official government figures as the basis for their analysis. They've been asleep at the wheel for a while now
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  2161.  @LP_0820  You realize there is much more evidence to show the contrary right? January 6 alone, is a much stronger argument for which one of the two is destroying the country
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  2162. It's funny how when it's a video not friendly to China - all of the Chinese and Russian bots are nowhere to be seen. If it's a video not friendly to the US - they are everywhere and anywhere in the WION's comment section
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  2163. I don't think Larry said the Fed should stop after this? They are mischaracterizing his words. He said that things are uncertain and the Fed shouldn't commit to stopping and it shouldn't commit to more, and follow the data basically as it comes up. That could mean left or right, frankly
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  2164.  @silveriver9  Not only is that not true, but your comment has nothing to do with what I said
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  2165.  @Whitfield369  Lol yeah I'm not aware of it because it didn't happen. The Chinese government would absolutely loooove for that to happen so they could use to embarrass the US....as they should, if the US did that, but they have not...unlike China that just did. Show some evidence or be quiet please...
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  2166.  @Whitfield369  Hey, simmer down Lil Lam. Calm yourself... I just think you're full of nonsense, no big deal.
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  2167. Pretty sure he didn't say that
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  2168.  @lvjinbin28 I don't listen to Mr. Gordon, he's a bit too hyperbolic for me. I look at actual data and also countries who went through something similar - ie Japan. All of that "China will collapse in 24 hours!" was all youtube clickbait that everybody bought into. This is different... China copied Japan's economic model to the T, and failed to correct its problems. Those situations aren't 100% the same, but it's a good indicator as to where things are going.
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  2169.  @zhuangdavid5037  Please enlighten us
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  2170.  @isidoreaerys8745  I don't see it as a bot
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  2171.  @TheMagicJIZZ Lol its not
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  2172.  @Bitchslapper316 Nah I think that's lame too
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  2173. That girl is right about Elon bowing to the CCP
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  2174. Let me teach you something about economics: The US economy is much more open to China's than vice versa. This makes the US relatively insulated from economic attack from China. Ask yourself why Trump was able to increase tariffs on so many of Chinese goods but they could only do a small fraction of US goods. 2ndly, China still relies on the global financial system to conduct business, which is run on the US dollar. China is a net importer of food (a lot from the US), oil, and commodities... all the US would need to do is sanction those areas and the Chinese economy in it's current condition collapses in under a year. Ask yourself why China did not intervene in Pelosi's visit like it so threatened? Because right now, they would get demolished without the US ever needing to fire a bullet. China is working on preventing this in the future - but it will take a lot of time and resources. Lastly - China relies a whooooole lot more on the US for components than vice versa. The US imports a lot of low value-added products from the US. China imports a lot of high-value added in terms of technology and equipment from the US. Lets be clear - As of today, China needs the US a lot more than vice versa. Hence why Pelosi felt confident to land on Taiwan. She knew they would not pull the trigger
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  2175. Bro I live in China and follow the economics and geo-politics of China, Russia, and US very closely.... stop running defense for these guys, or maybe they're paying you. US is doing just fine, especially the farmers. Stop the CCP propaganda
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  2176.  @33stryker  Jeffrey Sachs is an anti-western nut
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  2177.  @siamcharm7904  You literally live in an alternate reality
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  2178. Nope... me and all my friends are livin good and employed
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  2179.  @YankeeDoodle2  Lol wish I was. Just a middle class American enjoying a good economy, not blinded by fake media telling me the sky is falling
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  2180.  @mudfun3703  I don't live in a rich area and things are also fine. Oh yes, if you are familiar with the rest of the world you would realize the US needs to top being a little b**ch as we are biggest economy with one of the highest living standards, highest growth of developed world, and lowest inflation of the developed world. So funny you say that lol
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  2181.  @mudfun3703  Jobs are up, unemployment is down...so stelantis, an automaker, is a very very small part of the economy. Nice try though
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  2182.  @mudfun3703  Get your facts straight. A company called stellantis stalling out doesn't mean our economy is doing badly. The whole commercial real estate was in the dumps while we were still having record breaking growth. I know this is a hard concept to wrap your mind around, because you are confusing macro and micro econ ("its teh 2nd largest purcha3e in ur lyfe!!) but a car company is not the economy. I'm not even going to comment on your real estate market example because you just proved how little you know. Read more dude, from actual legit sources and not from idiots on youtube
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  2183.  @mudfun3703  Can you just admit you actually have no idea what you're talking about, and have never taken a macro and micro econ course?
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  2184.  @mudfun3703  Lol very cute. I understand quite a bit, little guy
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  2185. China wants the KMT guy to win so they'll lean heavy on Gou to drop out. Foxconn is balls deep in China
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  2186. Just like Steve Eisman said... Powel is a dove. He was picked for coming from the finance world and being more dovish
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  2187.  @joecancer6013  LMAO you know you're talking about China right? They literally ONLY have government propaganda as their news... what a dummy to say that
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  2188.  @jjrockjaw  Yup and the countries that have them - want them there. Or else they wouldn't be
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  2189.  @jjrockjaw  US didn't install a government in Ukraine, smart guy. Stop reading your conspiracy theory nonsense
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  2190. So this is not accurate and a lie spread by Chinese State Media. Not only are the areas in China that are closest to Taiwan (such as Xiamen) strictly guarded and regulated by the military (making it almost impossible for a civilian to stand there and fly a drone) - DJI won't even allow their drones to be operated there by civilians. So it's actually impossible that it was a civilian drone
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  2191.  @freeman041  You're not a smart man, I'm sorry
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  2192.  @_rohit97  Lol I never said I was, you did. Look, it doesn't take a PHD to pass a college level macro and micro 101 Econ class. That's literally all you need to know to see that argument is total BS. But most people are simple, uninformed, and eat it up because "groceries are more now than before.".
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  2193.  @spencerahrendts7778  Most voters, are completely unaware of basic economics...yes
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  2194.  @Darkmattermonkey77  If you're talking about me - I'm quite impressed I have so many comments 😎 Btw - robots usually post on something where they are trying to sway public opinion or scam/sell people. Being post election - neither of those apply here
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  2195. But China literally invented that and uses it more than anybody. Nice try
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  2196. Yeah but VP's don't really make any decisions
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  2197.  @BlackBoyKingTV  I'll do a google search, but you first should go to school: 1. I speak from the experience of an American who has lived their whole life in the US and pay attention to politics, not repeating what other say 2. The Vice President presides over the Senate and casts tie-breaking votes but does not have the "final say" on legislation before it goes to the President. 3. The VP doesn't decide tax policies, including the taxation of tips. Such decisions are made through legislation passed by Congress and signed by the President. 4. While the VP may influence policy and advise the President, they do not make final policy decisions. I don't know why people who know so little go around commenting with such hubris
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  2198.  @BlackBoyKingTV  Look up what I'm saying. Please tell me how its incorrect
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  2199. Not only are the areas in China that are closest to Taiwan (such as Xiamen) strictly guarded and regulated by the military (making it almost impossible for a civilian to stand there and fly a drone) - DJI won't even allow their drones to be operated there by civilians. So it's actually impossible that it was not a government drone
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  2200.  @Samson-z1o  Oh I get it, you assume that Yellen going to China means US is begging. I'd love for you to explain that further... because to me it looks like smart diplomacy. The US is saying "We're still down to cooperate with you on other issues, and don't want to strangle or contain you.... but in these specific areas - we can't help you build your military with high end chips if you're in competition with us。”。It's actually quite genius and I think accurate to how the US feels. We can do business in X Y areas, but not Z... especially when it seems like you might potentially use this in combat with us.
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  2201.  @刚-o2h  Lol, he wishes. Maybe he should focus on his own countries crippling local government debt and population crisis first. US ain't goin nowhere
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  2202.  @ethanjiang8766  I said this above, watershed said it even better. Let me ask you another question then - what exactly are they "begging" for? It's China who needs the US and it's allies for technology. It's the US who put the export controls on China which is strangling their military development and high end chip + AI development. It's China that is losing it's position in global supply chains to Vietnam, India, Thailand, Mexico, etc...giving US businesses more and more options. The US is not offering to take off it's export controls or offer any concessions.... So please explain to me, what she is going there to beg for? What is she offering in exchange? You're reading too much Chinese State propaganda man.
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  2203.  @PlaYer-sn5or  Lol you realize China has worse debt to GDP than US, right? More than double by most estimates. What a dum dum to talk about debt...
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  2204.  @PlaYer-sn5or  Oh I know the difference, and I know they're hurting in both.. especially bc external debt is in dollars and with interest rates going up - that hurts. Domestically they're still crippled.. hence why the economy has been so slow to come back from Covid - they simply don't have the debt capacity to spend... and the revenue from land sales are abysmal, and never coming back. Central government still isn't giving local governments any aid because they want them to fix their own problems and keep their balance sheet looking good. Anyways, I know a thing or two about the situation and am not just talking out of my ass.
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  2205.  @PlaYer-sn5or  Hmm except it won't. US has zero boots on the ground, there are no US bases, and zero US troops coming home in bodybags. Completely different situation than Afghanistan. Also, the Russians are invading the Ukrainian homelands, and the US is simply helping them defend themselves.... very different situation than with the taliban
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  2206.  @PlaYer-sn5or  Yup and he'll get it. Anything to stop these autocratic dictators from being hitler 2.0
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  2207. I can't believe that while others were doing a paid ad model, they actually raised prices instead.
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  2208.  lai show  Stop your nonsense lies. Urumqi, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Foxconn facilities aka "Iphone city", Shanghai, and even Beijing. So this is not an incident in a certain city. You are either a paid Wumao or your just a hardcore nationalist that cannot accept that there are actually people in China who do not support the government and do not agree with their decisions. Stop lying, stop deflecting blame. The Chinese government F****d up majorly here and people are standing up against it.
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  2209.  lai show  Oh and I forgot to mention the Universities in Nanjing and another city. So that's 8 different locations
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  2210. They just recently allowed the app to be uncensored for info about China, obviously because of the recent heat they have been catching and for this hearing. There are many reports previous of people not being allowed to post anything anti-CCP.
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  2211. I grew up in Christian school and remember being told the Jews killed Jesus hah
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  2212. Mike Lee is a quack and doesn't speak for all of us. Im an American and I support Brazil's ban... twitter is a cesspool of misinformation and I wish US would come down harder on them
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  2213.  @robinchan9406  So do you realize that US is the 4th nation to do this? And now many others are also doing it. There is plenty virus around the world at this point. The world is concerned because China is not sharing any of it's gene sequencing data, so nobody knows if there is a new variant being created by China letting it rip on the biggest scale so far. Another irresponsible move by the CCP, after 3 years of irresponsibility by having zero plan for this day
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  2214. ​ @samlee7180  Lets be clear - nobody has more daily cases than China right now, nobody. Not even close... And the US is the 4th nation to require testing. It's not about stopping spread of Covid, it's because China is not sharing it's gene sequencing data to the world (even though the world has always been open and shared it with China) so they need to find out if another mutation is being born from China's irresponsible policy of going from 0 Covid to 100% Covid over night.
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  2215.  @sammanis9148  But China still requires a covid test to get in...The whole thing is a bit hypocritical
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  2216.  @sammanis9148  Well lets be clear - nobody has imposed any type of lockdown or restriction nearly as severe as China. So it's not exactly the same thing when you compare other countries criticisms of China's draconian measures. Also - the financial cost and social unrest is what forced China to drop Zero Covid - not the US or any other country. Plain and simple - until China stops demanding a covid test on inbound travelers - it doesn't make sense for them to throw a fit by others also imposing one.
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  2217.  @sammanis9148  A made up story? Can you read? I literally lived through these measures for the past 3 years in China. I was in the 2 month locked down. I had friends who's pets were killed when they were taken away to quarantine centers. Don't tell me it's made up
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  2218.  @sammanis9148  China is the one stopping it's rise. It's ruined relationships with the entire developed world with it's assertive policies and now they are pushing back. Xi should've listened to Deng when he said "Bide your time and hide your strength.". He got overconfident and showed his cards too soon...and now the rest of the world has become aware. Also, it's funny that you think manipulating an entire population to be more nationalism to achieve political means is acceptable.
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  2219.  @sammanis9148  Okay now you're talking nonsense and I'm done with you. You're just being a nationalist trying to defend your 国家 and not being reasonable or objective. I'm not wasting time with you
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  2220.  @sammanis9148  You don't realize it, but the way you speak English - It's obvious that you are ethnically Chinese. I am not interested in your nationalist BS. You're bias is extremely strong and you are unable to be objective. I won't waste my time with people like this.
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  2221.  @sammanis9148  You make no sense. Learn to accept a negative opinion about your home country. Defending them mindlessly only encourages bad behavior
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  2222. Yup and the list goes on: instagram, whatsapp, skype, zoom, linkedin, etc etc....US bans one app and they lose their shit lol
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  2223. Only German nationals....ridiculous this. Allowing people by citizenship to get certain vaccines...
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  2224. He also buys tech/growth like apple and amazon.
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  2225. Not worried about it... young people easily forget, + they don't vote, + there will be another tiktok lookalike made by a US company shortly after it's banned.
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  2226.  @JacobHYoungEAJake  lol whoa whoa.. you went to warp 10 right off the bat. 1. Not a redneck, and 1st amendment isn't going anywhere...relax 2. Lol funny you have to throw the Hussein in there, like it has some kind of relevance. I would say some of the people stayed home for Hillary, but far more people didn't turn out bc they weren't excited about her or outright didn't like her (on the left). 3. Tiktok is a Chinese company and any company in China can be controlled by the gov and absolutely will be if the CCP deems it useful. People are already getting banned if they put up negative news about the CCP yet anti-US propaganda is allowed to stay up. There is also an issue of reciprocity - China doesn't allow our social media companies, and many other companies, to even operate in China. If their market is not open to the US - it only makes sense the US market in those industries also not be open...otherwise why pay for the milk if your getting the cow for free? And it's funny you talk about the 1st amendment yet support a Chinese social media company that won't allow any criticism of them inside or outside of China. The irony + hypocrisy
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  2227. Strong possibility it gets delisted in 2023... make sure you have a contingency plan for that
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  2228.  @AnlinYang  You're right - 8 years ago they were in a much stronger position. Now they are in a much weaker position
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  2229. ​ @SoloAuxz  Can you show me some evidence that supports your claim that China is in a much better technological position than the US? Why is it the US putting export controls on technology and not the other way around, if China is in a much better position? Also, go look up how much China sells to the US and how much the US sells to China, and then ask yourself who is more vulnerable to a tradewar.
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  2230.  @AnlinYang  Can we be honest about something? You absolutely have no concept of economics or trade, do you. Drop the nationalism and don't talk about things we both know you know nothing about
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  2231.  @SoloAuxz  Lol you are so bought into the propaganda. You remind me of a Trump supporter in the US - so sure of your alternate reality
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  2232.  @SoloAuxz  China’s economy isn’t as strong as it used to be, and the recent slowdown shows that. With high debt levels, a real estate crisis, and weak domestic demand, China still depends on exports, especially to the U.S., to keep things stable. A trade war hurts both sides, but - but it hurts the country who depends on exports much more. In addition, with China’s current economic struggles, losing access to U.S. markets would be a big hit.
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  2233.  @SoloAuxz  I'm gonna tell you something - I live in China and the economic slowdown is significantly evident. All my friends complain its not easy to get a job right now. It is not recovering - its getting worse, and this is only the beginning. The real estate crisis and debt situation with local governments makes the US debt problem look like a small problem. You are lying through your teeth because you're a nationalist and trying defend your 国家。 Knock it off dude, you don't know what you're talking about.
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  2234. As soon as I heard the question, I said "He's not gonna answer it"
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  2235.  @RobertStone-i5r  Yeah, bad actions. And he doesn't say anything really with his ramblings
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  2236.  @_Chad_ThunderCock  Hmm not true... not with these bans. Even prior - their 7nm chip was not proven to be comparable to others
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  2237. More bot/WuMao nonsense. Man DW comments used to be a good place to see differing opinions.. and in the last few weeks the bots have swarmed this place too. Just like WION and SCMP
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  2238. If the government purchased the land then people would cry socialism
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  2239.  @avinashtyagi2  What video are you watching? He's giving his professional opinion... nothing was even remotely close to whining. Take your personal feelings out of things and try to be objective and actually listen to other educated viewpoints that are made in goodfaith
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  2240.  @Twilightgirl478  I also live in Shanghai. Yeah but it's rough if you're unable to set those plans up. I also doubt it's allowed, and has to be done without the government knowing. A friend of mine took in a cat in a similar fashion and she was scared theyd find out that she did. An awful situation
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  2241. All chips are not created equal and these controls are not simply about actual semiconductors. These are specific components, software, and machine tools for a specific level of chip
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  2242. I think the question is who is going to stop China aggression?
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  2243. Funny how you use and talk on a platform that people in China are not even allowed to see. It's nice to enjoy the freedom to look at whatever you want, right? US and Europe are closer and more aligned than ever. This is a gesture to show that aggressive actions will not deter the free world
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  2244.  @abbaharuna3087  So I didn't get the connection either, but there is a great economist named Michael Pettis who helped me understand this. So, trade deficits are not inherently bad because if trade is truly balanced in the world - every country would have surpluses with some and deficits with others. At the end of the day - the balance of payments would all balanced out. The issue is, the US absorbs 2/3rd's of the world surpluses. This is mainly due to China, with Japan and Germany as much smaller offenders. China especially creates these unnatural distortions. Basically our huge and persistent trade deficits basically force our policy makers to do 1 of 2 things: 1 balance out by letting unemployment to rise, or 2 continually stimulate through budget deficits to keep employment up. Ofcourse option 1 is politically untennable, so they choose option 2. This is the root causes of our deficits... minus one off things like afghan war, Covid, etc... Its way too much to explain in a comment but google Michael Pettis and the US trade deficit and budget deficit to get a better idea. It actually makes a ton of sense.... and if you notice - the more our trade deficit increased, our budget deficit quickly followed.
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  2245. Honestly, I don't think so. Look at an extreme example, like North Korea. They're in a much worse situation and still there. CCP isn't finish but economic growth will be much slower going forward. I believe this will greatly hurt their ability to project and influence
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  2246. He is a dictator
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  2247. I'm curious as to how 9k in headcount equates to 2.2 billion? I divided 2 billion by 9k and it comes out to 222,000 per employee. I'm sure there are more costs than just their hourly pay but it's hard to believe the average cost of each employee was 222k per year... and keep in mind I divided 2 billion by 9k and not 2.2 bill - so even more than that per employee.
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  2248. You guys just don't like her because she doesn't like Trump anymore. Ya'll were the same ones who were all chanting for a wall in 2016
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  2249. Isn't cloud seeding usually done by aircraft? Why is there some dudes pick-up truck launching rockets over populated areas >.>
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  2250. Businesses definitely come and go. What are you smoking
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  2251. They aren't homeless due to a lack of jobs. Drugs are a major part of the problem
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  2252.  @mikicerise6250  I'm hoping this is sarcasm...
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  2253. Lol China needs the rest of the world more than vice versa....they're also the biggest users/abusers of "national security" for everything and are already an incredibly restrictive country... get outta here
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  2254. He just had a lawsuit thrown out trying to get his account reactivated. Of course he'd come back.....Trump is a liar. Elon is also in China's pocket, and will do their bidding in regards to allow their propaganda to proliferate more than it already is on twitter
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  2255.  @phillipchan6919  Define "Chinese". Do you mean by DNA or by nationality? Because they are not the same thing. Taiwanese are majority Han Chinese by DNA but they are not "Chinese" by CCP..... DNA does not = nationality
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  2256.  @phillipchan6919  Lol oh yes, the typical "You are not Chinese so you don't understand." excuse. Well people of Taiwan understand and they don't want to be a part of you
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  2257.  @phillipchan6919  Is it suppose to hurt my feelings that you keep calling me Gringo? Lol
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  2258. ​ @phillipchan6919  Excuses excuses
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  2259.  @hatge1803  What does the US have to do with any of this? People complain about the US but then expect it to defend everything. Besides, it was the Chinese unit that was assigned to that post.
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  2260.  @DennisTheInternationalMenace  Thank youuuuu..... This is the desire of the CCP and Xi's weird ego to finally complete the communist revolution and control all of the ROC territories.
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  2261. They are literally the reason why there is no peace. They invaded them
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  2262. What a dumb thing to say. Their sell of arms don't count as a trade "agreement", and are individual sales. It'll likely be aimed towards industries China has blocked
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  2263.  @duyataksis5210  The problem is throwing heaps of money at something doesn't necessarily solve the problem. Those industries are already heavily subsidized and have a lot of capital inflows from private investors. Lack of capital is not the constraint.. and the amount that was thrown into real estate was so massive that those industries likely can't absorb all of that investment, or at least can't turn it into increased productivity. We will have to see if this will be successful in the long run.
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  2264. I live in China for the past decade and your economy is in the shitter. Stop pretending
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  2265. How did the snake die? They should've kept that part in
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  2266.  @helenn6061  hmm damn that's a good point. Did they point that out? I hope so, or at least hope they will get the chance.
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  2267. Lol you don't understand what this signals. Beijing has been trying to infiltrate eastern and central Europe for the past decade... for it's BRI project and to influence the EU for trade and lean away from the US. This puts a damper on that plan, and indicates a shift away from Beijing due to their support of the Moscow Invasion of Ukraine, their trade embargo on Lithuania, and their reaction to Pelosi in Taiwan. Beijing is it's own worst enemy right now
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  2268.  @elenekuprashvili1145  Could it be, that maybe, just maybe...not everybody who goes against China is a "puppy" of the US? Could it be, that they are human beings with their own minds and values.. that don't like the aggression that China shows to their close neighbors (Lithuania) and to their values of democracy? Is this possible in your mind? I think it would wise for the government of China, to take some responsibility for what happens to them...instead of always blaming US and foreign countries for all of their problems
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  2269.  @elenekuprashvili1145  I'm not sure if you understand history before your life-time... but do you realize the rules based order and freedom of navigation that was established by the US after World War 2 is what allowed globalization to actually happen and for China to grow? Now, China wants to destroy the very system that allowed it to flourish. The irony
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  2270. ​ @elenekuprashvili1145  Well they are countries, not villages, and they belong to the EU - not the US. China needs to look in the mirror and realize that when you slap somebody's neighbor - that person may not want to be as close with you anymore. US has many faults and they admit these mistakes. They admit Iraq was a mistake, they admit Afghanistan was a mistake. They admit they're mistakes so they can learn from them - China never admits it made any mistakes, and that is what will prevent them from learning from them. "China didn't invade and slotter millions of people in other countries" Here are some of the countries invaded: Korea: Korean War 1950-1953 India: Sino-Indian War (1962) Vietnam: Vietnam War (1979) But in Chinese history books, you'll never hear that China invaded anybody. However, this is documented world history, globally. Let me also add: China never needed to invade anybody to kill millions, they did a great job killing 43 million of their own people during the great famine, caused by the CCP. Btw - when I say "China", I am referring to the CCP, and not the Chinese people. The Chinese people are not responsible for any of this
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  2271. ​ @elenekuprashvili1145  The US dropped two nuclear bombs on Japan in World War II. This was due to Japan having military installations in the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. These installations were producing weapons and other products for their military to fuel their invasions elsewhere. The US dropped leaflets from planes, days before the bombings to warn the civilians what was to come, and to give them enough time to evacuate. So, it is not as if the US just dropped nuclear bombs with the intentions to kill civilians. Let me also add that doing this actually stopped Japan in World War II, and saved many lives - including Chinese lives. Japan was in the process of invading China at the time the bombs were dropped. If you read Chinese history books, they will tell you that China actually defeated Japan all on their own. With that said, the nuclear bombs being dropped in WWII are still a very debated and controversial issue in the US. This is because the US has the ability to self-reflect and is capable of admitting mistakes, so it can learn from them. How many times has the CCP admitted to making mistakes? People in China are not even allowed to criticize the government publicly. They even get in trouble for doing it overseas. How can a government learn from mistakes if they cannot even admit they have made any? I'm not sure why you are bringing up Nazi's. I was talking about all of the countries that China has invaded... and yes, they have invaded countries. You can look up the things I'm talking about on google. You'll never be told that China invaded anybody in Chinese history books or on the Chinese internet though, because that has been omitted. But it's documented world history. The CCP also allowed 43 million of it's own people to die during the great famine. btw - 什么你的真名。
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  2272. 6'5 and he wanted to be taller? Does he mean 5'6? He doesn't like super tall... unless I'm missing something
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  2273. People over analyze what the fed says. He's been saying all along that he's just gonna wait and see what the data says... and nothing is off the table. Basically - wait and see, anything can happen. The only thing he has been clear about, that the market still can't get around their heads - rates will be higher for longer. The conditioning of low rates for the last 16 years is really baked into the markets mentality....and they're fighting to let go of this.
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  2274. How much would Elon not be putting up with any of this if she wasn't hot lol
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  2275. Surprise surprise...the CCP (Chinese Government) is not your friend, and will try to get the reward without actually working or paying for it. They want the innovation benefits of an open society without actually paying the costs
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  2276. Right I saw all this western media saying how "Wow China actually listened to it's people!" meanwhile they don't realize all those people got disappeared. They don't have to use tanks anymore like back in Tianamen... they'll use facial recognition and come find you in your house.
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  2277.  @enshuozhang1107  absolutely not true. Only domestic vaccines are accepted and recognized
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  2278. Yea but the people don't want this...hence why they had so much social unrest about the growing relationship. It's the government acting in their own best interest, and not in the peoples. Governments do not equal the people.
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  2279.  @Anonymint-vj7bt  Hmm I'm not sure if you know this, but thats exactly what Pettis thinks will happen. He thinks China will go through a long period of stagnation like Japan. Yes there is a saying in Chinese that translates to "eat bitter", and the Chinese are very good at this... but I would not agree that means nothing bad would happen. Look at the Covid protests that caused an abrupt ripping off the bandaid of zero covid
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  2280.  @Anonymint-vj7bt  Its quite a bit different but I don't have the energy to type out my explanation, so I'll leave it at that
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  2281. Economy is rapidly slowing and is at it's lowest since it opened up. Zero Covid + over regulation in education, tech, and most of all - real estate. Real estate has been what created that breakneck speed of growth (30% of GDP) and that is coming to an end. Not to mention 70% of household wealth is tied to real estate... and to top it all off - the fastest aging population in the world. These are only a few things that are headwinds for China ... the fast growth is over I'll name one more - mass exodus of businesses to cheaper areas that has been greaaatly sped up because of zero Covid. Many small businesses shut and new ones scared to open. Xi is a Neo-Mao
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  2282. That was true maybe 10 years ago, but those girls grow up and she's now a global icon. I'm an American living in China and even all of the young adult women here love her, despite not understanding her lyrics
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  2283. Oh wow this is in Shanghai? I didn't hear anything about this
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  2284. Lol oh yes, everything has to always be the US's fault. You just couldn't resist involving the US here, could you?
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  2285.  @Thewestslope  If thats the case then doesn't matter what I think right? Russia doesn't mind being a vassal state to China and relying on it for most of its trade. China doesn't mind the export controls, I guess thats why they got so angry when they were put on and asked the US repeatedly to drop them repeatedly. Yea they don't work at all, that must also be why China is reluctant to give Russia direct help in the war and why they also got angry when sanctions were slapped on companies that were found to be supporting them. But yeah, totally ineffective and useless - thats what the anti-US media says, so it must be true right?
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  2286.  @yaoliang1580  Okay?
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  2287.  @yaoliang1580  Okay?
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  2288. They are not fortune tellers that know the future. They simply report on information available.... whats wrong with you.
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  2289. Best opener ever
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  2290. I am in this lockdown right now and it's rough. Scheduled release date is the end of the month - if we have no new cases in our building. Each new case adds another 14 days
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  2291. Well apparently only Russia is allowed to receive weapons? Iran and N Korea have been supplying Russia for quite a while now. Lets also not forget its Russia who invaded a sovereign country, not the other way around
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  2292. I love how people forget that Russia is the one who invaded a sovereign country. Man people live in a bizzaro reality
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  2293. Lol at her sister scowling at Camille from behind. You know she's a damn liar and has beat your ass before too!
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  2294. I think they shouldn't focus as much on the data aspect, as there are other ways to get US user data (databrokers). I think a much more important aspect is shaping public opinion by selectively boosting and hiding topics that are in Beijing's interest
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  2295. Yeah and then they will complain that Indonesia is a "puppet" of the US, without ever considering what they did to drive them to friendlier relations.
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  2296. Anybody else notice the MASSIVE influx of Chinese bots and WuMao comments almost immediately dominating the comment section on any video related to China's economy or political landscape? They're almost as bad as those fake financial scam accounts except they're smarter because they only upvote their own comments by like 5-20 likes
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  2297.  @Leshic2  Definitely saw it with banning of Huawei - but in past few months I've seen a massive uptick on media channels like DW, CNA, etc... that before that were clean. Can't even read China morning post, CNBC, or Bloomberg anymore bc it's an infestation...
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  2298. Oh they sure did start it. They have been stealing US tech and IP for decades....and illegally using subsidies to cheat and make the prices for their goods artificially low at the expense of domestic industries all over the world
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  2299. Nothing to do with him
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  2300. ​ @Bunpicklesonionscheesepattybun  That is the Taft-Hartley Act, which you clearly know nothing about. That is not something Presidents can only use that to halt strikes that threaten national health or safety...but since this just started - it is not warranted yet. Its not the job of presidents to go around like a dictator shutting down strikes. These two parties should be given the opportunity to work it out themselves unless it becomes absolutely necessary for the President to intervene. Read a little first before commenting
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  2301.  @Bunpicklesonionscheesepattybun  What on earth are you talking about. The Taft-Hartley act does not apply here because it does not yet meet the standard of threatening national health or safety. I know you really badly want to blame this on Biden, because that's how your brain is wired - but your efforts are misplaced.
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  2302.  @colbyrulesmydoggie4839  No I'm not
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  2303. Conspiracy nonsense... government can't just force access to corporate AI, they are restrained by the judiciary. This ain't China
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  2304. So are all Americans and Australians "English"....because they speak English?
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  2305.  @Zei33  I think the difference between the US being involved or not is simply the Philippines feel they have a backstop to stand up for themselves. If the US was not involved, as China would like, they would simply steamroll the Philippines and they'd (PH) would have no choice but to bend over and let them take their territory. In that regard, I'm quite happy the US is giving them the confidence to stand up for themselves.
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  2306. Lol generals step aside? They didn't steal power just to do that
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  2307. US doesn't run Japan, so no. They are their own independent country with their own independent democracy. If you disagree - show evidence, or stop
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  2308.  @kshen7485  Ok can you tell me which websites to look at that prove what you said
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  2309.  @kshen7485  Oh great this guy is back. Please provide some sources that prove Japan is a colony of US and they don't have their own independent government. You just make crazy fake claims and provide nothing that proves them
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  2310.  @renemartin5729  Yeah lets go, Wumao's... you can try to pretend all you want but nobody believes your nonsense
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  2311.  @ksneoh3572  Yeah tell me more. USA bad guy and Russia and China good guys right. Puhlease...
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  2312.  @MyChannel-bk3ef  I'm not. I'm calling others bots when many are bots...or WuMaos, at a minimum.
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  2313.  @quinnstanley5930  Then change it
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  2314. Lot of Chinese bots here trying to give apple bad news. Don't believe them
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  2315. Lol China wants it's own Eastern Hegemony. Hypocrite much?
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  2316.  @pisablavatsky-cb3dd  I don't think Hitler is alive anymore. The US and India seem to have a good relationship though
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  2317. Why did he speed up like that when he's in the rain? Not a smart move
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  2318. I saw this exact same comment copy and pasted on another video, with the exact same wrong number (the US did not lose 18.3 million you fool). You are a Wu Mao, if there ever was one
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  2319. Maybe the facts simply don't support your bias or worldview... so you discredit them or the news agency giving them to you. Check yourself, not the facts
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  2320.  James Peach  I think they're generally pretty good. I disagree
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  2321.  @desmondcrosland7884  Alright well I guess AP and Reuters are pretty good then right. I'm flattered that you think I was waiting to say it... I actually just came up with it on the spot
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  2322.  @hatehipocracy9429  Well they got invaded. What do you expect
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  2323. They have been de-risking their own economy for years .They call it their "self-reliance" strategy. So why is it ok for them to de-risk but not for others? It's been leaked from internal documents that it's the CCP's goal to increase the worlds dependence on them, while decreasing their dependence on the world (self-reliance goal). Countries "de-risking" puts a wrench in their long-term foreign policy plans, and they don't like it.
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  2324. Cooperation doesn't meaning bending over and letting your jobs being taken away by subsidized industries
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  2325. Thats a nice thing to say
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  2326. Well then China has no reason to be mad, right?
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  2327.  @keepfamily8352  Ok so China has nothing to be mad about then, right? They already won the game....in fact, this ban is only going to help them. Good for China...they must be very happy about the ban
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  2328.  @nellyfrittata8319  Lol you are talking about anticompetitive behavior and nationalism when talking about China? They are literally the king of that... what are you smoking my dude Next you gonna tell me that the US has a problem with authoritarianism and propaganda. Or that the US real estate market is in trouble compared to China. Or that China is more of a market-economy than the US. Puhleaaaase.... Learn where to argue. Anti-competitive behavior and nationalism... is not the place to argue in favor of China against the US
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  2329.  @kalipotmeng  Yes, I can see you gobble up all of the propaganda from the CCP about everyone who China has problems with is just a US colony or 狗腿 or whatever. Go look up with a colony actually is and what those countries problems with China actually are. Why don't you tell me what you think will happen if TSMC doesn't produce some of its chips in the US
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  2330. Joke Facebook isn't an authoritarian adversary and is beholden to US law. If you think the CCP and FB are the same - you cannot tell two unlike things apart
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  2331.  @sydneyguillermand4763  Hmm yeah but those are hack clickbait videos. China isn't going to collapse over night or any time soon... I think what is far more likely is a very long period of stagnation... once their debt capacity is reached and the effects of the aging population really start to bite. But again, it doesn't mean collapse and it probably won't be any time soon.
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  2332.  @davidrave563  Lol conspiracy nonsense
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  2333.  @PlanetCHINA.1  Oh and the massive US military presence in the SC Sea is a direct response to the large Chinese presence.. because China is stealing other countries territory...again, look at Philippines allowing US access to more bases, look at Vietnam and basically every other country in the area. China ain't makin' no friends in the SC Sea
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  2334.  @quyenluong3705  If you don't know what "all the hype is about" then you don't understand the problem. I don't feel like typing multiple paragraphs but automation is not as easy as flipping a switch.. it's extremely capital intensive as machines do very specific tasks.. this means they need constant upgrading. It also takes away China's competitive edge as other countries start to automate as well. The population decline means much less work force but they don't just disappear - they become dependents, so its a double-whammy. And then there is something called the skills gap. Automation would likely replace a lot of lower skilled jobs, but thats not actually where China would have it's problem. China actually has a ton of low-skilled labor it's the higher value added jobs that are going to suffer. So, it'll actually be possible for China to have a dwindling workforce and high unemployment at the same time. Not enough people in the jobs they need - and automation taking the jobs that many low-skilled labor depends on.
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  2335. Oh you WuMao are out in full force today huh
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  2336.  @teatree6228  You need to look up what a fact is. What you said, is, opinion
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  2337.  @antonlogunov1936  Those two things also don't go together. A highly qualified person will want higher pay
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  2338. Or, they could have used western vaccines and used their zero covid time to get everybody vaccinated, and then reopen
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  2339. Makes you wonder if they're not fake 🤔
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  2340. Economy is strong and there is no reason to cut rates. I agree that 2% expected rate but cutting now would only shoot us back up far beyond where we are now. If we actually want inflation to go down we probably need to cool it on the fiscal side a bit
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  2341. Hmm Beverley Hills Cop got mad respect....
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  2342. Consumer spending should have been up way more given the circumstances a year ago when massive amounts of people were in constant lockdown from Zero-Covid. Saying "it's up from a year ago" is disingenuous to how bad it really is. It's crazy how he puts a positive spin on such bad news
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  2343.  @FengChengNanEr-o7q  or maybe because its already very developed? As stated by Big Daddy Xi himself
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  2344.  @felisasininus1784  What you describe, is exactly why there is something called GDP per capita. And even by that metric - China is not developing, and they often say they are not developing when they want to look good to others. In addition - the people would be much better off if the government didn't keep a much higher share of the GDP gains of the past 30 years
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  2345.  @Song-TheNiceGuy  When did I ever say what my dreams were? I'm simply stating what it is. Its also why consumer demand is so low and what is preventing China from going from middle income to high income... so it's to their own detriment
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  2346.  @Song-TheNiceGuy I know how economics work and only one of us is having trouble with English, and its not me. I never said that consumer demand has to do with an entity being ran by the government. I'm not sure where you got that... what I said was that if consumers get a unusually low amount of the wealth created by GDP in the form of wages - they have less disposable income and thus a country will have lower consumption. This is just basic math. The late Li Keqiang said "Over 600 million Chinese live on 140$ a month.". Local governments have a lot of power and retain an abnormal amount wealth generated from GDP in the form of assets, and of course they don't want to give it up. If Chinese people received a higher form of GDP in the form of wages, about 20% more or so to meet the average of other countries at China's level of development, their quality of life would be much better and consumption would be much higher. The future fight is going to be between Beijing and the local governments for them to find ways to transfer that wealth, probably in the form of asset sales to the private sector, to pay off debt and improve household income. Anyways, I've wasted far too much time explaining to something to somebody like you, who is only trying to defend China and not actually have a good faith conversation. Good day sir
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  2347. ​ @Song-TheNiceGuy  This is my last post to you, because either your English comprehension isn't good enough or you are purposefully misinterpreting or mischaracterizing what I'm saying. Your math is off, 20% of GDP is not 20% of income. Its the equivalent of 20% of China's GDP that would usually should be directly/indirectly given to households in the form of wages. Direct wages are just that, indirect wages can be social security, unemployment benefits, healthcare, asset sales to private sector, etc etc. Your comment about debt shows that you do not know how economics or accounting work, and the dynamics of fixed assets vs liabilities. You're a nationalist that won't change his mind regardless of what is said because you aren't seeking to learn something new, you're only seeking to defend 你的国家 . You are conducting this convo in bad faith and I'm not wasting anymore time on you. You should change your name to Song-TheDumbGuy
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  2348. Not true....
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  2349. The anti US and western ones are propagated and boosted by the state. The side against the West always wins because thats how it's designed to be in those arguments
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  2350.  @nicoplum7339  "my evil white people" ? Lol, okay guy. White people did a lot of bad things but at least their admit them and they're in the past, when humans were less civilized. China is enslaving people in Xinjiang right now and lying about it
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  2351.  @donnydrumpf9563  btw - calm down with your racism and prejudice about white people. China has benefitted a lot from the global order and technology afforded to them from a lot of these anglo-saxon countries, so relax and be humble. The internet you are using right now was literally invented by the US military. Knock it off
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  2352. ​ @donnydrumpf9563  By that perspective, look at who supported the CCP. So the CCP/Chinese people are just puppets of White Anglo-Saxtons? According to your logic
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  2353. Always the butthurt person who has to mention the US in a video about China. 1. Your comment is factually false. US debt to GDP is about 120%， so the interest payments would be a small fraction of that. 2. China's total debt to GDP is about 280%. If you google this you will find a number of about 77%, and that's because debt to GDP traditionally measures national debt. China disguises this in local government financing vehicles. Google "China's actual debt to GDP" and scroll down a bit, make sure its from 2023 and you'll find it from legitimate sources. Anyways, go cry more, since you can't handle any bad news about China
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  2354.  @Seven.Heavenly.Sins.666  lol now its jumped to 280? You're a clown
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  2355.  @lucywang8541  Its absolutely not true that "no-one needs it" there are countless reports of people not being able to get medication to lower their fever. I'm sure many many people are dying from having too high of a fever. You are down playing the truth. It's disingenuous and dishonest. There is still a massive shortage of fever medication in China for those that need it
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  2356.  @ericphua2359  You gotta wake up man and realize this is not 3 years ago. This is what they shouldve done with the initial outbreak...when they knew it could be transferred between humans. Now that we are here, they should've 6 months ago prepped the country by pushing for vaccinations, building ICU beds, and stockpiling medicines. Too little, too late
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  2357.  @ericphua2359  I'm not a scientist, so I can't speak for myself. I can only repeat what I understand them to have said - With every new infection, there is always a very small chance for mutation and for a new variant to be created. However, it would be a variant of the same coronavirus... so the new infection would be probably be less severe. But yes it is always possible, but it would probably not be as damaging at the first outbreak.
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  2358.  @ericphua2359  Yea it defies all logic, just like the last 2 years they wasted not vaccinating the elderly, building medical capacity, and stockpiling medicine. It wreaks of a system ruled by one man instead of groups of people using pragmatism to make decisions
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  2359.  @jdmilion1096  Is it a gummy bear? Sorry
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  2360. Lol
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  2361. I think you are absolutely right and said it perfectly.
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  2362.  @samanthaw4955  This happens all of the time when Republicans control the house. US will be fine... I'd be much more worried about China's structural issues, massive debt to GDP (actual % is more than double the US) and population decline.
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  2363.  @hejay1245  Don't speak too soon。 China is still the largest emitter of carbon and very polluted in most areas. Until they can actually deploy this green tech you speak of and apply it - it's all just hearsay.
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  2364.  @fooksengloke3625  Okay you typed wayyy too much. Make it shorter, or people won't waste their time reading from a random person on youtube. Infrastructure is not always an asset... when the return on the infrastructure is less than the money (debt - in China's case) used to build it - then it's a liability. China is using debt to fund infrastructure that costs more money than it will ever make. It worked great in 2008 but it has outlived it's usefulness about 15 years ago... but they don't have any other way to achieve "growth"
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  2365. @sandponics Nope talking about China. 你可以读吗？
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  2366. It's always been so ironic that for a socialist/communist country that is called "The Peoples Republic" --- that so little is actually done to support the households and the people. Very few social programs to speak of and always putting government and business before actual households and workers. It's really just an authoritarian dictatorship that claims to be communist/socialist.
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  2367. Not anytime soon, but they might try 10 years from now or so... if they can reduce their reliance on the outside world (a big IF) To be honest, I think Xi would rather see China fall into a great depression/famine than fail on taking Taiwan back.... that is a scary thing and a real possibility when a dictator has that much power
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  2368. China will become North Korea before it becomes what happened to the Soviet Union. My opinion, at least.
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  2369. Because almost half of America loves stupid people who talk in low-res
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  2370. I would say the exact opposite, and all you WuMao reinforce that. On every single video about China - you can find many comments "What about the US blah blah blah", even if the video has nothing to do with the US. Chinese media inside China (yes, I live in China) and comments on videos outside China - are obsessed with comparisons with to the US and bashing the US
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  2371.  @PelleGIT  But he isn't even correct. On every youtube video about China - you find people comparing China to the US. I live in China and the state media is obsessed with labeling the US as the bad guy. China state media is absolutely obsessed with the US, as are the nationalists they have created
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  2372.  @vlhc4642  Lol grossly over-estimate? Beijing cares insanely who wins in Taiwan. Taking back Taiwan seems to be one of Xi's desired major accomplishments while he holds power...this is evident from his words, the increasingly increased aggression, the amount of effort they use to spread disinfo in TW to help the KMT and hurt the DPP. If the DPP or KMT wins is a major factor in the country's China policy. So no, I'd say you are absolutely wrong on that one.
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  2373. I just don't like how Piers always sets his show up to be 2 conservatives on 1 liberal with a 2nd ambiguous person to give it the appearance its a balanced discussion. On top of that, you have Piers being a right-leaning moderator who seems to jump in to reinforce the conservative voices and get a few punches in, all while claiming "I haven't got a dog in the fight, I'm British!"
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  2374. This is to encourage Chinese EV companies to move their manufacturing into EU. They can sell in the EU, but its preferred the be built there to supply jobs and not take them.
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  2375. Lol okay China Shill
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  2376.  @awesomegmg956  I explained it in my comment above yours
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  2377.  @ĐoànĐạiDương-f1n  China's actual debt is estimated to be around 2.5x it's GDP. It owes it to its people as they were the ones who generated that GDP and it was their savings the banks used as leverage. Ultimately its their current wealth and future wealth that was plundered and will take the hit. We are seeing it in real time as real estate takes a dive and 70% of Chinese household wealth is in real estate. Debt was used to build nonproductive assets (real estate and other unproductive infrastructure) for local government revenue that are worthless since they were speculative and/or cost more than the revenue they produce (ie railways to Xinjiang). As real estate goes down - so does the household wealth of the average Chinese citizen, and then goes their consumption, and then comes deflation
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  2378.  @daedricxarmor1430  What on earth are you talking about lol. I'm not a Xi supporter
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  2379.  @thetrueworld8317  It's always about comparing the US and China to you guys right? How many in the people in the US compare themselves to China or point at China and say "Oh yeah! Well look at China!" when they have a problem? Not very many... Anyways, a better question to ask is how much nonfunctional infrastructure China has built in the past 10 years? That is the bigger factor. China's infrastructure investment model topped out around 15 years ago. Before that time - they lacked infrastructure investment and needed it... so it returned a positive investment. If you spend 1 rmb and get anything more than 1 rmb - it's a good deal. However, after that time - they started getting less and less for their investments and now its estimated for every 7 rmb they spend on investment, they get 1 rmb back. To put it simply - they have too much infrastructure, and because it worked in the past - they just kept going, and never switched their economic model. What was a good thing in the past - is killing them now. I'm not just making this up....Tons upon tons of videos on this and legit economic articles written up about this. It's been a known issue for a very long time
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  2380. Yup. Lab leak
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  2381. Musk is great spreading misinfo and lies. He said DOGE cut 22 billion and it was confirmed to only be 2 billion.... he also spread the lie about the condoms to Gaza which was not the same Gaza. It was for helping stop the spread of HIV in Africa
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  2382. Lol it is absolutely not true in the US... quite the opposite - hence the massive inflation problem and historically low unemployment. Knock it off, Wumao...
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  2383. Victory? I know people who just got lockdown in quarantine again lol, and many schools/bars/restaurants are still closed. All theactrics and nonsense...Covid is still in Shanghai and playing wack-a-mole with outbreaks is not victory
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  2384. Kevin Rudd said a few years ago that before China invades Taiwan, they would.. 1. need to sufficient insulate their economy from the global financial system (sanctions) by securing more food, energy, commodities, etc - in Yuan. 2. Build up their military to the point that they would be sure they would win. Since that time, we have increasingly seen them make strides in both of those goals. Multiple bilateral agreements in food/energy/commodities in RMB, and Xi's effort to create a "fortress economy" and de-risk themselves are just a few examples of the first.
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  2385. China and US got along fine before Xi
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  2386.  @danielhutchinson6604 What on earth are you talking about. US still enjoys long and stable relationships with the all of its neighbors and most of its allies. China has no real allies and it's relationships with most of it's neighbors have greatly deteriorated in the last 10 years.
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  2387.  @danielhutchinson6604  So please explain to me what you think that means, because it seems from your comment that you do not
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  2388. Insane Trump is going to cut corporate taxes even further, exploding the deficit for the sake of letting the uber rich get even more rich. This country is doomed because the rich have seeped into our politics and will run it into the ground just to make an extra buck today. America, you screwed up
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  2389. Still better than their situation. Americans are spoiled and swear US is so bad... try living in other countries for a while
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  2390.  @silentmajority8365  actually its quite the opposite. The reason inflation is so high is because the limited resource is the workers....more jobs than workers leads to wage inflation and then price inflation. In addition, a country needs a steady growing population for economic growth. Why do you think China, South Korea, and Japan - are freaking out about their population shrinking?
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  2391.  @silentmajority8365  They are paying every time they buy something, through sales tax and economic activity. They also don't get access to a lot of the services citizens do and, contrary to what you hear on right wing news - have lower crimes rates. Inflation out-paced wages but now wages are catching up. Zero immigration - lol you don't know jack about economics eh? Aside from US being a country being built on immigrants (including your ancestors), its literally the super-power the US has over places like China that are facing a shrinking population. Go take a college level macro and micro econ class before forming extreme opinions.
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  2392. A lot. Do more research on "Why is US banning China from buying US chips"
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  2393.  @NoFrillz-G  Yes really and not sure why you are bringing up Indians lol. Maybe you think I'm Indian?
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  2394. Alright so I live in China. Domestically, Xi is actually in a very secure position of power. That is actually what allowed him to release zero covid with disregard for the well being all everybody in China. If he did it before he got his 3rd term and hell broke lose - it could have endangered that. Now that he has his 3rd term? He doesn't give a damn, basically. The other reason he dropped zero covid is because the local governments were broke, and there is much evidence to show the spread of the virus already out of control in Beijing and other areas. They didn't have much of a choice because it failed
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  2395. Mmm I think there is plenty of info to show that China backed Junta. Look, it doesn't take a genius to see that an authoritarian regime would prefer to deal with another authoritarian regime rather than a democracy. China takes a lot of sides and this whole idea that China is always "neutral" is nonsense
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  2396. Yeah so why is China then....by your logic, they should not be
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  2397. This is not true. The GDP growth that has been reported is already adjusted for inflation... man you guys are so determined to be negative about this economy in any way possible eh?
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  2398.  @Chinese.Scholar  Stop with your stupid bot upvoted comments. You can try and make it look like everybody supports all you want - but the truth is China has record low sentiment all over the world. Your propaganda comments aren't converting anybody. And - they aren't happy with the inflation reduction act and have made issue of it, but the US and them have such a deep alliance that it isn't gonna make a dent in their relationship.
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  2399.  @kirajv2457  I have no idea if that is true - but who cares? Many of the CCP's official's children also have American passports
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  2400. ​ @ftu2021  Who says Tesla will not be probed? If they are made in China and getting subsidies, then there is no reason to think they wouldn't also be probed. Chinese made EV's can also include Tesla if they are made in China and getting subsidies.
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  2401.  @ftu2021  Can you stop parroting the lame CCP story that the US is some kind of puppet master that is controlling everybody's mind and making them not like China? It's as ridiculous as the flat-earth theory. Maybe, just maybe, countries all around the world are doing this as a reaction to CCP's policies under Xi. Take some responsibility and stop deflecting blame
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  2402. The victory of The Sun UK emboldened her to write that Op Ed and to use it to play victim and further her career more. She didn't consider the legal ramifications or that Johnny would win if there were any.
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  2403. I can't believe your comment has so many likes...people are idiots
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  2404. Lmao yeah ok, corruption so bad that they have missiles filled with water.... what a big "win"
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  2405. around @25:00 when Carville was saying how Dems won't "fall in line or told what to do" in terms of talking about the most pressing issues like the billionaire class and will fight to talk about transgender issues and racism... I actually think the hyper-focus on trans issues and social justice were Dems "falling in line" to the loudest minority who seems to have over-sized influence in the direction of the party. One example was the whole "Latin-X" thing that was totally manufactured by people in the DNC that fell flat, or Kamala refusing to go onto Joe Rogan because some of her more progressive staffers threw a fit. Bernie's focus was on the billionaire class aka oligarchs and his message really resonated with a vast amount of people.
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  2406. What they'll say is that the problem is on the spending side
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  2407.  @kshin_LA  I understand economics and you're not giving the full story. Cutting taxes for the rich and big corporations does very little for growth, as they end up saving a lot of that income or paying it out to execs and shareholders. Cuts for the middle and lower class do spur growth and GDP because they spend most of their income. Trump's cuts did not go to the middle and lower class
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  2408.  @kshin_LA  Yeah is that why he got voted out... because 2020 was so good during his time? You say people are remembering, and I say they are forgetting
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  2409.  @kshin_LA  Oh no you didn't. And newsflash: Biden isn't far left, and Trump would've supported Israel even more. Stop with your nonsense
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  2410.  @kshin_LA  Well lets see - there was the afghan war that he said he would put an end to but didn't. There was selling of weapons to Saudi that were used to inflict tons of civilian casualties in Yemen, There was an increase in drone strikes that also had high casualty rates. Trump is no saint. Yeah US was real great in 2020 during the Covid outbreak that got him put out office
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  2411. They've hijacked a ton of info on China by buying their way to the top of the search results
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  2412.  @oldschooloverlord  This is not necessarily true. There are hardcore nationals who put fake information and its quite obvious the CCP has been putting fake info and buying the top spot on search engines. You see this when you search about China's debt, tibet, xinjiang, etc
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  2413. Why isnt this rocky chick or her sister called to be a witness? If they could corroborate her stories about the injuries and about Johnny swinging on her sister - it would be a slam dunk for her. Why wouldn't they want to come under oath and be a witness if the story is true?
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  2414. One talking point I hear people say over and over that goes unopposed "Are we better off than we were 4 years ago?" and nobody says ANYTHING. An obvious pushback would be - Oh you mean in 2020? When we had 18% unemployment and and hundreds of thousands more people died than they had to? Let me ask you this, if things were so good 4 years ago - why did Trump lose?
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  2415. and our sympathy for all the families in Ukraine that feel the exact same pain Dugina feels, that his ideology brought upon them
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  2416. I guess the Dutch are not so stupid after all. - fixed that for you
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  2417.  @jsurfin1  We know what your comment meant.. but being tolerant doesn't mean stupidity and ignorance. China is known to use any means necessary (including students or those posing as students) to infiltrate, coopt, and steal IP and commercial secrets. I looked up what they mentioned here in the video about what the Dutch intelligence service assessed about the CCP. It's quite telling and consistent with others.. the Dutch need to protect themselves.
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  2418.  @artugert  nope
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  2419.  @jjsamuelgunn1136  You are defending a country like Iran? US has done many bad things, but Iran is nobody to defend, nor is China. All three have done horrible things towards humanity.
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  2420. Don't steal classified documents and you won't have any problems. What an idiot... The law applies to everybody
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  2421. Would be even better if they didn't have such detailed information in the first place to be stolen...
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  2422.  @XRealEstate777  Oh the same company that got billions from the Chips Act? Cry me a river. They'll be fine
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  2423.  @georgexu8196  China is only one part of the world my friend, and none of those companies got all or even most of their cash from China. The world does not revolve around Chinese demand, infact, that is China's problem - lack of demand. Those companies will be just fine as they are global
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  2424.  @georgexu8196  is it though? I know they're (China) about 20% of the world population, but are they 20% of the market for US chipmakers? I mean some of those (Chinese) companies consume from US, the State, and other countries... so is 20% of intel's/other US producer's from China? I can't say for sure but I'd find it hard to believe. US and China are decoupling because of potential future conflicts over TW and SC Sea. This is an unfortunate cost of business and I highly doubt these companies didn't see this coming. They will be fine and won't go out of business.....just like Huawei didn't go out of business when the US hurt them. My point is you will not now or ever see the US government coming out and making press statements angry about this action. The contrary is Chinese state media always makes it a public spectacle when the US makes any moves against them or any of their companies. Confidence is quiet, insecurity is loud
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  2425.  @dann5515  First of all - I'm talking about the US as a whole or at least strictly the government. China always comes out and makes these press briefings or at minimum makes statements to international audiences to protest. You won't see the US doing that because confidence is quiet. And who cares if some US people bought shares - thats everything at any time. US as a whole is doing just fine economically
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  2426.  @aussieebayfashion  What do you mean
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  2427.  @aussieebayfashion  Oh I've got a pretty good idea of how economics works, and I'm very ok with tax dollars going towards the chips act. Wish we did more industrial policy
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  2428. Its so weird how the KMT was literally beaten and driven out from China to Taiwan... and now they are undermining Taiwan to the benefit of Beijing
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  2429. I feel the same way about the CCP. Masters of projection
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  2430.  @pikachus5m166  You're thinking too micro. Japan's problem was over-investment into nonproductive assets, as is China's. Initially the investment is productive, and you see massively positive ROI, but over time there are diminishing returns until they become nonproductive and the ROI becomes negative. This is China's problem... using debt to invest in infrastructure and real estate was initially a good thing, but this expired about 15 years or so (差不多), and then it became a negative return. The economy is unbalanced and it will rebalance, no question.....the question is how long will it take. Historically the two choices have been very quickly with high pain, like the US great depression, or drawn out stagnation like Japan... I personally believe it will be the ladder than the former.
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  2431.  Dorin Tenzin  I'm not Indian lol
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  2432. Lol except it's the opposite. China has no real friends
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  2433. I agree the right is obsessed with trans issues but I'd also argue that so is the left. It's a game of pingpong that only adds more fuel to the culture-war obsessed parties that are doing less and less for the average American on economic/education/health-care issues
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  2434.  @UltraSaltyDomer1776  She did great arguing the points. You guys are just so right-wing brained you're bias prevents you in seeing that
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  2435. He said "tied or ahead" so if she's tied then he's still right
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  2436. Hmm I don't think it's that simple. Otherwise, there would be literally zero point in this and investors would not react.
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  2437. Umm yes? And this isn't a new discovery or secret. China would absolutely not be able to invade Taiwan and takeover the TSMC manufacturing as it needs constant software updates and tweaks not only from ASML but also the US...Not to mention replacement parts. This is actually a nothing burger because its been known forever
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  2438.  @ethanliu5289  Lol uh what did I say that is racist?
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  2439.  @flykespice  It was asked by "Marc Zhu", here is my response, and I quote: "1. Swallow pride and nationalism and accept the more effective western vaccines, then gradually re-open. 2. If western vaccines are not accepted (dumb) at least give 3-6 months and prepare your population by: getting them all a booster shot, building ICU beds, stockpiling medicine, gathering medical workers A dog could have come up with a better plan than what Xi did. He closed the country for 3 years at great economic cost, all just to flush it all down the toilet. Went from Zero Covid, to 100% Covid over night."
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  2440.  @Neuvari  Ok, here it is for a 3rd time in the same thread: "1. Swallow pride and nationalism and accept the more effective western vaccines, then gradually re-open. 2. If western vaccines are not accepted (dumb) at least give 3-6 months and prepare your population by: getting them all a booster shot, building ICU beds, stockpiling medicine, gathering medical workers A dog could have come up with a better plan than what Xi did. He closed the country for 3 years at great economic cost, all just to flush it all down the toilet. Went from Zero Covid, to 100% Covid over night."
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  2441. ​ @Neuvari  Please get your timeline correct, before you talk. The vast majority of those deaths were before the vaccines came out. The US did not have vaccines for an entire year. This is in stark contract to China, who had vaccines for the past 2 years and instead chose to spend all of their time and money on unsustainable zero covid and locking people up. Let us be clear, this is the fault of one man: Xi Xing Ping. Who used the lives of 1.4 billion people ... as a political tool for the past 3 years to gain power and secure his 3rd term. It is despicable and evil Do not try to blame powerless protestors, many of whom are in jail now. It is also disgusting and disrespectful to everybody who is dying right now and had their lives ruined in the past 3 years, that you blame "protestors" for this mess. Digusting
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  2442. ​ @Neuvari  The science is very clear - if you get a two shots of the western vaccine, you are close to 99% safe from serious illness or death. You don't have to believe me, the numbers are out there from numerous peer reviewed studies. Funny you mentioning Trump and saying "it was just a flu" bc Chinese State Media is now saying "it's just a cold". Let me at least say this: Trump was probably the worst US leader ever, but they got rid of him. China, unfortunately, will not be able to get rid of theirs
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  2443. That hardcore libertarian mentality works out on paper but not in real life. Similar to how communism works out on paper and not in real life, but the other side of the coin
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  2444. Hmm yeah but it was the banks that fed them bad information, not their analysis of the info they had
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  2445. Lol you don't understand what this signals. Beijing has been trying to infiltrate eastern and central Europe for the past decade... for it's BRI project and to influence the EU for trade and lean away from the US. This puts a damper on that plan, and indicates a shift away from Beijing due to their support of the Moscow Invasion of Ukraine, their trade embargo on Lithuania, and their reaction to Pelosi in Taiwan. Beijing is it's own worst enemy right now
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  2446. Well this is true. If we had invested in college more and encourage people to go - we'd have less of a need to import skilled workers.
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  2447. Chinese bots and WuMao are all over Ian's videos now... trying to discredit him because he has said something they didn't like about China. Man they're everywhere now on western media youtube channels...
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  2448. Lol you don't understand what this signals. Beijing has been trying to infiltrate eastern and central Europe for the past decade... for it's BRI project and to influence the EU for trade and lean away from the US. This puts a damper on that plan, and indicates a shift away from Beijing due to their support of the Moscow Invasion of Ukraine, their trade embargo on Lithuania, and their reaction to Pelosi in Taiwan. Beijing is it's own worst enemy right now
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  2449. This dude's about to take sanctions off Russian oil
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  2450. Putin escalated by bringing in N Korean troops. Allowing long range weapons was a response to that escalation... its insane how people misunderstand this.
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  2451.  @vsm_dracarys6282  First of all - read before you talk. They are not allies, they just signed a mutual defense treaty after North Korea already sent troops in. You have zero idea what you're talking about. This is how people get tricked. They don't actually know about something yet form strong opinions based on things they saw or heard on the internet.
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  2452. Very true, to all you said. To the last thing - China constantly rails on about US hegemony when in actuality, they want to replace the US and become the new hegemonic power
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  2453. saying 1x1 = 1 is not a "narrative", saying it's 2 is not "threatening the narrative"
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  2454.  @biggpicture2930  highly highly doubtful... those states are not allies and would not risk military confrontation to save the others.. ie - nobody is helping Russia with their own armies in Ukraine, not even China.
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  2455.  @biggpicture2930  Yeah, I think the exact opposite... its a tie based on a common enemy and relies on convenience and Russia being a vassal state to China. But yes, you are always free to think what you would like
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  2456.  @biggpicture2930  Well you could kind of answered the question there. Russia would have collapsed without China's support, mainly through increased trade and tech. Russia now, basically, belongs to China. China is free to squeeze them for below market energy prices and pretty much anything else it wants because - Russia has no choice. China has also truly secured its northern border for the first time in its long history with Russia, so it was willing to take the hit in EU relations
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  2457.  @biggpicture2930  If it were possible we could bet money - I'd love to take that bet and would wager quite a lot. Unfortunately we can't
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  2458. I mean do those trans laws really affect your quality of life.. I mean cmon. You have been fooled right wing propaganda to care about things that really don't make a difference
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  2459. Thank youuuuuu!
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  2460.  @whatever-o6t  Lol you just can't accept that China is lying. How many weather balloons have "went off course" and blown over China ? Doesn't the wind blow over China?
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  2461. People been saying this for 10 years, about apple...
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  2462. It sounds like he's running defense for OPEC. Bizarre
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  2463. US has never said China is collapsing... Only a fool would think clickbait youtube videos by random people = US saying China is collapsing. Also your comment about "loaning money" shows you have zero understanding of how economics work. China needs to buy treasury bonds just as much as US needs people to buy treasury bonds. Please say this more on youtube so people can see how foolish are
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  2464. You guys love to blame the US for everything
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  2465. Right thats why China doesn't invade right now, right? Thats why China didn't shoot down Pelosi's plane right? Look, here is the truth - China's military, as of today, would have no chance against the US. This is objective truth, and why China didn't attack or stop Pelosi or Taiwan like they said they would.
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  2466. I'm an American living in China and you guys have no idea how bad the economy is here right now. Why? Because you aren't allowed to know and all the amazing videos about China you are seeing on youtube right now are fake.
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  2467.  @xianshi8896  Lets see how China's economy is doing over the next 5-10 years. If you are Chinese, than you know just like I do that things are not going well here in China.
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  2468. Preach Von Der Leyen!
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  2469. HK has now further become a tentacle of Mainland China. The destruction between economic/political/national security continues
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  2470.  @galv9499  At what point is "early" wrong? He was bearish at the beginning of the year and look at how much the market has rallied since then. He'd need an insane drop for it to even get back to the same level he was bearish at. By that logic, guys who predicted a recession 5 years before it happened were just "early"... yet they missed out on all those gains.
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  2471. I still like Bill Maher overall, but that was a dumb take. I was remember thinking "Bill messed up again tonight.."
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  2472.  @CaptainOverkill  Those people who want to unify are in the vast minority. There is data from polls that show this...and less and less identify as Chinese - again, lots of polling and data on all of this
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  2473. I like him more than Elon
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  2474.  @iggy5347  China's exports are decreasing, and relying on exports for growth works when you are smaller. China is too big now to rely on exports for future growth and the room and willingness to absorb even more exports by the rest of the world is quite low. You're thinking is right in line with the CCP policymakers - more investment into manufacturing with the hopes of creating new jobs. Unfortunately manufacturing is already over-invested and the constraint is not supply of capital - it's demand. A better idea would to be use that money to increase household wealth. One way to do this would be to strengthen social safety nets. The social safety net is vastly under-invested as its only 2.5% of GDP
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  2475.  @ssuwandi3240  Oh here comes this guy again... the online China troll to the rescue. I'm not even going to waste time taking you seriously.
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  2476.  @iggy5347  Alright you can think what you want. I don't think in "month to month" terms, I think in years. And I never said China's exports were bad. I also don't think exports are a good way to compare the US and China. Anyways, you want to believe what you want to believe. If you want to learn something new or gain understanding - watch Michael Pettis
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  2477. @kudi lmaooo you are on drugs. What are you using for that info? The Chinese internet? China's central government hide's most of the debt on it's balance sheet in corporate debt and local government debt. In 2020 - their real debt to GDP was 270+ ... and that was BEFORE these recent lockdowns. You are ridiculous How do you think all of these giant buildings got built so fast? How about all of these high-speed rails? What about all of these apartments? China must be somekind of money-magician... No, it was not from profits, it was from debt. Newsflash: China lies about their numbers
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  2478. To his base, this is a feature not a bug. This ramps them up more and motivates them to vote for him to attack what they perceive as corruption and politically motivated charges. However I don't think the same is true in general and actually weakens him. The smart thing to do would be to pivot to a more electable option, but that isn't going to happen
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  2479. Not really. Investment in China is at an all time low and the amount of companies that are moving out at an all time high. You obviously don't know a lot about this issue
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  2480. It's an objective report about supply chains....what "local perspective" are they missing? There also isn't more than that 8 second clip...because they literally aren't allowed to walk around and interview people in China. In addition, the Chinese government/media literally does not allow any other perspective to be shown on their media except their own...going so far as to block other news sources and censor anything that goes against their narrative. Why is it then that any other media outlet is expected to give this privilege when it is not reciprocated?
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  2481. ​ Maxxxie DeSantis  I've never been a subscriber to the "coming collapse" of the Chinese economy. I think it's the slow-down that is now here, and will be in the 2-3% GDP growth for the rest of the decade (unless they use debt to surge it to 4%). Followed by Japan-era stagnation, when the population decline really starts to be felt. About the Trump/Biden thing - Nah just because you understand something doesn't mean you can bend it to your will. I'm not sure if you're understanding what I'm saying... The real long-term goal of the tariffs were to further increase the costs of importing from China which increases the speed at which businesses leave China, and move to countries that were friendlier to the US...it was never really to move manufacturing back to the US, like Trump said. That was just a good marketing ploy to rally public support. Zero-Covid is also speeding up that process. Anyways I'm not sure what your point was with that. Either you: don't understand what I'm saying, you don't understand supply chains, or you're just trying to take some-kind of shot at me. Regardless it doesn't really matter
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  2482. The main problems are 1. There are safety codes but enforcement costs money that local gov's don't want to pay, plus inspectors earn so little that they are easily paid off 2. Construction projects are often given a bonus for speed. This incentivizes shortcuts 3. A lack of ethics and morals where nobody truly cares about anybody who isn't their friend or family. So what does it matter to them is something collapses 4 years after being built? They'll be long gone
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  2483. They always fudge their numbers to look more positive. Your estimation of 980K is probably closer than you think
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  2484. You do realize that 1. China's debt to GDP is way more than that of the US 2. If people in the US had the GDP per capita as they did in China - they would be considered impoverished and unable to afford their own homes Instead of using Commy talking points - actually do some research before talking
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  2485.  @023achilles  He has to leave to lobby for support. You're acting like he's running from the frontline to a safe place to hide. Stop it... You really are desperate to tow Tucker's line and paint Ukraine, the country who got invaded, as the bad guy huh? Shame on you... its disgusting, just like Tucker
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  2486.  @simontide6780  You conspiracy theorists are just ridiculous...all sense of real world logic out the window, connecting ridiculous things together
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  2487.  @reeferrick1078  He's right. You are the one who has been eating up Tucker's propaganda
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  2488. Showed she's not doing this in good faith. That answer was garbage
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  2489.  @kshen7485  I think China knows is also depends on the US quite a bit... after the semiconductor ban + other export controls. Australia is with the US and the majority of other nations in trying to control China's hegemonic ambitions. US is a hegemony and does seek to keep it's position... the difference it seems the majority of developed nations prefer US's hegemony to China's.
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  2490.  @medeliworld  Lol so that isn't even true. That nonsense is using the PPP measure of GDP....and is a CCP talking point. You have either believed that BS or your a bot/WuMao. The G7 in total wealth is over 200 trillion and over half the global wealth...please stop. The brics is a joke... it's basically China with a bunch of patchwork countries...and I and C in Brics hate each other. Goodluck with that
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  2491.  @kshen7485  You are great at parading the CCP talking points...that's why anybody with money is fleeing China, right? I wonder how many people would leave if they actually could afford to and could get their money out. China 1000% seeks hegemony....thats why they hate the US - it's in their way. Even though the US helped them become what they are, they now have become arrogant and want to bite the hand that fed them. There is nothing peaceful about the CCP and it has taken more pie than it ever gave...hence why it has problems with all of it's neighbors not named Russia.
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  2492. I live in China and I wouldn't necessarily agree with Weinstein. Chinese people tend to keep to themselves more when engaging strangers, come from an environment where they are potentially monitored at all times and have to watch what they say, and are even potentially in trouble at home for trying to sneak in. Last thing is, they are likely skipping some of the dangerous parts because they've paid extra money to the guides and whatnot.
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  2493. More trustworthy than the CCP
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  2494. This guy from HSBC is a part of their China branch - which is still controlled by the CCP. This is soft propaganda being spent... do not believe the story he is spinning about the Covid policy winding down. It is the clear opposite in almost every province
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  2495.  @Andreamom001  The same guy who says the media lies and can't be trusted... apparently says something in a Pres debate bc he saw it on tv
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  2496. China has printed more money than anybody
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  2497. US isn't saying or doing anything? That is China who throws a fit everytime somebody doesn't want to use their stuff
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  2498. No, the hypocrisy is China. They are the most protection major economy in the world.. they already tariff car imports and a ton of other things, plus EU does not subsidize their products like China does. Stop hurting other economies with over subsidization and thus dumping - and won't be no problems
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  2499. He's a loon. What he speaks of is in itself reckless, and only benefits the rich/elite
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  2500. Don't listen to these people... do not sell amazon, alphabet, or apple. This is how you lose money - by trying to time the market by selling good businesses and thinking short sighted.
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  2501. ​ @yehimstone5492  Monetary inflation is only one source of inflation. It can also come from: demand exceeding supply, supply chain disruptions, shrinking populations, exchange rate discrepancies, expectations of futre inflation, etc etc... I don't agree with going with bitcoin.
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  2502.  @kwphone9735  Lol you buy all the propaganda eh? Look up all the scandals and corruption of the grain, and how a lot of it has went bad. Russia can't even begin to supply all of China's needs of oil and gas, factually false - do some research on how much China consumes and how much they can get from Russia. Bro you just haven't dont any research and just spouting off talking points from CCP news media. Take some time, do research from legit sources, and then come talk.
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  2503. Nope, just responding to authoritarian governments trying to interfere
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  2504. Still in the US
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  2505. Because they want to start WW3 and become the new hegemonic power. Hence why the US asked for access to the bases in the Philippines - and why the Philippines welcomed them
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  2506.  @tommy85704  US mostly wants to make money.. which is something most countries can get behind...and why most prefer US's hegemony to China's... who wants to take peoples territory and punish people for even saying something they don't like.
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  2507.  @roro-v3z  Well clearly you don't know what you're talking about. If you were here before 2017 you should know that anti US hate was in the news and media was far before that, so you are incorrect. You need to separate the government from the people. The government has been pushing out anti US propaganda far before 2016, when the mood changed in the US. The tariffs only supercharged it and helped the government propaganda push be much more effective. The government has been directing its people for a very longtime to hate the US. The US has a lot of soft power so you could argue it wasn't as effective before the tariffs, but the effort was still being made and the sentiment was growing.
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  2508. Stop it with your fake bs. In no circumstance is a 6% hit to GDP "negligible"... makes me wonder if this is even a genuine comment
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  2509.  @esbenskovrasmussen9066  Thank you
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  2510.  @phillip76  even "think tanks" in China are heavily controlled
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  2511.  @k.j4432  not true
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  2512.  @Sokrabiades  Much less since Xi took power
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  2513. I think it was at the end when he said he thinks earnings will drop 15%
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  2514. What I want to know... why does China care so much? Officials from the Chinese embassies lobbying, tons of official statements in press conferences and all over State media. The US government didn't make a peep when facebook, google, skype, etc... got banned in China. If its really just a private company with no connection to the Chinese government - why are they making such a fuss about it?
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  2515. I would've pulled the gun out as soon as I saw dude had a knife...and also, hold the gun with two hands dude. Anyways, still glad nobody got hurt...and people need to drop their ego and grow some thicker skin
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  2516. If you were England, I'd agree with you. Low growth + high inflation...so raising rates doesn't equal economic growth. The US is literally the outlier of developed economies and doing the best..... we are able to eat the rate increases because of economic growth
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  2517.  @directxxxx71  They got the tech from the solar panel industry from Germany. Not like they invented it themselves.....goodluck doing that in the future, unless they steal it (probably)
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  2518. Anybody else notice how there is always some big financial firm on bloomberg coming out and saying this? I can't help it's some type of advertisement or way for them to justify their fees to clients and why their position in China is going to do better. These firms have just been so conditioned from the past 20 years to believe that China was going to always just go up up up...so now they are struggling to accept the fact that there are structural problems in it's growth model.
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  2519. Having an answer for everything is ok I think, its just his story wasn't believable. His actions were not congruent with somebody being extorted and the supposed motivations of those extorting him also didn't make much sense. If you want to extort you can just extort.... why make things so much more complicated and risky by killing somebody? None of it made sense
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  2520. Hard to go there when they've been closed the last 3 years
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  2521. Bizarre take because you seem to say they're doing something bad and then say "just in time for the election" as if its something that is intended to help the President
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  2522. Lol data "comes in line" and people are jumping all over the chance for rate cuts. I could understand if we had 2 or more months of good data, but simply not being worse than expected means - rate cuts coming next month. Unless inflation was sub 3 and had a clear trajectory towards 2 - why on earth would they cut now when we are at 3.4% and their goal is 2? These people speak in their own self-interest as "strategists" and not in reality
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  2523. Careful, because if this is successful - China will steal it, make them much cheaper, and put you out of business
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  2524. America is doin far better than any other developed nation in both growth and inflation pause
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  2525.  @Chizuru_Fan  Disagree
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  2526.  @Puntonghua  Lol okay
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  2527.  @beerharmien  re-read what I said in my original comment for your answer
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  2528.  @brianliew5901  I'm not American
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  2529.  @brianliew5901  Feel free to explain the flaws in my logic
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  2530.  @pbworld7858  None of anything you said has to do with China's hypocrisy about politicizing trade while at the same time - politicizing trade itself. Lithuania recognizing the Taiwan embassy has nothing to do with sinophobic hatred, and none of anything here has anything to do with the US. Use your brain and actually watch the video, read what I said, think critically, and stop obsessing with the US.
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  2531.  @pbworld7858  what part of what I said was propaganda or racist?
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  2532.  @pbworld7858  Lol yeah I do. Please tell me
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  2533.  @brianliew5901  You can't explain anything. Your response is purely emotional because you read something you didn't like
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  2534.  @brianliew5901  I'm not American, so I don't know why you keep bringing up "Uncle Sam". I'm talking about China, which is a different country entirely than the US. China constantly complains about others politicizing trade, while itself politicizes trade a lot. Lithuania is only one example
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  2535.  @brianliew5901  This is true, 但是我会说中文。 Anyways you could try refuting my argument instead of resorting to race
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  2536.  @brianliew5901  Im now questioning if you even watched the video? It says right in the video above, and also a simple google search could tell you. It also doesn't matter, because China claims to explicitly separate politics from trade - but they do not. There are many examples of this
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  2537.  @awsblacknight6956  The issue is not the politicizing of trade - the issue is constantly pointing the figure and accusing others of doing it. China can do whatever it wants with its trade, but it does not have to keep crying about trade being politicized when it does that itself, and a lot. Simply stop saying it
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  2538.  @h.c3804  Tell me how I'm wrong
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  2539.  @raidenshougun9663  I'm not American and I never mentioned America.
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  2540.  @jacksmith-mu3ee  I'm not American
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  2541.  @teodorradovic1254  Then that is politicising trade, right?
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  2542.  @yuliusseraph4973  I'm not American though. Why do all you guys keep responding with things about the US?
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  2543.  @VienPeaaace  This comment is so stupid that it makes my brain hurt
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  2544.  @来玩啊  请回应我原来评论中提到的矛盾
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  2545.  @来玩啊  我觉得你没有理解我原来评论的要点。请再试一次
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  2546.  @来玩啊  那么你的评论和我的原始评论有什么关系呢？我的评论是关于中国不断指责他人将贸易政治化，同时却在做着同样的事情。问题不在于将贸易政治化，这是任何国家的权利，问题在于指责他人。我认为最好不要指责他人。
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  2547.  @来玩啊  这件事非常明显，与公平贸易环境无关。立陶宛在本国内做出了政治决定（这是他们的权利），中国不喜欢这一决定，于是用贸易方式进行了经济报复，这实际上是将贸易政治化了。一个国家有权对自己的内部环境及外交关系和决策进行决定。中国也有权决定如何进行贸易，问题在于它经常指责别国的行为，而自己却经常做同样的事情。这并非个别事件，另一个显著的例子是当澳大利亚要求对冠状病毒进行独立调查时，中国以贸易制裁严厉报复。这是一种持续的行为模式，如果中国想这样做，那么就更应该停止在批评别国时使用这些点来作为谈资
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  2548. The US knew it was there wayyy before media caught wind. I'm sure they got notified by the Canadians... this ain't the first time they've done it, it's just that this time somebody messed up and got caught by the public.
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  2549.  @blokin5039  When did I say anything about "total banking volume" or any of that other nonsense? You put those words there, not me. You said it was "a tiny bank". That was false, and you know that. Now you're trying to backtrack Stop trying to defend a bad situation. Every country has it's problems and China is no different. Bank runs are serious, regardless of their form. Learn to accept some criticism and stop trying to feel it's your need to spin things to make China look better then it is
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  2550. ​ @phildefer2342  When did I say I wish their banks would collapse? You're on drugs, man. I'll one up you with a history lesson - After WWII, the US rebuilt much of Europe and created the freedom of navigation principle that became international law. For the first time in human history - countries were allowed to trade anywhere in the world safely, with the protection of the US navy. This lead to the globalization that created much of the global growth of the last 50 years. The very same globalization that allowed China to sell to the world and become power they are today. China especially benefitted from this because - it had no functional navy at the time and had no way to defend it's shipments beyond it's borders, in addition to a surplus of cheap manufacturing. The freedom of navigation allowed them to export their manufacturing by using the waterways and safety guaranteed by the US navy to trade with countries globally. China's navy today still benefits from the freedom of navigation principle to safely travel the seas - as their navy only has about a 1,000 mile range at best. Ironically this is the same freedom of navigation they are violating in the South China Sea. So before you tell me about 2008, go back a little further and consider what even gave China the ability to open up to and use global markets in the first place
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  2551.  @blokin5039  I've already proven to you it's not just "a tiny rural bank". It's you who is burying their head in the sand. I don't claim all of China is on fire. I think they have massive structural problems though (besides rural banks) that is going to significantly reduce their GDP growth going forward. That is all It seems you just cannot accept any bad news about China, and seek to downplay it. I cannot agree with you
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  2552. ​ @blokin5039  Lol you're a madman. Talking to you about China is exactly like talking to a Donald Trump Supporter about Donald Trump. No objectivity, no insight or awareness, and consumed by bias. I'm not going to waste my time on you anymore. But I will say this - and mark my words - China will never get to a high income economy. 1. Lack of structural reforms in the economy 2. Decreasing/aging population + significant decrease in productivity growth. 3. Low consumer consumption 4. Lack of growth drivers going forward (bye bye property sector) 5. Lack of innovation #2 is the biggest and most inescapable. Anyways I'll leave you with that, have a good day sir and only time will tell who is correct.
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  2553. I'm sorry but the EU has no spine. Let them come in and decimate your budding EV industry then... just like they did solar panels. All for a dying market in China that is pushing them out anyways
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  2554. Lol you don't understand what this signals. Beijing has been trying to infiltrate eastern and central Europe for the past decade... for it's BRI project and to influence the EU for trade and lean away from the US. This puts a damper on that plan, and indicates a shift away from Beijing due to their support of the Moscow Invasion of Ukraine, their trade embargo on Lithuania, and their reaction to Pelosi in Taiwan. Beijing is it's own worst enemy right now
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  2555.  @ssuwandi3240  Lol be quiet. You have no idea what you're talking about...
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  2556. Why not stay in Singapore? I wonder why risk it
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  2557. Lol how many CCP officials friends and family with foreign passports or have their wealth tied up in foreign countries
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  2558. Russian bots are coming in hot on this video
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  2559. The "general intelligence" of the public is absolutely gone, what are you talking about? They have just re-elected the guy who tried to overthrow the government, doesn't believe in democracy, and tanked the economy 4 years ago. The "generally intelligence" doesn't even wonder why we had to stimulate the economy in the first place? Because we had 18% unemployment from Trump... and they put that guy back in power. In the age of social media - its the general lack of intelligence of the public. Look at Brexit and how that public intelligence worked out.
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  2560. Xi Jing Ping
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  2561. Well they oppose your illegal subsidies
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  2562. How much would a Tesla catching on fire get news in China...But if it's BYD it gets swept under the rug. Gee I wonder why...
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  2563. They should test using some of those billions of dollars to help the majority of the population that lives in abject poverty. And before any of you get all offended and crazy, in 2021: "Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said China still had 600 million people whose monthly income was barely 1,000 yuan ($154)". Get your priorities straight. Stop sending people to the moon and giving money to buy friends from all of these poor countries when you still have at least half a billion people who severely need help.
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  2564.  @JA-pn4ji  It absolutely does not have civil military fusion. You are confused at what that is. It does not mean that private companies willingly help their countries government on tech and innovation.. it means that they are compelled and forced to help. It's literally illegal for any private company or citizens to deny helping the Chinese government in any endeavor, even espionage. Buffoon... figure out what you're talking about before you open your mouth
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  2565.  @dxelson  Look at my response to the other guy, because I'm not typing it twice. We have more than one buffoon here apparently
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  2566.  @stevec8352  So you completely misunderstood what I said then. Go read what the civil-military fusion is actually about, then come read what I said very carefully word for word, and then reply
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  2567.  @D2524-v8r  Hmm no I still see it. It was a reply to J A. Here is again then: It absolutely does not have civil military fusion. You are confused as what that is. It does not mean that private companies willingly help their countries government on tech and innovation.. it means that they are compelled and forced to help. It's literally illegal for any private company or citizens to deny helping the Chinese government in any endeavor, even espionage. Buffoon... figure out what you're talking about before you open your mouth. To add to that - it means that if the Chinese government/military went to the companies that produce the hardware and software for these cameras, and said you need to make it so that we can access the video and audio of these cameras - they absolutely have to do it. There is no recourse, there is no pushback. Even if there is a .001% chance of that happening, any responsible government has to take into consideration that possibility and would be foolish to not investigate or think twice before installing Chinese tech in sensitive areas.
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  2568. I like it too but the libertarian side is still like a 70-80% ally/supporter of the Trump supporter in terms of view. Not on all issues, but overall....its not like a +/-/= matchup. Its still a fairly uneven amount of support for the Trump/Conservative side
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  2569.  @bentendo9474  Nah I get it, just pointing it out.
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  2570. We know China loves controlling the flow of information domestically and abroad. What better than to have massive leverage on the man who owns one of the largest social media sites in the world? Their propaganda and misinformation will flow freely
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  2571. Nope
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  2572.  @Mr1234543211  No hope for Russia... the official b***h China
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  2573. Its also not in the interest of Japan or S. Korea. They don't trust China and see them as aggressive
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  2574.  @basementdweller2830  Calm yourself. Stop reading infowars
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  2575. Just like she told Johnny "I didn't call the cops" and then Johnny reveals that she told her friend IO to call the cops... I wouldn't be surprised if she had somebody tip off TMZ . Notice she kind of hesitates for a second when she is asked "do you know of anybody who tipped off tmz". Getting somebody else to do it for you so you can deny that you yourself specifically did it.
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  2576.  @ItsLizzy82  Lol yeah can you prove that? For example, how many bases are in Russia? Their giant neighbor to the north. And please do include the proof of "spy tech in their US based tech"
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  2577.  @recycle8894  The South China Sea does not belong to China though...
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  2578. lol fairy tails. China wants to buy US treasuries and they are in high demand....hence the dollar being so strong. The US isn't begging anybody to do so
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  2579. "China doesn't meddle in other country's affairs" - CCP eye roll
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  2580.  @mcgaretse77  Maybe they do? I don't know, I'm not Indian. But yeah, from an objective economic point of view - India is doing pretty well for itself in terms of growth rates and seems to have a bright future. The only reason China even has a global market is because of the Western order that allowed for free trade across the global oceans to occur. China didn't even have a navy when it opened up and it was only under the global order that allowed for safe global trade to occur.... China could not have safely sold to the world with the exact order it is now attacking. You say win win but then use the term milk profit, which suggests you think it was much more one way than the other. You would be wrong as the countries you name were still doing quite well before China joined the system. China was not
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  2581. You guys just don't like her because she doesn't like Trump anymore. Ya'll were the same ones who were all chanting for a wall in 2016
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  2582. Check out Michael Pettis, Matt. He's an economist at Peking University and he has done the best explaining how/why China's growth model is failing. Changed the way I thought about their growth model. Super underrated guy and he should get way more attention on youtube.
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  2583. Lol ofcourse they said that. Too bad it only makes it worse... because not only is China's population decreasing, the quality of that population is also awful. They messed up with the one child policy, real bad
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  2584. Just a name
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  2585.  @X-H-Wu  Lmaoo okay. I laid what I said clearly, and can back it all up. Say what you will
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  2586.  @tonyxu7690  Propping up domestic brands and industry is to insulate the economic dependence on the outside world and especially western countries. The purpose of this aspect very similar to Trump's America first and a broad 10% tariff... which could also be called decoupling from the outside world. Its all protectionism - the same thing the CCP and the diplomats are going around claiming to be against. In case you haven't noticed - its not just the US putting tariffs on China: EU, India, Turkey, Brazil, Indonesia (and more) have all done the same. Some are on EV's and some are on steel.. these are both developed and developing countries btw. Its not just the big bad US putting up tariffs on China's over subsidization of industries.
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  2587.  @X-H-Wu  Lol way to copy and paste your previous comment. Get a life
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  2588. Thats what they say. However, it's impossible to put them together when the people have no choice who their leader is, can't voice their opinions, and can't leave.
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  2589.  @zw1588  You're still not making sense
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  2590.  @nawnaw4709  Okay Darth Vader
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  2591.  @Homeb  That is absolutely not the whole story. There is no denying that there is a big and direct correlation with the price at the pump and the price of oil. It is a cop out to try and blame it all on the oil companies. Of course they're a business and they take their share - but when the price of oil goes up, the price at the pump goes up - and vice versa. So, I do not agree with his point
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  2592.  @sergeikoshcheev1479  Still expensive as F***
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  2593.  @superwatcher456  Why did he stimulate the economy with the trillion dollars? Lets go back a little further
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  2594.  @Bebornagain12345  Lol you absolutely have no idea what you're talking about - and we both know that. Go take a macro and micro econ class and then come back. Not wasting time on you
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  2595.  @jshepard152  Tell me why we did that?
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  2596. Bill Maher said it perfectly "It was this guy's idea to ban tik tok, he does a 180, now he's gonna save it and be the hero of the young people. This guy lucks into everything."
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  2597. I'm confused... so you think 1 soldier = or > 1 ICB? I feel like this Chinese bot doesn't know what a Minuteman is...
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  2598. lol I live in China and you're talk of "transition the upgraded level of prosperity" is all nonsense meant to fool people who don't live here. The cities are full of low-quality shit contruction. Most people work very hard to make low wages and struggle to make a good living...stop trying to fool people here on youtube.
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  2599. Yes, in response to China's subsidization. EU started to do it too... they can't just sit there and allow one person to cheat without evening the playing field. Even with the subsidization, it pales in comparison to China's massive subsidies in chips, solar panels, EV's, etc etc etc
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  2600.  @spider6660  Well the people who put them in place were democratically elected. So yes, they are. Can't say the same about China
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  2601. He's lowering it on specific things due to inflation. Tariffs are inflationary.... I'm curious to see which things he's removing. What he needs to do is ban tik tok since they've been found to be collecting data for Beijing
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  2602.  @NaptownSubaru  I can't be onboard with that. I'm not sure what you mean by being a living commodity that every nation has ownership in? It just doesn't make sense and there are no facts behind it. It sounds like far right news talking points
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  2603.  @blondeblue32  Yeah but what happened to Republican principles of no welfare? And free market? It seems that every Republican threw their principles out of the window. If Biden started a trade war instead of Trump - Republicans would be destroying him for it one very news outlet. But Trump? No problem! Insane bias there
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  2604. Most big tech, if you haven't noticed. Google, Meta, AMZN... all are massive on acquiring potential rivals
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  2605. Well you realize these bases were already there right? And that this was after China bribed the Solomon Island officials to go against the will of their people. Something else to consider is if China doesn't like this - they should have spit in the face of the Philippines with their actions in the SC Sea
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  2606. The problem with China is Xi is not going to change one bit to attract investment and improve the economy. He is laser focused on his agenda and the delegation at Davos is basically trying to sell a shit sandwich and make it look like a cheeseburger
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  2607. Under fair rules? not afraid. Under Chinese subsidies? It's like giving steroids
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  2608.  @kathlen76  I don't know exactly about their statements on climate change but I think fore-going millions of job-losses in the next few years due to Chinese unfair trade practices is taking precedence to climate change, in this case. I tend to agree for economic and geo-political reasons... although I still feel climate change is a major geopolitical issue we should be working to minimize.
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  2609. The part about "high quality development" is typical CCP-speak of saying a whole lot of nothing. Vague objectives with no detail or substance that is meant to make people think they are doing something
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  2610. Its a problem, for sure. The assumption was that with globalization and the Soviets gone - it no longer mattered where things were made, only the cost mattered....that was true for a while but now we've realized the world ain't all sunshine and rainbows - and location matters. I'm glad to see things are somewhat going the other direction though (hopefully).
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  2611. He's not in charge of Microsoft anymore
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  2612.  @cuteandfunnyearthlings2863  How is that... I don't see US coming out and making statements, crying about export controls the way China does. You're making up things in your head buddy
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  2613. Ofcourse it's always the older people who are most susceptible to propaganda
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  2614. Shuttup....
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  2615. They will cast votes on election night - will they not? If they are very upset with Kamala, they will have the choice to vote for her, Trump, or nobody at all. They expressed their displeasure with Hillary (despite her getting votes to be the nominee) by not voting at all. They will have this choice again come election day, so if they are unhappy - they will express this with their choice
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  2616. Exactly... if you have a massive collapse in birthrates - you'd have to be stupid to allow others to adopt your shrinking population of children
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  2617.  @JohnSmith-i3i  你叫什么名字？
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  2618. Not only are the areas in China that are closest to Taiwan (such as Xiamen) strictly guarded and regulated by the military (making it almost impossible for a civilian to stand there and fly a drone) - DJI won't even allow their drones to be operated there by civilians. So it's actually impossible that it was a "Mr. Nobody" flying the drone
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  2619.  @peterseth3296  Well they force GM to partner with a Chinese company so they get 51% of the profit.....
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  2620. The export controls might be bad for US companies but what China intends to do with those chips is bad for US as a country. Look, you can't sell someone the noose for which they will hang you with, all to make a buck. That is an old commy saying about capitalists and how eager we are to make money. If somebody is positioning themselves as a strategic threat - you can't help them. Not to mention all of the tech thefts over the years... enough is enough
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  2621. He cares more about his billionaire donor Jeff Yass that is a major shareholder in Bytedance... as soon as that guy became a donor - Trump changed his tune. He can easily be bought
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  2622. I'm liberal but this has got to stop. Be more pragmatic and less ideological
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  2623.  @freespeech8520  Well actually watch the video and see all the people that were hurt. 300 people reported losing a family member... you didn't even watch did you. Pitiful
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  2624.  @TrinhNguyen-sh4fj  This person may be a paid internet troll that often lurk on SCMP pages to spread anti-us propaganda. Anybody who lives in the US knows it's nothing like this.
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  2625.  @GeorgeMartinus  I live in China, and you are drugs if you think the situation in the US is even comparable to China. China is not testing nor reporting it's deaths. The amount you are quoting is nonsense from State media. Literally everybody around me is catching Covid. There is footage of crematoriums with in various cities with cars stacked around the corner. Knock it off with your State run disinformation nonsense. You're either a paid WuMao or a bot
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  2626.  @GeorgeMartinus  Again, you are either on drugs or willfully lying. The US has been back to normal for a very long time now. And yes, the US does represent the true numbers. Why? Because the US government does not control their news, like the Chinese government. 你的真名是什么？
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  2627.  @GeorgeMartinus  你告诉我你的这名！ You bringing up Ukraine war shows you are are a fraud and a typical WuMao. Cannot accept that China has failed against their fight against the virus, despite having three years to prepare. You're insecure and make me sick
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  2628.  @GeorgeMartinus  The fact that you say the name "hanzi" shows you know what I'm talking about. You might fool the outside world, but you do not fool me. I have lived in both China and US, and frequently travel between both. You sir, are a liar, and spreading disinformation as to the realities of the pandemic in China vs the US
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  2629.  @Pheebe.Dee.  How would you know? By your comment, you clearly don't live in America. America has been back to normal for a very long time, and even at the height of the pandemic - was not as bad as this footage from Chinese hospitals.
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  2630.  @daniellai7712  Pretty sure this chick is a WuMao or bot account. Anybody who lives in North America knows that it was never like this, even at the height of the pandemic
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  2631. He loves Trump
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  2632.  @calvin5177  Because its important for your credibility to at least appear impartial when you have a show like this
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  2633.  @amantedelcane420  Literally nobody is saying that
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  2634.  @amantedelcane420  yeah
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  2635.  @amantedelcane420  Don't cry
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  2636.  @thomasffrench3639  That is the dumbest take I've ever heard. If he was impartial the other way - you'd be here complaining how bias he is. Try to be honest and good-faith, please
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  2637. I agree with you
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  2638.  @ssuwandi3240 How bout the question I asked you here
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  2639. Worry more about suicide bombers in your own country before you talk
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  2640.  @Storm4155  absolutely false. Stop lying please
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  2641.  @Storm4155  Pales in comparison the direct and indirect subsidies these cars get. Ford and GM aren't exporting to the world at below market value, smart guy. Subsidizing for green energy for domestic market is not the same as subsidizing to dominate global markets and destroy global competition. You have no clue what you're talking about. You also don't know what indirect subsidies are, do you? Such as - cheap land, cheap electricity, etc. Lets see what the EU findings are about their subsidies
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  2642.  @Storm4155  China has spent at least $230.8 billion over the past decade to develop its electric vehicle (EV) industry. Lol I like how you cherry pick 2022 randomly, as if the previous decade doesn't matter. You're a disingenuous, bad faith actor
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  2643.  @Storm4155  so, you are wrong. I already told you.. And that number I provided does not include the indirect subsidies through cheap land, electricity, tax breaks, etc. You're a bad faith actor dude, you cherry pick and misrepresent facts
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  2644. These countries have got to put up trade barriers to counter this massive flood of money from real estate into manufacturing or they are going to get their own manufacturing base hollowed out and other industries that use these goods dependent on China. This is exactly what they want - other countries industries to be dependent on them for things like solar panels and EV's through artificially cheap goods at the expense of their own industries. Pettis talks about this process in great deal.
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  2645.  @Exodus26.13Pi  No such thing as clean coal. It's a myth... and nuclear still doesn't change the need for action/government spending on climate change.. which means - taxes
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  2646.  @bobhabib7662  People much smarter than you or are I have likely calculated that
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  2647.  @kevinbaldwin7805  It might be initially higher but I think longterm is less. Electric cars are not fully green, but in the longrun they are "green-er" than cars that use diesel.. over their lifespan
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  2648. Well he's Christian so he probably wouldn't. And besides, you may get in an argument about Israel, but in China - you get disappeared
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  2649. China is going to need oil for a very very long time... it's a fantasy to think that they will be getting the majority of their energy needs from renewables in the next 10-20 years and probably even more
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  2650.  @TheKkpop1 The same arguments pro CCP people make all over the place. China has printed more money and inflated their money supply than the EU and US combined...so, no. And the difference between their "articial growth" and China's is that when they spend - most of that money goes to the demand side, not the supply side. That means that much more of that money spent goes into peoples pockets and not into ghost cities or more high-speed rails that aren't needed and lose money.
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  2651. Lol okay, guy. Keep telling yourself that conspiracy nonsense... @happymelon7129 
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  2652. ​ @happymelon7129  I'm pretty sure I have seen the exact same comment copied and pasted on other videos about China over the last few months, which leads me to believe you're a paid WuMao or a bot. Quoting nonsense articles/youtube videos from the past many years is meaningless. By that token, you can find 1000x saying how the US would've been collapsed by now. If you told a room of investors in 1994 that Japan wouldn't grow for the next 30 years - you would've been laughed out of the room. Kind of reminds me of the Pro CCP folks who tout China's past as reason for its future.
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  2653.  @phillip76  Lol okay, you obviously have no idea what you're talking about
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  2654.  @bl5608  Yeah I agree it won't come back to America. I think people wanting/expecting that are silly and shows they don't understand the economics of it. US should focus on educating it's labor to rely more on advanced/high-tech manufacturing. These don't follow the low-cost model and require a highly skilled workforce to produce. The low skilled stuff is gone and will never come back. It'll keep shifting to the cheapest country
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  2655.  @Fauzanarief-n7i  Not sure where you're getting that from
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  2656.  @titusp9488  Yeah I went to community college for 2 years and then went to a university to finish my undergrad. Yeah TBH if you're low income, you can get grants. At least in CA the grants are pretty generous if you make a lot of money. It honestly wasn't too bad, but you still have to have some cash or you need to take out loans. Other States might not be so generous, so not sure what it's like outside of CA
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  2657. Xi does not want to decouple... they have benefitted immensely from trade and technology transfers/theft from the US
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  2658. Lol or maybe they are grown humans thinking for themselves and tired of being in lockdown for 3 years and having their economy destroyed for one man....just maybe.
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  2659. Well I'm not Indian nor do I live in India. China is running record amounts of debt though, even more than the US - they disguise it by putting it in local governments and state run enterprises in the form of corporate debt though. They are running out of debt capacity and I think the next 10+ years will look nothing like the last 10+ years in terms of growth. Then the population decline kicks in and it becomes Japan level stagnation
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  2660. What blows my mind is that Trump is now lobbying against the ban... the very movement he spearheaded
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  2661.  @teoengchin  Well for sure there is that, but at this point its almost a given there wouldn't be. It would be political suicide to be full on pro Palestinian as the support for Israel is still strong with many Americans, especially older ones. I just think Biden went too far. He could have more nuanced/balanced in his approach by supporting Israel when they got attacked, but still pushed back publicly when Israel was killing so many civilians, not allowing in aid, etc.
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  2662. Those guys are so balls deep in China that it affects their analysis...they think all of this is a cyclical issue. Michael Pettis, who is a professor at Peking University, has the best take on the Chinese economy I've seen. According to him China has a structural problem and many years ahead of a very painful rebalancing process of debt fueled mal-investment and yes, the pain has only begun.
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  2663. Why focus on this when the vast majority of the country is still very poor. It's more concerned about face and looking cool/developed to the rest of the world than actually developing for the vast swathes of those who still need it and haven't got much from the growth of the last 30 years. Yes I'm going to get attacked for this but that's fine
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  2664. So China won't get mad?
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  2665. You know nothing
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  2666.  @mwalls6685  Oh 我很了解你
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  2667. You guys have to find something to hate on because you've already decided you don't like him.
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  2668. Power gained from the technology the US gave them... or they stole
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  2669. Stop it....such a ridiculous statement that Moody's was told to downgrade China bc they did it to the USA
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  2670. Don't steal classified documents and you won't have any problems. What an idiot... The law applies to everybody
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  2671. Because the chip plant addresses less than 5% of global demand. So it hardly gives away Taiwan's advantage... don't be silly, TW knows what they are doing.
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  2672. Not only Charlie, but his sister is a lawyer for crying out loud! It boggles my mind that there were so many brains involved in this, one being a n actual lawyer, and nobody put their foot down and said "This is insane, we aren't killing that man.". I also think there is something very wrong with this family's morality that this idea ever made it past the start line....starting with the mother and how she raised her kids.
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  2673. I think they will resist to the end. Even if China takes back Taiwan - they will have nothing to "take back". I think China does not understand this and believes they can bend/force the people to their will
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  2674. Difference is in China people do not have a choice. The people in Japan could choose another party if they wanted to. They simply don't.
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  2675.  @kshen7485  Again, provide sources that substantiate your wild claims. I'm going to keep asking you because you have yet to show them. Saying crazy things is easy - backing them up with proof - is harder
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  2676.  @kshen7485  I live in China and you are a liar, sir. Just about everything you say is a lie
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  2677.  @quantum9571  Yes, I know they do because I know somebody who belongs to them. However - they have absolutely no ability to actually gain power and are more for show if anything. One of the traits of a Marxist/Leninist system is one party rule that denies other options/choice.
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  2678.  @vulpes_channel  Yep I'm quite aware and familiar with Shanghai prices
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  2679. A little bit of decent news and the market goes right back to it "rates cuts are imminent!" talk. I can't help but feel 16 years of insanely low interest rates have had a strong conditioning effect on people that have come to expect low rates. With inflation still around 3.4% overall and economy still humming... I don't get why people think interest rates are around the corner
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  2680. Nobody is saying they do. And if these justices rule that Presidents have that immunity - that goes for all future liberal Presidents too. Things go both ways so people should be careful what they wish for
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  2681. Lol US is in quite a strong position right now... China? Not so much. Get it right...
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  2682. ​ @hkfoo3333  Ok sure.. 1. Biggest economy (fact) - The economy is so hot in US right now that unemployment is too low (opposite of China) and need hike interest rate to cool it down. 2. Strongest military (fact) 3. Most global influence -how do you think they got all the countries to agree with export ban? - How do you think they got access to bases in Philippines? 4. Holds the global currency - dedollarization is a myth and the dollar ain't going anywhere anytime soon. 5. Most innovative for technological advancement - hence why China has benefitted from tech transfers from the US and why they continue to try and steal more technology. 6. Attracts the best talents from around the world (makes #5 possible) And if China is almost independent in chips - why are they so angry about the export controls then?
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  2683. ​ @62gkm  So, I think a child or a simpleton could easily be fooled by the optics "US sending official to see dictator.. this = weak US.". And this is exactly what Chinese propaganda is trying to propagate right now. A smarter individual would look a bit deeper at actual policy: 1. The US has a stranglehold on China's chip and AI sector...this prevents military and technological advancements. 2. The US also has imposed harsh tariffs that China still wants off. So it begs the question... if the US is asking for help - what exactly are they asking for that China has to give? Nothing that I can see. What is the US actually offering to concede in terms of tariffs and export controls? Nothing that I can see. Who's economy is in a stronger position right now? Well US's economy is too hot and has too low unemployment and has to raise interest rates to intentionally cool it down, China has the opposite problem...record youth unemployment of 20% and likely higher since the always make the numbers look better than they are. China's actually debt to GDP rate is over double the US's and they're far less developed. China still requires the US for access to key technologies. US businesses are finding other markets for their supply chains: Vietnam, India, Mexico, etc... China has a shrinking population problem that will make growth harder in the future. So, again, look at what is actually true - vs simply optics. The US is simply being diplomatic, because they know they hold all the cards. China is in trouble, and it's why they are going on Press tours begging the world not to diversify their supply chains.
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  2684. This post wreaks of WuMao...
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  2685. Comments like this are so ignorant. Yes, distrust anybody who is smart and doesn't say institutions are bad.
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  2686.  @HuaTsing1999  Not anymore...since the National Security Law, they have been compromised. They try to appear fair by putting half news and the other half pro CCP nonsense... plus the bots have taken over any comments on this channel.
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  2687. I think you accidentally put "US" where you meant to put "China". Mistakes happen...
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  2688.  @wulung5943  Ask SMIC, and the massive amount of companies that have gone bankrupt in China. Those companies you have named are doing just fine, and China would be so lucky to have companies of that quality. Bad examples, my friend... but then again, you don't have any good ones to choose from
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  2689. This is such a dumb comment... Men were fooled to think that college was a joke
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  2690.  @kansashoneybadger7899  Well obviously if they are going to school more - they will hold more of the debt. In other news - water is wet. Men are messing up by listening to all these right wing buffoons and guru's telling them not to go to college.
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  2691. Watch more right-wing propaganda, please
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  2692. Were they lies in 2016 when he called Trump would win and dems went after him?
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  2693.  @natbirchall1580  I have no clue how you say those are the "same same, but different"
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  2694.  @deebil8099  Yeah I'm completely aware of that and agree.
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  2695.  @phillipchan6919  Lol well yeah, I was born and lived there for... 32 years. I think I know the judicial system well. I can tell you that you are not allowed to hire thugs to harass people because a certain government cannot handle any criticism of their Supreme Leader Xi
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  2696. The government can't just buy up land owned by private citizens.. it's not that simple
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  2697. At least Tomi Lahren showed some nuance in her opinion of Trump. The dude on the left can't say anything about Trump without spinning it off as a positive or blaming it on Kamala. C'mon bro...
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  2698. I am in Shanghai and infected, as I type this. Literally everybody I know has got the virus already
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  2699. Bro I'm dying lol..
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  2700. Lol no
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  2701. Where is the vid of her and her sis faking the punch?
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  2702. Then what would be the problem? Let them
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  2703. England still very much has a democratic process. No foreign power should be allowed to interfere
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  2704. China and Russia definitely want BRICS to turn into an anti-western bloc. The problem that is stopping them is the I in BRICS (India) which has no interest in that as they still have a good relationship with the west
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  2705. Lol we need the fed and this is as good as it gets. If you want to see a real planned economy - go to China. Don't be spoiled and complain
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  2706. Lol China literally politicizes everything.....Especially economic issues. The irony and hypocrisy is painful...
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  2707. True example of "Servant Leadership" rather than trying to get something for himself
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  2708. I havent seen that reported at all. Its called probable cause... And if the fbi took the boxes than they likely had the classified documents they were looking for. Funny how the same people who cared about the emails will now be defending Trump
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  2709. Candace is a dunce that pretends to be smart. Rogan wiped the floor with her and recently so did Destiny
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  2710. These bot accounts are as bad as the ones on financial advice channels with 200+ likes and fraudulent info. Newsflash: nobody believes your nonsense
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  2711. Love Ian Bremmer. Great guest!
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  2712.  @Zaneandbasicretriappl  Wow you really don't understand how the US government actually works do you? Nobody needs to try. US will sell Taiwan what they request
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  2713.  @orangerightgold7512  Well you can't really bow down to yourself lol. US and Taiwan won't bow down to China. Europe will be sending lawmakers to Taiwan soon as well. Democracies won't bow down to tyrants, everybody should rule themselves and control their own future...not China
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  2714.  @huoyeh4319  Nah, only Mainland China. That's because Taiwan is it's own country. and listen to yourself, "DIEwan". If you actually believe Taiwan is a part of China, and that they are Chinese - what is wrong with you to be so hateful towards your own people then? I'd never say that about people of my own country...nomatter how angry I was at them. I would not even ever say that about another human, nomatter where they were from. You're a disgusting and hate-filled human being
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  2715.  @davidwong5197  ASML will be fine and made that revenue up by increasing the sales of 2nd generation lithography equipment to China... so stop it. In addition, I agree with the decision for US to work with it's allies to stop selling to China. China has been breaking the rules on government subsidies for their chip production, stealing technology from American companies and Taiwanese companies for years. If you stab your partners in the back - they will not stand by and keep helping you. Lastly, China complains about ASML when they themselves just got caught pressuring European companies to stop using Lithuanian inputs in their supply chain... all because they are angry at Lithuania. This is against WTO rules violates the sovereignty of EU intra-country trade and supply chains. EU has just filed a case against China in the WTO about this and has substantial proof (you can look it up if you don't believe me). So do not tell me about US and ASML...When China is the worst offender globally of pressuring foreign companies and countries to do their bidding
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  2716.  @orangefanta3163  I'm not in the military. But I support the US and Japan's involvement in protecting Taiwan. China needs to do it through peaceful and diplomatic means.
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  2717.  @Dept246  I'm aware of the history. I think it's a little more complex than that.. .as you have different factions and opinions within each political group. I think the vast majority of Taiwanese people feel "nobody belongs to anybody" rather than the extreme stances of "Mainland belongs to ROC" or "Taiwan belongs to the PRC" Taiwanese people have a different way of life, different values, completely different government system.....and they've had it for 70 years. This means they have their own passport, currency, political system, trade agreements, diplomats, social habits, etc etc To uproot all of that now, to disregard the people...and force them under the PRC, just because now the PRC feels it's strong enough to take it....just feels, deeply inhumane and cruel. It also begs the question - when is a country it's own country? Could Taiwan go on like this for 100, 200, 300 years - and it still be claimed by China as it's own? There is no set rule for this, and obviously there are a lot of different opinions. I personally feel that if a country goes so long that it develops all of these things, that it is it's own country. I feel the PRC missed it's opportunity to rightfully take back Taiwan shortly after the communist revolution, and that doing so now by force will have justifiable consequences. That is just my opinion though
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  2718. The election spending was already baked into the cake and factored in to the expectations. It just didn't meet the expectations of the very high bar
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  2719. Hmm it'd be banks, the economy is doing fine
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  2720.  @zilun  Lol no I'm saying that it's 5 years behind and relies on stealing technology and state subsidies. Funny you call them puny, when their semiconductors are more advanced, their per capita income is much higher, their life expectancy and public health are much better, food quality is much better, and societal manners are much better...than "big boss China".
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  2721.  @ronnietexan  How is using a global social media platform with enormous reach to interfere in other country's politics comparable to sending 100 people to help on a campaign. You cannot tell two unlike things apart. This is a child's concept of equivalency. Its like taking a child with a butter knife and soldier with a tank and saying "They both have weapons!"
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  2722. Sean and Keith are right
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  2723.  @keithlillis7962  Thank you for speaking truth to these simpletons.
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  2724.  @seankennedy9716  Right on...
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  2725.  @graymalkin26  Nope
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  2726.  @Zelp789  Yup I do. Love'em
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  2727. Yeah but it's still a revision that's worth noting. Should they not say anything?
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  2728.  @jdingle8885  If thats all you get out of it, then it's not worth even explaining further
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  2729.  @jdingle8885  What on earth are you talking about. You have no concept of the importance of accurately recording GDP data for a country. It's not just about what is happening today for your short fish attention span
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  2730. He's always sayin this.
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  2731. Republicans getting a boner, thinking they're going to find some-kind of juicy corruption. Stop it...go watch a soap opera if you're that thirsty for drama It was the same hard-on for Bengazi, Hillary's e-mails, and Hunter's laptop
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  2732. Preach!
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  2733. ​ @retrogamer2548  I really really doubt that. USA is more open to China than vice versa. That's been great for China's growth and angered US in the past (think Donald Trump), however, that also means if China's economy does bad - the US is somewhat insulated from it, because they aren't that exposed to it. If anything, it means cheaper commodity prices, like oil. With inflation being so high in the US - that would be helpful to them. Also, US housing prices are insanely high, not in "free fall" anywhere. I am questioning if your statement is truthful
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  2734.  @lvjinbin28  Lol okay
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  2735. I thought he was great
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  2736.  @ssss8162  I'd rather be the west than China right now. Crazy thing is they literally had everything at their feet, but got arrogant and impatient. Should have waited 10 more years and the world would've been theirs. Thank Xi for that... Deng had it right "Bide your time and hide your strength.".
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  2737. Thank you!
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  2738. Funny how when US representatives go to China - the WuMao and bots are all on here saying how they are begging for help because "look who came to who". Yet when Xi meets Biden in USA, its all "Great they are working together!" the hypocrisy is headspinning
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  2739. "Workers were brought from Asia by a firm supported by the Chinese government" Brazilian government stop being cucks and letting them use THEIR labor in your own country. Despicable.
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  2740. She's American and works in the Whitehouse... I'm sure she understands, buffoon
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  2741. I was a fan of them before moving to China and they were absolutely right. There are "Anti-Japanese" museums scattered around and even in the train museum (mostly for children) you can find a section about hating the Japanese.
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  2742. Yeah I read your parenthesis and agree with you're overall statement but it's weird you reference American companies when it's a Dutch company....
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  2743. These corporations should've been increasing the wages of these guys as their profits soared. Now the workers will ask for far more... big mistake. They shot themselves in the foot
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  2744.  @oceanwave4502  You act like SWIFT was given from god and Western countries somehow took control of it. Its because the US created SWIFT. Any country is free to create an alternative if they want to, and in fact China is trying to do that but without major success.
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  2745.  @lagrangewei  This is incorrect. China is, by far, the biggest surplus country in the world and in history, in fact. They depend on exports for GDP more than any country by a large margin. You can argue this but numbers are numbers. I can pull them up if you like
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  2746.  @vashix  The reason China runs big trade surpluses isn’t just because of its high production capacity—it's also about low domestic demand. Basically, a lot of people in China don’t make enough money to buy a wide range of imported goods. Why? Wages in China are relatively low compared to the size of their economy. Instead of going into people’s pockets, a big chunk of national income goes into savings and subsidies that keep their exports cheap. So, China ends up producing way more than its own people can buy. To make their system work, they depend heavily on demand from other countries. That's why they worry when other nations talk about raising tariffs—it threatens a key part of their economic model.
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  2747. ​ @vashix  You are drawing a false equivalency. Germany and Japan's trade surpluses compared to China's are like a mouse to an elephant. About demand - I'm saying China sells to the world because China has insufficient domestic demand (that means inside of China) to buy all that they produce...that is why they call it overcapacity. China relies on demand from the rest of the world to keep its model running... and the number one country who supplies that demand is the US and 2nd the EU. This is why potential tariffs are extremely concerning to the Chinese government.
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  2748.  @bl5608  If you have deflation - then that means your economy is doing horribly. You don't just magically get deflation without a host of problems. Many would argue inflation is a much better problem to have than deflation
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  2749.  @bl5608  hmm I disagree. Very modest inflation is good for economic growth (most would estimate around 2%) anything higher than that - not so much. Deflation is also not good as its not only a symptom of a poor economy but it has the added chilling effect on spending - which adds to even less economic growth and deflation, and the spiral continues. I think you need to at least do a google search for these things and read a little bit before you comment on them
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  2750. Actually, yes. The US has some of the highest growth and the lowest inflation out of every developed nation since the pandemic. Hard to believe since most Americans think they're the center of the world and don't actually look outside of themselves
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  2751. You won't be getting quality with China. It's simply affordable price, but low quality
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  2752. I'll also note that decreasing the trade deficit is not simply about decreasing imports - it's about increasing exports. Trade is a 2 way street... and China tariffs just about anything imported from the outside, including Indian goods. Rising costs in China make Indian goods even more affordable than Chinese - but they're tarriffed so much in China that they become more expensive than buying local Chinese products. These kind of things need to stop or India needs to reciprocate
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  2753. They were also building theirs
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  2754. A convenient political move to gain leverage over Japan to try and get those US export controls removed
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  2755. Doesn't exist... only a despicable government would use such deception this way
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  2756. I love Kara Swisher
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  2757. Well didn't he actually get banned for not appointing a legal representative to challenge this in court? Which is like a middle finger to their judiciary system. And people/bots on X do spread a giant amount of misinformation. I'm not so quick to "judge" this judge without knowing more first, and I don't see why Elon couldn't even pick somebody to represent X to make their case Brazil ain't US and its important to respect the laws and customs in other country's. Elon wouldn't pull that in China
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  2758. So why is China mad about the export curbs then. China got a lot of its innovation from US companies, either through legit means or through taking it, so stop.
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  2759. California water is quite clean. Stop it...
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  2760. Is this a bot account? Logan is legit and nothing like Gordon Chang, and not predicting the collapse of the Chinese economy. Also, people have been predicting the collapse of the US since 1960's and before... so stop complaining. Big boy countries need to take big boy criticisms.
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  2761. Russia should have not invaded a sovereign country in the first place
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  2762.  @GoodLookingGentlemen  What does that mean. Btw, Nato is many countries and does not have a leader. US is just one of them
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  2763.  @dr_UiD  Not sure how you figure that. Putin isn't stopping at Ukraine... Once he got Ukraine, he would continue with his expansionary/imperialist strategy. His boy Dugina has already laid out the plan. The purpose and reason for Nato's actions in Ukraine were to prevent a bigger war/invasion with European and Nato countries. Now, Ukraine is not a Nato country, and that's why you did not see a direct confrontation or intervention with Nato troops. But absolutely they would be foolish and irresponsible to let Putin try to conquer Ukraine and then the other surrounding countries. Nato's support of Ukraine and economic sanctions to Russia were deterrents to prevent a broader and larger war. I think they were largely successful
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  2764. Trump is taking a page out of Mearsheimer's playbook in trying to turn Russia against China. However, this is not only a longshot (to put it mildly) but also comes at huge costs to US alliances with Europe and others, even merely by trying. So so stupid...
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  2765. Lol you can't help but mention the USA. You're D*ck is hard for them
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  2766. Lol ok WuMao... nice try
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  2767. Depends... there are also a lot of downsides to being your own boss. Especially in the first years of starting a business. Not saying which one is "better".. but it comes down to personal preference in certain industries/situations. Each one has benefits/disadvantages
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  2768.  @nicolass180  LOL. China can't be "free" because their government won't let them. Stop with the bs
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  2769.  @vinayjv  Stop it with your ridiculous fear mongering, conspiracy theorist mentality. The propaganda is what you have been fed. I love India and Indian people, but what you are saying is objectively false. Currently, India is not the most free country in the world. They are pretty good, but to say there is no country more free? It's delusional Btw - the western media says great things about India. What on earth on you talking about? I literally cannot think of anything negative about India that I've heard/read from western media.
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  2770.  @TheDonMan97  Yeah I would agree with all of that. I live in China right now and it's getting crazy
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  2771.  @vinayjv  I know what you're saying, I'm simply saying its wrong, and in many ways. Get better news dude, you're ingesting conspiracy nonsense
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  2772.  @harshitgupta5223  Didn't you post this same nonsense a while ago, and under a different name? Stop with your Disinformation
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  2773.  @max-uc5do  What kind of bot/fake account are you? Spreading disinformation..... newsflash: nobody believes you
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  2774.  @samyakhp4353  Say what you want, but nobody in their right mind would say India is the most free country. It's absurd by any objective measure. Again, I still love India and Indian people, but it is what it is.
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  2775.  @samyakhp4353  Well then yeah, I would agree that India is free. I consider it a relatively free country
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  2776. Headline is accurate
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  2777. The Pentagon officially denied this and said it was not accurate... so no, the "US" is not spreading lies. Unlike China, they don't control every bit of media as their propaganda tool, and people have freedom to say what they like. It is not the government, however, spreading these rumors
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  2778. when they call you anti-semite, it inherently challenges your credibility. Meaning... you only feel this way because someone is jewish, not because its objective or true
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  2779. Oh stop it with your conspiracy theories. There is zero evidence Joe Biden got any money or that they got any influence through his son. If anything, Joe has destroyed the sectors they need to advance over the US military. Look at actual policy and turn off infowars and newsmax for crying outloud.
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  2780. The government is not "taking the money" you buffoon... these tariffs are obviously designed and will drive people away from Russian fish. This isn't a money-making scheme by the government
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  2781. I wonder how people can claim that Trump's case (a State case) is somehow due to Joe Biden's mingling, yet his own son gets convicted in a federal case that he'd have much more ability to interfere in
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  2782.  @jacobhart4365  Stop it with your virtue signaling. Trump and MAGA are the opposite of "The side of truth". Get off your high horse
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  2783.  @PBandJJJJJ  A major economy with this kind of problem? None The last one in history was Japan
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  2784. I mean it is a disease but its a self-inflicted disease that can also be self-cured with better habits
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  2785. They focus on the culture war...and unfortunately, somehow, it fires up the Republican base...even without actual policy that helps the lives of the average person
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  2786.  @pb9695  I'd like to see that, but I don't think it's happening
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  2787. China had counted on and depended on influencing the US through it's business community (not a bad bet), and it worked for a very very long time as the US overlooked espionage, trade, and business abuse. There is an old Lennonist saying something like "A capitalist will sell me the noose for which I am to hang him with". I think they put too many of their eggs in the basket of the US business community and not realizing the effects of public sentiment. Also abusing the business community for a long time with IP theft, unbalanced playing field with local firms, trade barriers, etc etc... didn't help much. Now with the economy slowing in China (less money to be made), public sentiment worsening, and restrictions going up - US businesses are slipping through the fingers of the CCP.
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  2788. Not that simple...
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  2789.  @nathanbanks2354 Exactly... doesn't make sense to invest 10 billion into something and then go spend all the money to try and build it yourself...plus many additional hurdles
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  2790.  @thejeffinvade  You are right, sir
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  2791. I like all these analysts, hedge fund guys, and "strategists" that really work for these big private financial institutions keep trying to find reasons to say a cut is coming... but every time they have someone legit like a former Fed Pres - they're like "umm nope". Keep being delusional guys
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  2792. Pierce you constantly state you're "not an American citizen" and somehow insinuate that frees you of bias towards Trump... but lets be honest - he's your boy, you've admitted you talk to him fairly often, and liberal/conservatism is global. Trumps you're boy and we all know it... just own it instead of playing defense and deflecting
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  2793. Yeah apple is the loser, right...
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  2794. Lol they actually do have some-kind of resemblance, now that I think about it
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  2795. Maybe you didn't understand the video, but its because of China's policies that its companies are skittish about investing in China. Use comprehension and listening skills next time
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  2796. I've been saying since the start of the lockdowns in Shanghai that the economic forecasts were way too high, and growth was likely to be sub 3%. All of these major institutions were saying 4.5... ridiculous. It's becoming so clear to me how little all of these giant institutions that forecast are either ignorant or choose to be ignorant on China's economy
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  2797.  @protagonist9716 Lol okay. China is going through hard times right now.. maybe you should worry more about that
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  2798.  @protagonist9716  Do you not realize whats going on with China right now? For that 5% - they had to spend x7 as much in debt to achieve it. China's real/organic growth is closer to 1%. The rest is all supply-side nonproductive nonsense from debt, all to boost GDP numbers on paper. Don't believe me? You don't need to.. because you will soon see in the next 1-2 years that this economic "miracle" is ending, and will be much like Japan in the 1990's...except not as developed, not as rich, and experiencing population decline 20 years before Japan did. Oh and btw - 我不是德国人
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  2799.  @niburu1508  Oh I'm sorry, I thought this was a video about China, and a comment about China... I missed the part where it said the whole world?
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  2800. Utterly absurd...the US dollar ain't going anywhere and will be the reserve currency for the foreseeable future. Btw - you know China also has a massive debt problem, right?
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  2801. Thats what it's all about right? Pissing off the opposite party and hating each other. The main risk to the US is not it's economics, but it's political division and instability
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  2802. People have no soul to lie and use a natural disaster for political gain. If the US gets done-in, it won't be from something external, it'll be from this... from within
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  2803.  @eiyonlee3114  Lol okay...
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  2804. You live in a fake world. US economy is extremely strong and stronger than all other developed nations... turn off your NewsMax and Fox, you are being brainwashed with propaganda. Go to some other countries and gain some perspective
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  2805. It's part of China's "dual circulation", "made in China 2025", and "self-reliance" strategy that all focus on increasing others dependence on China - while reducing their own dependence on the world. Decoupling punches a hole in this goal and exactly why they are screaming for the major economies not to diversify or de-risk....even though they themselves have been doing it for years.
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  2806. You pro China WuMao's are literally on every single video regarding China lately. Beijing really must've upped it's global propaganda budget in 2023
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  2807.  @bicTh-s8l  Seriously. They flood the comments of SCMP and WION regularly
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  2808. Ive noticed massive uptick in the pro-China trolls/WuMao/bots etc etc.... on any news/media post about China issues in the past 3-4 months. It's ridiculous...
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  2809.  @lordssundee7047  Thats absolutely not true
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  2810. Taiwan has invested a ton in their defense, what are you talking about
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  2811.  @MB-fi5uf  Lol you're on drugs. 5th generation is the most advanced you buffoon...and the USA has many times more than either Russia or China. In fact China's jets are literally a copy of the US ones. Look them up Jesus...
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  2812. Remember this - nobody knows anything
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  2813.  @japjungho4645  Its a downtown area of a first tier city. Probably some of the highest GDP per capita in China. And you're "losing hope" thing is your words not mine. Just saying that its pretty common talked about how jobs are hard to come by and the economy sucks. Tell me I'm lying.. if you live in China - you know what I'm saying is true.
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  2814.  @TienyeeTien  I do live in China and so we both know you are lying. Stop it.. you are doing a disservice to all of the people struggling right now by spreading your lies.
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  2815.  @user-wb8mp9by9f  Come to China and ask people. If you live in China - then we both know you're lying
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  2816.  @TienyeeTien  Lol what is the joke
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  2817.  @TienyeeTien  Who said I didn't have a VPN before I came here? I did. This is not my first google account
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  2818.  @TienyeeTien  Oh can you WuMao's stop with the whole "CIA spy" thing. Its a long story but I got locked out of my old account bc I couldn't access the phone number I used for the account verification.
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  2819. @ I just posted this for the other guy here user-web8mp or whatever on another video since he is also accusing me of being a fraud who doesn't live in China. Here is a copy and paste: I'm not gonna show you personal info so you can go report me. But I'll tell you whatever else you want to hear - the metros and busses come every 5 minutes or so, EV cars are everywhere, e' le me is quite nice and convenient, I can get a plumber to come to my house and fix something for about 50 yuan, A lot of people are starting to travel for Chinese New Year so the big cities are about to be pretty empty compared to usual, if you go to a restaurant people will ask you "ji wei" to see how many people, there are street cleaners each morning who pick up the trash (most are older people). A lot of the older people spit on the floor outside but not many of the younger people do it. Is that good enough or do you want me to think of more details about daily life? So for you, TienyeeTien - Do you want any more details about daily life in China to show you that I live here?
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  2820.  @user-wb8mp9by9f  Lol, this is true. Wish I could
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  2821.  @user-wb8mp9by9f  Yup I have no shame about anything I've said
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  2822.  @TienyeeTien  I'm confused... are you calling me Taiwanese?
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  2823.  @TienyeeTien  Lol okay guy
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  2824.  @Rex-ww4cw  Its absolutely not worse in the US. Im talking about local gov and corporate debt...This is what you have to consider in China because this is where most of the debt is held....its not by the national government like in most countries. They are in debt to the banks which is also run by the local governments - and this how the problem started. They control the very banks that lend to them so its created a massive pile of bad loans and debt. It is absolutely a massive problem, just because its in domestic currency doesn't make the debt any better - ask Japan China's debt to GDP is worse than the US and its at a much lower development level and GDP figure. Add to that a shrinking population and deflation - it is a massive problem
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  2825. Its all talk - those firms don't import anything from China nor have Chinese assets. They always do this because people like you come here and believe it means something.
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  2826. Which Western companies get subsidized to the point that others cannot compete globally? Subsidization for domestic market trends and use is far different than the mountains of subsidies that these Chinese EV makers get. Apples and oranges....exporting matters
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  2827.  @johnnyq4260  Only idiots here think these "incentives" are the same thing as what China does and has zero concept of the scale of China's industrial policy
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  2828. This guy is a total CCP shill/plant. 1. US federal resrve's primary focus is not the US stock market (fact) 2. Major companies in China don't need the stock market and get their money from cash flows (false) 3. China currently has a greater debt to GDP % than the US and at a much lower development level. So let that "sink in"
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  2829. Yeah, obviously they have considered this.. and still went ahead.
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  2830. I hope you're right. I'm a shareholder
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  2831. I wouldn't say that, he's been wrong on interest rates quite a bit
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  2832. Yeah, thats what you tell yourself to make sense of Joe's opinion not validating yours.
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  2833. If Trump was President and watergate happened - he'd get away with it in a heartbeat. He'd have his cronies in place to squash any investigation and he'd have right-wing media running defense for him saying it wasn't a break in. The guard rails are off that media-eco system and Trump has hijacked the Republican party
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  2834. US will be fine
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  2835.  @ABee-vd6rt  They said they were banned in China if they did not meet the condition, so even worse.
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  2836. You realize China has printed wayyy more money than the US, right?
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  2837. Lol how about the neo-colonialism China is doing in the Solomon Islands, Pakistan, Africa, etc etc...causing mass protests from the people. US can pay as long as China does, deal ?
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  2838.  @hangtuah888  Lol so this is the latest bot/WuMao campaign? To try to sow division using Native Americans? Super duper weak. Waste your time more, please
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  2839. Umm you clearly don't watch US politicians. It's like a contest of who can criticize China more.... they do it for sport now
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  2840.  @henli-rw5dw  Lol ok please show me the objective evidence
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  2841.  @henli-rw5dw  Show it, since you are so confidently saying
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  2842.  @henli-rw5dw  Lol knew you weren't going to show anything. Your fake "objective evidence" ... stop lying and spreading misinfo
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  2843. freedom ain't free
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  2844. I think I read a while back that the vast majority of people in prison for violent crimes have very low levels of impulse control. We all get heated at stupid things from time to time, but the difference is most of the people in the world have the ability to control themselves and not act out on such things
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  2845. Neo-imperialism
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  2846.  @jukio02  1000000% not near any bases. You can't even photograph anywhere near a base or anybody in the military, in China
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  2847.  @scaredcrower  Well they did... it was called the communist revolution. Why didn't they do it again? I'm not sure.. maybe after you committed to so hard to one revolution it's hard to quickly have another... then the great famine hits and you're just trying not to die of starvation. From there - things actually get a whole lot better relative to that dark time, so in comparison - things are lookin pretty good. Fast forward to today - the state used that time of good to set up a massive surveillance police state that will break up and censor any group before it can get big enough to make a difference. Try to speak up on your own? You get arrested, become un-hirable, and your life is ruined. They used a time of upward trajectory and trust to protect against the very type of revolution that put them into power when things get bad.
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  2848. They took the idea about breaking off his mask and face half exposed from that battle too. He even did the iconic "YAAAHHH" when Obi Wan knocks him into the wall... seen in Return of the Jedi 1st and then the Ahsoka battle too
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  2849.  @rescf7902  I don't think so
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  2850.  @rescf7902  Lol I can explain them, it's just too much to type. You can find plenty of information on youtube though
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  2851.  @eustasskidd5671  I would say China is planning for a war with Taiwan, irrespective of it's damage to the global economy or it's own people. All for one man's ego and desire for power
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  2852.  @robertsroger8440  我的中文还不够好，无法用中文告诉你. I would say he is using the equity that mostly Deng and previous leaders have built to enact his own ambitions (similar to Trump used previous American leader's equity). The current local government debt issues are actually not his cause, although he has to deal with its consequences. However he abandoned Deng's message of "hide your strength, bide your time, Never take the lead". I feel he was too confident in China's newfound strength, and under-estimated the resolve of western countries. The whole "西方衰落，东方崛起" was too early. Western countries have very strong alliances and are more resilient than recent history would show. I believe if he had abided by Deng's wise words, China would be better off today and in the future.
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  2853.  @jokeychin  我会说中文，但是我的英语说得更好。好吗？
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  2854.  @changliu3781  I know lots and lots of Chinese who have objections. What rock do you live under? One of them is even a CCP member. You think just because your news never shows you, and people never say it out loud - that there are no objections? You're crazy. Since the lockdown, most of my Chinese friends have either left to other countries or will be leaving soon. The ones who stay do so because they don't have enough money to leave. Sometimes, Chinese people can be more honest with foreigners, because there is no fear of getting in trouble. They will hide their true feelings and opinions from other Chinese because if they tell somebody like you - they may face repercussions. China has existed for many years. The CCP has only been in power for 70 years. They did not rule China for 5,000 years - so they don't get credit for its history.
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  2855.  @lollymanna  Yeah you seem to not have understood what I'm saying. Arguing which is list is "longer" is a technicality. Both are dirty
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  2856. Cognitive dissonance
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  2857. They seem to know when we put export controls of technology
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  2858. Nonsense
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  2859.  @xw8462 Its not the print, and even if it was - why would they print other peoples stuff on there? No you can look it up...the chip is not new technology and is from 2021....the same time they stockpiled chips
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  2860.  JerryM-wt8hl  lol same old excuses? Like this happens all of the time right? You don't need to believe me, time will show this is a nothing-burger
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  2861.  @rickcui6669  Yup lets hope so, buddy
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  2862.  @xinyiquan666 Lol u mad bro
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  2863.  @TrumpNo.1 can't wait. Bring on more of the 2021 phone technology
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  2864. Saudi wants others to participate in artificially raising the price of oil and making life more expensive for the rest of the world for their benefit. I'm happy there is dissent and Saudi not wanting to be the one to shoulder the cuts if it prevents them all from doing cutting production at all
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  2865. ​ @Western_Decline  You know what the difference is? In America - people are free to be open and criticise their government, in China - they cannot. Criticising your government in a democracy is a feature, not something to be feared (like in authoritarian countries). Its how you improve things, by criticising your country like you do your child. Maybe Authoritarians can learn from that.
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  2866.  @urbestboy  The difference is - its encouraged to be open about your unhappiness with the government. Thats why there are elections, free press, whistleblowers... democracies don't try to hide and lie about those that are unhappy, like authoritarians. Your comparison is funny because you think you are comparing two similar things
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  2867.  @michaeljiang960  Lol so in that case - why not allow elections in China and North Korea? What is there to fear?
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  2868.  @jiaao86  是的，我在中国住了很多年。 是的，我经常阅读中国的媒体。 是的，公开批评政府是相当危险的，这种事情大多在私下里进行。这就是为什么我的中国朋友愿意对我说这些的原因——因为我是外国人。 是的，能够批评权力者并让他们为民服务、对民负责确实很有用。如果中国也是这样的话，政府可能会有更多动力来回应民众的需求。就目前而言，似乎没有这个必要。为什么要帮助那些真正因为房地产危机受到伤害的人，或者那些生活在极低收入下的8亿人，或者在退休金、医疗服务、带薪产假等社会安全网方面增加支出呢……当没有人能公开指责你或者把你投票下台时？激励很少。相反，资金被用于航天飞行、向其他国家贷款、对造成房地产危机的糟糕房地产开发商的不良贷款以及对僵尸国有企业和补贴制造商的支持。“给我激励，我就给你看行为” —— 查理·芒格。
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  2869.  @jiaao86  我的朋友们都是爱国的勤劳人，他们热爱自己的国家、国家取得的成就以及国人。他们只是不喜欢现在的领导层。这就是为什么看到治理的衰退让他们感到痛心。中国人有很大一部分财富都投入到了房地产中，所以其影响和利益触及非常广泛。中国政府其实做对了一件事，那就是停止了房地产市场的庞氏骗局，问题是这个问题被放任太久了……远远超出了应有的限度。早就知道这是一个问题，但是腐败和错误的激励机制让它持续了太久。中央政府现在需要介入，帮助那些人民。政府现在正在出于绝望，将补贴从房地产转向制造业……他们需要找到新的增长动力。真正的前进道路不是将资金从房地产转向制造业，而是通过将资金返还给人民来促进消费。一个很好的方式是增加低收入人群的社会安全网。他们不愿意这样做，因为金钱意味着权力和控制……控制是他们想要保持的。中国可能会说它希望自己的福利和工作待遇能与西方看齐——但行动在哪里？相反，这些钱被用来建造登月的宇宙飞船，贷款给其他国家用于基础设施项目，以及建造更多的战舰。 顺便说一句，我并不是说西方是完美的……没有哪个系统是完美的。我想说的是中国可以为其人民做得更好，也许一个愿意听取批评并对其人民更有责任感的政府系统会是一种改进，即使它并不完全模仿西方民主制度。
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  2870. ​ @samanthajones4877  Let me ask you a question - Are things bad politically in the US because of its ability to criticize their leadership or are there other factors? Since criticizing leadership is a hallmark trait of democracy/liberalism, lets look at some of the other countries that successfully do this: Japan, Sweden, Norway, New Zealand, Germany, Canada, Finland, Denmark, and Taiwan (one of the reasons its such a threat to China). So its important to not take the problems in the US and tie that to "Oh see criticizing the government is bad because they do that in the US and they have problems." and consider that it could be other problems contributing to why the US is not the standard for a functioning democracy anymore. Being able to criticize policymakers in a country leads to greater feedback and more robust policymaking. You can't know what's wrong or where problems are if people aren't allowed to speak up. It incentivizes leaders to prioritize the needs of their population vs their own power or pockets
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  2871.  @samanthajones4877  Okay so you're not interested in good-faith dialogue and are simply here to fight anything I say and to be right. You don't criticize your government in the open because you can't. I live in China, speak Chinese, and have been here for a long time. So do not talk to me like I don't know anything. Good day
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  2872.  @FabioCapela  The rise of the wrong leader, like in China?
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  2873.  @williamchan9118  We know very different people then
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  2874.  @jiaao86  好吧，够了，你们总是说“你不懂中国”。我在这里住了很多年，我会说中文，我有很多朋友向我传授知识，告诉我他们的观点、感受和情绪。把这么多GDP投资在房地产市场上真的是一个长期战略吗？还有计划生育政策怎么样？新冠疫情又怎么样？还有一夜之间突然结束新冠限制怎么样？这样的例子还有很多。所谓的“长期战略”其实是一个方便的神话，尤其是在现任领导人治下。很多都是仓促的反应，关注的是保持党的权力，而不是人民的福祉。我觉得无法说服你们，但我已经表达了我的观点，这也是我所能做的一切。祝你有美好的一天。
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  2875.  @MicheleLLOYD-bk2mt  Lol oh it does? please show me where. Please go into China, get on douyin or weibuo - and post things that openly criticize the government. Lets see how long it takes you to get censored, penalized, or arrested
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  2876. Thats exactly what they're doing. Their citizens don't want to be forcibly ruled by a dictator
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  2877. No way... too many of his positions just don't line up with most democrats. Its not about being "captured" he objectively doesn't line up
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  2878. What bugs is that people act like a country didn't totally invade a sovereign nation, unprovoked. Don't give me any of that NATO n the doorstep nonsense because anybody who knows anything knows Ukraine had basically zero chance of joining NATO and still has basically zero. "Finding a peaceful solution" means giving up some of the land that people stole from you. Thats not okay to do and it's completely respectable and understandable that the Ukrainians want to fight to keep their home.
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  2879. I think its important to realize that Hillary didn't have enthusiasm and Trump had massive amounts. Even though she was polling higher in terms of who people preferred - a lot of those people just didn't show up...either because they simply weren't that enthused or they were complacent because they thought she had it in the bag. The same isn't true with Kamala. She also probably won't have the head of the FBI coming out 11 days before to announce she's under investigation
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  2880. I don't see it like that at all. China is the one not competing fairly and never has...they copy and steal IP, break WTO rules by subsidizing key industries. US is using it's alliances that it has built up over many decades, to it's advantages. China is upset because it's a competitive advantage they do not have, as they have no true alliances.
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  2881.  @Nik-ik8mv  Not only that.. but they spread their propaganda all over the place on our social media.... and none of ours is allowed there, and we cannot access theirs. There is no reciprocation and it's become the norm. Enough is enough
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  2882.  @Nik-ik8mv  hahah well you said it all. I agree completely. The only thing I'd probably say differently for my own opinion is not decoupling completely, as I think it could actually lead to a cold-war era conflict where complete economic separation leads little economic incentive to avoid greater conflict. But I do think decoupling in many areas, especially areas of national security, and demanding reciprocity is a must. We can't keep giving without getting
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  2883. @威克 You are lying and you know it. The people in China absolutely do not control the government. It is exactly the opposite
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  2884.  @holycow343  Hmm I definitely don't. I think you are very off on your assumptions about me. China disappears people for many reasons, sometimes for legit corruption and sometimes it's an excuse. Tell me, what corruption law did Jack Ma break when he got "disappeared"?
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  2885.  @holycow343  No I'm not kidding you. He disappeared for 3 months. That is not nothing, or even a short time. Oh and so Jack Ma coincidentally and conveniently got caught by regulators right after his speech about the bank regulators? Get out of here.
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  2886.  @holycow343  You are out of your mind. He was gone from public view for 3 months. He was spotted in public after that... knock it off. You're in denial and butthurt bc I said something you didn't like about China. Take your ball and go somewhere else
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  2887. Yeah but the situation was a little bit different though right. There was this thing, called a global pandemic
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  2888. What on earth on you talking about. America fully accepts and supports Japan is independent.. its China who claims Japan is subservient to the US.
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  2889. Nah the answers would've been better if that were true
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  2890. nonsense
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  2891. Public funds?
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  2892.  @stunstar4553  Income has grown much much smaller than GDP growth - and that is the problem. That is why consumption is so low, Chinese households retain a smaller share of GDP in the form of wages relative to other countries at its development stage. Most of that GDP, especially in the last decade, is not retained by the people. It's the reason why GDP growth will probably be 5% this year yet the stock market is down and earnings per share is what it was 10 years ago. China makes nice GDP numbers by building unproductive assets, such as: bridges to nowhere, ghost cities, and rails that actually lose money. These produce nice GDP numbers but do little to improve peoples lives or put money in their pocket. China's economic model is also coming to an end. Debt capacity is close and it's likely they'll follow Japan's path of stagnation.
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  2893.  @peacelover2008  So this is false. Its expensive to move from China to America and its actually the people that have money that do it. After the Covid lockdowns - the lines to get US visas were literally out the door. Chinese immigration to the US is still quite high and increased substantially after Covid. Chinese illegal immigration is also at a record high. None of this stuff you're saying is based on fact. US also has a large Chinese population and on average they make a ton of money compared to almost every other minority group. So all of this nonsense and they went to US and moved back after seeing the real US - is a bunch of bs. Chinese people flourish in the US system, hence why so many rich Chinese make sure their kids have US & other foreign passports.
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  2894.  @stunstar4553 Chinese people's income have grown a lot in the last 30 years - but have not kept up with GDP growth. Much of the wealth generated from the GDP is retained by the government and much more so than other countries at China's development level. I also reject the common misconception that Chinese people have low consumption due to mere frugality. Low household income + lack of a social safety net (ie unemployment benefits, low pensions, Hukou system preventing people from getting benefits where they live, etc) causes them to save a high amount of their income for bad times. Gen Z may have higher consumption, but a lot of that is due to them still living with parents or having family support in some way. Their incomes are still quite low relative to cost of living...ie they still need a lot of help to buy their own home and start a family. If without family support and single or even with just a spouse - their consumption will fall like all others
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  2895. Your comment shows you understand nothing
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  2896.  @mjabb02  Please show me where I said people wouldn't be able to buy food?
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  2897.  @mjabb02  Go look up "economics of consumption" and "negative wealth effect" and then come back and talk to me. You have opinions about things you know nothing about
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  2898. Trump only cares if the agreement is honored when he's in office - he couldn't care less if it happens after he leaves
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  2899. It's foolish to take 5% of China's GDP and think that it measures the same thing as other countries. In most countries - GDP is an output, in China - it's an input. They set GDP targets and decide how much money is to be spent to create enough economic activity to create that number. The late Li Keqiang told US diplomats in 2010 that China's GDP numbers are "man-made" and he was completely right. You could build a bridge that improves mobility and productivity in a much needed area. You could build that same bridge in the middle of nowhere - and you still get the same GDP #. GDP is a poor measure of value, and anything above 2-3% (the consensus on China's organic GDP growth) is mostly debt-fueled unproductive investment. Like a bridge in the middle of nowhere - the GDP it adds looks good on paper, but adds very little value. With that said - China is not collapsing. A Japan-esque slow-down though is a very real (probable) outcome.
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  2900. Hmm this was last quarter though. Its not like he did this after something he heard on the earnings call. However, I think the writing is on the wall for apple in China... they're gonna start pushing them out and helping out Huawei more. Already forcing some 50mil people who work for the state to drop their iphones tells you everything
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  2901. They were trying this for a while, and it actually had some effect. If you look back more than 10 years ago - support for unifying was much higher. Xi came in to power and fucked it up. He is like a strict, heavy-handed dad who tries to do everything by force. Once he saw the lies of the "One country-two systems" they were out.
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  2902.  @calvinblue894  Taiwan is super impatient how? They haven't actively pushed for independence. They haven't flown around China territory trying to terrorize them. They're literally just sitting there, living their life on that island. Xi has changed the status quo and becoming more aggressive on Taiwan. Zero patience, just like with HK. They don't want him to be their Emperor, they want to rule their own life
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  2903.  @calvinblue894  Lol ok....we should believe CCP media then right? That doesn't lie eh? I'll take a free and open media that is not controlled by a government, any day. I have the freedom to look at any media I want, I watch western media and the media from the middle east + Asia. So do not tell me the media I watch has lied to me, when they all around the world say the same thing about the CCP. Do not tell me about lying media, when the CCP lies to it's entire population on a daily basis, from the time they are children until the time they die, and does not allow them to watch anything else
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  2904. If some crazy woman did something like that - Trump should not say it like its some wide-spread problem. He made it seem like Hatian's are goin 'round rounding up pets in mass and devouring them
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  2905. They lie. They say 5 day in Shanghai, and then it becomes 7+ weeks with no info on when it'll end. Nobody believes what they say and if you did - you got burned...because you only bought enough supplies for 5 days. They tell you no when the answer is actually yes, and they change their mind on a dime.
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  2906. Never interrupt your enemies when they are making a mistake. Let them fight... Ukraine nearly blew up the land bridge to Crimea as well. This is not the time to stop supporting Ukraine. Given some time, these bastards might take each other out
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  2907.  @guzilayerken5013  Absolutely not true. This is a lie spread by State run Chinese media outlets as propaganda to convince people in China that Covid came from outside foreign sources. Stop reading the "Global Times" and "Xinhua" and go read the actual epidemiology of Covid.
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  2908. Absurd... she just wants what's best for her fund/portfolio. It's people like her that are the problem
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  2909. She isn't though... she totally doesn't mention the massive subsidies that distort the "basic market principles" and are the entire root of the problem. Its not just about the US - EU, Turkey, Brazil, India, and many more are putting up tariffs on things like steel and Chinese EV's. I mean, are they all bad guys and just against China? Or maybe, just maybe, there is a legitimate complaint. Btw her being the daughter of a CCP member hurts her credibility, not strengthens it
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  2910. She isn't though... she totally doesn't mention the massive subsidies that distort the "basic market principles" and are the entire root of the problem. Its not just about the US - EU, Turkey, Brazil, India, and many more are putting up tariffs on things like steel and Chinese EV's. I mean, are they all bad guys and just against China? Or maybe, just maybe, there is a legitimate complaint. Btw her being the daughter of a CCP member hurts her credibility, not strengthens it
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  2911. She isn't though... she totally doesn't mention the massive subsidies that distort the "basic market principles" and are the entire root of the problem. Its not just about the US - EU, Turkey, Brazil, India, and many more are putting up tariffs on things like steel and Chinese EV's. I mean, are they all bad guys and just against China? Or maybe, just maybe, there is a legitimate complaint. Btw her being the daughter of a CCP member hurts her credibility, not strengthens it
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  2912. She isn't though... she totally doesn't mention the massive subsidies that distort the "basic market principles" and are the entire root of the problem. Its not just about the US - EU, Turkey, Brazil, India, and many more are putting up tariffs on things like steel and Chinese EV's. I mean, are they all bad guys and just against China? Or maybe, just maybe, there is a legitimate complaint. Btw her being the daughter of a CCP member hurts her credibility, not strengthens it
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  2913. She isn't though... she totally doesn't mention the massive subsidies that distort the "basic market principles" and are the entire root of the problem. Its not just about the US - EU, Turkey, Brazil, India, and many more are putting up tariffs on things like steel and Chinese EV's. I mean, are they all bad guys and just against China? Or maybe, just maybe, there is a legitimate complaint. Btw her being the daughter of a CCP member hurts her credibility, not strengthens it
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  2914. She isn't though... she totally doesn't mention the massive subsidies that distort the "basic market principles" and are the entire root of the problem. Its not just about the US - EU, Turkey, Brazil, India, and many more are putting up tariffs on things like steel and Chinese EV's. I mean, are they all bad guys and just against China? Or maybe, just maybe, there is a legitimate complaint. Btw her being the daughter of a CCP member hurts her credibility, not strengthens it
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  2915. she totally doesn't mention the massive subsidies that distort the "basic market principles" and are the entire root of the problem. Its not just about the US - EU, Turkey, Brazil, India, and many more are putting up tariffs on things like steel and Chinese EV's. I mean, are they all bad guys and just against China? Or maybe, just maybe, there is a legitimate complaint. Btw her being the daughter of a CCP member hurts her credibility, not strengthens it
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  2916. ​ @harem_lord-FFM  Asking "what's wrong with subsidies" is like asking "whats wrong with playing music in your house." The answer is: Nothing is wrong with playing music in your house - unless its so loud and late at night that it disturbs other people. Nothing is wrong with subsidies, until you go so crazy with it that it starts to distort global markets to the point that it starts causing massive job losses and hollowing out manufacturing in other countries. In that situation - just like any country has any right to subsidies, any country also has the right to put up tariffs to counter those subsidies.
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  2917.  @oof7734  Lol okay, please go re-read my messages here. It addresses what you just said
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  2918. Nobody wants the CCP as the leading power. They only want what is good for themselves and will bend everyone to their will
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  2919.  @eilois  I think most would consider it an invasion, as most countries unofficially believe that Taiwan is it's own country
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  2920. ​ @bob doe Taiwan is not officially a part of China by the world. Most are officially ambiguous out of fear of retaliation by China. I personally subscribe to the belief that it's not a part of China. Their constitution officially calls themselves as a part of "China" but does not recognize the CCP as their ruler Unofficially - Taiwan see's itself as Taiwan, and Mainland as China. Many Taiwanese don't identify as "Chinese" anymore and identify with "Taiwanese". Ethnically Chinese but of a different nationality
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  2921.  @johneylongjam2012  I'm aware of how trade works. I don't think things are free
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  2922.  @oldmanjesus9855  20 is not nothing... even with 13, it shows there is a dispute. I would argue that it would be more, however - people are afraid of retaliation from China.
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  2923.  @shutup51916  13 countries do. Used to be 20 but the CCP poached them off...and are actively working to poach more. A lot of these countries are scared of China, because China has shown a willingness to retaliate economically even over small issues. It's not out of a shared belief that people don't recognize Taiwan - it's out of fear of China
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  2924.  @signumxmagnum  Yep I agree
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  2925.  @spider6660  I never mentioned anything about war. Not sure why you think that is my mentality
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  2926.  @spider6660  I know you are not mentioning "human rights" when we are talking about China, right? The worst offender of human rights And yeah, it is aid. Something China knows nothing about... they are one of the least charitable countries in the world
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  2927.  BLACK MAMBA  Well all the CCP shows it's population is fake news aka State Propaganda. So do not tell me about "fake news" when we are talking about a country who only allows it's people to see propaganda and nothing else. The CCP has never governed Taiwan. They never finished the job of the communist revolution and failed to take it after 70 years. fact
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  2928.  @shutup51916  Because it's not it's territory, so it's not "internal affairs" Btw - China interfere's in a ton of peoples internal affairs. You just don't hear about it because it's not shown in Chinese media
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  2929.  @daelundrumavidem8033  Yeah, I don't care if you think it's sexist and ageist lol. I'll say what I want.... btw thats what the Chinese media called her. Are you calling the Chinese media sexist and ageist?? How dare you
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  2930.  @swaggerpinto9777  India and US ain't taking China's side right now on anything. It's simply China would go absolutely crazy if anybody admits Taiwan is it's own country. Look at how they reacted when Pelosi just went to visit... China rules by fear. It rules it's people by fear, and it projects itself onto the world with fear. I am well aware of the history. CCP has never governed Taiwan, and has waited over 70 years to try to claim it. The ship has sailed... they have their own government, currency, passport, diplomats, trade ties, etc etc etc... I side with the people of Taiwan. They don't want to be forced to be ruled by a Dictator/Emperor. They want to decide their own fate
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  2931.  @tllgestalt1942  They actually don't want both. They want to be left alone, and not forced to be ruled by a Dictator/Emperor. They would claim independence but China is holding a gun to their head - almost literally
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  2932.  @The_Art_of_AI_888  Do not talk to me about manipulation and propaganda when talking about the Chinese government. The government that has shown propaganda for 50 years to it's population and does not let them view any other news sources. Newsflash: Much of the world unofficially feels that Taiwan is it's own country. They only officially say they believe in the "One China Policy" because China will throw a tantrum and launch of a bunch of missiles (Pelosi) or attack them economically (Lithuania).
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  2933. ​ @shutup51916  Lol okay so the western media does the brainwashing? Not the Chinese State Propaganda that is played constantly in mainland? The same system that is fully controlled by the government and does not allow their people to watch any other news sources? Yet I am the one brainwashed by Western Media ? The way you talk, you are parroting the exact same nonsense from the Chinese propaganda system. If anybody here is brainwashed, it is you, not I. Do yourself a favor and turn off The Global Times. And right, blame the US for all of the problems. So what is the excuse for Asian Media that is also critical of China? Media from Japan, South Korea, India, Taiwan - they are all controlled by the US somehow too right? China cannot get along with anybody in the west, any of it's neighbors in the east. Is it really the US's fault that China can't get along with any major economy? Or maybe, just maybe...is it something China is doing that is ruining all it's major relationships in the past 10 years
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  2934. Non-sense... people are letting what they want and hope influence their thinking... + being conditioned for 16 years with low interest rates. Inflation is still at 2.5x their target...and risking stopping to early is a greater danger than doing a bit too much. Yes there is a lag effect but that does not justify pausing now.
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  2935. Its reporting. Anything not-positive about China sounds like Chinese propaganda to people like you
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  2936. Nope me and my homies are all doin well
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  2937. This "The Monster" talk just sounds ridiculous.
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  2938. What's insane is that they are more willing to lock people up in their homes for so long, with no food, and refuse them medical care... but no vaccine mandate until now, and just in Beijing. Absolutely baffling
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  2939. Right... short-term relief (for the CCP) for even more long-term pain (for the people)
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  2940. that 2035 goal is likely around the time they want to invade Taiwan
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  2941. I feel like some people in the German government are too optimistic and trusting. Similar to how they were with Russia
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  2942. I haven't read up on this specific issue but I wonder if Mao was consciously just getting rid of the educated and Elites because they represented threats to the party and especially his particular rule. What I've seen from Marxism/Leninism in the past and present is to get rid of all alternatives, and to keep people dumb and separated. People who were educated, had money, had influence - were a problem for Mao. They were the first to be purged and then he even went on purging people from his own party because he was so paranoid of threats
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  2943. Well by that logic, maybe US should ban tik tok, Temu, Shein... etc.. since China bans FB, IG, Google, skype, linkedin, and many many more... Bc China did
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  2944. She is usually putting China in a good light - and all you guys think she's great. The first time she doesn't do that - you turn on her and discredit. You only want to hear good things about China, anything else - you reject and attack
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  2945. The cult leaders always hook up with their cultists
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  2946. Enough with your fake WuMao bot accounts and comments with fake upvotes...parroting CCP propaganda. China has nothing to help the US with. It's the US that is imposing the export controls and tarriffs they want off... the rare metal thing isn't a big deal and just reinforces the need to decouple. Lets be clear - it's China that is feeling the pain right now and pleading to the world to not diversify away and to not comply with export controls....not the other way around
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  2947. Well they did actually invent the semiconductor, and stil design the best software and designs.... Hence China being so butt-hurt by their bans
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  2948. Makes you realize how they truly know nothing, or choose not to know
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  2949. Another youtube comment that is factually incorrect yet still has "likes" . You have that a bit backwards. Tariffs hurt the country that sells the most. I can explain it more if you'd like, but its as simple as 2+2....just let me know.
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  2950. Let them try... our country cannot bend or be swayed by these kind of threats or intimidations
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  2951.  @Ved000000  top economy, military, global reserve currency, top innovator, deepest web of global alliances, leader of developed economies... they can "laugh" all they want lol
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  2952. Which countries do you mean that have been unilaterally sanctioned by the west
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  2953.  @happymelon7129  Hmm you named 1-2 individual companies in each of those countries...and the two from Cambodia are Chinese. Why on earth would they throw away a great diplomatic and economic relationships with the West for that? Thatd be nonsense and only serves the interests of China and Russia
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  2954.  @zackwang9314  Pretty sure it's not the enemy of the world - please see it's vast amount of allies and partners. You have been reading too much Chinese propaganda. I won't even get started on the vast amount of atrocities committed by the CCP
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  2955.  @zackwang9314  Why does China have no actual allies
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  2956.  @zackwang9314  China would be nothing today without the US providing helping and providing so much technology to it. The rules based order that was pioneered by the US and allowed globalization to occur - the same globalization that made China what it is today. China now bites the hand that has fed it for the past 40 years. The same hand that helped it get into the WTO. Arrogant and absurd
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  2957.  @zackwang9314  Wow.. go read about history outside of the information you find on Baidu or other Chinese propaganda. The ignorance to not even understand how much help the US gave to China (directly and indirectly) from the 80's - all the way until the 2000's. The idiocy. Maybe if you understood, you wouldn't be on here talking nonsense and would realize how absurd the Chinese propaganda you have been fed for the past 15 years actually is.
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  2958. The mind of a simpleton should be studied. You think you understand but then clearly do not. Anything that isn't explicitly pro Trump you take as "Trump derangement syndrome". Nuance completely escapes the mind of a simple man
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  2959. Nate Silver still has it at 60/40 for Trump. Its insane how that can be, but it is
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  2960.  @winsonip4447  The EU can produce their own EV's or Chinese EV's can set up manufacturing within the EU to avoid tariffs, thats how. If not? Well the EU has clearly decided that jobs are more important
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  2961. ​ Jack Smith  Lol is that all you got? Attacking the skin color of the person talking, rather than their content? Pretty weak... WuMao
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  2962. Let them make it themselves then
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  2963. 19 years ago did you live in the exact same home and have the exact same income relative to cost of living? Did the value and rents of this area change at all? There are a lot of variables you failed to mention
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  2964. Lol than China has nothing to be mad about, right?
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  2965.  @aihong2971  Hmm you realize though that it doesn't replace ASML. They are the only ones who make that lithography equipment...hence why the CCP is trying so hard to steal their technology.
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  2966. Unlike China, the rest of the world doesn't hold grudges over the actions of dead men. Hence why Germany and Japan are close allies of the US
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  2967.  @BSPBuilder  Comprehension is hard for you it seems. Any country on that list is because they are known or suspected to helping China circumvent sanctions.
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  2968. That is dumbest logic I've ever heard... The current leadership has only been in power for 70 years. The criticisms are about the current leadership, not about the history of China. Aside from that, this video is simply reporting objective economic data given from China itself, the same as they from every other major country. I'm sorry that hurts you feelings, simply because you don't like the result of said data.
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  2969.  @davidkennedy8929  This is also true. Chinese domestic and international media is obsessed about bad mouthing the US and other Western countries as well
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  2970. Just like Trump's under Covid and Jan 6
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  2971.  @Onehitwonder828  His name is Joe Biden. He is running the country
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  2972.  @Onehitwonder828  Joe Biden our President is running the country
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  2973. This is what one of the possibilities when you're just the CEO and not the owner. I worked for a company where a guy founded and built up a giant chain of highly successful gyms on the west coast of US... once he sold it to a group of investors, he became CEO - and was ousted a few years afterwards, despite founding and building the company from the ground up
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  2974. Lol don't hold your breath
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  2975. I'll take "mass stabbings" over "mass shootings" any day. Can't mow down 50 people in a heartbreak with a knife
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  2976. China? Yes, I agree
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  2977.  @bell-xk5dd  Nah I know those paid shills. Newsflash: Any big youtuber out of China right now is controlled by the government. Any of the "Free" big youtubers were chased out years ago. Barrett and Boreham have been exposed globally for this. Janssen isn't in China anymore but it's also been proven he's taken money from the CCP in the past.
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  2978.  @godzillamothra5983  This is absolutely false. You are looking at statista or some other BS site that only shows the central government debt. China hides a lot of its debt in local governments and in something called "local government finance vehicles". Looking "China's total debt to GDP" or "China's actual debt to GDP" to get a more accurate figure. Its over 300%+ at this point and much higher than the US's.
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  2979.  @godzillamothra5983  This is absolutely false. You are looking at statista or some other BS site that only shows the central government debt. China hides a lot of its debt in local governments and in something called "local government finance vehicles". Looking "China's total debt to GDP" or "China's actual debt to GDP" to get a more accurate figure. Its over 300%+ at this point and much higher than the US's.
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  2980.  @godzillamothra5983  Yes i'm including corporate debt, household, and government at both local and central level. Thats why my number is higher than the reported 125% you commonly hear thrown around and why the number for China is 300%+ rather than the 70% you'd see on a website like statista which only looks at central government debt. "Sure, there are some problems with it" is a massive understatement. The local gov controlling the banks is what led to the current real estate crisis. You're right, China does not have an inflation problem, they have the opposite problem - deflation. Which is arguably a much worse problem than deflation. IChina cutting interest rates can help reduce the massive problem of their debt somewhat, but I'm not sure you understand that the US also can cut interest rates and infact they just did? And the Fed chair said more are on the way. What you said about China cutting interest rates works exactly the same in the US and US just cut them and more are to come. In fact, US cutting interest rates allowed China to cut more so that the value of the yen against the dollar didn't slip even more than it has. End of the day, cutting interest rates can help a bit, but the problem is structural (just like in Japan) - investment led economy fueled by debt has a shorter shelf life than what the US is doing
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  2981.  @lwmtx6156  M2 is not the same measure of GDP/Debt What I can say is China’s rapid M2 growth is closely linked to its rising corporate and local government debt. They use it for investments and infrastructure projects, but this also worsens debt issues.
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  2982.  @lwmtx6156  Please explain then
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  2983.  @ssuwandi3240  what is China's current total debt to GDP
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  2984.  @xanthippusofcarthage8655  Who said that
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  2985.  @patrickfeeney86  you have no idea what you're talking about.
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  2986.  @harrysmith8338  I've thought the same thing about the camera - but it's not bullshit. I've seen it with my own eyes 5 years ago. Check my other comment in this video to see what happened.
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  2987. About Tim Miller's comparison to conservatives not liking Biden's admin communicating with Zuck about taking content down but be fine about Musk staying at the white house - they don't actually care. They never really cared... so long as it benefits them. They will harp about George Soros but praise Elon's donations and influence.
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  2988. Huawei mate 60 is a joke. Get outta here with your propaganda
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  2989.  @sharkcat1021  I think you are misunderstanding what I'm saying... I'm saying countries that have legacy-chip industries, like some of the countries in the video, will end up putting a tariff (tax) on importing Chinese legacy chips to protect their own legacy chip industries. This means the chips that they manufacture in their own country and not in China
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  2990.  @freetorobandloot  Well thats not true at all...
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  2991. Neither does China, except their media is directly from the government and they don't allow alternative views
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  2992. Nah
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  2993. EU will do the same. Most developed countries' will no longer be willing to accept China's subsidized manufacturing in key sectors at the cost of their own manufacturing
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  2994. Who is really preparing for war...
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  2995. There will always be recessions.. thing is, there is always somebody "predicting" it, and then gets to claim fame when it happens. In reality - nobody knows whats going to happen
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  2996. Truuuuuuue
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  2997.  @mytenshi  The high tariff rate is not meant to match China's tariffs, they are a counter to the massive subsidies given to China's EV's that allow them to artificially sell for cheaper prices. Foreign auto-makers, even within China (except Tesla), do not get those subsidies. Don't give subsidies, dump onto foreign markets - and you won't get tariffs. Countries cannot allow their industries to get hollowed out the same way China did to Solar panels, steel, and many electronics.
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  2998.  @MMLL369  EU is making their own moves regardless of US. They have an independent investigation wrapping up that is likely to discover the massive subsidies everyone already knows about
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  2999.  @MMLL369  Stop with your conspiracy theory nonsense. Yes, it looks like its making its own decisions...stop reading your Chinese propaganda that paints EU and other countries as puppets. Its all nonsense
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  3000. He's gonna see now that it isn't a "liberal bias!!" or "Lid on free speech!" it has, and always has been about advertising revenue and advertisers want content moderation.
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  3001. Lol okay, if you think America is just a pure bully than you're bias is extreme. If you think China is completely innocent in any of this tension, then you are like the mother who thinks their child cannot do anything wrong...regardless of who tells them
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  3002.  @brianlee6260  What are you talking about?
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  3003. This is not true.. China exports to the outside than imports, thus is more exposed to trade tensions. Spoiler: China already tariffs imported cars, the same thing they are angry about others doing to them
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  3004.  @jameschalkwig787  If its such a benefit to China - why do they not want tariffs? Why didn't they always just develop everything domestically instead of trading?
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  3005.  @vlhc4642  Lol okay. Then they got nothing to be angry about or complain about - right? You can't both be strong and weak at the same time
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  3006.  @vlhc4642  because America doesn't overproduce junk?
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  3007.  @francisnopantses1108 I can't speak for S Korea since I've never lived there, but yeah I don't know what it means for the competition aspect. I would guess it would reduce the competition but it hasn't in Korea so not sure what will happen in China
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  3008.  @alanparsonsfan Yeah I was thinking about that... there is a massive economy out here revolving around kids. There is going to be massive job loss as this trickles up year after year, and eventually in 20 years when those kids are supposed to be workers - it's gonna be even worse
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  3009. Damn this Curry chick is good looking
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  3010.  @npc2480  Lol then China has nothing to worry about and this export ban won't bother them one bit then right? I wonder why they asked the US commerce secretary to take off the export restrictions if they are doing so well.
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  3011. He is completely wrong. There are things that aren't public at the time they are given because the information given is sensitive. You're likely another one of the countless dis-info accounts on every video that is negative about China. Nobody besides a Chinese nationalist is buying your nonsense
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  3012. China not being transparent and honest about bad data? OFCOOOOURSE!
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  3013. The only problem is with cocaine being legal is.... the drug is just so altering. It makes you think awful ideas and behaviors are actually good ideas and behavior. It's hard to explain unless you've ever had experience with it... but man the things you're capable of doing on cocaine seem far more dangerous than even alcohol. Not to mention the addictive potential is much higher.... so the things you'll do to support that addiction are also much more severe.
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  3014. Well yeah, the Zero Covid Policy is still in effect... that means mandatory masks in most places. It was common to see people wearing masks even before covid
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  3015.  @sharkink5601  I'm talking about the US and the export ban on chips. But yeah, they have stolen a bunch of technology from the Germans too.
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  3016.  @buuqmarabo2778  I stopped at your first sentence. You know absolutely nothing about how any of this works
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  3017.  @buuqmarabo2778  I don't fully agree but that's not what I'm talking about anyways
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  3018. China still needs a lot of foreign direct investment
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  3019. International court said they do not have claim to the sea. They are breaking international law and everybody in the South China Sea agrees and wants US help - except China. So stop acting like its just the US - every country there is opposing China
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  3020. Chatgpt and other AI features aren't just directed at companies... there is a 20$ a month fee that a lot of people pay for chatgpt4 and its other features. Its simply people got used to everything from google being free and that became the expectation. They're breaking that and they have every right to, even if people feel entitled to every service they provide.
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  3021.  @nosuchthing8  Lol in one comment you are saying "They should've had vaccines like Americans" and in this one you are calling Americans stupid. You're a troll
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  3022.  @vhrui904  Lol very unlikely. I bet China won't be 4% gdp 2023 and the vast majority of that will be from debt fueled stimulus through infrastructure. The debt fueled spending is the only reason they did not go into recession this past year. Btw I'm not even Indian, but I am a student of economics and your comment was just ridiculous
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  3023. Lol look in the mirror dude... you are the king of self-denial. This is probably more Russian bot shit. You can deny deny all you want, but facts are facts
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  3024. Well I mean he ain't exactly young. Lets be fair
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  3025. Thing is.... they literally already ban basically every app from the west. The fact that this is even an issue to them is ridiculous and also highly suspect. Why do they care so much if it's just a private company app? Anyways, they still ban all of our stuff so this is all absurd
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  3026. BBC is pretty legit reporting.. what are you talking about. Give some examples then
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  3027. @Krieger04 Not feeling embarrassed at all. I'll say it again
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  3028. @Krieger04 I disagree
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  3029.  @KateWandless  Where are on earth would you get that idea
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  3030. Economy is booming, jobs skyrocketing, inflation falling. Nice try
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  3031.  @samthesuspect  Not to mention one of those members is India, and they hate China
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  3032. But now I want to see Europe step up in a big way and not just words. Are they willing to increase aid and military support to Ukraine? Tweets and warm welcomes are not enough. With the US gone, Ukraine is going to depend on them to ramp up help so they can keep fighting.
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  3033. You guys love to blame the US for everything
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  3034. Me too. I'm holding treasuries and I'm loving the yield
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  3035. He's got all the problems in the world with censorship and government except when it comes to China
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  3036. That phone's tech is 3 years old. Puhlease
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  3037.  @kshen7485  Oh get out of here WuMao that stalks any Gzero media with China on it. Go take your afternoon nap from your office in Beijing
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  3038.  @TuanTran-h5f  Ask yourself this - if China got around those chip sanctions - why did they ask Raimondo to take them off? Its old tech and now I'm reading that it was either used with the stockpile before the chip ban - or they are heavily subsidized chips using the old and tweaked DUV machine.. which makes them very expensive and low yield. Impossible to mass produce without massive gov subsidies. Which is fine with me.. the more people buy - the more money it costs them
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  3039.  @winstonyu1776  What on earth are you talking about lol
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  3040. It's crazy to me that inflation is 2.5x what they want and people are talking confidentally that the Fed won't raise against at the next meeting or pause now. Yes there is a lag but they are going to make sure they stomp it out. I think we are gonna see at least 1 and up to 3 more hikes, and then a long hold
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  3041. A lot of white people forgot that America was a melting pot where people from all came and united under a common idea and value system. Just because the vast majority of people happened to be white doesn't mean that US belongs to white people. Even back in the day, white people discriminated just the same against other white people - namely Italians and Irish. Now that they're considered part of the "ingroup", that same attitude is pointed at people with different color skin. But the fact remains - US doesn't belong to white people, its a value system and common ideals that unite us
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  3042.  @leolima75  China got caught trying to infiltrate and influence UK Parliament with a spy named Christine Lee China tried to place Nick Zhao into Australian Parliament and then murdered him right before he testified about it. Defected spy Wang Liqiang has admitted to China's massive influence campaign all over the world. He gave great detail to intelligence officials about their operations in Australia and other countries China got caught trying to use a spy named Christine Fang to influence a US lawmaker Eric Swalwell. She fled before she got caught China has also been caught trying to buy and influence Australian media to influence public opinion in Australia to be more favorable about China. China forcibly detained US Fed employee in a hotel in Shanghai, and blackmaled him with threats to his family if he did not give them sensitive US economic data. They bugged his phone and his computer These are just a few, of many "known" cases. Just because China does not rush in with guns, does not mean that they do not interfere. They are simply more sneaky and deceptive about their interference.
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  3043. ​ @leolima75  What is true is that most of the major countries do spy on each other to some extent, including the US. The US and most other developed countries have a limit though. They steer clear of going as far as China has. The other issue with that is China is always the loudest one telling everybody to stay out of it's internal affairs - walk the walk, don't just talk the talk. If you are being so loud about interference in your internal affairs - you better not be doing it yourself, and they definitely are. Assange has broken US law and has extradition treaties with other countries. The treaties are part of the benefit of cultivating alliances and good relationships with many other countries in the world. Please tell which countries China is officially allied to
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  3044.  @billinsf88  I think you're missing my point
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  3045.  @jetli740  I don't think so at all. The guy in the video is a known Pro China guy, who always parrots their messages. If Italy was getting the benefit it thought it would from the BRI - it would stay in it. That isn't the case
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  3046.  @billinsf88 So you're being a bit disingenuous. While Italy's trade went up 3.5 billion, China's went up almost 20 billion. Trade is a cost and benefit, but the idea is that the benefits outweigh the costs for both. Italy is losing far more than it's gaining, and China is gaining far more than it's losing. So enough with your bias, cherry picked nonsense. Italy absolutely has economic and even Geo-strategic reasons for cancelling this deal. You and all your buddies here smell like shills, just like the guy in this video
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  3047.  @chew5461  Exactly why Italy wants out. They aren't getting the benefits that they were told they would get, so its time to choose to leave
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  3048.  @rap3208  Oh yes, the common excuse that the US is the reason everybody is being mean to China. How about accepting some responsibility and stop constantly pointing the finger at others
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  3049. What he's saying makes sense on paper, but the issue is Russia has aligned with China long ago and it has bought into the rise of the East and fall of the West narrative. It saw a rising China with interest more aligned with its own and its economic growth benefitting it. Getting Russia on the side of the US against China sounds good, but its a very unrealistic goal.
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  3050. ​ @MISCSTUFFS  You don't get to use Hamas an excuse to do all of this. I don't know what the acceptable amount of civilian casualties is - but it ain't this. This retaliation has gone way too far and cost of civilian life way too high
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  3051.  @brandonandreas4659  Because they're a terrorist organization with their own interest in mind? That doesn't give Israel a right to go as far as they want in regards to civilian casualties. Two things can be true at the same time and one thing being true doesn't mean the other is justified
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  3052. Not at all
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  3053.  @jefflemberg645  Lol enough with the Hillary thing. What Trump has done is 10x worse... it's over. He's a hypocrite who kept classified documents when he shouldn't have. Oh you must watch Hannity and Tucker huh... the supposed "destroyed documents" that never went anywhere. Hunter's infamous laptop? The one that also went nowhere. Don't you think if they had committed crimes - Trump and his team would've been all over that to get them investigated or charged? C'mon man, do yourself a favor and stop watching that propaganda Next you're gonna start spouting off that it was actually Antifa that raided the capital posing as Trump supporters
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  3054. Lol this was Joe's best moment
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  3055. China is for China and that alone....to be more precise - the CCP is for the CCP and that alone. They use their citizens as mere tools to achieve their goals
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  3056. Okay WuMao bots.. you guys are all parroting the same message of Chinese medi. Instead of using the logic of a 6 year old "Oh oh u came to China so U R WEAK" how about you explain in terms of policy who has the leverage
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  3057.  @secretbassrigs  Damn I'm not sure. I found some articles talking about asset management companies but I'm not finding any names. I actually think I heard about it on one of the videos here last week or the week before haha.
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  3058. Many people would interview Putin but dictators only pick people they know are on their side and won't ask them hard questions. This whole narrative that Tucker "Has guts" for this, is a bit silly
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  3059. The interesting thing is the ones who abduct people into the scam centers where people are abducted in places like Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos - are Chinese organized crime. They aren't Southeast Asians The Chinese government also warned Chinese people from traveling to Thailand because they legalized weed and could accidentally buy weed products in 7/11's. Utter nonsense...they simply don't like that they legalized weed
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  3060. Wtf is this T-Pain? Lol
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  3061. Wow your understanding of his issue is pretty low eh
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  3062.  @vincenttay2812  China will go through Japanifcation. The days of breakneck growth are gone and it will continue to slow for a very very long time.
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  3063. I've actually said the same thing. I think the longterm trend for rates and inflation are down.. and this is a big blip but after 1-2 years it'll start going the other way again
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  3064. Lol what a dumb thing to say
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  3065. @Yarxk I dunno - India, Japan, Vietnam, Korea, Taiwan - are all happy at what the US is doing. US has caused war, youre right. US citizens can admit this. China has also invaded: Korea, Vietnam, India, and Tibet. Their hands are not clean
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  3066. ​​ @stun star Why are you talking about India? This video and my comment are about China. Weird Anyways, your comparison is whacky. You don't compare the growth rate of two economies by taking the growth rate of the larger economy, multiplying it by the size difference and think that it's something meaningful. It doesn't work like that
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  3067. Facebook is not the #1 adversary of the United States, the CCP is
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  3068.  蔡English  Yep 我知道 and I agree. Exports largely rely on foreign demand, so it is not a good indicator of the domestic economy
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  3069. The bully is China
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  3070. Don't think even tourist can help this giant debt burden. In addition, China (government) is extremely controlling about foreigners coming in and what they see, so no way would they let them stay in empty Chinese peoples homes. Lastly - China would be the last country other than North Korea to allow immigration. The government is quite xenophobic
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  3071.  @fooksengloke3625  There will be no boom. There are literally way more homes than people need in China. The breakneck growth is a thing of the past and the housing bubble is deflating
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  3072.  @fooksengloke3625  Only economy struggling is China's. Lol they went back because they are tired of the CCP nonsense that has dominated daily life in China
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  3073.  serria john  Hmm what? Foreigners can't work in factories or "baseline jobs". We are only here to do jobs that there are not enough Chinese people that can do it. Thats why we have foreign expert certificates. Salaries are good but I'd say cost of living in the big cities has gone up quite a bit. Not like the old days for sure, but sure better than places like LA and NY
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  3074.  serria john  hmm the sanctions on the tech sector are extremely targeted. I haven't seen anybody that has attributed that to an overall slow-down. There are no real financial sanction either... it's mostly tech focused on semiconductors. The slowdown right now is largely due to zero covid policy that we had for so long
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  3075. Hmm I would disagree about life being more relaxed, that's more of your opinion than a fact. I live in a big city in China and it's pretty hectic..and especially for a foreigner - it can be pretty stressful.
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  3076. I'm a little confused by this comment and your other one about iphones. I'm not saying baseline jobs aren't tough or boring, I'm sayin foreigners don't have the option to work in these jobs even if they wanted to. The jobs that foreigners are allowed to have are very restricted in China and can't be something like working in a factory and assembling iphones
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  3077. The ones who "left" were going to get kicked out for being tied to the State. No company with their right mind would choose to leave the largest capital market in the world for a smaller one if they had the option not to. Anyways I'm not disagreeing with the other things you said, but why are you telling me this? I never refuted any of that
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  3078.  @jackyan8925  Enough of the common and over-used excuse of "Foreigners don't understand China.". Maybe we just disagree with you. 1. I don't think that will happen, even with all of the technology theft. 2. No evidence of this, quite the contrary given the shrinking workforce and increase in elderly dependents.. and besides that - China's domestic consumption has always lagged as an economic driver. 3. Easier said than done.... you are speaking like you can see the future, but is merely hope.
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  3079.  @jackyan8925  I'm not bullish on the longterm prospects of the Chinese economy. I think their best days are behind them and a lot of their growth was fueled by debt... with a debt to GDP ratio more than double the US... that + being at a much lower development level + declining population = bad things in the next decade and beyond
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  3080.  @jackyan8925  Well seems you have it all figured out then right? All you have to do is sit back and watch China become #1. I don't see it the same way you do, but that's fine with me. Let the best man win
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  3081.  @jackyan8925  So one way to not win a discussion or have people see things your way - is to say "You foreigners". It comes off pretty racist...just like if somebody said "You Chinese". It's just not a good idea if you're trying to get your point across... Anyways, It's a fact that China has problems with stealing IP. It's not just the US, but in with any country that has something valuable. Huawei hasn't invented anything and built all of it's technology off of pre-existing technology.
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  3082.  @jackyan8925  Hmm I'm a bit confused. You do know that China's population is shrinking now, right? Just making sure... China's (and when I say China I mean the CCP, not the people) development has been and continues to be a huge detriment to the environment. I don't 100% fault them though as any country would do what it needs to do to industrialize, though I do think they care less about the environment and wild life than they should. About technology - I just think that 1. China's system doesn't encourage the creativity, thinking outside of the box, and openness to the criticism and new ideas - all which are crucial for innovation. I also think the CCP is impatient and wants technology now... rather than fostering the type of society and environment that cultivates innovation. Thats why I think China will never escape the middle income trap and grow through innovation and consumption... because they don't allow the recipe for that. My opinion
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  3083.  @onealmorgen2987  You sure type a lot like that other guy that was replying to me. I agree with you that it's a transaction, I was merely responding to the other guy (or is it actually you?) that made it seem like the west should be grateful that China sells us cheap things... it's absurd. It's a fair transaction, not a gift
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  3084.  @jackyan8925  So it's a fact that China steals technology, and not just from the US. How do I know? Because multiple countries say the same thing. Even countries who want to be friendly with China say that China has stolen their technology. So how about this - when China stops trying to take shortcuts to being #1 and actually does the hard work and time to innovate and invent their own technology - then I will stop. Until then? I will tell the truth and say things that hurt your nationalistic feeelings. Sorry (but not really sorry). Please respond, so I can hurt your feelings more
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  3085.  @jackyan8925  You know how I know this is not true? Because there is nothing to steal
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  3086.  @jackyan8925  You're so China-minded you don't know how ridiculous you are. So, everybody on earth does not think/know China is "overtaking US" (I don't care if they 'think‘ they do, but this is factually not true.), and I don't care about Tesla. This is the difference cultures - you think because Tesla is "US company" that US people care about Tesla....because Chinese people care about byd and other Chinese companies... It's not the same. In US, a company is by itself...meaning, If they do good - they do good on their own. Nobody "cares" about them. The attitude is - You make your own future based on your qualities, and not on your country or your connections. I lived in both US and China, so I understand the difference, that you clearly, do not. US people are not as nationalistic.
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  3087.  @jackyan8925  Ok sure: Chinese hackers have stolen information on the Patriot missile system, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, and the U.S. Navy's new Littoral combat ship. These blueprints of U.S. weapon and control systems were stolen to advance the development of Chinese weaponry. Then there is: Xiaoqing Zheng, 59, of Niskayuna, New York, was convicted of conspiracy to commit economic espionage following a four-week jury trial that ended in March last year, according to US Justice Department. These are a few of very many, and only towards the US. Do you want me to show more? And against other countries besides the US? Please do... because I have plenty....
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  3088.  @jackyan8925  "If ifs and buts were candy and nuts, we'd all have a merry Christmas." ---- I'm not worried about China surpassing the US in technology.....
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  3089.  @jackyan8925  Lol Wow, so the US - which has deep relationships in Europe and many other countries - is worried about China's relationships in Russia and Iran? Lmao.... when you think about the entire world - Iran & Russia are tiny. It would be smarter to align yourself with the bigger, richer, and more influential economies. China made a mistake in picking their "friends"...
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  3090.  @fooksengloke3625  1. Chinese government statistics aren't worth the paper they're printed on. However what anecdotal evidence are you referring to? I have said a lot in this thread so I'm not sure which thing your talking about. I'll try to give some clarity though 2. Due to my line of work, I actually know quite a few rich Chinese families personally, in China. The father of one is even a CCP member and the father of another works for Douyin (not joking). Btw I live in China, thats how this is possible.
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  3091.  @jackyan8925  I wasn't even talking about the J-20? And I don't know what Chinese website you got that info off of but it's factual not true.. F35 came out years before the J20. Even Russia has claimed that China stole aircraft technology from them (see the T-10K-3). China's society doesn't cultivate creativity and innovation. The government also doesn't punish IP theft and even rewards it.. plus a "win by any means necessary" attitude. This is why China is known for copying and not innovating... there hasn't been major innovation in China since the invention of paper
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  3092.  @jackyan8925  Wait, so why are we talking about jets again? I never said anything about jets to get you to start talking. Look, it's a fact that even Russia has complained about China stealing it's military tech for aircraft. Period
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  3093.  @jackyan8925  Yeah it competes with the F35 because it's made with it's stolen technology
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  3094.  @jackyan8925  Lol more like they're waiting for the US to develop the 6th generation so they can steal it
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  3095. @sandponics Lol nonsense. Don't get your feelings hurt because somebody said something you don't like about China. Grow some balls
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  3096.  @INTJ791  haha nope. You'd be shocked to know I have a Chinese phone
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  3097.  @ssuwandi3240  I swear I feel like you stalk me on here. I don't even remember the context of that or how it relates to Trump
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  3098. Oh the WuMao are all over this post...of course. You get your feelings hurt hearing something not-positive about your beloved 国家。
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  3099. You clearly have no idea how anything works. You are what they "supposedly" think you are
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  3100. No, a foreign government interfering should be
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  3101. 1. Because apple employs a ton of people in China and invests a lot of money 2. China bans many many more US products and services than vice versa. Even with Huawei being banned in the US, it does not even come close to being reciprocal
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  3102.  @NaliniS-y2v  Um yes? China is notorious all over the world for its massive spying campaign... as we have just saw in Canada, UK, and Australia. Everyone complains about China's spying
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  3103.  @UncleStepon  Lol okay
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  3104.  @289cobra9  could've, would've, should've. Nobody cares... She's got a real shot at winning the election and this is gonna help
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  3105.  @stuffbenlikes  Nah being part of the administration she gets to take credit for their successes. Look, you can be salty all you want... because ya'll went from a slam dunk to an actual competition, but you crying here on youtube ain't gonna change that
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  3106.  @nana-bj8fe  Lol I'm feelin pretty good about our odds. Trump seems to be pretty rattled too with his recent missteps. Now you have a race on your hands, don't you
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  3107. Well its quite known China is pouring tons of subsidies into its EV market. This is not a secret
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  3108. Lol always some guy who thinks everything is about politics. Yes, everything is always Biden's fault, just like the other team said everything was always Trump's fault.
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  3109. They won't do nuttin'
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  3110. Lol notice he was scared to even say anything about China specifically... after all of the trouble they had in the past
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  3111. Hmm but China's monetary policy is easing like crazy. I think it's more about the consumers attitude toward the future of the economy
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  3112. China is only about "market principles" when it benefits them
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  3113. Elon Musk is about Elon Musk. He believes whatever is good for him... he will be "left" when it benefits him and he will be "right" when it benefits him. Nobody on the left or right should be fooled by him.
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  3114. A lot of fake Pro China troll accounts on any of these China videos...The China propaganda machine is strong on western social media.
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  3115. Omg I literally just realized this just now, as I'm watching it... and then, I came into the comments to see this. Awesome
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  3116. I also think a big reason men aren't approaching in person is because now there are dating apps that avoid the discomfort of public rejection
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  3117. Lol I like how this dude is blasting Europeans as "colonialists" and "cheating" the developing countries of grain... as he himself straight up invades a developing country and robs of them of their homes and livelihoods. The arrogance and ego of this man...
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  3118. If you're an American - you should've already been out of there as soon as that war started. Get out now
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  3119. It's not China's. The dash line looks utterly ridiculous... you don't get to claim you found some "ancient map" from thousands of years ago, and that means it's yours today. They even lost to the international tribunal and still won't accept that this is thievery. BTW - your comment is way too long
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  3120.  @davu5637  Absolutely not, and see - that is difference between the CCP and western countries. We actually admit our past atrocities, and confront them.. so we can learn from them and prevent them in the future.. It's never been ok for any country to take another country's land. It was wrong when western countries did it in the past, and it's wrong what the CCP is doing in the South China Sea right now. You can't just take peoples land/sea that they need for their economy and food, because of some so-called "ancient map". That is called bullying...and it's only because China has over-fished it's own waters and wants to secure resources. Very hypocritical of a country that is still very angry about losing land to foreigners in the past.
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  3121.  @davu5637  Your "article" was practically a novel. These are comments...make them shorter. I responded and that's how I feel... China has become stronger and instead of using that strength to progress humanity - they have become a Neo imperialist/colonialist...exactly the thing they complain about other countries doing to them in history. The hypocrisy...
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  3122. They could have accepted and used the western vaccines and avoided all of this. This is ego, pride, and nationalism that is to blame. Wonder what all of this will do to the birthrate in China..
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  3123.  Oms_3  Well no, I haven't been saying that lol. It's just logic, look at the strengthening dollar and the weakening Yuan. Even if the central bank here didn't lower rates - just the fact that the dollar is strengthening would mean a weaker yuan on relative basis... but they're also lowering rates here? That means another multiplier on top of the fact that the dollar is going up. I'm not sure what you're getting at, but I'm specifically talking about the rise in exports right now... not about the past 20 years
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  3124.  @wolverine9377  It's kind of funny how little you understand about economics. Li Keqiang said that half the chinese people live on 1,680 a year. The average income is 3,200. Here is why China will never get to 40k per capita 1. Economic policy shift to the far left 2. Heavy and abrupt regulation in: Education, technology, and real esate 3. Over investment in real estate and infrastructure. Real estate especially because it is 30% of China's GDP and is 70% of household wealth...and it's been fueled with debt. Those days are gone, there is nothing to replace it, and the real estate crash is going to be massively damaging to the public and the future growth 4. Lastly, and most importantly: demographics. It's now known that China has been lying about it's population, and admitted to over counting by 100 million - most of which were women. So China actually has about 1.28 billion, not 1.4. They are also the fastest aging population in the world. Think Japan style stagnation - but much worse. Japan got rich before it got old, China will be old before it gets rich
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  3125.  @wolverine9377  ​Nobody actually knows what the real unemployment is in China because the government lies. They always say it's between 5-5.5%. By their own admission, they have stated that youth unemployment right now is 20%..which means it's probably more. Your comment about population shows your ignorance. In a population, you have some young, working age, and old..and not all populations are the same. China has the fastest aging population in human history - due to rapid urbanization and the one child policy. China has way too many old people, and not enough young people. It is losing immense amount of working age population every year because they are going into retirement age... and there are not enough young people to replace them. By the end of the decade - this will be undeniable and you will see what I mean. I won't even engage with you on real estate because you obviously have no idea what you're talking about. You sound like somekind of nationalist or something that is just defending China nomatter what. Mark my words: The Chinese real estate sector is in crisis. You will know this soon BTW - houses in 1st tier cities are just as expensive as in the west and if you compare those prices to the average income of the population - much more expensive than in western countries....and are shittier quality. If you are Chinese than you know exactly what I'm talking about. China has bought off Africa and all of the countries in their belt and road. One reason they choose poor, developing countries is because they're desperate, easy to exploit and bribe their leaders. This way China can exploit them of their land and resources. It's a disgusting practice and hypocritical of a regime that complains about colonialism and imperialism. China has no real friends or allies - everybody who stands by them has been bought off with money, or fear. China has rough times ahead of it. It's mismanagement of the economy, population, and geopolitics mean much slower growth for the rest of the decade - and stagnation after 2030. Like Japan, but much much worse
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  3126.  @wolverine9377  ​Nobody actually knows what the real unemployment is in China because the government lies. They always say it's between 5-5.5%. By their own admission, they have stated that youth unemployment right now is 20%..which means it's probably more. Your comment about population shows your ignorance. In a population, you have some young, working age, and old..and not all populations are the same. China has the fastest aging population in human history - due to rapid urbanization and the one child policy. China has way too many old people, and not enough young people. It is losing immense amount of working age population every year because they are going into retirement age... and there are not enough young people to replace them. By the end of the decade - this will be undeniable and you will see what I mean. I won't even engage with you on real estate because you obviously have no idea what you're talking about. You sound like somekind of nationalist or something that is just defending China nomatter what. Mark my words: The Chinese real estate sector is in crisis. You will know this soon BTW - houses in 1st tier cities are just as expensive as in the west and if you compare those prices to the average income of the population - much more expensive than in western countries....and are shittier quality. China has bought off Africa and all of the countries in their belt and road. One reason they choose poor, developing countries is because they're desperate, easy to exploit and bribe their leaders. This way China can exploit them of their land, resources, and UN votes. It's a disgusting practice and hypocritical of a regime that complains about colonialism and imperialism. China has no real friends or allies - everybody who stands by them has been bought off with money, or fear. China has rough times ahead of it. It's mismanagement of the economy, population, and geopolitics mean much slower growth for the rest of the decade - and stagnation after 2030. Like Japan, but much much worse
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  3127.  @wolverine9377  If you want to learn something real about China's labor force - look up Yi Fuxian
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  3128. I believe them. Its just you guys who are so convinced Biden is bad for the economy... the numbers don't agree so therefore they must be fake, right?
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  3129.  @leekh2125  China is trying to punish those who put export restrictions on them. There is no shortage for use for military armaments
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  3130. Lose 100 million? That's a drop in the bucket for BoA... I thought she was gonna say Billion
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  3131.  @ALIEN_857  I'm confused by the meaning of your comment
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  3132. They did ask for the docoments... on many occasions. Trump's lawyers even signed a document saying that Trump had returned them all...but he didn't
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  3133.  @przemyslawszymczak8180 Could it be possible that after literally splitting from the EU they are trying to forge their own ties outside of Europe? You're still not making a convincing argument for why his race has anything to do with that. Wanting to strengthen ties with India (a huge regional power) and assuming that it's because he's Indian without anything else - is just silly. Maybe he see's it beneficial to his country and he just happens to be Indian. US is also forging to stronger ties to India. Can we assert that because his VP is half Indian that that is "obviously" the reason for closer ties? You're gonna need a whole lot more than what you said to make such claims
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  3134.  @przemyslawszymczak8180  Its just ridiculous. Nations around the world are trying to collaborate with India and you specifically pick his race for that reason. If Biden was Indian you'd say the same thing, but he isn't Indian so whats the excuse there? You're looking for a reason and race was the first thing that popped into your mind. He's a leader that happens to be Indian, not an Indian leader.
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  3135. America will be fine... these policies have majority support of the population
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  3136. Lol help with what? Please explain
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  3137.  @CristoperCris-ix2rp  No clue what that means
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  3138. Russia is the reason why there is no peace in the first place. They invaded Ukraine
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  3139.  @SC-jt3uf  clearly not, as they are siding with one
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  3140. What is with these women... fighting and pushing each other over lost cups or w/e lol. C'mon youre grown ass women and friends... so silly
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  3141. Netanyahu doesn't want a two state solution. The existence of Hamas gives him the perfect excuse to not work towards one...he actually prefers them to exist because it guarantees a two state solution will never happen
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  3142.  @jmanakajosh9354  Right because the way we measure how much a government loves its people is by how many grandparents the government gifts them? Seriously do you have only two brain cells or what
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  3143. You realize that China's GDP problem is more than double the US, right? They simply hide it in local governments and state owned corps. What a dummy to not know that..
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  3144. She always has this "I'm gonna get you" face, as she writes things down. Then she gets on the stand and starts crying and acts afraid... Johnny's demeanor is somber and consistent the whole time.
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  3145. Projections at it's finest.... the only fish that have banned chemicals are Chinese fish. Taiwan has much higher food standards and quality than China.. this is absurd. This is simply China's next attempt to starve the Taiwan economically.
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  3146. but the question was asking if he takes blame...
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  3147. I had the same thing with an ex gf. She couldn't stand when I'd disengage from an argument to cool off...would constantly call/text me... it was like she was scared in her absence I would come to the conclusion that I would break up with her. Dr. Curry was right, Amber has a fear of abandonment.
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  3148. He's super underrated and people should listen to him more.
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  3149. Lol always the guy in the comment section to bring up and compare the US in regards to China. These guys are wayyy more corrupt than even the big banks were in US. China has a corruption problem, and its something that even the CCP has admitted. Every country has corruption, but you can't compare the level of corruption in China to the US
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  3150. I understand wanting to save lives, as China would likely lose much more than 4 million if they let this thing rip - BUT - if they'd just swallow their patriotism and allow the more effective western vaccines - they wouldn't have to do these kind of extreme measures in the first place. It's the pride and nationalism that has caused this. But when when you've spent years demonizing the west, you have now painted yourself into a corner.
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  3151. The guy that talks in this video is off on almost every point. The person who wrote this comment is likely a Chinese government plant
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