Comments by "Patrick T" (@patrickt49) on "VisualPolitik EN" channel.

  1. Except his "faking it" is becoming too costly on his own people and their economy.
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  2. I know right? What's even stranger is that there is consensus among those countries to allow the US to build military bases. It's not like China is doing anything illegal right?
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  3. It does not matter where one is educated. The system and type of society you are in, more often than not, takes precedence over how you will turn out. It's the same with China, they send thousands of students overseas. Is China acting any closer to the sensibilities likened to that of the developed world? A lot of people would say "No".
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  4.  @LetsLearnEconomic  Asking China to act checks and balances is like making the local pyromaniac the head of the fire department. You're hilarious.
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  5. What you don't understand is that China has always been like this. Yes, they had Emperors and kings, but how did those dynasties end? With social upheaval and overreach resulting in regime change. And the cycle continued for hundreds and hundreds of years.
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  6. It's truly amazing how myopic people are especially in the face of money. Hopefully, the world learns its lesson. This is just getting ridiculous
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  7.  @2KSnSLifestyle  If you have to say that Taiwan is part of China, then it is NOT a part of China. Nobody says that Hawaii, or Alaska is part of the US. Everyone just knows it and it goes without saying.
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  8. This is the problem of centrally planned economies. The issue is the government has their hand on the supply side, but if they can't control the demand side (which is determined by the people), then it's just doomed to fail. They might as well force people to spend as well.
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  9.  @juniorleslie4804  Yes, China is the only exception in that they are literally running themselves to the ground in order to prop up their artificial GDP numbers, which is highly dubious, to say the least. That's the difference between private and state enterpriese. One is efficient and more customer oriented, and the other is based squarely on social stability at all costs even at the cost of efficiency.
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  10. So basically don't trust them because they always lie?
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  11.  @jukio02  Last I checked the rest of the world was still bigger than China including the rest of the developing world. China's population is in decline and countries in Southeast Asia, are still developing, along with it, demand.
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  12. All that foreign aid is just lining the pockets of CCP officials. Don't be naive to think that it's actually going to good causes. In fact, China is doubling down on building coal plants. So much for their "push" for green energy.
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  13. I found it strange that they kept manufacturing housing that nobody ever moved to years and years ago. Where did they think people who are going to move into these houses were going to come from? If they weren't moving in then, what made them think that things would be different in the coming years?
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  14. Those bases are built on sand. They are highly vulnerable. In fact some of those islands are already sinking.
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  15. What old age pension? Their health insurance is literally getting slashed because local governments in China can't even meet their financial obligations.
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  16. Russia sees everything as a declaration of war. What else is new?
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  17. It's basically just an attempt for China to keep their people working and for some politicians to gain from kickbacks and bribes. These self proclaimed "experts" are taking their so called "expertise" to these poor countries because people in these poor countries don't know any better. Those standards would never work in the developed world and they know it.
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  18. So will China
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  19.  @JJ-he7yy  actually, China produces "low tech" chips. It will take them several years before they can catch up to the likes of Samsung, Nvidia and Intel. They don't spend on R&D. How can they when they sell goods at such a low price point that there is little to no profit margin to help fund research?
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  20. Define "okay"?
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  21. Yes, it's called more debt. How else can China get itself out of this one when they aren't seeing the results that they initially projected? All they are going to do is kick the can down the road, and they're certainly not going to liberalize their financial system because the CCP can't do well enough to leave anything alone without their constant interference. They're also caught in the "middle income trap" as mentioned by @Kev wherein they don't manufacture high value goods like Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan, and they are no longer the cheapest in terms of labor, which is why multinational firms are moving to Vietnam, India and other parts of Southeast Asia. China will still be around for manufacturing but it's not going to be the same as before, the numbers just aren't adding up.
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  22.  @wolverine9377  Actually a lot of them don't know what's happening outside of what the government told them. It's called "keeping the peace" in dictatorships. What you don't know won't kill you until it's too late.
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  23.  @2KSnSLifestyle  Not a good argument. So because a large segment of the population is Chinese, it automatically is a part of China? Not true. Taiwan has its own constitution, it's own government, its own passport, it's own currency that is not found in China. Heck even the the US has a separate policy when it comes to dealing with Taiwan. Just so you know, this strongly implies that they are separate entities. Taiwan is NOT a part of China.
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  24.  @2KSnSLifestyle  Are you talking about the same UN that your government just slandered and discredited because of their report on Xinjiang? If that's the case, then your argument has no leg to stand on.
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  25.  @2KSnSLifestyle  The Spratleys are just a stone's throw away from countries in Southeast Asia that are claiming them, so by your definition China has zero claim to those islands because China is further away.
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  26.  @2KSnSLifestyle  being a Taiwan bot doesn't hold any negative connotation unlike a foaming in the mouth rabid mainland Chinese nationalist bot.
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  27.  @2KSnSLifestyle  They are the "Republic of China" not the "People's Republic of China". There's a big difference. One is Communist, one is democratic.
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  28.  @2KSnSLifestyle  Ok, keep telling yourself that. In the meantime, it's being administered by Taiwan, who has their own army personnel on the island, which therefore has their own laws. The fact that we are having this back and forth only serves to further question the legitimacy of the PRC's claim to Taiwan, so keep it up.
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  29.  @2KSnSLifestyle  ROC IS Taiwan. North Korea and South Korea are both Koreas but they aren't the same. Same in this case, PRC and ROC, are not the same China.
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  30.  @2KSnSLifestyle  Small part of China that it tries so hard to convince the whole world that it is theirs when in fact the writing is on the wall that it clearly and obviously isn't. Keep dreaming.
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  31.  @2KSnSLifestyle  They are NOT the same. Read my comments clearly. Does any other province in mainland China have its own currency? No. Taiwan does. Does any other province in mainland China have its own elected leaders? No. Taiwan does. Does any other province in mainland China have its own laws which govern society? No. Taiwan does and citizens from mainland China who visit are subject to these laws which are different from Mainland China. Therefore, it only stands to reason that Taiwan is NOT a part of mainland China. They are not under the administration of Beijing.
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  32.  @2KSnSLifestyle  You are seriously brain damaged if you can't even tell the difference between the PRC and ROC.
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  33.  @2KSnSLifestyle  Hong Kong and Macau never became independent from China. They ARE administered by the PRC.
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  34.  @2KSnSLifestyle  Taiwan wants nothing to do with China. That's why we're in this mess. China keeps forcing themselves on Taiwan like a desperate abusive man trying to win a girl that was never his.
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  35. Unfortunately, in a chaotic place like China you need a heavy hand to get anything done. If you look at China before the CCP came into power, it was already a political mess. You had multiple factions vying for power against a backdrop of poverty and inequality.
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  36.  @juniorleslie4804  if most debt were bad debt then banks would be out of business. As long as people are kept in debt and banks can make money from interest, they will be fine. It's when people stop paying back loans that becomes the issue
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  37. If this is common knowledge then why is it in some people's eyes can China do no wrong? Is the allure of money truly worth it? It's just crazy how people constantly deal with China like as if they're the only country in the world worth dealing with.
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  38. When you're talking about China, no rules of logic apply.
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  39. There is no logic to it. Period.
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  40. All that infrastructure doesn't mean anything when you have a corrupt government whose policies are keeping investors from pouring their money into a country. China has a ton of infrastructure. Just look at all the apartments they have built? What about all the ghost cities that stand empty? Are those places booming economically? Of course not. So infrastructure isn't the be all and end all of everything. It has to be coupled with things such as demand for example, which China obviously fails to take into consideration.
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