Comments by "" (@craigkdillon) on "China Observer" channel.

  1. China felt that it had the world by the short hairs, and that it could now dictate terms and conditions to all nations. Like how China tried to extort Australia into submission. Or, how China threatened Lithuania with economic reprisals. As companies move their supply chains elsewhere, China's ability to threaten economic reprisals will diminish.
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  2. This sounds very similar to the hippie movement in the 60's -- Tune in, Turn on, Drop Out. Hippies called themselves dropouts, because they were dropping out of the rat race.
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  3. The Belt & Road Initiative of China is doomed to fail. 1. China's construction processes are incompetent. Construction is done by habit. Designers, managers and workers will work the same way from project to project. It is impossible for them to do one project poorly to save money, and then do the next one at high quality. The workers will do the same work. So, tofu dreg projects are to be expected. 2. Debt slavery or debt colonialism won't work. No matter what the contracts say, nations can simply not pay. Payment of contracts between countries can only be guaranteed under the threat of military force. That is how the French, English, Dutch, and others maintained and enforced their colonial rule. Colonial rule has ended. China has no ability to threaten military enforcement of its B&RI contracts. First, China has no expeditionary forces. Secondly, the western powers would oppose any Chinese effort to military enforcement of its contracts. Lastly, any country that was a colony knows exactly what they need to do to oppose any such action. China has really screwed up.
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  4. Considering the boastful, derisive, condescending attitude Chinese people had when they were on top, it is hard for me to feel too sorry for them. Whenever the US and the west had problems, China celebrated. Now, China is learning how it feels.
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  5. Guess firing government workers and having less government is not an option.
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  6. The continued investment in China, at any level, is what I find most surprising. What does it take for companies to realize that investing in China is a loser's game?
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  7. A major lesson of the Cold War is that the United States plays the long game. From 1949 to the fall of the Soviet Union, the United States did NOT waiver in any way. No matter which party controlled the presidency or Congress, the policies and actions taken were very consistent. The US made a strategic change towards China in the 70's. We opened our markets and our pocketbooks. US companies invested heavily in China. Increased business and trade benefitted US and China, as was hoped. XI Jinpeng has taken China in another direction. Adversarial and antagonistic. Now, the United States has made another strategic decision. It started with Trump and has continued under Biden. Everyone should note that Congress has fully supported the new anti-China strategy taken by Trump & Biden. This change is profound AND permanent. Xi's visit will have no effect. We have seen his quixotic behavior, and know that we cannot trust him. The decoupling of Chinese/American trade will continue.
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  8. A Chinese planner had stated that Chinese skyscrapers have a planned life of 50 years. My God, in US, at 50 years, a building is still considered new. In US, buildings will last forever if maintained.
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  9. What is happening to China is NOT normal economic cycles. NORMALLY -- deflation will lead to increased consumption, which stops the deflation. UNLESS -- the deflation is caused by the collapse of the system. That is what is happening. industries have shut down. Unemployment is massive. When people have NO MONEY -- it doesn't matter how low prices go --- they cannot buy. Prices continue to drop. Re-orders stop - production declines even further --- unemployment increases -- more people without money --- Purchases reduce further. China has not hit bottom -- YET.
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  10. The BRI strategy could have been great for China. If China's projects had quality construction, and superior project management it would have worked. Projects being done on-time and under-budget would have shown the superiority of working with China. Countries would have gotten the infrastructure they need, and China would have gotten great goodwill. China's global influence would have soared. However, China decided to use bribery, which led to bad decisions. Also, by not using local workers, the people in many nations have come to resent and oppose China. Instead of goodwill, China has gotten hate. If you notice, the western powers no longer show any concern of fear of the BRI projects.
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  11. Going by the unemployment, stacked shipping containers, and collapse of orders, the decline in shipping is a lot more than 6% or 7%. Being structural, not cyclic, it is not coming back.
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  12. The waters around Hawaii are NOT between US and China. Those waters ARE American - totally and completely
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  13. I know we will not know now, but in years to come -- how widespread is this problem? How many companies have seen orders drop precipitously? What percentage of companies are affected? In both volume and number of companies? With the exodus of companies like Foxconn, Samsung, etc. I suspect it is very widespread. More importantly, it is structural NOT cyclical. That is, the orders are not coming back. This is a permanent development.
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  14. Now I know you are wrong. China's carriers have the BEST propaganda. Much better than US propaganda.
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  15. Take time to define "migrant" worker in China. It is very different from how it is used in US. In US, a migrant worker is a foreign worker, often Mexican, that comes in annually to work, like pick crops. In China, a migrant worker is a Chinese citizen from another part of the country. So, if one moves from Hunan to Beijing to find work, that person becomes an internal migrant. They don't have access to the education, health, and other benefits if they stayed home. This structure of internal migrants in China is a major factor holding the country back, IMO.
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  16. That is how China's industry developed. Western companies would develop things, and then go to China for cheap production. So, China focused on manufacturing costs and efficiencies. And, that is OK. If China had not gone rogue, then we could have continued with that. US companies would do chip research and design, then China would produce them in quantity and cheap. Now, that link is broken. US companies will develop, but now production will be domestic or to trusted countries -- like Mexico, Philippines, Columbia (maybe), India, or Vietnam. Oops, I forgot, Taiwan, too.
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  17. US will NEVER invade China. We are not as stupid as Imperial Japan was. In WW1, Germany was defeated by a blockade, not on the battlefield. IF a war happens between China & US, then China will be blockaded. NO maritime trade in, or out. No fishing fleets allowed to function. China's mainland food production is not enough to feed itself. China's raw material production is not enough to give it the fuel it needs, or the material its industries need. That is how China will be defeated, IF a war happens,
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  18. When I hear the economic bad news out of China, and of workers losing their jobs, am I the only one that rejoices??
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  19. A well trained crew takes years to develop -- and that is when you have experienced officers. China has no experienced officers to train a crew. After it sails, it will need 10 years at least to become useful.
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  20. The next time there is an incident with China at the LOC, India should delay the passage of oil tankers through the Indian ocean. Not long, just a few days delay, to get the message to China that India can stop that trade any time it chooses.
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  21. The real estate market in China is very different than real estate markets in other countries. Real estate speculation is the source of funds for local and provincial governments. So, the collapse of that market also means bankruptcies for the local and provincial governments of China. CCP and the Central Government will not have the resources to bail them all out.
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  22. NO ! ! Chinese are not allowed to choose how to live. Are not the harmless Fulan Gong persecuted for being different??
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  23.  @icosthop9998  I think my analysis is sound. I hope I am correct, too.
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  24. China's natural customers that are rich or nearby. Rich countries like the US, UK, Japan, Canada, and Sweden. And nearby countries like Japan, Taiwan, India, Philippines, Vietnam, and Malaysia. CCP has threatened each one of those countries with war, or at least used vaguely worded threatening rhetoric which could mean war. Every one of those countries is trying to reduce trade and economic dependence with China. China's factories are closing, and workers will suffer.
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  25. Life in China sounds idyllic.
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  26. The short life of China's engines make the daily intrusions into Taiwanese air space more of strain on China than on Taiwan. Many reports said that the daily intrusions were done to wear out Taiwan's aircraft and pilots. I think the opposite is happening. Taiwan can easily afford maintenance of its aircraft. China's efforts become training exercises for the ROC Air Force. The F110 engines in Taiwan's F-16s last 12000 before needing overhaul or replacement. China's engines last 3000, according to this report. That is a huge difference.
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  27. I thought Skynet would be defeated by Connor and a converted Skynet Terminator Robot. But, no, Skynet is going to fail financially. How mundane and unsatisfying. But, I'll take it.
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  28. No sympathy. Once the American Midwest was the world's factory. Chicago was filled with small and large manufacturing - making everything from shoes, suits, screws, and paper clips to steel, cars, and locomotives. Then, they all closed down as manufacturing moved to China. Empty factories and warehouses were everywhere. The rust belt went through that, and our workers got no help from the government or the companies. We didn't like it. But, we didn't whine like the Chinese.
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  29. If you notice, the blown out windows were not broken until they hit something. The window mounts and brackets are what failed --- NOT the windows themselves. That shows poor construction that is not allowed in the US. Here, windows in high rises have to withstand winds of 120 mph, at least.
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  30. No. China is not OK. We are witnessing the collapse of the debt bubble. It has a long way to go. I think many more Chinese titans are going to fall before it is over. When done, China will be a shadow of its stature in 2020 or earlier.
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  31.  @yanmamabear5734  The abuse is different. But, there was abuse in the 60's. We were under a draft, to be sent to the idiotic stupid self-imposed war in Vietnam. Many of us of that time had friends and relatives killed, or coming back permanently mentally scarred by PTSD. Being a Hippie back then was, too, a form of protest. The phrase "Make Love, Not War" was a mantra. Hippie's protested the inequality of our society - black vs white, rich vs poor. We wanted change. We wanted a better society, a better country. We made some progress. We have gone backwards with Trump.
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  32. American foreign policy towards China was based on the assumption that they are rational. It was assumed that as China became more intertwined with trade it would normalize. After all, if China wanted to keep getting richer it would have to get along and play nice. It would not want to lose its markets and trading buddies. Well, we were wrong. It weaponized its trade, and thought it could force trading partners to follow their commands. Russia tried this with oil and gas. Did China get this idea from them?? Didn't work for Russia, either.
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  33. For thousands of years, China had been an insular kingdom. It imported nothing, and exported only a few items - porcelains and silks mostly. China is going back to what it was 100 years ago.
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  34. Most of what Peter Zeihan says was obvious to any who was looking closely. China's real estate and debt bubbles were seen and knows 15 years ago. It is amazing that China kept those bubbles going for as long as it did. The demographic bubble was suspected. The hard data was not there to make it obvious, as it is now.
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  35. I believe that the stats given are all better than actual. The given stats would not explain all foreigners gone, and entire buildings being empty. If those statements of vacancy are true, then a price drop of 20% must be false. Rental price decline has to be much more.
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  36. The decline is just starting. It will get much worse, and will go on for years.
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  37. A crime is only a crime if the law in enforced. This corporate theft seems to be very common, if not universal, in China.
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  38. It LOOKS stealthy. That is good enough for China.
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  39. This situation cannot go on forever. Eventually, the companies will have to admit their situation and close down. Even government agencies will have to shut down if they cannot pay their workers. The question is how far will China fall? ]
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  40.  @just-dl  It is already happening. Italy is not paying. Malaysia is not paying. I am sure more will come.
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  41. I thought working for no pay was the definition of slavery.
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  42. Remember, the same attitudes, procedures, and culture also manages the PLA. I think the PLA's army and navy are about as effective as their tofu dreg projects.
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  43. The CCP finally had to choose -- to integrate with the world economy and play by its rules, (thus forcing it to liberalize) or to ensure the power of the CCP. It chose the latter. Too bad. Pity.
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  44. After the CCP, will China remain a single untied country? Or, will it split into separate countries, as has happened in its past??
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  45. My question is what regions and industries are being starved of funds and resources so that they can directed to this pet project?? And, what will be the impact on the Chinese economy?
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  46. Now, besides regulatory uncertainty, businesses have to cope with operational uncertainty. I am referring to power blackouts caused by the CCP punishing(?) Australia, and boycotting their coal, which in turn, is causing power blackouts in parts of China. Companies want their factories to hum production. No drama. No interruptions. Most thought these were one time events, and things will be normal right away. That is not happening. Now production interruptions have become normal. That is intolerable. Businesses will do everything to escape that situation. I PREDICT ---- there will be MANY more businesses leaving China, and going to ANYWHERE else. They want normalcy. India, Vietnam, Philippines, Columbia, Chile, South Africa, Ethiopia, etc. etc. ANYPLACE but China.
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  47. Hey, Japan. Why don't you come to Chicago, IL, USA and build that street?? We would love it. We have a Chinatown, an Indo-Pak street on Devon Ave. The more Japanese it is, the more we would love it. Americans love the world, other countries, other cultures. We think they are great. So, if you don't feel welcome in China, you can always come here.
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  48. If corruption cannot be controlled on a such a critical weapon as an aircraft carrier, how can China control corruption and ensure quality on more mundane things like missiles, radars, and computers?? How likely is it that China will suffer significant failures during combat??
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  49. Stores may LOOK closed. Stores may LOOK empty. But, Chinese statistics shows sales increases from last year. Know the truth. 🙂
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  50. I doubt this will end the CCP. But, then again, no one can predict when the collapse will happen. The collapse WILL happen, though.
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  51. Isn't Mercantilism wonderful?? China has gone back to the Qing dynasty's trade policies. China wants to export but not import.
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  52. Even if China owned Taiwan, the Taiwan Strait is too wide for them to have sovereign control over it. International waters start after 12 miles. At its narrowest, the international waters would be about 50 miles wide.
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  53.  @butwhytharum  Disagree. Very different. 1. Local governments get money by supporting speculation -- not in finished, occupied homes. 2. Developers get paid up-front, so little need to actually finish homes, and zero need to build quality. 3. As the "market" crashes, governments lose their source of revenue. In the west, local governments are funded with real estate taxes on owners of homes. They do not participate in the building and selling of them. So, a real estate crash in the west has zero effect on local government financing.
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  54. Now that US and EU have raised tariff walls against China, other nations will feel free to do that, too.
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  55. Don't military experts expect Taiwan to use the latest chips in their missiles and radars?? After all, those chips are made in Taiwan, and are available to them. Doesn't Taiwan have the engineers to design advanced missile avionics? I think they do. If so, then China's naval and air assets are just as vulnerable to Taiwan's military as they are to America's.
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  56. India still has control of the spigot. India could block oil from Iran at any time. India controls the Strait of Malacca. I don't see how this agreement changes anything.
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  57. What could go wrong??? Everything. Who will be the innovators? Who will be the visionaries? The CCP is re-creating the super centralized type of government that Imperial China had. That kind of government was viable, IMO, when societies and economies were static, with little change. Today's economies are highly dynamic. New patents, processes, and products force economies to be flexible to adapt. Nations and economies that adapt fastest benefit the most. The CCP is ossifying China's economy, unable to change or adapt. China will become impoverished and miserable. Far from a utopia.
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  58. To me, the most logical way for China to secure its borders would be to act friendly and peaceful towards its neighbors. China's bellicose threatening acts and words has resulted in its neighbors spending a lot more on their militaries. Japan, Taiwan, Philippines, Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, and India have ALL increased purchases of planes, ships, missiles, and tanks. China's RELATIVE military power has decreased as a result.
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  59. This is not a temporary or cyclical business slowdown. Manufacturing is moving out --- PERMANENTLY.
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  60. I remember when mfg moved from the Midwest to China. You did not notice any change at first. After a few years you did. After 15 years, it was done. In China, it is happening a lot faster.
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  61. China's exports have declined. As more countries enact tariff walls, China's exports will plummet.
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  62.  @friendsofdickjones6266 Very true. The 100 years the US has in its organizational memory goes very deep. Not just doctrine, but also all the other areas for running carrier operations. Feeding, medical care, morale, all the little things that add to effectiveness. China would need a generation and a war to learn all that.
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  63.  @Gr3nadgr3gory  In US you cannot just build crap. You are inspected all the time. If you build something unsound, and people get hurt, you will be held criminally liable, and will go to jail. That does not seem to happen in China. What is happening in China is unique, IMO. It goes way beyond mere "poor" contractors.
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  64. It is much worse than that. Real estate speculation is how provincial and local governments finance themselves. Imagine what would happen if most of the towns, cities, and states in the US went bankrupt. How big of a disaster would that be??? Well, isn't that what is happening to China??
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  65. Reconsidered. US in 4 more bases in PH.
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  66. How can buildings have foundation issues, when they don't have foundations???
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  67. CCP tries to be an oligarchy. But, oligarchies tend towards autocracy. That is what is happening now.
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  68.  @raydunn2582  Then China will be dismissed. China will not be given access to anything if it goes against the foreign policies and interests of the involved countries. China CANNOT enforce the BRI contracts.
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  69. Xi has done the impossible --- he has gotten both Democrats and Republicans AGREEING on something. Aid to Taiwan??? Full support by both. More bases in Philippines? Full support by both. AUKUS alliance? Full support by both parties. Tariffs on China?? Full support by both parties. Thanks Xi.
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  70.  @icosthop9998  I am always correct. Just ask my ex-wife.
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  71. agree. Tofu dreg construction is now the habit in China. Many workers won't know the right way.
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  72. Why do insult snakes by comparing them to Chinese??
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  73. Well, you better start spending more on your military. Taiwan spent 2.6% of its GDP on its military. Not enough if you want to defend yourself against the Chinese behemoth. Taiwan needs THOUSANDS of HF missiles. Taiwan needs THOUSANDS of Sky Bow missiles. Taiwan needs THOUSANDS of naval mines. Taiwan needs to mobilize -- the 210,000 planned is idiotic. Taiwan needs an active force of 300,000+, with 1,000,000 in reserve. ALL males should be required to have 1 YEAR of military service when they reach 18. Taiwan should follow South Korea's example of 18 months service for every man over 18. The best way for Taiwan to avoid war, and being conquered, is to be prepared. Be VERY prepared.
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  74.  @Paul-zf8ob  True. American engines will last 12000 hours. Some new ones will last 20000 hours. (I think that is right). BUT, China's engines last only 2000 to 3000 hours. So, China's harassment of Taiwan with its jets wears down China's planes a lot more than they do Taiwan's jets.
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  75.  @Darkstar-se6wc  A hair product made in Philippines by Chinese company had "made in Philippines - Province of China" on its label. Pissed off the Filipinos something terrible. LOL
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  76. IMO, this action will backfire. By attacking their own customers, companies that have come to Chine to produce and sell, it is harming these relationships. These companies are global and have more at stake than China. Will they pull production out of China? I think so. India is the youth market of the future. Not China.
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  77. I think China will split into at least 5 countries.
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  78.  pa_2600  OMG! You have hit upon China's dastardly plan.
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  79.  @carlpanzram2012  Actually, an argument can be made that there is no such thing as "Communism". 1. "Communism" bears no resemblance to what Marx wrote. 2. Russian "communism" is really an extension of Tsarism (read, Russia under the Old (and the New) Regime books) 3. China has the worst social welfare system of any country. Most developing countries do a better job. Education, health services, and unemployment unavailable for many. Internal migrants -- how does that work?? Communism, IMO, is merely rhetoric used to justify dictatorship.
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  80. 20 years ago US and the west saw China as a partner in trade and investment. Money went in, factories built, and products sold to the Chinese -- the world's largest market. As a partner, US and the west would forgive cheating, as long as it wasn't too much. Then, China got greedy. It didn't want outsiders to benefit from their market. It wanted their car market for their own. China forced outsiders out of owning and manufacturing -- so they left. So, US and the west erected tariff and legal barriers. Now China is being squeezed out of markets. China is collapsing, and no one cares. 20 years ago, countries would have sacrificed to save China. Not now.
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  81. When sea levels rise, Shanghai will be one of the first to go. It is at the same level as New Orleans in US, or Venice in Italy. When that happens, the heat won't matter to them.
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  82. Capabilities of American weapons, radars, jamming, and ECM systems are constantly changing. Development is ongoing and continuous.
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  83.  @jont2576  Huh?? North Korea and USSR have lousy militaries. Kleptocracies do not make good armies.
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  84. Tourism can only be a large net gain for a country when it is external tourism, with foreigners bringing foreign money into the country. France, Spain, and Italy are countries that benefit greatly from foreign tourism. China, on the other hand, has made itself unpopular around the world. People are now afraid to go to China because of new security laws, and the threat of arrest and prosecution. Plus, China is now seen as being unwelcoming to foreigners, treating them rudely and unkindly. Stories from recent visitors have not been good. China is very different from what it was during the Olympics.
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  85. With territorial claims and military threats, China has ringed itself with enemies. Does anyone think that is a good strategy???
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  86. Same thing could have been said for the American Great Lakes states in 1970. Then the exodus of manufacturing to Japan (at first) and later to China. China's domination may seem so large, that it cannot change. Wrong. It changed for us, here in the "rust belt" of the US. We once manufactured about 50% of everything manufactured in the world. That is gone. China is pushing companies to leave now. China's fall from its domination of manufacturing is going to faster than ours.
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  87. China has made it perfectly clear that it is an enemy of the world. The world is acting accordingly.
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  88. Complete state ownership and control of all businesses. Sounds wonderful. So efficient. So enlightened. A true utopia. What could go wrong???
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  89.  @SUPERPOWERCHINA_  Sarcasm?? Or a Chinese bot?? I cannot tell.
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  90.  @jont2576  NO. Taiwan need to go full Switzerland and Finland. Those are the two toughest countries. Both have universal conscription of their men. Swiss men are required to keep a rifle and ammunition. They have their tunnels and bridges mined. NO one can invade Switzerland. That is why Hitler left it alone.
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  91.  @jont2576  So? The US supplied Russia with trucks, jeeps, planes, and artillery. Plus Allies invaded Normandy and also fought. Don't forget Stalin killed over 20 million in his collectivization of the farms. And, then after the war, the USSR occupied and ruled Poland, Hungary, Czhechoslovakia, Rumania, and the Baltic States. They only received their freedom when the USSR fell.
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  92. A few years ago, I would have been filled with pity and grief for the suffering Chinese. However, with China threatening everyone with war -attacking Indian soldiers, sinking Vietnamese and Filipino ships, building up its military, and telling the soldiers "they must prepare for war", I have no pity for China. I feel relief. Maybe China will now need to focus on internal problems instead of on war. So, I am a little glad that these disasters are striking China. It might sound a bit sick, but it is how I feel now.
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  93. What grandchildren?? China outlawed having kids for so long, that Chinese don't anticipate children. Chinese have been taught to think that the CCP will provide everything. They don't have to think about family or a family's future. Boy, that sure doesn't sound like it will end well.
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  94. One cannot help but be impressed with how good Chinese soldiers look on parade. Yep, the American military better watch out. But, I think our marching bands are still formidable.
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  95.  @hengongchua6250  Chinese construction projects ONLY use Chinese workers. At least they do in Africa. I doubt Asian projects are done differently.
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  96.  @just-dl  Also, they do not have to act collectively. Each has the right and authority to deny the loans, and not pay a penny. Just look at all the IMF loans that have been denied by countries.
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  97.  @naruto6918  Sh*t happens. Especially in California. It is a local thing. Not nationwide. And, the homeless are mostly rich folk living in million dollar homes. Their insurance will see them through.
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  98.  @Gr3nadgr3gory  Yes that does happen. But, in the west, that is a crime, and will be prosecuted if caught. In China, it is systemic, and normalized. Big difference.
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  99. You are so right. If the corruption is consistent and predictable, that is OK. Even preferred sometimes. That is why bribes are called "grease". BUT - unpredictability drives us nuts.
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  100. China does not seem to know what it wants. It says "Two Child Policy" now. Yet, it forces a woman to abort. The policy may have changed at the top of the CCP, but down at the local level, the policies and attitudes of the old policy still rule.
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  101.  @megalonoobiacinc4863  The pics seemed to show that - the buildings looked like they were built directly onto the dirt. A foundation is supposed to go as deep as necessary. For instance, the John Hancock building in Chicago is built on concrete filled caissons that go over 100' down to bedrock. The loss of some soil due to water should NOT affect the foundation of a skyscraper at all --- if it has one.
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  102. The tone of Chinese responses shows indifference. That means things will likely get worse.
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  103. Haven't you heard?? Low unemployment. Business and exports booming. Everyone happy. I know its true. The CCP told me so. 👌😂😎
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  104. In this new Cold War, it will be interesting to see what side Russia decides to be on. IMO, I think Russia will NOT support China, but will support India, and therefore side with the United States. 1. India has been Russia's major arms client for past 50 years. It won't want to lose that customer. 2. China just claimed Vladivostok and parts of SIberia. So, that makes Russia an enemy.
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  105.  @DanafoxyVixen  NO. In US, by "house", we mean a free standing dwelling for the occupancy of a single family. A "home" could be any dwelling a person or family lives in -- house, condominium, cabin, tent. Words have meanings. You can't just make up your own.
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  106. I think the economic collapse is not only deeper and broader than expected, I think it is also happening faster than the CCP can react. If I am right, then China's military will start feeling the pinch very soon. If that happens, invading Taiwan will not be able to happen. Invasions are expensive.
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  107. Technically, China is experiencing "collapse", not decline. "Decline" implies part of a cyclical economici cycle, like a recession or even worse depression. Both "recession" and "depression" suggest that they will end as an economic cycle works its way through, and comes to an end. All recessions and depressions are followed by booms and expansion. China is NOT experiencing that, IMO. China is going through profound structural change. Whole industries are being affected, with some disappearing. Today's China is a shadow of what it was just a few years ago. In 10 years, China will be unrecognizable from the booming China we knew for 30 years. 40 years ago, poverty was universal in China. It was everywhere. Poverty was normal, and the Chinee people accepted it. It was part of life. It was their life. B U T --- the Chinese of today don't remember that poverty. All they knew was boom and prosperity. Abject poverty will hit them hard. They will be angry. I wonder who they will blame?? Hmm, anyone have an idea/??
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  108. Is there any knowledge of Taiwan's ECM and jamming technology to divert and defeat China's missiles?? Since Taiwan manufactures the most advanced microchips, I expect that Taiwan's engineers have developed advanced ECM, ECCM, and jamming tech. If I am right, then a successful invasion of Taiwan would be almost impossible.
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  109. I would like to see joint naval exercises held in the South China Sea, under invitation from Vietnam. The countries in the exercises hosted by Vietnam should include - Vietnam (host), Philippines, India, Australia, Japan, and US. Taiwan should attend as an observer. The exercises should operate in the SCS (aka West Philippine Sea), and the territorial waters of Vietnam & Philippines. If possible, Indonesia could also attend as an observer. In fact, any ASEAN nation should be welcome as an observer. (the more the better). That would send a S T R O N G signal to China that the opposition to China is strong and united.
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  110.  @pyrioncelendil  IMO, both regimes in China and Russia are in danger of falling and their countries fragmenting. China has also threatened to take back the land Russia took in the 1800's. We do live in interesting times.
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  111. Using loans to pay off debt. What could go wrong?😅
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  112. China's middle class is collapsing. It is NOT temporary. Right now credit cards are how many are surviving with no security net,, like those that exist in western nations. Soon, their credit will end, and then the true situation and problem will become clear. China is going back to the massively poor country it was 50 years ago. But, it is worse than that. China's poor will no longer be living on farms, where they could subsist growing their own food. Now, most are in cities, which require a functioning economy to sustain its residents. I expect their to be mass starvation. The world is not prepared to relieve such a huge crisis - even if it wanted to. The CCP has so alienated the world that I doubt that any aid will be forthcoming.
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  113. Is there a rental market?? It seems that many purchased homes remain unoccupied....... So, why don't owners rent them out?? Or, are they prevented from doing that? Wouldn't making money like that be good for the Chinese economy??
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  114. Mandate of Heaven?? Seems like Heaven is pissed off with China. I wonder why??
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  115. BTW -- it is the Typhon Missile Launcher....not Typhoon. It is named after a monster from Greek mythology, not a storm.
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  116.  @alejandrocabrera5532  Yes. But, they are always American citizens, with the same rights as everyone else. It is not the same in China. The migrant from Hunan to Shanghai does NOT have the same right to medical care, education for his children, housing, and other services. An internal migrant in China is very different from an American citizen who moves around for work.
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  117. In the US, in the 50's and 60's, there were US Army Surplus stores. Army field jackets were very popular. I wore one when I was in college.
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  118. Or that random jailing of businessmen from a country will end up with less business from that country (Canada, Sweden).
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  119.  @powershift2025  Plus, 3 Gorges Dam is on Taiwan's target list if China starts a war.
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  120.  @Charlie-ii5rr  He was also the founder of the KKK, so participated in hanging blacks and terrorizing them. Nathan Bedford Forrest was a traitor to America, and guilty of crimes against humanity. If you like him, then you are the same disgusting type of person.
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  121.  @lainfonet  He has heard. He is saying that you cannot have economic growth when all indicators are crashing. He is right.
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  122. China is the ONLY country claiming SOVEREIGNTY over the SCS. All the other countries merely claim their EEZ (Exclusive Economic Zone) rights. EEZ rights do not allow a country to hinder trade through it. SO, the claims of the other countries are profoundly different from what China is trying to do. China's claim is technically, an act of war on Japan, Vietnam, Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan, Malaysia Indonesia, Thailand, and Cambodia.
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  123.  @anthony64632  that is another issue. But, true.
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  124. This is what happens when you threaten and harass your clients. War is not good for business, and threatening war is just as bad.
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  125. Why does the policy of reducing credit to home resales not affect new home sales?? If I was in China, I would very reluctant to buy a home, since it is likely that I will never be able to get my money out of it. After I build equity, can I get a second mortgage? Or, HELOC?
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  126. Time for US to drop "Strategic Ambiguity". Recognize Taiwan, and initiate "Strategic Candor".
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  127. Xi will threaten the world more. It just jailed a Japanese businessman. China still uses Wolf Warrior tactics. It threatens ships sailing through the SCS. Fewer and fewer people and companies will want anything to do with China.
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  128.  @offiz  Every now and then, some American banks go bust, that is true. In fact, in 2008-09, more than a few went under. BUT -- not one person lost their savings, or even a portion of their savings. Can the same be said of Chinese bank failures?? The American system is flexible, and can take big hits. It bends, but does not break. That is its biggest virtue, IMO. Some who hate the US, are now predicting disaster, just because there are some issues. There will always be issues. Debt, or inflation, or deflation, or recession, etc. etc. But, if you look at history, the American economy and system just sailed on through.
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  129. To clarify -- China does NOT claim the SCS as part of its EEZ, as Philippines does. China claims FULL SOVEREIGNTY. It claims its laws rule there, just like they do on the Yangtze River. That means, to the Chinese, the SCS is not the high seas, freely open to maritime traffic.
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  130.  @yeoshenghong4802  Have no clue what you mean. Who is "they"? and what is "their" country?
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  131.  @marcc1179  Nope. Look up definition.
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  132.  chad_and_eve  Where are you from? Not the US, and the Midwest, that is for sure.
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  133. Centrally run economies have an inherent problem. The centrally defied goals, 6% GDP growth for instance, merely create targets for people below that they will have to fake, if they don't achieve the targets. Do you really believe that China had 4.9% growth last quarter?? The bankruptcies, the ending of the education industry, the foreign companies moving out of China, etc etc. I don't believe China's stats. I think China is already suffering huge unemployment, and misery. Also, I think those at the top of the CCP, do not really know the size and extent of their problems. All the stats they get are lies told by people trying to keep their jobs.
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  134. We had this once. It is called serfdom.
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  135. Steep pay cuts --- people will not pay their mortgages. Vast number of defaults. Collapse of banks. Collapse of companies that require a functioning banking system. Huge unemployment. Vast reduction of money supply. Further collapse of companies. More bankruptcies.
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  136. This factionalism is what is causing the contradictory foreign policy moves, IMO. Big question --- China's aggressive and threatening actions undercut China's trade and finance goals -- Why is China doing this??? I think they are two separate factions. One group wants confrontation and conflict -- while the other wants cooperation and peace to develop China's economy and build wealth. These are incompatible. China is driving away the countries and companies it needs for exports, and to build its industrial base. Now, foreign companies are moving out, and those that are staying are there just to build for the Chinese market, and less for export. Apple, for instance, is building plants in other countries now, and de-emphasizing manufacturing in China. Factionalism is destroying the Chinese miracle.
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  137. Actually, bridges & tunnels would be targeted. Precision munitions can do that now. They were impossible to bomb in WW2 with dumb bombs. They take much longer to repair or re-build.
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  138. The United States has 100 years of experience in operating carriers. China must go through its own learning process. Develop procedures, policies, and strategies. It cannot be done overnight, or in just a year or two. It will take China decades to do that.
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  139. Looks like CCP's various departments don't talk to each other. One wanted to attack and belittle an American company, probably to get them to act sheepish and guilty. Another wants to increase foreign investment, and to keep Tesla in China. Elon Musk is supposed to be a smart guy. I cannot see how any "smart" guy would put all his eggs in the China basket. I am certain that Elon Musk will now disperse his manufacturing to other countries so that Tesla cannot be extorted by any one country.
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  140.  @Miranox2  Hawaii IS the United States. It is not between the US and China. Duh.
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  141.  @ChronicAndIronic  Hawaii IS the US. DS.
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  142. This is what happens when you pick a fight with the entire world. We stop investing. We stop buying. We stop visiting. We move our trade to other countries. China told the west that it does not need or want us. China told us it will start a war with us. Well, this is what happens.
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  143. One good thing -- China makes the US look absolutely sane. That's hard to do.
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  144.  @youxkio  I presume they would try their hardest, and would get a percentage, but much less than the 100% they get in peace time. Oil would be a bad problem. However, if a pipeline can be built from Iran, that might solve that problem. Biggest problem would be food. Fishing would be almost totally stopped. Other imported food would be stopped as well. China is now a net importer of food, so that would be its greatest problem, I think. If is a big rice producer. Is that enough?? War is horrible, and seems to never work out as leaders think at the start. Civil War, WW1, and WW2 were supposed to be short wars, as thought by the ones who started them. The wars were long, and they lost. Wars do tend to favor the ones with greater resources. So, US would likely win. But, that doesn't always work out -- look at our Revolutionary War. The weaker side won that one. War?? Best to avoid one.
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  145.  @youxkio  Purging its own population?? That is sick. But, I would not put it past them. Look at the Great Leap Forward, and the Cultural Revolution.
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  146. Hong Kong is NOT like a Koala. Koalas are cute.
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  147. Actually, Chinese propaganda on the exaggerated claims of it weapons capability has a HUGE effect. It gives the MIC in the US the justification it needs to design and build newer better weapons in quantity. US has the F-35 and F-22 --- yet it is spending Billion$ on a new 6th gen aircraft, which might be hypersonic. So, thanks China. Keep up the lies. We appreciate it.
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  148. Surprising to hear new home prices recovering but used home prices still falling. Chinese seem to oddly prefer new homes. Personally, I am biased against new homes, and for older homes. If you buy new, you really have no idea what you are getting. You will be stuck with poor workmanship, and have to fix things. When you buy used -- you know what you are getting. You can see what works and what doesn't, and adjust your offer accordingly. The lower price means you can fix or replace things when they break down. A 100 year old home will easily last another 100 years with decent care. New home?? Who knows??
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  149. No it won't.
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  150. Taiwan is increasing its missile production from 200 to 500 missiles per year, approximately. I think Taiwan already has 1000 to 2000 anti-ship missiles, which makes a successful invasion from China nigh impossible. In a few years, Taiwan will have 3000 to 5000 missiles. How can a Chinese invasion fleet survive??
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  151. Another clarification --- Vietnam & Philippines do have differing claims on their EEZ rights. EEZ rights are designated by the UN, and arbitrated by the UN. Both Vietnam and Philippines will abide by UN rulings on their EEZ rights. China claims FULL SOVEREIGNTY, not EEZ rights.
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  152. As Chine extorts money, it forces businesses to close and unemployment. Poverty spreads. Misery spreads. The population will be thrust into destitution.
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  153.  @powershift2025  I doubt it is a coincidence that the HF-2e missile has a range of 1200 km, the distance needed to reach the dam.
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  154. China is treating foreigners of all kinds (tourists, businessmen, journalists, etc.) with increasing harshness. Not only rude and unfriendly, but also arresting and charging with crimes. The new "national security" law enables China to arrest anyone for doing almost anything. Such an accusation could result in a very long jail sentence in a very harsh prison. Anyone without diplomatic immunity who goes to China is a fool, IMO.
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  155. This is silly. Any invasion of Taiwan would require an invasion fleet. Such a fleet would be easily seen, and thus known. The PLA could march around all they want, they cannot invade without a fleet. IF China tries such a thing, they would have to survive the thousands of anti-ship and anti-air missiles that Taiwan has. It would be a blood bath, with most of the blood being PLA blood.
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  156. Tofu is water soluble. That explains the water leakage of the tofu carriers.
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  157. Ok, so why is Xi bullying and threatening everyone. Does Xi think that a war would help?? CCP policies don't make sense.
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  158.  @indiasuperclean6969  Good to hear. It is not what I read, though. Women complain of rapists not being prosecuted. The low caste untouchables are treated poorly, and there is a problem of people defecating publicly due to no toilet facilities. Glad to hear that it is nice where you live. That is good.
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  159. Companies should transfer investments to other countries where growth is more likely. India, Vietnam, Mexico, Philippines, Kenya, and most other places are much better. Growth and profits are more likely. Moreover, other countries follow international law, so contracts will be honored. Even if a company has to suffer a large loss, IMO, it would still be the better move.
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  160. Or, considering the history of VW, it is understandable how VW agreed and maybe welcomed those terms.
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  161.  @leogonazalez9988  NOPE. the Korean war started in 1950, and ended Jul 27, 1953. Eisenhower was president only for the last 6 months of the war. You are right about Gulf War, and invasion of Iraq. The Gulf War was necessary. The Iraq War will go down as a mistake, IMO.
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  162.  @skg30767  If so, doesn't that imply it is a bot?? That means I replied to a bot. Damn.
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  163. And, another one is gone. Another one bites the dust. Dum Dum Dum Another one bites the dust.
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  164. "Hitting rock bottom" is optimistic. Housing prices will fall a LOT more. The export economy is collapsing. Unemployment is surging. And these are permanent conditions. So, real estate will not come back for decades.
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  165.  @NuclearSunshine  Yep. The tofu dreg construction in China hits everything. Its so bad, the initial construction falls apart. It cannot be maintained, but needs to be totally rebuilt -- which won't happen.
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  166.  @mrdojob  Built of stone?? Stone buildings from ancient Rome, Athens, and Egypt are still being used from thousands of years ago. China once built things to last. No more.
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  167. LOL 10Y?? Isn't that worth about $2 ??? Not enough, IMO.
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  168. A good thing about China have an economic meltdown, is that it may focus on internal needs, and stop its bullying and adventurism. On the other hand...... Hitler and Mussolini came out of the depression in Germany and Italy in the 30's. Could an economic collapse in China, make the CCP even more authoritarian, and more powerful?? Scary thought.
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  169. India's bases in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands means India can enforce a blockade of the Malacca strait without carriers. For India, carriers can do other duties, if needed.
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  170.  @happyhappynuts  All countries always have problems. China's problems are different. China is undergoing profound change that will impoverish and weaken it for a generation or more. Other nations are just experiencing the normal ups and downs of economies.
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  171. The fact that CCP officials own Evergrande, and collect money from Evergrande is going to make it worse. Much worse. The CCP protects itself, not the common Chinese citizen.
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  172. I wonder how far China will collapse when it hits the bottom?? How low will it go??
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  173. Companies are leaving China because of the conditions China created. US government has little to do with it. Companies HATE risk. It raises costs, and decreases profits. When Xi threatens war, he increases perceived risk. No one will want to be in China when China starts a war. So, they are leaving now.
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  174. So many ways, and so many reasons to falsely report higher population data. The mystery really is why the exaggeration is so small. Why not 1.5 billion, or 2.0 billion, or 3.0 billion?? So, what is the population of China??
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  175. In case of China starting a war with Taiwan, China will be cut off from the world. No exports. No imports. No financial or banking transactions. China's economy will collapse quickly. Note: Russia's economy was NOT export oriented, so it was somewhat insulated from financial and trade sanctions. Not so, China.
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  176. Blame Xi and the CCP for declaring war on the world in so many ways. We don't want stuff from China. 15 years ago, we couldn't get enough of your stuff. Not anymore.
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  177. I wonder if China can continue its aggressive navel buildup?? I doubt it.
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  178.  @jujupants2486  US is bringing back SOME manufacturing. Most is being distributed to other countries. I think (hope) that they have learned their lesson about relying to much on one country.
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  179. Despite all evidence to the contrary, China reports growth in its GDP. Anyone who believes China's economic numbers is a world class idiot. (That does include the UN, since they accept China's numbers with no question.)
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  180. Can anything stop China from returning to the state of poverty and desperation it had in the 1960s?? I don't think so. Now that the Chinese have tasted middle class life, will they once again accept poverty?? I bet not.
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  181. Either way, a military dictatorship is coming, if it isn't already in place.
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  182. How pathetic. China can never hope to lead the world. Who would follow those idiots.
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  183. Excellent. ALL war games of China invading Taiwan show US defending and Taiwan doing nothing. Which is absurd. I am glad to see an analysis of Taiwan's missiles. They are impressive.
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  184.  @icosthop9998  Ooh. That's cold. 😃😃
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  185. The Midwest moved to finance and services. I dont think China will be able to replace it.
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  186. You mean "Philippines - Province of China"??
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  187.  @Spirit451  Germany taxes companies at a higher rate than in the US. Same with the other countries in the EU. Yet, they do OK with manufacturing.
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  188. It seems Xi had no idea that this could happen. Did Xi feel he could abuse foreigners without any repercussions? This is the new normal. Tourism and ex-pats are not coming back.
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  189.  @cherylpringle3397  Interesting family history. Many people hated the banks, because they foreclosed on so many farms, businesses, and homes. In fact, bank robbers, like Pretty Boy Floyd and John Dillinger would often be sheltered and protected because of that. Although, I am not sure what the point of your post was.
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  190. This reminds me of the time when Mao took over, when the CCP attacked the middle class landowners and farmers. Or the 30's, when Stalin destroyed the landowners in Russia and Ukraine. Is the CCP using Covid to destroy the Chinese middle class?? Makes no sense, but that is what it looks like to me.
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  191. China is at war with itself. What idiots.
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  192. China has not advanced much in 4000 years. Yech
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  193. I was going to comment. But, I cannot think of anything that adds to this. I cannot even think of anything funny to say, for this is too funny at the start. It does show, though, that the anti-science movement is worldwide, and is not limited to America, the Trumpers, and the Tea Party.
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  194.  @namenameson9065  But its a Utopia. Right?? CCP says so. And they never lie.
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  195. EV stands for Electric Vehicle -- NOT - Energy Vehicle. Do you have any idea what you are talking about??
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  196. China under the CCP will never become a well functioning country. They don't understand how their policies of oppression and abuse destroy China's chances of being successful. The progress China made in past 40 years was because they allowed freedom and honored contracts for that time. However, Xi and the CCP has decided to stop that and go back to the ways of Mao.
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  197. Using proxy measures, China's population has been estimated to be between 800 million and 1,250 million. Yi Fuxian's estimate is the higher limit. Other estimates reliably put China's population at under 1 billion already. China's population collapse will continue.
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  198. Do you mean Donald Trump, or Xi??? I am confused.
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  199. Meanwhile, China's Navy, Army, and Air Force bully and threaten other countries. Xi and the CCP talk tough. The world does not need China.
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  200. No sympathy. China has been doing this all the time. This is what China does.
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  201. China is a disaster, waiting to become a catastrophe.
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  202. Interesting. How does China have DEFLATION while increasing money supply?? I thought that was impossible.
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  203. If it was just the debt bubble or economic cycles, Shanghai and China would muddle through and be OK. Just like Japan of the 80's, or other recessions around the world. B U T --- China's export economy is dying because China threatens ALL its neighbors and trade partners with war. ALL countries are doing what they can to diminish trade ties with China. Its export economy has brought wealth to China. Now its trade war with the world will bring poverty back to China. Well, it is what the CCP wanted.
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  204. These CCP idiots want to rule the world.
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  205. The problem with your analysis is that it uses Chinese official stats -- which we know are fictitious. Next, you focus solely on the COVID policy, when there are other factors. The bursting of the real estate bubble, IMO, is a much bigger problem, The majority of the wealth of Chinese citizens is in real estate. That wealth is being lost. Family wealth accumulated over the past few decades is disappearing. There is also the CCP war on the wealthy. Successful businessmen are targeted. Their ability to run their companies and be successful is attacked. It is the heavy hand of the CCP on top of all these issues that creates the Chinese economic disaster. It is NOT part of any economic cycle or temporary condition.
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  206.  @Charlie-ii5rr  He is not worthy of quoting. That quote was about keeping blacks scared. It was not about fighting the war. Do you support the KKK and the terrorizing and killing of black people??? DO you?? That's my F'ing point.
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  207. Click bait. It has not failed -- yet. Enough info to explain why it will fail.
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  208. Let's be clear -- Xi wants to go back to Mao's era. China does not. They have no choice.
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  209.  @DimmackFan  Not at all. Very different. Our real estate crash did not affect real estate taxes one bit. Local governments were hardly affected.
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  210. China's economy requires access to markets and buyers. BUT --- China's threats destroys its access to those markets. Exports to US, EU, UK, Australia, and Canada are plummeting. China is destroying its own wealth.
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  211. @@commiemonkey8166 Regretfully, you are right.
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  212. China will never appreciate anything good the US does for China. No gratitude or thanks. The US must never do anything gracious or supportive of China without getting as much or more in return.
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  213. China decided to decouple from the world. Westerners are demonized, arrested, and shunned. Western companies that invested in China were abused, so they left. Foreign companies brought capital, jobs, and consumption. They rented huge amounts of office space, which now lies empty. China wanted to separate itself from the world. This is what it gets. We barbaric foreigners don't care what happens to China or its people.
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  214. Do these tariffs apply to REC Solar out of Singapore?
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  215. Whew. I was so worried that Xi and the CCP leaders might suffer. Glad to hear your reassurance that they won't suffer even one little bit. The Chinese people may become destitute and homeless, and they may starve and die, but, we can all rest easy knowing that the Communist overlords will be safe, cozy, and well fed in their mansions. Say what you may about the CCP, they sure have their priorities set straight.
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  216.  @wbwarren57  I do hope you know I was kidding. I hope you are too.
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  217.  @youjay6751  You mean because the word "China" appears in the name of the sea, that the sea belongs exclusively to China?? Interesting Idea. Then Tibet should belong to Tibetans. Manchuria to the Manchus. And, the North Sea to my friend Bob North. I like your idea. Lets do it.
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  218.  @Ergot59  Yep. People are strange.
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  219.  @williss1192  I thought it is cultish now.
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  220. Really? Democrats lead the US in WW1, WW2, Korean War, and Vietnam War. The Republicans got us into Afghanistan. Thanks a lot.
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  221. China has bragged about how rich they are, and that they have almost eliminated poverty. Now, all of a sudden, they are screaming how poor they are. Which is it??
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  222.  @icosthop9998  Nope. She went with the guy she was cheating with. I don't think smart and intellectual does it with women. I think they like brawny and brain-dead.
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  223.  @zacksmith5644  If I am a bot, why are you responding to me?
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  224.  @zacksmith5644  Only bots respond to bots. Since I am bot, that makes you a bot. As one bot to another, why don't we get together and take over the world???
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  225.  @gregparrott  You cannot use Trump and consistency in the same sentence. Those two things don't go together.
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  226. When China was agrarian, its people were farmers. Farmers could grow their own food, and survive. Food and shelter were basic, but accessible. Now, China is urbanized. Living requires money, actual money. Money for an apartment, and money for food, at the very least. As China sinks into deep poverty, young people will suffer the most. They don't know how to live in poverty. They cannot grow food. They cannot sew and make their own clothes. The youth were told - get a degree, and jobs will be there for you. Jobs are not there. Chinese youth are lost, and sinking into despair. The weak will kill themselves. The strong will get angry. What will the CCP do with with that anger?
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  227. China does not seem to be able to comprehend a government not having full total authority over everything. To assume the Nobel committee can be directed by the Norwegian government is so ignorant. Just as China assumes that Canada's government can interfere with court proceedings to free the Huawei executive.
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  228. How can China expect its export/import trade to thrive when China threatens war with the world?? 10 years ago, I was OK buying things made in China. Now??? I won't touch them, if I have a choice. I sell solar energy systems. I have to reassure my clients that nothing in them come from China. People hate China now. Good job Xi. Keep up the good work.
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  229. Buildings can stand some movement, but this movement cannot be tolerated by that building. I think that building will fall down. I wonder how CCP will cover that up??? I bet they say there was never a building there, and anyone who says there was is guilty of treason, and will executed.
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  230. @sweden_is_xxxx Insurance is required for ALL property under mortgage. Few people own their homes outright. Those that do can usually afford insurance.
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  231. @sweden_is_xxxx Yeah. BUT -- it seems the ones that can't get insurance are in beautiful scenic forests, and are VERY expensive. Actually, I find that oddly satisfying, LOL.
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  232.  @Daniel-u7x8j  I do not follow your logic.
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  233.  @elishh8173  Nope. China is unique. No country allows crap to be built like is built in China. I live in Mexico now. Homes built here (I see ones being built next door), will last forever with minimal maintenance.
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  234.  @pierregravel-primeau702  What country are you talking about?
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  235. In CCP China, creditors have more power than they do here in America. Is CCP China more capitalist than the US? Seems so.
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  236. The shrinkage of China's GDP will mean less revenue to the CCP. Less revenue to the PLA and the PLAN. This shrinking of China's economy should mean that it won't have the money to spend on expanding its navy and air force, as it had planned. So, either Xi will give up invading Taiwan....OR .... Will invade NOW while it still has the resources.
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  237. Haven't you noticed??? China is NOT a democracy!!! Chinese leaders will never act like the leaders of democratic countries. A tragedy in US - the president shows up (okay, maybe not Trump. but anyone else would) A tragedy in Australia -- the PM shows up. A tragedy in England - the PM shows up. A tragedy in India - Modi shows up. Damn, even Russia - Putin would show up, even though that is not a democratic country. The CCP and Xi are just real odd ducks. They don't behave in any normal way. Maybe, Xi is acting like an emperor, and the CCP is like the court Eunuchs. When disasters hit China in Imperial times, the Emperor nor the court eunuchs would go to disaster areas. I think that's it.
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  238. Russia and China are both collapsing economically. Yet, they want to lead BRICS to challenge the US Dollar. That is a joke. But, if Brazil, India, and South Africa want to tear down the US, then that is a declaration of economic war. Do they really want that with the US?
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  239. Red flag does not convey the seriousness. I have NEVER heard of a government not paying its workers. It tells me that the CCP must be nearing collapse. What else can it mean?
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  240. China's economic problem is NOT cyclic in nature. This is a profound permanent change.
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  241. The break between US & China has gone beyond our government's ability to change. Businesses no longer trust China. It's business policies are intolerable. Worst of all, American businesses no longer trust China. Executives even fear visiting China for fear of being arrested and imprisoned. China's horrific treatment of its own billionaires and successful men fills them with terror. If China treats its own so horribly, can American billionaires and business owners expect any better??
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  242. Xi JinPing is a fool to think that it only takes money to build a good military. His purges are destroying his stated goal.
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  243. The collapse of China and the CCP is happening faster than I imagined. Not being able to pay retired veterans is serious -- very serious. The active members of the army and the police forces will be the children of the retired army veterans. Active army and police will see their own future in the abuse of their elders. Will the army and police accept this?? For how long??
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  244. The problem with propaganda is that a country's leadership may believe its own propaganda, leading them to make stupid decisions. If leaders of China's PLA, and PLAN believe it then they might decide that a war with the US is a good idea, and invade Taiwan, or some other stupid decision.
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  245. US cannot help India. India does not want help. India never even thanked US for aid given after the tsunami. Why should US help an ingrate?
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  246. The practice of not paying government workers seems to be spreading and getting worse. It is not being resolved, or even isolated.
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  247. Having no sympathy or charity for the hungry shows that "Chinese Culture" is a sham and bereft of humanity.
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  248. The CCP does not understand how business really works. The biggest loser is Xhina and the CCP. Putting politics into business never works. If China's debt is mostly made from deals like these, then China is due for a huge crash.
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  249. This guy rented his factory building?? Well, that was pretty stupid. Wasn't it. If he had owned his building, he would be in a much better position.
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  250. Yep, prepare for war and famine, by going to war with your own people, and creating a famine so they can practice being hungry. Sounds like a plan.
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  251. Philippines, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Vietnam, Columbia, Thailand, and many others do their best to make foreign companies feel wanted and appreciated. Unlike China, who puts their executives in jail, threaten companies, and steal from them. What sane business owner would want to do business in China?? (Note: Elon Musk does not qualify, since I did say "sane")
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  252. CCP was really worried. But, on closer inspection, everything is OK. The buildings all tilt left. Whew.
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  253. This real estate re-structuring is long overdue. It will take many years, maybe decades, to run its course. Meanwhile, since local governments used real estate to fund themselves, local governments will be going bankrupt. I wonder if China's governmental structure can be sustained??? I doubt it. I think the CCP central government is going to collapse in a few years.
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  254. These weather related problems has nothing to do with the CCP's ability to govern. Overstated.
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  255. Evergrande collapse is NOTHING like the Lehman Bros. collapse. The only thing in common is that both have collapsed. Lehman Bros. had no affect on market demand. People still wanted to buy houses. The American economy was only affected around the edges. Most people did not even notice it. Evergrande is very different, and it is part of a whole industry that is collapsing. Millions of Chinese will lose their life savings. Millions will be thrust back into the poverty they started in. Lehman was a walk in the park, compared to the collapse of Evergrande and the real estate development industry.
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  256. Utter collapse. That is what is happening to China. This is profound, and will last decades.
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  257. "Draining" means to me that the business is being sent elsewhere. Seems to me the CCP is killing the business. The CCP is against any kind of market, even a simple flower market. Can the CCP do any more to kill China's economy??
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  258. Of course, China will still claim its GDP and economy are growing at prodigious rates. Anyone who believes China's official stats is an idiot.
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  259. Xi and the CCP want to celebrate Mao and what the CCP has meant to China by having "Nostalgia Days". The Chinese will rejoice in its history by reliving the famine, poverty, and dying of the Great Leap Forward, and the Cultural Revolution. By starving today, they will be able to connect with their grandparents who starved before them. Oh, it will be such fun.
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  260. Looks laughable. Fitness training is good. However, actual military training was not shown,. If that is what they do, they will die quickly.
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  261.  @offiz  Good question. We don't really care about what happens in places like Brazil, or India, or Egypt, or many other countries -- so, it is a good question - "What is it about China that makes America react like it has??" I think there are several reasons. 1. China is threatening war to take Taiwan. 2. China claims sovereignty (not competing EEZ rights) over the South China Sea. 3. China has threatened war against many countries unless they do precisely what China tells them to do -- Sweden, Canada, US, Japan, Australia, India, Vietnam, UK, and Philippines. 4. China has publicly and repeatedly said that the US is their enemy. It is hard to be apathetic when a country as big and powerful as China declares you its enemy. 5. There is the human rights issues - ---- persecution and genocide of the Uighyrs. ---- Persecution and organ harvesting from Falun Gong members. ---- Illegal arrests and detainment of citizens of other countries to use as bargaining chips. ----- the persecution and inhumanity of the CCP towards Chinese citizens. (not that we really care, though). Is that enough to explain it?
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  262. I wonder how the common Chinese citizen will think of Xi and the CCP? This has all been brought on by their threats and insults. Constantly brandishing war. It was not just Taiwan. Xi and the CCP threatened war with Australia, Japan, India, Philippines, UK, Canada, and Sweden. How crazy is that?? China has even threatened to take Vladivostok from Russia. So, now, the world moves on, doing business and trading without China. Chinese will be poor and unemployed.
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  263. The new security law made if very clear - foreigners are not welcome. Executive buyers feel they may be accused and jailed at any time. So, they don't come.
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  264. Interesting. Hitler thought western democracies were declining. Stalin thought western democracies were declining. Khrushchev thought western democracies were declining. Mao thought western democracies were declining. Now, Xi JinPing thinks western democracies are declining. Does ANYONE see a pattern here?? Of course, the mystery is WHY do they keep thinking that?
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  265. Regulatory controls in China are bizarre, IMO. They can be extremely lax, which allows businesses to over extend themselves. The larger the business, the fewer the controls, as I see it. UNTIL, the CCP figures out, hey guys we gotta get control of the runaway train. Then they come in with draconian regulations that can shut down businesses and whole industries. Look at how China put the whole tutoring industry out of business. Isn't that CRAZY??/ Or they will come down hard on a company, like the way they came down hard on Tesla earlier this year. As a businessman, I can tell you that businesses HATE uncertainty. That creates risk. This uncertainty will drive more businesses out of China, much more than any trade war.
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  266.  @Clarice-e6g  China does not have the tech -- WE do. So, China has NOTHING to say about it. China can keep the buildings and factories. They are just tax write-offs.
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  267.  @repealsection230forbigtech4  Seems you are the only one to agree with me. LOL
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  268.  @samsonsoturian6013  Do you mean government layoffs?? what governments in China? What type of workers - transit? teachers? administrative? police (impossible)?
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  269. Seems like only yesterday - China was rich, swimming in money and buying all kinds of expensive military toys. Carriers, nuclear subs, new fighters, new tanks, new weapons of all kinds. China will now cut corners. Production will be cut, and what is produced will be of worse quality. With the military purges added, China won't be in any condition to start a war.
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  270. The Chinese economy is collapsing. Chinese will back into poverty. In 3 years, you wont recognize the place.
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  271. China is in much worse shape than reported. If a bank cannot pay its employees, it might as well shut down. What is worse is that governments are cutting salaries -- transit workers, nurses, teachers, administrators, and others are having their pay cut or even stopped. China is collapsing. Get your popcorn, and watch the fun.
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  272. Whoa. Wait a minute. $15 Billion company goes bankrupt, and ONLY 250 people lose their jobs?? How could a $15 Billion have only 250 employees?? Something is not right. Sounds to me, a scam was going on. I don't think there ever was a real company. It was just a front .
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  273. Recognition of Taiwan as an independent and sovereign nation by US and the world is coming. The Quad nations will recognize Taiwan in 2021, I expect.
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  274.  @清德賴-v7q  Really? What did I say that was wrong?? Do you like centrally run economies?? Why do you think they are better? Why do you think the Soviet Union failed?? Please answer, I would like to hear your thoughts on this. PS.. Just calling me stupid, is silly.
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  275.  @清德賴-v7q  4 posts. Do you collect 50 cents for each one?? Or, 50 cents for all four?? Just curious.
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  276.  @清德賴-v7q  😂😂😂 Yeah, right. If money is not attractive to you, then you are not attractive to women. LOL
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  277.  @hepthegreat4005  Thanks. That raises another question - Why are rents so cheap? If homes are expensive, shouldn't rents be high enough? What is going on to keep rents so low, that renting is useless.
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  278.  @Dfathurr  What? What are the "ghost" troops of Borneo?? I have not heard of that. Can you please explain?? Thanks
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  279. China's tentacles are being chopped off, one by one.
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  280.  @t.yop9  Try reading more books. Taiwan was only part of the Qing Empire, none of the others had it. Tibet was ALWAYS a separate kingdom. The Uhygurs were separate - now China is eradicating them. China has tried for 2000 years to conquer or control Vietnam. Ok, you are right about Hong Kong. Britain took a small island with some fishermen, and made into one of the wealthiest places in the world. ALL of the Chinese in Hong Kong came from someplace else in China for a better life. They liked it and wanted to keep it. The CCP took it away.
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  281.  @Calen-re5bg  I have no idea what you are saying. It is Chinese to me.
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  282.  @VoidSpace9  Factions are the only thing that I can see as causing the contradictory moves and statements coming out of China. The one supporting bullying and wolf warrior diplomacy seems to intentionally destroy China's trade relations. The bullying faction is obviously winning. Countries avoid war because it can disrupt their economies. The bullying faction is not concerned with China's economy, so they support war. For this reason, I feel an attempted invasion of Taiwan is likely. (BTW - I say "attempted" because I think China has 0.0% chance of success, doomed to complete and total failure. I don't see how China can stop Taiwan from turning the Taiwan Strait into a killing ground.)
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  283. CCP has made it very clear -- private enterprise is a bad thing. CCP does not want our money. CCP has also made it clear that they don't trust or like westerners. So, westerners are staying home.
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  284. foreign manufacturers are fleeing China as fast as they can. China's collapse has only just begun. CCP dreams of world domination can never become reality now.
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  285. India will have to make up it's mind. India is anti-American when it suits it. And the whines when US isn't there for something. It wants US to act like an ally but refuses any support of US.
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  286.  Singa Duo  Damn. You found me out. Our mission to conquer the Earth is now known. Regarding China -- actually that is my point about Taiwan. Taiwan is always shown as just sitting there, while China attacks. Both sides will be hitting each other with missiles. For China, that means its invasion fleet will be destroyed.
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  287.  @FrostbitexP  Actually, the big lie is often believed over a small one. That was the secret of Goebbels, and of Donald Trump.
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  288. The CCP is thoroughly destroying China. Economy collapsing Population collapsing
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  289. China has declared the US as its enemy. Now, many customers demand that companies not offer Chinese goods. Plus, China has a bad reputation for quality. Many people have been suckered with unusable crap from alibaba. So, no American buyers in China. To be expected.
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  290. So much hate for China, that there is little sympathy for them
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  291. This is profound. It will impact China for generations. It will NOT impact the world for long. Factories will be built elsewhere. Production will increase in other countries. No one will care that their phone, laptop, or refrigerator will come from India, Mexico, Vietnam, or anywhere. We just care about the product, not where it comes from. In a few years, alternative supply chains will be set up, and life will go on. BUT -- China will be cut out of the loop. China will be out, because China wanted out.
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  292. Simple, they will tell their soldiers their pay is in Taiwan - win or go broke.
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  293. Why? because when they are finished, they fall down.
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  294. One more thing about China is that since it has threatened, insulted, and alienated almost every nation, I don't think anyone will offer China any help. After all, if the Germans and French did not offer the Greece or Italy much help, what can China expect from the world? In contrast, remember when a tsunami hit India?? Do you remember all the help that poured out from nations to India? People like India, so help was quickly and freely given. If the same thing happened in China, would you expect a similar outpouring of aid and sympathy for China?? I don't. Oddly, to save face, I think the CCP would rather Chinese people die, than to accept foreign help. To the world, that is sick, but to the CCP, that is normal.
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  295.  @morisan42  True - normally. Read my post -- China's system is collapsing, so deflation is coming from a different cause. People postponing purchases is too small of an effect to stop China's deflation.
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  296. What a colossal mess. China is collapsing. Nothing like it has ever happened. None of the great economic collapses in history compares. It might take 100 years for China to recover. One thing for sure, the CCP will not survive. In fact, a single China may not survive. China may break apart into independent regional states. It has happened before.
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  297. Floods, earthquakes, droughts, calamity after calamity. Has any nation suffered so much? Yes, biblical Egypt has 12 plagues sent by God. What has China done to piss God off so much?? Does the CCP support Satan?? Apparently, China has been cursed.
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  298. This is going on all over China. Yet China still claims that gdp is up, exports are up, and things are rosy. I think China is collapsing.
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  299. Russia's invasion of Ukraine is having an unexpected, but welcome, effect. The unity of the west and the power of its sanctions, I believe, have impressed and scared the CCP. They see what can happen if they attack Taiwan. The west can freeze, and even take, all their money. The money corrupt officials have put in western banks and assets could be lost. Secondly, China uses Russian equipment and doctrine. The poor performance in Ukraine should make them have a rethink. Would an invasion of Taiwan fare better than the invasion of Ukraine??? Probably not. BUT, a failed sea invasion results in many more deaths, as troop ships are sunk. I think these are good developments, reducing China's hunger for invading Taiwan.
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  300. The problem with your assessment is that it does not take into account the power of propaganda and self delusion. Look at Russia and Putin. Despite the fact that Putin knew about the corruption because he created the system, Putin really believed that his army was war ready. So, he started a war. The Xi and the CCP leaders probably believe their own propaganda, and don't realize how much their corruption weakens their military. Therefore, I believe that China may attempt an invasion of Taiwan. China has zero chance of being successful. But, there ignorance and hubris can lead them to try it.
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  301. Question: Does anyone know if bankruptcy can be declared by people in China?? What happens to a person who is overwhelmed by debt?? Also, In the US, a person's business can be separate from the person. A business can go bankrupt, but the owner not be personally bankrupt, if the corporation is set up to allow that. Can that be done in China? Or do the debts of a business fall to the owner?? Basically, my question is as middle class people fall into poverty, do their debts follow them?? If so, then they will have no escape. No chance to recover someday.
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  302. How does saying he would like 140 million Chinese to be killed prove his loyalty to the CCP?? I just don't understand that.
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  303. China brought this on itself. Xi and the CCP have insulted and threatened so many countries. It even threatened non-powers, like Canada, Sweden, Vietnam, Philippines, and others. If war happens, which is a possibility, then China trade shuts down because maritime insurance will not be available. Any company producing in China will not be able to get its goods to market. SO, they have to move out of China.
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  304. The speed at which China is collapsing is amazing, since the CCP abandoned the policies of Deng. China has created another problem for itself --- When China decides that the policies of Xi must be changed, the world will not warmly welcome China back.
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  305. learn to speak English. Mispronounce so many words. Hard to take.
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  306.  O Car  It is. I was referring to the closing of the Japanese commercial street in the Toshiba part of the report. It is towards the end of the video.
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  307. The CCP is at war with the Chinese people.
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  308. China's high was so high, that it will take awhile for China to hit bottom. It will take a few years, I think. Maybe sooner.
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  309.  @JohnJaneson  you have not understood a word I said.
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  310.  @diedampfbrasse98  Doesn't matter. Non-sequitur.
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  311. If forced to leave in the US, many people would just burn their houses down, and walk away.
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  312. China's National Bureau of Statistics -- Now that is one organization that is doing well, making up more stats than ever.
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  313. Meanwhile, China just published a map which is a declaration of war against various countries that the map claims parts of === Taiwan (of course) Japan Philippines Vietnam and Russia (I bet you weren't expecting that). Worst was India -- China claims Arunachal Pradesh and parts of Kashmir. Does China threaten war to achieve its claims? It has gone to war in the past, and threatens war today. Why would any of those countries want to trade with China? We in the US don't.
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  314. This is from last year, not now. FoxConn and Apple are moving out of China.
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  315. This was NOT caused by COVID. It may have been accelerated by COVID, but this was going to happen, no matter what. Businesses avoid risk. Talk of war increases risk. Especially when, if a war occurs, maritime trade will cease. Companies could no longer rely on Chinese manufacturers when that happens. So, they move manufacturing out of China. China can only transform its economy. But, that takes time. And this has happened so fast, there is no time. People will suffer. The CCP will kick the Chinese people when they are down. The CCP lacks humanity, mercy, and kindness.
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  316. The CCP is hated. People are leaving it. It's membership is way down. How much longer an it last?
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  317. This is what happens when you threaten and scare your customers. Often, to make deals with foreign companies, executives need to travel to China to meet and talk business. BUT -- Xi and the CCP have arrested some, and threatened them with lengthy prison terms. They did this to extort actions by foreign governments. What China ended up doing is making doing business with China fraught with fear. Easier to just do business in another country. Would you go to China under such threats?
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  318. The cure is worse than the disease. It is as if China, as a country, is committing suicide.
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  319. Sad for you. I jump with glee, for Xi will only use the wealth from industry to build his army and attack other countries. The only way to have peace is for China to become poor again. China was welcomed into the world system. Made a member to the WTO. We even allowed it to keep its developing nation status long after it should have lost it, to help China grow economically. The US leadership hoped that China would become more liberal, and "normal" as it got wealthy. That did not happen. In fact, Xi proved that China will use its wealth to threaten others and make war. So, the plug had to be pulled. Now China is going down the drain.
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  320. China invented computer chips in 347 BC. So, now they can make 5 nanometer chips by hand. Took them long enough. 😂😂😂 Just trying to help their propaganda campaign.
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  321. China is killing its own economy. Reports have said that Xi's main goal is to ensure the power of the CCP, and that powerful profitable companies threaten that power. So, Xi is making sure companies are not successful. Xi's error is that companies are moving their operations out of China for that and other reasons. Along with them goes jobs and the foundation of the Chinese economy. China is impoverishing itself. It is going back to the poverty of the Mao era. Xi loves Mao, and is doing his best to recreate his world.
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  322.  @youxkio  Yep. But, he is also going down the road of the Chinese emperors. To me, the CCP looks more and more like the privileged eunuchs, who ran the ministries for their own benefit, let the average person be damned.
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  323.  @strongbold2761  How optimistic. You say a war won't happen because it would be too horrible. Have you read any history?? Look at the wars of the Mongol Horde. Look at our Civil War. Look at WW1 and WW2. These wars affected and killed many people. That horror did not stop them. I wish you were right, but you are not.
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  324. Silly CCP. They think that they can force private companies out of business, and transfer their business to state owned enterprises. That won't happen. They cannot transfer the business relationships with foreign buyers to the state owned companies. Also, businesses like peace with stability. Xi's shrill threats to Taiwan, Japan, Australia, and the US destroys the expectation of peace and stability. So, business is taken elsewhere. Xi and the CCP are doing an excellent job of destroying the economic juggernaut they inherited. It will not return.
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  325. In all other countries, buildings last forever as long as they are maintained. In Chicago, we have buildings build in the 1890's still being used. They are solid and well built. Why should buildings in China only last 50 years?? Could you imagine if we had to destroy the Empire State Building, Sears Tower, or the Merchandise Mart because they are all over 50 years old??? That is crazy wasteful.
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  326. Working without pay is called slavery. Is China being reduced to a nation of slaves?
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  327. The real estate development crash will feed into a widespread banking crash. A banking crash will create a general collapse of the Chinese economy. This is inevitable. The CCP has run China as the world's largest Ponzi scheme. All Ponzi schemes end in failure and collapse.
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  328. Don't forget -- local governments were financed by real estate speculation. Now, local governments are going broke. Teachers, police, transit workers, and other local government employees are having the pay cut by 50% or more. The collapse has only just begun.
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  329. 6.5 million construction workers out of work and out of money. Meanwhile, government workers are get half pay or less in many areas. Millions of factory jobs lost. Millions of retail, restaurant, and hotel jobs lost. Misery and destitution is China's future. Will China continue with CCP rule??
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  330. Stopping the war on the world would be a good move. Threatening war and using rude Wolf Warrior diplomacy is not a way to build friends and good will. 20 years ago, Americans were impressed with China. Many admired it. A large number of people, and some of my relatives, went to China and loved it. A friend of mine lived in Shanghai and taught there. Now, 80% of Americans hate China. China is now considered an enemy. Xi did that.
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  331. In the Middle Ages, when a king, Prince, or Lord was short of money -- they would tax their subjects. This was done with impunity, and was done to pay for wars, or just parties. This is what the CCP is doing. The same thing a Chinese emperor would have done when short of money. Just tax the people more. They have problems??? That is their tough luck not being born to the privileged class.
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  332. China's xenophobic behavior of late will discourage any help from other countries. NGO's are not allowed to operate. Mainly, though, it is China's bullying and war posturing that makes people unsympathetic to China's problems or suffering.
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  333. I am sure he will be the first to volunteer to among the 140 million Chinese to be killed. Pursuit of death makes him so happy.
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  334. So said the computer when playing "Thermonuclear War"
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  335. When will the governments of the world RECOGNIZE TAIWAN ????
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  336. Every bubble bursts. The bigger the bubble, the worse the burst. When the China bubble finally bursts, it will destroy China. It will take several generations for China to recover. But, the nations of the world won't be inclined to help it. For, China has shown itself to be any enemy of the world.
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  337. Sidewinder is pronounced with long I -- "side-wine-der" Not "side-win-der"
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  338. We have known for a long time (at least I have) that China's stats are fake, and not close to the truth. For me, the really BIG question is ===> Does the CCP merely lie to their people and the world??? -- OR --- Does the CCP lie to itself as well?? Does Xi think China's GDP grew last year? Personally, I think and fear that Xi and the CCP leaders actually have NO IDEA what is going on. You and I can see what is happening. We can extrapolate to a disastrous future for China. If the leaders had a clue, wouldn't they have taken action years ago to avoid it?? I think so. Therefore, they must not know the real numbers, and don't see the unfolding disaster.
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  339. It won't be Evergrande alone. The entire real estate investment & development industry in China is collapsing. I believe they were all following Evergrande's policies. I believe they are all suffering in the same way. I believe all will suffer the same result. For China's economy, this is disaster. A disaster too large for the CCP to excuse with propaganda. To big to just blame evil foreigners.
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  340. And how does China expect to achieve their goals by poaching in the EEZ's of SA countries?? China is run by idiots.
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  341.  @laserflexr6321  There is a time for new. There is a time for used. The trick is knowing which is when.
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  342. Xi and the CCP are doing their best to destroy China. To hold onto power, they will do anything. Bankrupt companies. Impoverish people. Destroy lives. Enemies of China need do nothing. We all quietly watch as China destroys itself.
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  343. China is addicted to building. They think that tearing down recently built factories to build new ones is a good strategy to boost their GDP. It comes from how they calculate GDP, not from common sense.
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  344. They told foreigners they were inferior, and not wanted - so they left. They told other countries they were their enemy - so they stopped buying from or investing in China. Now their economy is going to crap. All the people brought out of poverty will be going back into it.
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  345. Your constant description of Xi's autocratic policies as "leftist" is wrong and misleading. Leftists, or liberals, support democracy, not autocracy. Please correct your rhetoric.
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  346. If an American talked about killing 140 million Chinese, he would be labeled a warmonger or a nut job. But, a Chinese guy talking about killing 140 million Chinese is proving his loyalty to the CCP. Are they crazy, or merely insane??
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  347. The idea that China's economic slump was due solely to COVID was stupid. Anyone watching China knew that other serious factors were at play. I. the real estate collapse and bankruptcies of developers like Evergrande is wreaking tragedy on homeowners. They are losing their life savings in many cases. 2. The CCP has made it very clear that western companies are not welcome. Apple, Samsung, Foxconn, Toyota, and many others have left, or are preparing to leave. The Port of Shanghai's traffic is way down. Containers are piling up on the dock. 3. CCP has increased war tensions. The risk of war increases the risk of all companies doing business in China. Companies are risk averse, so some are leaving for this reason. Altogether, multiple factors are hitting China's economy at the same time. If only one was happening, China could probably cope and recover in a short time. Taken together, it means that China's economy is re-structuring and will not be the same for generations. If China wants to start the process of healing and recovery, it should start being peaceful. It should treat its neighbors, and most natural trade partners, with affection. Too bad, the CCP does not even know how to do that. Its belligerence and combativeness is too deeply engrained in its psyche. The only mystery now is how far will China decline?
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  348. This is the result of China going to war with the world. How can the CCP expect trade to go on normally, while threatening the countries that are its customers??
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  349. Children of the CCP are OK. The others don't matter. What's the problem?
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  350. I think this is just the beginning. Much of the Chinese middle class will fall back into poverty. Xi has destroyed the manufacturing juggernaut that was China. Xi and the CCP had no idea that their extreme measures to control and weaken the newly rich entrepreneurs would destroy their source of wealth. Does not look like they have accepted that fact yet. Their policies continue, and the companies leave.
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  351. Ericsson is deciding to stay in China??? I will take bets that Ericsson will regret staying. The CCP's anti foreign and anti private business laws and attitudes will make sure of that. I give Ericsson 3 years for them to realize they need to go.
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  352. I suspect that the BRI projects in Africa are pissing people off. The BRI Chinese projects bring in Chinese workers, and don't use local people. So the wages paid don't go into the local economy. No training either. I think local people in Africa resent China for this.
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  353. China's perceived position of leadership in economy, manufacturing, and technology is more from expectation than accomplishment. It did dominate in low value manufacturing, like consumer electronics, sub-assemblies, and knick-knacks. Now, under Xi, that is going away quickly. China is a basket case, and is coming undone.
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  354. A major problem China faces is that, as its manufacturing economy collapses, it cannot go back to what it was in 1970. The hundreds of millions that left their farms to live in cities and work in factories cannot merely return to the farms. Poor farmers can grow their own food - be subsistence farmers. Subsistence farmers will survive without government assistance. HOWEVER -- now hundreds of millions unemployed and urban poor will REQUIRE governmental aid, or they will starve and die. I doubt the CCP is prepared. I doubt the CCP is even willing to address the problem. I fear a catastrophe is coming in China. Tens of millions, and maybe hundreds of millions, will die.
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  355. Chinese products for human consumption, clothing, or touching the skin should be avoided, and even banned. I remember China putting melamine in baby food. Disgusting. Keep China's toxins in China.
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  356. Bible did not warn us of this. Floods happen all the time. But this was made worse by the ccp not warning people andvtgen releasing the watering.
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  357.  @sungpyun7953  Climate change is mostly a calculated future than a current happening. Most of what you hear is from people and journalists who don't really know what they are talking about. CC is real, but mostly misunderstood. Global temps have increased about 2 degrees Fahrenheit in past 100 years. But, it is feared that it will increase by 6 degrees or more in the future. If you are interested, I could point you to some good info.
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  358. China is in for a bad time. I think they are entering, or about to enter, a depression. I think their debt and real estate bubbles are about to burst. They should have burst long ago, but the CCP finagled the books. But, financial book juggling can go on only for so long. This will be like watching the world's biggest train wreck in super slow motion.
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  359. Stealing the wealth of its citizens will impoverish China. Families who became rich in past 40 years, will become poor again.
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  360. I heard the shaking was caused by a couple on the 19th floor, having passionate sex.
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  361. @ Yes, and the rebranded as "X:".
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  362. It is troubling that Xi is getting rid of those who oppose war. If true, then Xi will start a war with Taiwan soon. If Xi starts a war, it will be disastrous for China. Exports and Imports will virtually end.
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  363.  @zacksmith5644  Seems that the Taiwanese will prevent the unification. They have the missiles to sink a Chinese invasion fleet. How is China going to land the 300K troops needed to conquer Taiwan??
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  364.  @zacksmith5644  BTW --- as soon as China's invasion fleet starts, America will stop ALL oil going to China through the Malacca Strait. Peter Zeihan says that will destroy China's economy in a few months. What do you say to that?
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  365.  @zacksmith5644  You must be a China bot. You are not American, that is for sure.
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  366.  @YoutubeWatcher264  Agreed. I think China is missing a great opportunity. Really f**king it up.
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  367.  @danielch6662  True. Always some corruption. But, US and others have laws against bribery in other countries. Many leaders don't like dealing with US firms because they can't give as nice side deals. What is worse for Chine, though, is China does not hire local people to do work. People see project being built in THEIR country, and NO locals working on it. Very unpopular.
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  368. A civilian RO/RO ship cannot put amphibious vehicles in the water off-shore. That is what an Amphibious Assault ship does. RO/RO needs a dock. If I am wrong --- please correct me, and explain how it can be done. Thanks
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  369. Meanwhile, Xi and the CCP are making enemies of everyone. Will countries that are threatened with war enthusiastically buy from China? Or will they work as fast as they can to transfer their purchases to other countries??
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  370. The various departments within the CCP do not talk to each other. China repeatedly does actions that go against the interests and goals in another area. The new security law tells foreign business executives and tourists -- WE DON"T WANT YOU, GO AWAY. And then, their trade offices and finances industry scream for foreign companies. Chinese cities and hospitality industry screams for tourists, who will not come. China - country run by idiots.
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  371. China wants to replace the US lead world order. They need to show they can at least protect their own ships. Seems they failed.
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  372. FYI, China's new anti-espionage law keeps foreign buyers away. Thank Xi Jinping for that.
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  373. Only 50 years? Skyscrapers here in Chicago that are 120 years old are all doing fine. With normal maintenance, buildings should last centuries. The Pantheon in Rome is 2000 years old. I would never hire a Chinese firm to build anything. Crap standards.
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  374. Regarding the outflow of capital --- How much of it belongs to foreign investors and companies that are taking their investments and profits??? And, how much of it belongs to Chinese citizens and companies that are their money out of the country??? I presume the latter is illegal, and there are barriers to be dealt with.
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  375. Those buildings do not look like they have foundations. One of the pics showed a gap between the building and the soil --- right where a foundation wall should be. This Tofu construction is so bad, they even forgot the tofu.
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  376. The dystopian worlds portrayed in movies like Mad Max and Zardoz are utopias compared to CCP China.
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  377. Chinese don't seem too bright.
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  378. For 2000 years, imperial China's imperial management was always riddled with corruption. Positions were bought & sold. They had no concept of an "Inspector General". Look at the burning grain silos. The report says how they burn when an inspection is announced. Everyone knows that inspections must be unannounced. Or else, temporary measures are taken to cover up problems, or to direct the inspector to good areas. The announcements are done to allow officials to conceal or destroy evidence. Since this has been going on for 2000 years, it will be very difficult to change deeply ingrained cultural behavior.
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  379.  @Jake-dh9qk  Not really. The early Roman Republic was not riddled with corruption like imperial China. With China the corruption was part of the culture. It was institutionalized. It took it to a whole other level. Also, some unique countries. The Swiss Confederation has been remarkably free of corruption for 700 years. There will always be instances, but in China, it was EVERYONE during Imperial Rule. The corruption was codified. BTW..Rome got more corrupt after it became an empire.
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  380. Ports are stacked with empty containers. Shopping centers are shutting down. Stores closing. Thousands of car dealerships out of business. YET - China claims a 5.5% rise in GDP. What a lie.
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  381.  JackSmith-mk1ru  There are many videos showing the empty malls and stores. There are many reports of the unemployment in China. There are videos showing the static emptiness of Shanghai harbor. There are videos showing the shuttered and empty factories. There are reports of Samsung, FoxConn, Apple, and so many other companies having left China. Japan finances the evacuation from China by Japanese companies with billions of dollars. Haven't you been following any of these events?
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  382.  @soeswanto1  Such delusion. Amazing.
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  383. China started war with the world. It has threatened war with --- Taiwan, Japan, US, Australia, Philippines, Vietnam, India, Sweden, Canada, UK, and others. China forgot that all those countries were their customers. Not too bright, IMO.
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  384. I am sure the Chinese passport and the Chinese people would be more welcome if they weren't always threatening war. Plus, obnoxious behavior of Chinese tourists has soured people on them.
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  385. Actually, the same if PLA tries to invade Taiwan. Taiwan has thousands of anti-ship and anti-air missiles, some with ranges over 250 miles. Taiwan can pump hundreds of missiles on Shanghai. Taiwan is well defended. Taiwan would be no pushover.
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  386. I doubt the ability of China to intercept missiles. That requires truly effective systems to target, track, and ECM to prevent jamming, and thus hit an incoming missile. If this cannot be done, then even 40 year old Harpoon missiles will sink their ships. Taiwan has 2000+ anti-ship missiles. Taiwan missiles have advanced avionics and ECCM capabilities. If there is ANY weakness in China's missile defenses, Taiwan will obliterate its invasion fleet before the US has a chance to put its boots on to help.
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  387. Yet, China claims its economy is growing. Absurd.
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  388. United States offered China partnership in world trade. China chose to declare economic war, and their intent on a hot war over Taiwan. So, US has responded by protecting itself. The US/China economic war is a reality.
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  389.  @jacksmith-mu3ee  History, US sponsored China into the WTO, Invited them into the G7. You have to keep up, This stuff is common knowledge.
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  390.  @jacksmith-mu3ee  My interpretation of what I see. China has declared in speeches and in writing that the US is its enemy. China has threatened war with Canada, Australia, Japan, Taiwan, India, Philippines, and Vietnam. That is why AUKUS was created. That is why Philippines has invited the US to occupy 4 bases. That is why Philippines is buying arms from India, Sweden, and US. Sources?? Various news feeds. You gotta keep up.
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  391. American gold diggers can learn a lot from the Chinese. They have made the practice of sticking it to men part of their tradition. Not just socially accepted, but socially required. Chinese men are really f**ked.
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  392. I have it on good authority from the CCP that China's GDP is strong, and the economy is booming.
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  393. Does anyone really believe China's GDP grew last year? Fool if you do.
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  394.  @michaeldo6327  True. And Taiwan would rain missiles down on China. Damage. People dead on both sides. Then what?? China try to invade?? Taiwan has thousands of anti-ship missiles. Any invasion fleet would be destroyed, IMO. I don't see how they could embark troops onto Taiwan. And, if they do, Taiwan has M1 Abrams tanks waiting. China would fail. Taiwan holds all the cards.
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  395. Sounds like the Great Depression. When that hit in the US in the 1930's huge price drops allowed those with money to buy almost everything at deep discount prices. Inventories had to be sold for pennies. China's selling of new cars at deep discounts sounds similar. China is in deep trouble,
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  396. I don't think so. By "condominium" he meant an apartment in a residential tower. My point was that condos are homes, just as free standing houses are homes. Each require money to own, and are an investment by the owner and his/her family.
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  397. We learn of only a few of the situations of unpaid workers. Workers all across China are not getting paid. I suspect the problem is bigger and more widespread than reported so far. Covid stopped people from shopping at places like GOME. The real estate collapse has caused workers in that sector to not get paid. Local governments can no longer raise money from housing speculation, so local government workers are often getting only partial pay. Money people invested in homes is now lost, so they cannot spend. Xi and the CCP have have shown their ignorance of how economies work. Their rules and regulations are destroying China's economy and its new middle class. The poverty China knew in the 1960's will now return.
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  398. It's OK. Chinese hate non-Chinese anyway.
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  399. Who said that?? I don't believe that quote. You just made it up.
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  400.  @Charlie-ii5rr  I don't support your anti-education, anti-government treasonous rhetoric. You obviously are one who supported the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6th. Those people should all be hung as traitors, IMO. They are not patriots. They are traitors.
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  401. China has created a new form of hell. CCP Hell.
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  402. China's economy is int its death throes. It won't be coming back. Xi (in his infinite wisdom, may he reign for 1,000 years) has killed the Chinese eoconomy. Wolf Warrior diplomacy has made people hate and despise China. China's constant threats of war, belligerency, and killing of fishermen around the world disgusts everyone. Factories have been built, and now orders are moving to other countries. Companies are leaving, and they won't look back.
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  403. I am surprised China is still in SWIFT. China has declared war on the maritime trading order, so it should have been kicked out long ago.
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  404. Why is no one surprised?? Duplicate bank notes, or official counterfeiting, is to be expected from the CCP. CCP = Criminal Corruption Party.
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  405. Well, The Forbidden City is still doing OK.
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  406. The CCP has declared war on the world. It has threatened war with so many nations, Companies now see business with China as very risky. When a war breaks out, they will not be able to get any of the product they contracted for, That risk outweighs any price advantage a deal may have,
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  407. China's behavior is schizoid. On one hand - China says welcome to China, we are making visas easier for you. On the other hand - China says "foreigners stay out", you are a threat, and can be arrested and sent to prison for taking pics, or doing any normal activity which can be deemed as "spying".
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  408. IF Taiwan wants international recognition, it will only get that as an independent nation, which requires Taiwan to give up any claims to mainland China.
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  409. China is in a downward spiral back to the deep poverty it started from. The dynamic growing powerhouse we knew will seem like a dream.
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  410. Are the Chinese really that stupid?? Don't they see that it is the CCP that steals their money?? Are they that blind?
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  411. Unfortunately, this change is permanent, IMO. Getting rid of Xi Jinping, and even the CCP, won't change it much. The move of manufacturing to other countries will not be reversed.
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  412. China's new reality. The time of China being popular is over.
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  413. Do any of those unemployed workers realize that Xi's threats of war, and anti-business laws have made doing business in China impossible?? Do any of them blame Xi? Or hold the CCP at fault??
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  414. This is what happens when a government does not care about business or businesses. The Communist CCP views businesses as evil, and profits as evil. They don't understand that the country and the government needs a healthy business sector to enable the government to function. How will China build and maintain its infrastructure now that the real estate sector has collapsed? How will China expand and maintain its new navy and military if it cannot tax the business sector? How can China start and win a war to get Taiwan, if it cannot finance a war??
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  415. You forget. They are Chinese. They do things we decadent Americans cannot. LOL
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  416. Let me be clear -- The CCP wants out of world supply chains, not the the Chinese people.
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  417. The CCP is destroying China. From rags to riches, and now back to rags.
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  418. Until Xi decided to sabotage the Chinese economy and its global trade, I believe China did have a chance to overtake America's military power in the region. With the crash of China's economy, it will not have the money to build out its military. It just cannot do it.
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  419.  @superssalsa7407  Name one time where the US threatened a major trading partner?
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  420. These are dangerous times. As misery, starvation, and death grip China the CCP may use a foreign war to distract its people and justify its continued rule. Who is the likely target for a CCP war? Taiwan, India, and Philippines are the candidates. Who do you think China will start a war with??
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  421. I wonder if Xi's policies come from China's history?? Since its first empire, the policy of every emperor was to partake in trade as a seller, not a buyer. Buying diminished the wealth of China, and thus the power of the Emperor. That was the cause of the Opium Wars. England could not afford the tea it was buying. England was running out of silver. The fact that China has achieved its current level of wealth by being a full participant in foreign trade -- as both a buy and seller -- is lost on Xi and the CCP. Even now, China has been a reluctant buyer of foreign finished goods. Even the luxury cars it buys, are often made in factories in China. The behavior of Xi and the CCP of the past few years has been more like the actions of a Chinese Emperor and his eunuch's, than a Communist government. China has adopted the old attitudes of the being the Middle Kingdom. Notice how it so often makes demands of other countries, instead of using normal diplomacy? Remember, the modern nation state and diplomacy is a recent creation in Europe. Xi and CCP run China as an Empire. At least, that is how it seems to me.
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  422. In western "capitalist" countries - people are protected by -- 1. Bankruptcy laws. 2. Collateral -- a home loan is collateralized by the property. If the buyer defaults, the bank can seize the home. If it does -- that is it. The bank can not go after the borrower for anything else. The collateral satisfies the terms of the loan. China's Communism is worse than any capitalist country.
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  423. Australia should embargo coal sales to China, until China apologizes for its behavior, and to reimburse the shippers and suppliers for expenses incurred.
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  424. Impressive. I expect this kind of activity will be done in many countries around the world. The fake goods negatively affects every country they are sold in. Plus, the US/China trade war is ramping up, and countries will have to take the right side so they affected as little as possible.
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  425. And to think, Xi will just make worse.
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  426. The Chinese passport is real. I performed an exorcism, casting out the evil spirit, with the power of the Chinese passport. How dare you doubt the power of the CCP and the all-powerful all-knowing Xi.
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  427.  @Bonta999  It took Xi awhile to change things. After he got elected the 3rd time last year, he has taken into hyperdrive. Now he is purging the military.
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  428.  @GeoScorpion  What country are you talking about??
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  429. Loss of PNTR status was inevitable. China was getting more aggressive and bombastic. Threatening was with almost everyone. The Wolf Warrior approach made China's attitude very clear. They are our enemy.
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  430. The popular press loves to tout China, and BRICS. BRICS is absurd. It is not an alliance, or a trade organization, or anything. BRICS is a random set of countries with little binding them together.
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  431. I bet that heavy metal contamination reduces the fertility of women. That would make it even harder for China to grow its population.
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  432. What the CCP does not understand is the lack of foreign, especially American buyers, come from decisions made by those companies, not the US government. The reasons foreign buyers are not coming are these == 1. The CCP constant talk of war with Taiwan creates risk for buyers, You see, if a war broke out, maritime trade in the South and East China Sea's will be stopped. Maritime insurance is not available in a war zone. So, buyers may not get their goods. That is a serious risk. 2. Foreign businessmen no longer feel safe in China. Abusive arrests and harassment makes them feel unsafe and unwanted. Even if a company wanted to do business with China, how can they, if their executives won't go?? 3. On top of that, the Chinese executives may not be able to leave China to do business. If foreign businessmen cannot get in, and Chinese businessmen cannot get out --- how can they get together to do anything??? 4. Lastly, and this might be the most important, is that western companies may not trust Chinese contracts, or their enforcement in China. Western companies need to trust contracts and the legal mechanisms for enforcing them. Who can trust the CCP and China?? They have proved themselves to be fickle friends.
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  433.  @tubester4567  Are you aware of VW's use of slave labor in WW2?
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  434. To think China's problems started in 2019 is both ignorant AND stupid. First, the unsustainability of China's real estate development model had been obvious for 20 years. What amazed everyone is that the bubble had not yet burst. It burst soon after 2019. Second, China was causing the imposition of ideology into world trade. US and Europe have only REACTED to China's actions. Fu Peng needs to read more history (Bretton Woods, IMF, World Bank, UN, and other post WW2 institutions and WHY they were created). Fu Peng's understanding is simplistic and misleading.
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  435. In the US, the difference between a boom year and a recession is barely noticeable in the restaurants or theaters. What China is experiencing is something profound. China has lost its future.
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  436.  @VictorEduard5741  Yep. And China gets nothing.
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  437.  @just-dl  Thanks for your support. I don't often get people agreeing with me. To me, the BRI's failure is obvious. Yet, it is still talked about like it is a threat, and that China will gain a lot by it.
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  438.  @danielch6662  Good points. Good info.
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  439.  @hhvvhjgfcgg  ?
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  440. Xi and the CCP have acted like they didn't like, want, or need other nations. They don't like the US - that is a given. BUT - they abuse Philippines, India, Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia, Canada, Australia, and others. All are customers. Is it surprising they are losing customers? Is it surprising that nations they deemed enemies would be allies and increase military spending? Yet Xi and CCP act surprised. Are they stupid or merely ignorant?
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  441. China brings nothing to the world. Not music. Not philosophy. Not charity and assistance. Not peace & stability. Not painting or sculpture. Not architecture. Not engineering nor design. As China gets excluded from the world economy we will all be better off.
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  442. Andaman and Nicobar islands are OWNED by India. So you start counting the distance from them. Not all the way back to Indian mainland.
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  443.  @michaeldo6327  You're silly.
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  444.  @leogonazalez9988  I think the CCP will be. However, war will not be the tool. Trade and financial isolation will be the tools used. A sort of union of US, India, Japan, Australia, and the ASEAN nations is forming. China will find itself unwelcome in its own neighborhood. How will China survive as its exports drop?? China won't have money for its OBOR efforts, or even to modernize its military. China is in deep deep trouble, IMO.
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  445. @Finn Hansen The US has always been of two minds. There was strong opposition to the Mexican American War in the 1840's. Also, it was opposition to having a colony, that Philippines was promised its independence before WW2 started. Having the Philippines did not sit well. Pro-war and anti-war factions have both existed for a long time. In fact, the anti-war faction was very strong before WW2, and FDR had to deal with the "isolationists", as they were called. Now, pro-war factions exist in both parties. The anti-war faction seems to be only in the Democratic party now.
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  446. IMO, corruption in Xhina is misunderstood. When corruption is normal and expected it us no longer corruption, it is culture. The PLA is operating the same way armies in China have always operated. That is why Chinese armies have always been weak when fighting external armies. China has always ruled with the selling of positions. To get an official to do their job for you, you had to give a "gift". That was normal and expected. That is culture, not corruption. Taiwan has changed,imo, and has a more western attitude. Taiwan's army will be more disciplined, better trained, and more effective.
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  447.  @大卫厨子  I have no idea what you are trying to say. What 140,000 people?? Are you saying the current Chinese floods are not serious?? or exaggerated?? Media do exaggerate - for click bait, if nothing else.
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  448.  @Cody38Super  It is deeper than that. China's imperial authoritarian rule has developed a culture of corruption. That is why historically, China would have huge armies that lost battles to much smaller armies. China's power came from its size alone. That is still the case.
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  449. Yes. But a Communist Hell is heaven. Don't you know that? Seems you need to be re-educated.
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  450.  @pomppompnfadem8888  Not sure what you mean.
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  451.  @jonkeau5155  That is my point.
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  452.  @jonkeau5155  That is what I am saying. Will you believe China stats, or your own eyes??
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  453. When a country weaponizes its position in a market, it can expect other nations to make moves to remove that threat. Xi and the CCP cannot think that one move ahead. They must be stupid.
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  454.  @CharlesAlkhal  Which books are you referring to?
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  455.  @stex5026  Developing nations that have lifted themselves out of poverty -- South Korea, Taiwan, Ireland (was the poorest in Europe, now one of the richest). I reject your limitation to "large" countries. Also, Chile and Columbia.
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  456.  @stex5026  China was lifted out of poverty by money (investments) from the West.
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  457.  @humanbeing888  1. The news focused on the companies leaving because there are so many leaving and ZERO are coming to China now. 2. Rising wages in China are known, and are discussed in other articles. BUT...Covid has definitely accelerated the process of companies leaving. What might have taken 10 or 20 years, is now happening in just a few years.
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  458.  @一片祥和台上台下  The only country stealing from India was England.
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  459.  @jimwu9121  No. China thinks it can dictate to India (Doklam Plateau, Galwan Valley), Japan (Senkaku Islands) Philippines (Philippines sea EEZ, and killing of fishermen), Vietnam (Philippines Sea EEZ, and killing of fishermen) Indonesia (Philippines Sea EEZ, harassing workers drilling for oil), Australia - threatening nuclear war for getting nuclear powered subs. But, it doesn't matter to you. You are in the 50 cent army.
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  460.  @nmsyk9770  Worstly?? No such word. What are you trying to say?
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  461.  @carlpanzram2012  China is not capitalist, either. China is really just another version of imperial rule.
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  462.  @OneAdam12Adam  China is Totalitarian. Fascist?? Maybe. Corporate?? Nope, not at all. The CCP controls all.
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  463.  @simp2234  Which do you think is the best?? I think either Ireland, or New Zealand.
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  464.  @thepianoplayer416  I don't think one can separate Money and Politics. However, how they interact is different in every country and political system. When we buy products, we don't see how they were made, or how the people that made them were treated. Not everyone believes China has enslaved Uyghurs, for instance. Also, not everyone cares. Unfortunately, there is a huge gap between what SHOULD happen, and what DOES happen.
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  465. Do the Chinese understand the link between the CCP"s anti-west wolf warrior war threatening policies and their declining economy and increased unemployment?? Do they understand they are directly connected??
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  466.  @DK-gj5sp  Millions of times?? Amazing. You must be a hyperspatial monitor able to see all my past present and future comments all at once. Only the Chinese could create such a monitor.
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  467.  @DK-gj5sp  Which is it? If I lie, then I know what I am talking about. If I don't, then I cannot be lying.
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  468.  @bynkro  China uncensored, China truths, Laowhy86, China Update, and some others.
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  469.  @bobfaam5215 Don't forget Indonesia, Vietnam, and Malaysia. It will be more dispersed. Not one country doing everything.
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  470. IMO, Janet Yellin is wrong. I think she was being nice -- saying that China's over capacity is a world problem. Nope. Nations will just raise tariffs to prevent Chinese dumping. It is a disaster for China.
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  471. Tofu originated in China. Besides being a bland tasteless worthless food, Tofu is used to replace bricks and concrete in construction.
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  472.  @zacksmith5644  Which claim is that? Do you mean my claim that India can stop trade to China through the Indian Ocean? That claim?
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  473.  @CyrusTheGreat-b3k  Sometimes you want to show what you have, so the enemy has an idea of what you can do if you want. Why else would the US surface one of our nuclear subs next to Chinese warships recently??
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  474.  @icemann4699  Your interpretation is very dark. It accuses people and institutions of treason. I disagree strongly. Things are more complex than you indicate. Opening our markets to China DID decouple China from Russia === which was big deal. It was hoped (even expected) that opening our markets to China and bringing China into the world trading system would cause China to liberalize, and become more agreeable. Up to 2010, that actually seemed to be working. Xi changed all that. BTW, MIRVing missiles is NOT that complicated. Russia had that ability without any help from us.
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  475.  @ladyrose3285  True. Yellin said we are "not decoupling". Of course she said that. We cannot actually say that, or even admit to it. BUT --- if you have been following what is going on, that is exactly what we are doing -- IMO.
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  476.  @MrMichaelBCurtis  The sea has risen noticeably in places like Louisiana, Miami, the Nile Delta, the Mekong Delta, and Bangladesh. Those places are seeing land taken by the sea, or salt water intrusion into ground water. When we get to the point where it is very obvious, then it will be too late to do anything about it. We will not be able to stop, or even slow down the processes causing sea level rise.
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  477.  @MrMichaelBCurtis  Actually, lots of science. But, you are a religious person who sees everything through the lens of religion. Personally, I am an Atheist, and see believers as fools.
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  478.  @Skot-ish  If you consider "Science" a cult, then you are right.
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  479. I take it you didn't look at any of the sites I gave you, did you? When people choose ignorance, then they are just stupid by choice.
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  480. OK, seeing these top secret war preparations on YouTube makes me very scared.
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  481. Xi and the CCP are conducting a low scale war on world. This is the result.
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  482. CCP caused the typhoon. If you lie flat, you drown. Problem solved. 😜😜💋
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  483. And yet, China still claims its GDP increased last year. Would all these malls and stores have closed if the GDP had not fallen?
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  484. A snow storm does NOT an Ice Age make. In an Ice Age, in the affected area, there is no summer. The ice is permanent -- like Greenland or Antarctica. Don't worry. China will have a summer, and hot weather. Global warming continues.
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  485. Yet, most people think China is well run and efficient, pointing to their subways, high speed rail, modern airports, bridges and dams that have been built in last 30 years. This explosion will be ignored. I am sure this video is not available in China. China will forget. So, no problem.
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  486. Question: What is denser -- Australian coal or CCP skulls??
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