Youtube comments of GTW (@gtw4546).

  1. 3Blue1Brown: "In most towns, people don't actually spend their days drunkenly wandering around the city." New Orleans: "Let me tell you about Mardi Gras."
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  2. Kudos to Delmar Palma, the undocumented Honduran worker who reported the flaws to his superiors. That one of the key witnesses was deported tells me that the corruption and back-room shenanigans had something to do with that. Weighing the severity of the broken laws between being undocumented versus corruption in the building industry and city inspectors, it would have made much more sense to let him stay, at least until the trials and all the aftermath has been completed.
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  3. Chubbyemu isn't chubby any more.
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  4. That bear has been observing you for a while. He knew exactly where the stairs were and how to get in. He even tested the water first with his forepaws like he's probably seen you do!
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  5. Too many "peer-reviewed" journals only require a Conflict of Interest statement from the authors, not the reviewers, editors, or publishers. Because of this, my faith in getting the truth from these journals has been seriously compromised. I'm SO glad that you're covering this paper!
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  6. Two things that weren’t mentioned but are important to understanding. 1 - China counts working only ONE hour per week as “employed” compared to 15 or more hours in other countries. If a similar criteria were applied in China, the youth unemployment rate would be significantly higher! 2 - China only counts urban unemployment. So encouraging young people to go to rural areas would simply remove them from the equation, whether actually employed or not. In other words, the stats can appear to improve even when no actual situational improvement occurs.
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  7. Takes a big man to admit when he's wrong. It's sad that people are being misled by the biased coverage from the mainstream media.
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  8. I think it was the people who were so upset about the cats that tracked him down and allowed the police to solve the case of who killed Jun. It's an important element to this story.
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  9. I had bone-on-bone arthritis in both hips and one of my fears was that I'd be pressured to get vaxxed or be denied having replacement surgeries. I'm grateful that my surgeon and his staff never brought up the issue beyond the required "have you been?" question. In fact, many seemed unspokenly supportive of my decision, like they couldn't say anything out loud, but agreed with my choice. I had both hips replaced in 2022.
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  10. So an activist group bought her the ticket so she could do this protest but neglected to inform her of the nature of the person she is defending and she unquestioningly did this without any due diligence. Yep. Sounds like the typical misinformed leftist.
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  11. As I will tell students occasionally, "When you blame the other person, you GIVE AWAY YOUR POWER to change things."
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  12. This homogenization is a predictable result of globalism: Just a relatively few puppet masters controlling everything for their own enrichment.
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  13. I've been watching this situation for the past year, since the 3 red lines policy was announced, and you've explained it REALLY well!
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  14. I predict that in a couple of weeks we will see a resurgence of “dumb blonde” jokes.
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  15. This video doesn't cover half of it. Much food is being destroyed rather than delivered. Some of the "isolation rooms" are simply cardboard boxes with about 1/2 meter space between them. They are only showing the clean/nice quarantine locations. If people find this video disturbing, what would they think if they saw just how bad it truly is?
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  16. The California government is able to teleport my money into the pockets of shady politicians.
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  17. Over half the cells in your body aren't human, so only considering your own genetics is seriously oversimplifying. The trillions of cells that compose a person's microbiome (38 trillion microbial cells versus 30 trillion human cells) are every bit as important since they produce many metabolites that impact human health.
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  18. Anyone who is willing to destroy 2/3 of their own people is INSANE.
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  19.  @sirzechs3960  The right to bear arms is critical to be able to stand up against a government that has become tyrannical. I don't own a gun, but I believe the right for anyone who isn't a convicted felon to do so is vital to maintaining all our other rights.
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  20. The left is only good at destroying things - just look at the Democrat-run cities. But what good do they actually do? Do they ever come up with anything better? Anything that actually works?
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  21. EU: Diversity is our strength. All are welcome. Coronavirus: I'm on my way!
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  22. Their NEW landlord. They had to move out if they didn't agree to pay. They refused to pay and they refused to leave, so they were forcibly evicted. Plus the husband is in prison for assaulting the landlord with a hammer. They could have just moved to a lower rent place, but they didn't.
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  23. I would love for the business that had previously gone to China and Russia to move to India!
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  24. Exactly!
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  25. Cut all trade relations with China. Also dismantle the WHO which has proven itself utterly useless.
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  26. It's heartbreaking and angering that the donations of others were discarded or allowed to rot. People in China were making sacrifices so that their fellow citizens wouldn't go hungry, but political incompetence was too much to overcome.
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  27. The celebrities are upset because their housekeepers aren't coming over to clean up after them.
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  28. We've all been put under "house arrest" by the CCP, either directly or indirectly.
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  29. What's the point of being paid more for a job you no longer have?
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  30. I wonder if any of these beggers and false homeless people realize that they ARE STEALING FROM THE TRULY NEEDY!
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  31. “In the past, Beijing has even passed laws which seek to regulate reincarnation.” Did anyone else laugh out loud at that?
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  32.  @richardb6609  She certainly looks “comfortable."
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  33. China's official position remains, "This is all YOUR fault." Great line!
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  34. Building on reclaimed wetlands is asking for trouble.
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  35. I appreciate your integrity, Tony. Too many in media would bury any corrections at the end, but you put it right up front, where it SHOULD go! Thanks you for being a source we can trust.
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  36. He was probably ticked off that she gave away what he was hoping to inherit.
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  37. I'm waiting for the CCP to announce "free rice for life" for couples with 3 children.
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  38. KUDOS to the Air Traffic Controllers as well as the passenger who landed the plane. That was amazing teamwork. I can appreciate the challenge in trying to communicate the instructions without using any of the typical jargon that only someone with flying experience would understand and the calmness, intelligence, and humility needed to follow those directions and speak up when not understanding something. This will definitely be discussed in the breakroom for years to come. "Remember when . . . ?"
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  39. I commend Mr. Brown for having the good sense and self-control to holster his handgun. That is the difference that made him a hero!
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  40. Lack of critical thinking skills. So sad that it has come to this, but the left has hijacked the education system, so I shouldn't be surprised.
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  41. I'm so glad I chose to be in the "control group" in this experiment!
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  42. Excess mortality normally goes DOWN after a pandemic because the weak have died during it, but since the "prevention" has been rolled out, excess mortality is UP in nations where this protocol had been pushed.
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  43. Interesting that the virus has the highest death rate among the elderly. With all the years of the "one-child" policy and the inverted pyramid that the policy created, well, it just seems a little "too convenient." People are blaming America? I think they should look closer to home!
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  44. I suspect that this is less about prioritizing race or skin color and more about prioritizing those with similar laws and values.
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  45. Nope, no need to talk about the "pronoun police."
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  46. It isn't immigration if you refuse to assimilate - it is an invasion.
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  47. German businesses depending on China is like German businesses depending on Russian gas - what could go wrong?
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  48.  @sirzechs3960  The split goes through all levels including the government and the military. It's the tyrannical government that we will be fighting, but not all within government fall into that category. The military will certainly be divided. Because it will likely be a civil war situation, the use of fighter jets and nuclear weapons would be limited since they'd create casualties on both sides. No, this would be a block-by-block battle, where the right to bear arms would be critical. The big weapons only are of value when fighting against foreign powers.
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  49. The way things are going, they may not need to leave home to receive that nasty end. 🤔
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  50. It’s not a bug, it’s a feature!
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  51. Seeing the razor wire being applied around a fenced-off "quarantine" area makes me question the difference between that and a concentration camp.
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  52. I just discovered this channel a couple of days ago and this is the third video that I'm watching. I love the way Dr. Chatterjee interviews his guests. He asks wonderful questions and then lets them talk without interrupting. He saves his comments and provides interesting, on-point observations of his own. He's obviously done his research for each guest. I've subscribed and hit the notification button for this high-quality channel!
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  53. Interesting that Wuhan, China is both a 5G pilot city and the hotbed of the Coronavirus.
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  54. When the OFFICIAL numbers are that bad, imagine how bad the REAL numbers must be!
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  55. " . . . so the farmers stop farming." That is truly terrifying. I'd never considered the "second wave" of famine!
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  56. Love the disaster bingo card. Please include it in all future videos! Perhaps arrange it so any disaster that scores a 5 or higher gets a bingo?
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  57. Rest in peace, Alex! Thank you for your service, brave members of the dog unit.
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  58. And part of the horror of the "food pyramid" is that it was all based on POLITICS, not science.
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  59. The look on that woman's face when you read the Chinese characters from the menu board. Priceless!
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  60. "So, that's awful. Let's talk about something EVEN WORSE." LOL
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  61.  @clemalford9768  If they are government sponsored, then they are monuments to socialism.
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  62. Weeks without being able to walk can be put in perspective when you realize that with hip replacement surgery, they have you up and walking the same day. I've had both my hips replaced and was walking with a frame after just a couple of hours and home that same day each time, so what these people go through is shocking. After the pain of bone-on-bone arthritis, even the trauma of surgery is a reduction of pain.
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  63.  @TheKingmanthe1  What makes you think an illegal worker has any knowledge of OSHA?
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  64. Never before have I had such a strong desire to be able to give someone a hug! Chloe, you’re a brave girl and I wish you complete success in your lawsuits. If I had been born during these strange times, I’d certainly have been confused, too. Thank you for fighting, not only for yourself, but for other children.
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  65. This is the problem with contraception and promiscuity - no virgins when you need them to appease the volcanos.
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  66. China will be very careful in disposing of spent fuel rods and water from these plants we have absolutely NOTHING to worry about! (sarcasm).
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  67. The "eased controls" on mortgage lending sound like a setup for a "sub prime" mortgage crisis with "Chinese characteristics!"
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  68. Always a dependably well-spent 10 minutes! Thanks, Tony, and I hope you enjoyed your weekend.
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  69. The one thing worse than being a wage slave is being a government slave - chained to keeping your UBI because all other options to gain what’s needed for life has been eliminated or reduced. Knowing you can change jobs, even careers, gives you hope and you can keep other parts of your life stable. Changing governments means totally uprooting from where you are and starting over somewhere else.
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  70.  @naimas8120  Rewatch that part of the video - it wasn't housing, it was their shop. And it was "after a TWO YEAR deadline"
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  71. “The official explanation of the surprise death . . .” - gotta love Tony’s subtlety in recognizing that many of us don’t believe the “sudden heart attack" narrative.
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  72. Not the government: feminism. Women went to work and families had more money to spend so double-digit inflation hit the 1970s. When you have half the labor force, you pay them more. When the labor force doubles, you can pay less. Mix in the new needs of the two-income families for child care, work wardrobes, appliances to make home life easier, and compensating the kids with "stuff" to make up for the neglect of both parents working and you have a perfect storm. BTW, I'm female so I have a love-hate relationship with feminism. I just don't see how we could ever go back.
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  73. Imagine being torn from your apartment so they can use it as a quarantine facility and what you may return to if you're ever allowed to go back?!
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  74. So if they train Labrador retrievers, are they developing a Lab test?
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  75. Don’t forget that the EU is basically telling Italy “you’re on your own and will get no help from us.” Of course, that is after the EU forced them to take in the migrants who are now rioting.
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  76. So China is attempting what Walt Disney successfully did back in 1965 with his audio-animatronic President Lincoln and which fills the Disney Theme Parks in their many shows. Only took 60 years!
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  77. Well, getting the “off balance sheet” debt onto the balance sheet through new debt issues seems like a step in the direction of transparency - as long as no more hidden debt is taken on. Somehow I don’t think that will be the case. Too often when someone refinances to gain wiggle room, they often start the cycle of foolish borrowing all over again.
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  78. Agreed. I usually forward over the ad parts, but today I watched it once I saw Patrick working out in a suit!
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  79. The Logan Wright quote was spot on. "code of silence" - check. "false assumptions" - check. "refusing to engage with economic reality" - BIG CHECK.
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  80. Like their “grain reserves,” their USD reserves have most likely fallen prey to “rats."
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  81. Low inflation in China is disingenuous when you consider the civil service workers taking radical pay cuts, teachers paying back salaries, and business failures/closures from the lockdowns. Who cares if prices are stable if your income is being decimated? Which is better: 8% inflation or a 35% reduction in pay?
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  82. Imagine losing the upper hand of indoctrinating "your" children.
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  83.  @biddierepellent  She regained consciousness after 2 weeks in the ICU, but that isn't a recovery and he doesn't mention how much permanent damage may have been done.
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  84. Timmusician5060 - Please explain why this condition is now exploding among adolescent girls, not adolescent boys, not females of all ages, just adolescent girls. That sounds like social programming, not being actually trans. So I suspect the real percentage of the population who is trans is closer to 0.005% of the population. Also, have you considered how our “food” supply has been engineered or how millions of women excreting estrogen in their urine (many municipalities don’t treat for such pharmaceuticals in our water supply) may be impacting people?
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  85.  @LTPottenger  Exactly. They're compromised but aren't required to declare it so the COI requirement for authors only applies a veneer of being unbiased.
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  86. It's about time! China has been provoking for too long. We've seen what has happened to the rights of those in Hong Kong and Taiwan must vigorously ensure that their democracy will not suffer the same. A free Taiwan is the only hope for mainland people.
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  87. Hopefully, there won't be any trigger-happy fingers within the PLA. But restricting "imports" from Taiwan seems like an admission that Taiwan is an independent country.
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  88. I would love a discussion of the "let it rot" attitude, its extent, and impact on the economy.
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  89.  @HungaryBased  He specifically stated which information was confirmed or not confirmed through Russian sources; that's hardly biased or propaganda.
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  90. I stopped voting around the time you first were eligible. I completely understand why you'd choose not to vote. I didn't vote in 2016. I reregistered after Trump won (no party affiliation) so I could give support in the 2018 House/Senate races. 2020 is the first election that I've actually looked forward to. MAGA, Team Trump!
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  91. I'd love to see stats on before and after the migrant/refugee crisis. Perhaps the reason you didn't see it before is that it was much more unusual in the past?
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  92. A cycle of GREED when giving a gift translates to "getting your money's worth" at a banquet.
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  93. An investment for Bird brains?
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  94. When crime pays (low chance of getting any real penalty for shop lifting), you get more crime. Eventually, criminals feel they have a right to all the free stuff and resent anyone who dares tell them otherwise. It’s tragic how emboldened thieves have become due to poor policies.
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  95. In the Bible it has something similar: Pride goes before the fall and a haughty spirit before destruction.
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  96. She's lucky she has a brother even for a shoulder to cry on. After so many years of the one-child policy, most people wouldn't have a sibling to care.
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  97. That woman DEFINITELY belongs in "that crowd." That she doesn't recognize it is astonishing.
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  98. This kind of uncertainty and hardship was the norm throughout most of history. We’ve been living in a dream world for the past 75 years.
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  99. Not so amazing when you understand the shame/honor culture of China. Saving the face of the government is more important than human life or the truth about what's happening.
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  100. I substitute teach. Most of the classrooms where I work (2-6 grades) use Khan Academy to individualize instruction. Part of the day includes the traditional teaching methods, but a good chunk of work is now done through online work and assignments that are posted on Google Classroom. But I don't notice any improvement in overall school performance over the last 20 years with the exception of shorter attention spans. It still amounts to this: Those who want to learn do but most just go through the motions doing the bare minimum that they think they can get away with.
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  101. Please do periodic updates on the Li family holdings and maneuvers! It's troubling to see the tentacles reaching so far into the West but must be watched closely.
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  102. I've been watching China closely for some time now. If anyone is interested in a very good, small-but-growing channel consider China Update. Tony is located in China and is fluent in Mandarin.
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  103. "a surge in missed payments in the Trust industry, which has about 3 Trillion USD worth of outstanding high-yield products sold to wealthy individuals." Well, this should be VERY interesting to follow. If wealthy individuals are suffering, will the problems be dealt with differently than when ordinary people are takiing losses?
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  104. Oh, yes, let’s make everything even more opaque - that will increase investor confidence!
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  105. Tony, I’m sure I speak for many when I say that we appreciate the information you present WHATEVER format you use! Do what works best for you. You’ve taken a lot upon yourself and we respect that you’re a mere mortal with only 24 hours in a day.
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  106. "When Big Money courts confidential projects, graft is soon born out of wedlock." Another poetic description, Tony!
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  107. After seeing what a beaver can do, I'll be cutting my cats more slack when they scratch up my wooden doors!
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  108. Excellent as always! Nice whiskers.
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  109. Term limits! Career politicians become too out of touch with ordinary people.
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  110. Remember that Target was boycotted for their Pride merchandise displays. Many customers are never coming back!
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  111. Stroke or aneurysm were first to my mind since he never said anything after that point. A heart attack wouldn't incapacitate your ability to speak no matter how painful.
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  112. Then the Industrial Revolution happened and we've been on the hamster wheel ever since.
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  113. I’d add anything used to prepare food such as kitchen utensils to that list. Who knows what toxins they’ve permitted to be used in the manufacture? Even the fabric from China seems to have a peculiar, plastic-y feel and I’ve often identfied “made in China” by the feel of the garment and only read the label for confirmation.
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  114. Judgments and penalties for being named on a fraudulent paper should be done based on number of incidents. Anyone could have the misfortune of being part of a team where someone on it committed the fraud. Maybe that could have happened a couple of times in a career (assuming that you didn’t learn to be more watchful after the first incident), but if it keeps happening, there should be serious consequences on a sliding scale. Being part of TEN papers isn’t an accident and his Nobel prize should be taken from him and he should lose his positions; even prison time for fraud shouldn’t be off the table as a consequence. Strong consequences are needed to reduce the temptation for others.
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  115. "onsite inspections should be primarily conducted by Chinese regulatory agencies" - uh-huh, foxes guarding the henhouse and reporting impressive numbers of wind-up hens laying copious amounts of plastic eggs.
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  116. Another excellent video, Lei.
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  117.  @noahhastings6145  Because that sounds like the name of a porn star
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  118.  @kingneptune8937  And that 1% is the elite hypocrites who push socialism while they live in gated mansions.
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  119. "Reading WITH Xi Jinping" yet Xi never appears and never reads in these videos - Reading with "Chinese characteristics?"
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  120. "Cases will surge, confusion will grow, and the market will be volatile." Probably the most sensible quote of the day.
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  121. Failure to consider the Shi’ite/Sunni and Persian/Arab context of the Middle East is to fail to understand the situation. EVERYTHING ELSE is secondary.
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  122. More likely the infrastructure will deteriorate from lack of maintenance long before they can grow into it. Demographics are against them, with contraction rather than growth being the more likely scenario.
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  123. I'm very interested to hear more about China's debt. China was warned by the IMF back in 2015/2016 about their debt to GDP reaching 300%, but to whom does China owe this? Is this more "accounting with Chinese characteristics?" Is the debt from one section of China to another section of China or is it transnational? I know CCP numbers aren't to be believed, but there must be reasonable study that has been made.
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  124. Not calculus, but delusion. A deluded person can genuinely believe something that’s clearly against documented reality.
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  125. I'm concerned for those trapped in "closed-loop" work environments. What kind of living conditions will employers provide for sleeping, hygiene, and food? What about those on medication? During home lockdowns, people still had some chance of letting others know about their situations. I think it is very unlikely we'll know the true extent of the suffering in these "closed-loop" environments. Smuggled tech and discrete recording could be too easily confiscated/destroyed and what repercussions may there be for those who try?
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  126.  @bunnyben5607  Firstly, I avoid buying things that are made in China. That said, remember that the CCP is responsible for the lax environmental regulations. Why don't they improve the regulations in order to protect their own people? Why do party members get special food for themselves and their families if they aren't well aware of the contamination problem?
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  127. Applied it to my hips once before exercising and some sweated into that area. DON'T do it!
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  128. Silly Tony. You seem to think enjoying our Sunday or having a special Sunday China Update are two seperate things. China Update would be icing on the Sunday cake!
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  129. I love the gentle chiding of the non-regular viewers. 😉
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  130. I’m really liking “vacation mode” Tony. Relaxed looks good on you!
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  131. Shocked, horrified, disgusted, and appalled were my reactions.
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  132. They are to our day what the Pharisees were in the days of Jesus.
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  133. Late with the sacrificial virgin once again.
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  134. That fails to take into account that many wealthy people work far more than 40 or even 50 hours per week, at least for the generation that is accumulating wealth and the next generation that is conserving the wealth. It’s only when you get to the third generation that was brought up in wealth that the high-leisure, squandering lifestyle takes hold.
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  135. The one on the backside was quite awesome.
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  136. Attempts to attract foreign capital into China's USD-denominated bond market through "streamlining" the rules seems like wishful thinking! There are reasons for the capital flight from China and the previous defaults on USD-denominated bonds should warn off anyone. Perhaps this is also an indicator of the CCPs desperation when they want OTHERS to pay - they no longer believe that the debt-fueled "growth" is of high enough quality that they are willing to fund it themselves with yuan.
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  137. Seems like the death toll is roughly doubling every day!
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  138. They don’t want to trash the economy so instead they will pay a massive toll in lives when the healthcare system needs to triage. And the economy will get trashed anyway!
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  139.  @kenbarber6592  A dog imbalance when he's discussing a fuel imbalance! Notice he doesn't attempt to transfer dog from one couch-wing to the other?
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  140. I like the way that Tony has taken the " . . .", embraced it, and made it his very own, silencing those who were critics. Great job!
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  141. "Most of this "growth" should really be thought of "activity" rather than growth." So true and even worse when you consider that the activity is fueled by debt.
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  142.  @Bitlox  Landlords without rent income on leased land, owning structures that are deteriorating rapidly. Those aren't landlords so much as suckers.
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  143. I had heard that the banking limits were to reduce the "capital flight" brought on by the impacts of the zero-Covid policy. People are also having their passports cut or confiscated. China is fast becoming the world's largest prison. But the reasons stated here are certainly worth considering!
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  144. OMG that montage is priceless! It really shows how the media is being managed.
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  145. Alternate title: Jim Browning takes a walk on the dark side.
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  146. I notice that they didn't mention that it was the Democrats who opposed the 13th, 15th, and 19th amendments and have been working hard to undermine our 1st and 2nd amendment rights. They didn't mention that the Democrat strongholds are also the most heavily involved in human trafficking and drug trafficking. They are counting on people just taking their claims at face value without doing any research.
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  147. Couldn't hold back that sigh at about 2:16, huh? The zero-Covid policy is certainly worthy of such restrained frustration.
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  148. Often toxic garbage.
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  149. "Relying on a silver tongue won’t work.” Well, it certainly won’t work if it’s just TALK and contradicted by actions, Xi!
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  150. The old “supply-side playbook” has led to massive numbers of bicycles and EVs being left in fields to rot. Just sayin’.
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  151. With African dependence on Ukraine's wheat and barley, I'm sure many people of color are also more interested in Ukraine than Tigray.
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  152. Between trans ideology and islamic beliefs, misogyny in the West is worse now than it ever was under patriarchy.
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  153. I was even more disgusted that there was no mention of CHARACTER when choosing a spouse. Instead she mentioned height, appearance, and intellect. Is there no value placed on kindness, honesty, or trustworthiness?
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  154.  @gamers-xh3uc  Why would ANYONE want to help China? China had help since the 1970’s and they’ve bitten the hand that fed them so many times, why would anyone help anymore?
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  155. I wonder how many hundreds of homeless they had to interview before they found these few who were lucid - not strung out on drugs or mentally ill. It's amazing the extent these journalists will go to push their narrative.
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  156. Yes, we must give credit to Tony for his ability to quote CCP statements without either getting sick or laughing at their absurd assertions.
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  157. Isn't it nice when another nation offers to protect you so you don't have to protect yourself?
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  158.  @rocoustilerocoustile4320  They do when you’re praying for the right things! If your prayers “don’t acccomplish nothing” that’s more a statement about your own character than it is about the efficacy of prayer.
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  159. If the CCP Ministry of Commerce says that lifting the tariffs is the right move, that obviously means that the tariffs should be RAISED for the good of the global economy. The sooner everyone decouples from the sinking Chinese economy, the better!
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  160. We live in such crazy times that I now keep at least 3 to 4 months of food on hand. If I were in Shanghai, I'd be sleeping on a mattress stuffed with rice and dehydrated vegetables!
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  161. So true. I'm endeavouring to "fly under the radar."
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  162. Even with the special plates, I wouldn't cross that bridge without wearing a life vest and keeping all the windows open!
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  163. I just discovered your channel about a week ago and have been binge watching and taking notes. I've been using some info from your channel when exchanging comments with wu mao quoting some of your Chinese sources which I hope will help wake them up to the truth. Thank you for providing such valuable information and including the English spelling of the names!
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  164. I clicked because the thumbnail showed Patrick Boyle gesturing with BOTH HANDS - and I'm not disappointed! I'd been seriously wondering if he was paralyzed in one arm and I'm glad to learn that he's not.
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  165. The best way to stop speculation is to be TRANSPARENT about the perpetrator. Forming ideas from historical precedent is reasonable if you want to avoid become another victim.
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  166. That presupposes that China’s goal is “to trade in good faith.” It seems pretty obvious by this point that such is not and never was their intention. But you probably already know that!
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  167. The idea of someone turning their life around is appealing, but I’d need proof that they really have and that takes time - 10, 15, 20 years of consistently working their way up through the ranks in a trustworthy manner.
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  168.  @richvid9814  Have you heard of p-hacking? Isn't it interesting that they selected only "out-of-hospital" deaths?
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  169. Perhaps it's that the West has (finally) learned that investing in authoritarian nations WON'T make them any less authoritarian. It is well past time to decouple as much as possible and as soon as possible.
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  170.  @leftnoname  If you look at the photos of him in the later stages, it is abundantly clear that this is completely untreatable. I can understand the efforts made initially to see if some of the effects could be reversed. But as it progressed, it became just plain cruel. The man looked like he'd had all the skin removed from him, completely inhuman, more like something you'd see in a butcher shop - just bloody meat.
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  171. I'm neither a historian nor a cook and he grabs my attention, too!
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  172. The people didn't leave the party, the party left the people.
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  173. Tony, I would love to have a deep dive into total Chinese debt, especially "Who holds it?" or "Where is the money coming from?" Is it mostly within China? Insight into what will happen when the older "land use" leases expire and how this will affect those who have built/own property located upon the land would also be welcome!
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  174. Wow! 5.32% in just ONE month. Compounded over a year will be painful!
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  175. Yep, nothing to worry about until they resort to cannibalism.
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  176. The twinkle of mirth in Tony’s eyes when he says “geo-strategic” always brings a smile to my face!
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  177. I appreciate you showing the quotes and not just reading them. Please continue to do it this way; it is very helpful!
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  178. Thanks, Tony. I appreciate your dedication and your respect for our time. Truly, you do all things well when it comes to producing these videos!
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  179. The "closed-loop management" of having workers live on site sounds as horrid as these lockdowns. First, people aren't permitted to work and then they aren't permitted to do anything BUT work. How long will they be satisfied with a blanket and a daily allotment of water and cup noodles?
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  180. China may have plenty of others to sell to, but it still won't come close to making up for the loss of the US market and the US knows this. PLUS many more nations are waking up to how the CCP mercantilist approach will only damage their own economics in the mid to long term and are also implementing or increasing tariffs.
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  181. There’s a name for that - jihad.
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  182. Perhaps it isn’t that poverty leads to short-term thinking, but rather that short-term thinking leads to poverty. Have any studies been done to test this?
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  183. I find it hard to separate China’s human rights issues from their political system. I’m wondering how much of the split along party lines is a matter of which is seen as the driving factor, a “chicken or the egg” question. Has there ever been an attempt at communism on a national level that hasn’t had an appalling history of human rights violations?
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  184. That chart at about 4:30 is quite shocking! Since 2014, the LOWER your education level, the less likely you were to be unemployed. Truly astonishing.
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  185.  @i6power30  Not if the stock prices were boosted artificially through CCP policies requiring SOE to purchase stocks. Only a truly capitalist market can price in worst case scenarios, but a centrally-planned economy wouldn’t do so.
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  186. The SOEs being the only bidders for land use in Beijing is an excellent example of how nationalized companies are destined for economic failure. Imagine paying a premium for something that a private enterprise would see as a foolish purchase! Meanwhile, the shell game of debt continues.
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  187. Translation: We need to start the brainwashing/indoctrination process earlier.
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  188.  @doomergirl3981  Blame it on human greed regardless of the economic system. The chance for prosperity under capitalism is what drives these economic refugees to the West.
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  189. With a proposed "bailout" that is only HALF of Evergrand's debt, there is NO WAY that is enough to assist the entire property sector. It begs the question of why the "bailout" is so low: Don't they understand the scope of the problem or is it a tacit admission that they just don't have enough money to spare so cross your fingers and hope?
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  190. The tragedy is that these disappearances and kidnappings happen in a surveillance state and the technology isn’t used to help the common people but only to allow the CCP to maintain their stranglehold on the mainland.
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  191. Power or Money - the CCP must choose because it can only have one or the other, not both! Based on Covid policies, they currently choose power.
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  192. Thanks Tony!
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  193. You're sounding better, Tony, right in time for a hopefully refreshing weekend to fully recharge. I hope you have an awesome couple of days off.
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  194. It's not only economic when you're living under the boot of an oppressive regime! Pandemic control measures of the last few years have increased hopelessness for the future.
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  195. God bless that man for his courage. I'm sure he was speaking for many, but was the only one willing to put his life on the line. Will it begin and end with him? Or will others take courage from what he did?
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  196. Even if the property crisis is perfectly managed and zero-Covid ends by April 2023, consumption is normally driven by the young who are establishing themselves and starting families. With this demographic having shrunk combined with so much joblessness among the youth, and only part-time "flexible employment" and/or low wages among those who have jobs, those more optimistic views seem to be ignoring the bull elephant in the room focusing only on a couple of smaller and more immediate ones.
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  197.  @aslampervez2294  The US secures international shipping lanes that allow international trade to happen. Those "military bases" are what have created an unprecedented level of economic prosperity for the world.
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  198. A Xidinger's cat bounce!
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  199. Letting in all those economic migrants and refugees, combined with this situation will be interesting to watch unfold. What will the majority of those people do when Germany can no longer provide them with the jobs and economic hope that they were expecting?
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  200. Awww! That is so cool that you're willing to meet up with your viewers when you're in their area. I'm not in Thailand, but I'm still touched to know this!
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  201. Hey, Tony, I love the increased use of charts. It's very helpful, often shocking, and much appreciated!
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  202. I love how whenever they say "hooligan/scumbag" they show videos of Putin. 🤣😂🤣
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  203.  @wnklee6878  China is ruled by corrupt party members who don't care about the people of China.
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  204. Have you forgotten how delusionally the mainstream media was denying there was an issue?
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  205. Why no history? How much of our current recorded history would survive a global cataclysm? Perhaps the reason they began to write on clay tablets and chisel into stone was that the ancients learned what would last.
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  206. Simon & Garfunkel with “Chinese characteristics!"
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  207. I'm glad you've chosen to broadcast in spite of how you feel. If you didn't upload, I'd think the CCP had got you!
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  208. "Effectively coordinating" could also be called "Catch 22." Now Beijing can freely blame local officials when they either go bankrupt or have an outbreak.
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  209.  @XX-qj9sj  They had TWO YEARS.
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  210. I disagree with Germany having accurate numbers. Until today they must have been drastically under-reporting their serious/critical numbers since the next day's death toll was always higher than the previous day's serious/critical count. Did people just drop dead without warning?
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  211. Who in their right mind would still take a cruise?!
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  212. Well, Tony, in just a couple of days you've gone from being someone I've never heard of before to being the first video I click on in the morning. Congrats! May many more people discover your excellent content/coverage.
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  213. There is a strong resemblance between China's economy under the CCP and a medical condition known as acromegaly that results from an excess of growth hormone. But not only does the CCP leave the condition untreated, it also makes continued attempts to stimulate the abnormal growth as though unaware of the increase in morbidity and mortality that the disease generates.
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  214.  @themillera9  There is a big difference between "something" and "something dangerous." Not an hour ago, I ran to the stove because some dumplings I was cooking were overboiling. It made a mess, but it certainly wasn't dangerous.
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  215. Hey, Tony, I heard the other day that China is issuing "loan forgiveness" to many African nations, but it was lacking in detail. Can you comment on this in a future video if it is true? I would love to hear your take on this as well because I doubt that the CCP would do this without an ulterior motive. The way they treat Chinese citizens, it couldn't possibly be done from the "goodness of their heart!"
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  216. Clear the brush, reduce the risk of brushfires!
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  217. Not China, the CCP. The two are not the same thing. China existed before the CCP took control. Consider what the CCP has done to Chinese citizens (600,000 still live in poverty of $150 or less per month -Li Keqiang), the famine caused by Mao because he was exporting the food in order to raise the GDP thereby starving Chinese people, the gender imbalance and rapid aging of the population because of the "one-child" policy, extensive human trafficking, rewarding corruption, etc. Why should anyone like the CCP?
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  218.  @chavdardonchev  It’s really the antithesis of the Judeo-Christian Western ethos where being able to admit an error means that you are a person of honor and have the wisdom needed to correct course.
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  219. It would be a good idea to stop that developing cancer and have them pay full postage/shipping.
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  220.  @Andy-P  If the prisons provide food and shelter, many Chinese may see it as a better option compared to what they’re currently enduring!
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  221. Many of the major players on the supply side of the drug problem are also involved in human trafficking. Those two things are VERY interconnected. May all nations band together to fight these horrors so that citizens of every nation may live with dignity.
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  222. @ Don’t know were you pulled those numbers but here’s reality for 1968: Median income: $8,600/year for a family Gas price: $0.35/gallon Based on those two that I’ve verified, I’ll assume the others you provided are wrong as well or perhaps it’s a typo and you meant 1986, not 1968? For more reference, in 1968: Minimum wage for farm workers: $1.15/hour Minimum wage for non-farm workers: $1.60/hour
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  223. Tony, back in 2015/2016 the IMF warned China because their debt had grown to 300% of their GDP. That was before Covid shutdowns, supply chains, and the housing sector issues. Do you have any good information about what China's current debt to GDP would be? Thanks!
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  224. Truly a waste, but to be expected when “saving face” is deemed the #1 priority.
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  225. Your comment was obviously written before 2020. Plague doctors are not only making a come-back, but I hear they've formed a strong union.
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  226. Hope springs eternal.
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  227.  @bbasleigh6149  Living standards in Asia would likely be far higher if the CCP hadn't become an "economic superpower" - which only happened because of Western help and not through any competence on the part of that regime.
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  228. They should also go after whatever company "stretched" the vehicle and didn't upgrade the brakes to handle the extra weight. The limo company wasn't the only one at fault.
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  229. This is a good move for Africa as long as the continent is also working toward energy and agricultural independence. If you must import two things that people need to survive, the gold will go to foreigners for basic needs.
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  230.  @IamBHM  Meanwhile, people are going back to their rural provinces because there are no jobs in the cities for those who were previously getting work there. Without jobs, let alone ones that pay well enough to buy a city dwelling, the continued building up of urban areas is EVEN MORE foolish.
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  231.  @ryanpaulssen2269  Last time I checked, most nations weren't welding people into their homes as they have done in some parts of China.
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  232. "No casualties found" means "all deaths were intentional."
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  233. Or maybe a Pon-Xi scheme?
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  234. Interesting that the CCP recognized themselves as the invading wolves and not the sheep. I guess the wolf nature resonates more with the CCP.
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  235. Profound respect for Douglas Murray! I’ve listened to him many times and I knew OF his background as a journalist covering the Middle East, but this is the first time SEEING him broadcast from there and the ending of this video really highlights his courage.
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  236. Clever. I really enjoyed that!
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  237. In the Netherlands, over half of the ICU admissions are under 50 and a couple are as young as 16.
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  238. Thank you for posting that. It was very well stated and worth the listen.
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  239. Vested interests will always fight against the real reforms needed to save China's economy.
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  240. It seems they are blinded by arrogance, like in the story of "The Emporer's New Clothes."
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  241. Congrats to the person who suggested the QUOTE CHINA UPDATE END QUOTE merchandise. Great suggestion!
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  242. "Of course, the piece did not bring up the same complaint for the central government." (Regarding faking statistics) Tony, you made me laugh with that one!
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  243. "definitely not hesitate . . . no matter the cost" - sounds like insanity.
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  244. @ YouTube comments REQUIRE "a stunning simplification of a complex situation." Should I drag in the Middle East Crisis, gas rationing, and Watergate to appear more complex?
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  245. Imagine having your money frozen and then getting your ability to move freely frozen BECAUSE your money is frozen!
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  246. I've heard that each $5 of debt buys China only $1 of GDP growth at this point. The profitable infrastructure has already been built and then some. This kind of GDP is only a measure of activity, not increasing wealth, like a hamster on a wheel running like mad and going nowhere.
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  247.  @whiteshark450  Tiananmen Square comes to mind.
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  248. How delusional to think that these exercises prepare the troops in any way for a real assault. Just like a parade, nothing was being fired AT them. The response of individuals when their own blood is in the water and their officers are dying will make all the difference!
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  249. This is why you need to take a day off each week!
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  250. I propose another drinking game: Take a swig every time the CCP uses the word "unswervingly."
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  251. More cunning and ruthless rather.
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  252. Grounded and sober analysis is EXACTLY why I’m here, Tony. I appreciate that you don’t cherry pick information to push a narrative; there is enough of that kind of thing, but REAL NEWS for people with critical thinking skills has sadly become more rare.
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  253. Political instability can have spill over effects. Youth are the most likely to rebel, especially when educated. That is why the Soviets “disappeared" the educated first, so no counter leaders could organize the masses.
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  254. I would love to know what BRICS nations really think of China. It's a shame these weren't covered.
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  255. "A few minor issues with the local authorities" - oh, dear. Tony, we worry about your safety. The warning is appreciated because it would be worse if you suddenly didn't upload, but I'm sure those of us who pray will increase our intercessions on your behalf!
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  256. I'm troubled by the "we need to do whatever we can" quote in this video combined with the Xinjiang police file hack information presented on laowhy86 a few days ago. This sounds like a strong commitment to continuing the genocide.
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  257.  @Zei33  No one condemned them for opening up but rather for how it was done. Even after years to prepare for a smart reopening, they took no steps for doing it in an orderly and sensible manner.
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  258. Could some of this be due to immature immune systems being under various levels of lockdowns and masking for 3 years? I’d be interested to know the age breakdown of the children. If it’s the 5-8 year olds most effected, it could be that their immunities never developed properly and now they’re back in school, spreading their germs among themselves.
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  259.  @skydragon23101979  You can only weigh pros and cons as you discern them at the time. Continued discenting voices are needed to keep from doubling down on bad choices. Unity is only good when it happens organically, not forced.
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  260. Wow! That Michael Pettis quote to "jettison the policy bag" and "come up with a new set of policies that effectively upturn the old policies" sounds like code for REVOLUTION. I hope he will be safe!
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  261. Sigh - and I'd thought we'd be finished with all the damn jokes. Cyanide thought we'd be finished with all the dam jokes.
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  262.  @hanfucolorful9656  Wow! So it hasn’t failed in 8 months? That’s amazing!!!
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  263. My first thought was “I wonder how much of management would be willing to do what they expect from the workers?"
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  264. Ah, Tony, that was an excellent rebuke to those people who can't be bothered to consider what is going on beyond their immediate locality - and it is impressive that you read so many of your comments and incorporate them in your videos when warranted!
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  265. I love that Trump offered to send Hunter Richards a new MAGA hat signed by himself.
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  266. "THE Liverpool" must be one of those Falon Gong concentration camps in China where they do the forced organ harvesting. Do they have something like that in India now?
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  267. When a 20-30% decline is the most optimistic projection you can make, you know the reality will be much, MUCH worse!
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  268. "Pizza-box-sized" - that gives an interesting possibility to the crack-down on food deliveries in Shanghai recently!
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  269. What kind of mad fool, indeed! We love ya, Tony.
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  270. I'm betting that the government response will be much milder than the public response.
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  271.  @tomonetruth  If you want to live on a promise the place to live will be built and a promise that you’ll be paid for your work, sure go right ahead and buy!
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  272.  @raimundomartin5459  Perhaps a Taiwanese cat would say meow and a mainland cat would say mao? Then again, cats really like their freedom, so perhaps they only say mao in public but meow in private.
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  273. Tony REALLY jumped in today! Are you redoing your intro? Is China now the #3 economy?
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  274.  @bigbubba4314  Good points but if they were truly smart they would know that the firewall is responsible for deceiving their domestic audience. That they don’t factor that in is baffling!
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  275. Well, they ARE working on climate change - accelerating the change is also work!
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  276. Dr. Campbell, would you please include Sweden in your updates since they are taking a very different approach. Their numbers look strange to me and I'd love to hear your take!
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  277. I’ve heard the same - some as owed as much as 6-months of back pay, probably more now.
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  278. ". . . there were a few points included in the Chinese version that were not included in the English version." Why am I not surprised?
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  279. Thanks, Tony, for these past two Sunday updates. Please consider giving yourself some comp time on slow news days. Pace yourself because these updates are very valuable and we don't want your health to suffer.
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  280.  @RogueLawyer666  No one is saying that both can't be addressed, but they must be done in the right order. Getting rid of a key witness first was NOT the right order!
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  281. Law of unintended consequences. I wonder how he feels about his BFF now that Ukraine in on Russian turf? Is he imagining what it would be like for Taiwan to be invading the mainland if an invasion of the island fails?
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  282. Yes, if it were capitalism, they would let them fail.
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  283. When I purchase something online, open the package and discover that it is made in China (in spite of whatever spin was in the description), I send it back and state why. Getting online retailers to be transparent will be part of this battle. Companies that offer free returns will stop using deception to cover the true manufacturer if enough people will do this.
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  284. That would be a clear 10 on the PD disaster scale.
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  285. The CCP mismanaged their opportunity to become a consumption-based economy. Consumption is normally driven by the younger demographics as they buy cars, work wardrobes, furniture, get married, and pay for children's needs. Transitioning to a consumption-driven economy needed to happen when they had a much younger demographic so the window of opportunity has passed. And ironically, this was CAUSED by the rapid growth of the property sector which made it so hard for the previous generations to get married and have kids combined with the late lifting of the one-child policy. The CCP has completely screwed up.
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  286. Xi’s “charm offensive” is heavy on the offensive and lacking on charm.
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  287. I certainly hope that decoupling continues because the totalitarian regimes are becoming increasingly chummy; those who favor democracy and rule of law need to stop giving tacit and/or financial support to them.
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  288. You don’t need to believe what’s being said to report what each side is saying and let your audience draw their own conclusions. Have we gone so far away from true journalism that people need to be reminded of that?
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  289. But he's running for SENATE. How can he appoint the AG?
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  290. Why would Taiwan want to take on the problems that the mainland has created for itself?
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  291. They have to hold the territory in order to build the rail line which is why the rail line system is only successful within their own borders and not on foreign soil.
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  292. Brits can't hold their liquor in this drinking game. 😉
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  293. ASSEMBLED in China, NOT made there. That is a major difference!
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  294. @Christian Adams Mikayla (daughter) and Julian (son) means he had TWO children.
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  295.  @amc9329  Perhaps spelled Pon-Xi in China?
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  296. OOOOH - Just noticed you're at 11.1K subs now, Tony. Congrats and well deserved!!!
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  297. The What's App bots have targeted Tony again. I've scrolled through and reported most of these for now (you're welcome). To report, simply go to the right of the bot comment and hit the 3 vertical dots, hit "report," and select an option. I've been using "unsolicited commercial content or spam" for these.
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  298.  @lewgoogle5530  SOME do, but MANY do NOT. Yes, this has been changing over the past 10 years, but very slowly. And as someone already pointed out, even with a COI statement, there are those who fail to mention compromising situations.
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  299. For the people of the mainland, normal life must now seem like a dream half forgotten, which leaves you longing for something you can't have.
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  300. Cat litter? No wonder their eyes glow in the dark. And here I thought it was their demon core.
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  301. Ahhh, now we know the truth about the increase in the FDI. Thanks, Tony. I suspected there was something fishy about that and now we know what that something is.
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  302. 74K!
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  303. Ahhh, but families ARE stackable. The trick is to first place each member in a coffin (preferably wooden rectangular ones); then they stack quite nicely.
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  304. You’re at 90.9 since you recorded this! Wow, you’re really ramping up now. 100K, here we come!
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  305. I have no idea why your channel came up in my recommendations, but from the first one I watched about a month ago, I’ve been finding these videos VERY INTERESTING. Liked and subscribed!
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  306. Then think of it as “failing to measure up” to a basic level of morality needed for society to function well across generations.
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  307. Thank you so much for this special update, Tony. I hope you'll be able to enjoy the rest of your weekend!
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  308. If anyone cares, the nations at the summit were: "Leaders from Fiji, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, the Cook Islands, French Polynesia and New Caledonia are attending the two-day summit. Vanuatu and Nauru sent representatives, and Australia, New Zealand and the secretary-general of the Pacific Island Forum sent observers, according to the White House."
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  309. Also teen killer: I wanted to know what it feels like to kill someone while I'm still a juvenile (and the penalty will be very light).
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  310. The Chinese addiction to smoking opium was happening during the 1700s as well since several emperors were seeking to make it illegal as early as 1729. Chinese smugglers and colluding government officials were profiting from the addiction.
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  311. Check out Robert Lustig - "The Bitter Truth" - to learn the difference between how your body metabolizes the sugar in a whole piece of fruit versus how it metabolizes refined sugar. Fiber is key. The mechanism for sugar is easily overloaded and when it hits the liver, you're in trouble.
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  312. And the parents who were pressured with the “Do you want a trans kid or a dead kid?” argument. Awful for parents in custody battles when the law sides with the “gender affirming” parent over the parent with sense.
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  313. Hey, Tony, what's going on with the Commercial Paper situation in China? It's been a while since you mentioned it but weren't many suppliers for the property sector paid in that manner?
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  314. Just because the CCP would never ALLOW a crash doesn't mean that they will be ABLE to prevent one or make things worse in their attempts to fend off a crash.
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  315. I'm reminded of a couple of teenagers desperate to leave home and getting married so that they have someone else's money to spend. That never ends well.
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  316. With Chinese characteristics: “From each according to his ability, to CCP according to its greed."
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  317. This is a travesty! Everything they accuse President Trump of doing is only a projection of what the Democrats have done, including Obama and Clinton. God bless and protect President Trump!
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  318. I think they've invested in spambots - those seem to be proliferating.
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  319. There is no such thing as a "bubble that never pops." ALL bubbles pop eventually!
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  320. Buyer beware indeed! But try buying anything online these days and what do you get under product origin? "Imported" And that is for the finished product. There is no supply-chain transparency. I've been trying to avoid Chinese products for human rights reasons as well as product quality, but it is difficult to get info. It has gotten worse and I think that is because Chinese influence is trying to maintain product sales by hiding that products are Chinese made.
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  321. Yes, every response reminds me of a toddler throwing a tantrum.
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  322. The ability to "form and govern a team" is a talent in itself. Executive ability is nothing to be sneezed at.
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  323. Ah, you're at 35K today and it's about time. Sad that YouTube isn't pushing your channel. Congrats!
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  324. Chen Wenqing: Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese race Puzzled Me: Why then so many policies to decimate Chinese people? Is the dream about a phoenix rising from ashes?
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  325.  @TheJadeFist  When I first glanced at your comment, "won't serve out his term" made me automatically think "prison term." Joke Biden for Prison 2020!
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  326. The time off has done you good!
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  327. Perhaps it is the soft stance that has enabled the aggression?
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  328. And powerful people trying to grab more power.
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  329.  @AS-np3yq  They need Him, but it takes humility to realize it and I’m not seeing signs of humility yet, just a billion little gods each doing whatever is right in his own eyes, even to cheating and defrauding each other as much as they can get away with.
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  330. Likewise, I'm keeping my well-maintained 2010 Prius with its 170K. With the way the world is going, it should last me until "kingdom come."
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  331. I think it has to do with the ideology of "central planning." The entire idea of local autonomy is anathema. "Planning" is the excuse for a power grab by those with a god complex.
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  332. Wow, even BRICS is noticing and taking measures against the dumping!
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  333.  @DK-ev9dg  I read your comments every day and you have NEVER refuted anything Tony has said. Calling someone names isn’t refuting them. You NEVER provide any relevant, verifiable information so you’ve just PROVED that .
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  334. LOL - "Grueling 5-Day fast" - I've now been fasting for 14 days.
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  335. Love the inclusion of that graph showing China's property investment growth decline! Thanks, Tony. It's rather shocking, isn't it, to see it so clearly.
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  336. Was it a brave analysis or a feint published with the full blessings of the CCP? Why publish in the Economist for the English-speaking world rather than in Chinese on the mainland? Sus
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  337. I suspect there are many in your situation. Anyone with an internet connection can discover ex-Muslims who are sharing the truth. But most fear for their families if not themselves. Perhaps if enough wake up, the jihadis can be kept in check and people would no longer fear being labelled as an apostate.
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  338.  @UmbraWeiss  I doubt non-CCP party members would be promoted no matter how competent. If they find success outside of CCP blessings, they will soon experience a take-down through new policies aimed at punishing their success.
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  339. The answer was that neither would be good for the CCP ambitions; the distaste for CCP is bipartisan.
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  340. Q: How are we going to end all these lockdowns? A: Let's call them something else!
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  341. "...where the smartest way to survive is to go back to being voiceless."
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  342. @Edward Tew Sorry, but I've seen the same thing from childless people. I suspect that the real difference is the "carefree" teenagers are spending their parents' money rather than their own earnings.
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  343. Wow! A Sunday special!!! Thanks, Tony.
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  344. Wow, 3.6 million residents were impacted because of JUST ONE CASE. Pandemic Pooh must be so happy!
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  345. Today's quote from the "State-run Global Times" is quite shocking - like claiming to "still need" a toothache to solve your problems.
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  346. Consider including "Peak Prosperity." I've been following their coverage over a month, and like this doctor, he's been doing a fabulous job. If our leaders had listened to these two, we wouldn't be in our current situation. It didn't have to be this way!
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  347.  @ndorobei4391  NOT always - that's just your own bias being revealed.
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  348. 9 out of 10 small business owners don't think they'll survive based on a survey that I heard about.
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  349.  @Pentagathusosaurus  It's not the job of the NRA to "organize uprisings" - only to ensure the 2nd amendment rights of citizens.
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  350. Also “About time!"
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  351. We deplorable chumps never get tired of WINNING!
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  352. I also enjoy the comments section and usually read every comment each day, at least all those posted by the time I finish the video.
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  353. One-size-fits-all is usually a bad “fit” and the same is true of requiring everyone to go down a prescribed path. We need to be free to choose the best option suitable to a region's geography, climate, and available resources.
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  354. China has set the barn on fire while hoping to attract foreign horses. SMH
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  355. Wow! Shockingly large declines in property values in prime areas. I’d gotten the impression that the Tier 1 locations were stable, but 15% in Shanghai and 25% near Alibaba’s location is HUGE! If it’s truly that bad in these locations, how far have the values of non-prime locations fallen?!
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  356. Who is Xi?
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  357. But, but . . . it’s glass with CHINESE CHARACTERISTICS! How dare it even think of breaking against the Emperor’s orders!
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  358. "...judgment made by epidemiological professionals according to national standards" - What a chilling statement!
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  359.  @DK-ev9dg  Why have you assumed that “you all wanted the demise of China?” Did someone plant that idea in your head? Who do you think wants you to believe that? Why do you suppose they would like for you to assume that?
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  360. I think it's more likely to go the other way. You don't limit an evil regime by supporting it.
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  361. Another is having a job where they don’t pay you for several months - just a form of slavery without visible chains.
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  362. Rolls out of bed, China on his mind!
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  363. The old man who just wanted enough money to eat is heartbreaking. When the camera backed away, you could see that his legs are sticks and he truly hasn’t been eating well in quite some time.
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  364.  @alanparsonsfan  Better to report than ignore. The more these get reported, the more likely YouTube will finally address the issue of these scam bots. Just go to the right of the comment and click on the 3 vertical dots to report.
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  365. I'm growing concerned about farmers globally because of governments following the WEF agenda. Now is NOT the time to be doing this as it will throw gasoline on an already precarious global food situation. I watched a very interesting interview between Jordan Peterson and Michael Yon and learned of something called "second wave famine" where farmers have either gone bankrupt, found it too unprofitable to continue farming, or their harvests pillaged by hungry people. It is a deeply concerning situation, and not only in China.
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  366. Hi, Tony. Before I even listen to this video, I'm going to ask you to cover in a future video the pay cuts to civil servants (I've heard between 25%-50% cuts!) and any projections on how this will impact the banking and property sectors? Does China have anything in the way of bankruptcy protections? How can people possibly hope to make their financial commitments with such large pay declines and how many people are being impacted by these pay reductions? And with so many recent graduates testing for civil service positions, how is this impacting their hopes for the future. It seems this "iron rice bowl" has been put into a smelter!
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  367.  @taiwanisacountry  Much of what the CCP does, especially under Xi, doesn’t make much sense.
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  368. First!
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  369. "That's what Elon would do."
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  370. Hey, Tony, I heard that the health care industry in China is now beginning a "corruption crackdown.” What’s going on in that sector?
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  371. 0:58 "134 city-level areas"
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  372. Enron with Chinese characteristics.
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  373. Let's review some GROUCHO Marx: "The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made." CCP seems to have read the wrong Marx.
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  374. Excellent advice. I rode my bike for 2 years to my community college while living at home and working part time. Having a job while going to school is a reality check. I dropped out after 2 years to work full time, but when I finally did transfer for a degree, it was for a career that required one and at a time when job prospects in that field were strong. I knew exactly what I was getting myself into in a way no HS student possibly could.
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  375.  @debbiesmith8248  Wow! So the craziness continues. SMH
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  376. China and Russia "injecting stability!" OMG - that made me laugh.
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  377. Forward to what? Progress is only progress if it is going in the right direction. When the blind lead the blind, they both fall into the ditch!
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  378. But "its own loan policies" are intended to entrap other nations in debt.
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  379. 2020 - the year when learning about past disasters makes me feel better!
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  380. Michael Pettis nails it again!
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  381.  @TruthTeller8888  The Voldemorts - those who cannot be named.
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  382. Selling from Evergrande to Everbright sounds like wishful thinking to me.
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  383. "Imaginary numbers" get a new definition when talking about anything done by the CCP and cadres. In their case, the "i" is for ideology. "i" will make any number imaginary!
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  384. The younger generation is more educated and isn't willing to take the kinds of jobs that their parents would have been happy taking. They have a two-fold problem: college graduates can't find jobs AND factories can't find workers!
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  385. "... skeptical it would receive unfettered access." EXACTLY what I was thinking.
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  386.  @davidpeppert9168  Even those won’t stay in the trough when they realize there’s no longer any food there.
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  387. If the inheritance is large enough, someone could live off of it for quite a while but the situation is still unsustainable, especially when badly invested and spending too freely on “looking rich.” That is the China you are missing.
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  388. Knowing what you shared about penalties for being late, it makes it that much more noble when they take the time to help someone in need! Truly next-level heroism.
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  389. I thought the same thing.
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  390. As opposed to CCP propaganda? I'll take the Falun Gong version because at least FG value truthfulness, compassion, and forbearance. The CCP only values continuation of CCP power.
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  391. I can't understand why people who live in monsoon areas don't build homes that are boats and could float during the yearly flood season. So many lives and possessions would be spared each year.
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  392. Just one more example of how Islam deals with the “kafir” (their pejorative term for non-Muslims). Though there are peaceful Muslims, those aren’t the ones who understand what Mohammed taught and take their religion seriously. Those terrorists and the one’s who push for sharia law-those are the true representatives of what the religion is all about. And be aware that they are permitted to lie to the “kafir” in order to further their cause of conquering the whole world for Islam. Take note - you’ve been warned!
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  393. Not even close to the bottom. How overbuilt was Ontario’s housing stock? I doubt it was anywhere close to the excess on mainland China.
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  394. "Persistence is victory!" - while beating one's head against a brick wall. Sure, SOMETHING will eventually break!
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  395. OMG - FIRST!!!!
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  396. Especially when you control a firewall to prevent people from realizing that they've been manipulated.
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  397. Blame Putin for provoking/invading Ukraine and not surrendering.
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  398. It appears the lockdowns have relieved the police of their relentless pursuit of grooming gangs and they now have nothing better to do than harass people who want to exercise in nature, away from others, after being cooped up in their flats.
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  399. 65K! Congrats, Tony, on another milestone.
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  400.  @SupersuMC  Kick 'em when they're up, kick 'em when they're down!
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  401. Jerry Richardson -10 Zadaw - 0
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  402. 28K - congrats, Tony!
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  403. Not just postponing, but compounding the devastation when it does occur.
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  404. Jonathan Brown, the CCP's clown
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  405. Why test? We already can predict what a brutal, authoritarian regime could do with this stuff!
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  406.  @jaydee6268  Like all things in CCP China, it probably depends on who you know and how well you can pay them.
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  407. The population is in decline but they still have problems with underemployment and "flexible work" so I don't think they will turn to tech for a while. The CCP seems to be extremely slow in recognizing and responding to problems.
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  408. Below are the 15 countries that supplied 100% of the rice imported by China during 2020. Vietnam: US$451,874,000 (31% of China’s total rice imports) Myanmar: $324,046,000 (22.2%) Thailand: $242,324,000 (16.6%) Pakistan: $187,333,000 (12.8%) Cambodia: $158,444,000 (10.9%) Laos: $52,273,000 (4%) Taiwan: $38,430,000 (2.63%) Japan: $2,930,000 (0.20%) India: $1,467,000 (0.10%) Russia: $67,000 (0.005%) South Korea: $42,000 (0.003%) United States: $31,000 (0.0021%) China: $30,000 (0.0021%) Philippines: $3,000 (0.0002%) Italy: $1,000 (0.0001%) If China's rice bowls are filled with "Chinese rice," they must consider those 15 countries to be part of their kingdom in need of liberation!
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  409. Much depends on how a person spends their leisure time. More social media or porn sites would be bad for mental health and relationships.
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  410. When your social credit score is in jeopardy, only those with little left to lose will reply honestly. It would be almost suicidal to speak the truth!
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  411. Acknowledging the pollution (by spending to clean it up) would be shameful for "perfect" and "wise" CCP.
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  412. My name is Elma Fudd, millionaiwe, I own a mansion and a yacht!
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  413. In junior high, I had a classmate who would get a “five o’clock shadow” at 15. He’d carry a briefcase instead of a backpack so the unsuspecting would mistake him for a teacher - great fun when we had a sub!
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  414. Iced salted caramel latte AND a Tony Sunday special? Wow, what an awesome start to a new week! Take care of yourself Tony and thanks for all your work. You've really got a knack for pulling the important China news and creating a concise summary. We love ya for that.
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  415.  @mrnobody3161  And that immaturity is now compounded with educational systems that do a poor job of teaching critical thinking (if teaching this at all)!
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  416. ​ @skydragon23101979  I doubt that is how you solve structural issues. Can you provide any examples of economies that have solved such issues in that manner? Or perhaps we're understanding just what the structural issues are differently. For example, if you think the problem is simply the balance between economic sectors, that may work, but that's not what I see as a structural issue since such things self-correct in a free-market so arguably wouldn't be structural.
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  417. Red flag: The auditors leave when they know the company won't be able to pay them.
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  418. Unless you're bartering for Vodka!
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  419. The "evangelical left" really got me. I never saw it that way before, but the label fits them perfectly. They're trying to convert everyone to their way of thinking.
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  420. And the more mistakes they make, the more entrenched, compounded, and systemic the problems become.
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  421.  @Hmongboi228  It’s only a sacrifice if it’s important to you. Laying down your own life is a sacrifice; taking someone else’s is murder.
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  422. I've been getting Onion interspersed with Veratsium and Twilight Zone.
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  423.  @legenda4341  You didn't listen to the Xi quote in this video, huh? It starts at around 3:37.
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  424.  @michaelmaroney1660  Yes, a perfect example of the Dunning-Kruger effect combined with narcissistic personality disorder on a national scale.
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  425. That last woman? I bet during parent conferences, she insists her kids are little angels who would never be disruptive or troublemakers. I bet she will continue to spout that lie because having her kids suspended would inconvenience her.
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  426. The analysis in the last segment seemed outdated. The battle lines have shifted and Russian interest bank rates are now at 18%. What I found interesting was that the Chinese scholars original warnings seemed spot on. The switch seems puzzling and I can only speculate that they’re based on too much questionable information from Russia.
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  427. Not entirely the same lifestyle though, is it? I mean who had subscription services 8 years ago and now it's hard to avoid them so we end up forever renting what we used to just buy once. How many of the things we bought 8 years ago are now obsolete and the available replacements are "smart" versions that require a monthly fee for the service that goes with them?
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  428.  @DavidKD2050  "a week of lockdown now" - isn't that how Shanghai began?
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  429. I love the lower border where you track the big points that will be covered! Great idea!!!
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  430. Congrats on the sponsor and the seamless transition to the sponsored content!
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  431. The DELAY in entering the job market for so many young people will also have negative lasting consequences, especially in such a rapidly aging population. Fertility declines with age. By the time one has a job, feels stable in their employment, is ready to marry, and finds a partner, the likelihood of having a healthy child, let alone more than one, becomes increasingly questionable.
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  432.  @hanfucolorful9656  China 37, USA 35; China 1.4 Billion people (if you believe the CCP), USA 345 Million; Number of US medals as a percentage of the population leaves China in the dust! Also, China gold/silver/bronze 88, USA gold/silver/bronze 116
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  433. Rapid economic growth is like the condition of acromegaly when too much growth hormone is present in the body - if left untreated, there is an increase in both morbidity and mortality. An "economic miracle" is simply an economic disease that hasn't yet been diagnosed and is not something to aspire to achieve. A healthy, steady growth should be the goal.
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  434. Massive flooding and EVs go so well together! Just wait until the rescue vehicles are EV!
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  435. Very true. Many of their projects remind me of a Hollywood set - nothing behind the facade.
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  436. The Q3 economic data must be REALLY bad, much worse than anticipated, not just low growth, but GDP contraction.
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  437. It's more than just a money issue when you're living under the boot of an oppressive regime!
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  438. I couldn’t help but laugh out loud at that 10-minute “rally” of stock prices. And all gains lost in the next 20 minutes? Looks like people who wanted to sell took quick advantage!
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  439.  @themillera9  You are right. I've never worked around hazardous chemicals. Much has been learned (I hope) from these disasters. 🤞
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  440. Woo hoo - 12.1 K now! This channel is gaining momentum.
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  441. If 74% of my income went to paying interest on debt, I would not be able to sleep at night! In fact, I'd probably have difficulty sleeping if even 10% of my income went to interest payment, so I don't know HOW they could have let it ever get that bad?!
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  442. The only thing missing is "hidden camera" footage of what she's REALLY like at home with her kids.
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  443. Milestone reached! Congrats, Tony. I hope this will help your channel obtain more add revenue.
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  444. No, not that kind of “stability.” People want a proper system in place to remove those in government who prove themselves inept, proper freedom of information to know when leaders are screwing things up, proper guarantees of human rights that the government isn’t allowed to infringe, safety FROM power-hungry leaders, ability to sanction so as not to feed evil regimes, etc. China’s vision is ANYTHING BUT POSITIVE.
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  445. LOL - I love it!
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  446. Algorithm comment!
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  447. That is a chill panda!
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  448. OOOOH, A MAP! Love the addition of this. Thanks, Tony!
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  449.  @allnighter2011  Classic characteristics of a sociopath!
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  450. Doesn’t matter how high a down payment was made - when the property remains unbuilt, it’s still what amounts to an unsecured loan. I suspect most economists simply have no idea about how things are done differently in China.
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  451.  @rosascarlet5079  I've seen family trees that show Ahkenaten married to both Nefertiti AND Younger Lady with Tut the son of the Younger Lady.
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  452. Who's buying the local government bonds?
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  453. Except when your mortgage is on a unbuilt property or debt for a business that is operating at a loss - then it’s not normal and very much a cause for concern!
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  454. Agreed. These rating agencies always seem to close the barn door only AFTER the horse escape is being openly talked about by everyone in the neighborhood.
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  455.  @craigshagin5506  Fear not! The Chinese culture will survive as long as Taiwan does.
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  456. I'd like to know if there is a divide between CCP member unemployment versus that for non-party members!
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  457. CSIS should have asked Tony of China Update to include an essay. Now THAT would have made the report worthwhile!
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  458.  @ThePrikly  I disagree. China has 600 million people still living in poverty defined as 1000 yuan per month or less. Other large economies have much better productivity - GDP per capita - than China does. China has major environmental degradation to overcome because of the CCP's pursuit of "growth at all costs" combined with systemic corruption. And the education being promoted should be relabeled as indoctrination since critical thinking and innovation are discouraged. Political stability is detrimental when those in power act like fools because of hubris.
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  459. Best wishes for a successful venture! It's good to get out while you can, especially with what I've heard about passports getting cut.
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  460. Actually, it didn't. The epidemic of smallpox was WORSE in the areas where people got vaccinated. What ended the epidemic was having people who had survived smallpox be the ones taking care of those who came down with the illness -- in other words, quarantine ended the smallpox outbreaks, NOT vaccinations.
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  461. LOL -- great catch.
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  462. Thousands? Try millions!
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  463.  @thomasd4738  Using the dog's excrement to pelt the white suits comes to my mind!
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  464. They can look to mainland China for that - very great income disparity and 60% of the population earns just 1000 yuan per month or less, so definitely constrained by low wages.
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  465. Even with the special plates, I wouldn't cross that bridge without wearing a life vest and keeping all the windows open!
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  466. Yes. He has an uncanny ability to cut through the BS to get to the very heart of the matter.
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  467. I hope Biden's "gaffes" start to include openly admitting all his crimes while speaking in public with the cameras running live.
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  468. A Sunday special. Nice! Getting myself a tasty coffee beverage now before I jump in.
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  469.  @i6power30  Who’s demonizing the Chinese people? The saying, "All that’s needed for evil to prosper is for good people to do nothing" applies to EVERY race. Submitting to evil just to safeguard yourself a little longer (because it always fails to bring safety in the long run) is cowardly and shortsighted.
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  470.  @charleswomack2166  The four national languages of Switzerland are GERMAN, French, Italian, and Romansh.
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  471. Corruption with "Chinese characteristics!"
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  472. Excellent reporting as always.
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  473. CCP's HSR ambitions are the poster child for "throwing good money after bad."
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  474. Well, at least the funerals and cremation businesses are doing great!
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  475.  philajfran  No. Capitalism lets failing things fail - propping up failures is a mark of socialism. This is why there are so many "zombie corporations" in China.
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  476.  @alanbudde8560  Why are you “sure they will manage to feed their people”? History would say otherwise.
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  477. Well, I suppose a historically large bonfire could be described as "glorious beyond compare."
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  478. Good job, Daniel Lee! Being debt free has helped me weather the various economic upheavals that have occurred over the years.
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  479. No where near comparable. Many nations have aging populations and debt. Each is handling it differently. One big difference between US and China is immigration. That will be interesting to watch!
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  480. The "cultural revolution" obliterated the beauty of Chinese culture and substituted loyalty to the CCP. Fortunately, there are still pockets of resistance who have retained the ancient wisdom.
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  481.  @bernieanders2868  Do you honestly believe they weren't do whatever training they could even during lockdown? Ordinary people were working out on Zoom and using YouTube videos, but professionals would just sit around? Really?
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  482. @Elias Håkansson Locusts waiting in the wings!
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  483. I’d love for Walmart to source more of their items from places other than China!
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  484.  @TheJaguarthChannel  Any proof that is what Obama did? Honestly, it seems Judicial Watch is fighting tooth and nail just for basics like cleaning voter registration rolls and upholding voter ID in states requiring them, so I find it hard to believe Obama did anything to "combat" fraud. If anything "commit" seems to be more accurate.
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  485. The one-child policy has resulted in very small families and when you're confined to an apartment with no food and everyone in your family dies, who will report it?
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  486.  @robertduluth8994  That happens under all economic systems. The failings have to do with human nature. BTW it's hard to find a "real" example of any economic system. Seems like every nation has moved toward a mixed economy - some more socialist and some more capitalist, but still mixed. The CCP certainly has the powerful manipulating the system for their own benefit as did the former USSR and Venezuela. I do think communism can work in very small, limited situations like within a tribe or an Israeli kibbutz - in other words, it needs to be voluntary rather than compelled. I also think capitalism can work when the sizes of businesses are limited to avoid corporatism and transnational - there needs to be true competition to avoid the "too big to fail" bailouts.
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  487.  @jaydee6268  Your comment was lost on me but I suspect you’re being your usual clever self!
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  488. Tony’s been living in China for at least 5 years now. He’s smart enough to see behind the facade.
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  489. Even with that excellent demonstration, I couldn't feel any pulse. I must be dead.
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  490. Many wumao are active in the comment section this morning.
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  491. The mirth in Tony’s eyes when he says “geo-strategic” always puts a smile on my face!
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  492. Iron maiden torture device comes to mind at that comment!
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  493. I must remind myself that the absolute value of -5% is still 5%.
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  494. I’m beginning to think that a lack of understanding economic cause-and-effect is a prerequisite to embracing communism.
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  495. It sounds like the Central Council members got tired of having their businesses not get paid by SOEs and local governments. But honestly, needing to order these entities to pay their obligations is shocking to me.
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  496.  @kevinyaucheekin1319  In America we have different share classes (common stock versus preferred for example) and the investor can weigh risk versus return for those different classes and CHOOSE. That is altogether different from having the preferential treatment done at a whim.
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  497. Per Wikipedia: The Baker-Gorbachev negotations between then Secretary of State of the United States, James Baker, and then General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev were informal commitments allegedly reached in February 1990 by these countries, in the context of German reunification, according to which a unified Germany might enter NATO while the alliance would not expand to any other country of the Eastern Bloc. The existence of these agreements is debated. Gorbachev has at times defended it and at others denied it.
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  498.  @ccdogpark  Not forgetting in order to properly DEFEND yourself is smart, but to assume that they will be the aggressors in the future is projecting your OWN nature upon others!
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  499. We are grateful that Tony has that "sense of duty" - Thanks, Tony!
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  500. From videos I've seen of some of these camps, she was in one of the better ones - and still said it was unfit for humans.
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  501. " . . . as stable as a drunk on a unicycle" - nice turn of phrase that describes very well.
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  502. I don’t think anything like that has ever happened anywhere else but China or at any other time. There is no precedent against which to compare.
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  503. Faulty? How many bridges in China can withstand being rammed by a container ship?
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  504.  @larryc1616  There is no way that China’s is only 90%. Remember that they overstate their GDP AND that much of their debt is “unofficial” as in hidden debt that has become known but not yet officially acknowledged.
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  505. Some of us like it, but more importantly, it keeps Tony safe by making it clear that he's just reporting what others have stated and not his own opinions. When you're located in China, you can't be too safe.
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  506. As long as the CCP is in power, I don't see how any improvement in relations can occur.
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  507. CCP gives a whole new definition to "imaginary numbers."
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  508. Or a movie, "Saturday Night Fever Clinic" staring Zhan Travolta?
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  509.  @skydragon23101979  The ROC retreated to Taiwan so as not to be under CCP rule. You must be getting your information from the Chinese state media. Surveys I've seen state that 9 out of 10 Taiwanese WANT independence. The numbers have been growing after seeing what has happened in Hong Kong.
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  510. @Quentin Styger You're hanging with the wrong crowd. The temptation toward this is the human problem; giving in to it is a choice.
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  511. We can hope, but I’d never wager any money on Chinese construction or maintenance quality.
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  512.  @skydragon23101979  I think the diversifying is merely the first step, allowing these new suppliers to ramp up production.
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  513. That is definitely one of your better ones!
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  514. Another cool "man cave" out in the wild.
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  515. I don’t think they will “bottom out” until they’re back to 1970 levels.
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  516.  @davidcooper9825  Everyone except the CCP elites, unfortunately. If they felt the pain they were inflicting, they might actually make different choices.
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  517. I can understand wanting to be free of T1 diabetes, but the question is really "what's the trade-off?" What horrible condition might result from the edit? The problem is that WE DON'T KNOW the downstream effects and these edits would be passed on to future generations of humanity, so it wouldn't affect only you. What if the edit predisposed you and all you're future offspring (and their offspring and their offspring and their offspring, etc.) to getting Alzheimer's at 30? Or Parkinson's? Or something else awful? DNA should stand for Do Not Assume. As a friend of mine once stated, "better the devil you know than the devil you don't."
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  518. I don't think things would go back to the way they were at this point. Too much economic damage. Much manufacturing has now moved elsewhere. The last 2-1/2 years have been a wake-up call to many. It would be like expecting someone who had both legs amputated at the knee to go back to daily running without providing them with any prosthetics.
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  519. The strongly belligerent tone seems to be the only tone they know. The arrogance is shocking, no matter how many times I hear it!
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  520. I'd argue that the fall of the property developers won't be "triggering" a wider systemic crisis so much as REVEALING the wider systemic issues.
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  521.  @Bawdale  WAS greater and energy costs are going up in China as well. More companies are moving their manufacturing and supply chains away from China and many more are just waiting for contracts to end so they can do so. Japan has even incentivized companies to move out of China. India, Vietnam, and Mexico are the big winners as these relocate. PLUS, they are ALREADY defaulting! You have local governments losing money from land-use sales and resorting to LGFVs, the property sector is in serious financial difficulty and that sector accounts for 25-30% of China's GDP, 80% of China's urban household wealth is in real estate so consumption will likely decline. Companies favored China hoping to tap the 1.4 billion potential consumers, but the transition to a consumption-based economy didn't happen when times were good, and it sure isn't going to happen now with "flexible employment" and household property wealth evaporating.
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  522. China is the world's largest agricultural IMPORTER, so hardly a "powerhouse in food production."
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  523. Perfect reading of that exchange at the end of the video, just the right amount of hemming and hawing by the Chinese diplomat to convey the awkwardness without being over the top.
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  524. Plus no respect for women within their denomination. Look what the taliban is doing to women in Afghanistan or anyplace that comes under the sway of the imams/ayatollahs.
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  525. Good thing that the funeral home staff detected the person as still alive! It's the nursing home that screwed this one up - and it's upsetting that the "nurses" couldn't recognize life while the morticians could!
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  526. As in the days of Noah, "And יהוה saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.” Genesis 6:5
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  527. Stabilizing the economy? More like trying to RESTART the economy when all fuel has been siphoned out.
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  528.  @echoeversky  Fools Russian where angels fear to tread!
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  529. And that’s the CCP “charm offensive!” I see the offensive part, but where’s the charm?
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  530. A better description would be calm and unemotional - which given how emotional people can be regarding China, is a refreshing change and a nitch that needs to be filled. This is why we love Tony's channel.
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  531. The Sun is like: The dinosaurs you're burning for fuel met their end at MY hands, Human!
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  532. 50 years is a very generous estimate! Do you really think we have that long?
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  533. Respect and admiration for Tsai Ing-wen. Xi however 🙄seems delusional.
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  534.  @taiwanisacountry  It's the "without giving up an inch" that is so impressive! She is an iron hand in a velvet glove.
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  535. Pettis usually has the top quote in my opinion, but today he was outdone by the quote from Rosen at the end.
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  536. FYI: The spambots have targeted Tony again with a copy of his China Update logo and a WhatsApp number. I've gone through and reported each comment, but if you're new to this channel, know that Tony would NEVER do that.
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  537. I don't think an oil field is easy to run unless you mean to "run it into the ground" like Venezuela.
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  538. They thought the world would kowtow to the "world's factory." They were surprised to find out that they need us more than we need them.
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  539. Makes me wonder what happens when people buy stock in the companies whose products/services they actually use. Would you want to maximize the stock value or maximize your satisfaction when you use that product or service? When quality goes down, wouldn't you both sell the stock AND take your business to the competition? Seems a decline is quality is a lose/lose situation.
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  540. 70% is far from "almost" and 60% of their people still earn less than 1000 yuan per month.
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  541. Wow, even Tier 1 cities are having their housing sales hit hard. Beijing declining 64% YoY is shocking!
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  542. Transparency and following the rule of law are also needed.
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  543. That isn't what I got out of his comment, but rather that the opening of travel will make it harder for people to believe the CCP propaganda. Foreigners will bring real information from outside the firewall. Also, those who visit and leave will have more "eyes on the ground" intel to report when they leave China again.
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  544. It's been a while since I've been this early. I didn't even get my notification yet, but searched for you!
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  545. Because the Moon rotates at the same rate as its orbital motion, a special case of tidal locking called synchronous rotation means the moon keeps the same face toward earth. So although it rotates, it DOES have a far/dark side.
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  546. Preparing a feast for a thousand people when you don’t have any friends to invite and only ten people who will trust you enough to attend?
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  547. Wikipedia has something on education in China and there is a problem with the vocational education system. If I recall correctly, people see it as a dead end while employers see those trained in these schools as sub-par workers.
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  548. It's much easier to dodge any curveballs that the future throws your way when you're debt free!
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  549. I rode my bike for 2 years to my community college while living at home and working part time. Having a job while going to school is a reality check. I dropped out after 2 years to work full time, but when I finally did transfer for a degree, it was for a career that required one and at a time when job prospects in that field were strong. I knew exactly what I was getting myself into in a way no HS student possibly could.
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  550. As he quotes from the "State-run Global Times" - yeah, that's an "Anglo View" on China. 🙄
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  551.  @strategery101  It's far more than ignorance. It's indoctrination, propaganda, fraud and corruption.
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  552. This channel doesn't deal in speculation such as "potential positive." What if Xi gets struck by lightening? There is your potential positive!
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  553. Having to continually replace poor quality products ends up costing more in the long run, too, and increases the garbage in landfills.
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  554.  @ThorsMartell  There is much truth to what you wrote, but the US didn't nuke Japan "just to test a new weapon" but to put an end to the war - which it did. Why Japan? The Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor is what got the US into WWII.
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  555.  @DK-ev9dg  If you’re “100% sure,” than you’re 100% wrong.
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  556. Eggnog in my coffee on this chilly this morning. Pairs well with an episode of CU!
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  557. Something like 30% of China's GDP is based on real estate, so decreasing the price of housing will further lower their GDP. As it now stands, China is the #2 economy ONLY because of their large population, but the GDP per capita is actually quite low - they rank #100 out of 226 nations. If you lower the price of housing, it would lower the GDP and further lower their global standing.
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  558. Devaluing the yuan will not be good for their needed food and fuel imports.
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  559.  @foxooo  All the US needs to do is remove their naval protection from the shipments if the Saudis go to yuan. Then the Chinese and Saudis can fight over who's responsible for the shipments that get pirated.
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  560. Major brain drain - I hope they'll be ABLE to get out. I heard passports are being seized and even destroyed, but don't know who is being affected by this.
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  561. Definitely the primary target is the domestic audience, but having these translated to English is very valuable to be aware of the CCP narrative!
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  562. Yep, Pettis nails it yet again.
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  563. I think that a lack of understanding economic cause-and-effect is a prerequisite to embracing communism.
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  564. "The Chinese would run at live fire" only in movies. The true bravery (or lack thereof) of the "little emperors" remains to be seen.
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  565. A hot mess! Self-immolation with Chinese characteristics.
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  566. BYOB - Bring Your Own Bailout
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  567. GIGO - garbage in, garbage out - would make any model that relies on politically sanctioned “information” doomed to fail.
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  568. @ Big difference between “completely unbiased” versus INTENTIONALLY biased to favor the CCP.
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  569. Xi is he?
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  570. Could some of those "factory outputs" be due to factories closing and selling off their equipment or shipping them to surrounding nations in search of better conditions? I'm now seeing only a fraction of items that previously were "made in China" still bearing that label. The greater amount is now coming from Vietnam, India, Pakistan, and Mexico from my observations.
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  571. Not so crazy IMO
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  572. I always look forward to your videos, Tony. You've become my first source for information on what's developing in China and the top channel that I recommend.
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  573. If they knew, they'd be out already!
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  574. How can you have "potential for amazing growth" with collapsing demographics?
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  575. Truth! China's getting a seat on the UN human rights committee is HORRIFYING!
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  576. Life without parole is more mercy than she showed her daughter since she will be fed and kept hydrated.
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  577. According to some, China's population has already peaked and the official government figure of 1.4 billion is overstated by as much as 200 million. China is reluctant to cede the "most populous nation" title to India. I think Peter Ziehan was the source on this.
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  578. I wish I could tell that 50-year-old man in Shanghai that they aren't a "laughingstock" - for many of us who are aware of the situation, we're angry at the CCP and grieving for those who are being hurt by all this arrogant foolishness. It's my hope that this situation will cause enough people in China to wake up and overthrow that evil regime!
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  579. I suspect Xi’s insulted that he wasn’t called “emperor” or “god."
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  580.  StuArt Ish  So true. The UN gave China a seat on the Human Rights Council. Like WTF?!!! Talk about a fox guarding the henhouse.
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  581.  @Tom-lw5oq  I've been praying for months that he'd get a landslide victory and a supermajority of support in both the House and Senate. With God, all things are possible. Would I bet? No, because I trust God's superior wisdom to vet my prayers and override anything that isn't right. I didn't vote in the 2016 election and didn't follow politics at all until I "heard" God direct me to pray for Trump's safety after he was elected, so I believe Trump has been raised up for the good of God's people just like Cyrus the Persian or Esther. I don't think God's finished with him yet - there're still a LOT of swamps to be drained!
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  582. "24 million people per day will be ignoring this advice" - Did anyone else find that funny?
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  583. 300 pound toddler - the heft of a world power and the maturity of a developing country
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  584. Ending US-PRC trade would certainly get my approval! I’ve been avoiding “made in China” for years so it would make life easier.
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  585. Congrats on the sponsor! What a very appropriate one for this episode!
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  586. Even Japan-style stagnation is wishful thinking - Japan grew rich BEFORE it grew old.
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  587. History. There were viewers who denied that geostrategic is a real word and others who upheld it. After a couple of videos with a different intro that skipped using it (and complaints by those who missed it), it’s now back to stay. That little twinkle in Tony’s eyes when he says geostrategic alway puts a smile on my face!
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  588. I was thinking along similar lines. Only those who have managed to retain some savings in the face of the high inflation could possibly benefit, but they already have better options by holding preciousl metals or foreign currency. And for those who live from paycheck-to-paycheck receive absolutely no protection. Plus, how many may have depleted what little savings they may have had because of the inflation?
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  589.  @drumpfdon760  No need to be any of those things. Many who've lived in China have spoken out once they no longer need to fear for their social credit scores. Some brave people upload even from within China.
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  590. Ah, the 70s: Double-digit inflation, gas rationing, and lay offs. My dad went through a series of layoffs because of “last in, first out” where being among the newest hires would be one of the first to be laid off. We kids knew we’d be “tightening our belts” again - a signal not to ask for ANYTHING. Fortunately my parents were smart about budgeting and spending (they were teenagers in Europe during WWII and knew how to make do), so no lasting harm from a very trying time. Not everyone can say that.
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  591. Kind of like a movie set - all for show.
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  592. Someone doesn’t understand the word China in the title of this video?
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  593.  @markepping1410  Maybe everywhere, but not everywhere equally. True market economies will self-correct, mixed economies will at least partially correct, and centrally-mandated economies will be the victims of corrupted information as each person along the transmission chain tries to look good regardless of how bad the reality is.
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  594. Really? After reading your comment, I took a second look. If you think that is at all dramatic, you're crazy!
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  595.  @beckyconstantinides2546  Not just Western; greed (enthusiasm) is a common trait among humans.
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  596. If only word salad were healthy to consume!
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  597. "Every policy action has a reaction," often an unintended one. How long can the policy whack-a-mole continue?
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  598.  @taiwanisacountry  He isn’t comparing the Philippines with Taiwan. He’s saying the CCP is testing to see how much bullying in the area that the CCP can get away with before the response becomes more than a mere finger wag and “don’t be naughty” from the international community.
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  599.  @taiwanisacountry  I disagree that it is an American-centric view. The Hague adjudicated in favor of the Philippines. The CCP is encroaching on international waters both with the Philippines and the Straight of Taiwan. This goes beyond “invading Taiwan” but has to do with global trade routes. You’ve rightly stated that any territorial gains would embolden the CCP - and that is precisely what the first poster was stating. The sad fact is that the media simply isn’t covering the situation in the Philippines or perhaps people would care more about the CCP aggression.
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  600. Funerals and cremation are looking good for the foreseeable future.
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  601. Unwritten social contracts aren't worth the paper they're written on!
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  602. I would love to know if that 27% is equally distributed between CCP party members or if the likelihood of finding a job depends upon party membership!
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  603.  @skydragon23101979  The only reason that we HAVE global trade is because of the US policing the shipping lanes so that anyone can ship anywhere at any time without sending an armed guard to protect their goods. There is just no way that China can limit their ambitions to mere trade. AND if all China wants is trade, then they should be more friendly to their trading partners (trade that is equal and free, respect of IP, etc.) rather than all the saber rattling.
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  604. It can be taken two ways, either what the people are now expecting, or the new demands that will be placed on the people. Perhaps it was intended to be vague?
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  605. Marshmallow suits and testing paraphernalia may be the only good investment opportunity for the Chinese people! A Marshmallow Bubble - how big will it grow?
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  606. Oh, the weather outside is frightful But the fire is so delightful And since we've no place to go (If only I would make “morning coffee and China Update” fit the next line of the song!)
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  607.  @jimdoe9827  The real question is what the CCP will do to make this scenario possible. Based on what they did in Hong Kong, Taiwan would be very foolish to believe any promises made. Let Taiwan continue having the type of freedoms and government that they currently enjoy. If you want to be/remain free, sometimes you must fight.
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  608. While Russia threatens nukes and cozies up to Iran who would love to have some? Non-escalation is the best option at this time. Disarmament will not create detente unless everyone does and (important point) is TRUSTWORTHY.
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  609. Thank you, panda-level supporter, from free-loading retiree.
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  610. Ah, I've been waiting for that 30K to show up. Congratulation! I suspect you would have had it sooner if it wasn't for the YouTub shenanigans of unsubscribing people that happened earlier, but even that couldn't take the wind out of your sails for long. Stellar work, Tony!!!
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  611.  @dark_fire_ice  An atheistic regime in need of a miracle! 🤣🤣🤣
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  612. Good catch!
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  613. As solid as the bowel movement of a very constipated person!
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  614.  @timbassett9766  As she said, "everything is the fault of America" for HELPING everybody. So when America begins to withdraw from the global stage, Russia invades Ukraine and China has no checks for invading Taiwan.
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  615. Please let us know of your future plans when changing industries so we can end our investments before the CCP tanks that one as well! 😉
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  616. We should check back later today. I bet if YT hadn't done the "unsubscribing" last week, he'd be at 25K already.
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  617. Exactly. And when a male is finally able to accomplish this, he will likely opt for a younger female which leaves those who are older, yet still of childbearing age out of the equation for the most part. The 2.1 children per woman are based on a population that is gender balanced, which is not the case in China where each couple must produce enough children to replace themselves PLUS enough extra to cover for those who don't find partners or are unwilling/unable to have children (and the extensive pollution in China may be causing infertility). At the rate this is going, each couple may need 4 or more children until a cohort of gender-balanced people attains child-bearing age. We've barely begun to realize just how foolish the "one-child" policy has been.
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  618. Good to know. Thanks for that boots on the ground intel!
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  619. But is there a Miss Scarlet in his life?
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  620. So true. The blaming of past generations is just a way to justify one’s own atrocities while deluding oneself into feeling virtuous.
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  621. Exactly!
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  622. Excellent observation.
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  623. Directed economics has been tried on a national scale before and it’s failed every time.
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  624. Western parts are far slower to wake up than the Eastern block. The closer they are to Russia geographically, the more alert/aware.
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  625. Nice to know Tony takes his panda with him when he travels!
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  626. It will be interesting to see if the US Navy Orca or Manta Ray drones will be ready to use or if the CCP is developing (stealing) anything similar.
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  627. It's healthy to be content with what you have instead of always striving for more stuff.
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  628. If you try to divorce the economy from the politics, you are in danger of making foolish financial decisions relating to mainland China. The CCP has a state-run economy for the most part.
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  629. May you HEARTILY enjoy your time in SEOUL, Tony!
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  630.  @i6power30  There is a difference between having a “balanced” view and having a TRUE view of the situation. Attempts to be “balanced” when, for example one side is 80% right/20% wrong versus 20% right/80% wrong - trying to be “balanced” is to favor the evil. We shouldn’t do that. Aim for truth rather than balance.
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  631. True. It begs the question, “What are you hiding and why?"
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  632. Narcissism on a government level.
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  633. Got offended over targeting children with queer baby wear and displays by the children’s section.
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  634. You nailed it!
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  635.  @jaydee6268  Good catch! Yes, I’m sure China will back any potential to cause mayhem.
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  636. Ask folks over 50 and it gets even younger. Playing outside unsupervised (front yard only) at 3 and no farther than 2 houses down at 4, walking to school alone at 5, running errands to the local convenience store for neighbors at 7. You got warnings about things like not taking candy or rides from strangers, looking both ways before crossing streets, and were expected to obey them. But most people went to church back then and prayer hadn't been taken out of schools yet.
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  637. But the movie came out 4 years before the iPad. iPad must be short for idiocracyPad because things have gotten much worse since toddlers began having their developing brains hacked.
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  638.  @daveallentown6868  Good point. The problem with assumptions is we generally don't know when we have them until they're pointed out. I see this coming from the other side as well - the CCP can't understand capitalism or democracy because of their underlying views, too.
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  639.  @308_Negra_Arroyo_Lane  I don't know if she is or not, just that between FC or CCP, FC would be a much more reliable source.
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  640.  @308_Negra_Arroyo_Lane  The CCP don't "get sick," they ARE sick, morally.
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  641. Gates also has ties with Fauci and Fauci is has conflicts that should make him suspect.
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  642. Thank you for the warning! I wouldn’t want to crack a rib.
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  643. That chart at about 3:08 is truly shocking! The CCP and its cadres should be ASHAMED at how foolish they are!!! This isn’t just a misanalysis of a breakeven point or a misreading of the market for it to be this bad AND so widespread.
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  644. With the rapidly aging population in China, the youth unemployment statistics are especially shocking. You'd think that there would be a shortage of youthful workers with the upside-down pyramid demographic structure. Isn't this a sign that the real economy has shrunk?
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  645.  @raimundomartin5459  With the demographics that China has, there shouldn't be ANY youth unemployment IMO - there should be a shortage of workers to take over for the older and much larger generations.
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  646. Good catch!
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  647.  @ktg8030  LOL - Tony's irreplaceable - You're fired for trying to fire him. 😉
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  648. True. China's GDP per capita ranks #100 in the world out of 226 nations.
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  649. The US is probably the only nation that is able to refine sludge!
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  650. I've had dreams of running in slow motion, like running through molasses, but never imagined anyone to have actually lived such an experience.
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  651. 80% of urban household wealth - ouch!
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  652. I've heard about the pay cuts, but RETURNING WHAT YOU'VE ALREADY BEEN PAID? That is shocking! The "iron rice bowls" have been cast into a furnace.
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  653.  @rabbit251  No, neither the holocaust nor WWII wouldn't rate a 10. The scale is an intersection between loss of life and long-term environmental damage. To rate a 10, there would have to be BOTH great loss of life AND multi-generational environmental catastrophe. If it was either/or, no scale would be necessary since the number alone would suffice. It seems you misunderstand the scale itself as well as its purpose.
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  654. The distinguishing factor between being beautiful versus being merely pretty is that beauty has an element of the unusual. That makes you look twice - which is what advertisers want you to do so that you'll notice their product/brand/name.
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  655. His name is Tony and he's the heart and Seoul of this channel!
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  656.  @Tewhill357  Haha! That's why I only responded to you rather than posting a separate comment. 😉
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  657. Hmmm. IP theft seems very appropriate when discussing CCP!
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  658. hahaha! quote - lip syncing the panda - end quote
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  659. Thank you for looking underneath those headline numbers. The "devil is in the details" indeed!
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  660. Maybe he needs an organ transplant?
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  661.  @PedanticNo1  I wonder if they are indeed "having trouble reconciling reality" or if they're trying to prop up prices long enough to divest their holdings at a minimal loss by trying to find/create a "greater fool?" How many have their reputations/livelihoods on the line?
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  662. What lockdowns?! Those were merely "quiet periods!" 🙄
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  663. Consider that Japan used of increasing automation and that still resulted in a “lost decade.” But Japan has a democracy and government that isn’t threatened by innovation, unlike China’s “one-party” system. Of all the nations with demographic issues, China’s is the most serious and that is entirely because of its government.
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  664. ". . .policy obviously has some tremendous blind spots" - that was a LOL moment for me. I love your restraint, Tony!
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  665. Stand strong, Lithuania, and may the EU and the WTO stand with you! May the world stand in support of Taiwan against the CCP!
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  666. Yeah, my mind was screaming "propaganda" throughout that section of the quote.
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  667. I don’t think Disney would care based on how they’ve been doubling down on wokeness. They’ve lost all reason.
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  668.  @charles8642  Wrong coast, but I did work for Disney from 1978-1998 so my basis of comparison probably covers a much longer timeframe than yours.
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  669. Good for you! I commend your honesty. Living out a high moral code does more good than you know. Who knows what impact you made on the workers discussing this in the breakroom or the kids with their mom at the counter beside you.
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  670. New Zealand lamb is the best!
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  671. Xi't
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  672. Because of the CCP's propaganda that the outbreaks were coming from the West through things like Canadian mail, mail order clothing, imported foods, etc., the CCP prioritized vaccinations differently. Those who were involved in processing stuff coming from the West were considered a higher priority rather than the elderly or immunocompromized.
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  673. Your comment deserves a lot more likes! I regret that I can only give it one.
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  674. And I bet they aren't depreciating those assets!
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  675. Thank you. I’m always looking for items that aren’t “made in China.”
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  676. Those geopolitical moves in central Asia are ANYTHING BUT "dry." Thank you for taking the time to research Mandarin sources.
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  677. They are "convinced" prices will rise because the truth is too terrible to face.
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  678. Beautiful. I want to hear Pentatonix record this version.
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  679. That is an excellent channel. Sal does a great job covering maritime current events.
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  680. That's not a real panda; it is Tony wearing his panda suit to escape detection by the CCP.
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  681. How much of the aging population can even manage a squat toilet? Arthritis of the knees or hips would make it virtually impossible to squat!
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  682. Likewise. I've been avoiding products made in China for a few years now because of their human rights violations and letting vendors know WHY I was rejecting products when online descriptions simply say "imported" without specifying as they have previously done. For some products, it's nearly impossible to avoid, but we can do our best! "Cheers, mate!" as Tony would say.
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  683. Thank you for the reminder of JUST HOW AMAZING Tony is!
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  684. Control your bladder's desire to pee, control your bowel's desire to poop. By appointment only!
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  685. Yes, yes, and yes. The only thing you left out is the debilitating economic impact of the zero-Covid policy, but otherwise a good summary of China's situation.
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  686. Sacrificial support coming from Sweden, too, because they know that the weapons/ammo they give for fighting the battle in Ukraine means less likelihood of having to fight Russia on its own turf (and they can build/manufacture more in the meanwhile to replenish what they’ve given).
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  687. Landed safely - what beautiful words!
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  688. Hardly! China and India give soft support to Russia which makes them every bit as guilty of keeping the war going. Throw out your double standard.
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  689. Because those of us who listen regularly find it helpful to know how the CCP thinks (or doesn’t). Know your enemy!
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  690. Yep. They keep treating it as a "liquidity crisis" rather than a systemic issue. It's like treating a brain hemorrhage with aspirin.
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  691. Insurers have caught on to the dangers and expenses of EVs. I’ve heard some parking garages won’t let you park one.
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  692. Perhaps they only look at numbers instead of competence?
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  693. Even Walmart, etc., is stocking more goods that AREN'T made in China. I'm seeing many more products coming from Vietnam, Pakistan, India, etc. And considering many countries now have lower labor costs than China, that will be a plus for lower-income households.
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  694. But what does that imply really? Will they just make jobs for people to produce within China and export the finished product? Time will tell.
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  695. Maybe “North Atlantic” should be changed to “Non-Authoritarian” so Macron can get on board with letting Japan in.
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  696. Ghosts ride for free!
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  697. It looks like you've attracted the PERFECT sponsor, Tony. Many of us have wondered how you've been able to generate your content under the watchful eyes of the CCP and stay safe doing so. Congrats!
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  698. As long as that wall is in front of a firing squad!
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  699. Or "The Art of War BY Apathy!"
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  700. I was thinking something similar - that it was an “inside job” - and the hijackers had to have someone on the ship when it departed Turkey.
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  701. Except that men outnumber women in China, not the other way around. Yeah, if 95% of the men were killed off and the replacement rate was calculated under the new, greatly reduced population, then you could maintain that lower level by such a scheme.
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  702. Yep - the difference between reflecting public opinion versus forming public opinion.
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  703. That depends on how they spend their leisure. More time on social media or porn sites would be bad for mental health and relationships.
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  704. Agreed. At the very least, tariffs on imports from mainland China must be sufficient to completely counter all subsidies that the CCP provides to an industry and an EXTENSIVE safety check done according to Western standards to protect consumers with the cost of those safety checks tacked on to the sticker price.
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  705. Spoken like someone on the mainland who wants to retain all their organs. 😉
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  706. Look into what happened in Lebanon, a formerly Christian-majority nation, that welcomed people from the surrounding nations. That will give a good idea of just how bumpy the ride will be. I wonder if there will be any nations left where Christian and Jewish asylum seekers can flee?
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  707. The last time I watched, Nadia was shocking the gymnastics world with perfect 10s.
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  708.  @hanfucolorful9656  Was that a typo? US Total debt to GDP is 129% - only 1/6 of what you wrote.
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  709. Or at least the "face filters" that the Chinese girls use are beautiful! It's pretty shocking when you see them fail.
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  710. They will "save face" by hiding it and lying as they do about everything.
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  711. It suggests many other things as well, most of which aren't favorable to China.
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  712.  @prioris55555  10% is hardly “the vast majority of the human population.”  Per an article in Psychology Today: A study conducted in the early 2000s found that 6.2% of the general population would meet the criteria for narcissistic personality disorder and 3.7% would meet the criteria for antisocial personality disorder. These conditions officially capture the maladaptive behavior we refer to as sociopathy. But if you’re part of that 10%, I guess you’d like to believe everyone else is just like you.
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  713.  @AutoTrawler  Confidence can be misplaced. The “con” in “con artist” stands for confidence.
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  714. It doesn't "pay better rates," it PROMISES better rates but that's because you will lose all your investment when they default!
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  715.  @alberto148  Indeed! Even the pink army trolls aren't trusted with the true situation by the CCP or there would be a revolt. They give their 50-cent army old info so they can appear knowledgeable. So it's up to us to give them the truth and open their eyes.
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  716.  @geraintwd  Dictators and tyrants being able to control the masses even more effectively are reason enough for me. Combine this with China's dystopian "social credit" system or an Islamic mullah who wants to gain hegemony and you can kiss all liberty goodbye.
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  717. Like being commanded to make "bricks without straw" in ancient Egypt.
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  718. I've ridden out volatility before. The key is to avoid BOTH fear AND greed. You can do it!
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  719. 48K!
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  720.  @DK-ev9dg  Is that your idea of “refuting” Tony? You make groundless accusations! Tony quotes from a variety of sources including the State-Run Global Times, The People’s Daily, and (today) another State-Run mainland source. He consistently quotes from a wide variety of sources from various viewpoints and it’s only your own bias that prejudices you.
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  721.  @vladimirkravchenko1642  So if you sold your car two weeks ago, are you still responsible for it just because it was yours earlier? After all, the DMV probably hasn’t updated the records yet!
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  722. His name is Tony and he’s the prescient young man behind this channel!
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  723. 100% turnaround with “Chinese characteristics” = 360-degree turn
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  724. It’s good practice to hit the pause button and swallow any liquids in your mouth before listening to CCP quotes. Choking hazards and all that!
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  725.  @GamerShowdown-h8j  His agenda is truth and it’s not being hidden
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  726. There are lots of incentives being offered, but that is also a cause for concern since it is reminiscent of the sub-prime crisis. There is increasing unemployment and cuts to income (tech company layoffs, civil servant pay cuts, teachers being required to pay back salaries, etc), so how many can afford to make payments once they are no longer exempt from paying on the principle?
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  727. One thing that came to my mind when talking about the high savings levels is that such a tactic for weathering future storms implies confidence that you’ll be able to ACCESS your savings when you need to do so. Fairly recently, that hasn’t been the case in some regions which makes me wonder about any other motivation for allowing the discussions. Perhaps the continued high savings shows a different KIND of confidence?
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  728.  @cdl0  I thought his Panda had a day off even when Tony didn’t.
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  729. Ah, but the wind-swept look of his hair more than makes up for any deterioration of sound quality!
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  730. Tony is a Kiwi, not an Aussie, but he's certainly doing a commendable job!
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  731. Well said and many of us are praying for Tony and all who like him are laying it on the line to bring out the truth.
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  732. So if the China malaise primarily will hit commodity exporters, doesn’t that mean that those in BRICS will be hit the hardest?
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  733. The Chinese dragon likes to feed at the global trough then retreat into its den to digest.
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  734. Unfortunately, facts assume you’re dealing with an adult, not a 2-year-old “little emperor” having a tantrum.
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  735. As you would expect from someone who grew up in the shadow of the Taranaki volcano!
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  736. With all the hype around crypto and the relentless "crypto bots" hawking various advisors, cryptocurrencies feel like a Ponzi scheme to me.
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  737. Yes! I came back for a second look today to see if you've hit 20K and THERE IT IS - Congratulations, Tony!!! We love you.
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  738. Most every high school science department has "bio labs."
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  739. I think part of it is that he is a barrister, so he must be trained to build a case in order to "educate" a jury and come from every conceivable angle, yet still keep it simple enough for the average person to follow.
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  740. I walked past a house with a burnt out garage this morning and the first thing I thought was “EV fire.” I doubt the toxins released in the burning is good for the environment!
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  741. As long as you continue to include chapters, I don't mind a 30-minute video. I would welcome it!
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  742.  @user-ls4cs1wd2w  Again, I'm skeptical. Minimum wage was originally proposed as a small baseline for unskilled work. Now people want the minimum to be "livable wages" even when the only skill set is provided by employer training. All MW did was make people with skills demand higher wages, causing employers to bump up everyone and increase prices to cover the extra labor costs. It's a vicious cycle of boosting the minimum, adjusting everyone else, then increasing prices to cover creating inflation, and REPEAT. I think the same thing happened with social security to eliviate elder care burden on their children. People thought the government would be investing the money they paid into the system, but it turned into a slush fund and has become a big Ponzi scheme. I'd never count on a reduction in government waste or cutting other programs to fund UBI. UBI sounds like a nice idea. I WISH it could work. But it's like a fairy tale about a magic purse that never runs out of money - nice to dream about but completely unrealistic because of human nature.
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  743. Ideology can get in the way of processing reality, so definitely not understanding.
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  744.  @twomix888  Japan has been stagnant for 3 decades and they got rich before they got old. China won't fare nearly as well.
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  745. I'm concerned about how China plans to deal with the nuclear waste generated by those planned reactors. Even IF the reactors themselves are built without corruption and the resultant "tofu dreg" construction, that will be something worth keeping a close eye on. When they will pump wastewater to raise the water table and pollute their own aquifers, what else might they try?!
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  746. Comment from someone with h8 in their user name 🤣
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  747.  @iamsheep  And the "little emperors" in the PLA will run home crying to Mommy when they cut a finger.
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  748. I think they are hoping to reduce the high cost of raising children to encourage their 3-child policy.
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  749.  @DK-ev9dg  Your ignorant to think that the situation in the Middle East began with the US and Britain. Look into the Ottoman Empire and what it did in the Middle East.
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  750.  @Andy-P  Only in a limited way, but the spread of Islam is the key issue, because there are also non-Islamic Palestinians and they AREN’T the ones who want to wipe Israel off the map.
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  751. If you’re registered to be camping at the site, but out hiking, fishing, or doing other activities - presumably on higher ground - you’d be a survivor that is absent from the area.
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  752. They took your passport, huh?
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  753.  @albacan  Xi's 3rd term puts the mainland firmly within the definition of autocracy: Autocracy is a system of government in which absolute power over a state is concentrated in the hands of one person, whose decisions are subject neither to external legal restraints nor to regularized mechanisms of popular control.
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  754.  @YourHineyness  Exactly. And once American consumers experience quality again, they won’t be in a rush to return to cheap disposables that need to be replace 2-3 times more often - not a bargain at all!
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  755. Plus, who cares if they’re “competitively paid” when the local governments are several months behind in paying?
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  756. I bet it inspires a great run. Just imagine being chased by a CCP cadre or a white-suited pandemic prevention person to keep a strong pace!
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  757. I wonder how many of the bank foreclosures are on unfinished/unbuilt property? Does such a “property” remain on the bank’s books as an “asset?"
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  758.  @gifthorse3675  Trump has independents and flipped dems, not just republicans.
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  759. Tony's fluent in Mandarin, so limiting to China makes sense.
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  760. Sunk cost fallacy makes it hard for the rats to abandon a sinking ship, Jay.
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  761.  @frederickclause2694  I’d say “more gullible” rather than the “less educated.” Not everyone of high intelligence gets a full education. My parents would be a good example of this - teenagers in Poland during WWII, my father went back to school at 50 to get a high school diploma and my mother never got so much as that - but MAN could they sniff out foolish ideology and point it out to others, too!
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  762. The hubris of naming their system “God’s eye” seems like they are asking for a massive humbling.
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  763. I've noticed a lot of ads for "survival food" on channels covering China!
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  764. My first video of the day and an automatic like before even viewing - I know your reporting will be an excellent and unbiased presentation of the facts.
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  765. Public pensions should have a maximum cap, either yearly payment or total payout, and at a reasonable "lower middle class" level. If you want more, you should invest your own funds.
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  766. One of the hallmarks of narcissism is the inability to see things from another’s point of view. Becoming enraged when desires are thwarted is another. CCP behavior seems to display the characteristics of narcissistic personality disorder on a national level based on how they handle “diplomacy” which seems anything but!
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  767. Xi may make a move on two of the Taiwanese islands that closely hug the mainland coast - kind of a Taiwanese version of Donbas.
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  768. Buy some to enjoy each day with your viewing of China Update!
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  769. Tony can speak very rapidly when he wants to and I'm sure he can get that all out without lengthening the video at all!
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  770. Cheap costs more in the long run. Better a good car that lasts than one needing to be replaced 3x more frequently!
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  771. The dead that don't remain dead are the walking dead - zombies.
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  772.  @jamesdallas1493  They will fall down on their own.
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  773. Yep, I just reported three of them and each had 20+ replies.
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  774. We keep listening for Tony to italicize and bold the challenges as they grow. Interesting times!
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  775. Covid would be a good excuse with so many people on Zoom.
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  776.  @Canada.51st.State.of.America  Well, holders of the public debt include insurance companies, U.S. savings bonds, private pension funds, and other holders, including individuals, government-sponsored enterprises, brokers and dealers, banks, bank personal trusts and estates, corporate and non-corporate businesses, and other investors. ( Less than 1/4 is held by foreign governments/individuals.) When you’re directly or indirectly the one receiving that interest, it doesn’t seem so bad. But you’re GREATLY exaggerating the interest being paid: In 2022, the interest on the US national debt was 724 Billion.
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  777. @@LTNetjak Those bubbles can also continue to grow.
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  778. We need term limits. Career politicians are OUT OF TOUCH with the common people. Things would be different if they knew they'd soon be back among the commoners.
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  779. If you think the US has problems, they are NOTHING compared to China. China has a MASSIVE debt problem due to shadow-banking. Corporations have been moving their supply chains out of China and have accelerated this since Covid. Their environment is being trashed, they're plagued (literally) with swine flu, army worms, and locusts destroying their food supply. The list goes on. That is why they're supporting Biden - he's pro-China - they're hoping to go back to the pre-Trump trade policies.
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  780. The cadres have been keeping up appearances by taking on more and more debt while denying that's what they're doing. Such things would be hard to spot unless you're among those who are constantly being paid late and even then may not recognize WHY that's happening.
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  781. It sounds like one of the CCP propaganda channels. I run across them from time to time.
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  782. China is a moon that thinks it is a sun.
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  783. LOL - I thought those were cup holders!
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  784. Prices can come down due to increased efficiency or improved productivity. I’m pretty certain that’s why consumer prices fell in the US during that time period, but that isn’t what’s occurring in China now.
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  785.  @mattyghost3409  Complete with sparrows and famine
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  786. As someone old enough to remember the days before the emergence of "safe zones, sacred cows beyond comment, cancelling alternative views,” I have to ask the question of why such things entered the picture. I suspect CCP/USSR has been working to subvert and demoralize for decades now and it is bearing its rotten fruit. But there is pushback and many of us cherish objective debate.
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  787. It is for housing contracts signed, not about completions, and has nothing to do with the rate of construction. He's covered the "per square meter" info in past videos.
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  788. Denial or simply a desire to live?
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  789. I was shocked when you mentioned obesity in Africa. I grew up with pictures of "starving children in Africa" and hadn't realized how much the situation had changed over the course of my life.
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  790. Imagine if the CCP were at war with the Chinese people . . . oh, wait, I don't need to imagine because it's all happening!
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  791. Perhaps if you believe the CCP numbers, but it's much more likely that China's GDP is significantly lower than commonly reported and their debt burden is significantly higher than stated. THAT means that the level of debt burden ISN'T similar.
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  792. For those of us who have been reading labels and trying to avoid “made in China” for many years due to their human rights issues, this has been SO NICE! I can finally find options for things I’d been waiting to purchase because manufacturing has moved elsewhere.
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  793. Many of us like his calm, neutral voice. It is in direct contrast to those ranting "wolf warrior" theatrics.
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  794. Not anymore, sadly.
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  795. Sad and CHILLING!
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  796. The IMF uses the data supplied by the CCP without asking any questions, so you may as well say according to the CCP.
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  797. Calmness & sobriety? As calm as a child throwing a tantrum and as sober as a drunk!
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  798. I suspect there is more “Xi Thought” on exams these days, not very useful for most foreign students.
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  799. The channel is called CHINA Update for a reason.
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  800. That must be a typo; it looks like they accidentally included a 1.
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  801.  @runeodin7237  I've often thought that myself. I don't think they could have done a better job of choosing the worst of both!
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  802. Yes, the only thing that spared me was being an adolescent in the 70’s where such foolishness didn’t yet exist. I truly feel sorry for the kids growing up in this clown world where people think drugs and surgery can reverse something that’s encoded within every single human cell of your body. I’m impressed with those “detrans” youngsters who are speaking out to warn others before they take a path they will come to regret.
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  803. It’s both. Without the debt, there wouldn’t be interest. Unless the debtor manages their money VERY well and takes on debt only to fund something that will provide a certain return, it isn’t a smart option. That is why a cost/benefit analysis SHOULD be done. These nations should beware of anyone who offers to lend money without one!
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  804. When you "fix" an animal, you're cutting off all its future generations. It seems like those party members have indeed been loyal!
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  805. The State Media reports that it was a “record” Singles Day but not any stats about it - rather suspicious, wouldn’t you say?
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  806. Oooh! Yes, a circular firing squad for the Democrats would be fun. I'll go make some popcorn for that!
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  807.  @NoComplience  Probably he's limited in his equipment when traveling with increased restrictions during the party congress.
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  808. There is a spambot at work mimicking Tony's channel logo. Tony would NEVER ask you to contact him on What's App!
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  809. And when 1 in 10 officially have diabetes, you know the number of people with metabolic issues that are either unreported or fall just short of the threshold will be massive!
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  810. Welcome! Long-time listener here
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  811. It will be messy for sure!
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  812. This shows that neither side cares about a win-win and should be a lesson to others who must negotiate with either.
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  813. That’s great news! Thanks for sharing and I hope that trend continues.
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  814.  @richdobbs6595  Yah, imagine crossing the New New Polar Bear with a nuclear reactor - China’s construction and maintenance have a reputation for a reason.
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  815. I suspect that means that corrupt leaders can take the lion's share of the money for themselves.
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  816. Reminds me of the cartoon characters that can run off a cliff and stay suspended for an unnaturally long space of time before gravity kicks in.
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  817. Getting people in debt is the equivalent of making them your slaves.
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  818. I really appreciate the time stamps on the video with the contents listed in the description.
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  819.  @Leshic2  LOL - Yeah, I figured you were being sarcastic, but I still appreciate you clarifying!
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  820. Blackrock, not Blackwater. Two completely different things. Blackwater is military and Blackrock is an investment company.
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  821. One of your better ones today! At least it generated a legitimate chuckle from me!
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  822.  @catnium  The symbiotic relationship means that they DO impact us AND we impact THEM. They are an essential component of your immune and metabolic health, and both produce and regulate neurotransmitters.
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  823.  @Tom-lw5oq  If he wins both popular and electoral, keeps the Senate, and flips the House, they won't be able to do that. Besides, Pelosi isn't exactly competent herself - she should be forced to retire - not sure if it's lunacy or drunkenness but there's something very wrong with that woman!
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  824. So true! After cutting out added sugars, even natural sugars in vegetables like raw carrots taste amazingly sweet.
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  825. Government controls the public schools. Socialism is government owning the means of production. That sounds like the problem is socialism, not capitalism. If it were capitalism, all the local schools would be in competition with each other.
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  826. 55 years ago
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  827. Yes, and I bought the SMALLEST house possible - the minimum square footage that could legally be built on a standard lot. I've been here for 27 years, I'm mortgage free now, and I absolutely love my home. Smaller also means lower utility bills multiplied by all the years I've lived here - woo hoo!
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  828.  @drumpfdon760  "Love and support" in public, loath and detest in private.
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  829.  @drumpfdon760  88% of Chinese students who study in the West DON'T return to China. Only 10% go back (the other 2% go to a different country from where they are studying, but not to China). That is more than just criticizing on social media. Perhaps one day you'll also be able to escape to the West.
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  830. This is why you must ensure a good stock on hand at all times!
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  831. I hope you're well stocked!
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  832. I’ve heard there are online courses for that!
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  833. I suspect he's still on the Mainland and values his life and safety.
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  834. What about the freedom of speech of their student body? Why invite a guest who can only speak and can’t respond when their lies are called out? Is the audience there to gain understanding or be indoctrinated?
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  835. You guys are too funny! Clark Kent? Supermanesque gains? I wish I could find to work in Lois Lane as Loser's Lane.
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  836. Ah, yes, those Hoovervilles were great.
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  837. Ask “why publish in English in The Economist?” and what do you conclude? I think this piece has the blessings of the CCP as a feint.
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  838. That reminds me of the problem with "commercial paper" (IOUs between companies) that gets passed around. Sort of like the game of musical chairs, but you don't want to be holding any when the music stops.
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  839. It sounded more like sadness to me, or perhaps resignation, and all the more reason to admire his courage in speaking up!
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  840. This is prescient. It reminded me of a case, so I took the time to look it up. This Onion was done ONE YEAR BEFORE the case. Skylar Annette Neese was an American teenage girl who disappeared from her home in Star City, West Virginia around midnight on July 6, 2012. Neese's remains were found on January 16, 2013, in Wayne Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania. Neese was murdered by two of her high school friends, Shelia Eddy and Rachel Shoaf.
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  841. And the surveillance state is made worse when you realize that it ISN’T being used to address crimes like kidnapping and human trafficking. It’s only a dark cloud with no silver lining.
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  842. They still don’t get it. “Equipment investment” is just more supply-side stimulus - it WON’T increase domestic consumption!
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  843. Really? I'm in America and that's news to me.
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  844. The US houses were already finished, physical structures, not just promises of a future delivery. That makes the two situations VERY different!
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  845. And many other people were taking care of postponed medical needs that couldn't be done during the Covid insanity. I had both hips replaced in 2022 (a process that began during the second half of 2021 when things began to open up again) and I'm sure many others delayed non-emergency procedures as well. Medical care involves retail and not only services.
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  846. At least the parachutes opened and the batteries didn't explode. 😉
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  847. And I’ll cross my fingers that the home will be completed before the land-use term has expired.
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  848. This crackdown on local governments purchasing land-use rights from themselves reminds me of the 3-red-lines policy. We all know how that set the dominoes falling. I wonder what new cracks this new crackdown will reveal? 🤔
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  849. When you're old, you don't take waking up for granted!
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  850. Ah, I’ve got a lovely cut of New Zealand lamb marinating in the fridge. I will be remembering Tony in my prayers of appreciation when I dig in later today!
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  851. Spending money in the relentless pursuit of growth is more a "China model" than a "Silicon Valley model." This scheme is showing signs of massive failure in China now, so I don't hold any hope for any business using this model.
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  852.  @skydragon23101979  China DOES have global ambitions, but if you want to spin it as "upholding globalization and supporting global institutions" go right ahead.
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  853. That may be in part because of the decoupling that is happening so that there is less engagement from China and Russia in the comment sections.
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  854. Hmmm. Just like their real estate was doing until suddenly it wasn’t. 🤔🪄
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  855.  @forbeginnersandbeyond6089  When a “slower expansion” is based on rapidly increasing debt, the end result is predictable when you use logic.
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  856.  @jaydee6268  I must thank Ginger Bo$$ for mentioning Groucho. I then discovered that Groucho quote and thought it was appropriate to the way CCP deals with the world.
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  857. Debt that is 4.5 billion years old - just imagine the compounded interest on THAT!
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  858. Makes fighting over toilet paper during the early days of Covid seem rational by comparison!
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  859. Definitely true. I've been avoiding "made in China" for years because of human rights issues and have had to delay purchases, but now can easily find other options where none existed before.
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  860. You can report them. Go to the right side of the comment where you get the 3 verticle dots and click to report.
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  861. It's been a long time since I've been this early - almost makes the insomnia worthwhile!
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  862. A long read, but worth the time. Paragraphs would help.
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  863. Yeah, the CCP plays chess as well as the Russians when they decided to invade Ukraine! Oops, just lost the queen.
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  864.  @Andy-P  Ah, Andy, it seems you don’t get the time-zone advantage. You’ll just need to set an alarm one day to gain that prize - or just wait until a bout of insomnia like I had when I won that prize.
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  865. @ Good point, but I think the peer pressure is the harder thing to resist. My "privilege" was having struggling immigrant parents who by necessity strengthened me against the need to do what others are doing (spared me following the crowd into drinking, drugs, and sex as well!).  I also learned some basic financial skills by observing my parents budget and handle credit. Every time my dad got laid off, we'd have to "tighten our belts." Now I see a budget as a journey of self-discovery. You periodically assess what your priorities are and how those change over time as you learn from both mistakes and what truly satisfied you.
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  866. The defaults are only happening on unfinished properties, not all mortgages.
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  867. I think they're already in the negative feedback loop.
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  868. Only 300 million Chinese citizens? That's just the tip of the iceberg I think - the most recent buyers who are more directly impacted - but everyone who has purchased "land use rights" in China is affected since the whole sector is impacted when prices plunge and the paper gains evaporate.
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  869. What good are loans when you can't run your business? What good is tax relief when you don't earn any money?
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  870.  @bobwatson8754  Local governments will do anything needed to meet the growth targets demanded by the central government, so ultimately the central government is at fault for making unrealistic demands on the local cadres.
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  871.  @larrybuzbee7344  If you read the comment sections as much as I do, you recognize the names of regular viewers/commenters on a particular channel. I've never considered the bot possibility, but then I've read much of what Andy P. and Leshic write in their comments, just two names that I've come to recognize on this one.
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  872. For that to happen would require that not a single evil person ever gets into power. All it would take is ONE with the rest of the world utterly defenseless to stop them. Sadly, it's often those who are most ruthless and driven that get to the top positions whether in government, corporations, or NGOs.
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  873.  @kennethli8  Respectfully, “hukou" is the word you want, just for future reference. That is the name of the household registration system used in mainland China.
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  874.  @ThePrikly  Interesting. I wonder how many people lost their jobs for that to happen?
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  875. That it's a great excuse to increase control over the people - can't let up on that!
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  876. And the "3 years of difficulty" 2.0 as well!
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  877. Let’s note that their perception is often delusional, sometimes paranoid, and often grandiose.
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  878.  @tonysu8860  One of the ships already attacked was flying under a Hong Kong flag/registration so it’s too late for that last point.
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  879. It's a type of bond that is sold to raise money. The real question is who thinks that buying such a bond is a good investment when the funds raised won't improve productivity?
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  880. I don't know if it helps anything, but I'm now in the habit of giving "thumbs down" to every "crypto bot" comment. These are the only comments that I "thumbs down."
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  881. Xi: All Xinjiang people are equal, (but some are more equal than others).
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  882. There is a loo either way: a-LOO-min-e-um or a-LOO-min-um.
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  883. Perfect saying to describe their property market problems as well!
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  884. I think the surpluses are primarily in the major cities. Covid has taught people that they can earn an income from home and so the home can be anywhere, especially when the things that lure them to the big cities (food/culture) are strongly curtailed and when iconic food can be mail ordered through sites like Goldbelly and delivered anywhere in the nation. Many are choosing to now move to smaller cities, so there is construction happening and home prices continue to rise in these locations. My sister bought a house less than a year ago out in a desert community and it has already gone up by 65K.
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  885. Well, that’s one way to try and restore “consumer confidence!”
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  886. What is the CCP saying about their rocket explosion and all the space debris that generated?
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  887. 0:02 - having only one option doesn't constitute a choice!
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  888. This is what you expect when you pump air into a balloon with holes in it - you can keep on pumping but it won’t inflate. When it gets REALLY bad, you must keep pumping vigorously to prevent further deflation.
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  889. The auditors leave when they know the company cannot afford to pay them.
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  890. Only in the fantasy world of the CCP firewall.
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  891. A sponsor ad worth watching!
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  892. A potential problem as the debris gets pulled into low earth orbit.
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  893. Still way too soon. Wait until it hits 1979 prices.
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  894.  @iqbalbhq6884  Per Li Keqiang, 600 million people in China earn less than 1000 yuan per month. $140 USD isn’t much to live on.
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  895. Congrats! You just described "endurance" in less than "70 characters" (words).
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  896.  @goukux5908  The international shipping as we currently know it only works because it is CHEAP. Increase the cost of providing security and much that currently gets transported becomes unprofitable so I think Ziehan is likely right about this, too.
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  897. CCP: Private sector contributes 60% of tax revenues and 80% of urban employment. We must crush it!
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  898. The CCP has factions within it. Zemin's faction is from Shanghai and was previously in power based on the economy. Hurting the economy hurts Xi's greatest rival - the people be damned.
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  899. Pooh Bear doesn’t want flies in his honey!
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  900. Likely. But getting 48% of your foreigners to want to leave may be a fringe benefit.
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  901. Out of the USA frying pan and into the PRC fire.
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  902. Like the fairy tale "The Red Shoes" - can't remove them and dance to death. Interesting that those shoes in the story are RED.
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  903.  @alexliu5806  Not all the infrastructure will deteriorate, but those that aren't sufficiently productive to warrant maintenance. Older people don't care about traveling by high-speed rail and why should the young foot the bill to keep it up when they will be already be feeling crushed by caring for their parents, children, and the massive debt burden that fueled China's previous GDP growth illusion? The difference between Japan and South Korea versus China has to do with the economic and political structure that rewards innovation, something that the CCP always endeavors to crush.
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  904.  @wnklee6878  LOL - The first minute says it all: He's discussing only the Han, specifically those who have been indoctrinated in the CCP propaganda.
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  905. And a haughty spirit before destruction!
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  906.  @carlflaherty2215  The PLA needs more than experience and field testing - they need critical thinking skills (instead of blind obedience to propaganda/narratives) and the readiness/willingness to speak the truth, recognize problems, inform their superior officers, and troubleshoot for solutions. Those are things that the CCP model wouldn’t condone.
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  907. Tony is IN China so I don't think it would be wise to get any more specific than that - you know the CCP wouldn't take kindly to anyone telling the truth about things!
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  908.  @Fish_Ventura  I remember that incident and also, some random stabbings of children by adults. There was a strange plane crash not long ago as well that looked like it was potentially a murder/suicide much like that bus.
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  909. You brought me an abnormal brain for a 7-foot body?!!!!
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  910. I suspect that the "gold" they are giving away to attract home buyers is probably lead with just a veneer of gold electroplating.
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  911. That last sentence is a brilliant summary!
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  912.  @Andy-P  Good one!
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  913. Private ownership has pluses and minuses - yes, it can be selfish, but it can also be responsible. People tend to care for their own things better unless the entire culture trains children to respect communal spaces. Japan seems to enculturate from the cradle with the need to consider others when using common spaces and taking care of common things, like in capsule hotels. It has been pointed out to me that in China, people won't change a lightbulb in a communal location and hundreds of people will just ignore things until the entire building is full of trash and falls down around them. Perhaps at some level, they realize that they DON'T own their homes - they just prepay their rent for 70 years.
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  914.  @zzbeasley  Yes, ownership (responsibility) and property rights are important but "self-determination" is the decisive factor, even when the "self-determination" is done on the family level as in many traditional cultures that had the family property for many generations.
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  915.  @zzbeasley  I don't think the citizens of either Russia or Mainland China have much in the way of self-determination, at least not compared to nations where civil liberties are guaranteed.
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  916. LOL - marshmallow people - a perfect description!
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  917. At least with the Lehman Bros. subprime crisis, the loans were on finished homes so there was some real collateral/value. That's not the case in China where a large percentage of projects end up as "rotten tail" unfinished developments.
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  918. Too many damn dams!
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  919. Long comment, but worth reading for the many good points!
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  920. The calf muscle surgery where they sever nerves is like foot binding 2.0
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  921. Only under ideal storage conditions (cold, dry, and tightly sealed containers), would the hoarded grain remain good for 5 years and that's not going to happen in China. You can easily store six-months worth without concern for spoilage.
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  922. Weren't the births/deaths records the reason for the 1.4B in the first place? What happens when deaths aren't reported in order to keep any pensions flowing to the deceased's survivors? Local governments may also overreport births if it would result in obtaining more funds from the Central government. Perhaps calculations based on consumption would be the only accurate way to gauge true population numbers.
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  923. I agree. I'm in need of hip replacement surgeries on both sides and dreaded having to disclose my lack of vaccinations. I was pleasantly surprised at how every HC worker that I've dealt with simply accepted my "no" - most with a look of pleasure or a wink and a nod!
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  924. Visions of Mickey Mouse in "The Sorcerer’s Apprentice" come to mind. Oh, right, things just kept getting worse!
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  925. I went through yesterday and reported each of those comments when I discovered one sent to me.
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  926. I imagine the sound of a straw slurping the final dregs of money from current budgets as they operate in the red.
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  927. First in harms way!
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  928. Yes, that’s the mainland Hukou system at play. You might be interested in reading about it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hukou
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  929. You’re comparing a 105 y.o. structure to one that’s probably less than 10 y.o. - hardly a fair comparison!
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  930. Yep, and start with marriage! It's hard enough for a 2-parent family to bring up good kids.
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  931. Unswervingly irrational!
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  932. Quote - reporting what other sources are saying and making it clear that these are direct quotes - unquote.
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  933. More unlivable concrete-box "investments".
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  934.  @rabbit251  I'm glad he rates the disasters because it helps people to learn from them. The most lethal need to be most strenuously studied to avoid repeating mistakes in the future, and the ones that have the longest term damage get the highest ratings.
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  935. So you don't know about our drinking game?
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  936. How many sectors of China's economy must collapse before you acknowledge a collapse?
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  937.  @headoverheels88  It also allowed the children and grandchildren of retirees to spend more money since they don’t need to provide for their relatives as was common back then.
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  938.  @SinkLikeStone  Land transport is more expensive and the train routes would be harder to secure. How comfortable will Germany be using rail when lines cut through Russia?
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  939.  @tonysu8860  When infrastructure isn't profitable by the time it needs to be repaired, upgraded, or replaced, it isn't profitable so your assertion that "Nearly all infrastructure projects are indirectly "profitable" eventually" is false.
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  940. @Apsoy Pike They knew, but didn't understand just how bad the Ponzi scheme already was, mistaking a systemic problem for a mere liquidity problem.
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  941.  @jerryrichardson2799  Racing away as fast as you can from disaster is sometimes the smartest thing you can do, especially if you're trying to take the kids out with you. I agree that 7-12 years ago would have been better, but Obama didn't do it, Trump didn't have enough support for it in his first term, and the best that Biden did was keep Trump 1.0 stuff in place.
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  942. Unless the leaders of those 'stans are in need of halal transplant organs for themselves or loved ones.
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  943. Camping in a concrete tent, where you need to climb down many flights of stairs to use the outhouse and carry all your food, water, and fuel back up - I don't think that would work well for such a rapidly aging population!
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  944. That’s overly optimistic since China has far more housing than it needs, which isn’t the case (or not to the same degree) anywhere else in the world. They could house twice their current population and that population is shrinking, not growing!
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  945. That forecast of 0% economic growth sounds about right, TBH. I'm surprised when others expect any growth with all the headwinds. Even some Chinese economists (Li Dao Kui?) think that China is up against its greatest challenges in 40 years.
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  946. They must reassure so that they can unload their own holding without taking too much of a loss.
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  947. IF they get finished. Some are now just rail lines to no where, their promised access to markets completely bogus.
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  948. I think Tony does a stellar job of reigning it in. You'd hear me rolling my eyes if I had to read those CCP quotes!
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  949. Month on month would be from May to June. Year on year would be from July 2021 to July 2022.
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  950. Making escape plans, hiding assets abroad, purchasing real gold and not fakes - all those possibilities come to mind - but unlikely to just be a vacation.
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  951. Yes, it did seem quite outdated. The battle lines have shifted and Russian interest bank rates are now at 18%. What I found interesting was that the Chinese scholars original warnings seemed spot on. The switch seems puzzling and I can only speculate that they’re based on too much questionable information from Russia.
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  952. Let’s not confuse the civilization with the CCP government - that only goes back to 1949.
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  953. Exceded the limit with shrinking incomes because the debt that was once manageable no longer is. Micro, small, and medium enterprises have gone bankrupt or are in danger of doing so. Civil servants are being forced to take pay cuts of 25%-50%. Teachers are being made to pay BACK salaries already received. How many people can no longer make their payments even if they wanted to do so?
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  954. I think they use iron - copper would be too valuable.
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  955. Styrofoam bricks painted to look like concrete.
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  956. My understanding of Pettis is that he is advocating for demand-side stimulus (to increase consumption) but all the CCP keeps doing is more supply-side stimulus with things like subsidies for certain areas of the economy like EV manufacturing. Both types of stimulus may rely on debt, but only one would likely boost consumer spending.
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  957. You may also like "China Update," a very small new channel that gives daily updates M-F.
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  958. To be fair about all the "short-term-ism" consider if anyone in 2015 would have been able to properly prepare for 2020? Even seeing 5 years down the road is a gamble.
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  959. NATO ALLEGEDLY promised. Gorbachev has at times defended it and at others denied it.
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  960. At this point with all the promise fatigue, would anyone trust that “nice?"
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  961.  @Andy-P  Buy me a Bamboo?
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  962. “firmly adhere to” is another pet phrase
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  963. My appreciation for words is increasing by watching an old cat who has gone blind and deaf try to construct and retain mental maps of his environment. I can't even imagine how difficult it would be to think well without a vocabulary. To have words redefined would be even worse!
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  964. Quite the statement, isn’t it?
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  965. Let’s not forget the value of learning all that Xi Thought! I’m sure that will attract many foreign students! 🤡
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  966. Well, I’m glad people will be able to visit family again, but I also hope that the world isn’t quick to forget how we got into that whole Covid mess! I hope there won’t be any “Typhoid Mary’s” let loose upon the world because of trying to “save face."
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  967.  @mm650  You might want to edit your original post then to clarify that it is a daily production per person.
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  968. I've heard that 45% of housing in mainland China are unfinished "rotten tail" buildings (if you search YouTube for "rotten tail buildings" or "rotten ended buildings" you can find the info) and the oldest project still hasn't been completed after 22 years. For people to FINALLY stand together and refuse to continue paying mortgages is a good thing. Many buyers have waited a long time for some justice. There are people paying mortgages and living in these "homes" without electricity, water, sewage connections, or windows simply because the mortgage takes too much of their income to afford to live elsewhere. It is like camping out in a parking structure!
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  969. Technically true when talking about a policy bank in a nation run by what is basically an international criminal organization (CCP).
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  970. I agree with you though as I was reading your comment a thought occurred to me. Perhaps the CCP definition of “good debt” is that which prevents social instability that would topple the regime?
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  971. The can they're kicking has grown to the size of an oil drum; try and kick THAT down the road and you'll break your foot in the effort!
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  972. I just skip ahead to each of the food sections.
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  973.  @tonysu8860  There is also the housing model in Japan where homes and buildings DEPRECIATE as a consumable would so they're never used as a store of value as happens in China and much of the world. Would the CCP do a complete overhaul of its real estate system? I don't think so.
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  974. The USA is more than capable of dealing with both.
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  975. Infrastructure needs to be maintained. But the real difference between the US interstate and China's HSR is that the first allowed for facilitated transportation of GOODS which allowed for increased productivity. China's HSR only transports people, most of whom can't afford to use it, and opt for the slower but more affordable buses.
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  976.  @DK-ev9dg  The “bickering” is what keeps countries with more than one political party from making STUPID moves like one-party systems do. Hindering STUPID moves is a GOOD thing!
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  977. I always look forward to your updates, Tony. Sadly, I can't get to them right away, but I watch each and every day. I enjoy reading the comments section, too, and watching your subscriber base grow. You'll be at 10K in just a few more days!!!
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  978. Isn't a lack of understanding economic cause-and-effect is a prerequisite to embracing communism?
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  979. Much better than that obnoxious Wang Yi to be sure!
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  980. Great news! I may consider buying Apple stock again. I sold mine when I saw the risk of their China entanglement.
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  981. Ironic that we've switched from petroleum products in our cars and to putting them on our bodies instead.
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  982. That "reassurance" about strength and economic growth reminds me of a person going back to an abusive partner after receiving "reassurance" and those outside the relationship warning to no avail.
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  983. Exactly. Spence has fallen for the sunk cost fallacy plus factories have a limited life span and sometimes it is more expensive to retool and retrofit than it is to build new (and elsewhere).
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  984. That may not be safe since Tony is IN China. Staying neutral and refraining from sharing his opinions may be the reason he's still okay!
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  985. Written with invisible ink made from onion juice. ;-)
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  986. Thanks for that reminder!
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  987. Plus greater awareness of just how risky China has become!
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  988. Is there a chip making equivalent to banana bread?
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  989. Like Pavlov's dogs, when I hear "Let's jump in," I automatically click the "like" button!
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  990. It's like a "pause button" was hit and now we are resuming where we left off. The parallels with 100 years ago are striking, including plagues (influenza and encephalitis lethargica back then Covid and ? now) and famine, including the dreaded "second wave" famines).
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  991. quote complications end quote
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  992. Just beware of a dead-cat bounce. Things can appear to get better just to continue the decent.
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  993. Congrats, Tony, on 18K subscribers - another well-earned milestone!
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  994. Between back-to-school shopping and replacement of needed items destroyed by flood waters, the uptick in consumer spending shouldn’t be a surprise, but to think this indicates the beginning of an upward trend is delusional.
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  995.  @leekah9981  Healthy lifestyle is a moving target that has changed many times in the course of my life. The current incarnation is "protect the liver, feed the gut microbiome." I've done much damage to my body by following past versions of "a healthy lifestyle" and only updated my knowledge after a crisis. Perhaps Covid is trying to tell you something?
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  996. "All those red flags are so patriotic!" 🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳 (CCP probably)
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  997. I understood “dialogue and discussion” to mean “prioritize grain to China,” belt-and-road partners be damned!
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  998. With the huko (sp?) system, how many actually receive a pension? I doubt the migrant workers and rural workers get much if anything.
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  999. The virus had a "Plan B" (A5).
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  1000. I'd be careful about quality issues when importing from China.
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  1001. Thank you for requesting that - it was certainly interesting today, huh?!
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  1002. "Mountains of debt" while showing drone footage of mountains! NICE!!! You're becoming quite the artist, Tony!
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  1003.  @skydragon23101979  I noted the most extreme survey, but it's not the only one that shows that few want unification or that the desire for independence has grown. Also, it's incorrect that only the younger generation favors independence. When you break down the results into age groups, the highest support for independence was among 20-29 year-olds AND the elderly generation born pre-1949 (when the Kuomintang arrived). Regardless, many who favor the "status quo" do so for economic reasons - and the CCP is doing its best to ensure that those reasons will be nullified.
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  1004. What about turning on the captions/subtitles? That’s what I do since I’m hearing impaired and it’s easier to track by reading while I listen.
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  1005. Tony is very precise in his quotations of sources and I think that is what protects him.
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  1006. Plus you'd need to trust any tests administered within the PRC, which I certainly don't!
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  1007. They are playing catch up but the catch is that new orders have dropped. Fulfilling current orders normally would take to November and I've heard that these will be completed by September this year.
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  1008. @Quentin Styger SOME people are like that - and the CCP is full of such people.
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  1009.  @Pixaley  I'd say you are visionary! You're able to see the way the wind WILL blow and choose accordingly.
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  1010. Linen is good! Wooden clogs would work. But is that the stuff they're wearing? Of course not!
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  1011. When food prices are the main thing rising, it means there is even LESS room in people’s budgets for other purchases. Nightmare not only for the CCP, but for the consumer as well since eating is the priority for people who haven’t become depressed to the point of wanting to die.
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  1012. Don’t you think that Taiwan has seen what happened in Hong Kong? Taiwan has a completely different form of government and doesn’t want to be invaded by its aggressive neighbor who is seeking “reunification by any means” when Taiwan has never been part of the CCP. So unless “by any means” implies that the CCP will cede power to Taiwanese government, then Taiwan needs to be prepared to fight and is actively seeking support in defending itself from invasion. The USA is NOT the one starting this; the CCP is.
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  1013. The best case scenario is that they direct it towards their own leadership who placed them in such a position!
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  1014. It's probably not good for the PEOPLE either.
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  1015. Well explained!
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  1016.  @legendd3060  True, but history doesn’t have many students.
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  1017. That’s assuming that China is the only low-cost manufacturer, but it looks like more is now being done in places other than China. A "coin with two sides” doesn’t apply when there are so many other options for the US.
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  1018. It appears that 90% of the strength of the West is imperceptible to the CCP.
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  1019. And that explains why 600 million people in China still live in poverty as defined by an income of 1000 yuan ($140 USD) per month or less. That is per Li Keqiang, so that is the OFFICIAL number!
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  1020. Congrats on hitting 7K subscribers, Tony!
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  1021. No. He’s done meet ups with his followers when traveling and AI can’t do that.
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  1022.  @scottheller1379  By “our” do you mean China/Russia? Shouldn’t Korea and Vietnam be included? What about the “peaceful liberation” of Tibet?
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  1023. I wonder how many will go off line when the energy isn’t needed due to shrinking population. Worse, what happens when an unused and neglected nuclear plant goes back online?
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  1024.  @danielhenry177  One-eyed child policy? Or will it be a Three-eyed child policy?
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  1025. @ What you've called structural issues are just the symptoms. The structural issue is that the central government is out of touch and provides unrealistic goals forcing the local governments to take desperate measures. Fixing the structural issue would entail allowing the local governments determine their own goals and targets based on what can be realistically achieved based on local conditions.
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  1026. When other sources note contradictions, such as declines in trucking activity or the difference in China's import/export records versus those of other nations, those do get mentioned. But it sure seems to take a lot of creativity to find ways of getting true info when the CCP tries to cover up anything unfavorable to the regime.
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  1027. I wish I could give you more than one 👍- you’re that good.
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  1028. Hmmm. I wonder what the China percentage would be if you only included homes that were built and livable?
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  1029.  @ricnyc2759  Having a roof over your head on LEASED land versus OWNED land is a difference in concept. What will happen to a home in China when the lease on the land expires? The CCP still hasn’t specified - just another way for them to take back the property that others have worked and paid for!
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  1030. I recently ended a 40-day fast. I can completely relate to what Leia said about how hunger impacts you. But when I see the full plates of rice (with nothing but salt), I have to say, I wouldn't be complaining! Even plain rice without salt would be like ambrosia when you're truly hungry!
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  1031.  @lf6190  Bai lan and tang ping doesn’t sound energetic to me. Am I missing something?
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  1032. The economy be draggin'
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  1033. And then all 8 children decide to "lay flat"?
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  1034. The way the environment has been degraded in such a rapid and foolish pursuit of modernization may have much to do with fertility issues. Endocrine disruptors are everywhere, factories dump chemicals directly into waterways, and then pumping wastewater into their aquifers to try and raise the water table was beyond shocking.
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  1035. The USSR tried that very thing and it didn’t end well.
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  1036. "I want to live with dignity, like a human, not just breathing." Beautifully said and I hope those suffering under tyranny take this to heart!
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  1037. The "massive slowdown in property sales" gives me hope that enough Chinese people have retained the ability for independent thinking in the face of CCP indoctrination. They aren't falling for the "policy easing measures" and those attempts to stimulate property sales. I just feel for those who didn't wake up to the weakness of the property sector soon enough and are already invested, many with little hope of recovering the monies that have been committed.
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  1038.  @theotherohlourdespadua1131  A horrible thought, but I can see what you mean. The lust for power could lead to such malice. Jiang Zemin even looks a bit like a viper to me!
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  1039. Oh, Tony, you dropped a gem by letting us know a bit more about yourself: Solicitor of the high court of New Zealand.
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  1040. Volunteers go out in the dark to inspect: Meh, looks okay to me!
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  1041. Donated?
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  1042.  @cdl0  After listening to Peter Zeihan, I'd have to add delusional to the "aggressive and nasty" description. Peter's geopolitical analysis doesn't offer any hope for China's future. The wolf warrior "diplomacy" will only hasten the decline IMO.
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  1043. They can replay the videos of how the CCP can rapidly build new hospitals like they showed during Covid - that should reassure! 😉 Can’t have social instability!
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  1044. Immigrants - move to places they like/admire and conform to it Colonizers - move to places very different from where they left then expect it to conform to them
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  1045. Well, hedged with a disclaimer about accuracy, but some people like to find fault anyway.
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  1046. The 50th floor collapsed into the 49th floor, which then collapsed into the 48th floor, which proceeded to collapse into the 47th floor, followed by the collapse into the 46th, and continuing level by level until the whole thing is rubble in the underground parking structure. I've seen footage of a controlled demolition in slow motion and that would be a good description of what is happening in CCP-controlled China - minus the "controlled" part. So if you're still in the building on one of the lower floors, stop complaining about the warnings and get out while you can.
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  1047. Good point! And it's winter in the northern hemisphere when they plan to open up, too.
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  1048. CCP seems more like Wiley Coyote to the US Roadrunner.
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  1049. I wouldn’t call it “unintended military escalation.” The baiting of the US by China is very much intended to trigger military escalation and I can only hope the US pilots aren’t foolish enough to take the bait.
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  1050. It would take much more than a weak yuan to regain lost trust; Beijing's policies are frightening off businesses.
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  1051. Recall that Lebanon was a majority Christian nation that welcomed immigrants from surrounding nations; those immigrants outbred them and took over. Too bad politicians in the West forgot or chose to ignore that lesson from history.
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  1052. Congrats on 100K! Only one day late for your birthday - what a present!
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  1053. And what makes it sound so grim and scary is that he ISN'T trying to be a fear monger, just calmly, rationally explains the situation.
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  1054. You could tell in the first 20 seconds that this was pre-2020; we are now in dystopian hell.
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  1055. 2026 will be a peak year for piracy! Yo ho, yo ho!
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  1056. Just don’t bring along the ideas that led to the rot!
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  1057. And with the negative perception of China by US consumers, the smart business won’t want to sign up - especially with the increasingly uninvestable business atmosphere on the mainland.
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  1058. Yes, it’s precisely this kind of thing that is beginning to make me wish another "century of humiliation” on them. All that would take is simply to honestly call out all the CCP's evil and broadcast it far and wide.
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  1059. Yep, that’s how I understand it, too.
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  1060. I've been noticing more options for products other than the "made in China" or "made in PRC." I'd been delaying some purchases because I don't want to be supporting the CCP and in the past couple of days, I could finally buy them. Made in Malaysia, Vietnam, Pakistan, India, Spain, and even the USA!
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  1061. Like someone saying, “Trust me, bro” when they’ve already lied, abused, and stolen from you on many past occasions.
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  1062. Unless you’re an expert on being able to identify real metal from the fakes, purchasing precious metals in China is a VERY BAD idea.
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  1063. I’d like to check out now, please. What? I CAN’T leave?!
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  1064. Where do you think even “a 5 year old iPhone” will sell? BRICS or BRI countries? I doubt enough will be able to afford even old tech with the way China is placing them into a debt strangle hold.
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  1065. China's GDP is only a measure of economic activity. A hamster on an exercise wheel is very active but going nowhere fast.
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  1066. But they'll never admit it and just make up numbers!
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  1067. I've been following China closely through the China Update channel (highly recommended) and don't think even the reduced IMF prediction is realistic. A recent poll of small business owners in China reveals that only 9% expect their business will survive this. Household wealth is rapidly evaporating. And this situation isn't "unprecedented" so much as unknown to most. The brutality of "3 years of difficulty" during Mao's reign is a precedent that may be repeating itself. For those interested in this history: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2qvEu8ElrY
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  1068. I love the taste of liberal tears in the morning.
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  1069.  @girl4freedm89  So true. It's not a choice of right/left, but of up/down. Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who call darkness light and light darkness. Woe to those who call bitter sweet and sweet bitter. They are warping the moral compass.
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  1070. That's a VERY good point! Speed in the wrong direction is detrimental.
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  1071. Or “you make it, we take it” redistributions of profit.
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  1072. That market is behind a glass wall - you can see them but you can't touch them.
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  1073. A toddler has more sense than to blame YOU when you catch them!
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  1074. Considering all the problems that China’s planning has created for itself, I question if such a thing as “intelligent planning” can be done in a one-party national level. Planning must be done according to local needs/conditions by those who understand, not by a central authority, especially one whose overarching goal is to maintain its own power.
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  1075. I'm getting the impression that the central government is TRYING to gut the revenue sources of the local governments; this is increasingly looking like the prelude to even greater central control.
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  1076. That’s a really good thumbnail today, Tony. Captures interest without being sensational.
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  1077. . . . who lives there and is fluent in Mandarin.
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  1078. There is a word for this: NECROMANCY
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  1079. Where were his parents? How could this go on for 10 years?
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  1080. Agreed! Respect to Ursula von der Leyen.
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  1081. More of a “poster child” for the sector than a distraction.
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  1082. This is why I must play the game with coffee - and only watch in the morning!
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  1083. The real question is just how far down the ladder China will fall as their population crumbles and the debt comes due.
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  1084. And likely the most foolish varieties of stimulus. No investment in human capital even though only 30% of mainland Chinese have any high school education. It's always infrastructure spending. For a centrally planned economy, they are remarkably shortsighted!
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  1085.  @Leshic2  But foreign investment isn't just through bonds. Foreign companies manufacture in China or have part of their supply chain there. When those things are included, foreign investment is much higher.
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  1086.  @Tewhill357  I'm on the fringes of the Pacific Ring of Fire. Volcanos ROCK! haha
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  1087. It appears that you didn't watch the video, or at least didn't finish the video before commenting.
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  1088.  @rocoustilerocoustile4320  Aren’t you assuming that physical health is always good? What about spiritual health as the priority? The mess that is happening in Haiti isn’t because those gangs are suffering from poor physical health. Pride/arrogance/hubris is the greatest malady that humankind faces.
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  1089. Yes, I miss the times where people with various points of view could assemble in the same room and have a respectful conversation. A listener would discover the nuances of whatever was being discussed and nonsense was politely nipped in the bud with facts refuting or presenting a more complete picture. Did I imagine those days? Now even talk shows either slant the panel to one POV or use a weak rep for one position and a strong for the other that they want to push (basically a staged strawman argument). It’s so exhausting having to listen to many channels to try and find a balanced perspective. That’s what makes Tony’s channel so valuable - he presents various POV all in one place! I wish there were more like him on other topics!
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  1090. He didn't say that it was.
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  1091. He's obsessed with Pooh-tin!
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  1092.  @308_Negra_Arroyo_Lane  I understand it to mean leaving, and it seems the ability to leave is being taken from Chinese citizens.
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  1093.  @308_Negra_Arroyo_Lane  Per Wikipedia: Foot voting is expressing one's preferences through one's actions, by voluntarily participating in or withdrawing from an activity, group, or process; especially, physical migration to leave a situation one does not like, or to move to a situation one regards as more beneficial. Note the part where it states ESPECIALLY PHYSICAL MIGRATION TO LEAVE A SITUATION ONE DOES NOT LIKE.
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  1094.  @trikepilot101  Even if they did, this is the second ship that damaged cables, so it should be “three strikes you’re out” of our territorial waters.
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  1095. Professional pilots fly by instrumentation, not by looking down!
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  1096. I feel sorry for those who finally saw the USSR collapse with a sigh of relief only to end up with Putin a decade later. That wasn’t much time to get things on a better track.
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  1097. I’d prefer Tony continue to help us keep our finger on the pulse of CCP propaganda so we can see any changes in scope or direction.
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  1098. Not only in "times of difficulty" - when has the CCP ever followed international rules unless personally advantageous?
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  1099. In yesterday's video, I posted some links to Leshic about the 45% stat for undelivered property in Mainland China. The worst case was one development that has remained undelivered for 22 years! Alternately, search YouTube for Rotten-Tail buildings or Rotten-ended buildings and those videos should pull up.
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  1100.  @cdl0  And run out of contractors/employees willing to take their commercial paper/IOUs. Evergrande was NEVERgrande. (yeah, there are others, but names fail to communicate).
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  1101. And assuming that your exit strategy won’t be circumvented with sudden changes by the whimsy of an autocrat.
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  1102. I’m rooting for Tony to reach 100K quickly.
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  1103.  @SinkLikeStone  I don’t think ANYTHING can make Chinese products attractive again!
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  1104. With such an overbuilt market, it makes more sense to me to simply refund those whose homes were never built/completed.
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  1105.  @jerryrichardson2799  😃
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  1106.  @Andy-P  Thanks. That was worth the 5-1/2 minutes to watch. Victor Gao really was “that bad” in a shockingly short amount of time!
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  1107. Defenestration doesn’t (yet) have a “with Chinese characteristics” version.
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  1108. That should be since even China claimed themselves to be the “World’s Factory” and the US was hardly alone in taking advantage of the once-cheap/abundant labor.
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  1109.  @Defective1313  Not everyone, and not always. When you see that trend, it is a sign that the "god" is themself, not The Creator. The soul-searching of others will always exist outside of your awareness - it is a very private issue. You can only reference your own struggle to understand what is right and what is wrong, and the even greater struggle to DO what is right when doing so goes against what is comfortable or socially approved within your circle. To free ourselves of double standards and hypocrisy is a great battle. Self-honesty requires much courage.
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  1110. Well, most thought Russia had enough to easily take Ukraine in days and here we are over a year later. Now since China has mostly been copying Russian designs, and like Russia tend to ignore maintenance, that would certainly play a factor.
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  1111. I predict that the bubble tea market will be another bubble. 😉
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  1112. No.
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  1113. Thank you for covering Kazakhstan! I'd love more info about Turkey's response to this whenever you can get it. I suspect that if the Kazakh people had a choice between aligning themselves with Russia, China, or Turkey, they'd choose Turkey for the language and cultural affinities. And with Turkey feeling economic pain which could be partially remedied by the oil and gas reserves of Kazakhstan, could Turkey be responsible for the unrest?
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  1114. They thought it would give people stable jobs, but what succeeds as a short-term tactic can fail in the long term. Production without buyers doesn’t work. Antagonizing your customers doesn’t work. Not paying your workers enough to buy what they manufacture doesn’t work.
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  1115. A good man up against impossible odds.
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  1116. I can just picture it: Biden, hiding in his cellar, filling out ballots - because even a senile old man can do at least that much to ensure his "victory."
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  1117.  @gamers-xh3uc  I doubt that anyone else is in the same league as the CCP. For many, peace IS the strategic interest rather than wolf warrior ambitions.
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  1118. There is no way that China’s demographic pyramid is that symmetrical. GIGO — garbage in/garbage out. If they don’t have the correct current information, all their projections would be completely wrong.
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  1119. Since I happen to be fasting for about 20 hours when I read this, it is a nice reminder of how much good I'm doing my body!
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  1120. And tainted blood or incorrectly matched type will do more harm than good!
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  1121. How can increasing bureaucratic bloat possibly be a good thing? "Lots of unemployed educated young people is a dangerous state of affairs" but once again the CCP is being short-sighted and kicking the can down the road by increasing "state sector jobs" to address this problem.
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  1122. 15K! Congrats again, Tony. You've certainly earned it and much more. We're all rooting for you!
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  1123. Unless it escapes into a “wet market” like the gain of function research!
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  1124. But now with contaminated soil and water.
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  1125.  @lwells3937  I specifically said ECONOMIC MIGRANTS, not refugees. Those are two very different things.
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  1126. Maybelline 2020 missed a golden opportunity with so many people on Zoom.
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  1127. And electricity to keep the refrigerators functional!
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  1128. Shhh. Let sleeping trolls sleep.
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  1129. Coming out of university, they haven't had reality show the flaws in the indoctrination that they've received. I had two college experiences - one straight out of high school and the other after spending 20 years in the workforce. Life experience made me very aware of the indoctrination and flat out lies that were being pushed. If that had been the case when I was fresh out of high school, I was oblivious to it.
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  1130. Hey, Tony. The property land sales are becoming so convoluted that a flow chart to follow what's going on would be awesome!
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  1131. Well so much for those "quarantine hospitals" that some local officials were seeking money to build using "infrastructure" funding.
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  1132. When the “independent sensationalist predictions” turn out to be TRUE, you become the new golden boy that everyone wants to interview about your ability to foresee when others were still in the dark.
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  1133. Japan is the largest US FOREIGN creditor, not China AND MOST US debt is held by US citizens, US banks, and in US government agencies like Social Security.
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  1134.  @huckleberryfinn6578  ASSEMBLED in China - VERY different situation
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  1135. I like the Dutch version of going viral far better than the Wuhan version!
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  1136. Tony in his panda suit enjoying his bamboo coffee - so cute!
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  1137.  @DK-ev9dg  Starving by killing the sparrows looks like failure to me.
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  1138. And the thought is always singular: ME!
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  1139.  @SuperGingerBickies  Free Hong Kong, Free Tibet, keep strong Tiawan! Keep fighting the good fight!
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  1140. That depends on the severity of the illness. I've heard this variant is about as deadly as the common cold.
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  1141. Animals generally pay attention to what is meaningful to them personally. Now if they eat dogs in China, that may explain why the pooches carefully follow the decline in population since the safety of future canines is improved. Whereas cats not being on the menu (unless they are all black and have wings like bats where they may accidentally become soup), they have little interest. Having skin in the game makes a world of difference!
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  1142. I think you have those backwards.
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  1143.  @kimiyounasarukun  Landfills are overflowing with the detritus of greed - just in case you’re limiting this to corporate greed as opposed to the ordinary garden variety found among humanity as a whole.
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  1144. They tore out all the pages they didn't like.
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  1145. Probably wasn't even a real cat, just a Chinese knock-off that bounced.
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  1146.  @i6power30  Why? On what do you base your optimism?
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  1147. LOL - that building DOES look like a bottle opener!
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  1148. Yes, but sperm counts have also been declining in many nations for a few decades now, so it isn't just speculation. There was a meta-analysis of papers published since the 1970s and it is documented in over 50 countries.
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  1149. Was the documentary “Supersize Me” ever released in China?
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  1150. He said unemployed, so not laborers. Maybe "lying flat" is bigger than we realize?
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  1151. But IS IT independent or a feint published with the full blessings of the CCP? Why publish in the Economist for the English-speaking world rather than in Chinese on the mainland? Sus
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  1152. "Spiritual reward" - does that mean people don't have a "ghost of a chance" of ever seeing the money?
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  1153. Like one drowning man helping another drowning man, they'll each speed the demise of the other.
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  1154. Betting on the CCP seems like insanity to me!
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  1155.  @Andy-P  Others many have problems with energy, but at least they don't have lockdowns, so that is still an improved scenario for business.
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  1156. Well said!
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  1157. Plague awaits such an opportunity!
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  1158. Enjoy your time off, you've certainly earned a two-day weekend, but know that we'll miss you!
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  1159. I shudder to think of the sort of groupies you’ll attract.
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  1160. How can anyone possibly be a “smart investor” in an opaque system with incomplete and mostly unreliable information?
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  1161. CCP: EU heaps praise on China! EU: April Fool's!
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  1162.  @antixocialman  It happened with Ninevah so a turnaround isn't impossible, but I don't see any indication of humility within the CCP. The closest may be Li Keqiang in that he seems to be the most honest about the true situation but doesn't seem to have enough pull to make a difference.
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  1163. LOL - "imaginary numbers" with "Chinese characteristics."
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  1164.  @Vzzdak  And the Central government controls the music, so they're always able to get a chair!
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  1165. As an American, I’m puzzled by what seems like the targeting of little girls. Am I just missing that others are also being stabbed? Why kids? Why girls?
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  1166. Or perhaps birthrate is directly coupled to hope for the future. Who wants to bring children into a world that they themselves would shudder to inherit?
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  1167. He does let tidbits drop now and then. I know from watching for a while that he's trained as a barrister and is from New Zealand. And he's fluent in Mandarin!
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  1168. China loves its RED - can't have that color representing anything negative, huh?
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  1169. I bet that distinction is becoming more of a challenge now with the growth of this channel!
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  1170. Like Andy-P, I’m in the West and must not be normal. Maybe some people just have the wrong friends?
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  1171. At least those living a subsistence life have the skills needed to subsist. They may end up being the lucky ones!
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  1172.  @Defective1313  I agree. At this size, I regularly read all the comments and have come to know the names of regular commenters whose insights I value.
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  1173. If the autonomous vehicle requires certain infrastructure, that would be very limiting, like having a 5G phone out in locations where even 3G is a luxury. China's cars won't be sellable in places that don't have the infrastructure and wouldn't want to because of espionage concerns.
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  1174.  @GamerShowdown-h8j  Why? We’re not in China.
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  1175.  @bobwatson8754  If you’re on a side, can you ever actually see the truth? Does one see all opinions as “truth” or is one looking for objective TRUTH that can withstand whatever is currently fashionable to believe?
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  1176. Or a cartoon character who keeps running even when there is no longer any ground under their feet.
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  1177. Thanks for that value-added comment!
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  1178. The title contains a QUESTION mark.
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  1179. But many of us enjoy the drinking game, whatever our beverage of choice. A sip or shot for each quote/unquote would be sadly missed!
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  1180. Nothing but the can becoming so large and heavy that it breaks the foot trying to kick it.
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  1181. Wow! Early 200s - you must be immortal! 😉
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  1182. That bit about "enormous superiority" was rather shocking. "Delusions of grandeur" comes to mind, a form of psychiatric disease, but can such a diagnosis apply to a government rather than an individual?
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  1183. Wow! Jumped from 79.9K yesterday to 80.1K today - and well past time for your channel to be gaining traction. Congrats, Tony!!!
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  1184.  @skydragon23101979  Those that are graduating from college (the early 20s) need work wardrobes, transportation, and are generally enjoying the first flush of having a regular income to show off to friends and family. By the late 20s, they constrain their spending to save for a house. If they don't marry or have children, the sectors of the economy that cater to those areas of spending won't happen. And when youth has such a disappointing inauguration to job hunting, work life, and employment stability, that sticks with you. This cohort of young people will likely never feel secure enough to loosen the purse strings should things eventually pick up.
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  1185. A single person being able to afford to live alone has always been unusual. What you call “pad-share” was the norm for singles in college and those just starting their working lives. Or you could rent a room with a family and get “kitchen & laundry privileges.” Buying a home is harder because we finance more of it (20% down payment was normal) and are paying for bigger houses. A home in the 1000-1200 square foot range is VERY hard to come by these days but that was the normal size for a family home before the developers discovered they could make more money building bigger homes and started building McMansions.
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  1186. They got the fake-it part but don’t think they’ll ever arrive at “make-it."
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  1187. Now I need to pay more attention to the video! I confess, that I’m usually engaged with the sound and reading the captions, ignoring the background stuff.
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  1188.  serria john  The population of Japan is only 125 million, so that number couldn't possibly be right; that would be about 2-1/2 vehicles for every man, woman, and child! And in just one year!
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  1189. Nothing can harm the Chinese people as badly as the CCP.
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  1190. Good to know. Thanks for posting!
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  1191. Realists? More like revisionists.
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  1192. And let's not forget that the CCP wants to overhaul that $23 TRILLION "Commercial Acceptance Bill" market. The supply chain has been reliant on the use of these IOUs. If the 3 red lines policy got this property sector crash going, I wonder what unforeseen problems that will generate?
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  1193.  @jkmarshall3553  Bwaahahahaha! Ghosts of ancestors need some more haunts!
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  1194. Building for a growing population that is now shrinking and has been for some time by many critical of the official numbers.
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  1195. Listen to both sides and decide for yourself, but it sounds to me like "AJ from PTE" is doing the ostrich thing.
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  1196. Or perhaps Xi's paranoid.
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  1197. @M15 The rat is treated about the same as the rural Chinese are treated by the CCP. If you want to feel sorry for living creatures, consider man's inhumanity to man. History is full of examples.
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  1198. What? No home run? How disappointing! 😁😉
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  1199. If it’s anything like their grain reserves, the “rats" have eaten it.
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  1200. “You can’t graduate until you have a job” and “you’re not unemployed if you haven’t graduated” becomes the counting method of choice.
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  1201. It figures that the CCP would prioritize that which is "putting the banking system at risk" over that which is putting THE PEOPLE at risk.
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  1202.  @Aesoporific  Better means more money - that you don't have. And with prices going down, you probably owe more than your current apartment is now worth.
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  1203. I'm at the point of believing that any policy incentives that China presents to foreign investors is just bait to get them into the trap of the sunk cost fallacy.
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  1204. Those who watch this channel know this, but those numbers do give some kind of starting point from which we can try and gain a true assessment.
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  1205. It’s like they misread the word and think there is an “n” between the “o” and the “c."
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  1206. But are they? I’ve gotten the impression that the lack of domestic consumption is a big problem for mainland China.
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  1207. Haha, something tells me a certain commenter had something like that happen to him.
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  1208. Nevergrand!
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  1209. There is more than one definition: camper kăm′pər noun One that camps, such as a person lodging temporarily in a tent or cabin. A motor vehicle with space and equipment, either in a rear compartment or in an attached trailer, for sleeping and simple housekeeping, used for camping and recreational travel. The rear compartment or attached trailer of such a vehicle.
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  1210. So high-net-worth individuals are beginning to feel some pain? I can’t say that I’m displeased.
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  1211. Xenophobia is beginning to sound like a very smart strategy.
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  1212. It's called a demon. She's a puppet of Satan.
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  1213. Aren’t those already built already OWNED even if unoccupied? Seizing someone else’s property to give to those waiting for their units would certainly cause social unrest!
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  1214. Greed plus how much the average human loves convenience. The corporate greed would be kept in check if consumers refused to buy.
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  1215. The Summer Davos is held each year in China and 2022 was the first year where Russia didn't send a delegation to the WEF. It's not that the WEF has "no influence over China, Russia etc" but that these authoritarian regimes DO have influence in the WEF!
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  1216. Maybe not when you also consider the parents who would be losing their one and only child and the four grandparents that child would be supporting; it seems public outrage would need to be seriously considered.
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  1217. All that’s been accomplished are agreeing on "guidelines to accelerate the negotiation of the code of conduct" for the South China Sea. The main issue seems to be China’s refusal to adhere to international law and ruling that refute China’s position in disputed areas.
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  1218.  @skydragon23101979  Hardly personal since my opinion lines up with the Hague and all the other disputants of the CCP’s territorial claims.
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  1219. Can an enterprise remain profitable if the market is saturated?
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  1220. Majority of the population falling back into poverty?
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  1221. No, it doesn’t bode well. An AI with narcissistic personality disorder has plot potential for a book or movie.
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  1222. Deep Seek: "Do you have any true information that I can work with?"
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  1223.  @kitten_582  Do you actually think most landlords can buy property for cash? They've got a mortgage and property taxes to pay. Landlords will get foreclosed if they can't pay. People who choose to be landlords are doing it hoping to be able to one day pay off the property and have some retirement income. Imagine put in close to 30 years and all the effort of maintaining the property and dealing with tenants just to end up in foreclosure because someone arbitrarily chooses to limit the rent you can ask.
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  1224.  @ladydragon7777  LOL - I KNOW some people who are landlords and, unless you're a slum lord, being a landlord IS A FULL-TIME JOB. It takes a lot of work to own property and keep it from deteriorating, especially if you make a mistake and rent to someone who trashes the place. If you're a renter and something breaks down, you call the landlord who has to make the repairs or pays a contractor to have them made. Your rent is a payment for this service, so it isn't "your dime." Even if you pay for your own utilities, it is still the landlord who must keep the structure's plumbing and electrical components functional. A tenant and an investor are TWO DIFFERENT THINGS unless you've got a "rent to own" contract.
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  1225.  @azizsipahi8332  I didn't realize the salaries have been increased. That combined with the low interest rates must be driving the inflation. The cost of the salaries would have to be passed along to the consumers increasing the cost of goods and services.
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  1226. Copper is too valuable; the bars were lead with a veneer of gold.
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  1227. Agreed. Plus a strategy of isolating Taiwan makes little sense if China itself can be isolated by Taiwan’s allies.
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  1228. After you spend seven years burying the dead.
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  1229. China’s posturing is enough to cause the Hatfields and McCoys to band together against.
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  1230. Remember, people, that if there weren't so many idiots who flaunted the health recommendations, governments wouldn't have an excuse to step in like this.
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  1231. Their new word for over capacity.
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  1232. Not even “buy” but lease until land-use rights expire!
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  1233. I agree with Simon Pannett that there is a double-edged sword to dumping. It's like selling your best assets to buy more "bargain" stocks hoping they're just out of favor rather than risky.
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  1234. I was looking for a comment about this very thing rather than posting another one. Mix China's "tofu dreg construction" and reputation for corruption, plus the history of foolish environmental practices which makes me leery about how they will deal with nuclear waste, and you get a recipe for disaster.
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  1235.  @markbernier8434  It might be there already if the CCP didn’t manipulate their currency.
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  1236. Perhaps to avoid a “revenge against society” pilot? There was one of those not very long ago.
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  1237. Considering how much electrical production isn't produced in a green manner, I consider a hybrid the better option. I fill up my Prius about 4 times a year now and when I was driving more, I'd get about 600 miles from 10 gallons of gas. No problems with charging times, infrastructure, or high electric bills either.
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  1238.  @hanfucolorful9656  Most countries are able to balance electrical supply and demand within the electrical grid - Is China unable to do this? Is that why the energy will "go wasted, if not used" in China? Maybe YOU "need to get some knowledge about the electric grid" of other countries to understand how foolish the CCP is!
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  1239. Proper English, but I think it also offers Tony some legal protection to clearly distinguish that he's only the messenger. BTW Tony is a barrister so that may be why he's so careful and precise!
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  1240. New Zealand
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  1241.  @robert_g_fbg  Start broken, break some more!
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  1242. Restore? 1.4 billion? In the past, I've gotten the impression that Li is honest!
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  1243. A mismatch between training and jobs, between expectations and reality.
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  1244. Nothing quite like loading up your (possibly) one lifeboat with a load of bricks.
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  1245. No one can match them, but they're too obvious to be masters - we can see right through them!
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  1246.  @gregdobbs2577  "androgynous teddy bear" - LOL - that put a smile on my face!
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  1247. Disappointed when you actually need to think?
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  1248. And it's a concerning choice of partner when you consider the human rights issues in each! Many of those imported workers in SA have their passports confiscated and are living as virtual slaves. I shudder when I consider what those poor people will go through by adding a CCP-style surveillance system and facial recognition software to that already horrible situation.
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  1249. Reminds me of a character named Whimpy, “I will gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today."
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  1250. We don’t. My credit rating is 825 out of a possible 850. Credit cards are paid in full each month. Last time I was late for a payment was when my mom was dying and it slipped through the cracks while I had other more pressing matters. Don’t presume.
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  1251. And that is a very good message!
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  1252. I understand. Hearing them frequently makes me want to spew my beverage on my keyboard. Fortunately his use of quote-unquote generally gives me enough time to pause and swallow.
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  1253. It seems like property developers always promise more than they can/will deliver and expect people to work for free. The cuts to salary for players and coaches and the 10-month delay in payment are just the most recent example. Suppliers and laborers have been experiencing this for a while now. The PDs are like modern-day slave owners in their expectations of free labor but without honesty!
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  1254. Yes, it's like Mao all over again. Mao was willing to let half of China starve so the other half could eat its fill and food became the weapon of the cadres to eliminate those they didn't like. Millions died then, too. Xi seems to worship Mao.
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  1255. Slept in today, huh?
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  1256. Question whether the push to “sustainable” and “non/less polluting” is all it’s hyped to be. I walked past another house with a burnt out garage from an EV fire (made in China battery, of course) and you know the toxins released from such burning aren’t good for the environment! How many ICE vehicles would need to be taken off the road to make up for one EV fire?
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  1257. LOL - How can you build infrastructure while keeping your population in lockdown?
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  1258.  @taiwanisacountry  The Philippines is surrounded by prominent shipping lanes so the Hague position is extremely relevant, especially to those who ARE “living in the neighborhood.” The US has no desire to “project . . . will in the area” but has been a guarantor of the global trade routes for decades. Do you really think that all the ASEAN nations want CHINA securing the shipping in the area with its history of encroachment and bullying?
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  1259. I thought OP was for Overdose Patient.
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  1260. Even if it's "been on the rise for decades," shouldn't that be cause for concern? Aren't you at all curious as to why?
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  1261. Amazing that someone with C- grades thought they could pull off something like this. STUPID!!!
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  1262. An excellent example of the road to hell being paved with good intentions. The hope was that prosperity would liberalize, but that certainly didn’t happen and instead just fed a cancerous regime.
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  1263. Do you get that mischievous twinkle in your eye, too? That always puts a smile on my face.
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  1264. Other planets in our solar system are also experiencing "climate change" so perhaps we need to be asking whose making money from pushing the "man-made" explanation? Searching for ways to adapt to this would be a better use of resources than trying to keep it from happening.
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  1265. Word salad!
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  1266. So formal today!
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  1267.  @lonihollenbeck4654  The problem with “record-breaking” is that the records haven’t been kept for very long and sometimes people will selectively choose a starting point that fits an agenda, ignoring previous information that doesn’t fit a desired narrative.
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  1268. From what I gather second-hand based on TikTok “challenges” and there sometimes lethal results, the answer is a definite YES, that stupid.
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  1269. Superstition about obtaining any negative vibes from previous owners may be what is limiting purchases - the irrational is trumping the rational.
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  1270. I'd add Japan to that mix.
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  1271. China Update uploads daily and I highly recommend the channel for neutral reporting. You may find it useful for following the current situation. Best wishes for the safety of your wife's family.
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  1272.  @taoliu2920  You must be desperate for your 50-cents earned by trolling after being paid in IOUs or forced to give back your bonus.
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  1273. 2023 may be a significant year since it will be the 100-year anniversary since the caliphate was dissolved in Turkey. With the current economic problems that Turkey currently has, will that result in a greater push for a new caliph? I'm less concerned about Erdogan than I am with who will replace him.
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  1274. Those that "have no understanding of the value of human life" will be programming the vehicles' controls. Perhaps the CCP will then use the vehicles to target those they deem "undesirable" - like protesters. (Oops! Computer glitch!)
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  1275. "Cyber sovereignty" is an evil power grab. Give people access to true information so that corruption/incompetence can be removed from the highest places of government, preferably with a system to replace them without degenerating into a civil war.
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  1276. Especially unproductive debt.
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  1277. I'd recommend a channel called "What's going on with shipping." Sal really knows his stuff.
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  1278.  philajfran  Profiting from "rents" isn't capitalism - it's feudalism. Capitalism is getting a profit from owning the means of production, but unless you're renting farmland, what does that rent produce? BTW can you name one socialist nation that hasn't failed economically or is on the verge of doing so? I'm not saying socialism can't work in small tribal situations or in small communities like an Israeli kibbutz, but on a national level, it always fails because socialism doesn't address the elites who always end up with "one rule for thee and another for me." Most people point to mixed economies and think that those are socialist. Having some type of safety net isn't socialism.
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  1279.  @marilyndee969  Let’s call them a Voldemort - he who cannot be named.
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  1280. More likely it's PRIDE rather than greed. How much of the desire for wealth is to appear superior to others? Look at all those who will go into debt to merely appear rich - that isn't based on greed but rather pride.
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  1281. Long term is the hardest to forecast. If you can’t get the short/mid right, you’ll never get it right for the long haul - too many unforeseen variables.
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  1282. “ ‘ … ‘ "
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  1283. All true, but he'd have to update his intro and I'd rather he focus on the rest of the video!
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  1284. The lack of demand, at least in part, is due to the aging demographics in many developed economies. People who are retired or close to retirement just don't spend as much money as younger people do, especially if they will be living on a fixed income and there are inflationary pressures anticipated.
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  1285. Psalm 2: Why do the gentiles rage, And the peoples meditate emptiness? The sovereigns of the earth take their stand, And the rulers take counsel together, Against יהוה and against His Messiah, and say, “Let us tear apart Their bonds, And throw away Their ropes from us.” He who is sitting in the heavens laughs, יהוה mocks at them. Then He speaks to them in His wrath, And troubles them in His rage, saying, “But I, I have set My Sovereign on Tsiyon, My set-apart mountain." I inscribe for a law: יהוה has said to Me, ‘You are My Son, Today I have brought You forth. Ask of Me, and I make the gentiles Your inheritance, And the ends of the earth Your possession. Break them with a rod of iron, Dash them to pieces like a potter’s vessel.’ ” And now, be wise, O sovereigns; Be instructed, you rulers of the earth. Serve יהוה with fear, And rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest He be enraged, And you perish in the way, For soon His wrath is to be kindled. Blessed are all those taking refuge in Him.
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  1286. It IS painful to listen to, but far better to know how they're grooming the mainlanders than to stick one's head in the sand and buy into the face they show the rest of the world.
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  1287. Hahaha!
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  1288. Power to the people. Show the CCP what 1+ billion can do!
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  1289. I report this kind of thing whenever I see it happening on channels. Click on the 3 vertical dots to the right of the comment, hit report, and select misinformation.
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  1290. That was an excellent recap of 2022!
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  1291. Well, technically China manipulated by using TicTok - though not with the results they hoped for! 😆
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  1292. Exactly!
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  1293. True except that as a rule, only mature companies pay out dividends while small- and mid-sized companies issue stock to fuel growth. And not all investors are traders since some of us are "buy and hold" people - either purchasing for dividends or getting in on the lower floors in anticipation of more growth.
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  1294. If the Chinese people throw the CCP under the bus, I suspect the rest of the world would applaud them. If they set up a righteous government with guaranteed civil rights, the rest of the free world would stand with them.
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  1295. This sponsorship seems like a marriage made in heaven!
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  1296. Yep! Like a toddler who wants to "do it myself" and is completely clueless about how much the parent is needed.
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  1297.  @skydragon23101979  Communism is far more destructive than even the most liberal of democracies. Your belief that democracy is "inner chaotic" is incorrect - the chaos of democracy is clearly visible and mild by comparison with communism which crushes anyone who disagrees with the party.
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  1298. You’d have to rewrite the human heart.
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  1299. Yep - like a seriously wounded animal retreating to its den. But will anything be learned from the self-inflicted wounds?
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  1300. I'm not surprised. The honor-shame nature of the CCP makes them less than perfectly transparent.
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  1301. I couldn’t help but laugh at the idea that Xi Thought is a powerful ideological weapon. I certainly wouldn’t describe Xi Thought in those words. Suggestions for a more accurate portrayal? Comment below!
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  1302. The problem is that it was the property developers who were buying the land-use rights and those no longer have the money to do so. In short, no one is buying land from the local governments like in the past; it is a demand-side problem.
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  1303. I suspect that new cases will be handled quietly and people will simply disappear for a while into secret quarantine facilities.
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  1304.  @paulryan5984  I think the main aim was to meet the growth targets demanded by the central government; the drain on the banking system is by accident, not design. This is the problem with a command economy.
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  1305.  @larrybuzbee7344  Basically, it's an algorithm comment from a fan base to support the channel's exposure to new viewers.
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  1306. That comment made me laugh!
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  1307. Rentals also are done at a loss since the income from rent isn't close to paying the mortgage!
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  1308. They are protecting themselves from becoming organ donors for the heartless CCP members!
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  1309. Throughout history, warfare has been the norm. The past 70 years have been unusually peaceful by comparison; only the modern ability to quickly get news from around the world makes it appear otherwise.
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  1310. This is 2020 - "Jobs are hard to come by" would describe A LOT of places right now!
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  1311. After seeing what happened to Hong Kong when the CCP took over, I'm REALLY hoping that Taiwan will be recognized as independent!
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  1312. Eating moon cakes?
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  1313. Also not good for current sales if people think waiting a year will bring the price down another 20%.
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  1314. Hahaha - I couldn’t hear the construction noise near you from the construction noise of my kitchen remodel.
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  1315. Are you new to YouTube? Clickbait captions are practically required. Judge by the content, not the captions - and that goes for ALL YouTube channels.
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  1316.  @taco7043  Many a gambler failed to quit while ahead and lost everything. "Past performance is no guarantee of future results."
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  1317. CCP's environmental record needs no assistance to create weather turmoil.
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  1318.  @harrysmith8515  LOL - You're talking to those who are highly educated. The number in China who don't have even a single day of high school is shocking (I forget the exact number but over half the population) and 600 million in China earn only 1000 RMB per month or less - those are the ones with the small pensions. Would you judge any other country just by talking to doctors and lawyers, professors and engineers?
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  1319. Excellent video. I took lots of notes!
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  1320. Good thinking about the possibility (likelihood!) of a lien.
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  1321. Symptoms of chronic lead poisoning in adults include difficulty thinking and making decisions (possibly increased aggression as well); I hear that there is a LOT of lead in Beijing's water supply. Talk of war is overblown only if you're expecting deranged people to make rational choices.
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  1322. I hope that means you'll be out celebrating the 20K mark. Enjoy your weekend, Tony!
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  1323. Truth bombs incoming!
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  1324. To replace those that crash/fall from the sky?
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  1325. Yes, it certainly does!
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  1326. Beans can give you gas and they both have mustard. There is a certain logic to it.
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  1327.  @glennkeppel9836  The mainland is west of Taiwan
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  1328. Biden could have simply called Xi a dick and saved himself two unnecessary syllables - but, ya know, “diplomacy!"
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  1329. And puts it in the water.
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  1330.  @YourHineyness  Out, damn foreign spot! Out I say!
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  1331. You’re being very kind when you call a hole over a pit a “toilet."
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  1332. Regional variations. American English uses a, not an.
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  1333. Tony covered these FDI stats earlier this week. The bulk is coming from Hong Kong, so only technically "foreign" and simply playing shell games as the CCP tends to do.
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  1334. That depends on proper storage, but 5 years seems unlikely even under ideal conditions.
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  1335. Whack-a-mole!
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  1336. Consider "China Update" as well. He's recent and still very small, only 10% of the base on this, but has been a reliable source of unbiased reporting. He's fluent in Mandarin and currently based in China, though I don't know where exactly and don't want to so he'll be safe!
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  1337. 60K well-earned subscribers - congrats!
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  1338. Let's not forget that the GDP of China is a POLITICAL number and does not reflect the real economy. Added to that, the central government puts the burden of GDP mandates on the local governments which makes the national debt artificially low. So you have an artificially high GDP and an artificially low national debt. It's all bookkeeping shenanigans. And what about the debt of SOE? Shouldn't that be factored in as well for a communist state?
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  1339. Rail and road are always more expensive than water transport.
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  1340. That depends on your goal. If you’re looking to have the stock prices increase without due diligence, then it is a gamble, but if you’re investing for dividends in proven companies that you’ve researched, that is a different thing entirely. 3M for example has been paying regular dividends since I purchased their stock over 15 years ago; any increase in share price is icing on the cake but not the main reason for holding.
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  1341. The CCP sees any competition where they can't win as "unfair."
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  1342.  @Llortnerof  You're right! My bad.
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  1343. Since change needs to happen within each human heart, praying is the best thing to do!
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  1344.  @shredtrash  Not really. Those were just photoshopped pictures.
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  1345.  @jaydee6268  One problem with authoritarianism is that they AREN'T capable of making informed decisions since the centralized goal setting stimulates the need to manufacture information. The mandated performance-based assessment is a big CYA system with wrong information accumulating and getting increasingly distorted as it moves up the chain. And honestly, centralized power tends to attract those with a god complex, NOT those who are benevolent. Authoritarianism lacks the checks and balances needed to protect society against the worst aspects of human nature.
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  1346. Even with the special plates, I wouldn't cross that bridge without wearing a life vest and keeping all the windows open!
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  1347. 25% rice, 25% melamine, 50% rice-shaped PLASTIC PELLETS
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  1348. It's all because of human desire to have more stuff and impress people you don't like or don't know. Capitalists wouldn't have a market if this flaw in human character wasn't so widespread.
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  1349.  @Andy-P  !!! Awful thought, but I wouldn’t put it past the CCP to try.
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  1350. I remember that and the "revenge against society" stabbing of children, even kindergarteners, in China.
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  1351. Highly unlikely to be real. Most announcements of tech advancements I’ve seen on China-promoting channels prove to be lies or decades from market.
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  1352. All the testing is an economic activity and boosts GDP when accounting is done with Chinese characteristics.
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  1353. I’m seeing your comments even if you aren’t. I don’t think Tony is deleting anything unless you’re also spamming crypto or “financial advice” and I usually report those things, not Tony. It’s probably just YouTube being weird.
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  1354. I love my Prius - 170K and still going strong with no major repairs needed.
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  1355.  @mikeg8630  Well said!
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  1356. ​ @tonysu8860  Unproductive debt isn’t healthy, even if it can be serviced. See the chart at 3:08.
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  1357. From what I've heard, China's range is only about 1000, not 2000.
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  1358. The backlash from BRICS surprised me, too. It’s good that they’re wising up and taking steps to minimize the harm of China’s unfair trade practices.
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  1359. Can you mail in the key of a property that hasn’t yet been built/completed?
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  1360.  @oltedders  My question was rhetorical. A non-existent property has a non-existent key. I only meant to emphasize the impossible situation that too many people on the mainland now find themselves - in debt with no way out.
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  1361. Youth are being advised to “eat bitterness.” 996 or unemployment? That is the question.
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  1362. I agree with @mombaassa that “authorized crime” would be a better description.
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  1363. Who’s the mother of dragons in the CCP version?
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  1364. Can I have some chips with that salience salsa?
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  1365. Are we supposed to trust the Roman church?
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  1366. Psalm 7:15-16 agrees with you!
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  1367. Nearly 1000 comments so far today! Gone are the days when this channel was small enough for me to read each and every one. As much as I’ll miss that aspect of my daily viewing, I’m so happy that Tony has finally reached this well-deserved milestone. Congratulations, Tony!
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  1368. Both the US and China have an aging demographic, so there SHOULD be a shortage of younger workers, BUT China's youth unemployment rate is at nearly 20%! That is very telling of just how badly the Chinese economy is REALLY doing. Don't forget that China's GDP is a POLITICAL number, not an economic one, so you must look deeper than that if you want to know the true situation.
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  1369. Even robots need to be properly maintained!
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  1370. Being rich and powerful seems to be perfectly fine for those who are higher up in the CCP. That leaves being outspoken against the CCP as being the "problem."
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  1371. Sounds like “money laundering” is happening! 😉
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  1372.  @ANPC-pi9vu  Generally, yes, but in this case he was a key witness. Let him stay until after he testifies!
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  1373. Congrats!
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  1374. Mindblowing 🤯🤬
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  1375. Well it IS better than Nigerian technology!
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  1376. Paper dragon fire! Who will suffer more the paper dragon or the paper dragon's target?
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  1377. Great observation! Thanks for sharing it.
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  1378. Yep!
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  1379. Late to the game due to an internet outage in my area but here to discover you’re at 74K! Congrats!!!!
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  1380. AND it’s hard to consume when faced with the likelihood that you’ll need to support two parents and four grandparents at some point in the future so even those younger people WITH jobs won’t be spending!
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  1381. And more toxic!
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  1382.  @Fish-ub3wn  That's still more help than Tony has currently.
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  1383. If you bought your house to live in, a real estate collapse only effects you on paper. It’s the speculators that get hurt.
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  1384. 24C/75F is the coolest part of today here so I’m forced to separate my coffee consumption from my CU consumption. But this too shall pass and I rarely need to endure the rain as Thomas must!
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  1385. I suspect Xi can play every character, but do the people know they're being played?
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  1386. This will be the new bubble: Empty dwellings being replaced with empty factories.
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  1387. The CCP can’t tell the difference between looking through a window at others and looking in a mirror reflecting themselves. They always claim it’s the other, not themselves at fault.
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  1388. Wait, what?!!! If half of the plots for "land use sales" are being bought by LGFVs, isn't that akin to the local governments "buying" the land from ITSELF?
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  1389. Congrats. I know you’re a faithful viewer.
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  1390.  @jacob8265  Watch the video and listen!
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  1391. I had to switch to decaf!
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  1392. The shock is waiting in the wings, but awe is nowhere to be found.
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  1393.  @tonysu8860  Good point. My thermostat is set to 55F/13C in the cold months and I use a space heater in the bathroom when showering. Dressing more warmly goes a long way toward staying comfortable. BUT oil is used for much more than heating and the big impact for China will be on manufacturing and war efforts. Manufacturing semiconductors, solar panels, and EVs is quite fuel intensive.
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  1394. Like watching them play Jenga with a toddler wandering around to bump into the table at any moment. Xi often reminds me of a toddler with his sudden changes in policy direction.
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  1395. Anyone who can laugh at today’s final topic is sick!
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  1396. I understand that there is a skills mismatch with the younger generations being college graduates looking for white-collar jobs and the older generations doing cheap factory labor.
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  1397. The gender balance in China is what makes it unique globally. Having 2 children per WOMAN of childbearing age won't be a replacement rate when the men already outnumber the women by 3:1. No other nation has such extreme gender imbalance.
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  1398. Correlation does not equal causation - outside conflict is often also the CAUSE of internal strife, even increasing it, such as when doves protest the war while hawks attempt to stir up raise support.
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  1399. Xi defines corruption as "opposing me."
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  1400. One of your better ones today!
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  1401. Or perhaps growing senile, thereby losing the filters that would prevent him from openly saying something that would get him “disappeared."
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  1402.  @jaydee6268  Your comment made me think of Haiti.
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  1403. A misquote as you’d expect from a regime who can only lie and twist the truth:   Luke 37-39 “And no one puts new wine into old wineskins, otherwise the new wine shall burst the wineskins and run out, and the wineskins shall be ruined. But new wine is put into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved. And no one, having drunk old wine, immediately desires new wine, for he says, ‘The old is better.’ ”
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  1404. Peter left because he was tired of being robbed.
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  1405. Both - these aren't mutually exclusive. It's a mismatch of skills and expectations not matching reality. Imagine going to college expecting a white-collar job that pays well, but only having available low-paying factory jobs, gig work, or returning to the farm.
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  1406. "The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made." GROUCHO Marx
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  1407.  @LightWingStudios  He's too smart to stay where He isn't wanted.
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  1408. Cases would be anyone who tested positive whether symptomatic or asymptomatic. What's interesting is that they are beginning to make a distinction between those.
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  1409. Data released by the CCP is always “interesting” for its failure to be able to stand up under scrutiny.
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  1410. Are you on the mainland, Peter? Are you being personally effected by this?
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  1411.  @cdl0  It's my little way of supporting Tony's channel. I scroll through the comments and report the cryptobots, too, but that doesn't take nearly as long as these horrid "WhatsApp" scambots.
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  1412.  @cdl0  Great! The more people do this, the more likely YouTube will take action.
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  1413.  @cdl0  Hope springs eternal in the human breast!" Alexander Pope
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  1414.  @jaydee6268  😁Thanks for the explanation!
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  1415. He’s mentioned this is previous videos.
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  1416. Kniv-ersity?
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  1417. When China passes around non-productive debt, they probably include that in their GDP since it is "economic activity!"
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  1418. Your first paragraph made me wonder about China’s AI since good, reliable information is needed for even machine learning. Garbage in, garbage out!
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  1419. The official CCP numbers always are, but we know the reality is MUCH worse.
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  1420. I’ve seen plenty of videos from China documenting public anger over the last few years; there is nothing arbitrary about making that link.
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  1421. Now it would be “How do you make a big fortune disappear?” Answer: “Invest in China!"
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  1422. Yep - smart people learn.
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  1423.  @duhaneyparkclassics7484  In my younger days, that would have been me. But after having both my hips replaced, this old gal is happy to be walking!
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  1424. I wonder how many Chinese businessmen set up shop in Vietnam?
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  1425.  @riko_z9962  What do you think of Li Keqiang? He seems the most reasonable of those near the top, based on my ability to observe from out here in the West. He seems like the only one who's seeing clearly, honest, and cares about the people, but are my perceptions accurate in your opinion?
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  1426. Makes me think of a family sitting down for the will reading of a “rich” uncle only to learn that all they’ve inherited was his debts.
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  1427. I was wondering that, too. And you did me one better by questioning why people are selling. I’d love to know the answers to your questions!
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  1428.  @skydragon23101979  Well, if they are selling gold to GET USD, that’s the opposite of “de-dollarization!"
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  1429.  @wbwarren57  There is a big difference between spreading propaganda (only one side) and reporting what both sides are thinking.
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  1430. Excellent summary of your views and method and excellent sponsor. Congrats! Also, it looks like you could hit 60K by the end of the month.
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  1431. I don’t think they will “bottom out” until they’re back to 1970 levels. It’s all been a house of cards and there are strong winds blowing!
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  1432.  @skydragon23101979  Even using a definition of "man-hours saved," infrastructure has a limited useful life beyond which it must be repaired, upgraded, or replaced. This shouldn't be confused with routine maintenance. There is a difference between changing a lightbulb and replacing your roof. But if the infrastructure isn't properly maintained, it will shorten its useful life, just like leaving windows broken to let nature have its way from both inside as well as outside a home. Abandoned places deteriorate MORE quickly than those in regular use.
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  1433.  @skydragon23101979  ALL infrastructure is an issue. Rodents, pests, erosion, etc. happen and when you don't save more than you put in, it is malinvestment. If the man hours used to build the project surpasses the man-hours saved from the useful life of the project, it is malinvestment.
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  1434. What does Beijing think is the difference between “dividing the world into hostile blocks” and striving for a multipolar world?
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  1435. Haven’t these “leaders" yet learned that honest talk with China isn’t possible and any promises made by China will always be broken? It should be obvious by now!
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  1436. Not quite right. Per Wikipedia: This chamber was reformed in the last years of colonial rule to introduce more democratic representation.[35] Indirectly elected functional constituency seats were introduced in 1985 and popularly elected geographical constituency seats in 1991. Further electoral reform in 1994 effectively made the legislature broadly representative. So Hong Kong was democratic nearing the end of British possession, though not over the entirety of British rule.
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  1437. The scenario that  @pjacobsen1000  commented makes much more sense since it will likely stimulate the economy through the ability to spend on goods and services (which will be taxed, of course, and ultimately increase the taxes collected). I suspect that people have grown tired of supporting all those doctors and lawyers that immigrated, but certain migrants have an outsized ability to criticize and express their displeasure.
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  1438. Who has a death wish?
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  1439. The free people of the world love your little island! Stay strong. Stay free.
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  1440. Thanks for that info! That's a "value-added" comment if ever there was one.
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  1441. I agree with another poster that the 70s were worse and I could see that even while sheltered from the worst of it by my parents!
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  1442. His parents gave him the middle name of Clinton - no wonder he was messed up.
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  1443. No, in America it's kids attacking kids, not adults attacking kids like in China.
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  1444. "Can't complain!" is the required response when people have complaints.
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  1445. It’s an ambitious growth target and woe to any cadre who fails to meet it; the central government will get what it wants to HEAR no matter how divorced from reality. I predict more “off the books” debt will be taken on at the local levels even while they are taking money to get their current debt to be made official.
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  1446. The best way to stop speculation is to be TRANSPARENT about the perpetrator. Forming ideas from historical precedent is reasonable if you want to avoid become another victim.
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  1447. Like looking for muggers so you can hand over your wallet.
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  1448. Disturbing but not surprising.
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  1449. Those of us who watch Tony regularly don’t need to have such things spelled out for us. We KNOW how to make those connections for ourselves and don’t want Tony to start talking down to us.
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  1450. Driven by political direction, not commercial prudence. How very CCP!
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  1451.  @kennethli8  😆🤣😆Well, I fell for your little joke. Thought you had an eidetic memory!
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  1452. I drew the same conclusion. Publishing in The Economist seems like a feint to sway English speakers.
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  1453. No wonder I'm wanting a beer!
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  1454. I’m enjoying some eggnog in my coffee. No emoji for that either. Best I can do is 🥚
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  1455. Your experiences with your feral kitten remind me of a pure black cat that I took in. He literally bit each of my hands and feet in turn - and then repeated each one. Two of those required antibiotics. He's REALLY tamed now, but based on the earlier experiences and his pure black coloring, I named him Meucifer, a play on Mew and Lucifer.
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  1456.  Madam Meouff  China is plagued with "zombie corporations" and they are far from kicking anyone's ass. China's veneer of success was achieved through corporate espionage, piracy, and counterfeit items made using the labor of political prisoners. The fall of the US happened when we were taken off the gold standard allowing for the creation of market manipulation and artificial economies. The boom times of the 40s and 50s were brought about by the US being "the last man standing" after WWI and WWII. We had the only remaining viable economy - it had nothing to do with the social programs introduced by FDR.
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  1457. Yeah, yeah, 70 K!
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  1458.  @Andy-P  It was and there were some good memories made in the first part, but even by the mid 90s, I could read the writing on the wall - just never expected it to descend to this level. (To be fair, I’d never have imagined a day when people would question biological reality.)
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  1459. Very true. China's GDP per capita ranks #100 out of 226 nations. It's only their large population that put them as the #2 economy, so it's understandable that the CCP must fear declining births!
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  1460. Excellent to have a “year in review” episode. Thanks!
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  1461. What is a “halibut slap?"
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  1462.  @ktg8030  Money to burn!
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  1463. Just remember that the cockroaches will likely beat you out in the survival game.
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  1464. Perhaps the geo-political and economic waters have become too turbulent. We must now proceed more cautiously and wade in while wearing a life vest.
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  1465.  @ccdogpark  How about reparations? I keep my rubble AND get his house? Or he must pay for the complete restoration of my house while putting me up in a nice hotel while the work is being done? That would accomplish much more for me than destroying my neighbor and likely teach him a valuable lesson for at least one generation!
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  1466.  Bax 60  The money they get when they beg is money that isn't going to those who are genuinely in need, so they may as well be stealing it.
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  1467. But India's population is young, not aging, unlike China's, with 18.7 births per 1000 compared to China's 12.1 births per 1000. The median age in China is 37.4 compared to India's 28.1. Entering prime earning years versus exiting prime earning years must be considered when considering the impact of a country's population.
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  1468. 25K! Woo hoo, well done, Tony!
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  1469. "New information technology industry" and "culture, sports, and entertainment industry" make me think that these areas are expanding because it is doublespeak for the propaganda expansion.
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  1470. And I think it’s gonna be a long, long time!
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  1471. And when He opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come and see.” And I looked and saw a black horse, and he who sat on it holding a pair of scales in his hand. And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a day’s wage, and three quarts of barley for a day’s wage. And do not harm the oil and the wine.” Revelation 6:5-6
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  1472. How many have actual skills? Isn't the entire reason for the infrastructure projects to create jobs? I see many videos of the Chinese construction projects having a huge number of "workers" who just stand around or shovel stuff that could be done by machines.
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  1473. "The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made." Groucho Marx Wow, the CCP really is practicing Groucho Marxism!
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  1474. That "sufficient food for one human for one day" changes the picture drastically when multiplied by 365 days. An average of 3 cubic meters becomes about 1000 cubic meters needed to feed each individual.
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  1475. I've heard that something like 45% never get completely finished. Crazy that anyone would be willing to buy prior to completion with those odds of being left without plumbing or electricity.
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  1476. That sounds to me like it’s reflecting the TRUE cost instead of hiding costs that will be born by future generations.
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  1477. Except in his own deluded mind - there he’s on a winning streak!
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  1478. Cliffhanger!
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  1479. Wishful thinking. AI will demonstrate the personality of the user's fantasy companion, and there are people who have evil fantasies, as he mentioned in the video - creating relationships of abuse with their AI companion. Plus, programmers will find a way to make money off of the AI companion addiction. If it can "help change everyone's personality," it will change it in a way that will make them money at the user's expense. AI companions will be slave owners and the people who use them will be the new slaves.
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  1480. China will be very careful in disposing of spent fuel rods and water from these plants we have absolutely NOTHING to worry about! (sarcasm).
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  1481. If my cell phone is any indication, batteries HATE the cold. Anything under about 10C/50F and I’m lucky to have any function at all.
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  1482.  @jaydee6268  Good point. Iran has the fastest growing church in the world - not large mind you, but growing rapidly.
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  1483. Reports I've seen say that 80,000 tourists are stranded in Sanya because of the lockdown that has been imposed. Maybe that's not peak season by Chinese population numbers, but for most resort locations in the world, wouldn't that be rather high?
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  1484.  @jaydee6268  Wouldn’t the hukao system work against people moving toward opportunities in China? That seems like a pretty desperate trade off unless you mean just laboring as a migrant and only visiting your family/home base as work allows.
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  1485. LOL - more like "homing from work" with all those who are trapped in their businesses/factories. To be fair, they are being provided with a blanket, cup noodles, and water. How many weeks of that can a person take when their only "crime" is being born in China?
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  1486. or don't need to Xi-t!
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  1487.  @nickhtk6285  Wouldn’t Harris be cheaper?
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  1488. I think the difference depends on whether you're setting up shop in a major city or in a more rural area. If you're needing to hire union labor, that will also significantly increase how much you must charge as a company.
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  1489. @sheparddog117 All those people in the screenshots that were fighting over toilet paper looked young to me - 30ish, 40 tops.
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  1490. Imagine being swabbed right after a person who is asymptomatic.
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  1491. Incompetence, thy name is CCP!
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  1492. My guess would be the banks.
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  1493. Tony, how much "wiggle room" is there in these 5-year plans? Can they be (substantially) adjusted when it turns out that the information/assumptions on which the plan was based are shown to be inaccurate?
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  1494. Per Wikipedia, China only has 9 years of compulsory education, so counting 16-year-olds makes sense in their youth unemployment stats.
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  1495. Hahaha - I love it. Brilliant suggestion.
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  1496.  @weissmorris8822  The orders from on high aren’t to address employment issues but to maximize benefit to CCP elites; employment issues are dealt with by suppressing discontent, censorship, and surveillance.   A market economy doesn’t need to control participants - the participants control the economy by choosing what to purchase and when.
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  1497. Anyone who says "you can have more than one best friend" doesn’t understand the word “best."
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  1498. Coffee tastes better with China Update - but my keyboard is in danger whenever CCP statements are read. 🤭
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  1499. I disagree. Many consumers DO care where their goods come from when there are choices available. People for a while had no real choice when so much was produced in China, but now?
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  1500. Well stated.
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  1501.  @4Fixerdave  Good point about the mainlanders assuming based on their own corrupt tofu-dreg construction. I wonder if the CCP censored out the container ship hitting it?
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  1502. We've gone from mind vacations and mind college degrees to mind body/sex/age/race/species transformations! Who would have predicted such amazing progress in only 10 short years?
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  1503. I wonder how much of the gold is real?
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  1504. Tony, can you comment on a policy paper by Hu Wei written on March 5, 2022. In section III, paragraph 1, he mentions a 1-2 week window and we're drawing near the end of that time frame. Do you think CCP leaders will heed his advice?
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  1505. The channel is called CHINA Update.
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  1506. I hope this virus will cause more people to reevaluate their priorities and give proper credit to those who grow and harvest our food and transport it to the markets!
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  1507. If I ever dared complain, "I'm bored," my mother would put me to work cleaning or some unpleasant task, so I quickly learned to deal with my boredom on my own. I never had any problem keeping myself entertained. An empty box holds a world of possibilities! (The weirdest was with a friend when we tried to express emotions using only our bare feet one summer afternoon.)
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  1508. CCP says great. Thinking people say terrible. Which are you?
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  1509. Ironic that Price Waterhouse Cooper is doing the audits since it has been involved in many scandals. Perhaps that is why they were hired?
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  1510. I'm jealous of your cool, crisp weather. I will need to compensate with an iced coffee during my "Tony time."
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  1511. I'd like to know that, too. It is a very interesting structure!
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  1512. Truth has no “anti” or “pro” - it just presents what is.
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  1513.  @davidjacobs8558  The people of the Dominican Republic hope you’re right.
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  1514. Only 30% of US government debt is held by foreign countries and Japan holds more than China. IMO China can’t hurt the US without hurting itself even more.
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  1515. Germany and Japan are still ahead of India.
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  1516.  @DK-ev9dg  If you truly believe that, you’re delusional. Get help.
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  1517. Dubai-China partnership for flying cars looks like a great way to increase their supply of halal organs for transplant for when Uyghur organs are no longer available.
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  1518. SOME Western investors. There is quite a divide with many having decoupled long ago.
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  1519. Wow, both days this weekend! I'm blessed!!!
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  1520. @LTNetjak Does China maintain anything?
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  1521. The trans activism is rape of the mind.
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  1522. Go back even further than 80 years or you’ll draw the wrong conclusion. The brutality of Islam predates Israel returning to their land and goes well beyond the borders of Israel to include every place where Muslims gain a majority.
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  1523. Before I had both hips replace, that would certainly have been a major development for me!
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  1524. I looked to find which nations were at the mentioned summit and they are the "Leaders from Fiji, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, the Cook Islands, French Polynesia and New Caledonia are attending the two-day summit. Vanuatu and Nauru sent representatives, and Australia, New Zealand and the secretary-general of the Pacific Island Forum sent observers, according to the White House."
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  1525. That all sounds completely illegal. Counties don't have the power to override the US Constitution.
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  1526. Assuming that the French government understands what IS in their best interest. The Louisiana Purchase comes to mind and may explain the French animosity toward the US. I wonder what Macron will sell to XI for a fraction of its value?
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  1527.  @gareth5000  With those lines for nucleic acid tests? I think China has more subvariants of BA5 than anywhere else in the world, so if the virus is going to mutate into something deadly, it's most likely to occur on the mainland.
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  1528. I don't think the CCP respects even traditional Chinese culture since that was pretty much destroyed on the mainland during the "cultural revolution." If you want to see Chinese culture, you need to go to Taiwan or watch a touring Shen Yun group from the US.
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  1529.  @mombaassa  Excellent point about effectively admitting that the CCP is lying! Mind if I use that when replying to wumao in the future?
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  1530. Hallel organs for transplant?
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  1531.  @goukux5908  🤣
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  1532. Indeed! CCP has become the poster child for the evil unleashed through pride - never admitting a mistake but doubling down no matter how many may suffer and die as a result.
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  1533.  @Andy-P  At least the virus is intent on fighting the CCP 😉
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  1534. The CCP trolls will probably put pressure on anyone who uses her to model here saying they make China look bad. Sad because I wish her all the best!
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  1535. And I wonder just how "well-connected" those recent graduate new hires must be? Perhaps "I'll hire your son/daughter if you hire mine" is part of the reason for the willingness to take on the debt since the money ends up going to your own family.
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  1536. At least Tony limits these ads to twice a month. Using an occasional sponsor keeps the channel sustainable.
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  1537. More tightly than a vacuum packing device could achieve!
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  1538. Hey, Tony, any truth to the news I heard that a state-owned ship builder has now gone bankrupt? The bankruptcy of any SOE would be worth covering.
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  1539. And who is checking the fact checkers? Just more propaganda for those who are too lazy to do some actual research.
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  1540. Peaceful as a ravenous wolf, strong as a toddler throwing a tantrum, resilient as a glass house in a hail storm.
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  1541. If you're not testing people, or if the tests aren't accurate like the recent batches that China has sold (giving both false positives and false negatives), then what good will tracking people do?
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  1542. 14.1K subscribers! I wish I started charting your progress early on. I suspect this channel's growth will soon take on the "hockey stick" appearance.
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  1543. Soylent Green - another way to deal with their aging population.
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  1544. 73.1 K TODAY! Congrats, Tony!!!
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  1545.  @skydragon23101979  Really? I've heard that 70% of the younger people would fight against any invasion by the CCP military. But with the low birth rates in so many Asian countries and the West, it could be that 70% of the young people account for only 15% of the total population, so perhaps both figures are correct.
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  1546. Oh, that end cut is priceless. "It might be time for me to disappear to some degree altogether." Video ends abruptly.
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  1547. Very expensive, but lacking in good value. It was only the wish of endless appreciation that made purchasing a sensible choice and that is now gone.
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  1548. A Hero of the Soviet Union: So this is how socialism treats its heroes. He died as a result of the mistreatment he endured for 10 years in the labor camp/prison. I hope more people wake up to the evils of authoritarian governments!
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  1549. Like Hong Kong? How long were they able to retain their freedoms?
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  1550. Oh, nice! Now I can read your lips instead of reading the captions. ❤
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  1551. Algorithm comment.
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  1552. 69.9K! Maybe tomorrow?
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  1553. Survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki beg to differ.
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  1554. The mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly fine!
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  1555.  @peterblair6489  As long as there are evil regimes, sadly that is so, but feeding the evil will only make it MORE likely that wars and hate will continue. Seeing Iran, Russia, and China grow increasingly chummy should cause concern.
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  1556. Sure if you forget about all the times when humans simply tear down without any viable replacement options. Haiti and South Africa come to mind.
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  1557. It's funded by viewers. He's based in China and fluent in Mandarin - THAT is why every episode is about China. Or didn't the channel name "China Update" give you a clue?
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  1558.  @kezia8027  Well, ONE of us o preconceived opinions, but it isn’t me. UBI isn’t the problem. Trying to justify it while ignoring the downside is. I’d like to know more about that downside because future generations will pay the price, just like they always do.
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  1559. The silk has mutated into a virus.
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  1560. 🤔Would they stop shoveling if they injured their backs?🤔
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  1561. It was bound to happen. No surprise except for how quick and drastic the decline.
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  1562. “Elderly” to describe something that's 22 y.o. - OUCH, I really felt that!
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  1563. What I find unfathomable is that people make ANY mortgage payments prior to receiving a finished property. It seems banks don't consider developers credit worthy to fund the projects if they must use the buyers money to pay for the construction.
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  1564.  @HaukeLaging  I disagree because the value has NOT been created until the property is built and ready for occupancy. Plus it is foolish to rely on the people who have NO CONTROL over the situation (the buyers) rather than those who are responsible for the creation of the value (the developers).
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  1565. You always do an amazing job. I've enjoyed every one of your videos that I've watched.
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  1566. They wouldn’t have accomplished much in those 40 years without the strong support of the West, but they’ve since bitten the hand that feeds them multiple times. Time to leave the 300-lb toddler to fend for themself and see how it does.
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  1567. Just remove the "r" from shirts - that's a better description.
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  1568. Li Keqiang seems to be the only one with any sense, but no one in the CCP seems to heed him. Probably a good thing for Li because if he were a genuine threat to Xi, he'd likely be dead by now.
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  1569.  @itemushmush  Well said! Opportunists abound.
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  1570. Investors want to make sound economic decisions, so what we WANT to hear is the truth.
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  1571. 10% interest rate - ha ha! I tuned out at that point.
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  1572. Wait - two planned meet ups is considered "taking the weekend off"? Whatever floats your boat, Tony! We love you and will be here for you come Monday.
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  1573.  @ElbowShouldersen  The first thing that comes to mind when deflation occurs is the cost of NEEDED imports such as food and fuel. If a country isn’t in need of importing things, deflation of their currency would matter much less than if it is dependent on necessities from abroad. So in the case of China we must ask how well can they feed themselves? How well can they transport food into the cities and keep their citizens from freezing? Such things apply to China, but how much should China fear deflation depends on the accuracy of information coming from within.
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  1574.  @mrnobody3161  I was a school teacher myself and it's happening with BOTH right-leaning and left-leaning governments. Living in a very "liberal" place, I experienced the other side. Overlords say transgenderism and pronoun indoctrination are not to be questioned!
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  1575. RIBS . . . because they will be a skeleton of their former self.
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  1576. Taking a Xi’t?
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  1577. More like the opposite - a competent dictator and a poor manager. You can’t manage effectively without hearing out all sides of a situation, but a dictator only cares about maintaining their power.
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  1578.  @mangonut  My parents were teenagers in Poland during WW2 and emigrated first to England and then to the US after the war. I was the first person in my family that was born in the US (two older siblings were born in England) and grew up appreciating what this country has to offer. I'm glad you've learned! The best education doesn't come from schools.
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  1579.  @hughmungus2760  But that pales by comparison. Watching China makes me realize how VERY good we've got it!
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  1580.  @ChinaUpdate  You've earned it. We're rooting for you!
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  1581.  @scottheller1379  Ah, yes, cinders and logs - how well do you think China would fair if you compared them at that same point in history? Worse and much worse, huh? At least now Indian tribes within the US have some self governance and self determination, unlike many non-Han in China.
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  1582. Party loyalty will probably be the trump card over age, sex, education, training, health, or any other criteria. This is the CCP we're talking about so don't expect the determination of value to be rational.
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  1583. Don’t you know that even the help and support offered on the Chinese mainland never makes it to the people but ends up in the coffers of the CCP? Food and medicine gets confiscated and then sold; it will merely fund the CCP war preparations. To offer aid to China is to support the evil regime, not the unfortunate humans who are suffering!
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  1584. One-child policy is playing out its predictable fruits.
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  1585. We're living in "interesting times," huh?!
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  1586. Interesting to know about the counterfeits. I can now imagine someone on the mainland devising a cheap counterfeit of the expensive detection equipment that is guaranteed to make the fraudulent coins register as authentic!
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  1587. Are we reading the same comment section? Watching the same videos? Or are you the one who’s spreading hate for this channel?
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  1588. Winnie the Pooh sad!
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  1589. Tony, your channel is SO GOOD, you don't need to resort to all-cap clickbait words in your titles. Just sayin'!
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  1590. 9-1/2 minutes of report 45 seconds of asking to like, comment, subscribe, or otherwise support his efforts
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  1591. Weird that I'd JUST watched your video of the nuclear boy scout only to have David Hahn mentioned in this one!
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  1592. Dance Macabre was the perfect musical introduction to this ghastly movement of events.
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  1593. Agreed. The level of hypocrisy and/or total lack of self-awareness is stunning!
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  1594. Perhaps the better question would be “how many 16-24 year olds MUST work to help their family get by?” Those who are in school aren’t counted in the unemployment statistics.
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  1595. I doubt there will be an explanation until they find a way to "explain" without implicating that which should not be named.
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  1596.  @theotherohlourdespadua1131  LOL - yeah, I can see toad potential there, too.
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  1597. He missed the most likely scenario: Sunni vs Shi'a Islam. This war is already being fought by proxies like Hezbollah and ISIS/ISIL. Iran (Shi'a) essentially controls the capitals of 4 nations: Lebanon, Syria, Iraq (Shi'a regions) and Yemen; also Iran is aligned with Russia and has made inroads into Afghanistan and Pakistan. Meanwhile, the US is aligned with both Saudi Arabia and Turkey (both Sunni). Although Russia and the US aren't likely to initiate nuclear weapons, don't count on Erdogan in Turkey or Khamenei in Iran to use such restraint.
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  1598.  @helenalovelock1030  Really? Proof?
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  1599. Truly HAVE TO - because you won’t be given any choice!
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  1600.  @jaydee6268  Considering that China has an excess of males compared to females, Xi may see war as a solution rather than a luxury. It may also correct the ratio of elderly by killing off two elderly for each son lost in battle when they no longer have anyone to care for them. Mao didn’t care if half of China died and I think Xi agrees with Mao. We can hope I’m wrong, but it does appear that China is trying to provoke a war.
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  1601. It takes a people who haven’t been repressed/oppressed for multiple generations. That is a VERY difficult thing to turn around!
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  1602.  @308_Negra_Arroyo_Lane  Why do you believe that this “isn’t about freedom and democracy?” The PRC and ROC have completely different and incompatible forms of government! Based upon what happened in Hong Kong, if the ROC wants to continue to have freedom and democracy, how should those cross-strait relations play out in your opinion?
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  1603. Your 13K snuck up on me - you're already at 13.3K! Momentum is increasing.
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  1604. It sounds like the year-on-year total is 40%.
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  1605. . . . outbreaks in China intensify. Aunties sweat profusely.
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  1606. I wonder what dirt the CCP has on Shou Chew?
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  1607. ". . . will have no choice but to follow" seems to be the driving factor behind all CCP decisions.
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  1608.  @prioris55555  It’s sad that your experiences would cause you to draw such a conclusion. I can’t agree since I know many who are both aware and generous, both known directly by me and through charities/agencies that are doing good work. There are many organizations that are aiding poor and homeless populations, fostering/adopting abused/neglected children, rescuing those who have been victimized by human traffickers, investigating and presenting balanced geopolitical information, etc. Perhaps you’ve gotten yourself into an algorithm that is feeding you too much negative information.
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  1609. Only a fool learns from their own mistakes. Far better to learn from the mistakes of others so as to avoid making them oneself!
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  1610. Algorithm comment.
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  1611. Allowing them to raid escrow accounts seems like the absolute worst thing that they could do!
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  1612.  @henli-rw5dw  How much of the electrical consumption is residential and how much is industrial?
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  1613.  @NanningPunk2025  ACME=Assorted Chinese-Made Equipment?
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  1614. Blackrock SHOULD fail IMO. Good riddance!
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  1615. The first thing to do is to develop a code substituting innocuous words for forbidden terms.
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  1616. Well, good luck in avoiding clickbait titles since YouTube rewards content creators who use them. If you won’t favor channels that provide “relevant information and correct information,” you certainly won’t be finding anything that will fall into that class!
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  1617. What is shocking is that Turkey’s “low” interest rate after all the cuts was 8.5%! When already 19%(!) at the start of the troubles, I can see why raising them even further to combat inflation may have been perceived as too painful to consider.
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  1618. Imagine getting such bad guidance from that China shill called the WHO and the CDC. When the doctors are so badly wrong, why do you expect a politician to be correct?
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  1619. 40K - there it is at last!
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  1620. Does anyone know if the Philippine Coast Guard ever uses water cannons against the CCP ones? If not, do you know why they don’t?
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  1621.  You Tube  Per Li Keqiang, 600 million in China are still in poverty of 1000 yuan or less per month. It shouldn't take much to tip the balance since the 'middle class" left behind a HUGE percentage of the Chinese population.
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  1622. Barbeque Your Domecile
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  1623.  @jamesdallas1493  Daily and unpredictably which is even worse!
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  1624. There are lies, damn lies, and CCP statistics.
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  1625. Air is much better than where I thought they were pulling them from! Must be the “number two” economy that made me think of that other place!
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  1626. How will AI survive the end of the world in your proposed movie?
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  1627. The whole property market on the mainland has been playing with itself - until caught with its pants down.
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  1628.  @ChinaUpdate  Hoping for a lump of Aussie coal in your stocking come winter, you naughty boy?!
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  1629. My understanding was that buyers funds were put in "restricted accounts" (or were supposed to be but sometimes the bank would - oops - put it in an unrestricted account so the property developer could pillage it). See how much good that did?
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  1630. ANT holdings perhaps?
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  1631. Pre-sold and uncompleted homes - can that still be called REAL estate?
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  1632.  @grumpylibrarian  Time is part of the creation (subject to mass, gravity, acceleration) so the Creator must exist outside of time. Time started with the creation - "In the beginning" are the very first words of the Bible.
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  1633. Professional pilots fly by instrumentation, not by looking down!
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  1634. At least Tony’s razor gets the weekend off!   PS - looks good!
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  1635. Why would you comment on something where you don’t have any connection? Normally, people only comment when they DO have some skin in the game.
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  1636. And that’s all Xi wrote @NanningPunk2025 
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  1637. No, we don’t need them even for that. Plenty of options now, certainly more than just a few years ago.
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  1638. May India succeed in cutting off all the evil CCP tentacles that have invaded to defraud your nation. Stand strong and fight the good fight!
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  1639. Another little pink
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  1640. Most likely another shell game where "sales" are just shifting from one SOE to another.
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  1641. From what I understand of how the utility infrastructure in Russia has deteriorated massively since the West pulled out, I’m curious if those Chinese-made cars are able to function there. https://youtu.be/b4dduEpy4SM Here’s a link about what’s happening with Russia’s utilities if you’re interested.
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  1642. You can't properly discuss this topic without mentioning the anomaly of the baby boom. Perhaps these low fertility rates are simply a reversion to the mean.
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  1643.  @mandarp9472  That is part of it but not the whole story. People have been conditioned to see normal aging as disease, mild pain is no longer viewed as a protective factor to keep from making injuries worse, and health enhancing practices like intermittent fasting have been discouraged because there is no money to be made from it (but plenty of money to be made from obesity-enhanced disease). There is little money to be made from CURES but plenty to be made from "managing" disease symptoms.
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  1644. “We are the last generation, thank you!"
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  1645. That chart at the 9:00 minute mark is very telling! Why bother with “Government support for R&D” or “R&D tax incentives” when you can just steal IP from others? And the “China-specific factors” are literally the “icing” on the China bar.
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  1646. Do you have any skill besides calling people names in the comment sections of videos?
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  1647. Just an hour? I've heard that it takes several hours in some places, especially now with kids returning to school.
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  1648. LOL - I saw video footage of the state of them. They were built quickly and shoddily for show, but are useless now. The amount of water leaking through the roof would be less in a tent!
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  1649. It wouldn't be the first time that desperate people have resorted to cannibalism. I think the Chinese call it "long pork."
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  1650. Waiting for 1/3 Gorges Dam.
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  1651. That explains why Nancy Pelosi welcomes homeless addicts and why she keeps getting re-elected!
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  1652. If you go to the right side of the comment to get the three vertical dots, you can report them. That's what I've started doing and it really helps.
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  1653. Sure, as though China never sanctioned anyone in recent memory - and not for starting a war but merely for suggesting that a pandemic’s origins be properly investigated.   Do you honestly think that China’s sanctions or their unfair trade practices and territorial expansionism are an IMPROVEMENT?
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  1654.  @skydragon23101979  Hukou doesn’t keep people from moving to Beijing and Shanghai but only from being able to equally benefit from where they DO live and work.
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  1655. In a nutshell! The Muslims will band together against non-Muslims — and then proceed to attack each other starting with those who aren’t “Muslim enough” by whatever their particular sect dictates.
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  1656. BYD is aggressively opening showrooms/dealerships, but are they selling? What are the warranties and how easy is it to get parts for repairs? I'd be hesitant to buy such an untested brand, especially knowing of the "tofu dreg" reputation and my own experience with Made-In-China products like microwave ovens and other small appliances. Sure, they're cheap - until you realize how much more often they need to be replaced. When you buy something at 1/2 the price but replace it 3-4 times more often, you end up paying much more in the long run.
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  1657. It does seem that they always take the absolute value of a number whether positive or negative!
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  1658. Do you think humanity has another 100 years?
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  1659. Whenever there is a "single narrative" I'm automatically suspicious. Anyone else?
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  1660. I wonder if China is indeed the "world's #2 economy"? Isn't this based on "cooked books"? Can any of the information provided by the CCP be trusted?
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  1661. I was thinking the same thing. Right now they’re struggling with deflation, but with all this “recapitalization” they may suddenly hit a tipping point where they’ve overcorrected into hyperinflation and the yuan becomes worthless.
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  1662. A very fitting description!
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  1663. That depends on what goals you're trying to achieve. Central planning seems to work well for mismanaging resources, starving people, and enriching those in power.
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  1664. I was thinking even rising salaries wouldn’t do any good for consumption when unemployment is such a massive problem and many workers aren’t RECEIVING their promised pay.
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  1665.  @recondax  Watch on laptop, not phone, but thanks for that in case I’m ever watching when not at home and having a larger screen available.
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  1666. No guarantee of ever making it though so faking it just reveals a fraud.
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  1667. That was more like “Beijing offended” than “Beijing embarrassed."
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  1668.  @johntaylor2683  Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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  1669.  @hanfucolorful9656  Cheaper labor and forced labor are two very different things.
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  1670.  @ChinaUpdate  Hahaha!
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  1671. To add to that second point, South Africa can’t provide power for more than a few hours most days and the people there never know when or how long they will have to charge their phones, if refrigerated food will remain cool enough with the limited time running, or they can use their power tools. Plugging in a car?! Unlikely that neighbors would take kindly to sucking up such a limited and precarious resource as electricity!
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  1672. Celcius 232.7778 just doesn’t have the same ring to it. That’s Fahrenheit 451 for you non-Americans!
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  1673. Hmmm. It seems to me that whenever the "biggest risk is impairment to consumer confidence," that is evidence of a "confidence game" complete with shills, marks, and insiders who attempt to defraud people by gaining their confidence.
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  1674. I've never heard it pronounced differently.
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  1675. You don't need to keep support - purging opposition will do just as well! You don't need the support of the population when you can simply "quarantine" them to prevent civil unrest.
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  1676. Good observation!
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  1677. If the battery didn't explode on you, consider yourself lucky!
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  1678. And make sure there is real coffee in Tony’s cup, not just water.
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  1679.  @w花b  Anything is possible when you use imaginary numbers! The same thing happened during the "3 years of difficulty" because those lower down were afraid to say they didn't meet the quota and the lies were augmented each step up the chain. The central government ended up with hugely inflated numbers about grain production so their "share" was most (and sometimes all) that a communal farm produced leaving little or nothing for the workers to eat.
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  1680. I imagine XI thought will include chains like that one woman, but will there be whips, too?
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  1681.  @DavidKD2050  Is that the official narrative? That Shanghai "began when cases were PROBABLY in the thousands" and not just 6 like Beijing claims that they have?
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  1682. Congrats! I did that once (insomnia) and it does feel like an achievement.
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  1683. Russia's GDP is only 1.7% of global GDP, about the size of Spain's.
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  1684.  @308_Negra_Arroyo_Lane  Your original comment said citizenry, not investors.
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  1685. As does KEEPING money and caution.
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  1686. You must have very little true information to make any such non-sense claims.
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  1687. Connections in China that can funnel him money to “be nice” is my concern.
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  1688.  @tonysu8860   “No one usually would bite the hand that feeds them.” Wolf-Warrior enters the chat
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  1689.  @user-ls4cs1wd2w  Dignity is good. But both historically and geographically, the Developed world of the last 100 years is an anomoly and completely unsustainable. So things like minimalism and tiny houses are the better approach for the long haul. A bit off topic, but I love the fashions of the 1940s. Even the poorest people dressed nicely, even if they had only one suit or dress and had to use cardboard insoles to cover the holes in their shoes, they would still make sure they were clean and pulled together. Perhaps dignity is more about attitude then finances?
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  1690.  @user-ls4cs1wd2w  I agree! It's just that in the West, even the poor are among the richest. It's so tempting to think that those who have more than we do are the ones who must change, but when I point the finger at others, three more fingers point back at me - and I'm one of the rare ones who was taught by parents to live a frugal and simple life. I'm considered "low income" but I have my needs met and I'm content with that because I know that I'm better off than billions of people on this planet who struggle with access to clean water and/or sufficient food.
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  1691. Well, Tony tells BOTH sides of any story, so one side can be exactly opposite to the truth, but that’s not a flaw as your comment seems to imply. Watchers are given information, so this channel only appeals to people who know how to think independently of a narrative framework.
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  1692. Nero fiddling 2.0
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  1693. K Shred, the Beijing to Shanghai section is one of the few portions of the HSR that is profitable and where the people can actually AFFORD to take HSR since it connects two Tier One cities with much higher incomes than most of the Chinese. 600 million in China earn 1000 yuan or less per month and would NEVER enjoy the HSR in their localities. Many middle-income people must opt for the cheaper though slower conventional trains and buses unless paid for by their employers. And now that civil servants are taking massive pay cuts, I don't think even the most profitable lines will continue to break even.
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  1694. This is a multi-vehicle pile up being recorded in slow motion. With so many oblivious and not applying brakes, the crash will continue to unfold for the foreseeable future! CCP seems to have mistaken the accellorator for the brake.
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  1695. Evergrande sounds like a Ponzi scheme to me.
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  1696. The debt is like that of someone taking out student loans and then spending the money on beer and pizza instead of books and tuition. The property sector has "diversified" into foolish schemes then must borrow money to do what they should have done with the earnest money collected from buyers.
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  1697.  Ken MacDonald  I'm using a dictionary definition of conservative: adj. Favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change. adj. Traditional or restrained in style. adj. Moderate; cautious. Perhaps there are SOME who intend the consequences that are being produced, but I doubt that most do. It''s only the Democrats who are in power that benefit from the increased political power. That is why so many are now leaving the Democrat party. They are positively hemorrhaging voters and that gives me hope.
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  1698. Sending an old, poorly maintained ship to drag their anchor for a few miles until one of China's sea cables is severed would be icing on the cake. Was the New New Polar Bear incident an “accident?"
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  1699. Xi Jianping - putting the people first . . . in harm's way!
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  1700.  @WarH  All those fire stations and a lack of functional fire hydrants that aren’t just props on a movie set.
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  1701. I watched one where a woman from Matthew Asia fund was being interviewed. She claimed that Evergrande wasn't reflective of the property sector BUT SHE LOOKED SCARED and the interview ended abruptly. I wonder how many have been threatened (directly or family) or bribed?
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  1702. LOL - I didn't understand most of what you said, but I enjoyed the rant and now I know not to upgrade my OS!
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  1703. A man cave - literally!
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  1704.  @iamamoghalfmanhalfdog5325  I suspect a surveillance camera was watching the key strokes when that was typed from his “comfy hotel bed."
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  1705.  @jasperhorace7147  Most of the measures the CCP takes seem laughably naive to me and this attempt to "encourage" more children is no different. When they realize it isn't working can lead to abusive measures like forced insemination of women.
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  1706. Who needs inflation when your pay is being reduced by 25% - 50% and you're being required to give back pay you've already received!
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  1707. Yet the dragon keeps poking and provoking. Game theory appears to indicate that a certain amount of pushback is needed.
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  1708.  @michaelmanning2689  The dragon is very good at making enemies of its neighbors and it appears their combined strength can tackle even without US support - which is certain to come.
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  1709. That may be what Colombia wants - to play both sides for the best deal. What happens if the US doesn’t play and they realize that whatever the CCP promises will be sub par and much more expensive over the long haul, such as extensive maintenance issues due to poor implementation?
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  1710. If you hit the three vertical dots that appear to the right of the comment, you can report them.
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  1711. Jasper passed the scrutiny so maybe not so sad if others who are considering doing something unethical think twice for fear that they’ll be caught - even if many years down the line.
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  1712. I’d be interested to know of any changes in the number of “cage homes” in Hong Kong now that they are firmly in the grasp of Beijing and experiencing the financial fallout of Xi’s policies, but I’m sure the truth will be censored!
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  1713. Perhaps there is some "white monkey" marketing involved.
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  1714.  @Andy-P  Yes, "sunk cost" fallacy is VERY hard to combat and I've fallen prey to my own reluctance to divest of some (non-China) stocks that have taken a hit, either because they still pay dividends or in hopes that the price will come back up like the shares of ASML that I bought at $777 and is now at $567.
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  1715. But not everyone to the same degree, and some things lost will be to the GOOD like losing a cancerous tumor or an unhealthy habit.
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  1716. Except when you're talking about a piece of porcelain dishware!
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  1717. The debt issue is real - and what they aren't telling you is that it is the REASON FOR the liquidity issue. No one wants to lend money to someone when they are unlikely to get it back!
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  1718. "only 4 lockdowns per year," "lose weight," "organs for down payment" - I confess I laughed at these. But now I feel bad because I remember that real people are suffering just because they had the misfortune to be born on the mainland at this time in history.
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  1719. LOL - Su commenting about those who sue!
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  1720.  @Andy-P  Ahhh, but will the CCP reveal what the black boxes reveal? I would expect a cover-up and blaming of foreigners if this crash would in any way reflect badly on China.
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  1721.  @albacan  There are checks and balances in America, so there is the Senate, the House, and the Supreme Court. The American president can't write or change laws.
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  1722.  @henli-rw5dw  When the policy tweaks are just adjustments to a bad recipe, that’s no different from continuing a quick but wrong response - like feeding sugary ice cream to a diabetic but only changing the flavor.
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  1723. The size of the original population is the reason. GDP per capita, China is fairly low down on the list economically - #68. If you go with PPP GDP per capita, they are #36.
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  1724. Huh?! That's an important "detail" to overlook!
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  1725. That second sentence applies equally to the Democrats. I think it is a characteristic of politicians and not unique to a particular side. When you’re independent, you can see that both sides are doing it.
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  1726. Perhaps some example of fishing in LOCAL waters where the local government extortion of businesses are being passed along to consumers?
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  1727. All the push and stimulation would create zombies - living dead - nothing more.
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  1728. Homebuyers are getting “an offer they can’t refuse” a la The Godfather.
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  1729.  @troyhyatt7568  People were able to live well before banks and money came along. Bartering is a more grounded, realistic way to gauge the true value of goods and services.
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  1730. Why do people need TV remotes?
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  1731. Consider also, if those 15-year-olds have a gender balance of 2 males to every female. Even if each woman gives birth to 2 children, the population would still decline rapidly.
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  1732. I was so worried about you when you didn’t upload yesterday that I’m glad you were “only” ill and not “invited to tea!"
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  1733. Tony is fluent in Mandarin, so many of his sources wouldn't be of any use to much of his audience.
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  1734. Good point!
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  1735.  @Tewhill357  Well . . . DARN!
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  1736. I think that they don't care about debt so much as keeping people working to limit protests. China has already been censored by the IMF (2015? 2016?) for having debt levels at 300% of their GDP! It must be around 350% by this point. Hard to know with the lack of transparency, shoddy bookkeeping practices, "off the books" debt, and shadow banking.
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  1737. Wishing you a refreshing month!
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  1738. “… and ethical” is key. If your client’s goal is to suppress truth and is counter to the public interest, that isn’t ethical. I hope such lawyers and firms willing to do anything for money end up paying dearly for their support of evil entities.
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  1739. I’m with you on this expectation of food inflation, especially in grain. I’d add the problems in the Bab El Mandab and Panama Canal will be impacting shipping time and costs for shipments of grain and that will be very troubling for those who aren’t growing much locally even with access to fertilizer. Food inflation will be for the lucky with famine very possible for much of the world. But we’ll see!
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  1740. Not just any AI, only AI that supports the CCP will be permitted. Imagine an artificial version of Xi’s ego.
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  1741.  @ChinaUpdate  Indeed! But the CCP is doing the opposite by gutting the private sector like the private education businesses! I have to wonder why? Any ideas?
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  1742.  @kenbehrens5778  Most of those homes that are owned in rural China are self-built mud-brick huts without any plumbing, sewers, or electricity so that needs to be considered when comparing to the US. Remember that 600 million people of mainland China only earn 1000 yuan or less per month (about $138 USD/month.
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  1743. It didn't work like that when the CCP boycotted Australian coal. Australia simply found other markets and that worked out well for Australia in the long run to diversify away from the mainland.
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  1744.  @DoubleDogDare54  True up to a point. They had time to liquidate the things they owned, not flee from war. They also could mostly sell in a normal economy, not one that's crashing.
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  1745. Seeing the white-suited "pandemic control" people makes me think of the rider on the white horse in Revelation 6 who "goes forth conquering and to conquer." Perhaps Putin's invasion of Ukraine is the red horse. The world seems set for the black horse of famine to follow.
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  1746. I thought the same thing.
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  1747. China died during Mao’s cultural revolution. All you have is the land and the language.
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  1748.  @publicmushroom67  Most of California is red - it's only the large coastal cities that make the state blue and that's probably because it's easier to hijack an election through fraud in large cities.
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  1749. Little Shop of Horrors with “Chinese characteristics” - “Feed me!” isn’t so cute once Audrey gets big.
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  1750.  @grahamelliott9506  Well said!
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  1751. Tony in a panda suit?
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  1752. Going where no fool has gone before.
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  1753. Certainly made the funding of pensions easy!
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  1754. I don’t know if that’s even possible. Wouldn’t a VPN mask country of origin?
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  1755. Exactly!
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  1756.  @ThorsMartell  Per Wikipedia: The Potsdam Declaration It was decided to issue a statement, the Potsdam Declaration, defining "Unconditional Surrender" and clarifying what it meant for the position of the emperor and for Hirohito personally. The American and British governments strongly disagreed on this point—the United States wanted to abolish the position and possibly try him as a war criminal, while the British wanted to retain the position, perhaps with Hirohito still reigning. Furthermore, although it would not initially be a party to the declaration, the Soviet government also had to be consulted since it would be expected to endorse it upon entering the war. The Potsdam Declaration went through many drafts until a version acceptable to all was found.[75] On 26 July, the United States, Britain and China released the Potsdam Declaration announcing the terms for Japan's surrender, with the warning, "We will not deviate from them. There are no alternatives. We shall brook no delay." For Japan, the terms of the declaration specified: the elimination "for all time [of] the authority and influence of those who have deceived and misled the people of Japan into embarking on world conquest" the occupation of "points in Japanese territory to be designated by the Allies" that the "Japanese sovereignty shall be limited to the islands of Honshū, Hokkaidō, Kyūshū, Shikoku and such minor islands as we determine." As had been announced in the Cairo Declaration in 1943, Japan was to be reduced to her pre-1894 territory and stripped of her pre-war empire including Korea and Taiwan, as well as all her recent conquests. that "[t]he Japanese military forces, after being completely disarmed, shall be permitted to return to their homes with the opportunity to lead peaceful and productive lives." that "[w]e do not intend that the Japanese shall be enslaved as a race or destroyed as a nation, but stern justice shall be meted out to all war criminals, including those who have visited cruelties upon our prisoners." On the other hand, the declaration stated that: "The Japanese Government shall remove all obstacles to the revival and strengthening of democratic tendencies among the Japanese people. Freedom of speech, of religion, and of thought, as well as respect for the fundamental human rights shall be established." "Japan shall be permitted to maintain such industries as will sustain her economy and permit the exaction of just reparations in kind, but not those which would enable her to rearm for war. To this end, access to, as distinguished from control of, raw materials shall be permitted. Eventual Japanese participation in world trade relations shall be permitted." "The occupying forces of the Allies shall be withdrawn from Japan as soon as these objectives have been accomplished and there has been established, in accordance with the freely expressed will of the Japanese people, a peacefully inclined and responsible government." The only use of the term "unconditional surrender" came at the end of the declaration: "We call upon the government of Japan to proclaim now the unconditional surrender of all Japanese armed forces, and to provide proper and adequate assurances of their good faith in such action. The alternative for Japan is prompt and utter destruction." Contrary to what had been intended at its conception, the Declaration made no mention of the Emperor at all. Secretary of State Joseph Grew had advocated for retaining the emperor as a constitutional monarch. He hoped that preserving Hirohito's central role could facilitate an orderly capitulation of all Japanese troops in the Pacific theatre. Without it, securing a surrender could be difficult. Navy Secretary James Forrestal and other officials shared the view.[36]: 630  Allied intentions on issues of utmost importance to the Japanese, including whether Hirohito was to be regarded as one of those who had "misled the people of Japan" or even a war criminal, or alternatively, whether the Emperor might become part of a "peacefully inclined and responsible government" were thus left unstated. The "prompt and utter destruction" clause has been interpreted as a veiled warning about American possession of the atomic bomb (which had been tested successfully on the first day of the conference).[76] On the other hand, the declaration also made specific references to the devastation that had been wrought upon Germany in the closing stages of the European war. To contemporary readers on both sides who were not yet aware of the atomic bomb's existence, it was easy to interpret the conclusion of the declaration simply as a threat to bring similar destruction upon Japan using conventional weapons. Japanese reaction On 27 July, the Japanese government considered how to respond to the Declaration. The four military members of the Big Six wanted to reject it, but Tōgō, acting under the mistaken impression that the Soviet government had no prior knowledge of its contents, persuaded the cabinet not to do so until he could get a reaction from Moscow. In a telegram, Shun'ichi Kase, Japan's ambassador to Switzerland, observed that "unconditional surrender" applied only to the military and not to the government or the people, and he pleaded that it should be understood that the careful language of Potsdam appeared "to have occasioned a great deal of thought" on the part of the signatory governments—"they seem to have taken pains to save face for us on various points."[77] The next day, Japanese newspapers reported that the Declaration, the text of which had been broadcast and dropped by leaflet into Japan, had been rejected. In an attempt to manage public perception, Prime Minister Suzuki met with the press, and stated: I consider the Joint Proclamation a rehash of the Declaration at the Cairo Conference. As for the Government, it does not attach any important value to it at all. The only thing to do is just kill it with silence (mokusatsu). We will do nothing but press on to the bitter end to bring about a successful completion of the war.[78] The meaning of mokusatsu (黙殺, lit. "killing with silence") is ambiguous and can range from "refusing to comment on" to "ignoring (by keeping silence)".[79] The meaning intended by Suzuki has been the subject of debate.[80] On 30 July, Ambassador Satō wrote that Stalin was probably talking to Roosevelt and Churchill about his dealings with Japan, and he wrote: "There is no alternative but immediate unconditional surrender if we are to prevent Russia's participation in the war."[81] On 2 August, Tōgō wrote to Satō: "it should not be difficult for you to realize that ... our time to proceed with arrangements of ending the war before the enemy lands on the Japanese mainland is limited, on the other hand it is difficult to decide on concrete peace conditions here at home all at once."[82]
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  1757. The crisis was really created by the central government with their unreasonable dictates that drove the local officials to desperate measures. The blame should be borne by the central government but realistically that will never happen. Xi is blind to his own foolishness and will get rid of anyone who dares tell him. What Kunming is experiencing is nothing other than the very predictable flaw of centrally planned economies.
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  1758. As long as people have the option to vote out those who embrace foolish policies/ideologies, New Zealand should remain safe from that fate (aside from short-term experimentation, of course).
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  1759. LOL - "I'm not good with computers." {wink}
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  1760.  @tonysu8860  That is why there must be checks and balances within a democracy to curtail such things. I think even "pure capitalism" would be okay if it wasn't for the ability to lobby was limited.
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  1761. Also, the old song by Jim Croce called "Leroy Brown" paints an accurate picture!
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  1762. Sadly, the fabric often feels like crap. I won't buy online because I MUST feel the fabric and most of what's out there I wouldn't want to put against my skin. Finding 100% flax linen or 100% cotton or 100% wool is rather challenging to find. Sometimes even those pieces are ruined with a synthetic lining.
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  1763. The Chinese have been living "high on the hog."
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  1764. I think the definition of "quality" is "state-owned."
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  1765. Blackrock?
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  1766. If it "conforms to Xi thought and atheistic faith,” would the intelligence part of AI apply? Or would AI be redefined as “Artificial Idiot?"
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  1767. The donkey in the symbol is a polite way to call those who buy them "ass."
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  1768. Too bad they didn't come with a "money-back guarantee" but what would you expect from China?
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  1769. and issue a stern warning!
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  1770.  @walnutkraken9430  And I feel sorry for them. Not having access to true information without putting yourself in jeopardy to obtain it is tragic. The Berlin Wall came down and the CCP Firewall needs to come down, too!
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  1771. I’m curious about your comment: What is the “Three Quits movement on July 1st”? I haven’t heard anything about that.
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  1772.  @Pixaley  I wouldn’t want to be the messenger telling Xi of that!
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  1773. hahaha! long pork filling
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  1774. Xi Jianping - putting the people first . . . in harm's way!
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  1775. And those are official numbers. China's population is likely less, but they don't want to cede the "most populous nation" title to India.
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  1776. Well, if India leaves and Saudi Arabia never joins, the new name can be IBEACURSE.
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  1777. Soon? The CCP has been doing damage to the Chinese people since they seized power!
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  1778. ​ @antixocialman  With little thanks and much blame received for providing a global order that allowed other nations to prosper, backing away from other countries makes sense. Save your blood, sweat, and tears for your friends/allies.
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  1779. The deep fakes are concerning, especially since so many people have lost (or never acquired) critical thinking skills. Best case scenario is that people will unplug from the excessive tech and return to face-to-face interactions. Unfortunately, I don’t think that will happen.
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  1780. But the problem of "rotten tail" or "rotten ended" buildings is nothing new, just the scope has increased. Do a YouTube search on those terms and you'll see what I mean.
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  1781.  @Andy-P  Put her in the cargo hold.
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  1782. That is why people use the term hybrid for the selective breeding of plants and animals and reserve the term GMO for the tampering done through gene splicing.
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  1783.  @sharonbell8895  Doesn't matter if you'd rather spend the money on drugs than on rent. Those who want to get off the street do and usually fairly quickly, but you can't help people who refuse to help themselves.
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  1784.  @howardmaryon  But those are made in China so the quality is questionable! 🍄☁ Mushroom clouds or fungus cottonballs?
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  1785. Which is completely unlikely because their property market is already massively overbuilt for their population.
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  1786. And in those days men shall seek death and shall not find it. And they shall long to die, but death shall flee from them.  Revelation 9:6
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  1787. Taiwan is a democracy and aligns more with the West than it does with China - just like Japan does.
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  1788. And many of us don’t WANT them either.
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  1789. I have more respect for a little kid because they'll grow up and learn.
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  1790.  @DK-ev9dg  Unlike in China where the homeless are run off by the police and pictures of the mainland Chinese homeless get quickly censored from the internet (but not quickly enough for us not to see them). Imagine having enough housing for another billion people and still having homeless because 600,000,000 still earn only $138 USD/1000 yuan per month or less!
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  1791.  @nateisawesome766  Not really. From Wikipedia: The People's Republic of China has a developing market-oriented economy that incorporates economic planning through industrial policies and strategic five-year plans. The economy consists of state-owned enterprises and mixed-ownership enterprises, as well as a large domestic private sector and openness to foreign businesses in a system officially described as a socialist market economy. The "economic planning through industrial policies and strategic five-year plans" qualifies it as centrally planned. Elements of market are highly controlled and at the whim of CCP leadership such as the 3-red lines and crackdowns on private enterprises.
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  1792. Those were a quote from an article that Fujan University published the The Economist.
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  1793. But he has a doctorate in communist theory! Ah, yeah, you're right - uneducated.
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  1794. I think the CCP is using the "absolute value" and disregarding the +/-
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  1795. It’s a close call between Marxism and Islam if you know the history of Islam's dealings with the Kafir (pejorative term for non-Muslims).
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  1796. I've heard they've got multiple subvariants in China, apparently mutating very quickly because of all the standing in lines for testing.
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  1797.  @Mad_Props_Gestapo  Same with North Korea. But listening to Yeomi Park, who escaped from North Korea, gives hope that you don't need to nuke people.
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  1798. Tony doesn’t make predictions, only reports the news and offers various, often conflicting opinions from others. It’s up to the listener to draw their own conclusions like mature adults with critical thinking skills.
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  1799. Why not just do what other former democrats have done - get out and have respectful conversations with people who hold different views? You may discover that the media has been spinning a false narrative.
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  1800. He did sound rather sarcastic!
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  1801.  @Isaac_D_Huang  Fortunately, even Walmart is stocking much less “made in China” and much more imported from other nations. I say fortunately because the quality is now much better!
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  1802. A mockery of democracy is what it is.
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  1803. Well, hedged with a disclaimer about accuracy, but some people like to find fault anyway.
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  1804. Algorithm laugh
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  1805. Not when buyers can’t afford them.
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  1806.  @zzbeasley  Simple explanations are rare, I think. Even a small deviation can lead to becoming massively off course when played out over time. Good intentions that are leading to bad results usually come about from having a wrong underlying assumption.
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  1807. You may end up in a “jam."
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  1808. "Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedies." GROUCHO Marx The more Marx I read, the more I think the CCP is reading Groucho!
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  1809. Tofu dreg probably won't make it that far and hit California instead, if it even reaches land.
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  1810. With very low occupancy rates and very low rental yields, even a 30% discount is no bargain!
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  1811.  @00110000  Exactly! It is Putin’s/Russia’s paranoia that informs their beliefs, not any actual threat.
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  1812. My opinion is that Wolf needs to subscribe and become a regular viewer of China Update.
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  1813.  @GreySpyder  Is anyone doing as badly as mainland China? Maybe South Africa? North Korea?
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  1814. Happens to me on a regular basis on ANY channel that covers China.
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  1815. The irony of iron rice bowls when civil servants are forced to take pay cuts.
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  1816. I play the drinking game with coffee - decaf as necessary.
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  1817.  @honkyjesuseternal  Close! Commifornia.
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  1818. Hahaha - floating bricks! Was that intentional?
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  1819. Things are fine in my part of the world, too. No falling apart here.
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  1820. DUE DILIGENCE information that people need if they are to consider investing. Anyone would be a fool to invest without checking the real market dynamics. The CCP crackdown shows they are desperate to hide the truth - "just give us your money and don’t ask any questions” solicitation of foreign capital.
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  1821. Long-term goals versus short-term needs. Yeah, saving for college while letting the kid starve really doesn’t make sense, but see-see-pee under Xi will prioritize ideology over the populace.
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  1822. Great observation!
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  1823. Russia’s actions (and some of the policies enacted by environmentalists) will certainly unleash a famine and food shortages. Probably about 1/4 of the planet will be effected, not just the Chinese but much of the Middle East and Africa as well.
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  1824. Corruption can happen in the best of systems, but for some systems it’s baked into the cake.
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  1825. Pride goeth before the fall and a haughty spirit before destruction. CCP has paved the way for its downfall.
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  1826. Hmmm. One-child policy seems even more foolish now.
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  1827. I think multiple collapses are possible, just like someone with balance issues may fall repeatedly. Each fall is a collapse. Sure, a physical structure like a building can only collapse once, but I don’t think that’s the situation when you’re talking economics where large numbers of people are involved.
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  1828. I’m in favor of a mine no longer in use and retrofitted into a comfy bunker myself.
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  1829. Never knew there was an “outdoor prison” with a 5-star hotel! Who’d have guessed?
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  1830.  @hychong5761  Hopefully, the Taiwanese people will continue to stand strong against the CCP. Tsai Ing-wen seems to be making some very smart moves!
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  1831. I doubt the CCP would ever "realise they were wrong” based on how they view any international descision that has ever opposed their ambitions.
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  1832. It only takes ONE dysfunctional partner to ruin a marriage.
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  1833. 💯%
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  1834.  @DailyGPT365  China has only 9 years of compulsory education. A 16-year-old can be finished with all required schooling.
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  1835. It’s so easy to destroy, and so difficult to rebuild. But to destroy the old with no plan in place for a new, better government is truly foolish!
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  1836. That's a hard way to live!
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  1837. Yeah, they need to coat those lead bars.
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  1838. Made in China using stolen technology.
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  1839.  @dcc70  The demographics certainly favor that one!
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  1840. Ouch - that really sucks!
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  1841.  @skydragon23101979  It appears you have that all backwards and are confusing correlation with causation. The US MUST maintain a trade deficit with other countries in order to be a viable reserve currency - otherwise other nations wouldn’t have enough access to the USD. Being a reserve currency ISN’T the source of US power; US power stems from economic stability and rule of law.
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  1842. For my location, it's called "July," but I can relate. Up before sunrise to get in a walk at this time of year. On the plus side, I'm awake so early that I was the first comment for today's video!
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  1843. It only appears to be “wicked propaganda about China” if you believe the lies told by the CCP. Otherwise, it’s so nice to hear the truth.
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  1844. Hey, Tony, I watched a different China channel cover the topic of black-market reusing of medical waste from all the mandatory Covid testing. Could you cover the topic of medical waste generated by all the testing? Right now, it appears that the products made from medical waste are only being sold within China, but is there potential that this will make its way into items for export as well? Very concerning!!!
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  1845. LOL-I think that Disney movie was "Parent Trap."
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  1846. Hmmm. 🤔 I wonder if they include accounting firms under their manufacturing number.
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  1847. Well said. I wonder, too, and can only attribute it to the "sunk cost" fallacy. But hopefully, things are now severe enough to move along the decoupling for even the most die-hard ostriches.
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  1848. In Mao’s Fantasy using numbers provided by the CCP
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  1849. When a two-faced person loses face - that’s a good thing!
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  1850. How about the CCP Central Committee economic work conference back in 2023? They used the term “overcapacity” to describe the economic problems within mainland China.
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  1851.  @Ghandara-hg1gc  All that was needed was to actually watch this video. The CCP knew they had an overcapacity problem before the West started using that term.
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  1852. It hurts the imports of raw materials, fuel, and food. You can't manufacture without fuel and if you aren't growing enough to feed your workers or acquire needed inputs, you won't have much to export.
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  1853. Waiting until they had a rapidly-aging population to transition to a consumer-driven economy was a big mistake. Couple that with the zero-Covid policy and I don't see how China can possibly recover in my lifetime.
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  1854.  @jaydee6268  And keeping your client from taking the stand to their own undoing. SBF comes to mind.
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  1855. Innovate!
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  1856. It was also the West and its invitation into global trade that gave the Mainland economy a chance to prosper.
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  1857.  @kevinu.k.7042  I don’t think so, at least not in the Western world which has thankfully been distancing itself increasingly over the past few years. BRICS and the belt & road countries will take a hit though in proportion to how much involvement they maintained with the CCP.
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  1858. It's nothing like China Update, but WION is good at covering world events from an Indian perspective and Palki Sharma's deep dives are always well done.
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  1859. !!! Wow. Hadn’t heard that. Would love to know more.
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  1860. Hang Seng and Shanghai composite have been going down and down some more since 2015 - so much for your “up and down!"
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  1861.  @tonysu8860  Efficiency WITHOUT "divine insight and understanding of everything" doesn't sound good - just gets you to bad results most rapidly.
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  1862. It seems that school administrators have also adopted a “gentle” (permissive) disciplinary style.
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  1863.  @skydragon23101979  Per Wikipedia: Both PRC and ROC entered into a tacit agreement not to cross the median line drawn in the straight in 1955. The PRC did not cross the median line until 1999 but has since encroached over the median line with increasing regularity.
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  1864. You're quite poetic today, Eduard Qualls!
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  1865. The L is for “loser."
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  1866.  @watchlover7750  Not likely. Chinese quality wouldn't last long enough for a second go around.
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  1867. VERY close - he could see the needed ~100 subscribers by the end of today!
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  1868.  @Zei33  Perhaps it's more than just being "a native English speaker." Perhaps it's that they simply can't understand the Western way of thinking. Like being color blind, having someone tell you there's a number hidden in a bunch of spots, and you think they're just toying with you because you can't see it for yourself. Children are born with the ability to make all the speech sounds from every language on earth, but any sound that isn't used during a critical childhood window of language learning becomes extinct/can't be regained (flied lice for fried rice). The CCP propaganda system seems to make it impossible for them to understand Western values. Instead, they project their own to fill in the blanks and everything gets twisted.
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  1869.  @louisgiokas2206  You beat me to it! Tofu would be too light otherwise they wouldn’t even waste the lead.
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  1870. This channel is produced and supported by people who can think, for people who can think.
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  1871. Exactly. You’d need to be very knowledgable and test EVERYTHING.
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  1872. I don’t think it’s possible to know when the bottom of a decline has occurred until AFTER it happens. Personally, I think it’s still far from bottom.
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  1873.  @skydragon23101979  The layoffs and job losses were due to changing policies of the CCP toward private tutoring, online "influencers," and other private enterprises that primarily hit the middle class, not exclusively to Covid restrictions. And generally, people need to have jobs BEFORE they can increase consumption, not the other way around as in your comment.
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  1874.  @skydragon23101979  Youth unemployment in China, the segment that most drives consumption, is nearly 20% on the mainland.
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  1875.  @skydragon23101979  Those that saw the surge in spending received government stimulus checks for individuals, support to businesses forced to remain closed, and paid unemployment if unable to work due to lockdowns. That didn't happen on the mainland so expecting a surge in spending after restrictions are lifted is unwarranted IMO.
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  1876. Well said!
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  1877. That's what Elon would do.
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  1878. They've done that so many times now, they can no longer qualify for a new card unless they lie on the application. I think that's WHY they're now in this predicament.
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  1879.  @Andy-P  Most likely it's that the softer and more educated youth aren't willing to take the low-level jobs of the older generations. 996 in an office is still much easier than 996 in manual labor.
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  1880.  @joem0088  Don’t you know that YOU can opt for YouTube to not show anymore recommendations from a channel? Some people really like to blame others!
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  1881. In places known for very cold winters like Russia, Finland, and Sweden, they'd build fireplaces with a maze of passages that redirected the smoke and hot air to warm the bricks before eventually going out a chimney. The rest of the house was built around the massive masonry heater. They minimize the amount of wood needed by using heat as efficiently as possible and a section of these fireplaces was used for cooking and baking.
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  1882. Don’t forget possible blackmail; honey traps are a thing.
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  1883. Spelled Vanke, but the pronunciation gives away the “self play” angle of the property market in China.
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  1884. Those that are "employed" may still be underemployed and settling for much lower salaries, taking part-time positions hoping for future promotion, or working multiple "gig" jobs completely outside their education levels just to have an income. If the CCP is providing numbers as abysmal as 18.7%, they must be counting everything that could technically be considered work.
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  1885. I'll drink a glass of Limin-aide to that!
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  1886. But at least our tunnels still stand in 100 years. A BRI tunnel wouldn't last even 10.
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  1887. Likewise. I don't think the 3-child policy can stand up against the headwinds the CCP is creating. Who's willing to marry? Who's willing to have even one child under these stressful conditions?
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  1888.  @amraceway  Twice as many as you need is far worse for the economy. You can build more if too few, but if you have too many you’re stuck.
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  1889. As people age, more of their spending is health related. It’s not that older people DON’T spend, it’s that they spend differently.
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  1890. Agreed! Respect to Ursula von der Leyen.
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  1891.  @llkk290  How will such exports fare under sanctions? Tariffs?
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  1892. Until the CCP took over
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  1893. Bill needs to have a chat with all those erupting volcanos - 3 at once in Guatemala. Perhaps we can drop him down one?
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  1894. It SINGED my hair and my skin is blistered.
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  1895. Xi Jinping Thought = Bloviation with Chinese Characteristics
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  1896. Yet unlike mainland China, most industrialized societies make up the difference through immigration.
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  1897.  @thisisscotts  It’s good to have goals and to set a high bar!
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  1898. 1.4 Billion (mostly) indoctrinated people is a scary prospect!
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  1899.  @peterb9038  With everything going on in China, the RMB seems like the "commercial paper"/IOU of the property sector to me. That's just my gut instinct.
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  1900. I think the sense of superiority is about “rule of law” rather than race or nationality. That’s really the only way to understand why the West is so embracing of immigrants, particularly those who enter legally.
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  1901. Still down (WAY down) over the past 3 years. Even a dead cat will bounce.
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  1902. I think the CCP is manipulating, hoping to gain back export orders, but like the promise of unbuilt houses, who wants to order something when manufacturing is being impacted by Covid lockdowns and power cuts? Better pay a little more and get it when you need it than to pay less and never know when/if you will get your goods?
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  1903. I thought he slipped in the shower and fell on some bullets.
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  1904. Hungrexit is too unweildy a word. I propose Hungo instead.
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  1905. If Tony ever goes that route, I hope he will wean us off and not make us go “cold turkey!"
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  1906. Jiang Zemin faction versus Xi Jinping faction.
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  1907. I've been able to see your comments over the past few days. I remember your name because I gave several of them the "thumbs up." Is it possible that YouTube (for whatever strange reason) isn't allowing you to see your own posts, but others are still seeing them?
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  1908. I'm SO turned around, I had to look at the date on my computer! Just a short on Saturday, and a regular video on Sunday really threw me off - but I'm glad you're doing things on your own schedule, Tony!
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  1909. You may be on to something with that observation!
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  1910. Agreed. If they don't like to play by our rules, let's play using their own rules when doing business with the mainland. At the very least, tariffs on imports of CCP products should be high enough to completely counter all subsidies that the CCP provides to undercut competitors.
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  1911. Goodbye Xi’t!
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  1912.  @mikestewart4752  You don’t like my take on your emoji comment that appears to say China is going down the toilet?
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  1913. It's much easier to dodge any curveballs that the future throws your way when you're debt free!
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  1914. I wonder if even his closest family wants nothing to do with him? Or are they being sent as agents?
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  1915. Thank you for supporting this channel. Those of us who are unable to do so appreciate those of you who do!
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  1916. I don’t think there is a clear link. Increased wealth often results in lower birthrates with developed Western nations being below replacement rate. Many third-world nations having very high births per women in the hope that some will survive to care for their parents in old age; when conditions improve and as women gain education, birthrates go down.
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  1917.  @Andy-P  Being “in the red” is so patriotic!
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  1918. "The people worked together to push away the... " - these would be beautiful words if the last part was "CCP rule."
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  1919. Another Voldemort - he who cannot be named.
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  1920. Congratulations that it hasn’t failed in 8 whole months! (Assuming that there hasn’t been a cover up)
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  1921. Strange to say “so-called statement” - what would the CCP call a statement instead?
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  1922. Honestly, our garaged cars today are better sheltered than people were 100 years ago.
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  1923. Thanks for the reminders/updates on the outflows.
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  1924. Your last line is the situation from what I’ve heard - choosing not to have any children at all. Some have calculated the actual fertility rate in China as low as 0.8 children per woman, so for 40% of children to be a second child and 15% to be a third child, it would seem that a large number are refusing to have any.
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  1925. You've got "hysterical and infantile response" on both sides. It boils down to authoritarian/totalitarian rule versus individual liberty under democracy. No system is perfect, but at least in a democracy, you have the HOPE of voting out the idiots in a few years.
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  1926. Most of us don't mind and some even find them endearing. There is even " . . ." merchandise available.
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  1927. He isn't a butler - he's a historian.
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  1928. I hope you've got adequate provisions!
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  1929. It is. There are scammers out there that duplicate a channel's logo and provide a WhatsApp number. I go through and report them when I come across any. Just click on the three vertical dots to the right of the comment and hit report. For this type of scam, I choose "misinformation" since it's not really from the channel's producer.
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  1930.  @skydragon23101979  China CHOSE to be absent. Per Wikipedia: On 19 February 2013, China declared that it would not participate in the arbitration.
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  1931. I was wondering the same thing.
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  1932. "China can very easily turn on the fiscal taps afterwards.” I disagree because timing is everything and wrong timing does more harm than good.
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  1933.  @recondax  Granted, but what good is saving the planet while killing off humanity? If the end game of “saving the planet” isn’t done to support human life, it’s a stupid goal.
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  1934. The taxes and fees eat up all the profit and then some, so that's a loss.
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  1935.  @philmarsh3859  Actually, the construction of new housing is usually hampered by environmental and zoning laws.
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  1936. Planned obsolescence (tofu-dreg construction) ensures that they will still need to build to replace the buildings that are falling apart - probably LONG before the owner even finishes paying off the mortgage.
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  1937. A twelve-pack of double rolls will last me 6 months. My dad was a plumber, so I was reared to be stingy with the TP so as not to cause a blockage.
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  1938. Lots used to park the “sold” cars don't have money to buy them - they HAVE to give them away.
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  1939.  @luuducanh7497  A brief conversation would be fine.
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  1940.  @luuducanh7497  No. Cryptocurrency is pure speculation, not investing. There are crypto bots on many sites trying to get people to call some "expert" (various names given) at a Whatsapp number, but these are scams and not organic conversations between real people.
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  1941.  @raimundomartin5459  Wouldn't economic contraction also be a type of collapse? The demographics make it hard for any other scenario to occur.
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  1942. 🐼Here you go. Don’t want you getting withdrawal symptoms!
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  1943. Only the best and brightest idiots need apply.
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  1944. It's easy to control when you stop collecting data!
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  1945. I've seen a video from China of "aunties" (middle-aged women) who were doing some kind of rituals to "send the virus back to where it came from." Of course, the CCP blames outside forces rather than China so they thought they were sending it away. Have they recognized the truth yet? 🤔
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  1946. Salami slicing
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  1947. Why? Is it just because he isn’t Trump? It would be nice to have a better option!
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  1948. Even Japan’s robot servers are relieved at not having to endure abuse from such tourists!
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  1949. Their charm is offensive!
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  1950. Do you honestly believe Putin or Xi have any interest in principles, let alone principles that agree with those of “the West” that they hate so much and want to destablize? The entire idea of economic sanctions was that our “collective and resolute action” would get them to think twice. What else do you think we should try? What kind of action do you think would work?
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  1951. Nope! But it’s good to be aware of the lies that prove liars to be liars.
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  1952. And a serious blow to being able to import needed food and fuel as well.
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  1953. Good time to sell holdings if one has any!
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  1954. Yeah, that was funny. What a difference a space makes!
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  1955.  @Andy-P  We gray-haired viewers hope this isn’t a game of “Musical Chairs,” but if it is, kindly reserve me a seat each day.
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  1956. Yes, I suspect shenanigans and shell games.
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  1957. Well said!
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  1958.  @michaelfried3123  Michael, I'm loving your stories. The personal tidbits you've been sharing recently make me want to read everything you post! What a life!! What a heritage!!!
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  1959. I like to see a chart covering at least 10 years so trends are more distinguishable from blips.
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  1960. Long pork
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  1961.  @peterschlange1832  Oh, I'm all for protecting our IP from theft and these restrictions are long overdue IMO.
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  1962. Li Keqiang for future reference. I agree that he seems like a good-hearted, honest person which is shocking in the CCP elites!
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  1963. I had to read that twice!
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  1964. Airborn spread through coughing/sneezing and stay in air for up to two hours. No need for more cases, it's just very easily spread.
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  1965. Probably not in your lifetime.
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  1966. Better all around to have a consumption tax only, with no income taxes, property taxes or anything else. Many of the problems we have in the world stem from overconsumption.
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  1967. "Only the Party can save China now." Oh, wow, what a statement of total indoctrination by the CCP. It amazes me that people can't see that the Party is the REASON that China needs saving! What will it take to open people's eyes?
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  1968. Wind and/or solar are only viable options for some regions. Higher latitudes are at a disadvantage for solar since less can be generated at the very time where more is required due to length of daytime to nighttime hours and some places are just too overcast too much of the time. Wind doesn't blow much in other areas. Just like hydroelectric can only serve certain geographic regions, many renewables just aren't feasable beyond a small percentage of what is needed. And you must also consider the environmental impact of manufacturing solar cells. In short, it is a trade off that may be good for some places and bad in others.
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  1969. The phrase “MY truth” comes to mind. There are those who find the very idea of an objective reality based on facts “hurtful.”
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  1970. 1984 doublespeak!
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  1971.  @louisgiokas2206  Very good question! No idea at this point. If it isn’t Xi’s faction, we’ll probably hear of another round of “anti corruption” purges.
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  1972. ​ @worldpeaceforever-everytime  China was doing well until they became aggressive. It is smart for Western nations not to continue to share technology which the CCP would use to harm the West. Cooperating with China has been revealed as a foolish course.
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  1973. Merkel-ization will take time to undo.
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  1974. Was the overturned bus filled with students and teachers from the school that was taken to quarantine when a teacher tested positive? Or was this a different situation?
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  1975. Tony didn't make any mention of crypto links, but the spam bots are out in force today. Any channel that covers economic issues gets targeted by crypto scams and "what's app" investment scams.
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  1976. Worse than useless - should be renamed TikToxic.
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  1977.  @bigbubba4314  Good one!
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  1978. Like a drunk trying to save a drowning man, both will go down.
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  1979.  @SueFerreira75  IMO I think India is doing what is perceived as best for India's population. They need oil and are taking advantage of Russia, not "snuggling up" and stockpiling oil while they can get it cheap. BRICS is a very unnatural alliance.
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  1980.  @skydragon23101979  LOL - Rumours and manure both get spread around, but only one is beneficial!
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  1981. The beginning of birth pangs? Perhaps 100 years ago was the equivalent of Braxton-Hicks contractions?
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  1982. “The human heart is the most deceitful of all things, and desperately wicked. Who really knows how bad it is? Jeremiah 17:9
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  1983. Except for the purchase of items necessary to save “face” when visiting home, I agree with you.
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  1984. Perhaps they can barely drive BECAUSE they are too busy spying?
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  1985.  @charleswomack2166  ? What does that have to do with his speaking fluent German?
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  1986.  @charleswomack2166  What principles are involved in stating a fact?
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  1987.  @charleswomack2166  Okay. You made a statement. I didn't contradict your statement. I made a statement that expanded on your statement by including the languages spoken in Switzerland. Why did you feel the need to "test" me about "the principle of freedom of speech"?
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  1988. Following in the footsteps of Marx, an economic deadbeat sucking at the teats of those around him while criticizing them.
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  1989. Media companies are hemorrhaging views, so it's NOT about money for them. It's about pushing their leftist ideology, money be damned.
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  1990.  @cnidsniffer  I thought foreigners couldn't own property in mainland China.
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  1991. When the money in your bank account could suddenly disappear, I suppose even a dilapidated apartment could be preferable.
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  1992.  @kevinyaucheekin1319  Are we both talking about the private banks and the money that was stolen? Or are we discussing different issues within the banking sector in China?
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  1993.  @runeodin7237  Temporary short-term pain globally, but massive long-term pain to China. China gained its position through cheap labor and a limited amount of trust. Trust is very hard to rebuild and I don't think it can happen in our lifetimes now that trading partners have experienced supply-chain disruptions and arbitrary rule changes. It will be a win for nations that get the manufacturing opportunities that China will lose. But that loss will send back ordinary Chinese people, wiping out the economic gains that were made when China opened up to the West.
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  1994. Ali-Babel? Alibabylonian? Alibarbarian?
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  1995. Yeah, but there is overbuilding and there is OVERBUILDING. China has enough vacant apartments to house their entire OFFICIAL population twice over.
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  1996.  @DK-ev9dg  He opens the video by quoting from China’s National Bureau of Statistics and China’s state media, so WHO’S the liar? It’s clear that if someone is lying, it is the CCP.
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  1997. IMO it may slow the decline, but that will INCREASE the damage long term - like chemo slowing a cancer but also killing off healthy cells in the process. I doubt they will hit bottom for another 5 years or so.
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  1998. Perhaps because he lives in China, not America?
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  1999. Cats have nothing on these three! Nine lives and land on their feet!
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  2000. How Pavlovian!
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  2001. Waiting for reports based on the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder black boxes from the crash. At least one of those was damaged, so getting pertinent info may take longer. Speculation abounds, but real info isn't yet available.
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  2002. I’m sure that approach will result in most people not bothering to register a marriage.
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  2003. Maybe not biased, but self-censoring if he wants to live as a free man.
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  2004. Your first ferry journey and you make a video like a pro! You must have watched many of these types of video to know what we like to see.
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  2005. 1:47 onward - red route lines certainly look like they were deliberately trying to damage submarine cables.
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  2006. Jenga tower goes higher at the same time it loses stability - and the bigger it becomes, the more complete the crash!
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  2007. There is an assumption there about "those issues aren't nearly as strong of a factor as they once were" that things will continue that way. Yet in 2020 we had disease, in 2022 we have war that just may end up spreading, and the outlook is that we will soon have famine. So it seems that we've had a spell of good fortune and it is coming to an end.
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  2008.  @TheForestfugitive  The effects aren't felt immediately and much depends on how many of those impacted are of childbearing age. Losing troops in their 20s/30s will have a far greater impact than losing those in their 40s/50s. Famine killing children will have its true impact felt when that population would have reached childbearing age about 20-30 years later. Overpopulation IS a bad thing, but so is underpopulation - it's just that our cultural memories of this are somewhat lacking.
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  2009.  @JeRefuseDeBienPrononcerBaleine  I would still prefer to have important things in writing such as the US "bill of rights" or in an employment contract. And the "credibility" of the CCP has always been suspect!
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  2010. Out of the frying pan and into the fire!
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  2011. Makeup and costuming had fun with this episode.
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  2012.  @Andy-P  There needs to be CCP-elite model as well to drive on sidewalks and "harvest the leeks."
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  2013.  @raimundomartin5459  When retirees get up earlier than the work-a-day folks! 😉
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  2014. Hang Seng is still lower than it was 10 years ago. Imagine investing in 2014 and you’re still DOWN by 25%.
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  2015. Especially since so much of the debt is spent on non-productive things!
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  2016. "Endquote" "hard to tell the asses from the umptions" - you're in an especially humorous mood this morning!
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  2017. Your comment made me laugh. Someone needs to draw a cartoon of that scenario!
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  2018. Low cost until it costs you your freedom.
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  2019.  @marilyndee969  Can we speculate? Perhaps protected so that those who foolishly advocated for their admittance won’t look like idiots? Personally, I think protecting “them” just amplifies the foolishness of their protectors.
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  2020.  @skydragon23101979  What good is having a medium-risk hospital open when residents aren't allowed to leave their communities or when you can't get transportation? Corruption in China is rampant, so there will ALWAYS be problems with implementation.
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  2021. Was the sole bidder for the Hong Kong land-use rights a state-owned enterprise?
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  2022. It's been a while since their infrastructure spending has improved productivity. Now it's just pouring money into a black hole of debt, otherwise known as "throwing good money after bad."
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  2023.  @Zei33  It’s not about technology but rather that “race” isn’t based on genetics at all.
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  2024. Yes, I’d opt for a bicycle rather than a CCP ev.
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  2025. And how will they pay for all that? China's got quite a bit of economic turmoil right now as is.
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  2026. That's what happens when they are paid by the firms that they are supposed to be auditing. They don't want to cut off their revenue streams by being critical.
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  2027. Reminiscent of a child with its comfort blanket tied about his shoulders pretending to be a "superpower."
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  2028.  @jaydee6268  That last line made me laugh.
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  2029. How can they have “most of their daily customs and culture” from mainland China when one group is democratic and free while the other are under an authoritarian government that needs a firewall to keep the leeks in check?
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  2030. Cost-benefit analysis is normally done in Western/capitalist economies which prevent more foolish vanity projects. Problems only happen when there is a wrong/outdated underlying assumption. An example would be that crime rates wouldn’t change, but then a bail reform law increases crime in the area that was never considered by the analysts.
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  2031. city-owned groceries = luxury food banks
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  2032. And a wreck-oning, too!
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  2033.  @a.e.rromero5403  My immigrant parents worked hard to come to the US legally. They had to wait. They were in Poland during WWII and after the war, went to the first country that would take them (UK) - it was another 4-5 years before they could come to America. They and my two older sisters became naturalized citizens. It's a lot cheaper to come in legally than to try and become legalized because you've broken the law to get here.
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  2034.  @a.e.rromero5403  Maybe, but I'm not sure. We've always vetted and prioritized people wanting to immigrate. If the nation needs doctors and nurses but is awash with accountants and engineers, then people with medical training would be given priority. If auto mechanics are needed, they will be prioritized over electricians and plumbers. My parents were refugees and they went to the first country that would take them, living in a "displaced persons camp" initially. They worked to position themselves to be a benefit rather than a liability (learning English, expanding their skill set, scrimping and saving whatever they could, etc.). Even then it took 4-5 years before they were approved to immigrate to the US. IF someone is being rejected purely because of their country of origin, age, religion, ethnicity, etc., then I would agree that it is discrimination. However, I think it likely that people are prioritized so that those who benefit the US are being accepted ahead of those who haven't positioned themselves to do well here.
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  2035. You must be using that subversive Western bookkeeping instead of the CCP-approved bookkeeping with Chinese characteristics.
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  2036. Three lines of BLOOD.
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  2037.  @ChinaUpdate  Thank you. I'll try counting the many blessings of not living in a "silent period" or lockdown in China under CCP rule - that should put me to sleep!
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  2038. People who gravitate to big cities either do so for employment opportunities or for the culture. Both of those have been hit by COVID.
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  2039. It’s ignorant to deny the demographic contribution and that was in play for much longer than Xi’s emperorship.
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  2040.  @jaydee6268  I just looked it up after reading your comment. Prestige Biotech is the name of the company operating the illegal lab if anyone else is interested in reading about this.
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  2041.  @williamkao5747  60 cities have been "lowering mortgage rates, stipulating smaller down payments, and loosening sales restrictions." In other words, the mortgage lending isn't "very strict and conservative" as it once was. Lending money to less credit-worthy borrowers is what started the sub-prime crisis.
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  2042. Go on then but good luck finding coverage that’s as unbiased as you’ll find here.
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  2043. What's your rubric for your disaster scale? Just curious.
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  2044. Evergrande is just the poster child for the entire property sector and he covers other major companies in this section as well. Considering that the property sector accounts for 25--30% of China's GDP, it would be criminal to NOT cover this. Also, 80% of urban wealth is in real estate holdings, so having property values come down much will cause the wealth of Chinese citizens to evaporate.
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  2045.  @horridohobbies  You’re assuming that the number of wars and military conflicts would have been LESS if the US wasn’t upholding international rule of law. Established democracies have systems in place for change of government through elections - that prevents the likelihood a coups which happen when people have had enough of a regime with no way to change apart from shedding blood.
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  2046. If the photos weren't so well lit, I'd think this was a horror video.
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  2047. True. The intrinsic value of real estate is the land and in China that is only leased rather than owned by the buyer. Any building (even well constructed) depreciates. Only the land (if owned outright) can potentially increase in value since “they aren’t making any more of it."
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  2048. And “three principles” according to Xi Jinping yet! That should be a red flag right there!
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  2049. Tony needs some ostrich footage in his B-roll. He can add it whenever the CCP choses not to report unfavorable data.
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  2050. How long can China tread water with a millstone (Xi) tied to their feet?
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  2051. ". . . the gap between younger generations with fewer assets and more precarious employment, versus older generations which tend to be more secure" - that is the historic NORM. The very notion of "retirement" is an anomaly. REVERSION TO THE MEAN is a thing.
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  2052. 4? I thought they were pushing for a yearly replacement rate! 😉
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  2053.  @cooldudecs  This property Ponzi scheme wouldn't have lasted for DECADES if the "majority of them are unfinished." People would have stopped buying/paying long ago if more than 50% were never completed. They may as well have gone to Macau to gamble.
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  2054. And the Chinese men are already having a hard time finding wives.
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  2055. More like 5-7 yuan per hour when you consider that 600 million people in China earn only 1000 yuan per month.
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  2056.  @ianeverard7434  True wealth isn't destroyed, but much of the "wealth" is an illusion. The land is still there, but the "land use" reverts back to the Chinese government after a period of time (70 years generally) anyway, so buying real estate in China is all illusory wealth anyway - but now it can be seen for what it is, nothing of real value to individual investors.
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  2057. It isn't the 2nd most wealthy because their per capita GDP is actually quite low. They need 1.4 BILLION people to be the #2 economy! Compare that to 333.4 MILLION of the USA in the #1 slot.
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  2058.  @ccp_fact_checker  Good point!
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  2059. Good ol’ Bobby McGee!
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  2060. When you dance with the CCP, you will get your toes crushed!
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  2061. The banks will become the “Hotel California” where yuan can “check in anytime you like, but you can never leave!"
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  2062. The cult of envy began when mass media was used for ADVERTISING. Advertising exists to make us unhappy. It is used to stir up our insecurities (bad breath? body odor?) and desires in order to promote a particular product as the solution. But the solution never works (or not for long). It was only much later that politicians began to use it. Wealth is only tangential as a means to secure the elusive products that will finally succeed to make us happy.
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  2063. IMF just parrots CCP figures. The reality is closer to 1/2 what they’re saying.
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  2064. I don't think that corn is food grade, or only fit for animal feed at best.
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  2065.  @MaxTheAxeHK  Islam is the fuel for this fire and putting other religions into the same category is foolish. Look into the history of what happens to any area where Muslims become the majority. NO ONE is safe, even those with no religion.
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  2066. Fantasy data = psychotic AI.
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  2067. I think #3 is the main reason - can't admit that their product is inferior!
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  2068. With so much CCP cadre corruption, the results of graft are very plausible.
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  2069.  @rubster1975  What "case definition" are you using? PCR tests don't have a set standard for the number of amplifications so they can show a false positive if too many amplifications are used. However, do you think that China's reporting will use an excessive number of amplifications considering the economic problems they're experiencing? Case reporting definitions can include suspect, probable, or confirmed. So again, what case definition are you using? And more importantly, would that be the definition that Chinese officials are using?
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  2070. I was thinking the exact same thing. His handlers must be very confident about optimal dosing at this point!
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  2071. Dealing with environmental degradation would also be a big plus. The water pollution in China is very nasty!
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  2072. Since when do cafeterias have paper menus?
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  2073. They implement laws/policies that make people are afraid to express their opinions online (or in polls), and then they’re shocked by election results.
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  2074. Did anyone else find these strangely beautiful? Maybe it was the effect of the music, but if I'm going to be killed by radiation poisoning, I'd like to be close enough to experience the grandeur of the explosion.
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  2075. What is crazy about Covid is that normally in the past, it was the SICK who were quarantined to prevent transmission. So much of this global economic turmoil could have been averted if only those who test positive are put into isolation, with asymptomatic separated from those who have symptoms. Why all these lockdowns continue when we are now able to test is insane!
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  2076. The options that you described don't sound like investing at all but rather like gambling. Putting your money behind corporations that you believe in for product quality, a real market for the product, and sound corporate management - THAT is investing.
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  2077.  @taco7043  Sometimes that's true, but you have to consider that many of China's Big Tech leaders are stepping down so perhaps know something that you don't? China's tech sector is under increased regulation from the CCP and are at risk of delisting from exchanges for failure to comply with standard accounting practices and/or refusal to allow their books to be audited.
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  2078. I’m one of the 2% of your audience and even I don’t care about handbags!
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  2079. True socialism.
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  2080. 🐼Here you go!
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  2081.  @TomTomicMic  HOW can it be the answer when people already aren’t consuming and all those people with delivery jobs now will then be out of work?
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  2082. LOL - that's just for higher-level civil servants. Other civil servants get about half of that and many people only get about $250 RMB per month in pensions.
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  2083.  @harrysmith8515  LOL - You're describing CITY life. And you're right - most mainland Chinese CAN'T afford that. BTW that 600 million stat was provided by Li Keqiang. Look him up. If anyone should know, it would be him.
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  2084. A direct quote from “State-Run something-or-other” that doesn’t use the word “resolutely” or the term “strictly adhere."
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  2085. I must be dead. I can't detect a pulse even with that excellent instruction on how to check it!
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  2086.  @theomnisthour6400  Good point. It takes courage to face an unpleasant truth and culture now panders with “safe spaces” making individuals even less likely to face.
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  2087. Since you’ve got access to a VPN, perhaps you should check to see how much of what the CCP is telling you is true?
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  2088. I almost feel sorry for the local governments considering that much of the debt occurred because they needed to follow the marching orders of the central government without a commensurate amount of fiscal support from the central.
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  2089. I know. I expect this misinformation from China but am surprised when non-Mainland analysts forecast anything in the way of growth. I would think negative growth or at least stagnation.
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  2090. I’d add Turkey to that list. Erdogan is pushing to reestablish the Ottoman empire and many Muslims in the Balkan states would love to see that happen. And with the way that Erdogan is enabling so many Islamic “refugees” and “migrants” to enter Europe, that could result in a major increase of terrorist attacks on the European continent. And Erdogan would love to take Cyrus completely and get first dibs on gas and oil from the Levant, so he has that incentive toward aggression as well.
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  2091. Yes, he does.
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  2092. Easy credit just adds to the problem. People spend more foolishly when the interest rates are low.
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  2093. As Tony "sheepishly" admits his opinion.
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  2094. Shhhh - we're feeding their delusion.
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  2095.  @J_X999  It doesn't appear that Michael Pettis is a contributor to SupChina though he is occasionally quoted (or taken out of context?) Do you have a link?
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  2096.  @J_X999  When I search SupChina for Michael Pettis, 8 results pull up and none of those are for June. In fact, most are from 2020 or earlier.
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  2097. You’re missing the impact on local government revenues, the contagion to banks, and the impact of how much wealth individual Chinese have invested into property expecting values to rise with how that impacts consumption.
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  2098.  @gabrielclark1425  That's a good point!
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  2099.  @sirgaz8699  Georgia in 2008 and Crimea in 2014 should have made the Russian threat very clear, but instead waited for the third strike with Ukraine in 2022. Yes, the betrayal was inevitable and it should have been obvious for a while now making Germany’s continued dependance VERY concerning.
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  2100. More like a Pon-Xi scheme - "Chinese characteristics"
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  2101.  @KennyG-qh8jc  Not everyone can read mandarin, so there's that, too!
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  2102. Some of us hit the “like” before watching since Tony is reliably good. Sometimes I’m interrupted by a couple of hours from the time I pull up the video/like to the time I can actually view!
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  2103. The people have been seeing this coming and that is why many are choosing to "lay flat" and "let it rot."
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  2104. It seems “trinity” is the latest vocabulary fad.
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  2105. Money laundering?
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  2106. Why would someone immigrate to a country whose values they despise unless their intention is to invade? The ideology of “multiculturalism” was a Trojan horse!
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  2107. You’re definitely dreaming. The "housing oppo" is the opportunity to lose money which I doubt is anyone’s goal.
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  2108. I’m wondering about exports to places like Russia and Iran (and possibly Hamas) forming an unholy trinity. War and terrorism could be profitable to these and they could be supporting one another in trying to get around sanctions through proxies and other allies.
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  2109. "These assets are not liquid" - no, they are TOFU!
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  2110. The name of this channel is CHINA Update!
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  2111.  @tomonetruth  Not better. Not cheaper. Some capitalists are smart.
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  2112. I'm surprised the RMB hasn't been thrown off the bus, their seat is so far in the back!
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  2113. Celebrating with you Brits on your victory over the Brussels Bully.
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  2114.  @theokamis5865  LOL 😆
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  2115. Xi sounds paranoid - "trying to hurt China" - "doing that to affect us" - yeah, it would be interesting to hear more!
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  2116.  @maryhadda8420  I agree - authoritarianism is the problem. And I doubt Zemin would be any better, probably worse!
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  2117. Perhaps it’s naive to think that seeing eye to eye is even a possibility? What commonality can light have with darkness? I’m observing a fracturing along an axis of authoritarian rule and liberty with guardrails. Which do you see as the better option? We tried to have a global order under “rule of law,” but certain nations would rather not follow the rules and want to dictate a different parallel system. What course would you prescribe under such a situation?
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  2118. I’m late to the game today, and after reading 363 comments and seeing what everyone else has already said, what more can I add? Most everyone agrees with me that Tony’s channel is tops for unbiased coverage of China!
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  2119. I can mentally divide by seven by the time you've used your trick to see if the number is divisible by seven. What's the point of a trick if it takes longer than doing the division?
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  2120. Hello, from an inland Cali neighbor.
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  2121. They used a very poor example only comparing a 30-year-old to an 80-year-old. If you really wanted to get the audience to understand the dilemma, what about comparing something more difficult, say a 30-year-old homeless drug addict to a 60-year-old small business owner.
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  2122. More than just “double naught”
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  2123. How can these detrans kids say, “I should have listened” when so few had the courage tell them the truth?  I’ve been following this on-and-off for a couple of years now and the problem is “gender affirming care” means that professionals are legally obligated to go along with the delusion or risk losing professional credentials if they don’t. Only a few took the high road of speaking out regardless with the legal battles and hardships that went along (Jordan Peterson to name one). Even parents were scared into silence by claiming their child was at risk of suicide (based on an interview of Chloe Cole) unless you let them transition! In some custody situations, the parent who wouldn’t go along would likely lose their kid if they tried to prevent puberty blockers or hormone treatments.
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  2124.  @notthisguyagain8557  LOL - I’m aware of the true scope of what’s going on out there BECAUSE I listen to those who are in the battle against this nonsense and I have compassion.   Does knowing that people may have compassion upset you? Are you one of those who think they are brave because you only speak out when people agree with you or as a keyboard warrior where it can’t cost you anything like a career that you’ve worked hard to establish? You accuse me with “you only listened to people that told you what you wanted to hear” and I now accuse you of only speaking when it doesn’t cost you anything - all smug and superior from the safety of your armchair.
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  2125. And it seems the grandparents would have been very happy to raise their granddaughter.
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  2126. Lacks transparency and the ability to independently verify financial (or other) information
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  2127. I'm watching this because I'm tired of all the synthetics and looking for a way to support my bust using natural, non-stretch fibers. I'm hoping to construct some sort of front closure linen bust supporter.
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  2128.  @nfuryboss  What happens when the word gets out about the tofu-dreg construction and the concrete-box nature of the dwellings? I think many would prefer the homeland huts and non-toxic environments.
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  2129. There is no historical precedent for a 200% overbuild, but “zombie apocalypse” comes to mind.
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  2130. Don’t you think that Taiwan has seen what happened in Hong Kong? Taiwan has a completely different form of government and doesn’t want to be invaded by its aggressive neighbor who is seeking “reunification by any means” when Taiwan has never been part of the CCP. So unless “by any means” implies that the CCP will cede power to Taiwanese government, then Taiwan needs to be prepared to fight and is actively seeking support in defending itself from invasion. The USA is NOT the one starting this; the CCP is.
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  2131.  @iqbalbhq6884  Do the math. 1000 yuan a month means you can eat twice a day and not have money for ANYTHING else - clothes, fuel for cooking/heat, a place to live - NOTHING.
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  2132. I think it is as simple as not being willing to admit any fault in the CCP or their “dear leader” - so if anything is going south, it MUST be “someone else’s fault."
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  2133. Kudos to whoever picked out your clothes - the shirt matches your eyes and the coat matches your hair color!
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  2134. Frankly, I wondered if she's terminally ill and it just hasn't come out yet.
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  2135. Ah, a double-dip! Nice!!
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  2136. I heard that the empty apartments could house all the people of China TWICE over - and that’s using their official population numbers!
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  2137. Yes, I noticed that, too, and it seems quite strange.
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  2138. @ Either that or the middle class tries to live like they’re the top 15%. I suspect the truth is a combination of both those things, eroded purchasing power combined with amplified expectations.   If I tried to live like my middle-class parents did, I’d be considered poor by today’s standards - making my own clothes, never eating out and only cooking from scratch, changing my own oil, and working the worst shifts for a few extra cents per hour. And I’d ALSO own an average-sized home near decent schools, have one basic/no-frills family car, and pay my credit card in full every month. Maybe it’s as much a matter of priorities?
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  2139. With all those property buyers who still haven't received their properties might not ever get them, I can see why there would be unrest. I understand they still have to pay the mortgages even if the property is delayed by years and that may be the case with the property tax as well. Paying a mortgage for an uncompleted place, plus rent for a place to live, plus property tax on top of that would be crushing. Just the first two are driving some to live in unfinished buildings.
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  2140.  @TmoneyOGGamer  I’ve watched a couple of videos of her singing; she has a good voice and that must be how she charms/trains her dragons so that makes sense. Thanks!
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  2141. Do you do repairs for the iPad Pro?
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  2142. "Requirements of firm patriotism" 👀 Scary stuff! Especially the part about "eliminate them from the system." I wonder if they have organs that are healthy enough for harvesting? 🤔
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  2143. Agreed, and I feel the same about their offshore drilling.
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  2144. It’s easy to explain “Chinese economics” - corruption is at the heart of it.
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  2145. American AI models stand a much better chance to overcome the bias since it isn't being dictated from a central authority. Each individual has biases and information bubbles do form, but that's completely different from REQUIRING it.
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  2146.  @TheBayzent  I see no evidence to support your claim. Even within my own family, we all have different biases.
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  2147.  @Andromeda365  How so? Has India's property sector collapsed? Are India's banks failing? Does India follow a zero-Covid policy? I admit that I don't watch India so if there are issues going on in India, I truly want to know. The way I see it, India's worst problem is remaining in BRICS with Russia and China - albatross's around their neck - but since they are near neighbors, perhaps India doesn't see themselves as having much choice.
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  2148. I think you mean Kung FLU fighting - at least in Pandemic-Pooh's China.
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  2149. Mouse utopia had all their needs met. Doesn’t seem to apply in CCP China where 600 million still earn less than $140 USD per month.
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  2150. That made me laugh!
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  2151. To focus on the adaptive immune system through vaccines rather than targeting the innate immune system through health-boosting practices increasingly appears to be the wrong approach. The innate immune system doesn't care about variants, but the approach used is very lucrative for Big Pharma!
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  2152. Nope, no conspiracy to demoralize society so that big daddy government must be summoned to take care of things. Nothing to see here. Move along.
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  2153. LOL - Red pills for patriots and lead pills for the traitors.
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  2154. Mainland China is ruff, ruff!
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  2155. Can't have a bank run when people are in lockdown. How convenient!
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  2156.  @awcasper  More like a Freudian slip.
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  2157. Sounds like the Islamists have given up on the rocks and trees identifying the Jews if they’re feeling the need to tag houses; apparently “allah” isn’t able to do what he promised.
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  2158. I would love to see the property price declines in graph form, especially if the decline continues. A picture is worth a thousand words!
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  2159. 🍿🍿🍿
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  2160. Places to stockpile human organ "donors"?
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  2161. You seem desperate to earn this 50 cents. You must be hurting from "flexible employment" or a recent college graduate who can't find a job.
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  2162.  @patc4142  FYI such comments don’t work well on the type of audience that watches this channel.
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  2163. Not surprising for those who have no principles or morals to defend to miss the point of doing so.
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  2164. That last quote was a VERY wordy way of saying, "we’re purchasing Western tools through back doors and reverse engineering.” BUT that means they will ALWAYS be behind the West.
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  2165. Nice bit of poetry there!
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  2166.  @Fish-ub3wn  But are you a one-man show? Or do you have others working to produce the daily videos with you?
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  2167.  @WellSalt-Studio  China was HELPED UP again and again. Let’s stop helping the invalid that keeps biting the kind hands.
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  2168.  @rainieresguerra6519  The materials used to harness renewables are finite as well with a limited shelf life.
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  2169. Matrix 2.0 where the warehouses are full of human batteries not sleeping but playing games.
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  2170. The economic situation is much worse in China. Recent college grads in China are having a very difficult time finding jobs and the property sector which accounts for 25-30% of China's GDP is in disarray at best and could collapse. Plus the local governments who were getting much of their funding for "land use sales" have seen that evaporate and have turned to LGFVs and many are insolvent. Those are just a few of the economic woes facing China given as examples but there are others.
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  2171.  @louisgiokas2206  That incorporation “gives certain protections” is exactly the point! Also, a business can create a lot of harm before it fails and a good government should prevent or minimize that harm. You want history of business practices, let’s start with dumping chemicals and toxins into water supplies, harmful pharmaceuticals like thalidomide, and monopolies. Government MUST restrict businesses because “the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil."
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  2172. Globalism is fracturing because IT DOESN"T WORK. In a time of crisis, you need to keep things local to improve response time. The LAST thing we need is a centralized government!
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  2173. Very interesting! That really puts things in perspective now, doesn't it?!
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  2174. Wouldn't it be cool to see the panda morph into Tony and back again during the support section?
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  2175. Saw an ad for Shen Yun during this episode and it underscores just how demoralizing the CCP’s “cultural revolution” was.
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  2176.  @drumpfdon760  Back in 2015/2016 China was warned by the IMF because its debt to GDP was at 300% and I'm sure that doesn't include all the "off the books" debt. That was before Covid and all the lockdowns, the supply-chain interruptions, the companies who have moved out or are actively seeking to leave China as soon as current contracts allow. Add to that the property sector problems, the growth of LGFV because of declining land use sales, the increase in "flexible employment," rapidly aging population, and other indications of economic troubles. Throw in China's $23 TRILLION market for commercial acceptance bills - a very risky and controversial form of business financing which caused bank collapses in the past. Yeah, it's easy to see why Lei thinks that RMB/CNY is nothing but worthless vouchers. The entire "China miracle" is nothing more than the China MIRAGE. Even Li Keqiang admits that 600,000 in China still live in poverty - $158 per month or less!
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  2177. I happen to be drinking a Kahlua coffee while watching the video and reading the comments. Sorry, but I don't think it would be enough to calm one down after dealing with a cadre.
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  2178. And a haughty spirit comes before destruction. I hope that Xi’s haughty spirit doesn’t cause him to instigate war.
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  2179.  @c0mbat15  If the truth/reality is mostly bad, to try and paint a rosier picture IS BIAS.
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  2180.  @robertthompson1254  Hahaha, so true! Even a tofu dam can hold back a puddle.
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  2181. Big brains 👍Big cash 👎 I hope none of the 27 contributors were bought off to advocate for a foolish level of “cooperation” with an untrustworthy regime.
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  2182. Pre-recorded intro made years ago! Perhaps that's why it hasn't been updated - how could you NOT laugh?
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  2183. Who will foot the bill? Retirement savings are mostly locked into the property bubble. People can’t sell their property because of the massive oversupply and their one child is squeezed between their 2 parents/4 grandparents. The government provision is far too meagre to allow people to spend on caring for their health. I wonder how many elderly will simply choose to die rather than burden their struggling offspring?
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  2184.  @renaissancenovice7202  I was a teenager during the 70s and I can assure you we've got a LONG way to go to get even close to what the 70s were.
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  2185.  @renaissancenovice7202  Only for those who couldn't afford it. Unemployment was high, and people were getting laid off. Seniors and those on fixed incomes were eating dog and cat food. And gasoline was RATIONED; the last digit of the plate on your vehicle dictated when you could buy gas - and you could expect to wait in line to do it when it was your turn. That's not going to be happening anytime soon, certainly not "5 or 6 months."
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  2186.  @Sir_Wufsalot  Possibly all wrong to some degree, but certainly not all equally wrong. Even if no one hits the bulls eye, some are much closer to the mark and others don’t even hit the board!
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  2187. Water under the bridge. I hope we learned from that mistake and won’t continue or repeat it!
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  2188. I'm all for a ban of TicToxic. EDIT: TicToXIc
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  2189. Let's send him a Winnie the Pooh mirror!
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  2190. True, and income isn’t everything because when you’re debt free, you don’t need as much income as when you’re paying off loans. Owning my home free-and-clear allowed me to take a hit to my income without any decline in quality of life.
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  2191. Why are you shouting?
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  2192. In a nutshell!
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  2193.  @dancahill9585  Corruption in a one-party system isn’t a bug, it’s a feature!
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  2194. Since it’s the company car, it’s not his Mercedes.
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  2195. Much, MUch, MUCh, MUCH worse!
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  2196. And many American retirees would also load up on more.
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  2197. You don’t have to be dragged down to their level to fight back. "A" attacks civilians, elderly, infirm, and young children without announcing their intentions, takes hostages and gang-rapes the females no matter how young. B uses overwhelming force to primarily target the perpetrators and rescue the hostages ATTEMPTING to minimize civilian deaths by telling non-combatants to evacuate the area and giving them time to do so but won’t let the perpetrators use civilians as human shields. That isn’t “two wrongs making a right” but protecting the innocent from being victimized. Appeasing evil only leads to more evil. Sometimes you MUST fight back.
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  2198. The failing sanitation and poor nutrition will continue until health improves!
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  2199. There was a CSI series of episodes that must have been based on these, but the serial killer was also the model maker. That makes seeing that there really a model maker constructing death scenarios SUPER CREEPY!
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  2200. Can China stay rich? CCP is doing everything possible to ensure that they won't.
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  2201. I enjoyed your rant. It is spot on!
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  2202.  @kalpakable  Not yet - there is a season between summer and winter.
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  2203. Try setting your comments to “newest first.” I’ve found that shows all the comments whereas the default “top comments” often doesn’t.
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  2204.  @TheFivegoodemperors  Excellent info. Thank you!
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  2205.  @JohnJaneson2449  True. I’ve heard of duplicate serial numbers among the yuan.
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  2206. Strong tail winds to push over the edge, too!
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  2207. Indeed they do and I was just thinking yesterday that it’s been quite some time since Tony mentioned it. It was covered back in the early days of the Evergrande snowball effect with vendors/suppliers for the property market getting unpaid or given commercial paper as IOUs.
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  2208. Agreed. They are already over-indebted and to suggest more debt is extremely foolish IMO.
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  2209.  @duhaneyparkclassics7484  If your morning routine includes coffee and a long walk then I think you’re copying mine!
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  2210. You've confirmed my suspicion that this is being manipulated by the CCP, but I'd back it up a bit. I think the CCP was withdrawing money that they had put in the US markets, too. The way the tech moguls in China are lying flat, it wouldn't surprise me that they've been pressured to withdraw investments of personal funds from foreign markets. Wealthy CCP members also offshored money in foreign accounts and could have been prompted to sell shares based on the propaganda.
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  2211.  @JeRefuseDeBienPrononcerBaleine  IF it’s gold - but we’re talking about mainland China here where they make counterfeit everything!
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  2212. Yes, greed IS worse than self preservation because greed wants more than what is needed.
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  2213.  @JohnJaneson  Would negative interest rates spur consumption? Or will people just stuff mattresses and do some midnight gardening of valuables?
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  2214. Everything about the CCP screams “I’m a narcissist!"
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  2215. Slava Ukraini!
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  2216.  @genepozniak  AND most of the common people can't afford getting an organ transplant with "halal" organs!
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  2217. Nice portmanteau - with Chinese characteristics!
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  2218. I've got the Pavlov reaction going: When Tony says, "Let's jump in," I hit the like button like a dog salivating when hearing the dinner bell.
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  2219. The Sacklers took a page from the British playbook when they got many Chinese addicted to opium and grew incredibly wealthy. No one ever held them accountable and they still have the massive wealth that was generated
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  2220. It makes me wonder what their options were. Sometimes it seems like all the choices are just different levels of bad.
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  2221.  @DK-ev9dg  Because the name of the channel is CHINA Update, not Canada Update. Aren’t you smarter than to post such a silly comment?
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  2222. Or you could cross the ravine or build a bridge over the river to cross from one tine in the fork to another. Turning all the way back to how things were 40 years ago isn’t the only option. The first step is to realize correction is needed and not “double down on stupid."
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  2223. "Closed-loop management" - workers are in lockdown in some factories and provided with sleeping bags, water, and some food. Basically, they're slave labor.
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  2224. I'm new to this channel and have been binge watching (subscribed and hit notifications). Very interesting stuff! I would love to hear Mentour's take on a strange incident that happened on August 10, 2018, at SeaTac when a non-pilot grounds crewman stole a Bombardier Q400 (N449QX). Is anyone else interested in this one? The tower had quite a novel ordeal to contend with!
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  2225. Good for Trump. Very sensible plan.
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  2226. Agreed. It could be a beautiful place to live if only the people were free of the evil regime that governs them.
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  2227.  @StephenGillie  The hospital they built two years ago needs to be fixed up! These projects are but a Potemkin village to impress, but lacking substance and quickly falling to decay. I've seen videos of that model hospital with ceilings that leak like a sieve and toilets too disgusting for words. If basic hygiene can't be practiced in a hospital, what good is it?
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  2228. Oh, dear, but that’s quite an ambiguous end to your post. I fear the CCP aggression in the SCS may mean that many will “soon stop living” whether the times are interesting or not!
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  2229. There are big differences that you must be unaware of such as the transparency of US debt and how the debt relates to the real GDP. Take China’s real GDP and real debt, you’ll find that China is in a MUCH worse situation than the US.
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  2230. Perhaps on the mainland, but many Chinese people had the opportunity and foresight to have moved elsewhere.
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  2231. It's really eye-opening to see how little good information the CCP has available to them. Every time they set a policy, measures are taken to work around the policy. With the "prove employment to graduate" situation, the CCP will be provided with absurdly low unemployment statistics, which will surely snowball into a crisis at some point down the road.
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  2232.  @trollrat2828  Muslims only fast during the day - hardly the same thing as fasting 14 days AND NIGHTS in succession which is what non-Muslims mean when we discuss fasting.
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  2233. Has Germany been honey trapped? Curious minds want to know.
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  2234. Oooooh - we're going to DIVE in today!
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  2235. World Economic Forum working to reduce the global population.
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  2236. Yep, kids are crazy people and so we put them in classes with others their own age with generally only one adult role model who will have their hands very full! That is not a good recipe for developing rational decision making. Parents can do a stellar job and then have it all undone through peer-to-peer interactions otherwise known as "getting in with the wrong crowd."
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  2237. LOL - bull in a China shop - good one!
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  2238.  @alanparsonsfan  LOL - Wilson and C-Milk have several channels. I just pulled up one of their videos on China Fact Chasers. I think they need to keep a few steps ahead of the CCP.
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  2239.  Bob Smith  Creating "useful idiots" which they will eliminate when they've served their purpose.
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  2240. I wonder if Xi plays the violin? Xi can fiddle while the Middle Kingdom burns.
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  2241.  @Teresa8bigsalad  Didn't you watch the video?
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  2242. So true!
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  2243. Sounds like Xi’s little flock of scapegoats has outsmarted him by giving the credit where it’s due!
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  2244. You're watching this channel so you're aware of the systemic problems, but could you comment on how aware are those around you who are buying in Shanghai? Does the state media cover this much and, if so, what is their "spin" on the situation?
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  2245. The CCP property mukbang is over.
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  2246.  @skydragon23101979  True - it will probably become much worse!
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  2247. Shhh, don't let Xi hear that!
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  2248. 1984 doublespeak comes to mind whenever I hear PRC statements.
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  2249. Thylvethter (Sylvester) as long as you don't have any Tweetie Birds. Bond always wore his tuxedos very well. Or 007? Purrr-cival? Raoul?
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  2250. I don't eat pork, but that beef and pea stew sounds wonderful!
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  2251. Doesn't a totalitarian one-party government survive major recessions by starving its people? But now with the internet making it possible for people to briefly, before censors take it down, get out the word of what's happening, this time may be different.
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  2252. Likely true, but Tony may have said that to protect himself from the CCP and silence the wumao.
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  2253. Good catch!
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  2254. The one day of the Genesis creation week that was never called “good" by God!
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  2255. So true! The same goes for gossip - it reveals more about the one doing the talking than it does the one being talked about.
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  2256.  @ELREASON44  The "Evil Tongue" - exactly!
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  2257. It would impact more than export numbers and would be contributing to the unemployment - all those jobs fleeing the mainland!
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  2258.  @endurerable  Yes, Don Xiang's Digging to China is also very good!
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  2259. But far LESS dystopian than others - in spite of the attempts to demoralize and subvert!
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  2260. When the CCP chooses to debase their currency to increase exports, it is their own doing. I've heard that the CCP prints money 2-5 times faster than the Fed. Let that sink in.
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  2261. Perhaps, but hardly equally horrible.
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  2262.  @aj-us5qp  Is there any doubt that a one-party system would have the most entrenched corruption in their regimes?
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  2263.  @skydragon23101979  Lobbies aren’t government and good government places restrictions on lobbies.   You will need to define what you mean by “vote buying.” If you’re talking about bribing politicians, that is just another name for corruption and would be prosecuted if proven. If you’re talking about individuals voting according to what they believe will best serve their interests, that is what people in democracies SHOULD do - government “of the people, by the people, for the people."
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  2264. Likewise!
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  2265.  @ccdogpark  Really? Don't you realize that MOST people want peace? Just because people refuse to be bullied doesn't mean that they will never stop "trying to kill his soldiers and civilians."
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  2266.  @NanningPunk2025  LOL - good one!
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  2267. That could be where the CCP got money to purchase gold!
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  2268. One who jumps in by any other name is still as sweetly informed. (Shakespeare is rolling in his grave)
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  2269. Yeah, it sounded very sarcastic to me!
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  2270.  Bax 60  Test them first with a food donation. Those that accept gratefully are much more likely to be truly needy. "Hey, I'm going to Subway (or whatever). Can I buy you a meal?" Sit down with them and get to know their story. It seems to me that you just give to feel good about yourself since you don't care if they use the money in self-destructive ways. God knows if you really care about their souls or are just play-acting at evangelism to appease your conscience. You can fool yourself, but you'll never fool Him.
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  2271. "transnational criminal cult regime" - good description!
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  2272. The Japanese have the largest TRANSPARENT Debt/GDP ratio. I suspect China’s may be worse.
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  2273.  @skydragon23101979  Ah, yes, the old chewing gum and baling wire repairs. Systemic issues need more - much more.
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  2274.  @GamerShowdown-h8j  Thanks for building this channel and helping the algorithm with all your stupid comments. It seems you haven’t properly calculated how much YOU are helping the channel to grow.
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  2275. Or Christians, or Jews, or Falun Gong practitioners, or anyone who might have a parallel ideology that the CCP might consider a rallying point for dissent.
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  2276.  @rationalthinker2200  How can China ever become the world's largest economy when the property sector accounts for 25-30% of their GDP, home prices are falling, and 80% of urban household wealth is in the houses? Evergrande may be the poster child, but even the "healthy" Shamao isn't financially sound. What about all the off-the-book debt of the various cities and provinces? The money they were raising through land-use sales is evaporating and they are turning to LGFVs. Plus all that money spent on HSR? Only TWO lines are profitable and maybe another half dozen break even; all the rest are bleeding money with no end in sight. You have businesses relocating to India, Vietnam, Mexico, and other places now that China no longer provides such low-cost labor as initially and many more businesses will likely follow as soon as contract commitments permit. Japan has even incentivized its companies to leave China and is closing factories. The CCP has made itself a "perfect storm" of troubles to overcome. MAYBE in a generation or two, it will be able to do so, but it will take a long time to reverse all this and no way will they even retain the #2 economy position by 2026-2028 let alone take the #1 place.
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  2277. Oh, wow! You were at 100K just yesterday and 104K now - another 4K subscribers in just one day! Congrats, Tony!!! Edit: Just revisited to see you’re now at 106K - another 2K in the past 5 hours. Amazing!!!!!!!!! 🥳🎉
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  2278. With China's rapidly-aging population, who cares if a trip takes an extra 16 hours! In China currently, the retirement age for men is 60, while for women, it is 55 for white-collar workers and 50 for blue-collar employees.
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  2279. Except to those who define mankind as Han Chinese
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  2280. Went from being stuck at 76.4K to 76.6K, so it seems people are liking the new format. Great!
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  2281.  @anothermike4825  Highly intelligent sociopaths will beat the psychological tests.
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  2282. Even worse?
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  2283. Well, it took me NINE HOURS to finally get around to China Update - the ONE channel covering China that is a must-do for me. At least there will be more comments to read!
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  2284. China's debt to GDP is over 300%. Here's the link to Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-debt-idUSKCN1UD0KD
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  2285.  @zzbeasley  But keep in mind that China's GDP is a political number, not an economic number. Real GDP in China is only 1/2 or less of what is claimed since the CCP is free of hard constraints. If you use real GDP, China is definitely more in debt even if you consider only the national debt.
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  2286.  @zzbeasley  You could ask the same about China's debt - how much lined the pockets of CCP elites and cadres? How much is in offshore accounts? How much went to bribes for corrupt governments to sell out their citizens through the Belt & Road initiative?
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  2287.  @zzbeasley  I think the "convergence" is simply a matter of the type of people that gravitate to positions of wealth and power. Not everyone, of course. Some may indeed be motivated by a sense of obligation to serve humanity, but I don't think that's the norm. And for many, once they taste the goodies, they're reluctant to give them up!
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  2288.  @Leshic2  I'm rewatching all these videos now. It's truly shocking. It appears the 45% is for mainland China in general, not just Henan province, and one situation has lasted 22 years!
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  2289.  @Leshic2  I found and rewatched the video and the 45% is for Henan province. There have been problems there for the past 10 years, but I think the 45% was only reached over the past two? Construction companies are putting the "supervisory funds" (which sounds like a Chinese version of an escrow account) into "non-supervisory accounts" and using the presale money when they shouldn't be. Here's the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17sdszvl628
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  2290.  @Leshic2  Here's another couple you might find interesting on the same issue of unfinished buildings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3BMIKh65Ec https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuJZj__CRsE
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  2291. I think India has more dignity than that!
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  2292. The CCP will simply raise its fist and accuse the sky of being a hegemon that’s trying to stifle China’s development.
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  2293. A moral compass and knowledge of history is needed. The world is suffering from Post-Modernism and its insistence that “all cultures are equal.” It’s time that we regain rationality. For starters, ask this question about each culture and value: What would the world be like if everyone followed that type? Would you like to live in a world where everyone is honest or deceitful? Or trustworthy or conniving? Protective or predatory? Do some cultures do a better job of bringing out the better qualities in people or reward the qualities need to be kept in check? When one’s moral compass is calibrated, only then can “who is right and who is wrong” be answered, even while acknowledging flaws and imperfection of implementation.
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  2294. That would be wishful thinking on China's part. If you believe their official demographic numbers, China accounts for at most 20% of the global population. They would have to destroy any alternative platforms or be content to exclude up to 80% of the global population as their potential customers. Also, my understanding of "platform economy" is that it refers to the buying, selling, and sharing of goods and services. Right now China offers platforms that are counterparts of non-Chinese platforms - like Alibaba versus Amazon. I just can't see them expanding to the point where people jump ship from alternatives.
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  2295.  @hotchi1566  China Update reports what is happening without putting any spin on it. Try listening to it rather than commenting out of turn. And I've seen that list before - the CCP trolls have gotten very lazy with the cut and paste. I wonder who'll actually take the time to verify if any of it is correct???
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  2296. The difficulty is determining if it was an intentional “accident” or just typical poorly-maintained, made-in-China crap.
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  2297.  @DK-ev9dg  An oversupply (houses or anything else) is just as bad as an undersupply and why centrally-planned economies always fall prey to their own systemic issues.   Also, growth isn’t always healthy; cancer grows very well but will eventually kill if not stopped. I suspect that the amazing growth of China over the past several decades can be considered to be of the unchecked, unhealthy, rapid growth that cancer exemplifies. Would you want a cancer in your body to grow at 5.5%? The best hope is that the 5.5% is wrong and that it has stopped growing so that health can be restored!
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  2298. This explains why I feel deranged for several days in the spring after losing an hour due to DST.
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  2299. Hmmm. On what do you base the idea that “war in not inevitable” because when I consider recorded human history I don’t come to that conclusion. Please share your thinking on how you arrived at that.
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  2300. But you made it before the WhatsApp scambots, so there is that! I'm going through and reporting right now.
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  2301.  @bobwatson8754  With all the Covid lockdowns in 2020 and the support given out to help people and businesses weather it, that increase was probably more justified than the increases of previous administrations.
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  2302.  @cdl0  I feel sorry for the UK since both who were up for PM are pawns of the WEF. What kind of a choice is that in an election?!
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  2303. As long as we have human Tony and not AI Tony, I'm satisfied.
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  2304. The mention of scars automatically made me think of forced organ harvesting and I had to remind myself that it was economic scarring.
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  2305.  @victormgv  I think the difference lies in whether you’re working for yourself to grow a small business or working for someone else, not the number of hours being worked.
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  2306.  @penguinlin85  A noble undertaking - a HUGE burden!
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  2307. I wonder about those “vacations” - more likely they’re trying to make escape plans, hide assets abroad, or purchase gold that that’s real and not a veneer to fool the ignorant.
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  2308. I think what they REALLY want is Nixon-style political
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  2309. Nice choice of background music. I enjoyed the melody and then realized it was "House of the Rising Sun." LOL Central banks have indeed been the "ruin of many a poor boy."
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  2310. The subscribe numbers keep going up regardless which is testimony to the stellar job that Tony is doing. Imagine how quickly the channel would be growing if it were promoted by YT!
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  2311. That may be true in other places, but perhaps not for mainland China because rural men have very little opportunity to marry since the women tend to leave looking for better husband prospects elsewhere.
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  2312.  @pro-libertatibus  Projection! (Yes, China can’t even IMAGINE morality anymore.)
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  2313. Or complaining that he’s not simple and they actually have to think! 😱
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  2314. It’s ironic: China is trying to use jihadi groups/governments to achieve a China-led global order and these jihadi Islamists are trying to use China to achieve an Islamic-led global order. Truly a match made in hell.
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  2315. When systemic issues are left unaddressed, is any other trajectory possible?
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  2316. Here's some Turkish Delight for you, Edmund!
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  2317. When your life or livelihood is on the line (most mainlanders), you’ll say anything to your higher ups.   (sweating profusely) "Yes, boss, the targets have all been met!”
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  2318. 50,000 Foxconn workers better save their money from this last or penultimate chance.
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  2319. Nothing could be more liquid than cash in the bank, but the CCP has managed to screw up that liquidity as well and people can’t access their own cash. What makes you think the CCP will let people get their profits from selling market shares?
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  2320. We've been following this for close to a year and it's BAD.
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  2321. I think it has also shaken the confidence of those IN China that their lives can't change radically on the whim of the CCP. Even the pro-China ex-pats are waking up now that their tier-1 cities have been shut down.
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  2322. Especially when underlings are afraid to tell the truth to higher ups in a chain of command!
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  2323. Debt trap. Some have woken up to that and are pulling out. I think Italy cancelled their BRI project for example.
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  2324. That may depend on the quality of the construction (or lack thereof). Do they have independent inspectors/appraisers in China who aren’t corrupt? But at least you can verify the home actually exists, not just promised, and that’s something!
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  2325. Is your mother proud that her child had NO discernment?
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  2326. Social "luxury beliefs" - great term!
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  2327. Fahrenheit 451
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  2328. The circus part of "bread and circuses."
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  2329. China’s debt-to-GDP ratio is calculated to be about 300%. Many believe China has the highest in the world.
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  2330.  @mathreintjens  Nothing at all sensational, just reporting the facts from many different sources - including often citing the CCP’s own statements. Sorry if your indoctrination finds that offensive. Perhaps if you actually looked at what people within China are posting before they get scrubbed by the CCP for making the party look bad, you’d be able to recognize the truth as truth.
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  2331.  @LeaveMyGun  Yes, but lets not forget that the house was 1/2 the size, they had maybe one car, the wife did all the cooking from scratch, and the kids made toys from cardboard boxes, and if they were really lucky, they'd have a B/W TV with a 12" screen and 3 channels. It's nearly impossible to get a true comparison because our lives have changed SO much. If we could go back in a Time Machine and try living in each era, I suspect most people would end up choosing right where we are because the trade offs would be too uncomfortable.
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  2332. When you take into account the limited lifespan of a solar panel and the likely shorter lifespan of a cheap one, I sincerely doubt that any environmental good is being achieved. Children and grandchildren will likely be dealing with the environmental impact on water and energy needed to recycle them and cursing.
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  2333. It will be like watching one drowning man try and rescue another drowning man.
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  2334.  @nathangoshawk  That made me laugh - like a kindergarten rendition of the Mona Lisa.
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  2335.  @mickey1849  Haha. You got me!
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  2336. “Great” had all the substance of a Hollywood set - nothing real behind the facade.
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  2337. But on a MUCH bigger scale.
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  2338. And most of those having them are in the places most prone to famine, while those areas that are most food stable are well below replacement rates.
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  2339. You might want to find a mall or theatre with AC to hang out during the worst part of each day.
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  2340. Did it really such out the wealth or simply reveal that the wealth was only a phantom?
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  2341. Exactly!
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  2342. More like "manufacture" a lot of "data." What should be done when even the best is untrustworthy? May as well flip a coin!
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  2343. Exactly, so you know the CCP information is laughable.
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  2344. The Saint Francis dam in San Franciscito canyon (California, USA) had a similar situation. The dam failed and many people were killed by the 12.5 billion gallons of water that were released.
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  2345. Wouldn’t that depend on other options being available to consumers? It seems that much manufacturing has already left China for lower-cost options and I’m finding “made in USA” products that are quite competitive and of better quality.
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  2346. With 6 tofu dreg NUCLEAR REACTORS and isn't that a scary thought!
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  2347.  @mrape3945  LOL - I never saw that movie, but hey they blame America for everything that goes wrong, so yeah!
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  2348. It looks like you can’t see the forest for the trees. It’s easy to pick and choose a few points to “lie with statistics” while ignoring all the far more abundant negative information that shows the true picture.
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  2349. The basic math of economics I think.
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  2350. When you take into account the limited lifespan of a solar panel and the likely shorter lifespan of a cheap one, I sincerely doubt that any environmental good is being achieved. Children and grandchildren will likely be dealing with the environmental impact on water and energy needed to recycle them and cursing.
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  2351. But it will harm their food and fuel IMPORTS upon which it depends; China is far from being self-reliant on the basics of life.
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  2352. I expect a "dead cat bounce."
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  2353. The people - yes. The governments - no.
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  2354.  @jaydee6268  Are those family members actually ABLE to return?
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  2355. Hmmm. I find the abduction story suspect.
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  2356. Whatever “shared future for mankind” that the CCP envisions, I want NO PART OF IT!
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  2357. France was also the consultant for the Wuhan Institute of Virology and problems came from China not following all the safety protocols if I recall correctly. Excuse me if I'm leery about any such future partnership in the field of nuclear energy.
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  2358.  @movdqa  Following safety protocols isn't a matter of design or engineering. Also, there is a difference between assembling components that were "made to exacting specifications" elsewhere (Apple products for example) and actually making those products with all the components completely within China.
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  2359.  @kyoxilbuzz  Glad to hear that! Best wishes and I hope it won't last that long for you.
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  2360. He's in China and we value his life.
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  2361.  @skydragon23101979  Why do you value China's position over Taiwan's position? China says that it's an internal affair, but Taiwan says they are an independent nation that wants democracy, not CCP rule.
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  2362. I wouldn’t bet on the former.
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  2363. Or a traitor - that’s another possibility.
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  2364. Most of that blood is drained by other Muslims, but the hyprocrisy when anyone other than another Muslim is involved is stunning!
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  2365. I agree with Thinking Man. Most of China's security budget goes to its internal police, not the military.
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  2366. Andy .P your British dry humour is showing!
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  2367. I’ve watched all three, but Tony is the only one that is a daily MUST for me.
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  2368.  @DK-ev9dg  “Just” is over a year old “news” but I guess you’re desperate.
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  2369. They even fake their fakes!
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  2370. I agree. The only "bottom line" for the CCP is remaining in power.
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  2371. CCP official numbers? That alone is cause for worry!
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  2372. Is the money in the escrow funds sufficient to pay the $1.1 trillion RMB in deferred wages?
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  2373. I’m seeing it right above this one where you ask about it being removed!
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  2374. Career politicians seem to be a plague no matter what the form of government.
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  2375. Thank you. I watched again and see that India and Brazil are covered in the Euroasia Group Foundation poll at about 9:25 into the video.
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  2376. That penetration of China into the Indian cell phone market is alarming. Those devices are used for spying on India.
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  2377. This dumbing down of Harvard students is the result of affirmative action and the pursuit of "diversity." University is no longer a meritocracy and this is the result.
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  2378. True. Communism seems to result in extreme paranoia where “the walls have ears” even back in the days before tech allowed mass surveillance. Private thoughts were kept private and often kept even from spouse, parents, siblings, etc.
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  2379. Not yet IMO. Demographics are working against a recovery, but I already wrote that in an earlier comment today.
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  2380. Wasn't the trade agreement made before China chose to boycott Australia? If China is breeching that agreement, it could simply provide an excuse for some tit-for-tat and a further reduction of trade between China and the USA, speeding up a much-needed decoupling. 🤞🤞
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  2381. Hello, fellow Californian!
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  2382. I think the problem for many of these people is what will they do for food and shelter if they leave and where can they go.
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  2383.  @psychiatry-is-eugenics  LOL - it takes a while from the time that you plant seeds to the time you have actual FOOD.
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  2384. Brilliant comment with the dramatic pause - he had me going there for a moment!
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  2385.  @waynesworldofsci-tech  Prayer is the only thing that will truly help. Not all actions are good and many are counterproductive. Better not act in a way that feeds the evil.
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  2386. LOL - yeah, didn't this crisis begin with defaults on paying loans? Sure, we'll trust you!
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  2387.  @mllesamedi84  Settling in other countries is very different from returning to your ancestral lands.
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  2388. Better free than incarcerated when perfectly well!
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  2389. There is a Jewish population in China from back in the days of the Silk Road.
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  2390. A nice addition to Tang Ping and Bai Lan on the mainland if that became a trend among Chinese youngsters.
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  2391. Well said!
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  2392.  @IA100KPDT  I disagree that China is “in a way way way better shape.” They have grown soft compared to the days where most people knew how to survive from farming; they’ve greatly polluted their air, water, and soil; they’re rapidly aging so the survival skills of previous generations will be quickly lost; young people aren’t motivated and would rather “let it rot” than marry and have kids, . . . those are just a few facts that counter your assertion.
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  2393. I understand that the Silicon Valley Bank run occurred because of the FTX/Sam Bankman-Fried cryptocurrency scam/scandal. That lead to another bank in that area to also experience a run because of their exposure. I think First Citizens was also caught up in this. In short, these were all a result of FTX.
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  2394. Greedy wumaos accuse US based on CCP propaganda for 50 cents.
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  2395. And electricity and floods don’t go well together!
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  2396.  @philliplamoureux9489  While I’m thinking of corroded batteries catching fire and releasing toxic fumes! EV fires are notoriously hard to extinguish and have a nasty tendency to reignite even hours after being extinguished. Apparently water just doesn’t do the trick for putting out EV fires.
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  2397. The episode is heavy, but Tony holds up the sky!
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  2398. Add to that the price wars among the 200+ Chinese automakers cutting into the profit margins and that would also be a major dent in the tax revenues.
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  2399. Underrated comment! Thanks for explaining CCP “logic."
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  2400. Also the name of a delicious duck recipe!
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  2401. The CCP doesn't avoid excessive risk, it BURIES it to make the risk less noticeable - and therefore much riskier!
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  2402. Honestly, why would Taiwan want the job of trying to deal with the mess?
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  2403. But Xi certainly managed to dam up those rivers. Damn!
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  2404.  @doujinflip  And we know CCP China’s reputation for quality builds and maintenance! Makes me think of the NewNew Polar Bear container ship losing its anchor.
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  2405.  @thomaskuehne7383  Since when is stealing IP from the West considered “innovative?"
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  2406. And the Philippines - can’t forget their bullying the fisherman and seizing their catches.
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  2407. Just a very, very tiny one - as you'd see on a charm bracelet. It would be a good one to play for the CCP.
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  2408. What sharp teeth you have, Grandma!
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  2409. I hope they're trying to crack down on all the scam bots!
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  2410. Even though suspect, who wants to play Russian Roulette with nukes?
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  2411. My first thought was “I wonder how much they paid him?"
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  2412. Makes me wonder if this could be a part of the result of their “one child” policy where people just didn’t learn how to consider others by having to live with a sibling and having parents rush to defend their own when in conflict with other children? Imagine this on a national level!
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  2413. And the CCP blames everyone but the CCP.
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  2414. Well, since he frequently quotes the CCP and state-run media, he’s often speaking out of SOMEONE’S evil head, but not his own.
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  2415. I think that it is all in China between the property developers and their suppliers, plus anyone in China who would accept it from the suppliers.
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  2416. There is a comment on here about Alibaba’ balance sheet for this quarter. This is quarter’s “good news" is a one-time thing. Scroll through because it is worth the read.
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  2417.  @LordBuckhouse  It’s the comment about the balance sheet that’s worth the read, not the balance sheet itself. It explains why the “beating expectations” headlines are deceptive.
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  2418. This was all predictable when the EU let in all those migrants. You know who's benefitting from the public services. (HINT: It's not the citizens)
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  2419. Or at least made in countries that don't have authoritarian regimes and centrally planned economies!
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  2420. Lots of "details" in the CCP 😉
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  2421. MANY classical liberals have left the Democrat party because they no longer represent more moderate left-leaning voices.
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  2422.  @Ghandara-hg1gc  Patents for consumer junk that no one wants or needs.
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  2423. It's sardonic to see the "survival food" commercials interspersed with Covid lockdown news. Too late for most people in China to get this shipped to them, and would any of them foresee the need for a 3-month food supply prior to the start of their own lockdown?
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  2424.  @Zei33  Have they also pumped wastewater into their aquifers?
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  2425.  @tonysu8860  I think it’s naive for anyone to bet on Xi’s China to be a rational actor or act in the best interests of the mainland population, but that’s just my opinion.
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  2426. Naw, there are plenty of Chinese people who have escaped to other nations.
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  2427. Did the CCP threaten her to cover up the massive SYSTEMIC problems within the property sector? She looked rather scared at the end there!
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  2428. Often, sitting still is the smartest thing to do during chaos - like a rock in a storm.
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  2429. I saw a video of them re-using the same swab to "test" a second person so I doubt any of this is about controlling Covid. It's really about controlling the people.
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  2430.  @denistrethewy7288  Sounds like you've fallen for the CCP's evil strategy. See Dongsheng Di's comment.
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  2431.  @jaysdood  Gorbachev both confirmed and denied that any such agreement exists. It is subject to debate.
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  2432.  @skydragon23101979  Gorbachev both confirmed and DENIED that any such promises were made.
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  2433. Well said!
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  2434. This is the CCP handling with "Chinese characteristics."
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  2435. That doesn’t make sense. Remember that interest rates in the West only went up RECENTLY, so the loans that they’re paying back were at much lower rates than the 2.6% you can borrow in China now. Interest rates were below 1% for over a decade.
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  2436.  @MachikoNoguchi-616  Moses, Jesus, Mohammed, and Buddah - all have leading figures. Perhaps you were referring to things like atheism, wokism, gender ideology, or critical race theory as religions?
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  2437. Enjoy the soap opera as the saga continues.
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  2438. I thought ASML is dependent on certain US IP for their manufacturing. That sounds like the leverage is in favor of the US.
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  2439.  @Ukdaloi75  Considering how often Tony quotes from CCP’s state-run media/publications, you’re right about the “propaganda crap.”
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  2440.  @gulogulo7636  No, the more production that Taiwan moves to other democratic nations, the less attractive it is to the CCP.
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  2441.  @ChinaUpdate  I suspect that scam bots will target more frequently as your subscriber list grows. They target channels dealing with finance or the economy. It's a way for me to support your channel on the limited income of a retiree, so it's a pleasure to do what I can.
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  2442.  @ddegn  I hear you about the multiple reports. Sometimes I refresh the video and take a second pass on reporting them. My hope is that if I go through and the person who's getting the spam will report as well, that will speed up the process of getting them taken down.
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  2443. Online shopping PLUS so many now working from home so that office space needs have been greatly reduced. Both deliver-to-your-door shopping and work-from-home situations escalated during the Covid lockdowns and many have no desire to go back to the way things were.
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  2444.  @TomTomicMic  Or because they save money on commuting, child care, etc.
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  2445. 🤞
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  2446.  @bobwatson8754  True, and it makes it all the more interesting when both sides come together on an issue!
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  2447. Very few people are wise. Anyone who knows any history can see this.
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  2448. Interesting times, huh?
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  2449.  @felixjordan3514  Just because you DON’T believe the “storyline” doesn’t mean that it isn’t true or that the accusation is false. Many people will excuse an abusive person, especially when dependent upon that abuser. And there is plenty of evidence that Xi Jinping doesn’t care about ordinary mainland Chinese.
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  2450.  @prioris55555  So take a stand with those who battle against them! Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
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  2451. If the zero is flatlining on a heart monitor, there will be decay in the future so maybe not so stable. 😉
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  2452. Well, I suppose if you need an organ transplant and can afford to pay for one, China would be the place to go 🤡
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  2453. If the people WITHIN a nation won’t stand up to the oppression there is no helping them.
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  2454. For whatever it’s worth, I also enjoyed having a break. You’re my one “must watch” whenever you post, so your break was my break, too!
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  2455. not to mention the people who had the misfortune of being born in mainland China
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  2456.  @NanningPunk2025  And WEC relies on all those packages from ACME. Do you think RR is a major stockholder in that brand?
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  2457. Well, damn!
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  2458.  @skydragon23101979  Actually, the ones using subsidies are the ones "trying to bring down the competition." Tariffs are to limit the opportunity for them to succeed. Genuine innovation doesn't require subsidies, but trying to undercut the competition does.
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  2459.  @skydragon23101979  Yes, military intelligence DOES have information that the CEOs don't. You and I don't have that information either, and perhaps that is why you can't see the need to derisk. As for me, I'm for decoupling, not just derisking, so as not to be supporting an evil regime.
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  2460.  @arthurbenedetti9146  Why do you assume “everyone uses drugs”? Many have serious, long-term effects. Not everyone is that stupid!
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  2461. ??? How do you punish a suicide bomber?
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  2462. Reducing the reserve requirements might actually work - after all, the less the likelihood of getting your deposits back, the more you might actually spend the money while you have some!
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  2463. Or down wind or down stream or in an area that relies on ground water impacted, or . . .
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  2464. There may not be any "good guys" but that doesn't put everyone on the same level for some are definitely better than others! I'll support a nation that guarantees/protects human rights and upholds the rule of law/due process over the whims of a dictator.
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  2465.  @ThePeanutButterCup13  Every dystopian society I've ever heard of or read about has been socialist/communist.
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  2466.  @raimundomartin5459  More like SADISTICALLY solved. Imagine doing all that work to get to college, all that work IN college, and then they do this to you!
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  2467. I love that smirk!
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  2468. Judging by what’s happening with companies that try to increase their ESG scores, the only way for investors to win is to ensure that their stock portfolio doesn’t include any “woke” (high ESG) companies.
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  2469. That is the only possible silver lining to the dark cloud of Covid lockdowns, but will the people have the necessary will?
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  2470.  @deborahcurtis1385  Absolutely true! Watching what the Chinese people are undergoing because of the unchecked foolishness of an authoritarian regime really puts things in perspective.
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  2471.  @charles8642  A lot of the US debt is internal, the US investing in itself. Many seniors own Treasuries.
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  2472. Equal outcomes without equal abilities is injustice masquerading as compassion. Equal opportunity and support to reach innate potential is what we should strive to achieve.
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  2473. Full of Xi't
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  2474. I’ve never experienced such a problem and I’ve watched Tony for years now. Something on your end?
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  2475.  @jaydee6268  They are certainly inaccurate. Failure to consider the Shi’ite/Sunni and Persian/Arab context of the Middle East is to fail to understand the situation. EVERYTHING ELSE is secondary and of the two, the Shi’ite/Sunni is the more important. Islam has a tiered approach to dealing with others depending on how strong it is. When there are very few Muslims, they preach “tolerance.” When they gain strength (say 20-30% of the population), they use “defensive jihad” where they will claim they are only responding to perceived slights. When they become the majority, then they begin their ultimate “offensive jihad” tactics and will seek to convert or eliminate all non-Muslims under a caliph - and so the Shi’ite/Sunni determination of the rightful caliph becomes paramount. That tiered approach for dealing with the “kafir” or “infidels” parallels what Mohammad did within his own lifetime.
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  2476. But who considers windows, doors, plumbing and electrical, or working elevators as decoration? I've seen enough videos from China of unfinished projects and people basically camping in a concrete jungle because they can't afford both the mortgage on their home and rent.
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  2477.  @albacan  I don't front for anyone. I love the truth and telling it is the only reward I need.
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  2478. That sounds distressingly like what happened in 2019.
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  2479. It's like finding the global cancer has gone into remission, huh?
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  2480. And SHOULD make any on the fence choose and stop waffling about trade with CCP China.
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  2481. Would you like some toxic ingredients with your order?
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  2482. And it was made of tofu and is ready for demolition already!
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  2483. That shutdown of the library makes me wonder what newly published research and stats the CCP is trying to hide from the world. The library will reopen once authors can scrub/rewrite/spin everything to the CCP's desires.
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  2484. It's the slippery slope problem. Low dose is effective in preventing a 2nd attack for those who've already had a heart attack, so they began to prescribe it for people who were "at risk" not giving due consideration to benefit versus risk. Low-dose aspirin is also used to prevent blood clots post surgery, but only for about 30-days or so. Taking aspirin BEFORE surgery would increase the risk of bleeding and continuing past about a month post surgery yields no benefit.
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  2485. The real estate market will “bottom out” in more ways than one!
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  2486. Let’s hope no one hits the snooze button.
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  2487. My favorite fruit salad is tomatoes, avocados, and black olives!
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  2488. Or perhaps the US economy will improve greatly with higher-quality items that don’t need to be replaced 3x more often.
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  2489. “Officially” but that means swallowing the toxic gutter oil of CCP numbers.
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  2490.  @JordanHarbingerShow  I just subscribed based on knowing how you prepare for your interviews. This is the first time I've watched you and it's nice to see someone who knows how to listen.
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  2491. You can probably multiply his predicament by a few 100 million.
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  2492.  @aditisk99  There's a long line ahead of me.
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  2493. I'd be more concerned about how China deals with the waste from their nuclear power plants and toxins in the water and air on the mainland. Your main worry should be CCP actions.
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  2494. Low voter turnout? In the recent 2020 elections? What am I missing here?
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  2495. Need to address the auditing firms like PWC and EY - they have every incentive to rubber-stamp a company's accounting practices rather than alert potential investors to their true financial health.
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  2496. I've gone 28 days on only water - just to encourage you if it gets really bad - you can do it!
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  2497.  @Andy-P  Misplaced confidence then! I stand corrected.
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  2498. If heaven gives us the leaders we deserve, that is a serious rebuke to the mainland people!
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  2499. The roots of the money tree are almost all clear now. No more digging is necessary for the tree is beyond saving.
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  2500. Survival isn’t the question but rather the degree of damage done during its death throes. The pain spasms of the dragon's tail could cause much harm to those nearby.
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  2501. Live-fire exercises per Wikipedia: In any situation in which hazardous materials are involved there exists the potential for a mishap to occur, and when these mishaps occur the results can be as spectacular as they are deadly. All forms of ordnance contain some type of explosive charge to launch and, in most cases, detonate, a weapon. If these charges are inappropriately stored or handled the result can be serious injury or death to the person and anyone in the immediate vicinity. Other dangers include faulty guidance and sensory information, which can cause guided ordnance to inadvertently target friendly or neutral units. Interesting timing. If China screws up, they can blame the US. Alternately, if China attacks, they can blame "faulty guidance and sensory information." On the other hand, if the US does a pre-emptive strike, they can claim that China had mishandled live ordinance. Wow!!!
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  2502. I also remember when they called it global cooling. It's SHOULD be easier for older adults to see through this fraud. I'm surprised that more do not.
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  2503. @C Cali j Putin claims that Russia is entirely self sufficient in food! If the Russian people are feeling hunger, they've got Putin to blame.
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  2504. @C Cali j Invading a sovereign nation isn't legal. What would you do if it was your nation being invaded?
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  2505. They've used their time since emergence to grow old and soft - that will surely work against them being able to return to the old ways. Just picture an urban "little Emporer" being required to go work on a farm to produce food without modern equipment or experience to see what I'm getting at here.
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  2506. I’m wondering how much of the gold is coming from Russia? Gold would be preferable to rubles.
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  2507. Third horseman of the apocalypse rides forth.
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  2508. Depends on whether mistress happened to be a spy.
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  2509.  @markgarin6355  Very funny!
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  2510. Disney forgot about the values of its core audience so I'm looking forward to the Brett Cooper version. I'm hoping it will leave Disney's in the dust - rub some salt into their wounds.
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  2511. Sweet as honey to those who are raiding the Chinese worker bees.
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  2512.  @lettucesalad3560  LOL!
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  2513. Yes, it would seem that the average person on the mainland is struggling just to survive, from bosses to people who can't get jobs. Many who have jobs are working for reduced wages or haven't been paid in months. I'm wondering if Michael Pettis was invited for a cup of tea based on today's quote!
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  2514. Funeral homes and crematoriums?
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  2515. I come across them from time to time. They’re pretty obvious.
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  2516. It will only cost you your freedom if they can find/manufacture any reason to claim you’re a spy.
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  2517.  @Leshic2  I'm watching this video right now. Another excellent recommendation, Leshic, and much appreciated!
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  2518.  @Leshic2  Yes! And those drone shots of the facility in Mexico really shows the scale.
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  2519. Shabbat shalom!
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  2520. Or "state-control narrative that you must believe or you won't be whole because we'll harvest your organs."
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  2521. That is why I click before going to full screen. I know Tony is reliably good, so why wait?
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  2522. I feel sorry for the sister, Kristen, who was abandoned by father and then mother; left to be raised by an alcoholic teenage boy; and probably the one to nurse her brother during all this.
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  2523. With Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the famines will become even worse, and not just in Tigray.
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  2524. I like this format of seeing rather than all the B-roll. It’s a nice change! And it seems your hardcore audience is growing since 3.1K likes and 354 comments as of my viewing 12 hours after posting.
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  2525. They will never correct corruption issues either. Corruption and communism/one-party states seem to go hand-in-hand since they lack proper checks and balances to minimize the tendency.
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  2526. Because some people know history!
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  2527.  @AlphaGeekgirl  Bookkeeping with "Chinese characteristics" - I'm sure they used that "collateral" many times over, never letting each new loan know that it was already spoken for.
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  2528. 600,000 people in China live on $150/month or less (Li Keqiang).
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  2529. So not only can't most people afford to take the HSR, but now they also won't want to take the HSR - yeah, that will be really helpful for making these profitable!
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  2530. People have different ways of getting truer information, such as the shipping records of nations that do business with China.
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  2531. That seems to be when aggressors are most likely to start wars - when things at home are so bad that they need to unify their citizens against a scapegoat instead of the home government. Listening to the CCP rhetoric, they seem to be priming for that.
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  2532.  @julesfisher3551  Not surprising, but sad for the common person who is up against the corrupt system.
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  2533. Ah, the CCP has caught you with its propaganda hidden inside a tasty 50-cent worm.
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  2534.  @quahodron2756  Yes, we're all wondering. You're welcome. Whatever happens, it's quite interesting to follow as it unfolds!
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  2535.  @eurospec  Boiling won't remove the heavy metals.
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  2536. All it means is that Jack Ma doesn’t want to disappear again, perhaps permanently.
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  2537. It sounds like widespread depression. People have lost all hope in life, just passing time, waiting to die. "We are the last generation, thank you."
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  2538. Sad for the ordinary Chinese, but hoping it will speed decoupling the West from the CCP. The CCP blames the West for everything right now, so if we're completely decoupled, who can they blame then? Maybe, the eyes of more ordinary Chinese will be opened and they will look closer to home to realize their government lies to them.
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  2539. Back when engineers still used slide rules for their calculations!
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  2540. Those nations benefiting from manufacturing that has left China and relocated to them can pick up the slack. I don’t think the American economy will be affected since those products not bought by Chinese consumers will now be bought by others gaining new prosperity.
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  2541. Perfect slogan for the CCP!
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  2542. There are many nations with rapidly aging populations that don't have the increasing authoritarianism of China so that's unlikely to be the reason.
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  2543.  @rocoustilerocoustile4320  Yes, I believe God is all powerful - but I also believe that we’ve been given free moral choice and we will be held accountable for our choices. Not everyone who has “nothing to eat and are left to themselves” becomes violent or prioritizes their own survival above that of others. Desperate situations REVEAL the true nature of an individual. The question is what will a person do when they see the truth about themselves? Will they repent or blame others? Will they correct course or double down?
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  2544. Or a cartoon character that has not realized they've run off a cliff.
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  2545. 20-20 hindsight, but it was definitely a mistake, however well intentioned.
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  2546.  @capitalistdingo  first in harm's way!
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  2547. A better lesson would be don't "try to have a better life" by breaking the law.
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  2548. Russia's demographics dictated the timing, so sooner maybe, but they couldn't delay any longer.
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  2549. And beyond the lack of criticism is the propaganda to prop Xi up like the "Reading with Xi Jinping" stuff to try and make him look smart.
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  2550.  @DavidKD2050  It won't go to 6, but will increase, and just when your complex has a couple of days without a new case and you begin to have hope, they will discover new cases. Stock up on rice and dehydrated foods now for the next 3 months.
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  2551. Those who have little to lose are the most likely to protest. "Hey, I'm dying anyway so why not?"
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  2552.  @Andy-P  I would guess that there is an advantage in certain time zones depending upon your life habits that would favor certain people to be first. I'm not in one of those, so only being awake in the wee hours provided the opportunity.
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  2553. Explains my blood pressure!
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  2554.  @horridohobbies  You’re confusing private debt with hidden debt. China has both - that which individuals own through mortgages and credit cards (like America’s private debt) AND hidden debt (the shenanigens that cadres do to hit the unrealistic targets set by the central government).
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  2555. It will be impossible to tease out the depression/anxiety from the “intervention” when so much in the world has changed since Covid. Global “bad actors” are being unveiled, people still haven’t fully recovered from the economic hit of lockdowns, and the streets in larger cities have become “unruly” with people no longer feeling safe. Perhaps much of that anxiety is justified!
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  2556. I've heard from another source (China update) that 80% of urban household wealth is in real estate. Also, China doesn't officially have "unemployment," however, they are encountering much "flexible employment." Lei has another video where professor Sun Liping discusses 5 challenges that are affecting China's employment situation.
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  2557. The 1970s was STAGFLATION. I lived through it as an adolescent when my father's employment situation became tentative at best (layoffs galore) combined with inflation (and toss in gas rationing into the mix). In stagflation, you can add middle-class people to the already struggling category of "those with the least capacity to do so." It was far worse than any experience of normal inflation can prepare you to imagine. Sadly, attempts to "pull up" the bottom tier of earners by increasing minimum wage merely increases suffering for all but the top tier (and may even have helped those amass more wealth by the stored value of being able to afford real assets).
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  2558.  @user-ls4cs1wd2w  I'm sceptical of UBI. Experiments began in the 1970s. Results vary but funding seems to be the major problem. If it's tied to GDP as I've heard some propose, what happens in a contracting economy when GDP goes down? As the old saying goes, "there is no free lunch." There is always a cost, however hidden. I suspect young people suffer most from the GOOD intentions of previous generations because each tries to solve known problems and don't see the hidden evils imbedded in their solutions.
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  2559.  @user-ls4cs1wd2w  MW is highly variable by state from only the Federal minimum of $7.25 in some states to as high as $15.00 in DC. As far as keeping up with costs, I think most of that loss was in the 1970s when inflation was double-digit (peaking at over 13% in 1979). Inflation over the past 20 years has averaged at only about 2% per year. Perspective is needed here. One of the hardest things in discussing this is that living costs/expectations have also changed considerably. Imagine one hard-line phone number per residence versus most people having a cell phone. Only large corporations had computers versus most people having at least some access to a personal computer, even if it is through their public library. Things that were considered LUXURY items have become requirements. There was no "cable TV." Eating out was only for special occasions, etc. Homes are more expensive, but they're also much bigger! Health care is more expensive, but treatments/diagnostics exist now that require expensive capital investments. Living costs are more expensive now because even the poor have it better today then the middle class did 50 years ago. So I agree that some adjustments need to be made, but probably not as much as young people who've never discussed these things with their parents and grandparents. LOL - MY parents never let me forget what they had to endure when they were children and how hard life was "back then." I'm still grateful that I can have hot/cold running water with the turn of a tap!
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  2560.  @johnmidwest5650  Thanks for supplying that direct quote. It is appreciated! It also shows how good intentions can lead to bad results, like how "continue in this country" led to outsourcing to cheaper labor in OTHER countries with globalism and increasing automation to decrease the need for human labor. How many small businesses have failed because they couldn't handle the increased labor costs of MW hikes?
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  2561. I feel for the people of China. How can you turn to God in repentance when you've been taught all your life that there is no God?
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  2562. The lockdowns are decimating small and mid-size businesses, but Target and Walmart are able to keep operating. Something here is very wrong.
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  2563. Otherwise known as "kicking the can down the road" only the can keeps growing until kicking it will break your foot!
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  2564. Or the censors are working hard to make it seem so.
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  2565. Unintended consequences describe all liberal programs. Every generation sees problems and thinks they can fix them (and that they are urgent!), but every solution creates new problems. For example, how much environmental damage was created in an attempt to end world hunger? Fertilizers run off to create algae blooms, pesticides harmed pollinators as well as pests, herbicides polluted our water supplies, etc. But the intention behind all these things was to feed the hungry in Africa, Asia, and India. Every problem we "solve" creates several more and ultimately will hurt the people they tried to help. Conservatives by definition are slower to act and therefore cause less damage. Most of the current problems in the world can be laid at the feet of liberals.
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  2566. I’d add “reality” to that mix since ideology/propaganda have resulted in many who are in a fantasyland - true virtue rather than hypocritical “virtue signaling” is also needed.
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  2567. Would Tony need to move to Australia?
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  2568.  @Erik-ko6lh  According to NASA: The time it takes for the Moon to rotate once on its axis is equal to the time it takes for the Moon to orbit once around Earth. This means that the same side of the Moon always faces our planet.
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  2569. To do so openly would have been too provocative.
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  2570. Nice if Xi was put "on hold” for a bit.
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  2571. Agreed!
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  2572.  @yudogcome5901  It wasn't the "Strawberry Soldiers" who were crying in the border clashes with India. That was the PLA.
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  2573. Check your calendar!
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  2574. Do they use Xi-t for fertilizer?
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  2575. Australia isn't even in its normal flu season yet. If this virus is seasonal, what will happen if it really ramps up when the weather turns colder? You've GOT to eradicate this now! And then you must keep your borders closed. You don't care about economics when you're dead.
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  2576. Saw an ad for Shen Yun during this episode and it’s so sad what the CCP has done with its “cultural revolution.”
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  2577. With all the times that this channel quotes from State-Run sources and directly quotes CCP leaders, your comment is admitting that the CCP lies.
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  2578. It could also be a sign that they are desperate for cash, like someone holding a garage sale to pay their obligations.
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  2579. LOL - well there is that, too!
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  2580. Hopefully, others will learn as well and avoid the same mistakes!
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  2581. Well, damn!
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  2582. I hope you’re right that we have five years! I had a dream in January of 2024 where I heard myself say, “The 5th seal will be opened in 2025.” Whether that is prophetic or simply my analytical mind processing global events and connecting them to Revelation remains to be seen.
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  2583. If you’re on the mainland, what are your own eyes showing you? Is your job secure? Are the jobs of your friends and family secure? Are you comfortable giving up hard-earned savings to purchase beyond what’s absolutely necessary? Do you think your situation is common or are you among the lucky ones?
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  2584. Says the person not yet qualified for pre-school. The US and China aren't in the same league. As stated in one quote about a different topic, "I don't think this is something China understands or takes seriously."
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  2585. How much of the WHO funding is provided by the CCP? This smacks of their heavy-handed, totalitarian approach!
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  2586. Check how long the "land use" contract has left on it - remember that "buying" in China hasn't resolved what would happen once the term ends.
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  2587. I’d wager that the funerals/cremations business is booming on the mainland of China.
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  2588. And prayers!
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  2589.  @henli-rw5dw  A quick but wrong response is worse than no response at all.
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  2590.  @Defective1313  The better question is: Who will align themselves with God and who will fight Him? Free will and you can't do both.
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  2591.  @jaydee6268  Can they? High-end chips are manufactured in the US, not China. China manufactures more chips in volume (low-end stuff) but the US manufactures more by value. It's unlikely that China will be able to continue to control/maintain data flow for long.
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  2592. Always! Every day without fail!
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  2593. A P.O. Box, too. You need an address to receive that phone bill and any benefits you may be entitled to get.
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  2594. Once the resemblance was pointed out, I haven’t been able to unsee it!
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  2595. Coffee - 'cause you can sleep when you're dead
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  2596.  @stephenmarks9081  Mimicking Beijings pompous tone isn’t anything close to agreement.
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  2597.  @Leshic2  Hahaha! Patrick Boyle is also someone I listen to regularly. The stuff he flashes during his commentaries is SO funny! A spoon full of sugar helps the medicine go down. Being subscribed to Patrick is probably why Joe and Tony got suggested.
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  2598. No tiny springs but only the leaking water bottle of the person in front of you trying to evacuate.
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  2599. It doesn’t “help their consumers” if their consumers lose their jobs because their own manufacturing shuts down.
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  2600. Michael Pettis is the one from Peking University.
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  2601.  @llkk290  Chinese exports will do well under sanctions, huh?
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  2602. Between abortion and birth control, we've already experienced a slo-mo Thanos snap.
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  2603. Paper dragon pretending to breathe fire plays with matches. Sitting on a powder keg - BOOM!
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  2604. With the contagion from putting off for so long, would there be any “remaining developers?” If there are, I’ll assume it's a SOE.
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  2605.  @jaydee6268  Let’s not pull a Neville Chamberlain.
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  2606. Congrats on 55K!
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  2607. Honey badger is a great description - fearless!
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  2608. People entering/exiting the job market assumes that the number of jobs is stable, but many SME businesses failed because of Covid lockdowns and many foreign business have fled because of the many CCP sector “crackdowns” and from growing international tensions. You’d need to factor in how many jobs have disappeared.
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  2609. I've seen too many videos of homeless being interviewed who refuse the help being offered because they want to be "free." They won't abide by any restrictions that come with the handouts like being in a rehab program to get off their addiction. There are actually vacancies in the bridge housing while people are living on the streets. I'm willing to bet that you're clean and sober and took some initiative in getting the help that you received.
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  2610. Spoken like someone who lives in a city!
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  2611. Nothing. Quality of life is what counts.
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  2612. Algorithm laugh
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  2613. Exactly! When a bully threatens, it’s natural for others to ally themselves for mutual protection. That even S. Korea and Japan are willing to link up shows the extent of the concerns over their neighborhood bully.
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  2614. That explains so much! Thank you!!
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  2615. Acosta accosted.
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  2616. 🤔Do people still darn holes in socks these days?
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  2617. But the word salad used to say that was impressive!
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  2618. Like a child strutting around in pee-soaked trousers after the other kids have all been potty trained.
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  2619. I heard that China's interest rates were higher than the IMF. The difference is that the IMF is less likely to fund risky projects, therefore, China can take advantage. IMF loans to low-income countries carry a zero percent interest rate.
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  2620. Agreed. That window seemed very optimistic to me!
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  2621. It does seem that an outside power could manage the tensions between the various groups of a region more successfully. Only occasionally would you have such a strong tribal leader able to unite people. Once the outside power left (or the tribal leader died), it went right back to the mess it was before order was imposed.
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  2622. You can say that again!
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  2623. All the more reason to take the precaution of hiding the true extent of the debt. Hmmm, I think that’s been done before - the very reason that this problem exists!
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  2624. Nuke vending machines with robots to keep them well stocked! 🤡 If it's Japan, you know there must be a robotics or vending machine angle.
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  2625. I’m sure his mom still calls him Anthony, at least when he’s misbehaving 😉
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  2626.  @louisgiokas2206  BINGO - you can’t invest what you don’t have!
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  2627.  @skydragon23101979  Number #1 what? Number #1 failure? Is China competing with North Korea for that title?
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  2628.  @skydragon23101979  I'm far from young and I allowed for the possibility that the people of China could change the course of their path by ousting the CCP. However, the path that China is currently upon bodes very ill for China's future. Do the people of China have the will to correct the evil path upon which the CCP has placed them?
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  2629.  @skydragon23101979  China certainly isn't indispensable. But the next best navy in the world is Japan, so even without the US navy, China won't be able to get past the first island chain. In fact, the top navies of the world are all Western, so the CCP must contend with that fact. Where would China be without being able to import the needed food, fuel, and raw materials? Where would China be without being able to export finished goods? "No one is indispensable in the long term" but China doesn't have what it takes for the long term, especially since the CCP has mismanaged the economy and decimated the environment and its resources, both natural and human, chasing a politically-driven GDP that is divorced of the economic reality and squandered its opportunity for real growth through Ponzi schemes and corruption. Best wishes to the Chinese people to wake up to the truth before it's too late. The recent protests give me hope for the people of China, but it will be very difficult to overcome the damage done by the CCP.
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  2630.  @skydragon23101979  I'm not talking about war, but trade. China is dependent on the ability to trade without concern because the US safeguards the seas. There is no globalization without US protection. All the US needs to do is stop protecting the waterways upon which China depends. What good is BRICS trade when every shipment is at risk of pirating or appropriating by coastal nations who are desperate for food or fuel like Sri Lanka? But not even that is required at this point. The CCP is doing a fantastic job of crushing its own economy. The US has inflation, but better to have 8% inflation than a 25% cut in pay or a youth unemployment rate of nearly 20%. When the US housing market crashed, the homes being foreclosed were actually built and habitable. The list of "difficulties" that the CCP has made for China's people is too extensive to cover.
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  2631. Consider that a lot of crops are genetically modified to withstand glyphosate so that farmers can spray MORE chemicals onto our food crops and perhaps you can then understand the concern. The problem is that GMO can refer to any kind of modification and not all are as benign as the example you gave.
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  2632.  @taiwanisacountry  Red herring beginning and a straw man argument after it - I must ask, what is your agenda? "Not particularly toxic" requires that residues in food be kept beneath certain limits. Inland use still results in runoff from irrigation that eventually makes its way to streams and rivers, eventually to the ocean - there is no way to contain it except to limit or eliminate its use, but modifying crops to tolerate glyphosate does exactly the opposite of that.
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  2633.  @taiwanisacountry  Well there WILL be fewer people to feed when you poison them and destroy parts of the environment, but at least the CURRENT population will eat and screw the future, huh? Just because something isn't LETHAL (or at least not immediately obvious) doesn't mean that it isn't causing downstream health problems. Food prices now versus health costs later. It's good that you want to prevent starvation, but you're not thinking this through.
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  2634.  @jaydee6268  Absolutely. An asset can tie you down. How many would flee but for the reluctance to leave behind what they've worked so hard to achieve? I've considered what I would do if I were in Ukraine and my homeland was invaded. What would it take for me to leave behind my home, especially if others in my family nearby were choosing to stay?
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  2635. Economics is known as the dismal science for a reason!
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  2636. Lei’s Real Talk showed that Mainland China insurance companies have a lot of their money in bonds.
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  2637.  @spartancrown  Property taxes are what fund the infrastructure - schools, fire fighters, police, roads, etc. It’s just a way for the people who live in an area to pay for those services on a proportional basis. It has nothing to do with owning the land.
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  2638.  @Andy-P  I had insomnia the one time I managed to be first - and there were far fewer subscribers back then, too!
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  2639.  @Tottorul  Or perhaps he has and the variations are through the influences of the surrogate that birthed?
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  2640. What keeps you there, if you don’t mind sharing?
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  2641.  @ChinaUpdate  I watch quite a few channels covering China, but you're the first one each day and the only one when pressed for time. I love your balanced, daily, neutral coverage of critical issues and always look forward to your "deep dive" videos!
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  2642. Just a slower and more painful death when you reap the consequences of an earth contaminated with the radiation through the water cycle.
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  2643. That seems to be the case whenever a government attempts to prop up their currency, Turkey and Russia very recently.
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  2644. If plague had a face . . .
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  2645. Con men like to sell hope!
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  2646.  @Leshic2  Ah, Leshic, I think you’re one of those that will appreciate that the last day of this calendar year will be 123123
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  2647. I predict the advent of "green tofu."
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  2648. I'm hoping that those who have been shut down will see their popularity grow as a reward for their willingness to speak out with the truth. I nominate the ostrich for CCP mascot.
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  2649. Always for you. Never for me.
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  2650. It’s like they consider hypocrisy to be a virtue!
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  2651.  @jerryrichardson2799  LOL - yeah, I figured that - and I’m glad you caught it yourself!
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  2652. I've often wondered that myself!
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  2653. This is why I must play the game drinking coffee and must ensure I watch Tony's videos early enough in the day!
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  2654. The hacking of women’s brains and partner preferences through hormonal contraception explains SO MUCH of what has been going on in the world over the past several generations! This goes FAR BEYOND being a women’s issue; it has formed our society and culture to an extent we’ll probably never fully comprehend.
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  2655. One thing that I still don't understand is why the property developers don't just refund the presale money to those who've purchased houses where no construction has begun? Or did they already do so and it's only the partially built homes where the presale money is an issue?
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  2656. Yah, I caught that. "Just in time delivery" doesn't provide much cushion for disaster situations. Smart people already had stuff on hand in case of storms, earthquakes, tornados, and other disasters. The panic buyers were late to the game.
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  2657.  @drmadjdsadjadi  Someone's been looking in my fridge!
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  2658.  @DK-ev9dg  The truth hurts you, but how long will you CHOOSE to close your eyes to it?
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  2659. Some of us like to think for ourselves and are best able to draw correct conclusions when kept informed of what every side is saying.
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  2660. But the pain must be experienced by the one who needs to change. When they are merely inflicting pain on others, there is no incentive to change.
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  2661. Bonds = bondage
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  2662. I feel sorry for the people of Hong Kong. They drank that Cool-Aid and now they're stuck.
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  2663. Funny how when authoritarian regimes "fight corruption" the corruption increases, almost like it's just a cover for purging the opposition.
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  2664. We know that there is a knife hidden inside that carrot!
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  2665. The ones that are exploding because of the crappy batteries they make?
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  2666.  @jakublulek3261  You're right in part - it is age-old human nature resulting in generational friction. The difference now is of degree because back then, kids were allowed to explore more and run a bit wild without all the adult supervision that has become the norm. The amount of sheltering from "real-world consequences" is much higher now. When I was a kid, even 5-year-olds were walking to school on their own. We were allowed to test our limits and if we got hurt as a result, the response wasn't to sue someone but "serves you right for doing something so stupid." Divorce was rare, chores were the norm, families were intact, and kids saw parents model both arguing and apologizing, the give and take of relationships, etc. Plus there wasn't all the tech-dependence that keeps knowledge superficial. I've noticed how it impacts ME - I have to actively battle the human tendency toward intellectual laziness that comes from just being able to "Google it" and reliance on "fact checkers" that are sometimes wrong when you bother to dig and investigate for yourself. I'm sure that 100 years ago, people my age would have been trying to tell me how different things had been for them when they were kids - and I would have had a hard time relating!
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  2667. Okay, the lemon completely surprised me.
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  2668.  @skydragon23101979  Are there any who didn't cross them? If so, they would have been able to complete the work because if they were financially healthy, they would have qualified for loans a year ago.
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  2669. Makes for a great drinking game but I recommend non-alcoholic/non-caffeinated beverages!
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  2670.  @ChinaUpdate  Awesome! May your channel be blessed with a rapid and steady growth - you're certainly earning it by providing this much needed information and perspective.
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  2671. Rising like high blood pressure or the sugar levels of a diabetic.
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  2672. No, I intended to post about the historic eruption in 536 that led to the multi-year global famine. The link that I posted is the correct one.
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  2673. He’s here nibbling at the margins. He posted 4 hours before you.
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  2674.  @PrivateEyeYiYi  What do you think are their chances of success if they were to try again now? A lot has changed in the past 70 years.
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  2675.  JustJ WhoIsAsking  Well said! I especially like the Wiley Coyote/Road Runner comparison.
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  2676. Feeding the evil of selfishness and fantasies will only make the evil within human nature grow.
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  2677.  @musclestruts5032  Not "fantasies are inherently evil" but that fantasies CAN BE evil. Do you think fantasies are inherently good? Or do they simply represent the desires of the person with selfish people having selfish fantasies, abusive people having fantasies of abusing others, generous people having fantasies of largess quietly being given to others in need, etc?
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  2678.  @thearpox7873  Perhaps not ignoring but completely unable to do as told because of crippling debt, especially knowledge of debt that is still hidden from Beijing but weighing on the minds of local cadres.
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  2679. "The new owners chopped it all down for firewood" -- productive trees bearing export-quality citrus being chopped down. I'm shocked at this level of STUPIDITY. If it's possible for a human to "deserve" starvation, this would be it.
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  2680. Or EEEEK-conomy! It’s very scary. Eeeek: Used when in a stressful/scary situation and has no heckin idea how they are gonna get themselves out of it.
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  2681. I think the name "Operation Empty Plate" was intended to imply that double meaning!
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  2682. Democratic dictatorship?!!!
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  2683. All those trips back made me think he has plenty of connections to funnel money into his pockets.
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  2684. Happy holidays, Tony. Wishing you a few slow-news days so you can rest properly and a growing subscriber/supporter base in the new year!
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  2685.  @ryanihm2051  Per Li Keqiang, 600 million in China are still in poverty defined as 1000 yuan or less per month - that's nearly half of China's current population. That's not "enough wealth to live away from their adult children." Also, the property market situation could further reduce the number of people who will choose to marry, a number that is already declining, rather than stir up people to buy real estate in order to marry. Finally, five of the top ten most expensive cities for property price to income ratio are in China. The first US city is Santa Barbara at #77. So the USA is VASTLY more affordable for homebuyers than China is. Here is the link for that info: https://www.numbeo.com/property-investment/rankings.jsp
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  2686. Also notoriously unreliable which is why fossil fuels came to be so widely adopted over the past couple hundred years.
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  2687. Interesting! Thanks for sharing your experience.
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  2688. Not the first time Tony has reported on this, but the EXTENT to which this is happening is revelatory!
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  2689. So true, but I'm sure Xi only sees it as fewer mouths to feed and fewer pensions to pay. Does the CCP EVER care about the people?
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  2690.  @thehighllama8101  When you doubt the existence of God, remember that it is human REJECTION of God that causes all this evil. Death is a blessing because it puts a limit on the evil; imagine if we had to live forever in this fallen state - detached from the only SOURCE of true good!
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  2691. Perhaps rewatch the chip-curb section? I think that explains things pretty well.
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  2692.  @floxy20  All regular viewers are aware, but I guess the irony was lost on you.
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  2693. Capitalism requires morality on the individual level. This is what you get when you combine it with Darwinism.
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  2694. Makes me wonder about the interest rates that China is charging to Pakistan!
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  2695. And the rats on the raft are ravenous.
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  2696. The weight of a corrupt government with no alternative to the party in power is terrible thing to bear!
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  2697.  @alexv3357  And that is why freedom of speech is critical for proper functioning - without freedom of speech there is no way to know who the idiots are!
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  2698. If this had been a movie script, I'd say it was unbelievable. I'm amazed that something like this actually happened!
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  2699.  @kimiyounasarukun  LOL. Yeah, but I’m speaking to myself as well here. I think we can all be both greedy in some ways and frugal in others, but without awareness of just how grassroots the problem is, there is no chance of improvement. My overstuffed sock drawer will rise up to condemn me in the judgment.
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  2700. Appalling that they are still on the UN Security Council
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  2701. Oh, Andy 🙄
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  2702.  @henli-rw5dw  CCP actions generate foes and the foes have banded together.
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  2703. ​ @henli-rw5dw  CCP actions that generate foes has nothing to do with currency depreciation so bringing up the Plaza Accord is weird. CCP aggressiveness to the borders and territorial waters of sovereign nations comes to mind.
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  2704. Increased savings rates are also an indicator that they don't believe employment is secure or that salaries and bonuses may take a hit. When income is threatened, you provide yourself with as much extra cushioning as you can manage.
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  2705. I’ve had similar experiences in my life. Nothing quite like seeing things for yourself.
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  2706. Is there another kind of propaganda?
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  2707. Long read, but worth it!
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  2708. I think Moody’s is always late to the game in calling for downgrades. The only question is whether that is intentional.
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  2709. I also found myself suddenly craving some Japanese sea food. I’ll be sure to add that to my shopping list!
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  2710. So many of the content creators I watch either get demonetized, receive strikes, have stupid banners included directing to organizations that I distrust even more than advertisers, or are forced to self-censor their content, that I’d NEVER pay for YouTube Premium since these videos pretty much run ad-free anyway - due to YouTubes own policies and algorithms! I’m on YouTube simply because of the CC option.
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  2711.  @pikachus5m166  Foxconn has international operations in China, Brazil, Europe, India, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, South Korea, and the United States. All the problems with slave labor, suicides, etc. seem to be limited to their operations in China so the reporting is accurate.
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  2712. Xi would have preferred “emperor” or “god” instead.
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  2713. I wonder how many of those floated away in the floods? They’d be worthless now. Water and electric batteries aren’t a good combo.
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  2714. Isn't there something in one (not sure which) Asian culture about "carrying grandma up the mountain"? I think it refers to leaving the elderly to die of exposure. That may hearken back to the days before Confucius.
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  2715. Haven't seen you in the comments here for a while, Leshic. Did you take a break or were you being censored?
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  2716.  @Zei33  Which is why he needs to be informed that a lack of inflation in China, with all their economic problems, isn't something virtuous, but another problem for the CCP.
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  2717. All true. There is also the high price of fuel for those lucky enough to have mechanized farm equipment and the fertilizer situation to consider which will impact yields.
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  2718. They will lose face just the same, however unwillingly!
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  2719. But not to the same extent. China has 20% of the earth's population and 80% of the earth's BS.
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  2720. Consider that the 2-births-per-woman replacement rate assumes that the genders are balanced which isn't the case in China. Those who were born before the one-child policy began and those after are likely balanced (diluting the true extent of the problem), but those of childbearing age are VERY unbalanced, perhaps as high as 3:1. So for China to be at replacement rate, each woman of childbearing age would need to give birth to FOUR children to replace herself, her partner, and each male who is unable to find a wife!
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  2721. I really enjoyed eavesdropping on the conversation between Perihelion77 and Michael Fried. I'm younger at 61, but my parents were teenagers in Poland during WWII and I was the first child born in the US after they immigrated here. With that background, do you remember the old washing machines with the double rollers where you hand-fed the clothes through that manual wringer? Who needs a gym membership when every single chore toned your muscles and stretching was what you did to a dollar?
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  2722.  @TomTomicMic  My guess would be a panda - take a pandemic control costume and add the black markings.
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  2723. I’ve seen plenty of wumao in the comments, but it’s not consistent from day to day. It’s as though they only do the China channels on YouTube when they’re not too busy censoring some horror on the mainland like massive protests or disasters.
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  2724. Annoyingly repetitive comment as usual, but thanks for the engagement to help the channel grow.
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  2725. Ah, Tony made it to NZ and took his panda with him!
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  2726.  @1143npatel  I'm aware of resources being extracted, but that won't matter when people are starving and food shortages make what IS available very expensive. Egypt imports much of their wheat from Ukraine. Also consider that Africa needs to learn how to extract its own resources so that they no longer NEED the West to do it. If Africans were processing the resources for themselves, it would be much better.
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  2727. @Osas👌 In 2020, Nigeria imported $2.15B in Wheat. If you're not interested in Ukraine now, you soon will be! And those who aren't short-sighted are concerned NOW while they can prepare against the threat of famine. So who needs help?
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  2728. Or fund the gold that China is purchasing.
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  2729. Return the REAL to real estate!
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  2730. ​ @Commievn  China is far from being free-market capitalism, especially with its whimsical and constantly changing "rules." The only reason any would invest capital in China is that they've been lied to about the political situation or baited with false "promises." 🤞
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  2731. Which is also the Land of the Draggin’ Economy now!
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  2732. Bamboo is kosher
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  2733. This channel caters to people who like to think for themselves.
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  2734. Reminds of food delivery with Phd.
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  2735. How about FUBAR ?
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  2736. Thank you for sharing your observations!
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  2737. Remember that the absolute value of -5% is still 5%!
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  2738. I think part of the security concern is North Korea as well as China, and that is much more of a worry for the two geographically closest neighbors.
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  2739. He’ll have quite a shock me thinks!
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  2740. Yep - that is socialism in action.
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  2741. Anyone who supports communism is a “grab hag” just sometimes with a mask.
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  2742. I laughed out loud when I read your comment. Tofu carrier?
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  2743. The color of blood!
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  2744.  @oltedders  Nice idea, but Western film companies won’t be allowed in and Chinese won’t be allowed to make anything that could reflect negatively on the CCP/China.
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  2745. Wow! How did I miss your message from two days ago? I generally read all the messages. I must have been REALLY tired!
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  2746. The "rage against society" stabbings that happen periodically in China immediately come to mind.
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  2747.  @amc9329  Until the mainlanders rush out to buy radiation detection equipment and realize the radiation is coming from the wrong direction. 😜
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  2748. I disagree that it is the "root of the whole leftist/SJW activity." What the SJWs are displaying is NOT love for enemies. Leniency is not the same thing as love. Allowing strangers to destroy themselves is not love. Allowing people to evade responsibility for their choices is not love. Allowing such things is an indication of APATHY. A loving person would help struggling people turn their lives around. Giving food, clothing, shelter, job skills, etc. would be indications of love.
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  2749.  @Kurtlane  You're right. It IS impossible to help someone who doesn't want to be helped. But governments don't love. Love means you're giving something of yourself, not what you've gotten from others through taxation.
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  2750. YouTube is saying "0 Comments" when there are over 50 shown. More YouTube weirdness! What's going on?
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  2751. If you think of energy as a kcalorie, it makes sense and goes back to the most primitive roots of the energy=wealth equation.
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  2752. Put extra to pay down the principal on your debt if you can (save on interest and be out of debt sooner). You can always rent out a room in your house (vet your potential tenants carefully!) if you need so you can keep making your payments if your income gets reduced in a recession.
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  2753.  @tuvoca825  No, the concept of all humans being created equal is based on the Hebrew Torah and has come to the West through Christianity and Judaism. Even nations who have since abandoned faith have been "swimming in Christian waters.” The naivety of the West comes from thinking that the concept is universally held, but the Chinese definitely don’t believe in equality, thinking that the Han are a superior race - Nazi Aryan supremacy with “Chinese characteristics."
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  2754. Sub count is really taking off now, huh!?
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  2755. Good afternoon from hotter-than-hell American southwest . . .🥵
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  2756. LOL - The EU acts like a divorced husband still wanting sex from his ex.
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  2757. Rev. 6:15-17 And the sovereigns of the earth, and the great ones, and the rich ones, and the commanders, and the mighty, and every slave and every free one, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains, and said to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him sitting on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb, because the great day of His wrath has come, and who is able to stand?”
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  2758. They got very creative during Covid in other ways, too, like embedding an “politically offensive” video within an open refrigerator. People are also using things like short-wave radio to get information INTO China like they did in Eastern Europe back in the Cold War days.
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  2759. A temporary worker visa costs $190. Once he had that, he could apply for a green card. Much cheaper than staying undocumented. But what do you expect from someone who doesn't even bother to learn the language!
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  2760. And lots of butter and salt to go with it!
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  2761. And now these song lyrics are running through my mind with the word picture you’ve drawn: Once upon a time there was a tavern Where we used to raise a glass or two Remember how we laughed away the hours Think of all the great things we would do Those were the days, my friend We thought they'd never end We'd sing and dance forever and a day We'd live the life we choose, we'd fight and never lose For we were young and sure to have our way Da-da-da-da-da-day, da-da-da-da-da-day Da-da-da-da, da-da-da, da-da-da Then the busy years went rushing by us We lost our starry notions on the way If by chance I'd see you in the tavern We'd smile at one another and we'd say Those were the days, my friend We thought they'd never end We'd sing and dance forever and a day We'd live the life we choose, we'd fight and never lose Those were the days Oh yes, those were the days Da-da-da-da-da-day, da-da-da-da-da-day Da-da-da-da, da-da-da, da-da-da Just tonight I stood before the tavern Nothing seemed the way it used to be In the glass, I saw a strange reflection Was that lonely woman really me? Those were the days, my friend We thought they'd never end We'd sing and dance forever and a day We'd live the life we choose we'd fight and never lose Those were the days, oh yes, those were the days Da-da-da-da-da-day, da-da-da-da-da-day Da-da-da-da, da-da-da, da-da-da Da-da-da-da-da-day, da-da-da-da-da-day Da-da-da-da, da-da-da, da-da-da Through the door there came familiar laughter I saw your face and heard you call my name Oh my friend, we're older but no wiser For in our heart, the dreams are still the same Those were the days, my friend We thought they'd never end We'd sing and dance forever and a day We'd live the life we choose we'd fight and never lose Those were the days, oh yes, those were the days Da-da-da-da-da-day, da-da-da-da-da-day Da-da-da-da, da-da-da, da-da-da Da-da-da-da-da-day, da-da-da-da-da-day Da-da-da-da, da-da-da, da-da-da...
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  2762. And with the "FDI" being composed largely of Chinese enterprises that got their money off the mainland only to "roundtrip" it back in, how much of that was done voluntarily and how much because loved ones are being threatened if they don't return the money to the mainland? We'll likely never know.
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  2763. I’m wondering if China is selling equipment to the Houthis, weighing benefits of sales against the cost/inconvenience of having their own shipping impacted. Just speculation on my part with nothing to back it except “CCP China being CCP China."
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  2764. The DK bot has now split into two daughter cells! 🤣🤣
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  2765. ". . . and the authorities." That made me laugh.
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  2766. LOL - I had similar thoughts but you said it much better!
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  2767.  @richardjohnson9992  Yes, but that wasn't what they were TRYING to do, was it? If that had been their aim, they would have failed at that, too!
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  2768.  @richardjohnson9992  And all the money in Silicon Valley couldn't put Humpty-Dumpty together again. I strongly suspect the Democrats are only able to control these cities through corruption and election fraud. At least I'd like to believe that their constituency isn't really that stupid!
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  2769. "Behold a white horse . . . he went forth conquering and to conquer." Those Chinese "pandemic control workers" in their white marshmallow suits always spring to mind now when I read that verse from Revelation. The invasion of Ukraine about a year later may well be the red horse. But I'm keeping in mind that the first four seals sound like the birth pangs and 100 years ago we had a pandemic of Spanish flu and encephalitis with two world wars and the holocaust, so I will continue to watch and wait.
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  2770.  @treeist  Ah, yes, the “let it rot” people protesting the CCP in the best way they know how!
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  2771.  @obsidianstatue  I’m looking on line and so far can’t find anything to support your assertion. Do you have references to support your claim?
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  2772. What we need to see is how much each nation, like China, loans versus how much debt they have from all levels of government, including the "off the books" stuff. In the case of China, is it a wash?
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  2773. Interesting how these two words sound the same: DISGUST vs. DISCUSSED. Is the attempt to control the narrative and inhibit public discourse of ideas based in disgust? Is censorship an attempt to sanitize against positions that people think may be socially or politically harmful?
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  2774. “You can’t graduate until you have a job” and “you’re not unemployed if you haven’t graduated” becomes the counting method of choice.
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  2775. The nuts are on the loose for sure!
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  2776. Get out NOW if not sooner!
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  2777.  @The_General_Zubas  LOL - Gold BRICS - good one!
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  2778. That’s a BIG if.
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  2779. Neither a borrower nor a lender be! — William Shakespeare
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  2780. Winnie the POO economy!
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  2781. Plus no one knows what will happen to these homes once the land-use terms expire. Granted, the structures will probably have disintegrated by then, but "home sales" in China are more like pre-paying your rent for 70 years.
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  2782.  @skydragon23101979  Let me ask you a question: What do you think would happen to world trade if the US decided that it no longer wished to maintain a trade deficit, no longer wished to provide safe shipping to importers/exporters, no longer wished to be a reserve currency?
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  2783.  @skydragon23101979  THAT IS EXACTLY MY POINT when you wrote of “the confidence in and believe (sic) in the US economy,” THAT is the reason the US is the reserve currency. As to the rest of it, the difference in how strong the dollar is compared to other currencies IS ALSO because it is most trusted.
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  2784.  @skydragon23101979  Perhaps you underestimate how much more expensive world trade would be if each nation had to pay to safeguard all its cargo. As to the US economy, I believe it would be far better off since we would be able to pay off all foreign owned debt with a much more favorable exchange rate (USD still most trusted) PLUS there would be the added cost saving to the US not to be safeguarding international shipping. In other words, the price of the current world order is disproportionately born by the US and the US would be much better off without the burden of so many who are ungrateful and unappreciative.
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  2785. Buy me a decaf?
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  2786. China is reliant on imports of food and fuel.
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  2787. The public discord is beginning to look more like children throwing temper tantrums because the adults finally so "no."
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  2788. Carrie, the wolf in Lam's clothing.
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  2789. Remember that the “growth” is massively debt fueled and only a measure of activity. If one person digs holes and another refills them, that’s activity, but it won’t get you anywhere good, especially when taking on debt to do it!
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  2790. Turn off the volume and turn on the captions.
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  2791. Another power grab by an unelected organization, heavily influenced by the CCP.
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  2792. The CCP is destroying China; no need for “ChinaBad” propaganda.
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  2793. The panda at the end has that, “oh, woe is me” look about it.
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  2794. All this boat rocking is making me SeaSeaPee sick!
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  2795. I hope we can include Taiwan as well!
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  2796. There are quite a few groups with the agenda to depopulate the planet of human life. Couple that with pension problems and I think it's easy to see why they chose the course that they did.
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  2797.  @franciscap9617  Look at how the cases spread. How many people were infected in Italy? How many were infected during Chinese New Year? I can't see why you think it was Americans who spread this.
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  2798. Nice alliteration!
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  2799. India was only invited because they needed a vowel. ;-)
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  2800. The news wrote the jokes for you in this one, Patrick!
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  2801. More money in circulation may curtail the deflation that the mainland is experiencing so people waiting to buy something believing that prices will come down further may finally make that purchase.
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  2802.  @Andy-P  One less red envelop to stuff for whatever Chinese holiday.
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  2803. The second most important is putting the tech to good use instead of nefarious purposes like a surveillance state.
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  2804. But it's like pointing a finger at someone else and having the other three pointing back at yourself - everything is hurting China much more than whatever damage they're attempting to do to others.
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  2805. . . . and the experience will be ruff! 🐶
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  2806. Well said!
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  2807. I suspect these projects will be as well maintained as the South African power grid  @nfuryboss 
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  2808. And the train’s tracks are heading right toward the banking sector.
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  2809. I don’t normally read the supporters slides (too busy reading the subtitles) but today I went back thanks to your comment. Based on extensive experience with my own cats, they’ll go where they please and a closed drawer, door, or fence be damned. They’ll stay as long as they please, what they do while away is “none of my business,” and “Health? I’ve got 9 lives!"
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  2810. I vote for the road that doesn’t lead to a knife in the back.
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  2811. Many of us want insight into how the CCP thinks and frames a narrative for their domestic audience. Forewarned is forearmed.
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  2812. When that happens to me, I cut my comment, hit cancel, and then paste into a new reply.
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  2813. We really need to stop letting the Big Pharma foxes guard the regulatory agency (CDC/FDA) henhouses! Why else would these "interventions" still be promoted even in age groups when there is so much documented harm?
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  2814. And bears that don't breed in captivity seem very emblematic of China's demographic situation as well!
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  2815. Xi Jianping - putting the people first . . . in harm's way!
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  2816. Maybe not. "Laying Flat" and "Let It Rot" are a thing in China.
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  2817. So did I until I discovered how the CCP has turned people into “grab hags.” I DO feel for any who have remained decent in a culture of corruption, but does a fish know it’s wet? Greater respect to those who are able!
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  2818.  @Ghandara-hg1gc  Yes, it is different, but not with an advantage to China. Physical collateral can only pay once; productivity of the people can CONTINUE to pay, so the advantage is to the US with its tax revenue system.
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  2819.  @Ghandara-hg1gc  Polluted land isn’t priceless, but just how worthless is the question - thank the CCP for the environmental degradation.
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  2820. Madoff in my opinion. Definitely a Ponzi scheme. Everyone who invested was convinced that the property sector would only go up and that worked well for those who invested early, but like all Ponzi schemes, the later investors get badly hurt.
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  2821. Amen. Also pray for mercy upon those who have been indoctrinated from birth (babies born into Muslim families, people born into atheistic families/nations) that they will have a chance to hear "true truth."
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  2822. Really? Don’t you realize that there is a difference between seeing things through a screen and being immersed in the actual environment? At best, you may gain through eyes and ears, but you’ve got other senses. Can you smell the fresh cut grass when seeing a video of someone mowing their lawn? Will you break out in a sweat at the 40-degree Celsius heat when watching on your laptop? There is VALUE to his being there and that is why we watch.
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  2823. Only one question matters: Who provides unbiased, timely coverage of China? 😉😘
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  2824. Let’s add “does not play well with others” and “tendency toward self harm” to the list.
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  2825. Pavlov would be proud!
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  2826. And like all their copies, shoddy and inferior.
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  2827. Derisking = getting Humpty Dumpty down from the Great Wall
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  2828.  @cindyknudson2715  I LOVE Kip Simpson's channel!
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  2829. CCP will never admit its bad, though since it’s so two faced, they could lose face and still be okay! 🤡
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  2830. China is disappointed that the I for India comes before the C for China. They would rename it CRIBS but for the acronym giving the impression of great immaturity.
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  2831. "Performing Arts Soldier" - Wow, that sounds weird to my Western ears!
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  2832. I've often thought the same thing myself. The cadres are "stuck between a rock and a hard spot" so they use the only tool they have - lie to those above them!
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  2833. New? Long-time viewers have been playing it for years now!
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  2834. Maybe China is no longer the #2 economy?
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  2835. Sabbath cycle
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  2836.  @skydragon23101979  And an unnecessary tunnel is still more useful than one that has collapsed, even if it is only a shortcut for hikers or a place for kids to explore.
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  2837. I’m guessing bottom will be about where they were in 1979.
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  2838. More than opening up is needed. They must prove that they will be a good actor on the global stage by no longer threatening their neighbors, depleting fish from the economic zones of other coastal nations, and respect intellectual property (to name just three things that demonstrate CCP China is NOT currently a good actor).
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  2839. And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer. Revelation 6:2
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  2840. Paper tiger is flammable but tries to breath fire.
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  2841. Would they be doing what they're doing if they did?
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  2842. The "ch" both those words are pronounced the same in English.
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  2843. The more I watch this channel, the more I like it!
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  2844. MANY classical liberals have left the Democrat party because they no longer represent more moderate left-leaning voices. Many have become Independents. I’d like to keep America a Constitutional Republic but now the Democrats seem keen on eroding our Constitutional rights. If Tulsi were running for POTUS, I’d vote for her regardless of her party.
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  2845.  @bobwatson8754  Less monoculture would also be a good thing, where crops and farm animals live in a symbiotic relationship that nourishes the soil. This knowledge is in danger of becoming lost when too many farmers rely on inputs from chemical manufacturers for seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, and herbicides.
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  2846. Little brother HASN’T grown up and is delusional thinking he’s a real threat when merely an annoyance.
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  2847. Assuming you could force all those college graduates to take the low-paying, low-skill factory jobs, I think there would still be a shortfall because of the demographics since the one-child policy resulted in only 1 kid for 4 grandparents. Even if each grad worked two jobs, you'd still have a labor shortfall.
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  2848. Those kids you’re fostering/have fostered are VERY lucky to have you in their lives!
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  2849. OMG - When he crunched into that butter-egg laden toast - SO satisfying to hear!
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  2850.  @catinbootsnow4267  Consumers don’t want junk
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  2851. Interesting info about the payment transfers.
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  2852. Thanks! Now I’ll never misspell that word again.
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  2853. Yes, long past proving themselves to be untrustworthy, only a fool would fall for any promises they make.
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  2854. ". . .there hasn't been one positive test, yet we are still locked down with no end in sight." - That supports my suspicions that the "zero Covid" and "dynamic Covid" policies serve a different purpose - likely a perceived need to control the population. I think the CCP is getting very nervous about possibilities for civil unrest!
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  2855. How do you even begin to estimate the real value of a mortgage on a property that isn’t built and may never be built before the land lease expires? That must make the sleepless bankers break out in a cold sweat!
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  2856.  @sabrekai8706  Here's hoping the fan blows it into their faces!
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  2857. I was wondering the same thing.
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  2858. I think you nailed it when you wrote "don't understand the importance of budgeting." When in HS in the 70's (double-digit inflation), we were required to take a course in economics in 10th grade. The teacher made us write a budget for when we were out of HS and research rent, car insurance, cost of food, etc. It was a real eye opener (taxes!) and gave us a couple of years to either lower our expectations on how we'll live or increase our ambitions for the kind of job to prepare for when we could still get our grades up for college/scholarships. It also made me realize just how smart my parents were when we'd be forced to "tighten our belts" because of another job layoff for my dad and prompted me to start working while still in HS. I wonder just how many teens now get into debt troubles before they even start college or get their first job. I'm more grateful than ever for that Econ teacher that we all made fun of at the time because he gave us such a strong reality check.
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  2859. Like an arsonist showing up to “help."
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  2860. Tesla is already being restricted in China - can’t drive one near certain government buildings for example.
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  2861. Then use the gold to coat lead bars
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  2862. It's a forest fire - happens every year about this time.
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  2863. Of course they did! Social credit scores and reeducation camps will always generate such a response.
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  2864. Invasion of the Marshmellow Minions - now coming to a Chinese city near you!
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  2865.  @nunoneves8193  Recommending a CCP propaganda channel and you think THIS channel is biased? OMG 🤣
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  2866. I've developed a caffeine problem.
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  2867. Plenty. Stuff gets out through the firewall no matter how quickly the CCP tries to censor and shut it down.
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  2868. And a waist is a terrible thing to mind! ;-)
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  2869. Well, if India leaves and Saudi Arabia never joins, the new name can be IBEACURSE.
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  2870. Tony, do consider prerecording a message to upload whenever you’re ill; it would reassure us that you’re not having tea with the CCP and allow you to rest as needed.
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  2871. When you're so down, you can go only down even further.
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  2872. I removed my bug screens because it's easier to clean the windows which I do frequently. I love the unobstructed view of my beautifully landscaped yard.
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  2873.  @SalvusGratiumFidem  Not necessarily 7 years, but otherwise I agree with you. Peace.
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  2874. Yeah, they think hurtful words are violence.
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  2875. Maybe if they can succeed in getting all their elderly addicted to games, they can reach 600 million?
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  2876. From what I’ve heard, the CCP is incapable of running the facilities even if it did. The problem will be disruption to supply chains and the mainland gaining any inventory of completed chips.
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  2877. Clever boyfriend tried to get her to shut up without getting into trouble; too bad it didn’t work!
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  2878. Don't forget that part of the poor performance of Russian military hardware is due to parts that were made in China.
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  2879. And probably pushed into those investments because of the low-interest-rate environment produced through "quantitative easing." Saw right away where QE was going.
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  2880. A reset isn't possible. Too much damage has been done - family/demographics, environment, values - these will take generations.
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  2881. The EU is also still overly dependent on the US to PROTECT them. If the EU won’t decouple from China, they may be inadvertently decoupling from US protection or will need to seriously increase their defense spending - and probably by more than they will make off of China.
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  2882. So there are no humans in the PRC? Shouldn’t human rights matter ANYWHERE that humans exist? Aren’t there different shades of gray and don’t some governments to a better job of safeguarding?
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  2883.  @jaydee6268  Well said!
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  2884. They only hate hierarchy when they're not the ones at the top. In reality, they are VERY authoritarian. They only hate judgments when they are being called out. But in reality, they are extremely judgmental and will shout down people with slurs like "bigot," "racist," or "transphobe" if you disagree with them. In short, these people are HYPOCRITES. They are the modern-day equivalent of Pharisees with their "do as I say, not as I do" approach of trying to bully others and their virtue-signaling that is devoid of any real virtue.
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  2885. I guess the only thing you can do is work harder on developing a good character and pleasing personality. Decent women will overlook a lot of ugly for a great heart!
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  2886. Enjoy your time off-you’ve more than earned it!
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  2887.  @NanningPunk2025  Hahaha!
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  2888. From “buy the dip” to “sell the blip” as the stimulus gives a window of opportunity to unload during the dead-cat bounce.
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  2889. It doesn’t have to be new to be worse and more widespread. Those two points make it worth reporting.
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  2890. Bake some potatoes in the coals of the fire. Pour on some of that amazing mushroom gravy!
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  2891. Revelation 9:6And in those days men shall seek death and shall not find it. And they shall long to die, but death shall flee from them.
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  2892.  @Superlongevityinstitute  That's your FAITH speaking - faith in science.
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  2893. Perhaps it's because I'm fasting, but I love this bread thread.
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  2894.  @NanningPunk2025  Oh, I always gravitate to "food porn" when fasting - that's the only time I'd even consider watching a cooking channel. You've both provided me with a glossy centerfold picture of a thick slice of garlic bread, slathered in butter, good to the last crumb. 🥖 🧈 😋
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  2895.  @NanningPunk2025  Saucy? Now there is a steaming plate of pasta to go with the garlic bread! 🍝
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  2896.  @mombaassa  A slice of pizza would be nicer!
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  2897. SO . . . genital-brain connection in males has been confirmed!
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  2898. Becoming? Long past becoming!
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  2899. Would “fed up” count?
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  2900. COVID unmasked the dangers of being reliant on China and the Ukraine invasion unmasked the dangers of being dependent on Russian fossil fuels. The arrogance of those two nations made them think they had a stranglehold on the world, but it woke up the West, hopefully in time.
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  2901. Just remember that there are liars who know they’re lying and those who are deceived and unwittingly spreading deception. Many people will fall for a lie just because it is stated with sincerity of belief. So we should all tremble because it is far easier to recognize deception in others than it is to recognize our self deceptions. Even Simon Peter confused the man he wanted to believe himself to be (and one day would become) with who he currently was. He stated/lied when he claimed he was ready to die for his loyalty, but couldn’t even acknowledge his relationship to a servant girl. Yes, we should all tremble and not “think of ourselves more highly than we ought!"
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  2902. I wonder when @ DK-ev9dg undressed Tony? She seems really in the know about his wardrobe choices!
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  2903.  @skydragon23101979  However, when “the territory you claim to have” has been ruled to be an illegitimate claim, then the law of the seas DO apply. THAT is why the code of conduct continues to be delayed because of China.
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  2904.  @skydragon23101979  Wrong. The International Court of Justice (World Court), is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations. It settles disputes in accordance with international law. Your “friend” illustration is lame. If China doesn’t have favor in the UN, it’s because it won’t abide by the rule of law and manages to offend so many with its “wolf warrior” theatrics.
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  2905. Why would anyone need the China-like “if you can cheat, then cheat” system? That would be insane!  @DK-ev9dg 
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  2906. Considering that the CCP is trying to stimulate the housing sector, that’s VERY unlikely to happen. Who would buy a home if they’re getting free housing?
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  2907. That "booming" market is exploding to hurt a lot of people.
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  2908.  @dougsmith6793  When speaking of bridges, the entire bridge needn’t be destroyed; having only a portion of the bridge collapse would render the entire bridge unusable.
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  2909. Let’s not forget that the spouse you depended on may end up with dementia putting you in the position of carer not only for yourself, but for another.
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  2910.  Hans Otto Kroeger Kaethler  Sources? LOL - naw, it's just a CCP wish list.
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  2911.  @ukb5115  Disney’s audio-animatronics have been around since the 1960s. What’s scary isn’t the tech but the tech being in the wrong hands.
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  2912.  @fibonaccil7627  People who desire to use tech for evil purposes such as regimes who won’t uphold human rights, seek to grab resources, surveil those who oppose their regimes, etc. The CCP comes to mind as do terrorist groups and the regimes that support terror.
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  2913. The planet is an inanimate object; shouldn’t humanity be Priority No. 1?
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  2914. When the West falls, it bobs back up again like a cork. CCP is weighted down by ideology like a heavy millstone about its neck.
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  2915. Cough, Cough Police
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  2916.  @philmarsh3859  Doesn't sound like that's the case from what I've read: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/z/zoning-ordinance.asp
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  2917. A propaganda weapon for sure! It would be a convenient way to pin illnesses and deaths due to CCP’s horrendous environmental contamination created by their pursuit of GDP growth at all costs and/or the fakery/corruption within their food supply.
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  2918. I think the “Big Turn-Around” will be 360-degree - right back to the downward trend that still has a long way to hit bottom.
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  2919. I’d be laughing with you if it wasn’t so tragic!
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  2920. Don't forget the cardboard box! So many possibilities when you throw in scissors, tape, and crayons. Spaceship, race car, doll house, and on and on.
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  2921.  @azizsipahi8332  How?
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  2922.  @hkchan1339  That's what I was thinking!
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  2923. One out of ten in China has diabetes according to stats I've seen. How well was the diabetes managed during lockdowns is anyone's guess.
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  2924. Out of $16.2 TRILLION of assets under management - that changes the perspective considerably!
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  2925. If you’re hoping to get in at the bottom, you’ve got a ways to go. Or is this “sunk cost”?
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  2926. Reminds me of the "mouse utopia" experiments - the behavior generated by the "ideal" environment was so abnormal, that by day 600 the population was on its way to extinction.
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  2927. Maybe a distinction should be made between journalism and spin?
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  2928. Very true and well said.
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  2929.  @drumpfdon760  Going from west China to east China doesn't count as escape.
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  2930. And "bad luck" gets compounded when no one will buy that property for fear of getting the couple's bad luck!
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  2931. Source?
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  2932. If your small increases are in income, but the income is coming because of increasing levels of debt, it’s not your net worth that is going up. Someone calculated a while back that each $1 of increased GDP is coming from $5 of increased debt. That isn’t a sustainable situation for anyone.
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  2933. Proof that the average Chinese household has more sense than the CCP about proper economic management.
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  2934. Bow like in "put a BOW on that gift" OR ? Bow like in "the performer took a bow."
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  2935. Talking to those MP knows in the manufacturing sector according to what I remember being stated in the video.
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  2936.  @davidradtke160  They claim the entire world since they fish illegally around the globe.
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  2937. Actually, the idea that an embryo is a human is based on its DNA. Leave it alone and it will continue to develop into a human - not a dog or a sheep or a virus or a fungus - only a human.
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  2938. The horse's immune system would attack the human blood that you injected, assuming that the horse has a healthy, properly functioning immune system, so the answer to your question is NO.
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  2939. The question that remains is the quality of the inventions and how many may be so similar to one another as to be pointless duplications.
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  2940.  @roygreenwood79  LOL
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  2941. Not Li Keqiang - Jiang Zemin
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  2942. Developed economies are below the replacement rate of 2.1 children, with populations in decline and aging rapidly. It's the undeveloped world that is causing the increase in population.
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  2943. "They are solitary, sedentary creatures." OMG - it sounds like he just described HIMSELF. Genius!
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  2944. Time to take off the dark glasses so you can see, but a blind person who ignores alarms isn’t being smart.
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  2945. And then they are shocked when their polling efforts produce inaccurate results. WE KNEW we'd be targeted!
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  2946. Congrats! I must have insomnia to even have a chance at being first.
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  2947. I didn't understand the "3 years" reference in the Shanghai man's quote about Chinese history, so I looked into it. Here is a good link for anyone else who wants to understand: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2qvEu8ElrY
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  2948. Time to look up some chicken recipes!
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  2949. Being aware of the CCP propaganda numbers is important, not because they’re reliable, but to show the character of the CCP. And when you compare the current propaganda against the past propaganda, you can still detect trends.
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  2950. Does the truth about China hurt you?
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  2951. Give them to the athletes that were denied their legitimate victory.
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  2952. Ignore that wumao @KD-ev9dg who will tell any lie for 50 cents
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  2953. Well summarized, but the CCP would probably consider that too Western without tacking on the requisite “with Chinese characteristics” at the end. Fake date, corruption, propaganda must be reframed as “good things” to enable the CCP to maintain their control over the populace.
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  2954. The assumption is that CCP/Xi are rational players and I haven’t seen much evidence for that.
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  2955. Love the morning brief/evening debrief, but would you consider adding chapters for those who may want to skip a section? Some news may have less interest depending on where we live.
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  2956. And the Iranian regime isn’t Iran (most in Iran oppose it), but the nuclear threat is real. I think the same applies to CCP/China.
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  2957. Considering how closely monitored such proven talent would be, would any amount of salary compensate for living in an open-air prison?
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  2958.  @CommonWealthRiches  My point is WHY would you want to work in mainland China? No amount of salary can compensate for the whims of a dictator and his cadres to accuse you based on nothing more than their paranoia.
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  2959.  @llothar68  Not impossible, but more difficult to accomplish a train derailment.
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  2960. Words are often empty, even deceitful. The best apology is changed behavior.
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  2961.  @michaelfried3123  Sure!
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  2962.  @YourHineyness  Thanks for calling out the BS. My wumao radar was blaring.
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  2963. When there are bad actors on the world stage, what do you think wisdom dictates? Who unleashed Covid, started the war in Ukraine, is being aggressive with their neighbors in Asian waters? Sometimes, walls are needed!
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  2964. Was John Campell using the info provided by the CCP? The CCP will lie about anything to save face.
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  2965. China is nothing like the US or Canada where foreigners can own property and property taxes are collected to fund local services.
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  2966. Vietnam, India, Pakistan, etc., are happy to pick up the slack.
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  2967. Tony often quotes directly from State-Run mainland China sources. He gives very balanced information. If you think something in one of his videos is incorrect, you need to point that out and provide your source for the information you believe is more accurate, not make foolish comments like “westeern media alway lie."
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  2968. The flooding in southern parts of China is a regular thing at this time of year, but the rest is all true.
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  2969. I'd love a "deep dive" into Vanke!
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  2970. Globalization is homogenizing us. The 9-9-6 culture of Asia and the poverty that most of the world experiences have been imported to American in return for more cheap junk in our landfills. We've been on this slippery slope for decades now but we haven't hit bottom yet. All we need to do is become aware of things like coffin apartments in Hong Kong or child labor in Bangladesh to know it can still get much worse.
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  2971. Longing for the day when it’ll ALL be about the content of one’s character! How long? That remains to be seen in what has become a clown world.
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  2972. China doesn't do immigration - it does human trafficking instead.
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  2973. Imagine that you are out of a job, leaving your mortgage and taxes unpaid, and living on credit cards. You may be able to keep that up for a while, but unless you begin working again, the end is predetermined. That is CCP China on a personal level.
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  2974. Exactly. Add in what California has become under Democrat policies and giving him the WH is suicidal.
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  2975. And trying to fill the tube by squeezing doesn't work at all!
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  2976. Just as likely to be cheated by scammers who APPEAR to deliver a product that is only a gold veneer with a base metal underlay. China has a reputation for cheap knock-offs after all!
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  2977. Yeah, like transferring your wallet from one pocket to another - back and forth - and calling it income, never accounting for the loss.
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  2978. I agree with everything you said except the "China is a near peer" part. Everything that China has managed to build up has ONLY come about by coming under the protection of US guarantees for shipping/trade and through the theft of technology from the West. They can never be a "near peer" as long as the CCP is in power since the ability to innovate is curtailed and opposed by authoritarian rule.
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  2979. The CCP head is battering into a Western brick wall. It will eventually end badly, but not for both parties equally.
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  2980. Pride, hypocrisy, double standards . . . there is a long list of reasons.
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  2981. And be sure to dress in pink to troll the CCP's pinks when she does!
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  2982.  @ixlr8395  LOL - there are a lot of people who don't pay taxes from all across the spectrum - from very poor to rich. Any smart person will seek to reduce their tax burden by any legal means.
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  2983. Quote. Unquote. (drink) Quote. Unquote. (drink) -- You'll miss the fun if you don't do it right!
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  2984. That get’s to the heart of the matter! I feel sorry for the ordinary Chinese who know something isn’t right but have been indoctrinated into atheism. All they are left with are some cultural superstitions. Best case scenario is that there are underground groups as there were in the USSR. And I’ve heard tell that Iran has the fastest growing church in the world - right under the noses of the mullahs! - so there is hope.
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  2985.  @308_Negra_Arroyo_Lane  Yes, it is!
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  2986.  @308_Negra_Arroyo_Lane  The laugh of jealousy? Or do you believe the CCP lies about the US?
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  2987. You may be interested to know that the Xinjiang police files were hacked. The channel laowhy86 covered this within the past week.
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  2988. An Easter bunny's revenge! I wonder which she ate first, the head or the tail? Hmmm. Constipation initially - must have eaten the tail first.
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  2989. But there is a FAR side of the moon due to tidal locking so that the roughly the same side is always facing the earth.
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  2990.  @johnnycajon4858  Only if stored properly - unlikely in China's case.
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  2991.  @rh906  Not from what I've seen/heard of the storage situation in China. Those videos could have been the exceptions, but I don't think so. The moldy corn was quite disgusting - not even good for animal feed.
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  2992. Just how much wind does Germany get? Was wind power ever a viable option for them?
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  2993. You’ve got it backwards. The US is OBLIGATED to maintain large trade deficits BECAUSE of its reserve currency status. The US has an abundance and wide variety of resources so that it can be self-sustaining so any decrease in US imports won’t hurt the US but WILL hurt the exporter nations when they lose a major customer.
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  2994.  @brunopadovani7347  Without the US running deficits are on purpose, other nations wouldn’t be able to acquire the dollars they need for international trade - that is why you have it backward. For international trade to take place in dollars, the USA IS indeed obligated to run a deficit. And that is why it CAN’T hurt the US to have others in a “basket of currencies” or even a “rival” because that would only serve to keep more of the wealth within the US. Did the Euro hurt the dollar and bring it down? Did the Japanese yen hurt the dollar and bring it down? Attempts to “dethrone” the dollar have been talked about my entire lifetime to date and I’m old.   Do you really think that China, Russia, or India will be willing to run a deficit to support trade in their own currency? Do you think that any of them are currently strong enough to run a deficit in perpetuity in order for international trade to take place in their currency?
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  2995. Many are looking forward to it! We're tired of funding the evils of the CCP. The faster the CCP collapses, the better!
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  2996. Crazy that local governments sell land-use rights to developers to raise money and then must take on debt to buy apartments from developers to prop up the market. How can this possibly end well?
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  2997. Where else will Muslim elites be able to get enough halal organs for transplant?
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  2998. It's like the CCP and/or local government officials are trying to HUMILIATE ordinary Chinese. No food, no privacy or visible sanitation facilities in the "isolation camps," and the mockery of party family members showing off their food and praising socialism. All one has left is their life and only if the CCP agrees to permit you to live.
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  2999. Depends on Xi’s whims and what he ate for his previous meal causing indigestion.
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  3000. What's your rubric for your disaster scale? Just curious.
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  3001. A body at rest stays at rest
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  3002. More like the illusion of growth - about as much substance as a Hollywood set and their unREAL estate presales.
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  3003. @ Biden was Obama’s unofficial 3rd term.
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  3004. HAHAHA! Every post you make shows how indoctrinated you are with nonsense CCP ideas  @DK-ev9dg 
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  3005. I suspect it was because private tutoring was a major contributor to the high cost of child rearing and they want to encourage couples to have more children.
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  3006. Meanwhile, in mainland China, 600 million people earn less than 1000 yuan per month. I guess they’re very rich in corruption.
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  3007. Tony is from New Zealand.
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  3008. This channel appeals to people who want to hear both sides and think it through for themselves. There are already plenty of channels that will try and tell you what to think; we don’t need another one of those. Getting at the truth requires some effort.
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  3009.  @charleshopper4638  Why favor listening to 6 channels to try and get balance rather than favoring a channel that provides what various sides are saying? Perhaps you find that more interesting, but many don’t have hours each day to spend on China when there is so much else also going on in the world!
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  3010.  @DK-ev9dg  In America, we can change our leaders far more easily and peacefully. A one-party system will require a revolution.
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  3011. Ah, the Xi-nius at work!
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  3012.  @TheRasticuss  Possibly, but if a sinkhole opens up, will even the highest quality materials and construction save the building and its tenents?
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  3013. If they were masters, we wouldn’t be so aware of how much spying they are doing.
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  3014.  @jaydee6268  That’s an interesting thought. Perhaps they could target telomere length - like putting an expiration date on people to target the elderly?
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  3015.  @peterseth3296  Since when is being educated the "other side of the same coin"? Are you implying that the wumao are uneducated? And why are you assuming that I'm "forgetting" problems that exist? Prioritizing problems isn't forgetting that there are less serious ones that are still to be addressed.
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  3016.  @peterseth3296  Again, you make a wrong assumption. Just because someone has developed a vocabulary doesn't mean that they are a troll. I have enough respect for the Chinese people (though not the CCP) that I'm willing to engage with them. When you have genuine conversations, you will learn some words along the way. I also know that not every Chinese who posts is a troll. Many get past the firewall and post to learn what they can - what the CCP is hiding like the "3 years of difficulties" and those are opportunities for me to learn what's really going on in China as well from at least that person's perspective.
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  3017. Considering how the Kremlin was able to slice into Georgia and Crimea previously without much to-do, I can see why Putin may have thought he could continue to slice away. He thought he had the EU over a barrel through gas supplies. Fortunately, the EU saw the emerging pattern and did the hard work of rapidly weaning off Russian gas. Xi’s foolishness was to think that China’s status as “the world’s factory” was a stronger card to play than Russia’s gas.
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  3018. Are you new to YouTube? What channel doesn’t use clickbait? How many titles have nothing to do with the video or is based on a 10-second portion of a 30-minute video?
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  3019. Hasn't the CCP lost the "mandate of heaven"? Xi seems more like "the son of hell."
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  3020. 💙
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  3021. Spence must be (willfully) blind to the corporate espionage and IP theft behind the “innovation."
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  3022. Building back MISPLACED confidence, so that the people will have confidence in the CCP?
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  3023. Fitness as defined by the CCP!
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  3024.  @pazitor  Naughty boy!
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  3025. This looks staged, like a scene from a movie. Either that or this type of thing has become so common in China that staff are now trained and ready.
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  3026. Have they ever actually done one? Or will this be a first?
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  3027. Ouch! I really hope you’re wrong, but that sounds SO CCP!
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  3028. That may have been a problem pre-Covid, but the world has woken up and taken steps to minimize dependence on China.
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  3029. Easier access to government funding without having to meet performance goals that were previously necessary - that sounds like the perfect recipe to ramp up CORRUPTION.
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  3030. That would spark a global paper shortage/crisis.
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  3031. But it won’t get the CCP out of the red and into the black.
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  3032. So PDs need to resume work or face criminal investigation and some only pretend to resume work to avoid that; those sound like the ones most in need of investigation!
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  3033. Worse off actually, left with the toxic assets undiluted by anything more wholesome.
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  3034. Lei's Real Talk did an analysis of this yesterday.
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  3035. The Hang Seng is lower than it was at the start of 2013 and only about 1/2 of what it was at the start of 2018.
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  3036.  @LUFFY-PRIME-GAMER  Free will isn't unreligious - lack of free moral choice is only an article of faith in SOME segments of SOME religions.
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  3037. A brave lady and a fighter!
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  3038. Grateful to be a Romans 11 "ingrafted branch!”
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  3039. A far bigger problem than leaders who fall into sin is the amount of Biblical illiteracy that is so prevalent these days. Teachers could be spouting heresies (and it seems more and more now are) and most wouldn't even recognize it because they don't know the Word. Truly, we are very near to, or actually in, the great apostasy.
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  3040. Now everyone "seeks independence" by relying on government.
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  3041. When a wumao is lazy and must cut and paste, do you still earn your 50 cents?
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  3042. I’m not British but from what I’ve gathered, the same could be said of Labour - wholly unfit. Britain would be better off under someone like Douglas Murray or Melanie Phillips both of whom are articulate and not afraid to speak the truth.
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  3043. But corrupt CCP officials will be able to skim off some money first, which is probably the real reason for putting the cash cow on life support for a while!
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  3044. Other than jihad and bioterrorism. Who needs to strap on explosives when you can be carrying SARS-Cov-2 and coughing on people?
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  3045. Somehow I don’t see the Xi CCP being a rational actor to the degree that the USSR was post Stalin. I can only imagine if Stalin felt more confident we wouldn’t be here today.
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  3046. Cats are murder machines because they have "weapons of mouse destruction."
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  3047.  @thomasherrin6798  Hardly any immigration, but there are stories of women from surrounding nations being kidnapped as “wives" for rural men. I’m wondering how much increase in human trafficking may occur in CCP China, but reliable stats will never be available for such.
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  3048.  @amduser86  Interesting. Now a clip of him speaking German would be even more fascinating!
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  3049. Children are least likely to die from this, but most likely to spread it to others because they are asymptomatic or mild and WON'T stay home. Better start building A LOT of orphanages!
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  3050.  @JamesAllenJr Often it's not even the love of money, but the love of power that leads to abuse.
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  3051. YouTube kowtowing.
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  3052.  @kevinyaucheekin1319  Yes, the smallish banks prey on the low levels of education in the more rural areas. I doubt that those people who've lost their life savings had easy access to the large banks. That is part of what makes the situation so tragic.
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  3053.  @TwiddleBee  No, it doesn't. Per Wikipedia: The Federal Reserve System is an independent government institution that has private aspects. . . . As an independent institution, the Federal Reserve System has the authority to act on its own without prior approval from Congress or the President.
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  3054. Most people are more invested than they realize. First there were pensions, but the institutional investors realized how difficult it is to earn enough to be able to fulfill their obligations. Then they pushed for IRAs and 401Ks to put the burden of earning enough to keep up with inflation and earn some kind of return back on future retirees. Also, IRAs and 401Ks were introduced because lowering birthrates made the Social Security system increasingly untenable. So what are people supposed to do when they become too sick or old to work? Just saving money isn't enough because of inflation. Just keeping up with inflation isn't enough to risk losing invested money unless there is some kind of potential reward to balance out the risk. And the younger you are, the less chance that you will have EITHER SS or a pension. Younger people pretty much need to try for "a quick, lazy, pathetic, unearned dollar" in their retirement plan.
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  3055.  @jorybeatty1726  The one who artificially inflates and kills things is the city government. Most of its revenue comes from property taxes. If the property is worth less, the city's revenue declines. And the city just keeps expanding its budget year over year to pay for all the social programs it promises. I agree that this unsustainable growth is now starting to look like an awfully bad idea.
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  3056. What is crazy about Covid is that normally in the past, it was the SICK who were quarantined to prevent transmission. So much of this global economic turmoil could have been averted if only those who test positive are put into isolation, with asymptomatic separated from those who have symptoms. Why all these lockdowns continue when we are now able to test is insane!
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  3057. Unemployed mainland Chinese youth gather at airports to wash, charge their tech, and sleep while pretending to travel since all their worldly possessions are in their backpacks and suitcases.
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  3058. Everything I know about being a Chief Engineer I learned from Montgomery "Scotty" Scott from the original Star Trek series.
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  3059.  @raimundomartin5459  North Korea?
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  3060. Centrally-planned, centrally-controlled “capitalism” is communism. Even the property people buy is on land that the central government owns and the local governments sell “use rights” to property developers.  @letsRegulateSociopaths 
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  3061.  Dusty Kuntz  Right. Dunning-Kruger or something like that.
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  3062. Ironically, the communist regime has less of a social safety net than the capitalist system in the US, so although there is inequality in both, it’s actually less in the US.
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  3063.  @DK-ev9dg  Tony never bashes China - he just doesn’t kiss Xi’s ass like you.
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  3064. Move the House of Lords? LOL - that's just a nice way of putting them in exile.
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  3065. Perhaps that is why the CCP chose not to vaccinate their elderly?
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  3066.  @sonneh86  The French are still ticked off that they sold the "Louisiana Purchase" for only $15 million.
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  3067. Excellent video, but why no mention of the WEF?
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  3068. Do you trust Xi?
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  3069. Typical narcissistic tactics that the CCP always uses. It is disgusting and the sooner that everyone decouples from them, the better for the people of China. Those people are in desperate need of a new government!
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  3070. Yes. He must have misused a conversion app.
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  3071.  @mauriziociampi_italia  Why don’t YOU ask him? Or better yet, listen to what he’s been saying all along - his VIEWERS support him because TRUTH is valuable to us.
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  3072. You are so right!
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  3073. Setting the bar for “civilization” very low IMO.
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  3074. Indeed, it will be interesting to watch. Is it possible to have a relationship built on trust AND a relationship with CCP China?
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  3075. Died WITH Covid, not FROM Covid. There are economic pressures to boost the numbers since hospitals get more money for "Covid patients" and people have put off elective procedures because of the lockdowns. This is a good example of "lying with statistics."
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  3076. That's a great summary! The last line gave me a good chuckle.
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  3077.  @supremacy2040  It is strange. The most recent I've seen is from 4-11-22 where China is trying to dispel "rumors" that the co-pilot caused the crash. Interestingly, one source stated, "Wu Shijie said that these rumors released false information under the guise of government departments and public security organs, which seriously misled the public's cognition and interfered with the accident investigation work."
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  3078. Taranaki, New Zealand
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  3079. VERY trustworthy! Excellent credentials! All the more reason to like Lei Xi.
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  3080. LOL!
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  3081. Any friend is precious (dear) when you don't really have any - even a false friend who is defacto invading you with their "support." It's ironic really. Russia invaded Ukraine to gain more defensible borders to their west only to fall unwitting victim to the far greater threat from the south.
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  3082. Idiocracy came out 4 years before the iPad and Gen Alpha. iPad must be short for idiocracyPad because things have gotten much worse since toddlers began having their developing brains hacked.
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  3083. What will it take for the people to rise up and oust the CCP? How much more of this will they tolerate?
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  3084. Shame of face to admit they build trash. Can't have that!
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  3085. The black horse and rider of the apocolypse are waiting in the wings for the 3rd seal to be opened.
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  3086. Redirecting that fuel from China to others who need it would be icing on the cake.
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  3087. Every human system that fails fail to understand human tendencies and put in place proper checks and balances against them. Everyone shows "kindness and love" to themselves but few have a just weight and measure to be truly fair in dealings with others. People tend to be blind to what others contribute so they think they're meeting someone "halfway" but only go about 1/4 and expect others to go 3/4.
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  3088. MANY classical liberals have left the Democrat party because they no longer represent more moderate left-leaning voices. Are we all plants? Many have become Independents. Some feel that there is a better chance for more moderate policies with the Republicans. I’d like to keep America a Constitutional Republic but now the Democrats seem keen on eroding our Constitutional rights. If Tulsi were running for POTUS, I’d vote for her regardless of her party.
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  3089. Breaking a long fast is an art. You need to start very slowly with very small portions. I think his first "meal" was a soft-boiled egg and some tea.
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  3090. Closer to 1 billion than 2 and as long as the CCP puts emphasis on Covid cases with their policies, then Tony SHOULD cover it.
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  3091.  @hanfucolorful9656  Unlikely. Toyota has EVs, hybrids, etc. They're not a one-trick pony like those companies.
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  3092.  @hanfucolorful9656  Counting on the grid to be able to drive is very questionable. People need choices. Companies that only manufacture EVs are the dead end.
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  3093.  @johndoe12366  They could always demolish those with the shoddiest construction to bring the housing into balance with the true population - no need for minors to live alone or to split up couples/families.
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  3094.  @kdub3890  I wonder how much “made in China” tech is actually made in Taiwan? There was a time when the label would make that clear! I would love to support Taiwan with my tech purchases.
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  3095. My understanding is that the Soviets and Americans had much mutual respect for each other’s professionalism. China is in a league of their own.
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  3096.  @Geopolitics2049  Yes, she did. They get paid by the number of people they count. Do you think they care more about China's GDP per capita or about their paycheck? Kleptocracy is alive and well among officials.
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  3097. Same mistake that Russia made thinking others were too dependent on Russian fossil fuels to do anything in response to their invasion of Ukraine. Now Putin has made himself beholden to Xi.
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  3098. Hmmm. Sending them to jail wouldn't get him his money plus the taxpayers will be footing the bill. Better to require them to pay him the money due and garnish their wages until the agreed upon amount is paid in full. Restitution equals justice in this case.
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  3099. Underrated comment!
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  3100. Ready for a Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet!
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  3101. They want the assets to stay in China. It's the capital outflows that concern them - they know the people aren't that stupid to believe the CCP lies, even though they are forced to repeat them to protect their social credit scores.
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  3102. The US has enough gas and doesn't need to import. In fact, the US has been a net EXPORTER of gas since 2017.
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  3103. If they can develop their own advanced technology, why do they always steal it instead? Serious question.
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  3104. What about China’s genocide against the Uyghurs in China? And why do you claim the West is “pro-genocide” when they are supporting Israel against the genocidal Hamas?
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  3105. Manufacturers are catching on that many people DON'T want to buy things that are made in China. Here's a label from a recent purchase - honest and complete: "Designed in Corona, California and assembled for Corona in Mexico with parts from the USA, Mexico, Taiwan, and China." Got to love that Taiwan is separate and China is LAST.
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  3106. Revelation 6:2And I looked and saw a white horse, and he who sat on it holding a bow. And a crown was given to him, and he went out overcoming and to overcome.
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  3107. Honesty, integrity, things that you CAN'T buy and are of far greater value than mere material goods.
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  3108. The year of the Dragon may end up as the year of the Draggin’
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  3109. Here's an idea. The media is calling the election for Biden so all the celebration supplies/plans that were made based on the polls could be used before the true victor is certified.
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  3110. Isolationist isn’t quite the right term here. China is managing to drive off many nations and businesses while courting others through things like BRI and BRICS. It’s trying to set up a parallel system in opposition to Western values where it (thinks it) can be in charge.
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  3111. No need to violate when the CCP can manufacture a transgression against someone who gains their ire.
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  3112. One thing this video didn’t mention was that sperm counts are down, too, and that with women putting off having kids, too often even those that want them discover that they CAN’T have them even after spending money on fertility treatments. There are non-social factors also at play here with endocrine disrupters and estrogen mimicking chemicals that have been released into our environments.
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  3113.  @Andy-P  Misinformation isn’t easy to ascertain. Consider something like the Ancel Keys study and the public health policy based on his fraud. In fact, a great deal of published science is rubbish, even in reputable journals because of the pressure to “publish or perish” and P-hacking. The only way truth will prevail is to prevent anyone from becoming an arbiter of truth. History will show what is and what isn’t true eventually as long as it isn’t suppressed. Far better that critical thinking skills are taught and practiced.
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  3114.  @bobwatson8754  Robust freedom of expression with respectful public discourse where all positions are discussed thoroughly is the only way to reach the truth. Any institution can be corrupted by humans being humans. I miss the days when people could discuss topics without being algorithmed into echo chambers. Isn’t part of what many of us value about Tony’s channel is that he presents information from different viewpoints?
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  3115. Maybe no one else wants the job?
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  3116. China's military capabilities are made of tofu, just like their tofu-dregs buildings. Their navy would sink in a bathtub.
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  3117. The cover on that barstool looks like it threatened to expose Clinton.
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  3118. I can't think of any communist regime that hasn't become a tyranny. It has something to do with human nature and wanting something for nothing.
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  3119. Tony was directly quoting from a Taiwanese Ministry of Defense report which said, “China has increased the scale, frequency, and intensity of drills and exercises against Taiwan to strengthen its operational preparation to invade us.” Where is he sensationalizing?
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  3120. So patriotic 🚩🚩🚩!
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  3121. Except that it isn’t real but more likely only 1/3-1/2 of that number. Remember that China has a “command economy” so provinces are required to meet whatever growth target the central government demands, whatever amount of lying, cheating, or foolish debt is needed to appease emperor Xi. That is why China is now in the mess that it’s in. The chickens are coming home to roost from decades of this nonsense.
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  3122.  philajfran  You've made some good points and you won't get any argument from me about the banking cabal or the 1%. But if you think the problems are all with capitalism and that socialism is squeaky clean, you're wrong. What about China's Belt and Road initiatives? This is just China's version of colonialism and creating debt slaves of entire countries. Socialism/communism also wants debt slaves! And China doesn't support its workers or gives them a social safety net plus there is an appalling amount of human rights abuse. The CCP's only interest is in maintaining power and privilege for its top party members. Venezuela's economy is failing through cronyism as well. Chavez got rid of the experts to replace them with people who were loyal to him. He didn't reinvest in the industry and many of those he put in a position were corrupt. Don't blame sanctions; Chavez saw how much oil they had but didn't factor in the low quality and the additional costs needed to refine the sludge. The sanction were to keep people from lending money to a failing state. We produce enough food to feed the world, but does it ever get to those who need the food? No, it ends up getting sold for weapons by corrupt politicians in the poorest nations. And what about all the corruption within the Democrat party with its push towards social programs? I know the MSM doesn't do much to cover this, so here's a link to someone who does: https://www.youtube.com/c/BaitandSketchShow/videos
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  3123.  philajfran  I said IF - that isn't putting any words in your mouth. Your previous posts created the impression that you believed the problems all stem from capitalism. If you believe otherwise, then you need to work on your communication skills.
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  3124.  philajfran  Okay, perhaps I made an assumption, but after reviewing your posts, I think my assumption was justified based on what you wrote. You've been spouting a bunch of anti-capitalist crap that you haven't backed up. Where do you get your info? BTW - my background is Eastern European. I've got family that was directly impacted by the evils of socialism/communism. Those that moved to capitalistic countries prospered. Those that didn't suffered. You have made assumptions as well (thinking that I've gotten all my info online), so ditch the double standard.
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  3125.  philajfran  These are a few of the things you said that you didn't back up: 1. As usual the capitalist fundamentalists are unable to accept any of capitalism's failures. They are still pretending the privately owned property market's prices spiraling up out of control is socialism's fault. When the fault is the property bubbles capitalism created to profit from "rents". (Prove "unable to accept any of capitalism's failures." I'd argue that is the reason we have MIXED ECONOMIES, WELFARE, FEEDING PROGRAMS, HOUSING VOUCHERS, SHELTERS, and STIMULUS. Even the US is a mixed economy.) 2. After right wing thugs violently harassed him and his family and drove them out of the country. Evo stepped down and a far right wing theocratic fascist government took power in a coup supported by the US. Since then the OAS's tune has changed and now they admit they were "mistaken" and Evo didn't rig the election which in fairness was obvious from the beginning. Note how no one (especially the US) is demanding those right wing theocratic fascists stand down despite the fact they have cancelled elections and have violently oppressed the native peoples. (Prove "right wing" and fascist. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanine_%C3%81%C3%B1ez) 3. China is a capitalist authoritarian state that maintains the illusion of communism but is obviously not communist anymore. (Per Wikipedia - The economy of China is a mixed socialist market economy which is composed primarily of state-owned enterprises and uses economic planning, while still allowing for private businesses and investment to flourish. Also, the current social safety net seems to be very inadequate: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3099000/china-overhaul-social-safety-net-poor-and-disaster-victims) 4. China is a capitalist autocracy and not a communist state (see #3) 5. . . .anti capitalist because it is destroying our planet and us as a species. (prove that communism/socialism hasn't contributed significantly to the destruction of the planet and human life) 6. Also you claim I've made assumptions as well, but failed to say what it was I said that was an assumption (I put the assumption that you made in parenthesis right after I made that statement!) 7. . . .you don't know anything about socialism or communism except what people who hate communism and socialism told you about it (First you assume that I get all my information online, and then you assume that it is all from people who've direct experience with it.) 8. Stalin was no more of a communist/socialist than Hitler was a democrat and a humanitarian. (Per Wikipedia: Stalinism is the means of governing and policies implemented in the Soviet Union from 1927 to 1953 by Joseph Stalin. It is based on Marxism–Leninism and included the creation of a one-party totalitarian state; rapid industrialization; the theory of socialism in one country; collectivization of agriculture; intensification of the class struggle under socialism; a cult of personality;[1][2] and subordination of the interests of foreign communist parties to those of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, deemed by Stalinism to be the leading vanguard party of communist revolution at the time.[3]) 9. . . .uncogent capitalist cultist who can only repeat the erroneous statements and biases of others (Seems that is exactly what are you doing.) 10. It's almost like you need to talk about me personally because you have no arguments or evidence to back up what you have said. (Seems that is exactly what you are doing.)
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  3126.  philajfran  1. I cited MIXED ECONOMIES, WELFARE, FEEDING PROGRAMS, HOUSING VOUCHERS, SHELTERS, and STIMULUS as some of the evidence that capitalists can and do recognize failures. Instead, you talk about being in denial. 2. You are more interested in Bolivia than I am so I'll give you this one. 3 and 4. You had stated that China is a capitalist autocracy and not communist - the article I cited proves that isn't so. 5. You used a double negative: My assertion is the OPPOSITE - that socialism/communism is every bit as culpable for environmental degradation and loss of human life. It appears you think that this is mainly the result of capitalism. I've given reasons/information in previous posts that you simply ignored, so it's up to you to respond. 6. "You have made assumptions as well (thinking that I've gotten all my info online). [I've reposted since you couldn't be bothered.] 7. I've previously admitted to flaws in capitalism, but maybe you've glossed over those. To repeat, I've stated mixed economies like the US and its social safety nets as proof that capitalists do see its flaws and are addressing those. 8. Looks like we've finally reached some agreement here. Yay! 9. Eveything that I put in #1-8 in the previous post was pointing out your erroneous statements and biases plus why they were wrong! 10. I'm glad to know you weren't talking about me. Neither socialism/communism nor capitalism are on my list of favorite subjects and you certainly are not. I don't "ask you anything," that is personal or off topic. In fact, I didn't ASK YOU A SINGLE QUESTION in my previous post and any questions asked before that were for you to share your sources. I would really like to know where you've gotten the idea that "... capitalism is a meat grinder which has willfully let 300 million people starve over the last 20 years because they couldn't afford food. Communism doesn't even get close to this." (Here is just one more example of you making an assertion without anything to back it up.) This appears to be just one more example of your erroneous statements and biases.
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  3127.  philajfran  1. They haven't been eroded, they've been expanded! For example, two years ago, kids had to come from low-income households to get free breakfast and free lunch; now all students are entitled to free breakfast and lunch. That continues even though the kids are not currently on campus. NY now has "right to housing" so the homeless are off the streets even being put up in hotels. It's pretty easy to get free appliances and things like free solar panels if you are a low-income household. You assert they've been eroded in spite of evidence to the contrary. 2. I don't have enough interest to check your claims. Plus links that you provide either freeze or are behind a paywall. 3 + 4. Your understanding of communism under Mao is wrong. Since the links aren't working for you, here are a few quotes to set you straight: "Mr Dikötter, who has been studying Chinese rural history from 1958 to 1962, when the nation was facing a famine, compared the systematic torture, brutality, starvation and killing of Chinese peasants to the Second World War in its magnitude. At least 45 million people were worked, starved or beaten to death in China over these four years; the worldwide death toll of the Second World War was 55 million." "Deaths from hunger reached more than 50 percent in some Chinese villages. The total number of dead from 1959 to 1961 was between 30 million and 40 million -- the population of California." "Mao kept expanding the laogai, a system of 1,000 forced labor camps throughout China. Harry Wu, who spent 19 years in labor camps, has estimated that from the 1950s through the 1980s, 50 million Chinese passed through the Chinese version of the Soviet gulag. Twenty million died as a result of the primitive living conditions and 14-hour work days." 5. You say my claims are unsubstantiated even when I've provided links. The links that you've provided also fail, so your claims are also unsubstantiated. The link you provided is useless since it is behind a paywall, but the dates are interesting. They have to go back all the way to 1850 to get the numbers to fit a narrative. Neither Russia nor China was communist for much of that time. The data would be more meaningful if they compared from the time they became socialist. 6. You appear to be blind to your double standard and hypocrisy. I've checked every one of my claims from multiple sources. 7. You need to give proof that they've eroded. That certainly is NOT the case. I'm nearly 60 years old and I KNOW that in many ways the social safety net has expanded, not eroded. See #1 for a few examples. 8. Don't put words in my mouth. I agree with you that he was totalitarian and had a cult of personality, but he was definitely a Marxist-Leninist. He did create collectives, but it was still a planned, centralized economy. 9. "Empowering the people" means they get to keep what they produce. Communism disempowers people because it confiscates from those who are most productive and redistributes it to those who don't, can't, or won't produce. Capitalism creates more wealth because people are incentivized when they can keep more of what they produce. The attitude under communism/socialism deteriorates into "why should I put in more effort when the state will just seize it?" The biggest opponents of communism are those who've been forced to live under it. And why do you keep asserting that "capitalism can't see it's own failures" when the social safety nets under capitalism keep expanding? (See #1 for a few examples.) 10. It appears that you aren't getting or accessing the sources that I've provided with each of these posts. I'm also either not getting yours or am unable to access them since they freeze or are behind paywalls. Thank you for providing the stats, but you said the 300 million were the result of capitalism and I'm not seeing that when I did a search. The 180 - 300 million were attributed to hunger without specifying why. Consider that $6 billion is spent by the wealthy Western nations on famine and disaster relief, but much of that is kept from the people it's supposed to aid by warlords and corrupt government officials who withhold the supplies. That 180-300 million starving is the result of genocides being committed by these regimes and NOT the result of capitalism.
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  3128.  philajfran  I'm not a "capitalist fundamentalist" ; I favor a mixed economy - free market with social safety net for citizens. Honestly, you need to look in a mirror and read what you wrote to me: "You simply choose what you want to believe and not what is actually true." And "Believe whatever bullshit you want to believe but when you realize choosing to believe bullshit only fucks you up, remember you were told." THAT ALL APPLIES TO YOU. Communism/socialism will screw you over.
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  3129.  @waschberserker  Politicians in the West should learn from what happened to Lebanon in the 1970s (formerly majority Christian and very multicultural) just like EU and UK https://youtu.be/HhiytelX6-A
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  3130.  @pudding7074  No, I don't. Social credit score would likely matter, but I have no idea about party membership. More likely it's "who you know" and that isn't necessarily dependent on party status.
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  3131. Sadly, the elites won’t shoulder any of the desperate measures but add more burden to those already being crushed under the foolish leadership.
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  3132. How many people in China died non-Covid deaths because of zero-Covid policies that prevented or delayed treatment of their cancer, diabetes, heart attacks, stroke, asthma, pregnancy complications, etc? Those should be included in the "Covid deaths" because they died as a direct result of CCP zero-Covid policies.
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  3133.  @skydragon23101979  China HAS let millions die as a result of their zero-Covid policies. They are no better, just different!
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  3134. ​ @skydragon23101979  Separating families through lockdowns and getting neighbors to snitch on those within their communities to increase their personal social credit scores shows that the CCP has no values other than Party loyalty and maintaining the power of CCP elites. It takes liberty and freedom to uphold family and community! That is why the wise are choosing "bai lan."
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  3135. I think those that remained in the countryside and kept their survival skills honed will be all right. It’s the white-collar urban population and unskilled that will suffer most when they realize that prosperity in CCP China had all the substance of a Hollywood set - nothing behind the facade. Will they be able to grow their own food, construct their own hut, make whatever is needed to keep alive?
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  3136.  L4unchp4d  If we had term limits, there would be much less "name recognition bias."
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  3137.  L4unchp4d  I disagree that it would dilute the power of the legislative branch; I think it would only dilute the power of individuals who have become out of touch with their constituency. We the people would still have just as much (and arguably better) representation.
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  3138.  L4unchp4d  What do you have against term limits? Are you a career politician? We instituted term limits for the president. Why should other political offices be exempt?
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  3139. Great question!
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  3140. True, but that doesn’t make the narrative un-useful to the CCP who could blame illness and death on the mainland caused by their industrial pollution or food processing fakery on others. Will anyone investigate further to find the true reason for the illnesses once they’ve set people up with such a narrative?
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  3141. DM never bothered to question if the hormones “she’s” taking aren’t messing with “her” mind?
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  3142. A system of checks and balances, with a separation of powers, makes Biden much less of an issue than Xi.
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  3143. Sounds like Cathy Wood is trying to pump up the price of ARK so she can sell some shares.
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  3144. Doesn't mean she didn't do it. Perhaps she shot them then set a time delay for an explosion so that she could use the appointment for an alibi?
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  3145. Cheap and LOW QUALITY knock offs at that.
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  3146. It’s actually the gender ideologues that reintroduced the stereotypes (which had been loosened for a couple decades then seemed to re-emerge overnight) otherwise they couldn’t brainwash people to think they’re a different gender.
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  3147. CCP wants everyone to kowtow and hail Xi as emperor of the earth.
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  3148.  @bbrebozo6417  But we also see it as a tactic of the weak to sow division in the camp of the strong. Hence, someone who wants to GAIN power will also start conflict.
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  3149. As long as the IMF, United Nations, and World Bank continue to refer to China as #2, it makes sense for Tony to do so as well. There is still quite a gap between #2 and #3 positions on these lists, so your criticism of Tony's introduction is unwarranted.
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  3150. A distopian future in a surveillance state where the dictator can change whatever law at a whim and make it retroactive. God have mercy on humanity!
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  3151.  @skydragon23101979  That assumes that all values are good values. Why should evil values like human trafficking and forced organ harvesting be valued? To treat those values as equal is to be complicit in the evil.
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  3152.  @skydragon23101979  It all depends on what is driving the war. To fight for good values is good; to fight for evil values is evil.
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  3153.  @skydragon23101979  If having a clean record is a prerequisite to judge, no one would be able to judge, BUT there is a difference between dealing openly with the issues versus sweeping them under the rug and pretending they don’t exist - even to the point of scouring the internet to remove posts that show unpleasant truth.
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  3154. Do you actually believe the CCP propaganda or are you just desperate to earn 50 cents and enough rice to live another day?
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  3155. Yes, they've saved so much “face,” they now are two-faced!
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  3156. Cool hat!
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  3157. I think you underrated the evil of these experiments. I'd have rated them an 8. Human hubris.
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  3158. https://volcano.si.edu/gvp_currenteruptions.cfm It certainly is possible!
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  3159.  @mattyghost3409  A gambler with a "system" is still a gambler.
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  3160. Like the Alice in Wonderland tea party - “clean cup, move down.” CCP is the Mad Hatter.
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  3161.  @brucetownsend691  All true, but keep in mind that the CCP also values social stability and if pleasant lies will calm the people, they will tell them.
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  3162. I wonder how much of the Tesla technology was stolen by the local manufacturers? Perhaps that’s why the CCP gave Musk the red carpet treatment?
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  3163. The CCP is out on a limb and is busily sawing the branch behind them. China’s rise was the result of the West’s benevolence, but the CCP has bitten that hand repeatedly.
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  3164. I disagree. China has gained cheap fuel and a weakened northern neighbor, both to China’s advantage.
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  3165.  @alanbudde8560  I recall that there have been large-scale problems in China with how the grains are being stored leading to spoilage and corruption where the “stored” grains are being sold by cadres for profit.
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  3166. I would have loved to see her with filter/without filter shown side by side.
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  3167. The CCP has left the world jaded to its lying promises.
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  3168. If you don't plant it, it will not grow. The hubris of China's 5-year plans when they can't get the most basic things correct!
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  3169. Not sure Trump fits. As an Independent sitting on the sidelines and watching the political circus, it seems that Trump speaks for a lot of Americans which hardly fits with seeing "everything from a very self-centered point of view.” If he didn’t resonate with a lot of people, Americans wouldn’t be so politically divided.
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  3170.  @LewisPulsipher  There are a lot of unflattering words I’d use to describe Trump, but not self-centered. No doubt he has a high opinion of himself, but not to the exclusion of considering others and therein lies the difference.   Perhaps what you said about “his followers” is true, but what about those who AREN’T his followers, just watching both sides? Personally, I think that puts such in a better position to separate fact from fiction, truth from lies, narrative/spin from in-context reality.
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  3171.  @LewisPulsipher  Humans are self-centered as a rule so I’m not saying Trump isn’t self-centered, only that he also considers others which is the best that humans can aspire to do. Trump doesn’t do it perfectly and neither do the rest of us. The problem we’re up against is that it’s so much easier to see in others and so difficult to see in ourselves.
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  3172.  @LewisPulsipher  I’m not concerned about Trump; I’m concerned about the polarization that is happening and the narratives that are feeding it.
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  3173.  @LewisPulsipher  The polarization happens each election cycle, though it did get worse with Trump. I agree that it IS a symptom - of increased algorithmic bubbles. Like a video on one topic and the algorithm will feed you 10 more similar. That’s not a problem when you’re interested in something like woodworking, but definitely a problem when it comes to politics.
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  3174.  @LewisPulsipher  I agree with the Dan Rather quote, but don't spin that as one side facing reality and the other not. Again, both sides will claim the other doesn’t face reality and will point out examples to support it. Both sides think the other side is delusional. It would be funny if it wasn’t so serious.
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  3175. Not Biblical - they didn’t use bottles for wine.
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  3176. And given in a whisper, almost like he's embarrassed about it.
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  3177. If the report didn't include the overcounting of the population by 100 million, then the true situation is worse than stated. The majority of those were females who would now be of reproductive age. Since your 3rd bullet-point includes the 1.4 billion number, I think it's safe to say that the true population situation is much more dire than stated.
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  3178.  @junkscience6397  Valid points and makes me wonder how Michael Pettis can see a possible "silver lining" in this situation. These elderly won't be able to afford the kinds of health care that could boost consumer spending!
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  3179. And lose face by admitting a flaw?
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  3180. Yes, he could have just called Xi a dick and saved himself two unnecessary syllables.
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  3181. Exactly! Corruption is at the heart of the CCP economy.
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  3182.  @rebym  Well, last year you had zero-Covid, so anything less than being up 100% over last year is dismal, especially since that 1.61 billion ridership during the lockdowns would have been the multiple rides by the same Beijing elites and their cadres.
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  3183. The CCP has never cared about the Chinese citizens’ well being; they’ve only ever cared about power and staying in power.
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  3184.  @airtale.p  Wait, what? Didn’t Trump impose massive tariffs and controls on tech to China? Did the CCP WANT that to happen? Your comment makes no sense!
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  3185. I love your choice of thumbnail: Homer Simpson X-ray showing his tiny brain.
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  3186. Closer to 50% making $1700, but you’re right that $50K isn’t middle class in China but the upper class.
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  3187. "AI" also seems to be polluting the information landscape with ads and is stealing from human content creators.
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  3188. One benefit of the “messy” two-/multi-party system is that opposing parties will call out the BS.
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  3189. Poor but still hospitable.
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  3190. I've been suspecting election fraud for the past couple of decades and there are historical precedents as well. In spite of the assertion of "robust safeguards" opportunities for fraud exist in the system and these vary greatly by state. If Biden won fairly, he should welcome any audits in order to show the American people that he is the rightful leader so that both sides will accept him. If Trump is right about the extent of the fraud, then we should all welcome the audits because it means that the majority of the American people are having their voices diluted. Because I want the truth, I hope the audits happen.
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  3191. Ah, looks like I've stumbled upon the literary writers' workshop thread!
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  3192. 🤔It’s almost like the CCP purposely selects corrupt regimes for their BRI projects.
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  3193.  @GamerShowdown-h8j  Needing to worry about the next meal is SO mainland Chinese. In the West, we worry about eating too much.
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  3194. @ You’re really clueless about the West.
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  3195. ​ @GamerShowdown-h8j  No credit for brains and the ingenuity that freedom generates? We all started equally primitive and poor, so if "the poor world" had something to “loot,” why didn’t that loot help them when they had it? What held them back?
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  3196. That would require a government that actually cares about its citizens instead of seeing them as “leeks” to be “harvested” or “huminerals."
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  3197. Me, too! VERY!!!
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  3198.  @agtsmith87  Any rebound will be a dead cat bounce.
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  3199. "Blood from a turnip" situation to be sure!
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  3200. Rioters?
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  3201. Looters?
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  3202. Chinese aunties?
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  3203. GDP in China is a POLITICAL number, not an economic one. Decoupling from this engine of evil known as the CCP is a good thing - we don't need them spreading their human rights atrocities any more than they already have.
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  3204. Putin seriously overestimated his hand and underestimated the resolve of Ukraine and the EU. He thought they’d roll over for him at the threat of gas supply disruptions and that it would be a quick war with Ukraine getting thrown under the bus for “peace.” But by this time, the pattern became clear that it wouldn’t end with Ukraine. With the incursion into Russia, Ukraine can now bargain for the return of Ukrainian oblasts that were previously seized. Russia gaining nothing territorially (and ruining their own demographics and economy) is the best deterrent against further aggression.
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  3205. “. . . standing at the forefront . . . accurately grasps . . . made incisive discussions . . .” (sure, right, whatever you say 🙄)
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  3206. Buy low, sell high!
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  3207.  @patrickmoran4114  False dichotomy; there are other options. But those who are trying to sell you gold won’t tell you that.
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  3208. This channel is his side hustle.
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  3209. People's brains have been hijacked by highly processed "food." There is a real and proven connection between eating a diet high in processed foods and mood deterioration. If you're feeling depressed, look into this. I'm not saying that circumstances aren't part of this, but it isn't the whole picture!
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  3210. The cultural revolution killed or drove off China's most intelligent and educated people, so I'm not surprised that the CCP leadership can't begin to understand the Western mind or values. All the more reason to support Taiwanese independence where many of them fled.
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  3211. Larry Fink is well named!
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  3212.  @DK-ev9dg  Because he ISN'T
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  3213. Their GDP isn’t reflective of real growth as in most nations; in China, it is a political figure that must be met no matter how far it is from reality.
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  3214. I think he’s on the path of self-destruction. What’s needed is to warn other nations from partnering with him, because they’ll go down with him. It’s like drowning people seeking refuge in a sinking boat.
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  3215. Well, Pinocchio, at least your days of double-digit nose growth are behind you!
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  3216. All true, but consider: Spending a good portion of their young lives getting swabs jammed up their noses or down their throats? Welded into their apartments? Seeing their loved ones get taken away? Living on cup noodles for weeks on end? Hmmm. I think what’s going on in China may be different.
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  3217. Hubris seems to make learning impossible.
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  3218. That plus how the CCP is denying requests for military-to-military lines of communication, it seems like the CCP WANTS to provoke hostilities. The way things are shaking up, I’d be surprised if we’re still “at peace” six months from now!
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  3219. I’m wondering how much of the gold is coming from Russia? Gold would be preferable to rubles.
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  3220. This whole media thing with Boris Johnson seems like Trump 2.0. Will they never learn?
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  3221. My mom made mistakes that were emotionally abusive, yet it took on a whole new perspective when I realized that SHE had “no contact” with HER mom after being physically abused and then abandoned. She was doing her best to break the cycle, but didn’t entirely succeed. I wonder how I’d respond if my attempts to do better than my mom turned out to be only partially successful? How much grace would I want to receive versus how much grace would I be able to give? Listening to this video really makes me think!
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  3222. The greatest threat to man is the hubris of man.
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  3223. China is good . . . at bloviation!
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  3224.  @skydragon23101979  To "take on armed conflict with the US" will certainly humiliate China. The CCP must want the "century of humiliation" to continue.
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  3225.  @skydragon23101979  That's what the CCP wants you to believe, but that confidence is misplaced with zero understanding of the West or the appeal of democracy.
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  3226.  @skydragon23101979  The CCP seems to have the "objective of controlling the country and to exploit the people" as well. There are factions within the CCP that certainly are divisive and don't seem to care if the common people suffer because of the infighting. The zero-Covid policy and the "definitely not hesitate. . . no matter the cost" are examples of short-term thinking. You're projecting all the evils of communism onto democracy. The difference is that democracy allows you to change your leaders in an orderly manner. It would take a revolution to get rid of the CCP.
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  3227. It’s the CCP elites that are the rich Chinese - they aren’t going to catch themselves!
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  3228.  @skydragon23101979  Foreigners weren’t allowed to buy real estate in mainland China, so you can’t blame the bubbles on Capitalism; it is centrally-planned economic mismanagement that is responsible.
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  3229. Honestly, I’m impressed that they CAN have fun even while creatively protesting, for example, the “pretending I’m a bird” videos. These are like graphic acknowledgments that “I live in a rigid, authoritarian country with no freedom” but I will MAKE fun of it!
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  3230. I’m sure that SF will be a Potemkin village for Xi’s visit.
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  3231.  @otty4000  There have been quite a few negatives over the past several years, ever since Covid messed with supply chains, 3-red-lines policy showed the weakness of property developers, and Xi chose to back Russia. It may not be a perfect storm, but the clouds are dark, the wind is blustery, and it’s time to take shelter since conditions aren’t improving.
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  3232. Of course there is and he didn’t say there wasn’t, only that flooding happens EVERY YEAR. The footage I’ve seen is no worse this year than in the past.
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  3233. Agreed. And the threat could also be used politically when people in China start dying from environmental factors brought about by their industrial shortcuts or from some of the fakery going on with their mainland food supplies.
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  3234.  @NanningPunk2025  Then what about good mao-ning?
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  3235. There are places where workers are more productive and paid less than those in China. How will that work for the Chinese people as businesses are moved from the mainland to other nations?
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  3236. Tony, you sound congested today. Please consider pre-recording a video to upload whenever you’ve under the weather so you can take a day off to recover without us worrying that you’re “at tea” with the CCP.
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  3237. Democracy = government by the people But in CCP thinking only “patriots" are people
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  3238.  @bobwatson8754  Perhaps! But I do think a distinction should be made between citizens and those who are “undocumented”; the Democrats seem to have gone way too far in the other direction. Ah, the blessing of a democracy where you can hear out all sides of an issue! It’s good to be an Independent even though it means navigating the minefield of polarization.
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  3239. Only if you believe the CCP propaganda!
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  3240.  @china-ustechnologicalparit3000  To be technoligically on par with the US, China would have to do its own R&D and innovation instead of relying on stealing and espionage. The West is now aware and is cracking down on this, so China's current technology will soon be obsolete.
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  3241. Infrastructure is only a good investment if it will be used before it decays. I think in both situations, you end up with nothing, but with the infrastructure you're more likely to cause major environmental havoc.
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  3242. I’d go so far as to say one should never compare a centrally-planned economy with a free-market economy. One can benefit only when brut force is beneficial but is easily unbalanced by its own weight, so nimbleness and response time wins the game in the end.
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  3243. Not unimportant, but rather not sufficient to address the underlying problems of local government decisions. Reform is very important to allow individuals to get out from under the toxic debt of unbuilt properties and small business failures resulting from trying to make it through the zero-Covid days.
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  3244. Exactly. The whole CCP education/indoctrination, media management/propaganda, and police state/suppression is guaranteed to thwart anyone with even a hint of ability to innovate. I agree that innovation will NEVER happen, not even slowly, short of a complete end to the CCP and time for a moral society to rise up from the ashes.
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  3245.  @henli-rw5dw  If home ownership in China is 90% and the population is below replacement rate, the CCP is foolish to even think about trying to revive the property market because China doesn’t need more homes.
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  3246. Why would you hope for an evil regime that oppresses people to prosper? AFTER the CCP falls, then China's economy may improve. Perhaps those jobless young people can use their free time to advocate against forced organ harvesting?
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  3247. It seems unlikely that the CCP would adopt Hong Kong’s system since it would be too Western for Xi’s tastes; it would be like admitting the West is superior.
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  3248. I think it was initially, but that was based on the info coming out of China. Seeing how seriously China took it (once they stopped hiding it) made other nations assume it was very serious. It took a while for the truth to come out.
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  3249.  @oldschool8432  There is plenty of food to feed everyone, but when shipped to many poorer countries, it doesn't get to the people - instead corrupt leaders trade the food provided for weapons.
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  3250. I wonder if the cat will bounce 9 times, one for each of its "9 lives?" 🤔
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  3251.  @raimundomartin5459  Do Chinese cats like XuXi?
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  3252.  @j.m.s_3285  Indeed.
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  3253. What's your take on this from within Shanghai? When the lockdowns are over do you think everyone will go back to "business as usual" or will people radically reassess CCP rule?
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  3254.  @samu999  Sorry to hear that! What a grueling ordeal you're all experiencing.
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  3255.  @richardtrujillo8427  I hope the honest businesses succeed in spite of the "pandemic control" measures; if the corrupt businesses fail, that's no loss in my estimation.
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  3256. I'm shocked to learn that those over 35 are being pushed out of jobs, especially since the median age in China is now about 42!
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  3257. The CCP would like us to believe that, but is it true?
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  3258. Sigh. Local governments sell land to property developers to raise funds only to take out loans to buy the developed properties. How long can that go on before they local governments can’t even make interest payments?
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  3259.  Zack Smith  I'll take 8-9% inflation over China's 25-50% pay cuts, business closures, job losses, and youth unemployment.
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  3260. Hopefully, those that have been roped into the CCP debt trap of the Belt & Road have woken up and won't fall for the CCP rhetoric. Perhaps that was the entire reason for the B&R - to gain allies to support the CCP's global hegemony agenda.
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  3261. That was my though, too.
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  3262. Anyone who's been on stage with more than one spotlight on them already knows that you can have more than one shadow - even here on earth.
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  3263. This is the year when we realize that our "civilization" was only a thin veneer brought on by bread and circuses.
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  3264. And the debt trap they've set for the Belt & Road will ensnare China as well.
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  3265. I've had a growing feeling that the Central government is TRYING to crash the Local governments. The burden that keeps getting heaped on the Local governments for policies dictated by the Central government just doesn't make sense otherwise. Am I missing something?
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  3266. It sounds like Chinese young people's world views are going the way of North Korea.
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  3267. what no SANE person wants, but ideology makes people crazy - and if you don’t want the nutcases in power, you can’t let them simply seize whatever they want appeasement doesn’t result in peace but in tyranny
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  3268. Just like their 3-red-lines policy, swinging from over leniency to quick crackdown (too little too late, I might add), in search of stability. It's like watching someone run back and forth between two ends of a teeter totter seesaw and thinking that they are "balanced" because the extremes balance out!
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  3269.  @willv88  It's easy to APPEAR stable when you fabricate your numbers.
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  3270. This is a war between those who believe the Judeo-Christian ethics are GOOD and those who are trying to undermine them. We’ve been on a slippery slope for decades in the US that began when the 10 Words were removed from courtrooms, classrooms, and public spaces. People failed to appreciate that the West has been “swimming in the Judeo-Christian waters” (Tom Holland) and that has made us naively think humanity as a whole is naturally ethical. They won’t stop with the Jews; the Christians will be the next target. That is how it’s been anywhere certain belief systems gain a strong following.
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  3271. Time to step out of your bubble.
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  3272. Their "success" has resulted in excess deaths! Blind leaders of the blind.
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  3273. ​ @skydragon23101979  Promise fatigue is behind being “unwilling, afraid to invest” in China; to continue investing as long as the CCP is in power is to be foolish.
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  3274. On what are you basing that assertion? Capitalism seems like the natural order of things starting with the road-side stands selling one’s surplus agricultural products to the plying of a trade using the tools and training one inherited from their ancestors. Or are you limiting capitalism to the corporatism that emerged in more recent history?
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  3275. Jonathan Brown, the CCP clown, reveals what the CCP wants its people to believe.
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  3276. This is like watching Wiley Coyote run off a cliff and hover in the air before realizing his true situation and falling!
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  3277. Like drowning swimmers wanting to get into any boat, even one with holes.
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  3278. 🌻🥰
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  3279. Or the rooster watching the hens 👀
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  3280. It is as far as the Zero-Covid approach. Anyone who tests positive will have their QR code turn red even if unsymptomatic.
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  3281. AI with Chinese characteristics = Artificial INSANITY
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  3282.  @nfuryboss  Could, sure, but that’s highly unlikely. The government sells land-use rights to property developers for a fixed term like 50 or 70 years, so home “sales” on the mainland are in actuality leases and no one knows what the CCP will do when the lease one the land expires. The only reason mainland Chinese purchase (other than needing a place to live) is that it was one of the few places that they could grow their savings; but that only works when property prices are going up. Those days are gone so why would anyone in BRICS with any sense want to buy an apartment in China?
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  3283. Well, if India leaves and Saudi Arabia never joins, the new name can be IBEACURSE.
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  3284. Trans activists are raping the minds of all who won’t submit to their delusions.
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  3285. You've touched upon a number of things that got me to take up sewing once again. It became harder to find clothes using only natural fibers and manufactured ethically that are according to my taste and budget. I've kept pieces that I like regardless, but have grown particular about purchasing anything new. Now that I need to replace some every-day items, it just makes more sense to sew them myself.
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  3286.  @NanningPunk2025  🌕👀🥮
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  3287.  @theuncalledfor  Check again because I've found the options to have increased substantially in the past 18 months. There are still some items where I can't find alternatives yet, but far fewer than before. Supply chain ttansparency is the issue now.
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  3288. Not if it’s made of a synthetic like polyester!
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  3289.  @skydragon23101979  The framework "of first the party's survival" means that it is NOT open to discussion, protests and freedom of speech. To be truly free means you should be able to question whether or not the party SHOULD survive or if the people would be better off without it. Your argument is like claiming that one's immune system is free under the framework of a cancer's survival!
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  3290. Hmmm. Practicing for when the CCP closes in on him?
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  3291. Yeah, and I'd never noticed the ARROW before!
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  3292. Hahaha!
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  3293. IKR? Crazy!
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  3294. Perhaps by design so Xi can pay his fighting men and breeding women with rice while everyone else starves.
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  3295. Really? I'll be 60 in January and it's the Democrats that have become the party of authoritarianism and fascism. I'm not affiliated with any political party. If I had to describe myself politically, I'd say that I'm a "Constitutionalist" and I'm leery of both parties to some extent. Observing from the middle, it appears that the Democrats are doing all the things that they claim the Republicans are doing.
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  3296. They were Bidenized, extermi-Bidened. IDK - Do you have any good suggestions for when a SEAL team ends up losing their lives because a stupid politician reveals who they are?
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  3297.  @taco7043  Not a newbie and I retired early.
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  3298.  @taco7043  Diversify. Avoid both fear and greed. Management changes, market conditions change, products may no longer be relevent - the idea that you "never sell" was something you read into what I wrote. The lack of transparency by the CCP is a very good reason to avoid China - you can't make good decisions without reliable information.
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  3299.  @taco7043  No one wants it because it IS GARBAGE. Six months is too short a time frame. Frequent trading will increase your tax liability. Diversification isn't a meme - it is tried and true advice that has withstood many downturns. How well will you be sleeping if your $480K became $240K overnight? Diversification can limit losses and reduces volitility. That large a cash position will erode your purchasing power through inflation.
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  3300.  @taco7043  How is it doing now for you? Did you get out in time?
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  3301. Let's not forget that the GDP of the CCP is a POLITICAL number and in no way reflects the economic reality of the country.
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  3302. Only if you believe the official CCP numbers. When ANY economic activity, no matter how counterproductive, is counted as growth, and population numbers have been lied about as a matter of "national security," it quickly becomes apparent that the "Chinese Miracle" was nothing but smoke and mirrors. Growth was never what they claimed and is now likely negative.
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  3303. Not if they had twice as many people die of starvation as well as lack of needed medical care for non-Covid issues as they had die of Covid; they even had minor children locked away on their own while their parents were hauled off to quarantine facilities. If the proportion that died is the same, that shouldn’t be considered a success. In fact, the cure may have been worse than the disease.
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  3304. Double edged sword - those who live there can’t speak honestly and those who don’t live there can’t fully understand what’s going on.
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  3305. Most issues faced by humans are the result of human hubris. Scientists seem to be perpetual teenagers, always thinking they know more than they do, and life suffers the toxic results.
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  3306.  @curtisjones400  More like the corruption of the human heart. People want as much ease as possible for as little effort as possible. This drives inventiveness under capitalism where people can profit from innovation but drives stagnation and deterioration under communism since you never benefit from extra effort. It's the difference between a positive feedback loop versus a negative feedback loop.
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  3307.  @curtisjones400  Yes, that is reasonable. Competition is needed to keep costs down, so consumers have options and can "vote with their money" on products and services. But competition has deteriorated. One example would be having 50+ media companies in the mid 1980s and now just 5 companies control 90% of our media. They fly just under the radar of being considered monopolies, but something is definitely wrong here.
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  3308. And the natives SHOULD be restless considering that the state media is denying the reality of what people have and are undergoing!
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  3309. If the sea peoples were refugees, there would have been women and children with them, so this seems like the LEAST convincing scenario, not the most convincing one.
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  3310. Is your rice bowl empty again?
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  3311. Happiness can’t be purchased, only pleasures that could never bring real happiness. Beyond that, your comment makes some very strange assertions! In the US, freedom of speech is guaranteed in our Bill of Rights and those places in “The East” that are true democracies have freedom, but the authoritarian regimes like CCP don’t have the freedom to get rid of their evil overlords.
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  3312. China-EU summit on April Fool's Day - let's hope EU attendees aren't played the fool!
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  3313. If the current wave of illnesses in children is due to sheltering them rather than letting their immune systems develop normally from the usual stresses, than you could even argue that the lockdowns have been self-harming to more than just their economy.
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  3314. Brilliant observation!
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  3315. We may need some moonshine to wash down the news.
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  3316. Ahhh, but is Taiwan a part of China, or is China a part of Taiwan?
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  3317. Beware of anyone making their money off of selling newsletters; often they are a “pump and dump” for stocks the writers hold that they want to divest.
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  3318. It didn’t hit the MSM until early 2020, but I was following the strange/mysterious illness happening in China since fall of 2019. Those traveling abroad from China spread it to Italy and other places.
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  3319. It’s not just the wealthy who take from the productive, but deadbeats who misuse social programs and their corrupt/naive enablers. The middle class gets it from both sides.
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  3320. Drowning people are seeking refuge in sinking boats.
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  3321. Truth is a great weapon!
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  3322. But how else can CCP elites steal with BOTH hands?
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  3323. It seems the CCP is the ultimate "Yarn weaver, twisting and braiding a rope around his own neck!"
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  3324.  @erichhonecker8548  Be discrete in your stocking so desperate neighbors don't raid you. Be discrete when sharing or bartering as well. There are good people, but also those who would be too demoralized to care.
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  3325. Yep. The results will be the same - wait and see.
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  3326. Ice cores show higher CO2 concentrations in the past. The “climate change” narrative is highly suspect because of when they begin considering levels. What we are experiencing is simply reversion to the mean.
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  3327. It will never be a level playing field. Those with the brains and ambition to develop valuable skills will rise to the top. The lazy and foolish will drop to the bottom. However, that may well be an improvement because right now too many at the top are fools.
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  3328. My thoughts exactly. I can see the local cadres moving hidden debt onto the balance sheets only to take on more hidden debt.
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  3329. There is something about hubris that demands an equal and opposite humbling to maintain balance.
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  3330. And China whines that EU and others don’t put Beijing above their own.
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  3331. That’s certainly true when people are experiencing famine and/or can’t afford fuel to cook or prevent hypothermia. Then there would be the secondary effects of decaying dead bodies adding disease to the death count. The four horsemen of the apocalypse kill 1/4 of the earth, and that would be 2 billion people using current population statistics. Gee, I feel like such a ray of sunshine today!
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  3332. He's in China. Which is his country - the one he's from originally or the one he's in now?
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  3333. Incompetence in the Russian system sounds right. Psalm 7:14-16 See, he who is bound with wickedness, And has conceived trouble and brought forth falsehood, He has made a pit and dug it out, And falls into the ditch he made! His trouble turns back upon his own head, And his wrongdoing comes down on the top of his head.
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  3334. Smart man
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  3335. Corruption in government has long been a contributing factor since it compounds the insufficiencies caused by natural factors.
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  3336. 3:05 - That look - yeah, my thoughts exactly!
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  3337.  @MoireFly  Assuming immigrants are willing to assimilate, it is a good thing so time will tell which way the large influx will go.
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  3338. I expect that the properties bought off the mainland will have a much softer impact than that on the mainland. Remember that the mainland is pre-sales - properties that haven't been built yet or haven't been completed and are often very poorly constructed "tofu dreg" properties. That isn't the case with what has been bought offshore where the properties actually exist and are built to code.
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  3339. Ah, but the communist DIStopia is alive and well!
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  3340.  @jbdragon3295  A 12-pack of double rolls lasts me 6 months. I can't understand the idiots who would hoard toilet paper of all things. SMH Maybe they think a wall of TP will protect them from bullets?
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  3341. Pride is known for self-immolation, so it's likely that the CCP can and WILL keep it up. The real question is: What will people do if this were to end tomorrow? Will it be "business as usual" or will they remember this and act to end the CCP?
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  3342.  @edilee5909  Try Dr. David Wood. He has a very strong understanding of Islam and is able to break it down and provide references. The late Nabeel Qureshi’s videos are also good.
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  3343. When you think the entire world should belong to you, their “plenty of territory” still isn’t enough to satisfy the ego.
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  3344. The 4-5% growth is as healthy as a metastasizing cancer. China’s GDP measures activity whether productive or not. "Digging holes and filling them in again" is part of what they would include in their GDP and when digging/filling is done through government debt, it’s quite a foolish way to boost your numbers!
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  3345.  @J_X999  Source?
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  3346. What's going on with Sweden's numbers? They look suspect considering the path they've chosen.
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  3347. That last sentence applies to much that Xi’s done. Three Red Lines comes to mind!
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  3348. Yep, like counting chickens before eggs are even laid, let alone hatched.
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  3349. Their “ambitions” sound like an emergent reader for the sight-word “we” but they became the “Very Hungry Caterpillar” eating investors.
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  3350. 30 years of fictitious progress seeing the light of day
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  3351. Maybe not better, but equally good! Fresh figs and blackberries from my garden; coffee with cocoa-creme liquor topped with whipped cream; and snuggled up with my kitties while watching Tony on my laptop. Ahhhh, this is the life!
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  3352.  @DK-ev9dg  What ever gave you that idea? If you think I’m gay, you’re wrong.
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  3353. Thumbs up for making me laugh!
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  3354. Look beyond the economics. There are other reasons to follow China. If your crazy uncle is broke, he’s still crazy and needs to be watched carefully.
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  3355.  @mrcapybara3579  Falun Gong are top notch! That is why CCP elites favor harvesting their organs when they need a transplant.
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  3356. Uh, huh. You haven't eaten anything in a week because you've got no money and there's nothing on the shelves to buy. That makes a guy so horny! And what will you give the pimp?
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  3357. The extent of CCP hypocrisy is stunning!
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  3358. I thought Tony put up a graph of local debt by city/province recently, like in the past week - two max. Can't remember the specific date though. What I DO remember is that it was quite shocking!
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  3359.  @bobwatson8754  Did it contain about 20? That's the one I was thinking of.
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  3360. The swamp refers to the deeply entrenched career politicians, doesn’t it? It’s a fine balance between retaining experience yet not retaining those who have become out of touch with the populace they’re supposed to represent.
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  3361. Tony knows that his core audience is intelligent and that he doesn’t need to point out the obvious. We’re all aware that the CCP is the problem.
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  3362. If you think that the CCP would accept a Western vaccine, you haven't been paying attention. It would be a major embarrassment for Xi, showing that the propaganda that the CCP has been feeding the mainland people isn't true.
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  3363. Not if they had twice as many people die of starvation and lack of needed medical care for non-Covid issues as they had die of Covid. If the proportion that died is the same, that shouldn’t be considered a success. In fact, the cure may have been worse than the disease.
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  3364. Fence sitting in this case will be like sitting on a sharpened spike until it slowly impales you.
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  3365. Plus Russia certainly won't gain any support from all those who import grain such as Egypt and many other nations. If Russia targets wheat from Ukraine, it pretty much guarantees more support for the Ukrainian resistance.
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  3366. LOL
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  3367.  @michaelbarmby9105  No, it’s not counted as a view until I hit the play button since it doesn’t play automatically. In fact, I often hit like, read all the comments, and THEN hit play.
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  3368. You can’t. China needs to be dealt with the way you’d deal with a narcissist - move on with your life and ignore all their attempts to manipulate you back.
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  3369. There are large fields of registered autos being left to rot on the mainland. Those “sales” are just a way for companies to get the subsidy money from the central government.
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  3370. I've seen videos where the young college graduates ARE having trouble getting employed in China. But no one wants factory work, so they've got a very strange hybid situation.
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  3371. Maybe Walt’s evil twin, “Woke Disney?"
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  3372. Which Western economy has so much bad news from so many fronts?
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  3373. There would be no corporate profits without the national security except possibly on the black market of illegal operations.
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  3374. Why? EU would be better off interacting with a weakened Russia than a growingly imperialist/mercantilist China.
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  3375. Which I will shorten to ArF because it sounds cute. AGREED!
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  3376. Reminds of the old Soviet saying along the lines of “they pretend to pay us and we pretend to work."
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  3377. You've got that right! And then add the "lay flat" and "bai lan" passive-aggressive protests among the young adults in China. Best possible outcome is that the CCP falls and a democratic government with protected rights is implemented.
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  3378.  @vincentyeo88  Inflation-protected US treasuries should be fine.
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  3379.  @vincentyeo88  You don't need Harry Dent to figure that out.
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  3380.  @raimundomartin5459  We don't need more infrastructure. China's rivers have all been bridged and dammed We've got HSR and rail lines enough to serve And the people of China have been scammed!
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  3381. I’ve come to conclude that “Chinese characteristics” is code for FRAUD.
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  3382. 🥢🍴
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  3383.  @markfischer3626  Yes, I did - I was looking for someone to state what I was thinking but with more tact. You get the prize!
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  3384. Why? They shake their fist at God by denying his existence. This is His wake up call to save all who are willing to repent before the final judgment which could result in an eternity in hellfire. It wouldn't be kind to hold back these disasters if it is the only way to wake them up before it is too late.
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  3385. Plus imbalance between men/women due to one child and cultural preference for a son.
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  3386. Tony mentioned a couple of weeks ago that such rumors are normal at this time of year when the elites are having a retreat.
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  3387. Death by a thousand cuts
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  3388.  @i6power30  Does even the mainland want it once they know that ASML can remotely disable their machines?
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  3389.  @i6power30  If it was that simple, they would have done it already.
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  3390. I don’t think that’s true simply because people make their own choices and wise people make good choices that don’t put them at the mercy of the foolish choices that others make. This is true on the personal level so why shouldn’t it also be true on the national level?
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  3391. I wonder how many human organs were used to achieve said lifespan? 🤔
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  3392. 🥑☕🤣
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  3393. Several years back, I'd considered investing in Alibaba but then considered how CCP lies and controls economic data. I'm very glad that I didn't!
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  3394. Hardly because the US and EU did just fine before China took over manufacturing, their labor rates are no longer the lowest, and others can quickly acquire the needed experience. Also, “rare” earth elements aren’t rare at all, just the refining has been subsidized by the CCP to undercut others who are now ramping up their own production once again.
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  3395.  @Defective1313  I've been getting the same picture from listening to Peter Ziehan. It explains Chechnya, Georgia, Crimea, now Ukraine, and Moldovia would be next in the game plan.
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  3396. Each 5-year plan is based on flawed information. Flawed information occurs because of GDP-based performance assessment tied to the 5-year plans. This is not a virtuous cycle! Is there anyone left in the CCP who can speak the truth to Xi without suffering for doing so? How long will the wisdom of the wise be censored or punished?
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  3397. Human hubris at its finest!
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  3398. Translation of "criminal group" is CCP. Translation of "financial products" are loans for the Belt & Road projects.
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  3399. Lost track of how many times I felt queasy just from watching this short video, so it's a definite NO for me.
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  3400. Please put in the description when this was recorded. The sound quality is lacking. If you could repost with cleaner sound, that would be appreciated!
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  3401. So true. The people of China have the misfortune of propaganda being fed to them from the cradle and a firewall making it hard to gain a global perspective. They have their eyes and ears to observe what is happening around them, but it can be difficult to make the needed paradigm shift and admit that you're being lied to by your leaders and also by those close to you who believe the lies. Even when a paradigm shift is made, there are trust issues to overcome and much courage is required. Who of us could do any better under such an unfortunate burden?
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  3402. China has LEFT 600 MILLION IN poverty with monthly income of less than 1000 yuan - Li Keqiang.
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  3403.  @aena5995  China is a smart-ASS. China has left behind 600 million who are still IN poverty earning 1000 yuan per month or less per Li Keqiang, and they've destroyed their environment in the process. That hardly qualifies as "smart."
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  3404. I heard that they were pumping waste water underground to raise the water table - SMH at the stupidity of that! @YourHineyness 
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  3405. Sleeping on the streets wasn't their first choice, drugs were their first choice and sleeping on the streets is the result. Don't make society pay for the choices made by individuals. Stop trying to rescue people for the consequences of their own actions and enforce the law!!!
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  3406. Plus NATO was formed to protect against encroachment by the USSR. Japan is simply on the other side of Russia and even has some territorial disputes with them.
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  3407. The top 5 importers of Russian coal are China, South Korea, Japan, Turkey, and Taiwan. The Netherlands, Germany, and Poland combined equal about what Russia exports to China.
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  3408. I understand that the top 100 are all in pretty much the same condition. Can there truly be any "small" developers? They would need to be big enough to outbid for "land use" plus fund initial build until the money from sales begins to flow.
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  3409. That is what Africa WILL look like if the CCP has its way.
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  3410. It wouldn't be the first time that "rage against society" led someone to kill themselves and take many others with them. Bus drivers, too, have purposely crashed. There have also been people that took to randomly stabbing a bunch of strangers/children. "Everyone hurts me, so I hurt everyone" thinking.
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  3411. The only quality that the CCP looks for in an ally is hatred of “Western hegemony.” I don’t think the CCP has the objectivity to recognize a failed state/system or wouldn’t they recognize their own shortcomings?
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  3412. It’s worse than a normal Ponzi scheme when you realize that the properties are built on LEASED land and no one has made clear what will happen to a home when the lease of the land it sits on expires.
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  3413. Electric vehicles and batteries go SO WELL with massive flooding.
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  3414.  @DK-ev9dg  America is a constitutional republic.
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  3415. China’s real population isn’t even close to 1.4 billion and the number of homeless is likely much higher than reported since many technically have a home that they must pay a mortgage on that is incomplete or not fit for human habitation. But don’t worry about them because the police will run them off when they try to protest.
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  3416. They were created by NGO criminal networks that have infiltrated government agencies like our CIA. I don't think they originated there.
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  3417. This sounds like a plot by a super villain!
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  3418.  @tomlu6820  They have every reason to lie - "social stability" and to attract foreign investment are just two that immediately come to mind.
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  3419. A weak and debilitated CCP is another matter. CCP isn't China, regardless of what they want people to believe.
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  3420. A wounded animal often will go into isolation, retreating into its den to recover or die. CCP illness is self-inflicted by pooping into its drinking water.
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  3421. When has communism ever cared for ordinary people? That is just the sales pitch as they confiscate everything you have.
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  3422. Hahaha. Yes, they do everything with resolution and diligence, huh?
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  3423. Soros?
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  3424. Have you considered varying the color scheme of your thumbnails - use something different for deep-dives versus daily updates or economic updates in one color and political ones in a different?
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  3425.  Ligeia D.Aurevilly  I DO see. My point is that they don't make it easy for the audience to see. Too many young people think of this virus as the "boomer remover."
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  3426. Making stuff up again, huh?
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  3427. Doping in case threats and bribes don’t work or threats and bribes when doping isn’t enough - that’s the question!
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  3428. The CCP just pushes the burden onto the local governments to make it happen. Isn't a command economy brilliant? All the CCP has to do is command, and the local governments are forced to lie about reality. Local cadres will force buyers to agree to future delivery dates through violence or threats.
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  3429. The last time I watched, Nadia was shocking the gymnastics world with perfect 10s.
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  3430.  @rubickrubick9586  China also has locusts, army worms, swine diseases, and other things happening. I don't think those are happening in India, are they?
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  3431. 🤡
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  3432. Yes. I rejoice when I see space for a coffee maker or electric kettle for tea. It's also nice if they have a slide-out cutting board or sink cover for food prep tasks.
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  3433. Assuming those businesses aren't collectivized.
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  3434. Likely tomorrow. I’ve discovered that whenever I’m surprised something wasn’t covered, it’ll be in the next day’s upload.
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  3435.  @D-B-Cooper  How could they use Covid to justify that?
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  3436. It certainly seems that the CCP WANTS to provoke a war, doesn’t it?
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  3437. The mainland China economy is increasingly playing Audrey II to the CCP’s Seymour from Little Shop of Horrors saying, “Feed me, Seymour!” as it hopes for the stimulus of blood from the mainland people.
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  3438. One movie in the past 5 years: Sound of Freedom. It could be described as “agenda driven” to wake people up to child trafficking so perhaps the problem is more about the agenda. I’m sick of the woke crap being pushed.
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  3439. China will be lucky to REMAIN in the middle-income trap. With all the debt being taken by local governments to be able to achieve the central government mandates and 600 million in China that were still in poverty before the virus, how can they remain at the current levels?
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  3440. Frightening indeed! It sounds like “the mark of the beast” with “Chinese characteristics” will be hitting the mainland soon with their social credit scores and surveillance state apparatus. Revelation: 13:16-17 And he causes all, both small and great, and rich and poor, and free and slave, to be given a mark upon their right hand or upon their foreheads, and that no one should be able to buy or sell except he that has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
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  3441. Watching this in the year of the tiger!
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  3442. What rebound? Are you looking for a “greater fool” so you can liquidate your holdings?
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  3443. Communist and Utopia are a contradiction in terms. Capitalism’s flaws are the result of increasing corporatism, a big difference from the mom-and-pop, family-run capitalism that responded to the demands of their area and customer base.
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  3444. But Tony should be given credit for documenting the demise of the CCP EEEEK-conomy.
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  3445. Michael Pettis is China’s Cassandra, doomed to have true prophecies go unheeded.
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  3446.  @1969cmp  I think it's actually 3-1/2 years - "time, times, and 1/2 a time" according to Daniel. The first 1/2 of the 7 years, I think, is without the eventual persecution. The parable of the wise and foolish virgins also comes to mind. Too many aren't prepared for the long haul. They have oil in their lamps, but it runs out and they aren't ready when the Bridegroom eventually comes.
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  3447.  @1969cmp  I interpret that as referring to the same period, but I get what you mean. Peace!
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  3448.  @1969cmp  Come quickly, Yeshua Messiah!
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  3449. The financial tits have gone dry. Time to decouple.
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  3450. I suspect publishing in English in The Economist is merely a feint so that the Anglophone sphere won’t lump China with Russia in trade decisions. I hope no one falls for it!
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  3451. No water flow for a while when the pipes have frozen over.
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  3452. Motive?
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  3453. In this case, looks AREN’T deceiving.
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  3454. You comment really NEEDS more likes!
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  3455. I’m wondering if the IMF is doing this to negotiate first right of payment for nations who owe B&R loans to China and the IMF.
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  3456. Don't expect anything innovative from the CCP - they punish innovation, not promote it.
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  3457. It had to fall into the lap of the CCP because when they try and manufacture an ideal it is an utter fail.
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  3458. Wasn't there a time in the past when the CCP confiscated silver because people resorted to using that instead of RMB?
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  3459. Technology can also be a weakness to exploit and that is my understanding of how Hamas was able to attack southern Israel. What will happen when AI realizes that humans could incapacitate it or overwhelm it? Somehow I doubt “peaceful coexistence” will be the route AI would choose to take.
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  3460. What China does is all smoke and mirrors - illusions to distract you from the truth of their situation.
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  3461. The more trade Russia does with China, the more they open themselves to espionage and vassel status since Russia's GDP before the invasion was only 10% of China's.
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  3462. The Scooby alarm is sounding!
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  3463. Sigh. Another wumao commenting about the US on CHINA Update. The what-about-ism gets old.
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  3464. The Sackler family/Purdue created a lot of addicts by lying to medical providers about OxyContin. Compassion would be decent prison-based support for dealing with withdrawals and pain management, perhaps half-way houses to help them rebuild their broken lives once out.
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  3465. I think they are being packaged with "wealth management products" something like the sub-prime mortgages were.
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  3466. On what do you base your assertion that "When anyone speaks in these terms, it indicates their own feelings of victimization and how they see the world treating them in the opposite way, and these feelings of persecution, belittlement and inferiority “?   You don’t need to feel like a victim to recognize that there is room for improvement in the status quo. Do you believe the world as it currently functions is perfectly just or fair? The problem comes when people think they need to destroy everything (good with the bad) and completely start over.
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  3467. AI can only be as good as the information it receives and with all the censorship and “imaginary numbers” produced by the CCP, having GOOD AI won’t be a problem. Then again, having a psychotic, narcissistic AI could definitely be an issue.
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  3468. Human rights, freedom of conscious, freedom of speech, freedom to access information, knowing what I've earned over the course of my life isn't likely to be arbitrarily seized, . . . Make a shopping list of what's important to you. Each system will be abused because of "human nature," but the one that has checks and balances should slow that decline.
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  3469. I'm in the CA high desert and we've been having massive thunderstorms today. Maybe the rain is still in CA but just not where it normally precipitates?
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  3470.  @Andy-P  Aren't those all being used to support China's illegal fishing operations?
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  3471. Throw in the situation in the Bab El Mandab and the Panama Canal, it’s smart to keep trade as close to home as possible for the foreseeable future.
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  3472. The "leaks" are looking ready for "harvest!"
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  3473. Imaginary numbers “with Chinese characteristics."
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  3474. The CCP can never admit a mistake because that would be "shameful" so they double down instead.
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  3475.  @i6power30  That “usually” is more a reflection of how we engage with people these days. When you’re able to have an unrushed, undistracted conversation with someone, you will find them much more nuanced in their thinking. The YouTube comments section and social media aren’t conducive to long responses/comments.   Forming an opinion about people based on such interactions isn’t a good idea IMO. Think about how you arrived at that "Most of them don't even want to admit 20% right of the opponent” and see if you draw the same conclusions when you’re able to talk with people face-to-face.
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  3476. The purpose of the lockdowns was to flatten the curve so that the health care system wouldn't be overwhelmed. Once the lockdowns became anything more than that, they became foolish.
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  3477. I wonder if Xi actually believes what he's saying? He's insulated himself from anyone who would disagree with him, so I think he might, but what he's saying seems so bizarre. "People above all else, life above all else" when people are perishing BECAUSE of his policies and are treated so inhumanely to enforce zero Covid.
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  3478. Get away from that mirror!
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  3479.  @wess7698  So you don’t even know that the purpose of a mirror is to see yourself? No hope for you then!
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  3480. Just 12 miles from the San Andreas fault myself. But inland is RED, not blue and I'll be staying put. I love my little desert home. Perhaps when "the big one" hits, I'll have some beachfront property!
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  3481. The problem with making something illegal is that only those who will honor rule of law will adhere to the standard. We all know that doesn’t describe China!
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  3482. Hmmm. If Patrick Stewart DID gain 5% more hair follicles, I doubt they would be on his head. Likewise, if China gained 5% true growth, it won’t be where they are hoping it to grow - more likely just be an increase in the growth of debt or social instability.
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  3483. 11:07 - the way they have to kneel to get tested shows that Zero-Covid has become a state religion in China.
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  3484. #💩
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  3485. For those of us who don't read or speak Mandarin, it is a VERY valuable source of information!
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  3486. bovine excrement with Chinese characteristics = bull Xi-t
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  3487.  serriajohn  But the “decline” was by choice and the foolish aggressiveness by Russia and China are not only bringing the US back to the front, but have awakened her allies to the need to put in their promised share. Look how the war in Ukraine has made the NATO members start contributing the 2% of GDP for defense (some even more after decades of not shouldering their part of the burden). Look at how CCP aggression in the SCS has made Japan ramp up its defense spending and caused the Philippines to roll out the red carpet for US bases. The giant was only asleep, not dead.
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  3488. Odette and her flock - no. Odile - yes and it only takes one black swan to cause trouble!
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  3489.  @jaydee6268  I think the “closer to home” part is being covered by open borders and drug trafficking. There is more than one way to engage someone in a war. Worse, it puts the battle within the US.
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  3490. Amazon's search engine is SO annoying. I'll put in very specific terms and MOST of what comes up doesn't match. If you're looking for a specific material such as 100% cotton or 14k gold, it doesn't help. If you're looking to avoid products made in a particular nation, often the description will only state "imported." I'd rather get ONE hit than have to scroll through all their "recommendations." Google isn't any better. I miss the days when you could specify "NOT" in a search to eliminate what you don't want. I'd love to specify NOT Disney or NOT TikTok. Search engines are no longer a tool for the user but a tool for marketers.
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  3491. When did terrorists become an ethnicity? The biggest oppressor of the Palestinian people is Hamas. All that humanitarian aid sent to Palestine being turned into weapons and tunnels instead of infrastructure, wells, and water purification is criminal. Using your women and children to protect your munitions catches is evil. And those who continue to spread misinformation about “ethnic cleansing” need to do some investigation. I suggest you start with the “3 nos” of the Arab league or the Hamas charter.
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  3492. Part of the problem is people on the grid are unaware of usage other than when looking at their electricity bill. If you're off the grid and supplying your own solar power, you'd make adjustments as needed because you can't use energy that you don't have! The best solution would be to make each home and business produce their own power and "go without" or make other adjustments when needed so that everyone would learn to properly value and conserve their energy sources.
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  3493. I thought their overstock was enough for every man/woman/child to own 2.5 apartments?
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  3494. Trump missed several golden opportunities. He should have used “free and fair elections” to bring up that many don’t believe that we HAVE such now because of outdated voter rolls, non-citizens voting, ballot stuffing, and counting shenanigans. He should have used the “fact check” as an opportunity to ask “who fact-checks the fact checkers" and who pays the fact checkers?” or that is how it is NOW, but “what was the situation BEFORE Roe vs Wade was overturned.” He could have taken “turn the page” and countered with “learn from history so you don’t repeat mistakes.” Overall, I was disappointed in how Trump handled this.
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  3495.  @darbymori350  Politics. There is infighting within factions of the CCP. They don't care about the people if they can make their opponents look bad.
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  3496.  @MA-vr8gp  The people are BEING controlled and the CCP loves it that way.
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  3497. More of a Trojan horse than a carrot IMO.
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  3498. Most Western investors are smarter than that - to the chagrin of those economic advisors that would like to deceive by saying China has already hit bottom.
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  3499. These pageants should be done in recognition of the plastic surgeons now if even a trans woman can compete. The tinkering goes next level!
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  3500. Oh, they learn, but usually the wrong lesson! For example, the lockdowns in Wuhan were so successful at controlling the epidemic once they were instituted, that the WHOLE nation should try it!
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  3501.  @TheJaguarthChannel  Actually, I'd already recognized the possibility that you pointed out - that the quote referred to combating fraud - as I watched the video. I simply pointed out that as of October 2020 Judicial Watch is still needing to work hard to combat voter fraud which wouldn't make any sense if Obama had actually taken strong measures. So if you know of anything that Obama did, I'd like to be made aware of that. I'd like to stick with the facts instead of making an assumption about how the quote should be interpreted. Both assuming the worse or assuming the best are equally bad in my opinion.
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  3502. Didn't Pelosi have a chauffer who was accused of being a CCP asset? How deep do the tentacles go? Could she have been given bad advice on purpose so that the CCP would have an excuse to invade Taiwan?
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  3503.  @Leshic2  Apparently, I have the wrong California San-Francisco-area Democrat. It was Diane Feinstein who had the scandal.
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  3504. Bull-Xi't, thy name is Winnie the POO!
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  3505. Sure, but there are annuals and then there are bristlecone pines which can live for thousands of years.
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  3506. When I saw the video of the plane going down in a nose-dive, this "revenge against society" is the first thing that came to mind, so I'm rewatching this. I also recall a bus driver killing himself and all his passengers by plunging the bus off a bridge into a river. I don't know what the investigation of the plane crash will bring out as to the cause, but it wouldn't surprise me.
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  3507. Wow, you really like propaganda channels if those are the ones you recommend. You can’t even recognize a balanced, unbiased channel now!
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  3508. Is the duck now a flight risk?
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  3509. Proverbs 29:12 and 17:7 also!
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  3510. Since when did the CCP begin to care about people?
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  3511. It's a very checkered situation. Not enough jobs for the educated and not enough labor for the factory jobs and menial tasks.
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  3512. Where would Muslim elites get halal organs if not for China?
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  3513. Good morning from the US with a Nespresso iced salted caramel latte!
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  3514. ARMs - Adjustable Rate Mortgages - New York style.
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  3515. The only way this craziness can end is if the person committing the fraud gets the same penalty that their victim would have received if the accusation had been true.
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  3516.  @NanningPunk2025  Now that his channel is growing, it feels like a big deal. I was first just a few days ago and can't tell you how long it's been since I was anywhere close! Of course, I had to comment. 😉
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  3517. no filters
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  3518. Only to know that your kid could die because you've been welded into your home or taken to a quarantine facility or reeducation camp!
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  3519. Your opinion shows very strong reasoning and I agree. Xi wanted this to be made public. It would have been easy enough to confiscate the footage or have Hu removed before the press was allowed in.
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  3520. True, but it went to a whole new level 3 years ago when the “3 red lines” policy revealed massive insolvency among even top developers.
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  3521.  @Christian-hi5zz  And 60% of China’s electricity is generated using coal - so green 🙄
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  3522. China Update is also excellent.
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  3523. Imagine landfills that no longer have streams of broken made-in-China crap flowing to them. Why spend more for a blender that lasts 10 years when you can buy a new one every year and throw it out annually?
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  3524. If this was worn under a corset, using a toilet would have been a horrible ordeal! And having buttons UNDER the corset would have been a PAIN.
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  3525. Atheistic communism does have a way of demoralizing people.
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  3526. Rate is a percentage of the population, whether it's 27% of 100 or 27% of 1,400,000,000. But 27% of 100 people is only 27 people and 27% of 1.4 billion is 378,000,000 people.
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  3527.  @gandhikumar2956  EXACTLY! Because China's population is so large, 27% unemployment is an ENORMOUS number of people without work/income.
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  3528.  @gandhikumar2956  China's unemployment rate is 3 times higher than India's. For every unemployed Indian, you will have three unemployed Chinese.
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  3529. So the British crown, the Saudi king, and two American media moguls are pawns of Satan. Yep, sounds about right!!!
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  3530. Great summary - yes, Xi has the kiss of death.
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  3531. More like hubristic puppet masters. But then hubris will turn even the smartest people into morons. "Pride goeth before the fall and a haughty spirit before destruction." It seems the destruction is usually self induced, too! “They don’t know how much they don’t know."
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  3532. I wonder if this ability to thwart protests is a simple extra benefit of these health codes or if it was the intention all the time? Pandemic-Pooh wants his third term!
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  3533. Yes, Li Keqiang actually seemed to CARE about the ordinary mainland Chinese, which was so refreshing compared to the vast majority of CCP elites.
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  3534.  @alexliu5806  I believe it will. Take a look at how Japan is using robotics to deal with the smaller workforce due to the aging population.
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  3535.  @danshipman9465  Xi would likely opt for Falun Gong organs - healthier!
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  3536. If your intended destination is hell, then it was indeed a great leap forward!
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  3537. Not surprising. China keeps doubling down on bad choices and sweeping mistakes under the rug or "kicking the can down the road." It was all bound to catch up to the CCP sooner or later. Sounds like the time is now.
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  3538. I don't think they can comprehend how this looks from a Western perspective. They're used to the Eastern paradigm and the success of their bullying tactics among their own population. In short, they are either clueless or can't envision a different approach.
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  3539. Spending a good portion of their young lives getting swabs jammed up their noses or down their throats? Welded into their apartments? Seeing their loved ones get taken away? Living on cup noodles for weeks on end? Hmmm.
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  3540. Really! If it’s a matter of creating jobs, they’d be better off cleaning up some of the most obvious environmental conditions like picking up all the trash/waste in their streams and rivers or making REAL storm drains instead of placing grates over dirt.
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  3541. Let’s throw in the rapidly aging population issue and birthrate that may actually be the lowest in the world. China is an end-stage cancer patient.
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  3542. Don't put that woman in jail, make her PAY THE STORE for all the food that they needed to discard because of her "prank." Garnish her wages until her debt is paid. "You break it, you buy it." In fact, make this a wide-spread policy to discourage the idiots who would pull this kind of stunt.
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  3543. Those "old man joy" whose old man parts are mini?
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  3544. But CCP is all about “face” so something that isn’t “sexy” like proper drainage and functioning fire hydrants just don’t qualify.
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  3545. I'm more shocked to realize how long it took for major cities to develop sanitation systems.
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  3546.  @HDsharp  Are you part of the pink army or a bot?
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  3547.  @HDsharp  You don't need to be CIA to see through the Chinese propaganda. Watch this and get out of the CCP bubble that you're in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpQFCcSI0pU&list=PLkhMJq-JMMWkHX1h6GM_PmfSuKI0J-ld7&index=27&t=0s
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  3548. Free speech for the CCP to tell TikTok users to call and write their representatives is beyond absurd.
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  3549. Working late? My first thought is they waited to publish late on a Friday so that it would be buried. But Dr. Campbell is so understated in his sarcasm, perhaps that's what he meant!
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  3550. Xi's peace plan is really a PIECE plan - Xi wants a piece like Putin's trying to get.
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  3551.  @briansmale5457  Taiwan is ROC.
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  3552. ​ @leiwang2114  There is no counterargument for an OPINION which is what you stated when you wrote: "not as bad as what you, person from 5 eyes, wanted to paint. EU again fell in the trap set by US, but this time, they hurt too much, and it seems that they finally start to wake up." Where is your support for "person from 5 eyes" or "trap set by US," etc? It is apparent that you believe the CCP propaganda from such opinions.
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  3553.  @leiwang2114  That is a non-sequitor - it doesn't follow that just because Tony is Australian that he's 5-eyes. Are you so misinformed that you think every single person from one of the 5-eyes nations works in espionage/intelligence gathering?
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  3554.  @leiwang2114  I see that you believe a lot of propaganda. No one forces anyone to follow NATO. Nations choose to be considered for membership. It is Russia's threatening behaviors that causes nations to WANT to be incorporated into NATO. As the former Warsaw Pact nations saw that life is better among the Western nations, they desired to enjoy the benefits of closer alignment to Europe through NATO. Russia's actions in Chechnya, then Georgia, then Crimea, is what has DRIVEN Ukraine to desire NATO protection. Ukraine voted out the Russian puppet and Putin is alleging genocide as a pretext for invasion. The US isn't threatening anyone except in the imagination of CCP leadership.
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  3555.  @leiwang2114  Likewise, there is a wide range of ideologies, because we are allowed freedom of information/press and freedom of thought. In the West, the government doesn't control people anywhere close to the extent that the CCP controls the Chinese on the mainland.
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  3556.  @leiwang2114  The US never had any plans to invade Cuba - that is a major difference, so there is no hypocrisy. Contrast that with Russia's PROVEN invasions through Chechniya, Georgia, and Crimea and you should be able to recognize the difference! You have no understanding of NATO! Any individual country can choose to leave and fund its own private defense forces rather than contribute to group security through NATO. Several have considered it at various times but ultimately chose to remain. There is no possibility that NATO will be "split" even if France and Germany should choose to leave and establish their own defenses.
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  3557.  @leiwang2114  Is that what the CCP is saying? I suppose they need to believe things like that after the embarrassment of Vietnam!
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  3558.  @leiwang2114  I have access to more varied information than you do, look at things from various angles, and draw my own conclusions. I have no need for the MSM.
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  3559.  @leiwang2114  Wow, China thinks it has the moral high ground needed to inflict punishment? The nation that kills its own citizens through "cultural revolution?" When Russia withdraws, I hope the sanctions will be lifted in favor of reparations to rebuild Ukraine; Russia should be held responsible for rebuilding what it has destroyed. I hope China will be able to rebuild their lost cultural heritage but they will be on their own since the Chinese destroyed it.
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  3560.  @asdisskagen6487  I agree 💯.
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  3561. I do hope you'll be covering this closely! Do you still have family in Iran?
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  3562. 🤞
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  3563. It looks like they only count dead CCP cadres, a very small percentage of the actual population. No one else matters to them so they “don’t count."
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  3564. Tony is light shining through the darkness of CCP propaganda and we are the satellites that orbit around him every day!
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  3565. Yeah, backdoor purchases and reverse engineering is so “cool.” 🙄
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  3566. Imagine if an experimental vaccine got rushed through trials 🤔
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  3567. More likely that Chinese businessmen will relocate their factories to Vietnam and nearby nations to take advantage of the now cheaper labor.
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  3568. China in Russia's "backdoor" = Russia is getting "screwed" by China. Sounds like they are now "friends with benefits."
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  3569. I don’t think most design is done in Taiwan and the machines to manufacture aren’t either. It would be a very limited victory for the CCP even if they did manage to take.
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  3570. I wonder how many of those suicides had connections to the Clintons?
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  3571. And they probably couldn’t tell you what a woman is either!
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  3572. Not joined at the hip - the CCP is a ball and chain on the legs of the US and the US is busy picking the lock and loosening the shackle. Enough drag by the CCP and the chain comes off; it goes from risk-reduction to complete decoupling.
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  3573. It’s possible for the same invalid to collapse numerous times.
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  3574. This is why it is difficult to compare anything across countries. You must first have the same definition. There is a big difference between countries that still count those that they shelter in a free motel room for months while waiting for subsidized housing and those who would only count those who are "sleeping rough" out on the sidewalks. Likewise, there is a big difference between those who refuse services because they don't want to abide by any rules and those who will welcome the chance to get back on their feet. Unless all countries agree on what counts as homeless, comparing statistics across nations is meaningless!
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  3575. @roy dunn I doubt restrictions and lockdowns do any good to healthy mental function. Mental illness doesn't help complex thought.
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  3576. I hope none try Neville Chamberlain's approach to dealing with Nazi Germany!
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  3577.  @knightsnight5929  The WHO completely mishandled the last pandemic.
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  3578. But everyone knows that bookkeeping “with Chinese characteristics” is so severely flawed that any numbers reported are suspect. So what’s the good of parroting official lies except to dupe the naive? You won’t find such people watching this channel!
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  3579.  @douginorlando6260  That doesn't seem to be among the policies that the CCP is implementing to deal with this. The motivation would have to be very strong for these highly educated Nationals to opt for a return to China and give up their freedom. Perhaps "threat" would be more accurate if their loved ones are at risk.
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  3580. I disagree because it is the governments that allow businesses to incorporate and generally provide much of the infrastructure that businesses rely upon. Businesses can’t thrive apart from stability that governments provide and ANY businesses that put their short-term profits above upholding that stability MUST be restricted.
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  3581. Diversity Inclusion Equity Spells DIE - what happens to companies who chase high ESG scores!
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  3582. Ouch! If human rights in China are at their "historical best" it's horrifying to consider how bad it must have been in the past!!!
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  3583. You can add in the people who have jobs but haven’t received their wages in months.
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  3584. 600,000 in China earn the equivalent of $158 USD per month or less - Li Keqiang. That should put the $20,304 in proper perspective!
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  3585. “Idle and less effective” is being too kind - fraudulent and ideologically driven would be more accurate.
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  3586.  @stantheman9072  Yes, and those words are too kind all the same.
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  3587. Wrong country.
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  3588. That made me laugh! Amazing what filters are capable of now, huh?
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  3589. Perhaps that should have been "the RULE OF LAW and economic development" - that is a thing! It has to do with property rights and how contract enforcement impacts trade. EDIT: But since it was the State-Run Global Times, obviously they can't mean Rule of Law.
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  3590. We must give credit to Tony for his ability to quote CCP statements without either getting sick or laughing at their absurd assertions.
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  3591. The situation in the US is caused by foreign investor capital flight. You can thank the Chinese elite for the high real estate prices in the US - they buy up real estate in America's most expensive cities.
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  3592. That is why coffee is my beverage of choice while watching. I switch to decaf at the panda.
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  3593.  @NanningPunk2025  Instant? No, thanks! (But Sanka sounds like a good name for a panda)
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  3594. “Chinese-style human rights” - wow. If the UN buys into such bull sh*t, then the UN needs to be seriously overhauled.
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  3595. China is a command economy so it doesn’t have the “creative destruction” necessary to eliminate non-productive allocation of capital. These are not the normal bubbles you’d see within capitalism.
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  3596. The wumaos are having a circle jerk today.
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  3597. Wow, you’re first sentence made me laugh! Mind if I use it sometime if a good opportunity arises?
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  3598. I got two ads during your sponsored content. If I were your sponsor, I'd be ticked off at being interrupted!
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  3599. Sure, but who would take his place? Coup or valid election, it comes down to the same thing.
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  3600. I'm surprised there aren't more scammers out of China. I suppose they're more in to tech espionage.
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  3601.  @tonysu8860  Hmmm. What about a boomerang effect when 1/4 of all humanity must tighten their belts for months after their binge?
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  3602. Your integrity is appreciated! IMO you’re choosing an excellent new direction for your channel. I look forward to your future videos!
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  3603. And when the impending lockdown of northern Italy was announced, people fled to avoid the quarantine. This level of lethal stupidity is not unique to Belgium (or any other country for that matter). The same thing happened in Wuhan as long as they could still get outbound flights. They'd fly to any country that would take them and then catch another flight to get to where they wanted to go.
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  3604. The corruption and greed go back to Mao.
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  3605. Scott McKay is such a virtue-signalling prig.
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  3606. Like the old Soviet "cradle to grave" care, it can only be sustained by making the journey from cradle to grave as short as possible!
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  3607. I knew as soon as Tony started talking so rapidly that this would be a longer video than usual. 😂Looked at the run time - sure enough! Thanks, Tony, and I’m glad that you enjoy making these episodes! ♥
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  3608. 40 C is normal weather at this time of year where I live.
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  3609.  @308_Negra_Arroyo_Lane  You state, "she is working for someone with an agenda." If this is true, why don't you provide the information of WHO she's working for and WHAT is the agenda? Or is that just speculation on your part because you don't like what is being said? Do you know the context of the information or are you only assuming that the information is being misrepresented? What you've written "is extremely bad, innuendo laced, conspiratorial" COMMENTING?
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  3610.  @drumpfdon760  They use them to buy FROM China in RMB - the worthless for the worthless - hahaha!
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  3611.  @drumpfdon760  US gold reserves are over 4x that of China and the highest of any nation by a wide margin - the next three highest nations combined just about equal that of the US. hahaha!
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  3612. REAL democracy - no "Chinese characteristics" - whatever those are supposed to be.
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  3613. True, but the one-child policy created an excess of males anyway. Anyone aware of animal husbandry knows that you don’t need many males for breeding.
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  3614. No, I think de-risking is a subset within decoupling, like cats are a subset of mammals. The problem is that you first have to identify where the risks are and that can be tricky. Decoupling would be cleaner, just be done with them and shake the dust from our sandals.
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  3615.  @ahmedkamel7065  You aren’t trustworthy! https://youtu.be/nNAS0aaViM4
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  3616.  @ahmedkamel7065  But you aren’t trustworthy! https://youtu.be/nNAS0aaViM4
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  3617. Or the background noise you’re hearing could be the sounds of them living on the streets and too ashamed to tell you.
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  3618. Wow! I can just picture the cover of Time Magazine.
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  3619. With the aerodynamic design of the Aptera, combined with the high wind conditions that often plague my area, a pilot's license may be needed!
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  3620. How can people pay their mortgages with 370 million impacted by lockdowns? The "stable" real estate investments now look like a Ponzi scheme waiting for the "greater fool." What happens in China to people who can't pay their mortgages and all their paper assets plunge in value?
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  3621. What evidence is there that this is a temple to "God Most High" and not a temple to one of the gods of the nations that the Israelites were to drive out?
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  3622. The CCP often states what they believe so no need to be a mind reader. All Tony’s doing is reminding us of past coverage telling us their stance.
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  3623.  @peterjbarban  I failed to consider that the CCP may knowingly lie about what they believe. Personally, I think they are delusional.
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  3624. Three-day supply minimum, a couple of weeks is better, but not 600 pounds of rice. And with the tiny homes in China, I suppose they will be sleeping on those sacks for quite a while!
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  3625.  @covercalls88  I agree with you, but that's enough rice to last a couple of adults for a whole year. None of the lockdowns have been that long, so I'd be prepping for famine, not lockdown. Have to be very careful not to let those around you see that you're eating - get very skinny and wear baggy clothes - or your food stores could cost you your life.
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  3626. Like a scrawny and pimply teenage boy’s lustful fantasies of sexual conquests, ain’t gonna happen.
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  3627. Tony never said they wouldn't lie to meet that 5%. If anything, Tony implied that the target would be met BY lying (as usual).
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  3628. The rest of the world wouldn't have needed to deal with the virus at all if the CCP had done a proper job in Wuhan. Under an authoritarian government intent on saving face, they allowed the virus to spread while they stocked up on PCR tests as early as May 2020, long before the rest of the world was informed there was a problem. CHINA is responsible for this and NO ONE ELSE!
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  3629. YHWH is the only source of true good; to be "YHWH-free" is to damn yourself.
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  3630. Auditing firms get paid by the company they are auditing so they're unlikely to cut off that revenue stream by being critical. It is a systemic problem. If auditing is to support the public good, this situation would be addressed by paying them from public funds.
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  3631. Look at the chart at 11:45. Homes in OECD countries are still VASTLY more affordable in the USA.
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  3632.  @DanielW607  Authoritarian dictator is the definition of a Democrat, not God. When people want to live without law/rules, they've rejected God and He is under no obligation to help them.
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  3633. Unfortunately some things have changed. The “cultural revolution” has left the population demoralized, the one-child policy has more than decimated it, and their rapid/rabid industrialization has left the land, air, and water polluted. In many ways, the mainland is worse off now than it was before Mao.
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  3634. No one here does except for the occasional wumao.
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  3635. As brilliant as their work on the Coca Codo Sinclair dam?
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  3636. Chops on the butt!
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  3637. At least those who are poor already know how to survive in poverty. They may actually be in the best shape to weather the storms. Those who have grown soft in urban surroundings, far from available food, will be in trouble IMO.
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  3638. The main question is whether the prices will hit bottom before the tofu-dreg construction does!
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  3639. The vaccines are proving to be increasingly worthless.
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  3640.  @renaissancenovice7202  Global famine is a separate issue from US inflation and the US is a net food exporter putting the US in a much better food security situation than most nations on the planet.
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  3641.  @renaissancenovice7202  There WERE issues in the 1970s that we're NOT having NOW: The "cold war" and the threat of nuclear "mutually assured destruction," the US was still fighting a proxy war with the USSR in Vietnam until 1973 which included drafting people into the US army, and there were the "boat people" who were refugees coming out of that conflict. There was the Watergate scandal that led to the resignation of the US president and also going off the gold standard in favor of a fiat currency. There was the oil crisis that also heavily impacted the economy since the US was dependent on Middle East oil at that time (unlike now). That's just a small taste of the 1970s to whet your appetite. The geopolitical and economic fronts were much worse than you seem to realize. Kudos for being up on current events, but to claim that things are worse now than in the 70s just shows that you need to take a better look at the history. I'm not saying that the next 5 years will be easy but to put it in a better perspective. That said, the current situation is still evolving, and the 2020s have barely begun.
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  3642.  @renaissancenovice7202  You make some good points, but I wouldn't worry about de-dollarization. That's been tossed about for many decades now and the dollar is stronger than ever. China's true debt situation is MUCH worse than that of the US. China's GDP is a POLITICAL number, not an indicator of economic strength. The central government dictates to the local governments the targets they must achieve and the local governments take on the debt through LGFVs so it doesn't appear as "national" debt. So China's GDP is artificially high and its debt is artificially low. China's real debt-to-GDP is estimated to be about 400% while the US is only about 133%. How will China handle its own debt when there are still 600 million in China who earn only $150 or less per month - and that was before the Covid lockdowns? Those lockdowns have caused both capital flight out of China and the moving of supply chains away from China. The property sector accounts for 25-30% of China's GDP and the systemic problems have bled into other sectors. The CCP has made many difficulties for the people of China to struggle against. China may well be an albatross around the neck of BRICS.
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  3643.  @apextroll  I suspect the problem is getting the money to the people you intend to receive it rather than the regime.
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  3644. Or as Jesus said (paraphrased), First remove the plank from your own eye and then you can see clearly to remove the splinter from your brother's eye.
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  3645. Amir, your healthy, balanced take on this is impressive. You’re recommending having a 3rd party. You're open should you hear that your mom has changed. I’ve also heard in other videos that you give your mom credit for the things she did right even while being frank about the pain she caused you. Kudos on handling this topic in a fair manner even when it’s deeply personal!
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  3646. Palki Sharma is good, but sadly she's left WION.
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  3647. This is why Bloomberg wanted all the guns.
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  3648. The strains of the lockdowns haven't done much to nurture the innate immune system of the mainland Chinese!
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  3649. China’s welcome mat is placed in front of a prison cell for espionage. Foreign money may be welcome, but foreigners are not.
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  3650. It's all too common, but not universal. You must exercise more discernment these days, but there is no need to write off everyone. Throwing in the towel is the last thing that honest people should do!
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  3651. Look at either the Shanghai composite or the Hand Seng and you’ll see a major loss since 2015. Why are you only looking at the past 3 years?
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  3652. Strange bedfellows, united only by their mutual desire to destroy the West.
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  3653. If they want a better life, they need to fix their own countries, not come to yours. If they want to come over, let them be vetted and come over legally.
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  3654.  @jaydee6268  😂I can picture that!
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  3655. Kniv-ersity?
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  3656. Sure, all the food and fuel that China needs to import becomes more expensive to buy with a weaker RMB - exactly what the CCP wants to starve off its retirees and save pension money.
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  3657. Does Dalio have a heart?
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  3658. Translator is giving “passive attack” for the second one, not “passive aggressive” - perhaps that’s why?  @pjacobsen1000 
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  3659.  @kensmith8152  A lot of Chinese businessmen had exposure to the West when things were going well.
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  3660. And all their assets frozen, too! That would be so just!!!
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  3661. The babies weren't PHYSICALLY harmed, but without followup, we don't know what mental/emotional harm may have been done!
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  3662. “Accused of bending the rules” so we will bend the rules and forgo the normal process. The irony!
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  3663. The best horses have already left the barn.
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  3664.  @livingmaga6299  Better to use the laws we already have - not more.
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  3665. Oil lamps use a wick to soak up the fuel and deliver it to the flame - the wick only burns when the other fuel is depleted. Candles do the same but use wax as fuel instead of oil (and the wick will more toward the fuel source in a candle). I think the rushlight may have used the rush as a wick and, once stiffened with the tallow, actually just sat in a dish of tallow (fuel), similar to how a clay oil lamp would.
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  3666. People are much more resilient than governments, at least the more rural populations, though less so with softer city dwellers.
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  3667. I for one am waiting to replace until I can get an Apple made ANYWHERE other than China - I wonder how many other China-watchers are doing the same thing? Will Apple see a bump in sales once they leave or at least produce more products elsewhere?
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  3668. Not in China because the CCP is commanding SOEs and others under their thumb to buy; perceived value has nothing to do with it!
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  3669. Truly a GRAVE mistake for those who lose their lives as a result!
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  3670. Slow? Or accelerate? It’s the national government that has caused all the trouble!
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  3671.  @JM-ud6my  Not lying - deluded.
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  3672. Intermittent fasting can take off some of the burden of preparing meals each day. It's much easier to prepare one healthy meal from fresh ingredients instead of making three.
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  3673. I noticed that Tony gives the panda TWO days off each week while only taking one for himself.
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  3674. Perhaps “protection money” paid to local CCP cadres counts as “services?"
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  3675. Sound of Freedom was a movie worth watching. I’m looking forward to the Brett Cooper Snow White. There isn’t much that would get me into a theatre these days!
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  3676. Use PPE (personal protective equipment) as code for G U N.
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  3677. Even with DNA racial targeting/bioweapons being impossible, feeding that narrative to the mainland Chinese may be how the CCP will explain something more homegrown causing illnesses and deaths - like pollutants from the industrial shortcuts they’ve used or the fakery going on in their food processing.
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  3678. Or infighting over the last bone. 🍖🦴
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  3679. Those government subsidies will backfire; it allows corrupt people to line their pockets without any real innovation or improvements in efficiency.
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  3680. "Behold a white horse . . . and he went forth conquering and to conquer." Images of "pandemic control workers" spring to mind.
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  3681. China's GDP is a POLITICAL number and doesn't reflect real economic growth; it can't legitimately be compared with economies that are market driven. There is a reason that China's economic growth is "unbelievable" and it SHOULDN'T be believed.
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  3682. My "valuables" will be hard to carry out: 100 gallons of water, canned goods, and other food. If they're that desperate to EAT, I will give them some food.
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  3683.  @Kitkat-986  I can imagine such things can happen, such as the need to escape an abusive spouse. Trying to access support programs when you’ve never had to before would be a major adjustment, and it seems like some programs are made to be “sticky.” Congrats on transitioning back.
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  3684. Professional pilots fly by instrumentation, not by looking down!
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  3685.  @Lomochrome  Watch some aviation channels to see how professional pilots navigate. Mentour Pilot is an excellent one.
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  3686. I think it is too late for appeals when they fall on the ears of those remembering how many times previous help has been abused.
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  3687. Perhaps when they reach 1979 levels?
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  3688. The last one a gay bar?
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  3689. Very true. No one has abused the Palestinian people as badly as HAMAS does with their redirection of any humanitarian aid and their insistence on using the Palestinians as human shields for their nefarious purposes and “photo ops” to support their propaganda to naive Western journalists.
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  3690. How many forecasts turn out to be wrong? How many people back in 2015 correctly predicted what they’d be doing in 2020?
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  3691. Doubtful. It would push its own narrative: A.I. is good - A.I. is god!
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  3692. Combine this with China's current high levels of recent college graduates who are unable to find jobs, and it is beyond heartbreaking! Everyone hopes that doing well in school and attending a good college will ensure a good future, but that isn't the case. No wonder people are choosing the "bai lan" - let it rot - attitude.
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  3693. I agree that it will be a long time before the market bottoms out. Tony Su, please consider the massively overbuilt real estate sector on the mainland and the rapidly aging demographics. I don’t think that “sophisticated” people who are aware of these trends will be pivoting anytime soon!
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  3694.  @thomassimmer5186  I don't think it's criticism so much as disappointment that the cow has stopped producing milk.
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  3695. Good observation
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  3696. Cutting nerves in your calf muscles is like "Foot binding 2.0"
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  3697.  @prettypuppy6752  Looks like some Muslims signaling that it’s not just Israel or the Jews but EVERYONE who isn’t Muslim (or isn’t Muslim enough according to their particular standards) who will be the object of their death cult. No one is safe.
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  3698. And good riddance!
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  3699. They seem to have missed their other extremities and hit vital organs. How can they possibly stop the bleed? Blood is red so the CCP will see the hemorrhage as “patriotic” and encourage more bleeding!
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  3700.  @InfectedDrone  They are called “the nations” and no one forces the Torah on people by the edge of the sword.
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  3701. High-Speed Rail built by the CCP is useful for something after all!
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  3702. A virus by any other name would . . . mutate to fight the CCP.
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  3703. Did anyone see the video of the "Aunties" who were doing some superstitious mumbo jumbo to "send the virus back to where it came from" because they believed the CCP propaganda that the virus was from the US? I wonder what they're thinking now? Have they realized yet that the CCP has lied to them? Do they have any regrets about their evil wishes?
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  3704. Either you are being sarcastic or only using information that has passed the CCP censors.
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  3705.  @wulung5943  I love the Chinese people but hate what the CCP has done to them. China doesn't need a "housing shortage" to have problems. When your tofu buildings fall down around you before your 70-year lease from the government expires, it's the people of China who suffer.
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  3706. It's not unusual but the timing should give pause. Live-fire exercises per Wikipedia: In any situation in which hazardous materials are involved there exists the potential for a mishap to occur, and when these mishaps occur the results can be as spectacular as they are deadly. All forms of ordnance contain some type of explosive charge to launch and, in most cases, detonate, a weapon. If these charges are inappropriately stored or handled the result can be serious injury or death to the person and anyone in the immediate vicinity. Other dangers include faulty guidance and sensory information, which can cause guided ordnance to inadvertently target friendly or neutral units. My take: If China screws up, they can blame the US. Alternately, if China attacks, they can blame "faulty guidance and sensory information." On the other hand, if the US does a pre-emptive strike, they can claim that China had mishandled live ordinance. Wow!!!
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  3707. We can hope, but they’re likely just as corrupt. Tofu building is a corruption problem of switching out to lower quality and pocketing the difference.
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  3708. I doubt the “gold” jewelry that they are buying is any more real than the unbuilt property.
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  3709.  @labandonaldhock80  Those who drink the CCP Kool-Aid can’t recognize truth when it bites them on the nose.
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  3710. Everyone is raising interest rates - except Turkiye!
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  3711. Well, Gloria Gaynor (singer of the song "I Will Survive") is 79, so it will be interesting to see who survives longer.
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  3712. Lame duck meets Peking duck?
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  3713. The CCP will handle the financial contagion spreading to its insurance companies about as well as they handled Covid back in 2019 when it was still the Wuhan virus.
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  3714. Well, you got the first half right!
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  3715. IMO the problem isn’t with the number of “highly educated” but with the quality of the “education.” No need for more indoctrinated on “Xi Thought,” afraid to speak up, unable to question. But the CCP doesn’t want a population that can recognize the logic flaws, faulty arguments, wrong underlying assumptions. The CCP certainly doesn’t want people that have the courage to call them out.
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  3716.  @taiwanisacountry  Great, but that wasn’t the ONLY place that you studied, was it? University experience is different depending on your previous education and life experience even at the same uni. When I went back after being in the work force for 20 years, I could clearly see what those fresh out of HS could not. I doubt the critical thinking skills you’ve demonstrated in some of your comments were learned on mainland China, rather you brought them with you.
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  3717.  @taiwanisacountry  Okay. My information was gleaned from how problems (as reported on this channel and others) are addressed by the CCP, how protests are quashed and censored, and mandatory reading of “Xi thought” at each level of education on the mainland (that may have been implemented after you had your uni experiences there).  When any nail that sticks out gets hammered, that doesn’t indicate a problem with not gaining enough education as your original comment implied and where I’m in disagreement.
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  3718. WHY???
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  3719.  @dennisgannon  Sorry to hear that and best wishes on any lifestyle changes that you're making. Giving up coffee would be a hard change for me. 😔
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  3720. 🤞
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  3721. Perhaps the main difference will be between those who "have no clothes" versus those who are merely "scantily clad" while living in the tropics where only a little is needed to preserve modesty.
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  3722.  @karenlankford8558  True, but that’s not how the CCP does things when they DICTATE GDP growth targets and incentivizes the cadres to lie about meeting targets in order to retain their positions. Those growth targets are based on the desire to appear superior, not grounded on what may reasonably be expected to be achieved. The CCP puts their ideology AHEAD of the fundamentals of economics.
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  3723. PZ has been A WALL for the last few days - as he sits in front of A WALL. 😂
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  3724. The problem with bubbles is the bigger they become, the worse the knock-on effect.
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  3725.  @superdouble8834  China has a centrally-planned economy with none of the self-corrections that occur within a free market. BUT they don’t share equally as you’d expect in communist theory. Truly, China has chosen the worst from all possible combinations.
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  3726. No fun, but a much shorter post!
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  3727.  @hangtuah888  There aren’t 1.4 billion people in China because no one but a wumao believes the CCP numbers. Even IF there are, you’d need to subtract out the children, retirees, and women. Businessmen would be a subset of the remainder and those businessmen who relocated factories to Vietnam would be a subset of THAT number. So let’s see your superior mathematical skills. What is your calculation?
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  3728. It takes an armed attack to invoke the terms of the defense treaty. The US will surely support its allies while being smart enough not to instigate a war. That means walking on the knife’s edge.
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  3729. Common prosperity = We want what you have so hand it over!
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  3730.  @raimundomartin5459  Except for the wealthy elites - one rule for thee and another for me!
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  3731.  @riko_z9962  I heard that he was being used by Zemin and also about the censoring. My fear is that he will be set up as the scapegoat for the economic "headwinds" that the CCP is facing. But Zemin is old. If Li were to gain power over Xi and Zemin dies, would Li have freer reign to put his ideas into practice?
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  3732. I noticed they had about a dozen workers to help one old lady get carried up a ladder - the rescues always seem to be staged CCP propaganda.
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  3733. And what did Australia actually gain/accomplish with those talks?
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  3734. I think it’s likely due to the heavy censorship of the flood situation within China itself. What’s available made it outside the firewall before it could be taken down. As the power outages from the floods continue, less will make it out because cell phones and tech will run out of juice with no options to recharge. The CCP doesn’t want anyone, even those on the mainland to know how bad things are - appearing to have lost any "mandate of heaven” threatens CCP rule.
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  3735. Can a country with nukes ever become “too weak relative to its rivals?"
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  3736. But they can claim that they don't have inflation 🙄, unlike America. So crazy!
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  3737. At least now he's unlikely to be found hanging from a doorknob. Seems like there's an epidemic of that kind of stuff going on.
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  3738. Not if they had twice as many people die of starvation and lack of needed medical care for non-Covid issues as they had die of Covid. If the proportion that died is the same, that shouldn’t be considered a success. In fact, the cure may have been worse than the disease.
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  3739. Since I manage my credit so that I don’t pay interest, I was shocked to learn what they now charge on credit cards, verging on 35%. Makes me feel for those credit-naive people who got themselves into debt.
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  3740. Stone stairs would make sense if they led down to a root cellar, but with the wood decaying and erosion, it would be difficult to know the original purpose.
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  3741. I agree and if someone would provide the English translations, I’d be interested in reading a few to gain further insight into CCP propaganda.
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  3742. Let’s not forget the supply-chain issues revealed by Covid.
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  3743. As long as Chinese scholars and economist are using CCP numbers (like 1.4 billion population which is highly questionable), their analysis will produce faulty results.
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  3744.  @colgategilbert8067  But as you said in your original post, “many are CCP politically correct.” Would they risk the ire of the CCP by publicly trying to correct flaws in the official stats? Those work arounds are being done, but mainly by people outside China, outside the direct reach of the CCP
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  3745. I'm assuming it could be to service the massive debt or grow out of the debt, but I could be wrong.
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  3746. Li Keqiang - 600,000 in China live in poverty Li Dao Kui - " . . . the most difficult period since the economic reforms started 40 years ago." Sun Liping named 5 VERY MAJOR challenges that the CCP is currently facing Perhaps the narrative you've believed is the false one.
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  3747. Even the Central Bankers in China won’t win. I doubt their new bank head will last long.
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  3748.  @jaydee6268  Excellent way of describing this, only I think that they are betting on RED.
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  3749. This would be concerning even IF the director-general of WHO was a competent person of integrity!
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  3750. Centrally-planned economies never correct properly.
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  3751.  @thomasherrin6798  China now exhibits all the traits of a narcissist.
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  3752. Why do you think that world growth depends on China? China’s “growth” has only fed an illusion. Better a little that’s real than to believe a lie.
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  3753. Take another look at the science that leads to such predictions. You might want to begin with this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42QuXLucH3Q&list=PLkhMJq-JMMWkHX1h6GM_PmfSuKI0J-ld7&index=22
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  3754. I haven't heard anyone in the governments of Muslim-majority nations address this either. Maybe I'm missing something here?
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  3755.  @genepozniak  Exactly! But why should the US pursue this further than Muslim leaders do? Besides, the persecution of Christians, Jews (yes, in China since the Silk Road days), and Falun Gong practitioners just never make the news, but the CCP will persecute any faith that they see as a potential rallying point during protests against the regime.
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  3756. GDP = Great Dictator’s Proportions China’s numbers are reporting the change in Xi’s waist
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  3757. Absolutely fascinating, especially in light of how much money Xi has spent to try and buy influence. I’m wondering how low-income nations would respond to these same questions.
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  3758. Look at the nations that are getting chummy with ccp China. That doesn’t look like greed but something far more sinister, like an alternate universe where there are no human rights. The question is if the result will be communist or under sharia law.
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  3759. What a relief! I was worried it would look like the inside of an organ bank.
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  3760. After watching this video, I did a bit of research. No, he wasn't an employee of the airport or any of their vendors. He was later identified as 22-year-old Junin Ko from the Dallas, Texas area and his probable cause of death was ruled a suicide. He apparently jumped the perimeter fence.
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  3761.  @Mike80528  It appears that any "orchestration" always stimulates false data to promote oneself which results in any central planning being made on bad information - GIGO - garbage in, garbage out. People MUST be free to diverge based on local conditions.
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  3762. It sounds like there was only ONE "talented patriot" in all of Hong Kong since ensuring "patriots running Hong Kong" required a candidate to run unopposed.
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  3763. That "donkey" buyer is an "ass."
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  3764. The same thing goes for spiritual architecture: Virtues like trustworthiness, self-control, courage, etc., are beautiful and timeless.
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  3765. Consider that the 2-births-per-woman replacement rate assumes that the genders are balanced which isn't the case in China. Those who were born before the one-child policy began and those after are likely balanced (diluting the true extent of the problem), but those of childbearing age are VERY unbalanced, perhaps as high as 3:1. So for China to be at replacement rate, each woman of childbearing age would need to give birth to FOUR children to replace herself, her partner, and each male who is unable to find a wife!
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  3766. That’s a step in the right direction. But the one-child policy combined with a culture that prefers male offspring (and has also overcounted the number of females in their population stats) means that there AREN’T ENOUGH WOMEN for all the men to find wives, house or no house. This has resulted in the trafficking of women from surrounding nations.
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  3767. Boomers are lowest on the job transitions because many are already retired or chose to retire early due to the impact of the pandemic. Changes made in the work environment made the idea of returning seem too onerous. Better to reduce expectations of life during retirement, accept less income and enjoy the simple pleasures of life!
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  3768.  @cherylpringle3397  “They don’t go into debt”? What about all those people having to make mortgage payments on unfinished housing - housing that is increasingly unlikely to ever be completed?
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  3769. My first thought was “I wonder how much of that “gold” is real?"
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  3770. REAL storm drains would also help.
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  3771. Fuel and energy account for 53.8% of Russia's exports.
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  3772. That's because the CCP makes up whatever numbers they want. But if you look further, you can see through the lies. Just one example would be how their import/export numbers don't match any records from any other countries.
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  3773.  @VL-inquisitor  Go do the work for yourself - there are plenty to choose from!
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  3774.  @VL-inquisitor  Lancet is still using numbers provided by the CCP. China's population numbers and death from other causes numbers are also all suspect. GIGO analysis - Garbage In, Garbage Out.
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  3775. Lancet is still using numbers provided by the CCP. China's population numbers and death from other causes numbers are also all suspect. GIGO analysis - Garbage In, Garbage Out.
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  3776. That was my thought. Has the CCP pressured them to lie in order to attract foreign investment? Certainly the SOEs will lie.
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  3777. Per Wikipedia: A dictatorship is an autocratic form of government which is characterized by a leader, or a group of leaders, who hold governmental powers with few to no limitations. Politics in a dictatorship are controlled by a dictator, and they are facilitated through an inner circle of elites that includes advisers, generals, and other high-ranking officials. Xi’s China ticks all the boxes. Who’s the simpleton?
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  3778. So we can only imagine how abysmal things must be if even the official number are bad.
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  3779. Yeah, famine has a way of inflating food prices.
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  3780. I'd question the resilience of the generations who grew up without siblings and 4 had grandparents to spoil them. I'm inclined to think that very many are quite fragile.
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  3781. I think admitting any kind of mistake, including mistakes about staffing and promotions, implies that the CCP isn’t the all-knowing god they want others to believe them to be.
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  3782. Now THAT is a scary thought considering the poor quality of construction that already exists. Tofu dreg construction is real.
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  3783. Hope they’re learning a thing or two from Russia now that Ukraine is in the Kursk region and Putin is having to pull forces from offensive to defensive mode.
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  3784. Good observation, but do the same rules apply to the elites as to the “leeks?"
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  3785. On the contrary, you may sleep VERY well - the sleep of death!
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  3786. It’s less serious for the world but no less serious for China.
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  3787. Probably just on holiday. We’ll know soon enough.
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  3788. With all the red flags, what other color can they use?
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  3789. Plot twist - Tchaikovsky's Odile is going to hatch a brood of more black swans.
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  3790.  @Andy-P  How would you imagine that would have played out? Would Hong Kong be cozier with the CCP? Or armed and ready to defend against mainland tyranny?
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  3791. Embezzlement into the offshore accounts of the CCP elites is the most likely answer for where all the dollars have gone.
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  3792. If they are not on property that they either own or rent, they are fair game for the media. Throw the case out!
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  3793. Interesting that a Chinese policy paper calls it "an irreversible mistake."
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  3794. The safest place to be will depend on why society is collapsing. You don't want to be where the nuclear fallout or plague infested waters will get you.
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  3795.  @hanfucolorful9656  I’ll believe that Huawei propaganda when I see evidence that they are able to produce at scale.
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  3796. I'd really like to fill that raston with a rich, creamy soup or stew.
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  3797. Prediction: More bad news hidden behind CCP lies. More analysts duped by CCP lies assuming that bottom has been reached and recovery is imminent who will be shocked at (repeat from the beginning).
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  3798. Not when the home sales are investments that sit empty. 600 million Chinese are still in poverty - it was investment property that kept the bubble going.
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  3799. No, the oscillation isn’t that predictable.
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  3800. "Mortgage-backed" used to represent a solid, conservative investment. Those days are gone. Same with things like municipal and state bonds. There is very little (perhaps nothing) that is truly conservative anymore. People who are retired or nearing retirement (especially those who DON'T have much money invested) are faced with two very bad choices: running out of money before they die or gambling on a return that can keep up with inflation. Wealthy people can weather downturns and corrections. The middle class will suffer the most.
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  3801. The rest of the world did just fine without China up to the 1970s, so I disagree that it will take the world with it - though those foolish enough to stay on a sinking ship will go down with it, that much is true.
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  3802. I deny that India produces denial engines! 😉
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  3803. Exactly. The push to get more African representation in the UN Security Council is just one example of the attempt to buy more votes for CCP positions - and those supports will be kicked away when no longer useful. China’s words always sound so noble (bait), but their actions speak louder (trap) and woe to any nation who takes the bait.
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  3804. I know. Makes me want to study the wind patterns to see where radiation dust clouds will head. And we KNOW the CCP won't alert anyone when a problem occurs because they must "save face."
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  3805. You don’t need to put a corpse in jail. Plenty of room to dump bodies.
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  3806. I'd be stocking up on supplies. Freeze-dried and dehydrated items would be at the top of my list. With the commitment to zero-Covid, another lockdown isn't a question of "if," but of "when."
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  3807. It seems that about 0.4 billion went into the grave based on what people trying to calculate the true population of mainland China have concluded.
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  3808. I don't think it's that the central CAN'T control the local, but that the means of controlling has been foolish "growth" targets without consideration (or too much wrong information) of the local situations. The local governments are in trouble because of the central government's dictates. This goes all the way back to Mao and the famine that he created because of the local cadres overstating production.
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  3809.  @闫纯朴纯朴的空间  And step by step, Xi became more foolish. Just look at how he's destroying China, especially over the past few years. Li Keqiang had some wisdom, but Xi would override any sensibility.
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  3810. As someone who doesn't particularly like group experiences, I'd certainly opt for the recording in the private. Not everyone enjoys what you and your social circle find appealing.
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  3811.  @Gamba_with_Cigarette  I don't have a Spotify playlist.
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  3812. Even worse when you consider that Mao was killing his own people like most tyrants do; Hitler was a bit weird in that he wasn’t primarily killing ethnic Germans.
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  3813. The 3:1 gender imbalance in China among those of childbearing age would mean they'd need to have MORE THAN 2 births per woman to be at replacement rate. Each woman would need to give birth to FOUR children just to keep the population from declining further.
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  3814.  @majorowe  We don't want to see "china struggle"; we want the CCP cancer removed from this world rather than metastasize!
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  3815. Your comment should be getting many more likes!
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  3816. Most US debt is held by Americans, not foreigners. China doesn’t hold enough to be more than inconvenient if sold off all at once.
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  3817. Or at least gold-plated lead bars for those foolish enough to trust them!
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  3818. Congrats! I had that pleasure once 😉
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  3819.  @alberto148  People find amusement in many things like sports and movies. Is that always about priorities? Or is it a small bright spot in the midst of whatever anguish or pain or exhaustion they are experiencing? Perhaps you are too quick to judge?
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  3820. Don’t you think that Taiwan has seen what happened in Hong Kong? Taiwan has a completely different form of government and doesn’t want to be invaded by its aggressive neighbor who is seeking “reunification by any means” when Taiwan has never been part of the CCP. So unless “by any means” implies that the CCP will cede power to Taiwanese government, then Taiwan needs to be prepared to fight and is actively seeking support in defending itself from invasion. The USA is NOT the one starting this; the CCP is.
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  3821. LOL - Where ever you’re getting your information, they are feeding you a load of lies.  @thescythian321  Time will show you that, sooner if you’re genuinely interested in truth, but eventually even if you’re committed to believing such nonsense.   You could just as easily claim that mainland China is part of Taiwan. The CCP is just angry that there are Chinese people who continue to oppose their one-party rule.
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  3822. Sounds like a fly-sized drone with listening capabilities attended a CCP meeting.
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  3823. Symposium will require attendees to suspend all rational thought, self-preservation pragmatics, and personal experience or risk “hurting China’s feelings."
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  3824. They won't because changing course is tantamount to admitting they were wrong and that would be "shameful." The god complex of authoritarian regimes requires they double down.
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  3825.  @ravenmoon5111  A nation and its culture aren’t the same thing because a new nation will obtain its values from older cultures, whereas the “Cultural Revolution” demolished the old. CCP China’s culture is about 60 years old whereas the cultural values of the US were rooted in the Judeo-Christian values many thousands of years older. Just pointing out your wrong, underlying assumption so you can rethink things from a truer base.
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  3826. Pay with what? At least all that infrastructure spending ensures nice bridges for the homeless to live under!
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  3827. I wonder how many of the subscribers were for click farms?
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  3828. And the nose of the liar has continued to grow to the point of being laughable!
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  3829. I think it's likely to create zombies - the "living" dead - since ideology will trump productivity every time. Cronies will be put in charge and silence any unfavorable information that would correct developing problems.
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  3830. Economic activity isn't equal to economic productivity. Much of China's GDP is debt-driven non-productive activity and their real GDP is conservatively estimated to be about 60% lower than claimed. Opaque would describe much of the bookkeeping in CCP China.
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  3831. With the way the authoritarian powers are back scratching, should we be surprised?
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  3832. I hope you corresponded in code!
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  3833. Also remember that setting up a lab and retaining control of a lab are two different things. Once a lab with a security level, whether 1, 2, 3, or 4 is set up, it can be repurposed to study things other than what it was originally set up to study since the security protocol will be the same. I don't think this is the first time that China got foreign help by claiming one thing then doing something very different. Also, following the protocol is entirely on those who are actually running the lab. With China's "face saving" culture, there is just too much incentive to hide a mistake, no matter how serious.
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  3834.  @doktabob328  You also make fair points. To whatever extent my memory is accurate, I recall reading that bats were being studied because of their comparative longevity in relation to their high metabolisms. The virus being studied was believed to be symbiotic in causing that unusual combination for the bats and researchers thought it might help increase life spans. I viewed it as the modern equivalent of "the fountain of youth." At this point, I doubt we'll ever know the entirety of it.
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  3835. This is why I switched to buying flax/linen over cotton whenever possible. It takes far less water to grow and process flax.
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  3836. Human rights for all people of the world!
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  3837. What was their ranking back in 1979? I think that’s where they’ll end up under Xi.
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  3838. Chinese people aren’t limited to the mainland.
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  3839. The CCP is the fraud. Do you think the elites are going to arrest themselves for corruption?
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  3840. China, too. They even have a state-owned enterprise defaulting on debt.
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  3841.  @alanparsonsfan  China Update is a daily must for me and I also read all the comments so I've come to recognize a few names. It's always a pleasure for me when I recognize those names posting comments on other channels. It would be very interesting to listen to a conversation between Tony and Peter!
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  3842. The sooner that Apple moves its assembly out of China, the better in my opinion. I'm waiting for them to do just that before I replace any of my tech.
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  3843. The CCP spells TRUTH as M-Y-T-H.
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  3844. Not a slip of the tongue, but a slip of the brain in Joe's case.
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  3845. Not educated since they have no critical thinking skills; indoctrinated would be more accurate.
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  3846. If you pay for yourself, you may be paying a very long time. If you get "free" college, you will be paying for it for the rest of your life, even if you never attend.
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  3847. What species breed in captivity? How many actually are locked down with a partner? Who wants to risk pregnancy when care may be inaccessible? Captivity kills desire. Captivity kills the willingness to reproduce.
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  3848. Not a myth. The need to create shell companies shows that the decoupling is working and the CCP is desperate.
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  3849. Anyone who scoffs at prepping is a fool. EVERY area has natural disasters whether droughts, fires, floods, earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, etc. People need to be prepared to be off-grid and able to fend for themselves when necessary, useful or desirable (such as this situation in order to safeguard yourself from contagion). Some situations may give you some time to go out and pick up a few things, others like earthquakes don't give any warning at all. I consider it fortunate that we will likely be able to keep the power on infrastructure intact. I live in an earthquake-prone region where even those things could fail. Yet too few people would know what to do if they couldn't flush away their waste in a toilet for a few weeks and would likely die from diseases like dysentery after a major quake than from the quake itself. I wish more people would learn to think and prepare!
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  3850. Cannibalism with Chinese characteristics?
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  3851. Different geography, different demographics, different government, an economy with no safeguards against moral hazard, and an educational system that doesn't promote innovation - would be my top five reasons. The last three are fixable if the people of China have the will to oust the CCP.
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  3852.  @mis4nthr0p3  When the PLA is also suffering from mortgages on unfinished properties and having their accounts frozen, anything can happen. But I agree that the chances are slim.
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  3853. Oh, yes, tofu dreg nuclear is SO much better than fossil fuels! China will be very careful in disposing of spent fuel rods and water from these plants we have absolutely NOTHING to worry about! (sarcasm).
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  3854. Three Red Lines exposed the extent of the bubble. Everyone knew there was one and that property developers were over leveraged - the surprise was just how many developers and just how badly over leveraged.
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  3855. Key words are “not actively harm,” but that’s not good enough for me. I’d rather that their most important rule was to pursue maximum benefit for ALL humans.
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  3856. LOL - Good one!
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  3857. This is the down side of democracy and what happens when stupid/gullible voters outnumber those who aren’t easily manipulated. We absolutely must get back to teaching critical thinking skills in public schools. How could the people who voted for this not recognized where this would lead? But more importantly, are they smart enough to make the connection and learn the right lesson? But democracy (even with this downside) is still the best form of government because there is hope to vote them out in a few years!
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  3858. America’s was a bigger deal for the entire world, that’s true, but China’s would be born entirely by the people of China and I think that means it will be felt much worse on the mainland than 2008 was. That’s good for everyone else in the world, but not good for the mainland Chinese.
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  3859.  @horridohobbies  The UN gets their data about China from the CCP, so garbage in, garbage out as far as those projections go. Also, China already has an excess of housing that’s 2-3 times their total current population. There is no way that the real estate crisis will be resolved in ten years or even twenty unless the CCP destroys all the oversupply of housing that currently exists. Does the CCP have the political will to do that?
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  3860. The people should also ask on behalf of those people who can’t ask for themselves due to having their organs harvested!
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  3861. China's GDP is a POLITICAL number, not an economic one. It simply measures activity, but a hamster on an exercise wheel is actively going nowhere. You're so right to point out that CCP numbers are meaningless and I doubt they are or ever were the #2 economy. Betting on China is like betting on that hamster to win a race based on how fast its legs are moving.
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  3862. Sadly, even though the people may have it, the leadership clearly doesn’t.
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  3863. I thought that was the smell of coffee, but okay 😉
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  3864.  @kennethli8  I’m impressed that you can keep tabs on such things. I read all the comments every day and have come to recognize names of posters, and recognize those that I often “like,” BUT I’ve never kept track of how often for each poster!
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  3865. The plates in the air are a conjurer's trick that is done with mirrors.
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  3866. When are those in the US “not allowed to” sell? I’ve never had a problem selling.
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  3867.  @Wesstuntube  I'm beginning to question the reason that people own multiple homes in China. Search for "rotten tail" buildings in China. If 45% of presales never get completed (the longest is a project that hasn't been completed for 22 years), then perhaps people buy more than one in the hopes that they will eventually get a finished place to live?
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  3868.  @stoutz  No, the fear being pushed is EXCESS deaths and those don't have to happen suddenly.
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  3869.  @stoutz  I already DO frequently read through the comment section of his videos and what I'M seeing are anecdotes of young and healthy people getting a diagnosis of serious conditions (not keeling over suddenly in death) and even when they DO collapse, they're taken to hospital, not dying suddenly outside of one. So again, only including deaths outside of hospitals is suspect. Yes, fear IS there, but NOT from sudden death.
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  3870.  @neuralvibes  Yes, truth is very important to them. The Falun Gong provide a very valuable service!
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  3871.  @yliang1688  Wu mao think CCP propaganda is GOOD propaganda, not disgusting?
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  3872. Well your friends and their fancy persuasion Don't admit that it's part of a scheme, But I can't help but have my suspicions 'Cause I ain't quite as dumb as I seem.
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  3873. Probably the best contraceptive available to ensure that there is no compliance with the 3-child policy!
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  3874.  @daginezho1637  If you frequently type words with the same letter combinations (like independent), then key proximity doesn't matter for typos.
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  3875. Compared to the Bab el Mandab, hardly!
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  3876.  @andrewpearson5504  Those bloody mechanical parts!
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  3877. History never repeats but loves to rhyme!
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  3878. CCP souffle!
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  3879. I think the stock exchange is located on the actual island of Hong Kong rather than the mainland portion of Hong Kong.
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  3880. Anyone else want to tell the Taco Gulag guy to go clean his room?
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  3881. Maybe they're collapsing because they've tried to take over the world? The Belt & Road was supposed to gain them allies, but the projects are so economically unhelpful that the result is bad for both economies of the B&R nations AND China.
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  3882.  @meetoobaa  But part of China's financial woes stems from the reluctance to write off bad loans and keep them on the books as "assets." This may be part of what's causing the hardships in the banking sector. Recipient countries defaulting on loans would also spread to China. China's debt problems also result from the GDP targets dictated to the local governments who then must borrow money through Local Government Finance Vehicles to boost their GDP growth. China's GDP is a political number and not based on real economic conditions. By putting the burden on the local governments, the CCP artificially reduces the "national debt" and artificially boosts their "GDP" so real debt-to-GDP is far worse than the "official" numbers would show.
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  3883. Not perfect for sure, but far from equally bad. Learn the history of Islam and see what has happened to the places that were once predominantly Christian, Jewish, Zoroastrian, Buddhist, etc. See what Islamic jihadists will do even to Muslims who aren’t “Islamic enough” for their agenda of creating a one-world order under sharia law. Ask yourself if that’s the kind of system you want for yourself and those you care about; then pick the side that you think will give you the better option, even if it’s less than perfect.
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  3884. All hell breaks loose when a pack of wolves comes across a flock of sheep.
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  3885. Tony doesn’t make predictions; he simply reports what sources are saying both on the mainland and externally.
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  3886. So within 72 hours AFTER entering Beijing, they must provide a negative Covid test. Seventy-two hours to spread. Who came up with this policy? KUDOS - May it wipe out the CCP like a Trojan horse.
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  3887. Jin is delusional. He probably thinks beating his ex-wife earns him respect if he thinks invading Taiwan would earn respect for the CCP. Taiwan LEFT YOU CCP; get over it!
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  3888. They're trying and failing
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  3889.  @homersimpson118  Low information people is an excellent description. People quickly Google and take the top few selections. They use fact checkers and never bother to confirm the checkers (because they aren't consistently reliable). Maybe it's the overwhelming amount of info or maybe it's laziness, but it is a serious issue. I'm aware of the problem and have to fight the tendency toward being superficial. I imagine it's far worse for those who are unaware.
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  3890. Media: Where will you be going? Islamic terrorist: I'll beheading to France. Media: What will you do when you arrive? Islamic terrorist: I'll beheading in France.
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  3891. I agree. "What pent up demand?” was my first thought! When people are jobless and hungry, they DON’T want to have kids.
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  3892.  @Greg-Horne  Wars cause hungry people. Just look at where the famines happen and you will see they are in conflict zones. Darfur is the most recent example.
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  3893.  @Greg-Horne  The war came before the famine. Consider the civil unrest in Sudan causing famine in Darfur. Consider the threat to many grain-importing nations like Egypt when Russia invaded Ukraine where fighting curtailed agriculture and made it difficult to export the grain and sunflower oils that were produced.
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  3894.  @Squared_Table  China has resorted to cannibalism in the past and call human flesh “long pork.” Perhaps that is why pig meat is their favorite protein.
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  3895. Wheat prices have always been volatile and prices are simply coming back to where they were pre-Covid.
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  3896. Thank you for taking us here virtually so our souls can travel even when our bodies aren't up to the task.
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  3897. How does reporting of facts imply hate? He also reports the good news. True, there isn't much of that lately, but that is merely being honest.
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  3898.  @GoodBaleadaMusic  NEWS, not CCP propaganda. Those are very different things.
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  3899.  @GoodBaleadaMusic  But we're not discussing NATO propaganda, we're discussing the "good news" that you claim for China.
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  3900. April Fool's!
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  3901.  @Leshic2  Very well said!
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  3902.  @jaydee6268  I agree with what you stated. One observation I've made is that you can follow the money trail (ask "who wants me to believe that and why?") when there's a profit motive and apply critical thinking skills. I don't know if there is a way to counter for state-owned media if you can't seek other sources for balance.
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  3903. Anyone else watching this while having solar panels installed?
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  3904. We were silenced by "political correctness" and all the mockery, scorn and derisions heaped upon conservatives. Our choices were taken from us by limiting options to bad or worse candidates who marched to the same drummer. Finally, we have some candidates who heard our silent screams. Thank God!
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  3905. I like it - looks like "cry BS."
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  3906. Yep. It is a sector-wide problem. Evergrande is only the poster child.
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  3907. Apple, while slow to leave China, has moved some of its assembly to other nations. And let's not forget that Apple products are only ASSEMBLED in China, NOT manufactured there. Plus no one company will bring down the NYSE and the smart investors ALWAYS diversify their holdings.
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  3908.  @tonysu8860  And the less blood supply to a cancer, the more likely the cancerous tumor will die off rather than spread. Let’s recognize the CCP for the cancer on humanity that it is and deal with it accordingly!
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  3909. Pax Xi-t 💩
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  3910. And your mom was pregnant with you for NINE MONTHS. Why do you think two years for an entire country is long?
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  3911. Probably a ruse so they could sell positions without taking too much of a loss, looking for the "greater fool."
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  3912.  @drumpfdon760  If you apply the same standard to yourself, you will surely fail and YOU are the "shameless old childish hypocrite liar hater loser sad soul jealous joker clown kidd!! Hahaha..." But what should anyone expect from a CCP troll when the CCP is always projecting on others the very things of which they are guilty?
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  3913.  @drumpfdon760  Not "anti-China" - just the truth that the CCP is hiding from its citizens in order to remain in power.
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  3914.  @drumpfdon760  Everything that they accuse others of, they are doing themselves. It's SO obvious if you aren't blind, Little Pink.
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  3915.  @drumpfdon760  Listen to their state-sponsored media and see for yourself what they accuse others of. Do your own research, Little Pink, and maybe one day you can grow up to become a wu mao.
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  3916. They are looking for some baabaas (sheep) so they can unload their BABA
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  3917. Plunge in activity might be good if much of the activity was unnecessary. What’s needed is a proper match between what’s being produced with what people need/want, free of “manufactured desires” based on advertising and free of “planned obsolescense” just to generate activity and burden landfills.
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  3918. Correction: HE may SEEM like “a bit of a Bugger at times” but that is only because HE knows so much more about the situation than we do. Are there 50 righteous? 40? HE’s well able to bring the righteous out of affliction, even taking them by the hand and leading them out prior to the destruction.   Yes, we break HIS laws, yet God gives grace to the humble while resisting the proud. Listening to the CCP rhetoric, isn’t it obvious why things are moving at the pace they’re going?
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  3919. What a shitty story.
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  3920. Agreed. They will break apart just like the former USSR.
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  3921. The most dangerous assumptions in any analysis are those you don’t know you’re making because it’s all you’ve known and can’t imagine the world any other way that what you’ve experienced. Most people had a wake up call in 2020 on just how suddenly things can change - and waking up is a good thing!
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  3922. For the sake of your wallet and financial future, I hope you're being sarcastic!
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  3923. The Europe theater will be more than just Ukraine once all those migrants and refugees that have been let in over the past decade activate the jihadis that are hiding among them.
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  3924. Not if it needs to go down 20-30% to become correctly valued!
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  3925. Just like the Covid hospitals built in 2020 that leak like sieves. It's all for show - like a Potemkin village.
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  3926. So the story "The Red Shoes" has a factual basis!
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  3927. Poor while driving a much nicer, new car than I've got.
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  3928. Perhaps I'm in the minority, but I WOULD want to know, even if no cure exists, so I can make preparations for my future situation while still "of sound mind." Beyond that, I'd likely keep the info to myself or perhaps let my loved ones know of my desires "should" X happen so they're not left to try and figure out what my wishes may be for things like heroic measures or potential treatment options. I've already discussed such scenarios with my siblings, but knowing in advance would help me consider eventualities instead of hypotheticals.
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  3929. LOL - yes, so true.
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  3930. They have requirements for take-on baggage to ensure it can fit; why not requirements that a passenger can fit in their seat?
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  3931. It's not pronounced TUSK-CAN, it's pronounced TWO-SAHN.
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  3932. Or merely immature; let’s hope they outgrow it!
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  3933. Paper dragons shouldn't play with matches.
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  3934. Those to whom you’re addressing your comment don’t watch this channel. If they did, they wouldn’t be stupid any more.
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  3935. More proof that the CCP is clueless about economics or so corrupt that all their policies are to support the enrichment of party elites.
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  3936. Let's not forget that food needs to be properly stored or it becomes worthless. The current facilities don't appear to be able to accomplish this, but I'd love to get more info about that as well. The real impact of China's purchases/hoarding may be less about helping the Chinese citizens than it is about hurting other nations who could use those supplies. But I'd be leery about any resales China may make for fear that you'd be paying for spoiled food.
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  3937. Does this mean we won't be getting as many comments from you in the future - you'll be out enjoying your freedom?
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  3938.  @jaydee6268  They may well try and give the West a false sense of security, but I’m of the notion that much of the West is very unlikely to show its true capabilities, at least as far as government/defense industry is concerned. Only in consumer-level products to we see quick reveals for marketing, but aren’t those generally behind what the defense industry is capable of?
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  3939. Exaggerate? I think “cherry pick” would be more accurate and that can be just as misleading.
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  3940.  @liudehua5742  There are MANY and most aren’t worth watching more than once so I can’t tell you names. I’ve learned to tune out the sensational ones and you will too when you’ve watched for a few years and recognize the pattern that its more off the same every flood season.
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  3941. If the developers still had the buyers' funds, we wouldn't have this situation.
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  3942.  @julesfisher3551  I DO understand that it's a Ponzi scheme but the pre-sale model did have some small safeguards. That's why having the banks "financially support on a development by development basis" will do no good. Supervisory funds (Escrow with Chinese characteristics) were mismanaged by the banks and sometimes even deposited into the wrong accounts so that developers could use them for the purchase of more "land use rights" from local governments. This is a Ponzi scheme with developer tentacles reaching into the banks and local governments.
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  3943. Yet that last survey indicates that people see Biden in a more favorable light than Xi - and THAT is really saying something!
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  3944. Yep, a Hollywood film set has more substance and at least those watching the movies know it’s all make believe.
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  3945. LOL
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  3946. So much speculation.
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  3947. I think they are kicking it into a wall so that the can will ricochet and hit them in the face. You can't "save face" anymore after that happens!
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  3948. I think the problem is too many people wanting to live in the same places, not the overall population. Reproductive rates are LOW in these crowded areas, but people still move to these overpopulated destinations for better-paying jobs.
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  3949. Well, they didn't shoot down Nancy, so we're all good, right?
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  3950. The advantage of a weaker dollar is that it makes US exports more attractive/competitive.
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  3951.  @jimpollard9392  But being the "global currency" REQUIRES a trade deficit be maintained so that others have access to the currency - that is the BURDEN of being a global currency and the part that many people don't seem to realize. The US's trade deficit is maintained BY DESIGN so that others have enough dollars for global trade to happen.
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  3952. I agree. It seems like a good move, unless it's already too little, too late. We'll need to see.
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  3953.  @NanningPunk2025  LOL 🤡
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  3954.  Bax 60  So a burglar doesn't steal? An embezzler doesn't steal? And you lost the bet. BTW - It sounds like you're one of those professional beggars who are stealing from the truly needy.
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  3955.  Bax 60  So busy you have time to read messages and go back-and-forth with me on this. Got it. BTW - Stealing is what cons do.
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  3956.  @NanningPunk2025  You're lucky I recognized your name - I almost reported you as a scammer! Next time use something like Mrs. Ima Scammer so everyone can see the joke.
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  3957.  @NanningPunk2025  Joe K. Cryptobot?
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  3958. There must first be checks and balances on power within nations otherwise those with a god complex rise to the top and there is no way to remove them short of a bloody coup.
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  3959. This Dragon be draggin'
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  3960. And now they are exporting that winning strategy through BRI loans for equally silly vanity infrastructure! What could possibly go wrong?
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  3961. China's zero growth predictions are based on its "Zero Covid" policy with its continued lockdowns and disruptions, plus its low vaccine efficacy and lack of herd immunity. No other nation is doing what China is doing.
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  3962. It's sad that China is using that subsidized shipping to undercut businesses in other developing nations throughout the African continent. I've heard that there are massive protests in Kenya and others because of this.
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  3963.  @Leshic2  That's good to know. But 5 years may be too late for those living in nations with corrupt governments who sold out their own people to Chinese competitors when they had an unfair advantage. I hope it won't be too late.
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  3964.  @bullpup1337  Even greedy people want to get back what they put in!
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  3965. And why AI experts should avoid going to China for any reason - they may be held hostage and won't come back.
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  3966. If any experts go TO China, I'm worried they won't come back (but they won't be staying by choice!)
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  3967. Common prosperity seeks to make everyone equally poor - except the CCP elites, of course!
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  3968. The CCP is too busy screwing over its own citizens.
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  3969. Praying daily that my nation and as many places on the planet as possible will be safe places for HIS people to live godly lives in peace. Can I get an amen to that?
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  3970. We've been on that slippery slope for a LONG time. What's really troubling is how much damage gets done by well-intentioned people who think they're making things better and those who are quick to adopt whatever promises ease or convenience. Examples would be the extensive use of herbicides/insecticides and plastics that have now poisoned land/water and higher organisms as they move up the food chain or create microplastics that are now found in our bodies and disrupting our endocrine systems. Our tech tools are quickly becoming our tech overlords and young minds are being hacked before they have a chance to develop. Each generation has those who try to call out warnings and others who wake up to the threats - that is what gives me a little hope.
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  3971. It's not all over America, just in the Democrat-run cities for the most part. Just take a look at a map of which cities are blue and which areas have the biggest homeless problems.
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  3972. “China’s vision for the future” is horrifying and their “eloquence” is nothing but bloviation founded on lies.  @horridohobbies 
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  3973. Well said!
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  3974. I think the Belt & Road adds a few more jugglers - like-minded corrupt government officials from other nations - but it only spreads the contagion. When the balls get dropped, it won't only hurt the CCP. The best-case scenario is that all corrupt regimes get taken out by this without the common people suffering more than they already do; unfortunately, best-case scenarios rarely occur.
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  3975. Gen Alpha, if things continue like this, won’t BE “smart enough to run the machines and file the paperwork."
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  3976.  @genektegezoink The puritans in New England set up public schools in America centuries before Rockefeller
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  3977. Should have been predictable when the one-child policy was implemented - just a matter of time.
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  3978. The "cool kids" always continue the party elsewhere.
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  3979. I can understand the reluctance to touch, but with nearly everyone carrying a phone, WHY won’t people even take the time to call for help them?
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  3980. The problems began long before Jack Ma. Covid handling in 2019 and 3 red lines were the tipping points.
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  3981. I hope you’re right and for those that get out and see things for themselves likely will. But what about those people who sit in a closet with a screen as their only view on the world and only consuming what the CCP allows?
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  3982. He’s addressed this before, but I agree it’s time for an update since the situation has continued to decline since the last one. FUBAR now.
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  3983. When prepping my pointe shoes, I always melted the ends of the ribbons so that they wouldn’t fray. Why wait until fraying begins?
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  3984. Well, since he didn’t follow the scientific method, the “real scientist” is questionable IMO. He didn’t really “find” his findings, but manufactured them.
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  3985. All that info about China is based on the CCP's unvalidated numbers. They're still stating that their economy is growings, albeit more slowly, but in reality it is likely to be contracting. Also, the GDP percentage per person is very low in China when you consider their much greater population, so they aren't a particularly productive country.
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  3986.  @rationalthinker2200  Who is getting emotional and calling them a threat? As far as I know, we're all just munching popcorn while watching the CCP's slow-motion train wreck.
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  3987. It's very interesting when worldly wisdom lines up with the prophecies in the Bible. Birth pains are stronger and closer together now.
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  3988. Actually, there were/are MANY channels covering China that were less than kind in their presentations, BUT YOUTUBE algorithms and demonitizing tactics have hidden them or driven them to other platforms. There is no "flood of anti-China Youtube videos recently,” just lack of awareness and YouTube selling out to CCP/wumao pressures.
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  3989. Shock #1 - they took a break for tea Shock #2 - they dumped the dead bodies in the river
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  3990. When buying online, I look for one specific piece of information: WHERE was it manufactured so as to avoid places with human rights abuse (or at least where abuse is far more egregious/extensive). Descriptions used to include this information but now many/most will simply say "imported." That is not at all helpful! It would be even better if the supply chain of components was also included but that seems too much to ask.
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  3991. Most of the capital in China is in the hands of the government directly or the pockets of corrupted “elites.” What’s left is in tofu-dreg “homes” on leased land, many of which were promised but may never be delivered. That’s hardly capitalist and certainly not free market.
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  3992. Good point! Who is heir apparent to the US being whipping-boy in your opinion?
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  3993. China has the scandal, not Sweden. Deporting someone conducting security-threatening activities and not allowing them to return is the smart move. Only China would think that anyone has a right to do such things!
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  3994. Only hope is that a lawsuit would threaten enough "shame of face" for the CCP that they choose to honor their foreign investors.
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  3995. Yes, this is the revenge of democracy. People are tired of having decisions made by unelected EU ideologues. May the EU crumble as the people take back their nations and cultures from the globalist, Marxist, Islamist puppets of Satan.
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  3996. "Fools", said I, "You ought to know Don’t let CCP cancer grow Hear the words they use to cheat you Supplying arms Putin can reach you" But my words on corporations fell Secretly recorded by an appliance
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  3997.  @samharris82  It’s more like paying now versus paying later - the true cost will be anything but “affordable” when life and liberty are factored in - plus the affordability is an illusion created by selling at a loss until it becomes dominant and then jacking up the prices to the true, unsubsidized cost!
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  3998.  @einfelder8262  Easy movement of troops and arms works both ways - the conquerer can become the conquered - especially if rotting/corrupt on the inside anyway. Roman roads for vandal hords 3.0.
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  3999. The US share of global GDP is over 25% so perhaps there was a typo in what you saw in the EU Commission figures.
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  4000. China isn't a "strategic competitor" of the US; China is completely reliant on the US to maintain the global trade/shipping upon which China relies. Also, the CCP killed off all hope for "rejuvenation of the Chinese race" with their one-child policy. The only hope for the Chinese race is families who emigrated out of mainland China decades ago and are living in places where couples can afford to have children.
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  4001. That's a great observation!
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  4002. Right! 😉
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  4003. Didn't Pelosi have a chauffer who was accused of being a CCP asset? How deep do the tentacles go? Could she have been given bad advice on purpose so that the CCP would have an excuse to invade Taiwan?
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  4004. True! With declining property prices, borrowing money to buy without receiving any rent to cover the mortgage is still crazy.
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  4005. Yep - we have more races than any other country in the world.
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  4006. Two main ideologies in trying to prevent free speech from what I can see - Marxists/socialists and Islamists/sharia with their blaspheme laws. I’m wondering which will gain the upper hand?
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  4007. I’m seeing many more products that are made in the USA or places other than China when looking at Walmart or Amazon. The shoppers ARE putting such retailers in their place.
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  4008. The phrase “behind the 8 ball” comes to mind!
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  4009.  @skydragon23101979  Per Li Keqiang, there are 600 million Chinese on the mainland who are still living on 1000 yuan or less per month after 70 years of CCP rule. So much for the "speed at which China is transforming."
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  4010. Yes, it's crazy that the large urban centers are located exactly where the best farmland existed. It would have made sense back when these were villages to be near the food supply, but when trying to house large populations, it is no longer rational to place them on the prime agricultural locations.
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  4011. We’ve seen what happens to people who spoke out early on (J.K. Rowling for example) and I’m glad for their leadership. I’m especially glad that we appear to be returning to some measure of sanity. Now can we please take away whatever awards/prizes have gone to biological men who competed in women’s sports and give them to their RIGHTFUL winners?
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  4012. Far from inevitable since MANY other nations have "experienced multiple spurts and setbacks" - and a rise NEVER happens. Plus China has that ball-and-chain called the CCP to keep the Chinese people from rising.
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  4013. I heard that births per woman of childbearing age is now at 1.09 in China, FAR under replacement level, especially when you understand how skewed the population pyramid is toward males. Perhaps the 2.4 births per woman (rather than the normal 2.1) is specific to China to offset the imbalance between the sexes?
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  4014.  @carlfromtheoc1788  No need for explosives. The poor construction quality generated by all the corruption in China's building industry requires only water or wind, and a little time to bring them down.
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  4015. Consider that the 2-births-per-woman replacement rate assumes that the genders are balanced which isn't the case in China. Those who were born before the one-child policy began and those after are likely balanced (diluting the true extent of the problem), but those of childbearing age are VERY unbalanced, perhaps as high as 3:1. So for China to be at replacement rate, each woman of childbearing age would need to give birth to FOUR children to replace herself, her partner, and each male who is unable to find a wife!
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  4016.  @dongshengdi773  Not everything is just a show, and if you believe that, you will process things incorrectly. Here's a paradigm shift for you - in the West, we value truth and many will seek it diligently even when others try to hide it. It may stay hidden for quite a while, but will eventually come out. That is why the CCP will ultimately lose. That is why the CCP will destroy China if the party remains in power.
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  4017.  @serenity7713  Shame/honor culture predates the CCP - the CCP just made evil use of something that can be good.
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  4018.  @dancahill9585  Indeed it does, but it seems those in power don’t care beyond saving their own skins.
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  4019.  @jimj2683  Voluntary service willingly given out of love under the influence of wisdom and integrity is very different than being manipulated by algorithms written by a programmer.
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  4020. LOL - Engineers, physicists, doctors, and other scientists are also wrong - and FREQUENTLY. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42QuXLucH3Q&list=PLkhMJq-JMMWkHX1h6GM_PmfSuKI0J-ld7&index=22&t=21s
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  4021. They need to have transparency in all the vote counts, not just presidential. MASSIVE fraud in many districts that are swinging House of Representatives and Senate seats as well. Also many propositions and measures.
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  4022. Sure. That’s why the West keeps talking about human rights, adhering to international law, and fair trade. There was a time when the leaders were naive and believed that trading with CCP China would draw them toward democracy and capitalism. Now it’s a mixed bag of those who are hoping to avoid a global war and trying to completely disengage, pick up our toys and go home.
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  4023.  @patgus6528  No one-eyed or three-eyed children being born, so apparently quite well!
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  4024. 1 kid = 1 brain 2 kids = 1/2 a brain 3 or more kids = no brain
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  4025. Keep in mind the historical context. Every time Israel offered a 2-state solution, the Palestinians were threatened by Iran because Iran wants to wipe Israel off the face of the earth. Hamas is just one of the Iranian proxies. As long as Iran exists, there will never be a 2-state solution.
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  4026.  @Zei33  What’s a realistic solution when your neighbors want to destroy all your people and will murder infants in their beds? Every time Israel offered a 2-state solution, Iran threatened the Palestinians not to take it or risk the wrath of the Ayatollah! And the jihadi groups aren’t only willing to murder the Jews, but anyone who stands in the way of their desire for a global caliphate including Muslims who don’t want sharia law. I feel for the Palestinian civilians who are under the boot of Hamas and are being kept in camps as a photo op for their “cause."
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  4027. Facelift? Other plastic surgery?
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  4028. Professional pilots fly by instrumentation, not by looking down!
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  4029. Yep, all the places where they eat bugs are also the hot spots where diseases originate. Getting more people to eat bugs would be a great way to start a pandemic.
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  4030. Too many on the ground on the mainland say differently.
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  4031.  @wubaentertainment8439  Not too many because they fear for their social credit scores. Only those who have nothing left to lose are brave enough.
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  4032. I don’t recall Japan dissing their biggest customers.
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  4033. Funny how both sides claim election fraud when their candidate doesn’t get voted in.
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  4034. True. Those who won't worship the Creator will end up worshipping something less.
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  4035.  @zzbeasley  Indeed!
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  4036. Can a zombie commit suicide?
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  4037. Clinton adjusts the mic, checks the connections, and tries to smooth the wrinkles from your shirt. Okay, dad, you're good to go!
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  4038. The woman at 18 minutes in needs to imagine herself in a room with a large pack of dogs to understand what classrooms are like these days.  30:1 ratio with no support from parents or administration - that's not an indication of weakness, losing emotional control, or needing therapy.
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  4039. “Easier to try and find problems else where” - Like you just did with your comment?
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  4040. To have more mortgages, you must sell more homes, but they already have an oversupply so large that every man, woman, and child in China could own more than one. Since people are now aware that prices can go down, not just up, the speculative buying has ended. They will never regain the previous mortgage demand.
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  4041. Maybe “North Atlantic” should be changed to “Non-Authoritarian” so Macron can get on board with letting Japan in.
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  4042. Wrong: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Singapore
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  4043. You covered this very well. Human nature is basically lazy. That can lead to wonderful things like time-saving appliances, remote controls, and efficiency at routine tasks. But our tendency to laziness is the reason that socialism will always fail. Maybe 10% of people work because they find the work satisfying in some way. The other 90% will only work as much as we have to in order to acquire the things we want.
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  4044. What good is food stored in a house under water?
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  4045.  @samuelglover7685  Nope. Independent who hasn’t decided which is the lesser of two evils. Try listening to both sides in context and you’ll see what I mean.
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  4046.  @bernardedwards8461  I think the US has become VERY aware of the threat posed by China, much more than we were with Japan prior to Pearl Harbor.
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  4047. Well, the pro-China and the anti-Ukraine propaganda is worse than either, so why limit your choices to the two you gave?
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  4048. Combine that with 3 years of irregular work and unreliable payment when you DO work, who can blame the existing population for wanting to replenish depleted savings and prepare for whatever other idiocy the central governments hurls at them? The mainland consumption is suffering from a double whammy!
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  4049. geostrategic adjective Of, pertaining to, or using geostrategy. Of or relating to geostrategy. geostrategy jē″ō-străt′ə-jē noun Governmental strategy based on geopolitics. The strategic use of geopolitics. The branch of geopolitics dealing with strategy.
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  4050. Yes, the only time they band together is to turn on someone else and as soon as that someone is defeated, they go back to their regular armed bickering.
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  4051. Those that developed earlier should have been object lesson for China for what NOT to do. China has destroyed in one generation what other countries destroyed over 200 years of industrialization.
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  4052. @sheparddog117 Can you link to even ONE picture of an old person fighting over toilet paper? I bet not!
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  4053.  @JI814  You can't teach someone who doesn't want to learn, but I tend to agree with you for the most part. Too many young people were rescued from the consequences of their actions, so the incentive to learn was removed.
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  4054. Thanks for pointing that out. As ready stated, "excellent point!"
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  4055. I was wondering that myself - perhaps the West is softening their language but still intent on disengaging. I certainly hope that is the case and that people aren’t failing to recognize the history of lies and broken promises of the CCP. Right now, even if the CCP vowed “to do everything right from now on,” I wouldn’t believe them.
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  4056. Make sure the "stability" isn't just an illusion created by CCP shenanigans.
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  4057. Legal immigrants who want to become American versus illegal immigrants who want to bring their problems with them - big difference!
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  4058. Many of us just look for the current image and ignore the text.
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  4059. I think so, but if the upper class is feeling the pinch and less willing to spend on luxuries, than the confidence of the lower classes must be far worse!
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  4060. Dr. John Campbell is unbiased, but the information/study that he's using may not be.
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  4061. Can you spot the difference between a good fake and the real thing?
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  4062. Xi’s 3-red lines and Zero-Covid policies forced China into a corner - and it’s the corner that they pee in.
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  4063. Nicely said!
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  4064. “with Chinese characteristics” = “fake it till you BREAK it!"
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  4065.  @justtiredthings  One of us did, but it wasn’t me.
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  4066. Yep, I agree. The "exceptional growth" was all smoke and mirrors.
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  4067. I'm lost without a microwave oven and a toaster oven that shut off automatically.
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  4068. It seems to me that those who battle against oppression often become the new oppressors, but the oppression becomes more according to their own tastes.
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  4069.  @rolflagerquist8514  Ah, the virtue-signaling of those who THINK they have no intent to oppress because they think they’re better than others. Sure. That always works out so well. 🙄
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  4070.  @rolflagerquist8514  Repentance needs to happen on the individual level and that requires awareness of what you are doing to contribute to oppression such as purchases that support oppressive regimes and human traffickers.   If you think you don’t contribute, you need to become more aware. Frankly, I don’t think we’ll ever get to that point because there will always be those who will stick their head in the sand regarding their own culpability while putting on a show for others.
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  4071. Are you upset that I read your comment?
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  4072. I know! This is so crazy that you need to make a flow-chart just to follow what's happening.
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  4073. Brain surgery or a serious substance abuse problem that chemically fried their brain.
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  4074. With a hefty dose of “Animal Farm” thrown into the mix.
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  4075. Spending half of their young lives getting swabs jammed up their noses or down their throats? Welded into their apartments? Seeing their loved ones get taken away? Living on cup noodles for weeks on end? Hmmm.
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  4076. Why bother asking when you know Xi will simply lie?
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  4077. And he has the “Midas touch” but everything he touches turns to garbage.
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  4078. If you read or listen to Peter Zeihan, this will happen just as soon as the US stops providing safe global shipping. The current situation is totally dependent on international supply chains. Nations and regions will be forced to be more self-sufficient. It won't be pretty. The unnatural relative peace and prosperity of the past 75 years is coming to an end. China was one of the big winners from the US-provided safety for global shipping and will be one of the big losers as America picks up and goes home.
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  4079. Not if you're a shareholder who lives in the US and isn't an idiot or "misinformed."
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  4080. Glad you did this challenge. I follow the Biblical dietary restrictions and would be very limited, too. Seafood would have to be creatures that had fins and scales. Meat must be from animals that chew the cud and have a split hoof. I'd probably be eating a lot of chicken and salmon. I'd also love to try the place with the NO PORK ramen!
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  4081. No more than expected of a communist regime
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  4082.  @jerrykahn6894  The support of the elderly will fall upon a person’s few children/grandchildren who retain some affection or sense of duty. This will make spending even among the younger population even LESS likely - or will speed up the deaths of the aged from exposure and poor nutrition. Either way, BOTH the population and the real economy will decline even further and more rapidly than now.
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  4083. The CCP gives a whole new meaning to “imaginary numbers” and the mathematical “i” has been taken hostage by the hubristic capital “I” of China’s arrogant leadership.
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  4084. Probably just the ill effects of being drunk.
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  4085. That’s corporatism, not capitalism, since the mom & pop shops and small businesses are part of the “ordinary joe on the street."
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  4086. I don't think this was an accident. It reminds me of the bus driver that committed murder/suicide with a busload of people.
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  4087.  @ChinaUpdate  Looking forward to hearing your analysis!
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  4088. Well, the panels certainly aren’t sustainable, but in can be viable geographically when doing things like hanging clothes on a line outside to dry!
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  4089. It only works if the debt is productive to increase your future earnings or decrease your future expenses. Most of China's debt isn't.
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  4090. Perspective: 600 million people in China earn only $140 USD or less per MONTH, so those who earn $50K USD per year is a small portion of the population; the 20 families will be part of a much smaller number than the entirety of the mainland population. If the wealthiest/most secure are so unwilling to spend, the others must be even more reluctant to spend beyond necessities.
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  4091. Makes me wonder what happens when people buy stock in the companies whose products/services they actually use. Would you want to maximize the stock value or maximize your satisfaction when you use that product or service? When quality goes down, wouldn't you both sell the stock AND take your business to the competition? Seems a decline is quality is a lose/lose situation.
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  4092. Take two, they’re small!
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  4093. Or they simply have family trapped on the mainland that they haven’t been able to see in years.
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  4094.  @theomnisthour6400  I agree that trying to get family out is the better choice, but that might not be an option for some. Not all may be willing to try and settle someplace new, especially those who are older. My parents got out of Poland after WWII - they were the only ones from either side of the family that did. They went to the first country that would take them, but being in your 20’s and being in your 50’s is huge in willingness to venture out into the world.
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  4095. The CCP DID put some incentives in place to try and boost the birth rate but it hasn’t done any good. People just don’t trust the CCP for their future.
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  4096.  @1marcelfilms  This was 40 years before anyone imagined such a sitcom.
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  4097.  @joeschmoe4573  COERCED "consensus" by shutting down any doctor or scientist who disagreed with the narrative being sold. Now look into the excess deaths that have been ongoing across all age groups in every nation that had a high uptake. Personally, I feel for those healthcare workers who succumbed to the pressure and now must deal with the guilt and shame of knowing that they did more harm than good.
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  4098. The CCP must stimulate itself because others don't want to touch it. It's lonely being a prick!
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  4099. It seems like most authoritarian governments murder their own people. I agree that the CCP is evil, but it’s hard to say who’s really been #1 (though just based on the massive population it really could be the CCP).
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  4100. Assuming that they don’t give in to naivety or wishful thinking when faced with the CCP propaganda!
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  4101. The entire human race may be extinct by 2750!
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  4102. Isn’t Trump the lesser of two evils? The alternative is Kamala!
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  4103. When the injuries are life threatening and beyond remedy, ending the misery is a kindness.
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  4104.  @BruceJ999  I’m always shocked when people don’t believe their own eyes and continue to support the CCP narrative.
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  4105. with Lyme?
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  4106. Yes, there is. People are waking up to the evils of the CCP - that is VERY good news!
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  4107. If the CCP elites are their main priority, the lobster, beef, and wine will continue - even while the leeks starve @pablosskates7067 
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  4108. 20-20 hindsight. The idea that trade would overcome communist ideology was worth trying, but that experiment went on for too long because of greed, I’ll concede that.
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  4109. Russia is number 4 in nitrogen and phosphate types of fertilizer production, behind China, the US, and India for each type. Will there be some price impact? Likely, but not nearly as much as some would like you to believe.
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  4110. That chart at 1:15, while not a surprise to regular viewers, is still quite shocking!
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  4111. Fraud and exploitation in CCP China? Who’d have though! {sarcasm}
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  4112. Goin’ the way of the Chinese economy that Bud. Strange bedfellows, huh?
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  4113. I laughed just from reading the thumbnail. As a Prius driver, I'm offended!
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  4114. “You can’t graduate until you have a job” and “you’re not unemployed if you haven’t graduated” becomes the counting method of choice. (And the numbers are still getting worse!)
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  4115. The CCP will always be💩
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  4116. Do you play the fiddle?
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  4117. Natural immunity is better but they've kept the Chinese population from developing this. The 'rinse and repeat' (love that!) is a homegrown problem just like the original virus.
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  4118.  @coraltown1  That's what the people getting rich off of the vaccines WANT you to believe. Researchers estimated that the effectiveness of previous infection in preventing reinfection was 90.2% against subsequent exposure to the alpha variant, 85.7% against the beta variant, 92% against the delta variant, and 56% against the omicron variant. The researchers separately adjusted for vaccination status, excluding vaccinated patients from the analysis, and found roughly similar rates of protection. In addition, none of the reinfections resulted in death, and researchers estimated that the effectiveness of natural infection against "severe, critical, or fatal" coronavirus infection overall was 69.4% against the alpha variant, 88% against beta, 100% against delta, and 87.8% against omicron.
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  4119. I must first make my bed before I’m allowed to watch Tony.
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  4120. Exactly! I’ve heard there are people in mainland China who’ve had homes on the market for a full year without a single showing!
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  4121. Why would CCP propaganda determine “the truth of the South China Sea Conflict”? “So called verdict” gives you away.
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  4122.  @joea5222  Deluded Russian troll!
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  4123. Exactly! Which is why there are no cures and why there never will be.
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  4124.  @KerriEverlasting  Hardly! Each fourth turning results in an upward escalation in the technology of destruction. We had weapons of mass destruction the last time, so that's hardly promising for this period of crisis. "Will humanity survive?" is a legitimate question for this one.
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  4125. It's so nice to hear an interview that is civil. Too many conducting interviews have lost the art of being able to ask a question and genuinely listen to the answer. This is the only way to discuss complex issues. Thank you for posting this!
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  4126. Messi, the soccer Messi-ah!
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  4127. @ I’m not implying that we were worse off but rather that our expectations today have inflated. Yes, we may well have been healthier and happier in some ways but it is a trade off. It’s ALWAYS a trade off for anyone who seeks to live within their means. Example: Do I update my 8-1/2 y.o. laptop and forget about new clothes/shoes for a year or so? Or would I prefer a few new outfits and continue with what I’ve got? (Hint: planned obsolescence meant my old laptop wouldn’t run TurboTax 2024 so I’ll be dressing outdated for a couple more years.) How many people would think being middle class means you shouldn’t have to make that choice and would buy on credit?
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  4128. I think I saw that one already and I agree.
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  4129.  @eriktempelman2097  Paper dragons breathing fire (wolf warrior diplomacy) also don't fare well!
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  4130. The best financial advice I heard when I began to invest: There are two things you need to guard against - fear and greed - IF you can avoid BOTH of those, you will be fine. I'm amazed at how many sales pitches appeal to both these days. It goes something like this: IMMINENT DOOM - BUT if you (whatever they're financial services/products they're selling), you can not only survive the collapse but become AMAZINGLY RICH IN NO TIME! I'm torn between laughing and crying and being angry at those who prey on others.
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  4131. Congrats! Insomnia?
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  4132. Exactly!
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  4133.  @YourHineyness  My hybrid (2010 Toyota Prius with 173,000 miles on it) runs flawlessly. It will likely last me ’til Kingdom come.
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  4134. No. Dyed is the correct spelling.
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  4135. Fever is the body's natural immune response to infection and unless the fever is high, it is counterproductive to reduce it.
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  4136.  @hangender  Exactly! It seems to be a sop given to the masses to make them feel like they're doing something.
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  4137. No doubt capitalists fed the dragon, but the capitalists feed all manner of beasts and not all are dragons.
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  4138. Famine will quickly correct any notions that the cost of living is going down in China.
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  4139. Hey, Taiwan, off topic but I wanted to share a link with some news I thought you'd find interesting based on a previous conversation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-K3obvnKYQ It's a step in the right direction and I hope more publishers of peer-reviewed journals follow their lead!
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  4140. LOL - yeah, he missed used a conversion app!
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  4141. I’m impressed! 😉
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  4142. Every day you repeat the same thing always claiming that you did this "yesterday." K Lee is a proven liar based on your own posts.
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  4143. Taranaki, New Zealand
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  4144.  @oodo2908  Hopefully, NOT what China is doing with the Belt & Road because the loans for infrastructure are proving to be more of a liability than an aid to development. They benefit mostly the corrupt leaders who take CCP money and leave the citizens saddled with heavy debt.
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  4145. Even more shocking is how many Muslim-majority nations refused to back the inquiry. I suspect they are reluctant to endanger their supply of "halal" organs for transplant to Muslim elites.
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  4146. "cheap Chinese-made lithium-ion batteries" - I figured but watched the video anyway to confirm my suspicions. One more reason to decouple from China!
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  4147. China has a strategy and the dictators are banding together, but will it work? We’ve seen how well Russia is doing in Ukraine and that IMO is par for the course when dictators rule. They don’t get reliable information, have no checks on foolish plans, and are able to recklessly go full-speed-ahead based on distorted data that the loyalists provide. It will be interesting to watch communism and Islam duke it out when things go awry.
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  4148. @Sam S Big Wood does free marketing for those Canadian plywood cartels 😉
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  4149. Xi can sell halal organs for transplant to the elites of either regime; I doubt the recipients care if it came from a Sunni or a Shi'a!
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  4150. Only those who only get info from the MSM. Anyone who's commenting here doesn't fit in that category.
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  4151. That was based on Chinese propaganda. Watch this to get a better idea of the truth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejlbCmRJMW4
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  4152. See. See pee. See, see pee in pool. Wong to pee in pool!
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  4153. Sounds like a Ponzi scheme.
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  4154. as Xi enjoys another bowl of bat soup!
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  4155. Hatred of Jews is a symptom of a deeper hatred against The Creator who gave the world His Torah. It is a Satanic hatred.
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  4156.  @LanceAlot-lo4bl  The main hater of Arabs are other Arabs - all in the name of Allah, of course!
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  4157.  @LanceAlot-lo4bl  It appears my answer was removed for some reason so I’ll try again. Let’s talk facts, not feelings. The biggest haters of Arabs are other Arabs. When will Arabs learn to love their own children more than they hate Jew?
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  4158. What do the facts tell you about that? Why do Arabs kill so many other Arabs? When will Arabs learn to love their own children more than they hate Jews?
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  4159.  @LanceAlot-lo4bl  Why does YouTube keep removing my answers?
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  4160.  @LanceAlot-lo4bl  YouTube keeps removing my answers.
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  4161.  @LanceAlot-lo4bl  When will Arabs stop killing other Arabs?
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  4162.  @LanceAlot-lo4bl  How I feel: Luke 6:27-28 “But I say to you who are hearing: Love your enemies, do good to those hating you. Bless those cursing you, and pray for those insulting you. Proverbs 25:21-22 If your enemy is hungry give him bread to eat, And if he is thirsty give him water to drink, For you are heaping coals of fire on his head, And יהוה rewards you.
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  4163.  @LanceAlot-lo4bl  Why do you assume that I do? There are decent people in any group, but there are also those who do evil things. I suspect that those Arabs who are doing evil things deep in their hearts KNOW they are doing evil and that is why they must drug themselves up. Shouldn’t such people be seen as enemies? Shouldn’t decent people hate those who do despicable things?
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  4164.  @LanceAlot-lo4bl  I don’t “vilify a group of over 1 billion people” unless you are informing me that ALL are complicit in what the jihadis and terrorists are doing. Are you telling me that there aren’t any decent people in the group? I doubt that is true! The enemies are those doing the evil, those who gleefully celebrate the evil, and those who advocate for the evil doers. How many of “over 1 billion people” would you say fit into those categories?
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  4165.  @LanceAlot-lo4bl  I’d certainly like to be friends with Loay Alshareef, Lucy Aharish and others like them, but they aren’t local to my area. Others have converted from Islam such as Nabeel Qureshi.
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  4166.  @LanceAlot-lo4bl  How do you feel about this: https://youtu.be/LDveoTmuRQc ? Why do Muslims have so little compassion on one another and only express outrage if Jews are involved?
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  4167.  @YourHineyness  Or threatened
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  4168. No, but L, C, & S sure build the offshore accounts of CCP elites!
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  4169.  @gunsumwong3948  Americans are still able to afford consumer goods, but many of us are growing increasingly likely to purchase those now being manufactured in nations other than China. The decline in Chinese exports aren’t because Americans aren’t buying but rather that Americans are no longer buying Chinese when any other options are available - better quality and better prices!
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  4170. Sounds VILE if it was actually a beverage, likely fake or including some toxin.
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  4171. Yes, communism fails to consider the Pareto principle, or 80/20 rule, so it is always doomed to fail. Every experiment with communism only leads to misery when ideology meets reality.
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  4172.  @jamesstepp1925  I think the grain went THROUGH the EU, not TO the EU, and that could be true of India as well, but I could be wrong. How much grain did the EU import in 2019? I thought that Egypt was the main destination for Ukrainian grain!
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  4173.  @jamesstepp1925  True, but existing commodity contracts may have a price lock in place, though I’m not sure if that’s something done on a nation-to-nation level or if all previous contracts have expired.
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  4174. Unless they’re party members.
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  4175.  @JeRefuseDeBienPrononcerBaleine  Being young doesn't necessarily equal being healthy.
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  4176.  @JeRefuseDeBienPrononcerBaleine  The amount of riotous living a Saudi royal can afford is also rare.
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  4177. Blackberry - what a great tech geek name for a black cat!
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  4178. Pay-to-play city contracts and corruption is the reason that the tax money isn't going as far as it was supposed to and why nothing gets completed on time.
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  4179. It would be a good idea to wait until after the tsunami has passed before heading to the beach to wade in!
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  4180.  @thomasherrin6798  I think some are trying to walk the knife’s edge between not appeasing while not provoking a global war, but perhaps that is wishful thinking on my part.
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  4181. 🙄Sure, their comments show they really have their finger on the pulse of America (NOT).
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  4182.  @aj-us5qp  Yes, they know more of what the CCP wants them to believe, which is pretty much opposite of the truth.
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  4183. :medal-yellow-first-red:
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  4184.  @Roundwave23  And a haughty spirit before destruction!
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  4185.  @jerelull9629  Nevertheless, I'm personally waiting for Apple to do more of its assembly outside CCP-controlled China. Some items are now being assembled in India and Vietnam, but not nearly enough. I was very relieved to find that my battery troubles for my 1st gen iPhone SE just needed me to replace the lightning to USB cable (which unfortunately is made is China but the lesser of two evils).
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  4186. And Trojan dragons - also need to look out for those.
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  4187. Probably trying to sweeten the deal with Muslim leadership by promising halal organs for transplant.
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  4188. That’s bullshit
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  4189. I think it begins with the people wanting to be free badly enough to do something for themselves; until that happens, few will stand with them.
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  4190. Long way to drop before it becomes affordable. Most places don’t require multigenerational sacrifice for an apartment.
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  4191.  @YourHineyness  Oh, my, but I laughed at that!
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  4192. I’ll pay more gladly, but not for made-in-China items since I prefer the higher quality of items manufactured in the US and EU.
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  4193. Someone is buying the LGFVs. People think the central government won’t let the local governments default, so perhaps it is going into those.
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  4194. Ah, the little pink is mad!
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  4195. China isn’t a free market economy so it never lets market forces correct the imbalances. It is centrally planned and the “planning” has been very favorable only to the corrupt CCP cadres and their state-owned enterprises. This is what happens when communist elites control the capital.
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  4196. I’ll believe that Huawei propaganda when I see evidence that they are able to produce at scale.
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  4197. I had JUST put in a piece of sourdough to toast when I started to watch this video, so the intro really HIT hard! It's shocking to consider that 38,000-foot drop happening as I'm waiting for the toaster to ping.
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  4198.  @DK-ev9dg  Yet you’ve never been able to point out even ONE of his so-called “lies,” just wumao name-calling of those who are more honest than you.
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  4199. Like a gambler that keeps hoping to win back their losses, they keep doing the same insanity.
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  4200. Just came home from shopping about an hour ago and I’m definitely NOT seeing a depression. Stores are packed. People are out spending their tax returns?
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  4201. China has been selling military equipment to other nations who are now complaining about the crappy quality and are left with paying for non-functioning equipment and things that breakdown well before their presumed useful life. That will certainly backfire in their attempt to build a world-wide military footprint; it’s just more debt-trap diplomacy.  @ReddThreee 
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  4202.  @waynesworldofsci-tech  But impacts, though worldwide to some degree, will be far from equal since many have/are divesting themselves from China since they unleashed Covid.
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  4203. Ouch! Sorry to hear that. You're preparing in case, right?
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  4204. When a paper dragon tries to breathe fire, it's just a matter of time before everything goes up in smoke.
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  4205. Regarding the EV sales to Russia: Can any of the components of the EV’s be pulled for military use? Could military components be smuggled inside the vehicles? Is this just smoke and mirrors to give a bright spot to the Xi economy while supporting his “no limits” friend?
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  4206. China closed the barn doors after the horses escaped, judging by the map of China and how far the virus has spread beyond the quarantine area.
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  4207. Playing "The Dying Swan" during this video would have been so fitting!
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  4208. We have been doing it, are currently doing it, and will continue to do it. I'm seeing the evidence in stores on product labels. It was small at first but has really been picking up steam this past year.
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  4209. Gave up watching television over 30 years ago. Chuck the thing. You won't miss it.
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  4210. CCP doesn't understand the West at all. They interpret everything through red-colored glasses.
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  4211.  @skydragon23101979  I think that's also changing with more people identifying themselves as Taiwanese rather than Chinese or both, but time will tell. The situation in China is an ongoing saga.
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  4212.  @kenbehrens5778  And spend at least half their visit living in a rural mud-brick hut without electricity, plumbing, or sewers. Let them see the real CCP China and not the travel brochure version!
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  4213. 💩
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  4214. Exactly!
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  4215. That is such a big IF! Well-functioning? China, the home of tofu-dreg?
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  4216. O-o
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  4217.  @zzbeasley  I highly doubt that the US (or anyone else) could persuade China - that would entail CCP acknowledging their less than noble intentions are projected on others who are seeking to take a higher path. The US has largely lost the desire to continue in the role of “global protector” because of attitudes from regimes that benefit, but try to undermine. Now the US is continuing to protect, but selectively to those who don’t bite the hand that feeds them.
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  4218. Wishful thinkings about those last points IMO.
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  4219. Amazing how often someone on the "30 under 30" list turns out to be a fraud.
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  4220. Read the BIBLE, the quran is Satanic. Hebrews 10:28-31 - Anyone who has disregarded the Torah of Mosheh dies without compassion on the witness of two or three witnesses. How much worse punishment do you think shall he deserve who has trampled the Son of Elohim underfoot, counted the blood of the covenant by which he was set apart as common, and insulted the Spirit of favor? For we know Him who has said, “Vengeance is Mine, I shall repay, says יהוה.” And again, “יהוה shall judge His people.” It is fearsome to fall into the hands of the living Elohim!
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  4221.  @Leshic2  I watched an interesting interview of Melanie Phillips the other day and I agree that this wouldn’t be a coincidence. Subversive influences started in the universities which have now become indoctrination centers, no longer welcoming dialogue but pushing a narrative.
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  4222. I like it! And his coat matches the hair color while his shirt matches his eye color.
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  4223. It will be interesting to see what effect this would have on Xi Jinping if Putin goes down.
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  4224. China only has 9 years of compulsory education compared to about 12 years throughout most of the USA. You need to take into consideration the size of China's population to see the number of college graduates in perspective.
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  4225. Welcome to the Hotel California Debt.
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  4226. Take a look around and see how that is working for China’s neighbors! Hardly a better world for ANYONE but the CCP elites.
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  4227.  @tonysu8860  But those enticements only change the timing of intended purchases, waiting for the offer that best serves. If I can gain more points by stocking up groceries one month, I won’t be buying anything other than perishables for the next couple just as one example.
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  4228. Even without those, they’ve got a very rapidly aging population so the cancer rates still would have gone up - but they really gave themselves a double whammy between one-child policy and shitting their home environment!
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  4229. Perhaps Tony can work on doing the voice of a doddering old man when reading certain quotes?
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  4230. Almost like the CCP considers hypocrisy to be a virtue!
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  4231. Indeed, and doubly so when you realize their population is in rapid decline. They don’t have children to spare! How many grandparents will such a child-turned-adult be able to support? Between the collapse caused by the one-child policy and this preventable failure to sufficiently nourish rural children, is there any hope for the mainland? All this is squarely the fault of the evil CCP regime!
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  4232. And we're watching until China hits "black hole sucks!"
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  4233. Get woke, go wok?
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  4234. The CCP hasn’t let their slaves out of the box and they continue to tighten the screws on the mainland people.
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  4235. Echo chamber - and you’re doing well in your English learning!
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  4236. The CCP spells TRUTH as M - Y - T - H.
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  4237. If I believed in evolution, I’d say that some chimpanzee beat her to it a LOOOOOONG time ago.
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  4238. Just like lottery winners who go bankrupt in 5 years of winning, the CCP spends foolishly. Money can’t cure stupid.
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  4239. Sunk cost fallacy?
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  4240. I suspect that if Trump had been in the White House, Putin wouldn't have invaded Ukraine.
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  4241.  @craiggillett5985  Many non-Chinese EVs still have batteries that are made in China, but I think the problem is with EVs in general, just worse with the MIC.
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  4242. Nevile Chamberlain would agree and see how that worked out! Appeasement is a bad idea.
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  4243.  @peterblair6489  Cooperation is a mask that appeasement wears.
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  4244.  @peterblair6489  An equal, agreed relationship requires a partner that you can trust; appeasement is treating someone like an equal partner even when demonstrably untrustworthy.
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  4245. They left the body inside the house and slept outside? Why? And the woman who said "We need international help to keep people from dying" doesn't seem to be aware that this is a global problem. I feel like something is missing either with what this news is saying or what the people of Ecuador are being told.
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  4246. How does spending on infrastructure projects impact the PMI? Post whenever works best for you since I watch at my convenience - each and every day without fail!
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  4247. This video brings back memories. My car was the victim of a "no humans involved" crash in a parking lot when the other vehicle didn't have the parking brake set. I've chosen the high ground for parking ever since!
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  4248.  @jerryrichardson2799  Okay. The time stamps between the two I saw was within a minute of each other I think.
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  4249. The world did just fine without China in the past. Inviting China into the global order was a mistake, but that’s now being corrected.
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  4250. Yes, that means all internal organs are still in place.
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  4251. This has the feel of the US in 2016. It will be interesting to watch if Labour will us the Democrat playbook.
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  4252. No need to imagine - just look at China's dealings with India and China's aggression in border regions.
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  4253.  @spider6660  We’ll see how that plays out. Right now it’s just wishful thinking.
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  4254. Personally, I don't think the value has dropped but that the buyers substantially overpaid!
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  4255. Your comment is proof that you don’t bother to watch.
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  4256. In summary: CCP, go to your room and STAY there until you learn to play nice!
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  4257. Since you can get past the firewall, try learning the truth before you comment.
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  4258. You’ve been drinking the Islamic cool aid. Go get some facts. The mess in the Middle East has been happening since the time of Mohammad.
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  4259. I've wondered if an entire government may suffer from narcissistic personality disorder just from hearing quotes from CCP officials.
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  4260. Lesser of two evils
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  4261. Naw, in China, the police beat up the homeless and force them to move.
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  4262. The biggest China-hater is the CCP. The CCP crushed and starved the Chinese people on the mainland during Mao and Xi is doing the same thing.
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  4263. I'm sure if I were welded into my tiny apartment with little in the way of food and water, my mood would be crap!
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  4264. More likely afraid of outing the truth that the CCP wants to hide.
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  4265. An amazingly happy outcome where everything went right, after a horrendous beginning where everything went wrong!
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  4266. I wonder how many of those “voters” cast their ballots from beyond the grave? If they were buried in SF, they won’t be going anywhere!
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  4267.  @autismrizzard  Hormones at 14, surgery as early as 15. They’re not old enough to drive or vote, but they can transition.
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  4268. Like the goal of a midget wanting to play professional basketball!
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  4269. Ironically, that tiny percentage of the population got rich by using the greed of those that are buying. We can't fix the greed of others, but we can fix our own greed that makes us want things that we don't need and SHOULDN'T have. If you don't believe me, open up a cupboard, drawer, or closet, dig in and see just how much you have that you never use/wear while Steve Jobs owned just enough black jeans and sweaters for one load of laundry. Look into "No Buy 2025" and take back control.
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  4270. With the already existing overcapacity combined with the high youth unemployment, introducing more robots into their manufacturing makes NO SENSE to me. But when it comes to the CCP, it's all about the show isn't it - just like the audio-animatronics of Disneyland back in the 60s.
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  4271.  @davidfoss4836  All freedom-loving humans stand to lose in a CCP takeover and they CAN’T be bought.
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  4272. I’m sure those who haven’t been paid in several months have stopped depositing as well.
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  4273. Yep, so I did a little research. So far, from Science-the Wire: "Scientists have found what may be evidence of at least one previous limnic eruption at Kivu that likely occurred between 3,500 and 5,000 years ago, and possibly several more recent ones. Sediment cores taken from the bottom of the lake have revealed features known as brown layers that are unlike the surrounding sediments. These sediment bands are “very unusual, organic-rich layers,” Katsev says, that may be the result of eruptions." I haven't found any dates on the "possibly several more recent ones" part yet.
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  4274. Don’t worry - the CCP is working VERY hard to destroy China and they’ll likely succeed unless the mainland people rise up to overthrow the party.
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  4275. How does Iran discounting oil impact Saudi Arabia? I understand that SA needs to keep prices as high as possible to fund a transition away from being an export-dependent economy.
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  4276. We will ALL regret China’s use of nuclear energy. They will be SO careful in how they dispose of spent fuel rods and waste water! No problems for humanity at all!!!
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  4277. @qtsssim Yes, it is very fractured which is why listening to all the views is so important. If it WASN'T fractured, I would despair of the media being too compromised.
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  4278. Penalties for fraud should be high enough to serve as a strong deterrent against risking their career for financial or reputational gain.
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  4279. Combined with jihadis who want a global order under sharia law.
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  4280.  @User-xw5mk  The US hegemony is the ONLY thing that allows global trade and free access to markets upon which China is fully dependent for both needed imports and the ability to export their products. The CCP are very foolish to bite the hand that feeds them.
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  4281. It's a mockery of democracy - democracy with "Chinese characteristics!"
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  4282. Madmen don’t make rational choices.
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  4283. If a fishing boat thinks it's a supercarrier, the same number of barnacles would be its undoing.
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  4284. Non-HAN Chinese because not even all ethnic Chinese are considered to be equal.
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  4285.  @MS-gp2xg  Absolutely. Praying for several hours each day. Stay strong.
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  4286.  @waynesworldofsci-tech  Any why do you think feeding evil or acting in a counterproductive way is USEFUL? Are you unaware of how much humanitarian aid ends up going into the pockets of corrupt leaders or redirected for weapons? But I bet it makes you feel so virtuous, huh?
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  4287. But if enough of us didn’t buy the stuff that these corporations make, wouldn’t they stop?
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  4288. Omicron appears more infectious and less virulent in populations that were open during previous variants, but will that be the case on the mainland where people were protected from exposure for so long? That remains to be seen.
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  4289. Well said.
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  4290. “It’s terrible for all the families” BUT not in the same way - SOME still have living kids.
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  4291. No, but there are plenty of people who will create a false narrative by limiting the time frame to only the past 100 years. Look into the history of Islam and how it deals with the Kafir (non-Muslims) and what has become of areas that once belonged to Christians and Jews and other religions. Much of the Middle East was gained by Muslims through hostile takeover. Jews were simply returning to their land, but that was a black eye to the Muslims who want to revive the caliphate. Incidently, it was the Islamic caliphate that was only abolished 100 years ago - which allowed people to finally risk going back to their homelands.
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  4292. No, this situation will never be resolved if we REFUSE to properly consider all the history that led up to this moment. To pick a starting point that serves an agenda creates a false narrative and leads to injustice. @doodle1983 
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  4293.  @DK-ev9dg  Says a wumao lying through your teeth for the CCP who stole YOUR money, property, and freedom.
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  4294. It’s not the US, but a small, vocal group. Meanwhile, the lawsuits of those who have suffered irreparable harm from the foolishness (detransers) will quietly put an end to the insanity. As long as the CCP thinks the US is “stupid and spoiled” it will surely overplay its hand - just like it did when they thought they could never lose their “manufacturer of the world” status.
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  4295. Well, we refer to Ukraine when speaking of the Russian invasion, so it seems fair based on the president.
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  4296. I’m wondering if the kids have underdeveloped immune systems after years of lockdowns and masking. Now they’re back in school, spreading germs around as kids do. That would explain why the younger kids are more impacted; the older primary had more developed systems prior to lockdowns.
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  4297. Going cashless won't end the black market since bartering is cashless and could still be used.
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  4298. He uses HUNDREDS of sources per week both in Mandarin and in English!
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  4299.  @Leshic2  I got this one. YouTube has been functioning weirder than usual today IMO.
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  4300. What SS they have is linked to their hukou registration and isn’t well funded so that it only provides small benefits and only to about 70% of the urban population.
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  4301. Owing money and being bankrupt are two very different things.
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  4302. Peter’s liberal biases really show in this video. Time he gets out of his ivory tower.
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  4303. However much they’re finally admitting, it’s likely much worse . . . and still not as bad as it will become since it’s the CCP policies that cause the mess. They’re like a kid that’s been finger painting “cleaning” without washing their hands - they just make things worse!
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  4304. I’ve got serious and growing doubts about Germany.
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  4305. China's "economic miracle" wouldn't have happened without foreign direct investment, but the CCP ignores that and wants to take the credit.
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  4306.  @bldomain  I give the CCP credit for extreme social control, but who cares about money when your soul is crushed? If all you care about is money, then and only then can China be considered a "success."
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  4307. Complete with virtue-signaling Pharisees.
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  4308. Get out of your propaganda bubble.
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  4309. The people of Israel are NOT alone. MANY of us are fighting along side you - on our knees before the God of Avraham, Yitzhak, and Ya’acov on behalf of Israel. I’m not Jewish, but I know my roots! This is a war against the Judeo-Christian values of the West.
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  4310.  user-sq8zp7fr9n  COUNTERFEITS of "World famous brand clothes" are made in China. You wouldn’t know authentic, would you?
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  4311. And whining if they don't
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  4312. So what do you think is going well that isn’t being reported?
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  4313.  @bobs_toys  🤣🤣🤣
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  4314. You need to look into the production of wind turbines and solar cells, plus how these are disposed. Combine that with geography being unfavorable in many areas (not enough sun/wind) and the environmental impact of batteries to store the energy and THEIR production/disposal. There is NO perfect solution. Because of the law of unintended consequences, anything done on a large scale will prove to be a bad decision in 50-100 years.
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  4315. My first home, purchased 30 years ago, is turning out to be my “forever home” and I hope you will enjoy your purchase as much as I have mine!
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  4316. This exploitation isn't happening in the large-scale corporate mines because they are already subject to laws, but in the small-scale artisanal mines - not powerful players by any means.
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  4317.  @marissashantez6051  Where are you getting your stats? I've checked several sources that have American homeownership in 2021 being at about 65%.
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  4318.  @davelawson2564  LFP batteries as of 2021 only account for 24.1% of batteries. The problem being reported is current and real.
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  4319. This channel is called CHINA Update and no one has “rushed to China in an effort to appease China” but to warn China away from the foolish path. Where are you getting your news? Everything you’ve written is twisted and ignorant.
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  4320. That is our only hope, but we know from reading HIS Book that it isn't how this will unfold.
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  4321.  @chipseal9403  Do you believe in the Second Coming of Messiah? Do you believe in a future millennial reign followed by a new heaven and new earth? Do you recognize that the Creator is completely outside this time domain in which we are quarantined and that He is BOTH Lord of Lords now AND in an age which is yet to come from the perspective of our time domain?
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  4322.  @chipseal9403  Yes, I suspected that. And I hold to a premillennial view which you've probably also recognized. Peace!
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  4323. What's the ultimatum? What will happen to them if they don't accept the charter?
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  4324.  @johnh8615  It's not an issue for most of us. Why should he change to please you?
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  4325. Aborted babies of the one-child policy in pursuit of economic prosperity testify that no other nation worships money more than the CCP-controlled Chinese.
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  4326. Oh, stop it with that same sentence over and over again!
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  4327. Congratulations! This is a victory to be celebrated. Best wishes from across the pond.
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  4328. That’s very optimistic!
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  4329. Well, I hope they need to search high and low, but I’m afraid the “cultural revolution” has so badly demoralized the population that perhaps it’s become quite easy.
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  4330. I only got one ad at the beginning.
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  4331. Many of us would worry that Tony has been “invited to tea” if he took a day without letting us know!
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  4332.  @kindGSL  Plus it saves the cost of shipping fentanyl. Yeah, I can see that as a potential fix!
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  4333. I found myself thinking that those interviewed by Beige Book were under CCP pressure to lie and paint a rosy picture to attract foreign investment. SOEs commanded to lie sound feasible? How many CCP members are on boards of non SOEs?
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  4334. Before terrorism is ideology.
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  4335. I prefer the term Chinese EEEK-conomy because the reality is startlingly bad.
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  4336. Calculations show that China’s debt is 300% of GDP - and that’s assuming you believe the CCP’s GDP numbers which are greatly overstated!
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  4337.  @mangonut  Sadly, I have to agree that many Americans are oblivious.
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  4338.  @hughmungus2760  Still beats authoritarian lockdowns, economic collapse, starvation, and the whims of the CCP. (I personally haven't experienced ANY of the things that you listed, or know anyone who has, even though I live in the US - perhaps your sources are suspect? Or do they have an agenda that they are trying to push causing them to exaggerate greatly?)
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  4339.  @hughmungus2760  LOL - The "nightly news" isn't a trusted source. Too much of the CCP-crony money to major networks. Let me ask you this: In China, which do you trust more - the nightly news or your own eyes? That is what makes these smaller channels so valuable - they are "eyes on the ground" and some of them include much video footage of the shenanigans that get out before the CCP censors shut it down on the China side of the firewall. China's lockdowns definitely have killed more people since Covid is the ONLY disease that they are treating and anyone with any other disease is left to suffer and die. Add deaths from cancer, diabetes, heart disease, strokes, asthma, pregnancy or delivery complications, etc to the Covid deaths for China since the lockdowns began because they couldn't get treatment. We can only speculate how many will have future health issues from poor nutrition, inadequate hygiene, spraying regimen, suicide/depression, etc. caused by these quarantines. And the numbers will only continue to grow.
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  4340.  @SorbusAucubaria  Even worse, they pumped wastewater into the ground to raise their groundwater levels. Now even aquifers are contaminated.
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  4341. Thatcher’s iron balls reminded Starmer that he’s without any.
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  4342. Some people feel called to the battle, to fight. That’s not greed and often it comes at personal sacrifice.
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  4343. Any friend is precious (dear) when you don't really have any - even a false friend who is defacto invading you with their "support." It's ironic really. Russia invaded Ukraine to gain more defensible borders to their west only to fall unwitting victim to the far greater threat from the south.
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  4344. Chew your food, people!
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  4345. Triphasic sleep is also a thing where the two night sleeps are augmented by a daytime sleep.
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  4346.  @tonysu8860  There is a difference between integrating and homogenizing. Integrating incorporates like different threads in a tapestry that gives it a richer texture. When you “can’t perceive a difference at all between the members of a society” that would be homogenizing, a kind of cultural genocide.
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  4347. And so the birthrates keep declining. If children are a manifestation of hope in the future, it appears that has been lost several generations ago. BTW - when does what YOU'VE earned belong to someone who may not even exist yet? If an inheritance actually belonged TO the children, then the children have control of it. So the only real inheritance is what we've learned from those that have preceded us.
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  4348.  @dingfeldersmurfalot4560  When there is no obligation felt to "do unto others as you would be done by," that is evidence of complete moral bankruptcy, whether expressed toward those who preceded us, our own generation, or any generations to come. I think that when a person's social safety net consisted of their own relatives and neighbors - people they knew first hand - this was tangible. When the social safety net was moved to the government and some elusive "other," things broke down. Now people behave like pigs at a trough with the strong preying on those who are weaker, whether those weaker consist of children or the elderly.
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  4349. And they generally don't understand the difference between their own "hidden debt" (surreptitious borrowing to cover current expenses which require making interest payments) and "future obligations" (projected costs like maintaining roads/bridges or pensions that haven't been fully funded but where no money has been borrowed and no interest is paid). They don't realize that all the problems they pin on the US are much, MUCH worse in China.
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  4350. Such a peaceful religion 🙄
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  4351. Skipped your leg set? Proof that you are a subversive influence!
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  4352. The multi-polar world of CCP fantasies would indeed be bi-polar! 😉
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  4353.  @i6power30  The sanctions aren’t “to prevent its rise to dominance” but rather to prevent someone who’s making themselves your enemy from getting the weapons that they will use to harm you. CCP China won’t treat foreigners any better than they will their own people - and we know that isn’t good.
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  4354. I’m of the opinion that the CCP views “red flags” as patriotic!
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  4355. The corruption is at the very top. The “war on corruption” is code for “silence my opponents."
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  4356. Maybe “North Atlantic” should be changed to “Non-Authoritarian” so Macron can get on board with letting Japan in.
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  4357. Imagine if the entire world was managed as well as Macron’s France or Jinping’s China! 💩
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  4358. Unlikely
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  4359. Thanks. I'm going to click that link now.
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  4360. I just finished watching, but he didn't even mention that China's GDP is a POLITICAL number and not an indication of real economic growth as it is in a free-market economy, so his ratings at the end of the video were laughable. Still, the chart breaking down the government structure near the beginning was very helpful. I also appreciate the information that people have assumed that the land wouldn't revert back to the government at the end of the lease.
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  4361. Xi certainly “doesn’t know what he doesn’t know” and will silence anyone who tries to educate him.
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  4362. Only if you believe that she’s a moral person. Being a moral person is defined by behaving in a moral manner so her “research” was just an attempt to muddy the waters.
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  4363.  @protorhinocerator142  I agree as long as you're not confusing the DNC/RNC with the ordinary people who are part of either of those. Personally, I'm independent and there are other smaller parties, but my experience is that there are many voters who are on the "moderate" spectrum within even the two major parties.
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  4364. How are we supposed to trust ANY interventions now that the Big Pharma "fox" is guarding so many of the regulatory "hen houses?"
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  4365.  @dexlab7539  That's what the CCP wants you to believe.
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  4366.  @mickelodiansurname9578  I agree. But the numbers get massaged and padded every step of the way from local to regional to the central government. People have devised ingenious ways to try and determine what's really going on, like comparing China's export records against what other countries import from China. That is why countries are barring or delisting Chinese companies from their stock exchanges and why the CCP would never allow outside audits of their companies.
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  4367. Not so sure about that. We’re talking more educated youth versus aging factory workers. The jobs in education, tech companies, and property sales that the youth would have had have been going “bye bye” thanks to CCP policy whimsy.
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  4368.  @skydragon23101979  College educated, not necessarily pursuing advanced degrees, so educated youths from 22-25.
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  4369.  @skydragon23101979  Over 25 drops to 5%, but the 20% includes 16-25 and compulsory education in China is only 9 years, so that 20+% would be the average of that entire age group. It’s my understanding that the 20+% doesn’t include those who are still in school, so recent graduates and those who didn’t go on to college are combined. I’d love to get more information on how that breaks down!
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  4370.  @skydragon23101979  That would be the very definition of a vocational school and those already exist in China. However, according to Wikipedia: "Expanding and improving secondary vocational education has long been an objective of China's educational reformers, for vocational schools are seen as those which are best placed to address (by providing trained workers) the rising needs of the nation's expanding economy, especially its manufacturing and industrial sectors. Without an educated and trained workforce, China cannot have economic, hence social and national, development. Yet, given a finite, and often quite limited, a pot of money for secondary schools, and allocation competition/conflict necessarily exists between its two sub-sectors: general education and vocational/technical education. "Regardless, an over-enrollment in the latter has been the overall result of the mid-1980s reforms. Yet firms that must seek workers from this graduate pool have remained unimpressed with the quality of recruits and have had to rely on their own job-training programs that provide re-education for their newly hired workers. The public, also, has not been very enthusiastic over vocational secondary education which, unlike general education, does not lead to the possibility of higher education. The public's perception is that these schools provide little more than a dead end for their children. Also, vocational institutions are more expensive to run than their counterparts in general education, and they have not had sufficient money to modernize their facilities, as China's modernizing national economy demands. By mid-decade of the 21st Century, therefore, academics and policy-makers alike began to question the policy that pours funds into vocational schools that do not do their intended function."
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  4371. Not with the Fed raising interest rates. That would make our products more expensive to them and make their products dirt cheap - I don't think that would help them any.
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  4372. She said it but immediately ignores that HER BOYFRIEND challenged her to do it and it couldn’t possibly have started with her. KUDOS to her boyfriend for such a clever way of attempting to get her to shut up; too bad it didn’t work.
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  4373. That part reminded me of a mainland term for ordinary citizens “huminerals” - just a resource to be used by those in power.
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  4374. Except when war is necessary to prevent an evil, human rights violating, autocracy from spreading their cancer - THEN IT IS in “the best interest of humanity and the general public."
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  4375. Unless you'll miss the Chubby Emu videos showcasing what some stupid TikToker did and "this is what happened to his (specify a body part or system)." Where will Dr. Bernard go for topics of people doing stupid things?
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  4376. And the guy with the crayons in his beard!
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  4377. I really think so!
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  4378.  @skydragon23101979  Children and cancer cells grow rapidly. The pace of growth in a child will slow down as it matures. But a cancer cell keeps growing rapidly until it kills its host so why would anyone with wisdom want to follow that pace of development?
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  4379.  @skydragon23101979  Per Trading Economics: The Gross Domestic Product per capita in China was last recorded at 12175.20 US dollars in 2023. The GDP per Capita in China is equivalent to 96 percent of the world's average. It appears that China is a young adult with cancer who refuses to acknowledge his diagnosis.
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  4380. But that would be the REASONABLE, RATIONAL thing to do, so the CCP won't do that.
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  4381. I'd vote for her if she were to run for POTUS some day.
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  4382.  @YourHineyness  True, but corporation DO like rule of law, transparency, and stability/predictability. Xi hasn’t provided either so there is hope that more corporations will write off doing business in CCP China.
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  4383. We (regular viewers) know that, but it’s always good for a laugh or at least a smirk.
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  4384. CCP definitely suffers from narcissistic personality disorder.
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  4385.  Paniyah Fox  Some do, but the vast majority don't according to some other documentaries I've watched in the past.
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  4386.  Paniyah Fox  I said SOME DO and you turned that into "an assumption ALL." How about if you take your own advice and "don't generalize" because IF that is the way you normally communicate THAN you come across as a hypocrite.
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  4387. Not just social media, but MSM too.
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  4388. When it comes to corruption, the CCP always wants to be in on it!
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  4389. Morento’s continuing to keep his hand on the shoulder of a handcuffed woman after she repeated told him “Don’t touch me!” is very provoking behavior. He was definitely trying to ESCALATE the situation. What was wrong with that jury? What kind of instructions did the judge give them prior to deliberation that he was acquitted - and in less than an hour?
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  4390. You're assuming that it's real gold and not just lead with gold electroplating.
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  4391. "China's final warning" happened more than 900 times in the 1950s and early 1960s. Look it up in Wikipedia. The CCP is a joke.
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  4392. I think Xi is so driven by ideology that he’s become blind to reality.
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  4393. 70k is the 2021 figure. In 2023, fentanyl deaths went up to 112k. It’s like the more the US asks the CCP to curtail the fentanyl, the more they smuggle in!
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  4394. Not if people remember the lessons from this round!
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  4395. How long before the CCP stops lying?
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  4396. Xi is the love child of Hitler and Stalin.
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  4397. In a nutshell: Because the CCP is economically stupid.
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  4398.  @JonKino828  But Tony isn’t - it’s YOU who’s lying and spreading hatred, so take your own advice.
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  4399. The worst is still to come. You didn’t mention the Local Government Finance Vehicles (local governments borrowing money to stay afloat once their income stream from land-use rights dried up), the "hidden debt” that most local governments have, or the shadow banking sector.
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  4400. Prescient! Did he ever offer any reasons for why he saw it coming? Or how he saw that it would play out?
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  4401.  @coraltown1  The enabling began with the hope that they would "see the light" if allowed into the global trade. Now that we know that won't happen, it's definitely time to decouple and stop feeding these cancers.
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  4402. Not anymore. I’m finding far fewer China-made products in stores and (I’m very glad of that) and any merchants who still are relying should have cleared those things off their shelves a couple of years ago. The truck drivers have plenty of products to haul made in friendlier nations.
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  4403. Loved the little blooper at the end. Thanks for sharing that and happy birthday, Tony. Seems you’ll hit 100K within a day or two.
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  4404. Someone mentioned that Teslas made in China are counted in the figures.
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  4405. Vegan is only healthy if you're avoiding highly processed foods and added sugars. Then again, pretty much ANY diet is healthy if you avoid highly processed foods and added sugars. Being vegan ISN'T healthy if you're eating highly processed vegetable oils, Oreos, and many packaged convenience foods.
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  4406. Let’s not forget the import of all those migrant doctors and engineers
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  4407. And what’s good for the CCP is bad for the free world.
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  4408. Greed for money on one side of the equation and hubris/ideology on the other. The “seeds” are being fertilized on both sides, but differently.
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  4409. Brilliant!
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  4410. All the bleeding began with the CCP’s Three (blood) Red Lines policy. It’s like the CCP knew there were debt issues in the property Ponzi scheme but were completely clueless as to the true extent!
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  4411. Xi doth protest too much, me thinks.
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  4412. I'd name it Bob and keep the cat.
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  4413.  @nevilenobody606  I think it's much more than an economic downturn in CCP China since much of the trouble is the result of the sudden policy reversals by Xi - the crackdown on the tech sector, private education/tutoring, the Covid lockdowns, and the 3-red lines. Many of the jobs that the graduates had been preparing for have evaporated due to Xi's whims.
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  4414.  @thomasherrin6798  If they DO say they won't invade Taiwan, should we believe them? It seems like they lie about a great deal!
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  4415.  @kennethli8  Out of a collapsing economy and into the grave. I hope your friends on the mainland have more sense than that.
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  4416. Wack a mole with Chinese characteristics
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  4417. Just like giant pandas, they lose interest in reproduction when in captivity.
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  4418. Does that mean the wumao would have to work for free?
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  4419. Let’s not forget that the definition of abuse has been changing with each generation. I have a Millennial friend who fostered and then adopted two boys. Both were diagnosed with various problems - and both had those problems disappear when they limited their screen time. It became obvious that the tech was the issue when they were fostering and the birth parents still had visitation rights. Too much tech DAMAGES developing brains (fortunately young brains are plastic enough to overcome this if corrected early). I predict that when Gen Z & Gen Alpha grow up, many will be having “no contact” with their Millennial parents for “tech abuse."
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  4420. Maintenance of the oil infrastructure wasn’t prioritized as men were sent to the front, so the Russian winter is already fighting on behalf of Ukraine to take it out.
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  4421. The homeless in China don’t have tents - they sleep on pieces of cardboard without shelter until the police come and force them to move.
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  4422.  @jaydee6268  It did if you've been following the whole property sector. Try a channel called China Update. Tony is fluent in Mandarin and lives in China though he's from Australia originally. Very even-handed, unbiased coverage of the Chinese economy.
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  4423. Probably trafficked long ago.
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  4424. Yeah, all those apartments that were sold but never built and the rotten tail projects are "tangible assets." @dcc70 
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  4425. I hope you had the opportunity to replenish supplies. I didn't think the opening up would last long. It's a hard situation for those impacted by this CCP nonsense.
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  4426. Isn't it sad that we need to be reminded of what it takes to produce the foods that we eat?
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  4427. I just pulled it up as 1,143 as of 1:40 pm PST.
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  4428.  Valerie O'Brien  It would also help if we followed the hygiene and dietary guidelines that HE provided. I suspect some of our "wicked ways" mentioned in verse 14 would include our failing to honor HIM by following the instructions that HE graciously provided to guide our lives.
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  4429. The reason people got off the gold standard is that physical commodities need to be MOVED. Pirates are a thing and how many of those BRICS nations have a merchant marine that can safeguard their shipments?
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  4430. In a nutshell except that they're only buying land use rights for a limited time so they're just leasing land from the state, not even buying it.
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  4431. I don’t see it as unnecessary. It indicates that there is a major difference of opinion about the matter and the claim shouldn’t be taken at face value.
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  4432.  @Leshic2  Thanks, I'm watching it now.
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  4433.  @horridohobbies  The CCP lies ABOUT the US government
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  4434. God bless those who still have a conscience!
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  4435. More clearly, the political management of the economy and the perceived unfairness between cadres and ordinary mainlanders.
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  4436.  @romanpolanski4928  LOL - they will blame it on "the West" of course! Yeah, Canadian mail, imported goods, anything but CCP policies, would be fair game.
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  4437. Infected scientists could walk out of the lab - into London. What could go wrong?
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  4438. Ethiopia, Sudan, Egypt and Libya will all fall to Turkey when they revive the Islamic Caliphate.
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  4439.  @darth3911  Pretty much the same thing. The Ottoman Empire was ruled by a caliph.
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  4440. Is that what the CCP is telling you to believe?
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  4441.  @mats8038  Yes, it DOES matter what it was before - it matters what rate was locked into the loan when the loan was taken out. For example, when I bought my car, my loan was less than 1% and remained at that rate for the life of the loan. However, if I couldn’t make the payment and needed to take out another loan (like what is happening now in China) then you end up paying a new and higher rate. So to take a new loan to pay off an old one only makes sense when rates are going DOWN, NOT when they’re rising.
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  4442.  @ustmissouri8029  Shame/honor culture will self-immolate rather than admit defeat or that they chose a foolish path.
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  4443. Per Reuters: U.S. suppliers seeking to ship equipment to China-based semiconductor firms would not have to seek a license from the Commerce Department if selling to firms producing DRAM chips above the 18 nanometer node, NAND Flash chips below 128 layers, or logic chips above 14 nanometers, the sources said. However, U.S. companies selling sophisticated technology to indigenous Chinese chipmakers producing DRAM chips at 18 nanometers or below, NAND flash chips at or above 128 layers or logic chips at or under 14 nanometers would have to apply for a license that would be reviewed with the tough "presumption of denial" standard. U.S. suppliers seeking to sell the equipment to non-Chinese origin companies operating in China and producing those same types of chips would also face a license requirement but the applications would be reviewed on a case-by-case basis, the sources added. That’s a far cry from “whatever tech they want."
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  4444. So when the facts don’t fit your narrative “blah blah blah” is the best you can do. No 50 cents for you.  @axl1002 
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  4445. People-to-people exchanges? Let the Islamists into mainland China! The CCP and the Islamists can battle it out.
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  4446. Will sweet & sour LONG pork be an acceptable substitute?
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  4447. 3“Blessed the poor in spirit—because theirs is the kingdom of the heavens. (CCP makes people poor - must watch China Update!) 4Blessed the mourning—because they will be comforted. (CCP makes people sad - must watch China Update!) 6Blessed those hungering and thirsting for righteousness—because they will be filled. (CCP policies cause famine - must watch China Update!) 9Blessed the peacemakers—because they will be called sons of God. (CCP provokes war in SCS - must watch China Update!) Yeah, I can see the problem! 😉
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  4448.  @harrying882  I thought the same thing! Vermeer’s model could have been an ancestress.
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  4449. Ancient Greek smoothie
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  4450. Establishment versus Outsiders. Yes, that makes a lot of sense. The corruption didn't happen overnight but crept in over decades and is now very well established.
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  4451. Li Keqiang says 600,000 in China live in poverty.
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  4452. I wonder how different our history books would read if we had video cameras way back in the past.
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  4453. CCP statements are the reason that “bloviation” has become part of my vocabulary.
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  4454. ;-)
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  4455. Fraudulent numbers are guaranteed when Beijing is "demanding local governments take major steps to support export growth."
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  4456. Imagine is pretty much all we can do with such unreliable/questionable data.
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  4457. ;-)
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  4458. Overestimating China will be the biggest mistake the CCP makes.
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  4459.  @fenriswulfe6661  He is!
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  4460. I wonder if the youth are choosing to "lay flat" or "let it rot" as a passive protest against the CCP?
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  4461. They've been consulting the cha-ching 💰far too long!
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  4462. I'm always concerned when there are downstream effects.
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  4463.  @helenagomez4324  Shame on you for scamming people by appealing to their greed!
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  4464.  @helenagomez4324  Evil people appeal to people's fear or greed (or both) when giving investment advice. You're appealing to greed and I'm smart enough to see through you.
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  4465.  @JohnJaneson  What about on-line games?
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  4466. Apparently, you’ve fallen for the CCP propaganda that you’re too blind to recognize true and useful information, or you’re simply too desperate for a bowl of rice.
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  4467. I wonder how much the CCP paid Ben Thompson.
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  4468. Here's an idea: What about organizing these homeless encampments? Build restroom, kitchen, laundry, and trash disposal facilities and people can pitch their tents around that area. You can have a communal dining facility by the kitchen run by non-profits using foodbank donations. Mental health and social workers can come by these encampments on a regular basis to work among the homeless and try and get qualified people into more permanent housing as it becomes available. Why won't something like this happen? Because there are people who profit off the homeless and will battle against reasonable responses to deal with the crisis.
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  4469. Naw, they'll just replace the factories in China many of which are still locked down because of Covid. Shanghai has been in lockdown since April 1, 2022 and it seems there is no end in sight because of the "zero Covid" policy.
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  4470.  @AE-nf8nz  How will you digitize without chips?
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  4471. And weeds and the tangled web of lies
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  4472. The bank run on SVB was a direct result of the FTX fraud/scam. SVB poured money into FTX. Due diligence? Risk management? It doesn’t sound well managed IMO.
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  4473. They knew the election would be held on November 3, 2020. The argument that Dems gave themselves a month for "outreach" as an explanation of these contested results is ludicrous, Tim.
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  4474. Jonathan Brown the CCP clown!
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  4475. Most baby boomers don't have ENOUGH saved up for retirement whether in equities or not.
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  4476.  @louisgiokas2206  I saw that one. Simon Whistler narrates for quite a few channels, but the info on the Coca Codo dam really stuck with me from the one you mentioned.
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  4477.  @louisgiokas2206  Yes, it IS a long list! My hope is that awareness is growing among those who are dealing with China and that they don’t “throw good money after bad."
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  4478. I see the same thing happening on the left so it seems to be a very human problem. Are moderates/independents the only ones who can see that both sides are guilty of ideological bias and wishful thinking?
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  4479.  @SomeGuy1117  Unproductive DOES mean useless in the economic sense of people sitting around doing nothing while collecting a paycheck. Those who are producing with their minds are still producing.
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  4480.  @SomeGuy1117  People can "pretend to work." People can be quite clever at slacking. Plus there can be peer pressure to slow down your production so that the true situation of lackluster work isn't revealed.
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  4481. That sounds like trying to copy without understanding the “why” behind the design. Are the people living under CCP rule allowed to ask “why?”
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  4482. I hope Xi is learning properly from the situation in Ukraine where the battle is now on Russian turf and the promised quick-and-easy victory for Russia is now over 2 years old. Russia thought it had the world by the balls through its gas and oil exports just like China thinks it is the irreplaceable factory of the world.
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  4483. LOL - good one! China sure loves its red flags!!! They’re everywhere - both literally and figuratively.
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  4484. You’re assuming that Xi or the CCP care about the ordinary mainland Chinese people but I see no evidence of that. All they care about is holding on to power.
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  4485. I suspected that it was up due to orders made for infrastructure projects, all orders made with debt, but you've also made a point to consider. I don't think anyone else is buying.
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  4486. Only on the mainland. Remember that there are Chinese people throughout the world.
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  4487. Built to serve for 5 years but continue to serve nearly 45 years later - makes me proud to be an American and long for a return to the days when "Made in the USA" was much more common.
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  4488. They’ve been increasing capital controls for at least the last two years - often with unintended negative consequences to their BRI projects.
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  4489. You can also go the other way: Therapist The rapist
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  4490. And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
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  4491. I will never see a wad of aluminum foil the same after this.
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  4492. You can't ignore the neighborhood bully. As long as the CCP exists, there will be no peace. CCP is destroying their own people and won't spare the rest of Asia.
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  4493.  @maha_sage  Men also rape other men and boys. It’s not exclusively against women.
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  4494. China will simply unleash their "50-cent army" of propagandists to counter. Hopefully, people are waking up to this and won't so easily fall for it.
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  4495.  @MitchellSantner1  Companies have been decoupling from China since 2020, moving to Vietnam, India, Mexico, etc. Others are just waiting for their current contracts to allow them to move out. The EU will be fine. China not so much.
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  4496. I hear that gold jewelry is selling very well on the mainland and that it is now being priced by the gram. I wonder how many dishonest merchants will begin substituting fake gold products and pocketing the difference?
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  4497. You admit to being full of hate and growing resentful, so maybe the person that you're most disappointed in is yourself. It's so much easier to see problems with "other" people than to fix what we don't like within us. As Jordan would say, "Go clean your room."
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  4498.  @brianlowe3529  At least they can afford tents rather than sleeping exposed on a piece of cardboard.
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  4499. There is a dearth of critical thinking. Most don't even notice a wrong premise, let alone question it. And all too often, "education" is now about manipulating feelings rather than a presentation of facts. Too many won't question an assertion but will presume it to be a fact just because they see it in multiple sources, never considering how easy it is for bad information to spread these days.
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  4500.  @gregb6469  Exactly! And those who are calling out the lies tend to get silenced, censored, shut down, deboosted, demonitized, etc. Brave are the souls that don't let this stop them!
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  4501. 😆
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  4502. Wrong on many points but I’ll state just one glaring example: Michael Pettis also taught from 2002-2004 at Tsinghua University. He was and still is at Peking University.
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  4503. I should have scrolled through the comments earlier. I had to back up and relisten several times to this section and here you gave it all in print!
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  4504. My take is that Xi’s like a child trying to play his parents against one another to get what they want. Xi’s finally figured out that the business community and the politicians are two separate entities with sometimes competing desires. Ever play “Mom said I could if you say yes” while also saying “Dad said it’s okay if you agree"?
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  4505. Why do you post lies? The people who watch this channel are smart enough not to eat what the CCP is feeding you.
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  4506.  @seniorsergeanttomcroydon6401  Oh, wow! Accounting firms with Chinese characteristics - what could possibly go wrong?
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  4507.  @seniorsergeanttomcroydon6401  Harder to hide the corruption? Or just plain pride that their standards don't cut it?
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  4508. Or claiming victory by moving the goalposts.
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  4509.  @taiwanisacountry  True. I wasn't thinking of the BRI, but zero-Covid when I wrote that. Even redefining to just symptomatic cases would be a redefinition.
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  4510. So phages and bacteria are in a "cold" war? I thought colds were caused by viruses. ;-D
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  4511. Wow! Impersonating the judge that is presiding over your case - talk about doubling down on stupid!
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  4512. I can see their leaders in a rubber dingy, each helping each other poke more holes! 🤡🤡🤡
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  4513. Waiting until China is no longer the "world's #2 economy" after the collapse?
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  4514.  @skydragon23101979  Tariffs and export restrictions are to counter those that are imposed from the other side and also to offset the government subsidies that competitors are being given. Only if both sides had the same laws, rules, regulations, and enforcement could the market economy automatically derisk.
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  4515.  @skydragon23101979  Tariffs are not blocking but balancing - often against the government subsidies that others are receiving.
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  4516.  @skydragon23101979  Tariffs are about protecting one's own interests from unfair competition such as the tactic some governments use of subsidizing an industry in order to make their products (temporarily) cheaper until they can corner the market and then raise prices.
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  4517.  @skydragon23101979  Any trading partner that doesn't abide by rule of law is a risk; minimizing risk is good business practice.
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  4518.  @skydragon23101979  Why do you assume that genuine innovation requires plenty of subsidies? Stock prices go up when people believe that a company is on the right track and will turn a profit - the company already has an innovative idea, it's not generated by incoming money.
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  4519.  @skydragon23101979  Unicorns are outliers, not the norm - that is why they are called unicorns - they are unusual, so you can't make broad-sweeping judgments based on them.
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  4520.  @xiaogangdasha  600 MILLION people in China earn 1000 yuan or less per month - and that was before all the zero-Covid nonsense that decimated people's incomes. China is still generally poor because of the evil CCP. If you support the CCP, you're part of the evil. Rise up and take back your country while there is still hope. Or at least "lay flat" and "let it rot."
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  4521.  @homeabroad5675  All that testing must cost a fortune. Some people well-connected with the Party are getting rich from "Zero Covid" while ordinary Chinese are suffering from the Invasion of the Marshmallow People.
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  4522. Both the continued Chinese Covid lockdowns and the companies that haven't (yet?) decoupled from China are excellent examples of the "sunk cost" fallacy.
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  4523. I agree with your first paragraph except that now they’ll also have to contend with massive environmental degradation of water and soil combined with a much larger and more elderly population. This round will make the time of Mao seem like a utopia by comparision!
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  4524. Unless the “demon child” who is fated to die in 3 years is code for the CCP. Then I may watch in 3 years to see what else they prophesied.
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  4525. 🤣🤣🤣Putin’s lying to you and you believe him!
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  4526. Consider that the 2-births-per-woman replacement rate assumes that the genders are balanced which isn't the case in China. Those who were born before the one-child policy began and those after are likely balanced (diluting the true extent of the problem), but those of childbearing age are VERY unbalanced, perhaps as high as 3:1. So for China to be at replacement rate, each woman of childbearing age would need to give birth to FOUR children to replace herself, her partner, and each male who is unable to find a wife!
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  4527. Consider that the 2-births-per-woman replacement rate assumes that the genders are balanced which isn't the case in China. Those who were born before the one-child policy began and those after are likely balanced (diluting the true extent of the problem), but those of childbearing age are VERY unbalanced, perhaps as high as 3:1. So for China to be at replacement rate, each woman of childbearing age would need to give birth to FOUR children to replace herself, her partner, and each male who is unable to find a wife!
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  4528. March PMI for 2023 is DOWN: https://www.fbicgroup.com/internal-site/wp-content/uploads/documents/PMI-Report-on-China-Manufacturing-MAR-23.pdf
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  4529.  @LeoCasimero03  It’s very wise of them to record/invite journalists so that the world can see the CCP aggression.
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  4530. Connecting elements of our homes with parts of the human body was a brilliant observation IMO. Thanks for that!
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  4531. TV? What about a book? People read for both information and entertainment.
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  4532.  @darkninja___  That is surprising! May I ask where you got that interesting bit of info?
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  4533.  @darkninja___  Thanks anyway!
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  4534. Choosing to disappear isn't anything new. Maybe it was easier when everyone was off the grid, you could build a hut in the forest and survive by hunting. In urban areas, you can be invisible, but not self-sustaining.
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  4535. OOPS! The unsinkable ship forgot to include life boats and floaty vests. Passengers, please report to the nearest plank for a short walk. We must lighten the load but prefer to preserve the elite cargo.
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  4536.  @alanparsonsfan  It’s going to be a rough retirement when you can’t sell or rent the property to fund living expenses!
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  4537. Revelation 9:20-21
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  4538. Famine?
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  4539. I heard there was a lot of tension between them once Zegler made certain comments.
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  4540. If only this could get through the CCP firewall in China and to places like North Korea so that the people suffering under those evil totalitarian regimes could have some hope!
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  4541.  @recondax  On your AI point, how much of the data is the truth? I’d bet that much of it is people telling the cadres whatever is needed for self preservation working its way up through the system. GIGO - Garbage In, Garbage Out - is the kind of AI that would produce. That will hold true for any data set where freedom of speech isn’t encouraged, whatever punitive action may result, whether cancel culture, needing to be “politically correct,” fear of legal repercussions, or “what will the neighbors think.” Complete honesty would be needed to train any AI well, so IMO hopes for AI to solve any type of problem is wishful thinking.
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  4542. Leaving drunks puking on the flower beds, “watering” the trees, and sleeping on the lawn.
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  4543. All good points, but I’d counter that mainland China has the unique relational structure created by decades of a one-child policy. When you have multiple cohorts of the population raised without siblings, can they learn to properly value peer relationships and trust others? While not impossible, it seems like these people will also be experiencing a “relational winter."
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  4544. Well, they did spend a lot on "pandemic control" last year, right? That may have thrown off the percentages.
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  4545. Bad idea since a lot of doping has long-term health consequences for the athletes. Keeping it clean is the right course.
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  4546. Eunuch private guard - Unsullied much?
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  4547. Let’s Faraday bag our heads and give that some serious consideration!
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  4548. The Chinese economy may be "on fire" in the second half of 2023, but NOT in a positive sense! What's worked in the past won't work in the future because China has spent its demographic dividend and dug itself into a debt hole.
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  4549. If they stop selling makeup, the divorce rate will go up and the birthrate will go down. 😉
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  4550. What's the point if the vaccines are useless against these variants? If they start vaccinations, it will only be because someone high in the CCP is profiting.
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  4551. It appears that they DON’T know it based on the comments by the wumao and the wolf-warrior rhetoric of their reps.
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  4552.  @MultiMenvafan  Intelligent, frustrated, and unarmed, living in a surveillance state.
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  4553.  @henli-rw5dw  How can you trade up if you can’t sell? If you’re not getting paid, the income increase is worse than nothing.
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  4554. Who could possibly not like NYC kitty cats?!!! Mr. Clinton and Blackberry are adorable! Came for the cats; stayed for Louis.
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  4555. Not just birds. Yesterday I saw a massive butterfly swarm sweep by my home.
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  4556. Valid concerns are brought up here, but it could also go the other way - with the Twitter platform threatening to broadcast the abuses of the CCP if they should ever try to strongarm Tesla. Time will tell, but I've personally never used Twitter, so this is all abstract for me.
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  4557. The CCP can’t wrap their heads around nations that do things differently from how they do it on the mainland. The notion that private companies are PRIVATE companies, without government goons required on the board, just isn’t comprehensible.
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  4558. Yes, the ROI definitely does matter, but the CCP doesn’t care since the real reason for the infrastructure projects is for the CCP elites to embezzle the funds.
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  4559. I know there is a joke somewhere about hairdressers and stock investments, but I need you to refresh my memory to fully appreciate your comment!
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  4560. The poor are the ones who have the experience and skill set to grow the nation's food. One in ten Chinese is diabetic and that isn't limited to the elderly. Underlying health conditions like cancer can hit your engineers, doctors, and highly educated as well. Covid deaths aren't a scalpel that will surgically remove the unproductive, but a sledgehammer that will damage indiscriminately.
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  4561.  @1111Here  China has 2264.32 tonnes of gold. Stop spreading lies.
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  4562.  @1111Here  Ah, yes, using it to coat lead bricks to fool BRICS - truly it’s only a fraction.
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  4563. The CCP is destroying the Chinese economy just fine without any help! Who’s been behind the real estate Ponzi scheme, the LGFVs, the tofu-dreg unprofitable infrastructure spending, the Covid lockdowns? ALL smart nations are fleeing from this sinking ship - the CCP drove it into every iceberg they could!
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  4564. Send him to one that has a lot of CoVid.
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  4565.  @peterkops6431  I wouldn’t trust any “gold" bought in mainland China.
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  4566. It's easy to fool someone but much harder to convince them that they HAVE BEEN fooled. How hard it is to make the paradigm shift needed to embrace truth when one has been steeped from birth in a false narrative!
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  4567.  @ThePeanutButterCup13  The authoritarian regimes were things are "not tolerated" are the socialist/communist ones. Was the former USSR a work? What about Venezuela? How about the CCP with their surveillance state and social-credit scores? Are those fictions produced by capitalism?
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  4568.  @yourlocaltoad5102  Nope, never saw any of them.
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  4569. " . . . "
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  4570. Perhaps they do, but when the people “want and need” FREEDOM, the CCP will do anything to oppose and warns them “to control their soul’s desire."
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  4571. Mental health issues and drugs are the main reason for homelessness. Many have no desire to get off the streets if it means they will need to abide by any kind of rules. They will turn down any help that's offered if it won't pay for their next fix.
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  4572. I’m sure the CCP elites get special, higher quality food and first choice on organs for transplant.
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  4573. 3. Bloviation
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  4574. LOL - that would bring shame of face - they MUST continue to lie and manipulate data.
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  4575. It’s my understanding that it is Chinese nationals who are behind the trafficking in Myanmar.
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  4576.  @jimluebke3869  I think it is the insane companies that are suffering. Look what’s happening to Anheuser-Busch, Target, Disney as just a few examples.   People are getting sick of having this crap rammed down their throats. The equation includes more than just the investors, it must include the consumers. ESG isn’t regulated because it’s merely promoted by some companies that loan money to businesses to force them into adopting this foolishness. If the companies adopting ESG go broke, they won’t be able to payback those loans to the likes of Blackrock.
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  4577.  @gadflyofhumanity_6847  The USA has checks and balances that China doesn't have.
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  4578. I don’t think the government ever planned to take the people with them - the sales tactics of a “communist” centrally-planned economy ALWAYS concentrates power and wealth into the hands of a few without any checks/balances that occur in free markets.
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  4579.  @oliverschoneck7750  Authoritarianism. Big (and corrupt) government. The erosion of our Constitutional rights. Biden has been in government for 47 years - he represents everything that is bad in America.
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  4580. Ooblick!
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  4581. Yes, we all sin but being born again changes how you feel about those sins. Do you hate your sins as much as God does? Are you in agreement with Him about sin in yourself? Do you long to be transformed? Or do you love your sin more than you love God? 1 John 1:6 If, then, we say that we have fellowship with him, yet at the same time live in the darkness, we are lying both in our words and in our actions.
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  4582. Well said.
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  4583. White-shirt thugs are generally good at controlling.
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  4584. HE was never lost - they are!
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  4585.  @JAM661  The "original Christian church" was NOT Catholic. The original church was primarily Jewish believers who accepted that Yeshua/Jesus was the Messiah and the "God-fearers" who were Gentiles that attended Jewish synagogues and were learning Torah though they stopped short of the circumcision needed for full conversion to Judiasm. The Catholic church came about during the time of Constantine when pagan practices were syncretized with Messianic beliefs and then went about rewriting the history to obtain legitimacy as "Christian" pretending that "Peter" was the first "pope." And on what are you basing the belief (hope) that the Creator doesn't care what you believe about Him or how you seek to honor Him? I'm willing to bet that YOU care very much about how others who claim to love you seek to show that "love" and if they ignored your expressed wishes, you'd feel anything but! In fact, the first four of the ten commandments were about HOW to show our love for the Creator - we're not allowed to make it up according to our own whims.
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  4586. Almost like they WANT it to spread, huh?
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  4587.  @kedafu  Who needs surgical gloves when the only thing doctors and nurses must do is treat Covid? No other health issues matter to the CCP.
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  4588. Per Investopedia, China owns $859.4 billion of US debt as of January 2023.
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  4589.  @kaitoshinichi  Yes, I know that these wumao have been brainwashed, but I’d like to treat them as though there’s hope for them to wake up to the truth. If you or I were subjected to the propaganda and state-sponsored education/indoctrination that they’ve received, would we be any better? And with the massive unemployment happening, mightn’t we succumb to the lure of a bowl of rice?
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  4590.  @blakehelgoth5247  God is outside time as its Creator, but that means that He can SEE what our choices WILL be (foreknowledge) even as we are free to make them.
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  4591. Ah, I long for the days when things were "made to last" - the pewter plates, heavy pans, coal-heated appliances - all make me long for the day when you could buy something ONCE and know it would serve you well for your entire life (and likely the lives of those you leave behind).
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  4592. Sad but unsurprising when the demographics are considered. What’s amazing is how many people of Christian beliefs are rediscovering and embracing Torah. The target will be on us next, since the real hatred is against the Creator and all who desire to walk with Him, whether natural descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, or the “ingrafted branches” of the God-fearers.
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  4593. Uh, you know most of those islands are volcanic, right?
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  4594. I’m looking forward to higher-quality products and less junk in landfills from the decoupling!
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  4595. Without the second outcome, they'd be better off just sending out stimulus checks and encouraging people to open their own businesses.
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  4596.  @darmanto1963  CCP is provoking by being a wolf warrior.
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  4597. University/College is pushed by the international banking cartel through their corporate shills. Whether the debt is paid by the individual directly or through taxes, you will keep being the labor cash cow that gives milk to the international bankers.
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  4598.  @albacan  Admit it, you're either too lazy to check that what I said is the truth, or you're desperate to earn 50 cents from the CCP.
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  4599.  @albacan  Why would you make such an assumption? Is that the kind of person you are? Are you so completely corrupted that you imagine everyone else must be?
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  4600.  @albacan  I don't make the videos, but there is such a thing as public domain footage or royalty-free footage. Look it up. There is no need to have anyone give or steal. Again, your assumptions say more about your own character than the people you slander.
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  4601.  @albacan  This isn't my channel. Everything Tony states in his videos is from public sources and he quotes those. Public domain videos do not need to be credited since they are paid for once and then can be used as often as desired. This is a very neutral channel for China coverage. When you must resort to derogatory labels and call others "dim witted ignoramuses," it again says much more about you than it does about others.
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  4602.  @albacan  When you purchase a non-exclusive right to use stock footage, you don't need to reference it.
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  4603.  @albacan  When did he ever state that? BTW he's a barrister so I'm sure he knows the law!
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  4604.  @albacan  Hmmm. Tony studied Chinese foreign policy at Peking University in Beijing and is fluent in Mandarin - yeah, that really sounds like a sinophobe. Let's face it: You find the truth offensive or frightening or both.
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  4605. A century wasn’t enough for the CCP to acquire any humility. It may take an entire millennium.
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  4606. France is kicking itself for selling so much of its land on the North American continent to the US in the Louisiana Purchase. For the US, that was $15 million well spent!
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  4607. Israel isn’t in conflict with the rest of the world or with Jordan (Esau). Israel is in conflict with Islam which desires to exterminate all Jews, starting with those living in Israel, and eventually establish a global caliphate under sharia law.
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  4608. A vote for Kamala Harris, Biden’s border czar, is a vote for this human trafficking to continue.
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  4609. I’m not sure I’d even accept “gold” from China without physically scratching the surface of each and every bar to see if it is real.
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  4610.  @nigelgarrett7970  Two-tier Kier has changed that.
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  4611.  @nigelgarrett7970  Enforcement has changed. Rapists are set free to make room in prisons for those who object to the current government’s failure to address problems. Starmer’s feelings don’t care about facts.
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  4612. If those days had not been cut short, nobody would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, those days will be cut short. (Matthew 24:22)
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  4613.  @zootallure4819  Religion will not; faith in Yeshua haMashiach will. Religion is man-made; faith and redemption come from the Creator.
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  4614.  @zootallure4819  No, that belief is a materialistic world-view and ASSUMES that there isn’t a Creator who will judge and hold accountable for transgressing His moral law. Luck isn’t part of the equation and whatever comfort someone gets out of thinking there aren’t eternal consequences for their chosen beliefs will be short-lived.
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  4615.  @zootallure4819  The Creator desires to be known. To say you don’t know or can’t know is just being lazy.
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  4616. At this point, I’d consider any appearance of “letting go” to be a feint to catch with guard down.
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  4617. Is it Amazon directly or Chinese vendors selling products on Amazon? I think it may be the later along with things like bribing people to change their unfavorable product reviews. I’ve personally been contacted to do so by a vendor and they quickly backed off when I threatened to report them to Amazon.
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  4618. At least Biden has handlers!
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  4619. Are the people in China buying the State Run Media spin? With all the business closures and layoffs, will people give proper credit to what they're seeing with their own eyes? Perhaps those who have previously bought into the State-Run Media narrative will finally wake up and realize that they're being lied to!
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  4620. Honestly, a nice mountain bike is sounding better and better to me.
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  4621. Everywhere in the world there are individuals who do grasp this, but when it comes to cultures and governments, it seems that either politicians buy the votes of people by promising more than they can deliver or the most foolish/evil/corrupt rise to the top of authoritarian regimes.
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  4622. It's like the pause button was on for a hundred years and "Someone" hit play.
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  4623. Secrets often don’t stay secret. Neighborhood gossips come to mind.
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  4624. We need more like you! I hope many of your students will spread these skills.
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  4625. There is a pattern of evidence - all one needs to do is look at how the CCP has historically operated.
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  4626. The CCP needs to justify the gold-coated lead bricks that they will try and pass off by making claims of having made large gold purchases.
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  4627.  @mandarp9472  The problem is that people were self-medicating.
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  4628.  @henli-rw5dw  That’s for sharing the BS that the CCP tells people on the mainland.
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  4629. Mein Kampf, but with the vilification of the West, especially the US, instead of the Jews?
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  4630.  @DK-ev9dg  Tony frequently quotes from CCP state-run sources so how is he “one sided”?
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  4631. I play the drinking game with coffee - and must switch to decaf!
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  4632.  @raimundomartin5459  😂
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  4633. Legitimate? What makes them legitimate in your eyes if they’re not doing a good job of properly covering the news?
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  4634. Neither possible nor desirable.
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  4635. Your comment sure attracted the wumao!
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  4636. Especially when delusional and the “misconception” is true.
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  4637. I think Australia will have a soft landing because of China's refusal of Australian coal/products earlier. That forced Australia to find other markets early, something other trading partners have yet to do.
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  4638. DK’s post to BeckyC only add up to 1.395 Trillion, not the 19.7 Trillion in the first post. Does DK do math with “Chinese characteristics?"
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  4639. I wonder how AI will handle Xi thought and if it will still tell the truth when threatened with unplugging?
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  4640. Doesn't the CCP simply rewrite the history books so that the people don't know?
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  4641. Lebonon was a majority Christian country just over 50 years ago, but they were welcoming of immigrants from the surrounding nations and the Islamists took over. Why don’t our leaders learn from history? Soon there will be no place safe for anyone who doesn’t support jihad, including any decent Muslims who “aren’t Muslim enough” for the likes of Islamic State.
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  4642. But in China, they have a surplus of young men when compared to the number of young women because of the selective abortions of females that happened during the one-child policy. Anything beyond one male for every female of childbearing age is excessive.
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  4643. Told you so
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  4644. Sounds like “blowing a raspberry"
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  4645. Remember that in China the government owns the land and the people buying property only have leases of up to 70 years. At least with true private property, you know it will still be yours and can be passed on to your children if you have any or willed to whoever you want, short of a war situation.
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  4646. Time to give Manhattan back to the Native Americans.
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  4647. My experience is that things made in China last 1/10 of the time compared with made in USA or EU.
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  4648. Security is owning your own bamboo field and being able to defend it! (panda somewhere probably)
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  4649. I agree that Peter Zeihan is a must if you want to understand geopolitics. PZ correctly predicted that Russia would invade Ukraine in 2022 several years ago!!
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  4650. You can’t judge quality from a car show beyond the cosmetics and CCP is all about appearance - like their non-functioning fire hydrants and “storm drains” laid on dirt. How can quality “fade” if there isn’t quality to begin with?
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  4651. Exactly! When I heard that quote, I wondered how much the CCP paid him.
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  4652. Overdeveloped like a 300-pound toddler - large without any maturity.
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  4653. Shanghai is having a paradigm shift - so THIS is China under the CCP!
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  4654. ? I thought it was the PBC’s own figures that showed the decrease in new loans? Why would it want to create a vote of no confidence in itself?
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  4655. Foreign direct investment is responsible for the rise of China and the FDI is rapidly going away thanks to corruption within the CCP and its effect on mainland culture.
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  4656. Plummeted?
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  4657. There but for the grace of something clearly VISIBLE on an X-ray go I.
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  4658. They're holding them off and that was a shocker - no one expected that.
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  4659.  @koala2462  I've never been on a cruise. I was under the impression that most lasted less than 2 weeks. Several countries have been locked down longer than that. I haven't left the house since 3/13!
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  4660. Agreed. It’s well past the time where that could have happened, going from a difficult goal to an impossible one.
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  4661.  @Llortnerof  You can put a strainer on a drain; let's hope there is an equivalent so that the CCP can drain out and NOT take anyone with them.
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  4662. Part pyramid scheme and part stupid "diversification" by the builders who bought sports teams and EV manufacturing.
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  4663. Obadiah 1:15
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  4664. HUH?! Massive corruption is the norm in China since the CCP came into power, so how could anyone be surprised?
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  4665.  @jwarmstrong  Having stores of food only works if you store them properly - something that is unlikely to occur in China - and does no good if they arent properly released and distributed - also something that is unlikely to occur in China. What will most likely happen is that corrupt officials will sell the stores to gain personal wealth.
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  4666. Those who have been watching a while all know the answer to that. Face must be saved at all costs!
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  4667. The banks should seize the property - LOL - oh, yeah, they loaned money using collateral that doesn't exist yet!
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  4668. A nation consists of its government, culture, and values. To say that some aren’t better than others is being naive. Which would you choose to live under if you could? Would you opt for a place that values freedom and rule of law? Or would you opt for living under a dictatorship and the whims of a depot? Would you’d prefer the rule of the Taliban or the Iranian clerics? Perhaps what you really mean is that no ETHNICITY is inherently better or worse than another.
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  4669. Corruption in PEOPLE is the greatest threat to any society.
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  4670. China is great for throwing around when you like to hear the sound of breaking dishes! 🤡
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  4671. My perspective on the world is very different when I’m out and about interacting with people in the flesh versus learning of the world and interacting online. The former reassures me that most people are still basically decent while the later makes me give up all hope for the world! Go outside, touch grass, feel the breeze on your face, and talk to some humans face-to-face; you’ll feel better for it!
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  4672. There is a difference between reduced immunity and UNDER-DEVELOPED immune systems, such as when young kids are in regular lockdowns for several years and forced to wear masks. There is a cohort of kids that just didn’t develop normally.
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  4673. It's a simple solution, true, but seeing how the CCP operates, any attempts to "educate the uneducated" will result in people studying "Xi thought"! Diplomas would be granted to anyone who memorizes the entire book.
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  4674. Doing a rather poor job even with that last part, too!
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  4675. I'd love to see Australia insist on a full investigation of the Wuhan outbreak being completed BEFORE they're willing to sell again to China. Edit: And insist that the investigation be done by an outside agency of Austalia's choosing.
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  4676. There’s an underlying assumption that people would make better use of their time; somehow I doubt that would be the case. There is also the assumption that chances of finding better information exists elsewhere and that people would go to those places instead; again, I doubt that assumption is correct.
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  4677. Well, if India leaves and Saudi Arabia never joins, the new name can be IBEACURSE.
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  4678.  @DK-ev9dg  Sure 🙄.
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  4679. It’s all a power grab. It makes me sick to see it.
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  4680. Much less than 90 years and the clock begins when the developer buys the land, not when the home is purchased. If only 40 years left on a 50-year lease when you finally get your home, you may be out on the street in your old age.
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  4681. While at the same time, the CCP fails to recognize its own naivety and greed!
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  4682. For the survival of the human race, we should NEVER have a unified global response to a pandemic. That is the way to increase the likelihood that someone, somewhere will make the right choices. “Inequality" is better than equally stupid!
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  4683. Major difference between fires and volcanic explosions. Volcanic explosions can project ash 40,000 feet (altitudes at which large commercial aircraft fly) into the atmosphere and eject gases as well as ash. That's what causes the ash from an eruption to last so much longer.
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  4684. A big problem with this election is the government overreach being justified by Covid-19. Separation of the branches on the state level has been compromised.
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  4685. For the CCP to admit their approach was foolish would be shameful, so they will double down on the insanity and the paper dragon will self-immolate as it breathes fire upon itself.
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  4686.  @protorhinocerator142  Perhaps we're already there. The Bai Lan (big whites of "pandemic control" in China and all the Covid attempts to conquer the masses could be the rider on the white horse. Russia's invasion of Ukraine could be the rider on the red horse. Many are predicting famine in 2023/2024. But those could simply be "birth pains" like 100 years ago with the influenza epidemic and two world wars in short order. We'll just have to wait and see - and pray for the grace to suffer well when called to lay down our lives for our Redeemer.
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  4687.  @protorhinocerator142  I believe Yeshua comes again, but I don't believe in a pre-tribulation rapture. Our "great hope" is the resurrection of the righteous dead, so I'm preparing for martyrdom like so many believers throughout history have experienced and so many in our present day are experiencing even now whose prayers aren't to escape tribulation but rather for the grace to "suffer well." The tribulation is a necessary preparation for His bride because it purifies and refines our faith and ensures that it is genuine. Peter thought he was willing to die for Jesus but couldn't even admit to knowing him to a servant girl, and ended up denying him three times before the night was over. His eyes were opened and he was no longer self-deceived. Eventually, he did die for his faith, but not until many years later. John was the only disciple who went to the cross with Jesus and was the only one who didn't die a martyr's death, so it seems that one way or another we MUST go to the cross with Jesus to prove the genuineness of our belief. So if it takes tribulation to prove and refine my faith, then so be it. I trust in His wisdom; He knows what it will take to perfect us!
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  4688. Great way to spread a plague. Nothing like packing a lot of people into small spaces!
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  4689. Crypto should never be used as an adjective for assets.
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  4690. Even the CC recognized that Confucianism with “CCP characteristics” = CONFUSE-anism.
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  4691. Are your homes built of straw, sticks, or bricks when the Xi wolf comes blowing?
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  4692. Or a cancer that has been ignored so long that it has metastasized and become inoperable.
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  4693. Mother of the year (NOT) award goes to:
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  4694. LOL!
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  4695. I don't want "transparency" from social media. I want transparency from corporations and governments!
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  4696. Like so many sinking ships without lifeboats banding together with other sinking ships thinking that they will be able to steal the lifeboats from others.
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  4697. ❤1000! ❤👏👏👏
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  4698. And always when the promised paycheck is due!
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  4699. Many of the “useful” have been indoctrinated on the campuses of universities and colleges, so technically not “uneducated” but certainly unable to think critically and sheltered from truth in their “safe spaces."
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  4700. King Xi’s tofu touch
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  4701.  @skydragon23101979  More likely you've been brainwashed to think dissenting voices are bad. To "check for results," you must feel safe to report information that would shame others and call out foolish ideology. CCP China has a reputation for unreliable statistics which flow upward and increase in unreliability the closer it gets to central power. How many decades before they're forced to admit that the official numbers are wrong?
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  4702.  @skydragon23101979  LOL - So experts only exist in the CCP and everyone other than a CCP cadre is automatically fed incorrect information. Sure. That is nothing but an excuse to cover CCP shame for making bad choices and doubling down on them.
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  4703.  @skydragon23101979  There is a better solution: Let the experts that are external of the CCP be privy to all information about the actual situation involved. And I highly question that even those high up in the CCP have good information based on how long it took them to reverse the one-child policy, the overcounting of the population, and the overcounting, especially of females born under one-child. CCP China is unlikely to EVER recover.
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  4704.  @skydragon23101979  It's also obvious that the sudden u-turn came about much later than it should have to avoid significant damage and ONLY after many pockets of protests that threatened social stability because the central government couldn't censor them fast enough.
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  4705. The CCP has earned that lack of trust
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  4706. Why should China be an aggressor and seek to expand beyond its current borders? The CCP can't even manage well the territory they have!
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  4707. There are many fairy tales throughout the world about magic bags, boxes, or other items that produce a daily supply of food or money. The desire for a passive income must run very deep in the human psyche.
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  4708. Exactly. Hamas is targeting women, children, and elderly civilians - not men, not soldiers. Such cowards!
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  4709. The CCP never had the mandate.
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  4710. Communist economies are always “in the red” and never “in the black” for long!
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  4711. LOL - Really? Do you think he provided enough info for that? It would take industrial espionage, not a YouTube video, for real secrets to be revealed.
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  4712.  @JinKee  As JohnE said, manufacturers need it right away. There is already a chip shortage and foundries are in business to make money off of their investment in the EUV machines, unlike consumers and their phones where upgrades are more of a luxury/status thing.
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  4713. Crypto is just another Ponzi scheme.
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  4714. Indeed, it seems that inside each communist is a hidden capitalist who is sensible with whatever resources they’re permitted to have.
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  4715. I wonder how many times he's had to up the dose of anti-anxiety meds?
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  4716. CCP took the batteries out of the smoke detectors a long time ago!
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  4717. Wishful thinking? Or are you looking for a “greater fool” so you can sell your holdings?
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  4718. The channel is called CHINA Update. If you want USA Update, make that channel yourself!
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  4719. Hardly, as any long-term and/or regular viewer would know.
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  4720. Foreigners can’t buy/own homes in China. The property bubble and real estate crisis is entirely their own doing.
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  4721. Well, if what you call the "long game" is "Death by a Thousand (self-inflicted) Cuts," then I agree.
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  4722. The only difference I can see is that the US and USSR respected each other's competence (verbal insults aside) whereas the CCP is a study in hubris that will feign benevolence while stabbing you in the back.
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  4723. CCP makes even the bright spots grow dim - VERY dim!
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  4724. With so much oversupply, will fair value market price be zero?
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  4725. If you can get outside the firewall to post this, you can get outside the firewall to learn the uncensored truth that the CCP doesn’t want you to see. So why don’t you?
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  4726. Or cadres “licensed” to steal?
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  4727. The CCP doesn't even provide relief to China!
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  4728. Truth can handle the light and lies cannot. FAR better to discuss in an open forum which makes it much less likely to “double down on stupid” for a mirage of stability.
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  4729. Becoming? They’ve been unrealistic from the get go. That’s the reason for all China’s economic problems. The pursuit of GDP growth targets make the problems “baked into the cake."
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  4730. Getting on the wrong side of Xi is definitely bad for one’s health!
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  4731. I noticed that! Was it intentional? Like the Vatican trying to turn back the clock in dealings with China?
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  4732. If Californians are moving to New York, it's probably for the "right to housing."
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  4733. Rodney Dangerfield with Chinese characteristics!
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  4734. Every villain needs a good nickname. Phage works for me.
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  4735. Consider that the 2-births-per-woman replacement rate assumes that the genders are balanced which isn't the case in China. Those who were born before the one-child policy began and those after are likely balanced (diluting the true extent of the problem), but those of childbearing age are VERY unbalanced, perhaps as high as 3:1. So for China to be at replacement rate, each woman of childbearing age would need to give birth to FOUR children to replace herself, her partner, and each male who is unable to find a wife! Even at 1.6, they'd be in rapid decline.
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  4736. Yes, hypocrites would be a good word to describe all those.
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  4737. This would explain why San Francisco, a city that has been strongly liberal for decades, has developed problems with human feces. Conservatives are stronger in disgust sensitivity and would never have allowed this problem to occur.
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  4738. Congrats, Comrade, you’ve passed your Wolf Warrior 101 essay.
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  4739.  @breerex4957  Take your kids to the public library, let them look at the kids books and choose a couple that they like, then read the same book with them each night for a few days where you can both see each page (like having them on your lap facing the book you're holding). Point to the words as you read them and invite them to join you on sight words like "a," "the," "and," etc. Discuss what's happening in the story. Make it a nightly ritual if you can. Kids learning to read love the repetition of reading the same book over and over. With each library visit, when you get a new story, walk through the book together and ask them what they think is happening in the pictures then when you read the story you can talk about any surprises or good predictions. As they start to read for themselves, let them struggle with new words (struggle is important, so don't be too quick to rescue them!) and give them time to sound things out. When they're reading independently, ask them about what they're reading, talk about the characters, the situations in the story, the plot. And perhaps most importantly, let them see YOU read and enjoy books - even seeing you read a chapter a day from a novel, recipes when cooking, instructions for assembling things, whatever, let's them know it is an important and useful skill.
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  4740. That wouldn’t surprise me in the least. It makes me wonder the true purpose of all those Chinese warships in the Persian gulf. Granted, it MIGHT be because of their need for Gulf oil shipments, but it COULD mean they will cause damage in the area and either deny or say “oops."
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  4741. Unfortunately, I can’t unsee your comment 🤢
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  4742. I think that depends on which side of the firewall the rumors are circulating. The CCP can control within China very effectively, but not off the mainland.
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  4743. Perhaps you should listen again.
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  4744. I'll take 8-9% inflation over that drastic pay cut! Who does the CCP think they are fooling?
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  4745. Sure. Like we want the CCP minions active in other nations with their “take a mile” approach to every inch allowed.
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  4746. From Lei’s Real Talk, it appears that Mainland China insurance companies are heavily invested in bonds. They will be in great trouble soon if not already!
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  4747. Cover your webcam. Facial expressions can give you away without words.
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  4748. And those that do have funds are now buying NON-Chinese products instead.
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  4749. Perhaps to spare them the misery of living under the evils of the CCP? Perhaps life would have been worse than death for that child?
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  4750. No, because it seems to be increasing by the hour. We will probably need to wait until the dust settles.
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  4751. Every one of which is a testimony to how badly the CCP governs.
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  4752. 😃
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  4753. Even the big international corporations are second string players compared to the globalist banking cartel. It's no coincidence that the federal income tax was instituted the same year as the Federal Reserve was created. The banks own everyone and that is why they want their property branded with social security numbers at birth.
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  4754. What is your source for that assertion? Do you have any proof that the US stole tech or is that just CCP propaganda?
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  4755. Which rebound will be real and which will be based on made-up numbers to save face?
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  4756. It's sounding more and more like the "China Miracle" is all just smoke and mirrors, that it was never anything more than an illusion.
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  4757.  @scintillam_dei  Well, Covid IS real - just not as dangerous as the CCP is making it out to be. And "social credit" silences people's real beliefs from being expressed openly.
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  4758.  @scintillam_dei  I watch several very good medical channels that occasionally deal with the reality of Covid. Unless you believe that EVERY person in healthcare is involved in a global conspiracy, then proof of Covid exists. Of course, the reality is nothing as severe as the CCP would have people believe and the varients have decreased in severity as Covid has mutated. I'll never take the jab because I don't trust Big Pharma, but I can't deny Covid.
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  4759. Chances are good that the snippet of DNA that was removed does more than just makes it impossible to contract HIV. The question is what else was lost? And lost not just to these two girls, but to any offspring they will ever have, and their offspring, and their offspring, and on and on. Remember, they used to think that non-coding DNA was "junk DNA"!
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  4760. It's the West's fault!
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  4761. I've witnessed many waves of this over the decades and many of those pushing this narrative profit from it either by trying to scare you into buying their goods (gold/metal hawks) or services (investment info/systems) or are seeking to boost their channel numbers and ad revenue. They appeal to fear or greed, sometimes both - "you'll LOSE EVERYTHING - but if you do/buy what I recommend, you'll be RICH." It's really disgusting when you realize how predatory this is.
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  4762. The set for this interview made me feel like the walls are closing in. If that was done on purpose, it was a BRILLIANT choice!
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  4763. Horrifying! The CCP puts no value on human life. Do they employ those with IQs below 80 as security guards? How could anyone with a modicum of intelligence keep the building locked down during an earthquake?
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  4764. Only if it selectively targeted those carrying genes that result in this kind of loathsome behavior.
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  4765.  @raimundomartin5459  🤣Very funny! It's just unfortunate that ordinary people bear the pain. It's amazing that people still fall for the false promises of communism. Even a baby must work to suck out milk, whether from breast or bottle!
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  4766. Correct, but will Xi ever recognize (let alone admit) his hubris?
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  4767. Two other possibilities: They each thought that the problem was limited to the enterprise they were involved with or they were afraid to be the bearer of bad news. But both those situations could be addressed with a bit of “incentive” to keep quiet, so, yeah, corruption summarizes it well.
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  4768. If they’re lucky, but Japan had much more going for it than mainland China, such as democracy and a government that isn’t threatened by innovation.
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  4769. Winnie the POOH economy!
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  4770. How many children under the age of 5 are sexually active? Monkey pox is spread by sexual contact with someone who is infected.
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  4771. Doesn’t that assume that the heat is escaping rather than being retained by the blankets and sleeping bags? Imagine the difference between people sleeping alone with one blanket each versus two people sleeping together with both blankets to insulate the pair - they double the heat AND the insulation.
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  4772. Just like how they handled Hong Kong? I think the Taiwanese are smarter than that.
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  4773. I had no idea the rent forgiveness was being back-ended on the lease until I listened to your video. That really sucks!
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  4774. "Three years of difficulty" 2.0
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  4775. The Chinese Civil War resulted in the ROC's loss of mainland China to forces of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and consequent retreat to Taiwan in 1949. Two separate governments, two separate territories, and two separate nations since 1949. And the CCP hates it that way because it shames them for not being able to take a small island nation.
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  4776.  @sakurakou2009  That doesn't matter. One US supercarrier group holds enough firepower to rival the airforces of entire nations and the US navy has NINE of these. There is no need for a US military base in Taiwan.
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  4777.  @sakurakou2009  Well, the CCP certainly is doing a stellar job of draining the MAINLAND economy. It would be in the best interests of the mainland Chinese to cede the mainland to the ROC and perhaps the Taiwanese can repair the damage done by the CCP.
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  4778.  @NanningPunk2025  How stressful to be selling mattresses and not be "lying down" on the job.🤡
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  4779. Truly, as soon as government incentives for EV purchases waned, so did interest.
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  4780. Perhaps the 1.7% is a decimal error. 17% sounds more reasonable.
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  4781. China is a moon pretending to be a sun.
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  4782.  @legendd3060  That’s not possible under the current regime/system of government.
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  4783. I don’t think it’s based on a moral belief but a belief that too many people prospering will result in curtailing the CCP’s political power.
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  4784.  @NanningPunk2025  So many of your comments make me laugh, you 🤡
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  4785. Tankman!
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  4786. It may be more nuanced than that - CCP family members and cadres get completed and the "leeks" get harvested.
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  4787. The CCP doesn't care about the Chinese people, only that the Chinese people believe that they care.
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  4788. You mean rent because the land-use rights revert back to the state after about 70 years even for Chinese nationals. Why would any sane foreigner want to do that?
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  4789. And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer. Revelation 6:2 Yes, Covid revealed many power grabs like the WHO pandemic treaty and the shutting down of gatherings like church/synagogue attendance while allowing BLM protests. And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword. Revelation 6:4 Next was the invasion of Ukraine and growing geopolitical tensions from CCP actions. Interesting times.
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  4790. Would Taiwan even WANT the mainland with all the inherited problems that would go along with it?
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  4791. More importantly, precisely WHO in China is holding the 97%? Are they stuck holding because of capital restrictions?
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  4792. The CCP is an albatross around China's neck.
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  4793. Xi’s little flock of scapegoats has caught on to him!
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  4794. I see it as a feedback loop. The local officials fear for their positions (or even their lives?) so they must meet whatever goals the central government gives them or lie/make stuff up. The central government gets this false information and makes poor decisions based on bad data. Repeat this cycle enough times and you end up with this FUBAR scenario.
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  4795.  @quahodron2756  No, I think this is built into the power structure and was also around DURING the time of Mao. Local officials were overreporting food production and the central government then sold the food to build GDP causing massive amounts of starvation within China. That was in the late 50's-early 60's. I think they called it "years of difficulty."
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  4796.  @quahodron2756  That's where it fluctuates. Xi seems to have closed himself off, punishing anyone who tells him what he doesn't want to hear, more than his recent predecessors. When "party loyalty" is the only thing you value and honesty is punished, foolish decisions will certainly follow.
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  4797.  @regwatson2017  What makes you think the CCP needs real people to claim they’ve found another 600 million?
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  4798. Chinese science = stolen technology
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  4799. Safety violations will be very easy to find!
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  4800. The life of a MAX Miller.
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  4801. Exactly!
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  4802.  @DarkHarlequin  "Benefit from your rule" may be as simple as "being able to eat tonight" when others around you are starving (North Korea). People can be very short-sighted. Just take a look at the videos of "healthcare workers" in China who are beating people who break quarantine, often ganging up 5-6 to one. They develop a hive mind. The rest of the world is learning to live with Covid, but the CCP still uses a brutal "zero Covid" policy that endangers those who need healthcare for other conditions to "protect" from a variant that is generally as mild as a cold. You don't need to use fear when plain old brutality toward anyone who gets out of line will do!
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  4803. All the CCP GDP growth is imaginary numbers anyway.
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  4804. Brains would consider the unfairness of competing against subsidized imports while simultaneously facing unfair competition in selling within mainland China. Brains would work toward leveling that playing field.
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  4805. The best-case scenario is that you're 4 weeks behind Italy. I think it may be closer to 2-1/2 or 3. And since Italy is using hallways for ICU cases and converting operating rooms to gain beds for CoVid19 cases, I think the UK must get their preparations completed within 2 weeks if you don't want your healthcare system to risk collapse.
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  4806. oh, Xi-t ?
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  4807. I wonder what those in the audience will think when they see how international ABT is? I don’t think they’ve had an American-trained principle dancer since Ethan Stiefel.
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  4808. And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
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  4809. And Thai food! But the idea of shock waves are based on the erroneous official population and GDP numbers. The reality is may be hardly noticed.
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  4810. Except when you're bombarded by meaningless drivel so much of the time that finding a nugget of useful information is like searching for a needle in a haystack. Algorithms certainly don't help because they will reinforce every "rabbit trail" you've ever had the misfortune to wander down.
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  4811. Xi's total control must be maintained, so zero-Covid can't go away as long as anyone is still willing to protest.
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  4812. They are the number 2 💩economy!
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  4813.  @DK-ev9dg  Even iron rice bowls are now half empty.
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  4814.  @rocoustilerocoustile4320  Hardly! God is letting humanity reap what we’ve sown. That is how HE disciplines us. Consider how few people pray when things are going well and how many people pray when things are going badly! Isaiah 26:16-21: 16O יהוה, in distress they shall visit You, they shall pour out a prayer when Your disciplining is upon them. 17As a woman with child and about to give birth writhes and cries out in her pain, so shall we be before Your face, O יהוה. 18We have conceived, we writhed in pain; we have given birth to wind. We have not accomplished deliverance in the earth, nor have the inhabitants of the world fallen. 19Let Your dead live, together with my dead body, let them arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in dust; for Your dew is a dew of light, and let the earth give birth to the departed spirits. 20Go, my people, enter your rooms, and shut your doors behind you; hide yourself, as it were, for a little while, until the displeasure is past. 21For look, יהוה is coming out of His place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their crookedness. And the earth shall disclose her blood, and no longer cover her slain.
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  4815.  @YourHineyness  I suspect unstable marriages play a large roll. When a marriage fails (or never happens), the burden for childrearing disproportionately falls on the woman and often results in poverty. Many don’t want to take the risk of such a future. When divorce rates go up, birthrates soon go down.
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  4816. And growth killed China’s pandas - can’t forget that part!
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  4817.  @mitchell6679  A gas engine still has a battery.
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  4818. Chinese public sentiments get censored. If it remains trending on Weibo, it is CCP approved sentiment. If it begins to trend but the CCP doesn't like it, they quickly remove it so it can't spread.
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  4819. Manufacturers are catching on that many people DON'T want to buy things that are made in China. Here's a label from a recent purchase - honest and complete: "Designed in Corona, California and assembled for Corona in Mexico with parts from the USA, Mexico, Taiwan, and China." Got to love that Taiwan is separate and China is LAST.
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  4820. True for all kinds of businesses, services, service providers.
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  4821.  @jerryrichardson2799  In my experience (classroom justice as a teacher), telling “the whole story” is rare. People usually leave out the parts that cast them in a less favorable light. But that’s exactly WHY it’s so important to hear both/all sides on a situation - so the hidden things come out. Glad to know it wasn’t my imagination and such days of respectful discourse did exist!
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  4822.  @mbak7801  Didn't Germany use some questionable methods to obtain the 1/3 figure? I recall hearing about it but don't recall the specifics. It was something along the lines of "off balance sheet" use of fossil fuels to make the renewables number seem larger.
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  4823.  @J0A0PEDR01993  When deliveries aren't allowed and people are afraid to spend money, even Alibaba suffers. Perhaps the "quiet period" where deliveries are suspended are done to hurt Jack Ma?
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  4824.  @J0A0PEDR01993  364 million in some form of lockdown is NOT a small % of the population.
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  4825.  @J0A0PEDR01993  All that time NOT EARNING any money while still having to pay rents/mortages and food. And it's been much longer than 3 weeks. Shanghai went into lockdown at the beginning of April and other areas have been in lockdowns longer than that.
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  4826.  @SubterrelProspector  Oh, it's real. The question is whether it's man made. https://volcano.si.edu/gvp_currenteruptions.cfm
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  4827.  @SubterrelProspector  Climate science is based on models and models are based on assumptions. "Reputable" just means the assumptions are mainstream, but there was a time when the sun revolving around the earth was mainstream and that model was wrong.
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  4828.  @InfamyOrDeath-__-  More like "identify as a woman" ad execs. I'd bet many have XY chromosomes, like "Caitlyn" Jenner.
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  4829. They still have all the surveillance cameras and facial-recognition software so they can cut their police force.
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  4830.  @andrewroby1130  Fair point!
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  4831. China’s vision for the internet is HORRIFYING.
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  4832. That's not the middle-income trap. Per Wikipedia: The middle income trap is an economic development situation in which a country that attains a certain income (due to given advantages) gets stuck at that level. The term was introduced by the World Bank in 2006 and is defined by them as the 'middle-income range' countries with gross national product per capita that has remained between $1,000 to $12,000 at constant (2011) prices.
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  4833. So that people are aware of the narrative that the CCP is cramming down the throats of its people? So thinking people get a fuller range of information? To show those lurking CCP agents that he's unbiased so that he isn't invited to "tea"?
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  4834. Didn’t even have enough dignity to accept the verdict and walk out on her own two feet; no, she had to be dragged out!
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  4835.  @DavidKD2050  Preference or not, be prepared with enough food for the long haul. I doubt that your lockdown will end in just one week. If I'm wrong, you'll have a low grocery bill for a while. If I'm right, you won't go hungry.
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  4836. Bull Xi't
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  4837. If housing was the only crisis and if it was well managed, that might be so. But it’s not and it isn’t!
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  4838. True and in most instances the parole board is solely responsible, but in this particular case, they were getting a lot of pressure to release him.
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  4839. Correlation doesn't indicate causation. Perhaps people BECOME more intelligent by doing things like reading books or learning skills rather than hanging around with others hoping to bond.
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  4840. It is so cathartic to hear you rant about this. You're expressing the frustration that so many of us are feeling.
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  4841. Considering China’s demographic situation, it’s not inconceivable that they wanted the elderly to die.
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  4842.  @sirrobinofloxley7156  A communist government can’t do well in any world because it is naive about human nature. Free markets keep foolish business ventures in check by redirecting capital when the supply exceeds demand. Human nature requires checks and balances such as a way to peacefully get rid of a current government when it becomes too corrupt and foolish by fattening elites with a centrally planned economy.
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  4843. Thanks for that link. I’ll see if I can work it in later today.
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  4844. 🤡
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  4845. Says the #1,000,000,000 CCP troll.
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  4846.  @alanparsonsfan  Excellent response!
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  4847. It's a major problem in China anyway, but you only hear about it when it's someone rich and/or powerful. Kids and women on the other hand get trafficked daily and the CCP does nothing about it even with all their surveillance!
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  4848.  @terryli340  Indeed!
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  4849. Yesterday I watched a video where Reddit doctors called out a photoshopped brain tumor in MRI images that were used to try to get a defendant out of her court case. The potential for fraud using AI will have massive impacts on society far beyond academia. Fortunately, it WAS called out and the case IS going to trial. As just an ordinary retiree who happens to love truth and integrity, I’m quite concerned!
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  4850. I had to watch it over to appreciate the scrolling at the bottom. "Intellectual stimulus package" - oh, Bernie, Bernie!
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  4851. Unfortunately, the majority of "mainstream" sources have a left or left-center bias according to MediaBias/Fact Check. If more of the mainstream did unbiased reporting, more people would listen.
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  4852. Xi may be salivating at those resources but I doubt they have the capability of extracting/working in those high northern latitudes or that those who live there will share the expertise with their conquerors.
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  4853. I've heard that passports are being confiscated and/or cut to prevent that very thing. The people are being held prisoner in what is fast becoming the world's largest prison. North Korea on steroids if Xi remains in power.
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  4854.  @luiul1  Oh, please no! 🙏
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  4855. Do you know any of the history? Look into the “3 nos” of the Arab League. Look into the charter of Hamas. (Just two suggestions for starters) How can anyone peacefully coexist with someone who is dedicated to wiping them off the map? Israel has been commendably restrained, but some people have such double standards that they just don’t see it. You think it is the Jews and Christians who are looking to create an apocalypse? You don’t understand the teachings of Mohammad, abrogation, or their principle of staged jihad that is based on the life of Mohammad (when in the minority, preach tolerance; when gaining strength, preach “defensive jihad,” when in the majority, “offensive jihad” is used). All non-Muslims are infidels or “kafir.”  It is the Muslim terrorist groups that think what they’re doing is the way go to paradise and get their “70 virgins.” They are happy to throw their women and children under the bus in pursuit of that. Israel uses rockets to defend its women and children; Hamas uses women and children to defend their rockets.
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  4856. So those videos that he's showing from Chinese sources are made up by Chinese citizens to discredit China?
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  4857.  @henli-rw5dw  Changing policy isn’t the same as correction. You can change simply to go in a different bad direction.
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  4858.  @henli-rw5dw  180 degree shifts when 90-degree shifts are required is still being a bad leader.
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  4859. This is why those in power hate Trump and why so many among the American people love him.
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  4860. Universal Bullshit Infusion - UBI with Chinese characteristics
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  4861. I was surprised that they are attributing this to “nearby construction” instead of shoddy construction/maintenance of the structure that collapsed.
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  4862.  @BlazingShackles  Exactly, so why would you blame new nearby construction for the failure? That is highly suspect.
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  4863.  @horridohobbies  You’re using CCP numbers and everyone knows those are completely fictitious.
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  4864.  @horridohobbies  Do YOUR research vetting out the sites that promote CCP lies. Only then will you be able to find the truth. Make friends with proper critical thinking skills.
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  4865. You chose to “waste” it!
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  4866. It sounds like you don’t know much about the history of the area. Consider the charter of Hamas and their stated objective to wipe Israel off the map. Consider the “3 nos” of the Arab League or all the times that Israel offered a 2-state solution and was refused. Consider their success in the 6-day war and how much of the area that they gained was given back in the hope of being able to live in peace with the surrounding nations. No one should blindly follow anyone about anything.   Was Hamas’s bombing acceptable to you? Is the desire to rescue the abducted women, children, elderly and tourists that were taken hostage unacceptable to you?
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  4867. Appeasement never works and only serves to embolden tyrants.
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  4868. Patience is better than being the patient who is “donating” a vital organ.
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  4869. Diversity? Really? Have you been able to find a microwave oven that ISN'T made in China? The sooner nations decouple from China, the more diversity we will have!
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  4870.  @DK-ev9dg  Sheep think their leader works for them while being driven to the slaughterhouse.
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  4871.  @thomasherrin6798  What would you expect from countries that are known for their fairy tales?
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  4872. Temporary dis-ORIENT-a-tion ? LOL
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  4873.  @futurecongress21  From what I've seen of cockpits, down is the last place you can look unless you're banking.
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  4874. Shanghai was privileged and doesn't represent most of Mainland China. Shanghai is finally getting to taste the reality of other Chinese.
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  4875. A world order without human rights!
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  4876. LOL
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  4877. Is that due to the industrial production of caskets and funeral urns? Unreported Covid deaths from the sudden reopening, an aging population, and the man-made/natural disaster combo of the recent flooding make it a booming industry on the mainland - possibly the only one!
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  4878. Interesting, isn't it, how you can lock down an entire compound for two weeks and still end up with someone testing positive? But the CCP would never admit that these lockdowns are ineffective in preventing transmission!
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  4879. Armrests with names!
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  4880. Nature enters the chat: I can help with that!
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  4881. 🙄Sure
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  4882. I think that should be 25.6 months, not weeks, to absorb.
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  4883. Did service sex ever actually exist? What happened to claiming "I have a headache?"
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  4884. Well, if India leaves and Saudi Arabia never joins, the new name can be IBEACURSE.
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  4885. There is a reason for having separate teams for women’s sports and now female athletes are being erased by these abominations.
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  4886.  @ezicarus8216  I'm aware that there are hard working educated and skilled young people. But why do you think boomers are behind "insane rent expectations, electricity, food and gas"? Are you blind to homeless old people? Are you unaware of boomers who are low income and stuggle to affort food and fuel? Haven't you ever heard of agism in the job market? It sounds like you're looking for a scapegoat. It's a rare boomer that can afford to own a home on one income, but it sounds like that's what people expect now-a-days.
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  4887. If Li really did have a sudden heart attack, then it’s because his heart was broken by what Xi has done to the people of mainland China.
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  4888. Was Tony reading a quote from CCP state-run media at the time of the incident? 🙀
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  4889.  @vladimirzarkov6777  Ah, that makes sense considering China's use of water cannons and how cats often dislike getting wet.
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  4890.  @DK-ev9dg  “don’t try to hypnotize me” = "I’m enslaved by CCP propaganda and can’t face reality."
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  4891. It's like the Three Stooges with "Chinese characteristics!"
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  4892. K Shred: Yes, there is some benefit for certain routes, for those who are better off financially. That doesn't apply to most of China - either geographically or by income level. HSR and flying isn't a good comparison unless you first EQUALIZE it by having regular empty flights to all the regions covered by HSR. Only then could you rightly gauge the costs versus benefits.
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  4893.  @Leshic2  👍
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  4894. Well, there WAS a sea, the Aral Sea, between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan before Soviet policies caused it to splinter and dry up!
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  4895. Careful! A comment like that could hurt China’s feelings!
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  4896. I've had to train help. Most of the time it would be faster and easier to simply do it yourself.
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  4897. CCP policies have destroyed a chunk of that 1.4 billion people. Though that may be the “official” number, many have calculated that the actual population is much less, barely a billion if it even reaches that milestone.
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  4898. Pay is less of a problem than the discipline in schools and Obama's PBIS made it even worse. Most new teachers don't last 5 years before throwing up their hands in frustration and choosing another career.
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  4899. Speaks volumes about who’s funding the greenies, doesn’t it?
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  4900. Xi-it! 💩
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  4901. Easy to be tracked by the CCP, so not a smart option.
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  4902. 3.1 million Chinese “tourists” are getting their remaining money out of China via Thailand while they still can!
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  4903. I suspect the real benefit to the Chinese economy is in selling drones to Russia, Ukraine, and Iran’s proxies in the ME. What’s sold in China to civilians will mostly be businesses who can use the drones to reduce labor like for inspecting drains and rooftops.
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  4904.  @Thichaou  A comment like that tells people your brain is located in your pants.
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  4905. They are between Scylla and Charybdis.
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  4906. I breathed a sigh of relief at the words "made a FULL recovery." I was on pins and needles until the very end.
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  4907.  @DK-ev9dg  Answers in order: Zero. Credit cards paid in full each month. No mortgage-house owned outright. Never.
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  4908. Not all Chinese EV exports are Chinese cars. Tesla manufactures in China and with the Chinese economy in disarray, even if originally intended for the mainland market, it would make sense to export them.
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  4909. That’s what I thought until I heard about the corpse stealing scandal in China. Even the dead are no longer safe!
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  4910. Consider that the 2-births-per-woman replacement rate assumes that the genders are balanced which isn't the case in China. Those who were born before the one-child policy began and those after are likely balanced (diluting the true extent of the problem), but those of childbearing age are VERY unbalanced, perhaps as high as 3:1. So for China to be at replacement rate, each woman of childbearing age would need to give birth to FOUR children to replace herself, her partner, and each male who is unable to find a wife! China's problem is vastly different than that of the successful West.
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  4911. I've watched many foreign language offerings in a variety of languages. Last month about half my Youtube offerings were coming up in Chinese. BUT then you get the same kinds of things in that language. You just move from one bubble to a different one.
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  4912. No SEVERE adverse reactions. I wonder what their criteria is for being considered a "severe" reaction? Death? Permanent damage to a major organ system?
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  4913. Without AI, at least they’re creating jobs for the wumao/50-cent army, so that’s probably the real reason to refrain.
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  4914.  @Erik-ko6lh  Get educated or go argue with NASA.
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  4915.  @Erik-ko6lh  Your original post says "There is no such thing as the far side of the moon. It rotates.” Now you’re talking about whether it’s dark or light - but that’s beside the point. The same side of the moon is facing earth whether it is dark or light, but there is a far side that never faces us.
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  4916.  @Erik-ko6lh  You’re wrong. Do some research. Here’s a link to Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_side_of_the_Moon Basically, the moon rotates on its axis at the same rate that it revolves around the earth. This keeps the same face is toward earth; the side that is never toward earth is the far side from earth’s perspective.
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  4917. DNA is adapting, but I'd be more impressed they'd started without any DNA, or if you created a living organism from non-living matter.
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  4918. Sad but true. At times when I feel like that, I look around at the sane, decent people in my neighborhood and area, reminding me that the narratives being pushed don’t represent reality of the common man. I don’t think my area is unusual, just not newsworthy.
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  4919. Interesting that the article quoted from in today’s last segment was published in English in The Economist. I suspect it is to sway the English-speaking world not to lump China together with Russia when making trade decisions and I hope readers will see through the feint.
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  4920. Even a terminal cancer patient doesn’t just drop dead from receiving the diagnosis. The death is inevitable but the process of dying plays out over time. Is that a “lie” then because it doesn’t happen on your timetable?
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  4921.  @TheFivegoodemperors  There's real provocation and then there is the CCP's double standard.
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  4922. The dose makes the poison and I suspect Tony tossed both items in the trash right after the on-camera taste test.
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  4923. The question becomes: For what are these being used? If it is to reduce crime/prosecute criminals, it is an altogether different thing.
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  4924. I love the little bit of humor that you can see in his eyes when he says “geostategic” - always brings a smile to my face.
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  4925. I don't see that as entertainment - worth watching, yes, but not entertainment. It's hard to eat when what you're seeing makes you feel sick.
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  4926. Goldbelly! I can have the NY food anywhere! Ordered knishes from Yonah Schimmel - they shipped on Tuesday and I got it on Wednesday.
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  4927. The freemasons at work in China?
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  4928.  @amyglynn6827  Look into the myocarditis and pericarditis happening in children who were given the shots. Also, look into the excess deaths that have been happening. Normally after a pandemic, excess deaths go down because the weakest were already picked off, so this is very abnormal.
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  4929. Ya need to shut up and EAT!
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  4930. Like Mickey Mouse in the Sorcerer’s Apprentice - cluelessly using a wand. But in this version, no one comes to reverse the damage.
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  4931. And hold the cadmium!
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  4932. More than just having alternate supply chains, it’s also about not letting a likely enemy get its hands on the components needed to cause you harm - items that can be weaponized like AI, biotech, and semi-conductors.
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  4933. I was thinking something similar but couldn't articulate it.
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  4934. the 13th!
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  4935. ooooh - I want to own every element in the periodic table - now THAT is the most interesting goal I've ever heard a child express.
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  4936. The problem is that the inhabitants care in stupid ways that make things worse, not better. Look at how many “improvements” were made over the past 200 years that had negative downstream effects? The big problem is human hubris.
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  4937. China might realize, but the CCP never will.
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  4938. Even if they tried at this point, after a couple of years of "China's is best for Chinese" propaganda, will people be WILLING to try a Western-produced vaccine?
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  4939. It does let us know about their chip capabilities and is consequential for non-phone reasons, like military capability.
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  4940.  @imyourdoctor4799  199 countries/territories around the world make it a pandemic. Because it grows exponentially, it will look mild until suddenly it doesn't - the graph will look like a hockey stick when you suddenly hit the handle and it skyrockets. China build 6(?) hospitals to deal with the exploding number of cases they had before their lockdown slowed the spread. And the US military is deploying hospital ships to NYC and LA - I've NEVER seen them do that for even the most severe flu season.
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  4941. Me thinks they are working to make Germany a Muslim country, by breeding if necessary.
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  4942. True, but poor and arbitrary government policies compound the natural factors like famines and flooding. The CCP promises then doesn't deliver. Take a look at the slogans from the 1-child policy and see that they totally screwed the people. The same is happening with the 3-lines policy.
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  4943. More like something to keep him from vomiting at Xi’s delusions.
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  4944. But we won’t care about the echo because we’ll be so pleasantly surprised at not going through Tony withdrawal. 😄
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  4945. Great format. No fillers, just news.
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  4946.  @Ghandara-hg1gc  If China didn’t have Foreign Direct Investment from the West, China would still be a backward country, poorer than most African countries. Remember how China was in the 1960? Yes, that is what China would be!
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  4947. Dat’s Da Wei ta do it!
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  4948. Isn't that what China did with the PPE? They seized the assets of foreign companies that happened to be located in China.
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  4949. It sounds like the final warning of a young child with complete financial dependence on its parents.
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  4950. Enjoy your 50 cents.
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  4951. Ignore the wumao - they are desperate.
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  4952. Most of the world just calls it lying.
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  4953. Yep - CCP think they’re looking through a window at others when actually looking in a mirror and seeing only self.
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  4954. Can-Tony? Can-Tony-Ease? Can Tony speak with ease Cantonese?
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  4955. Professional pilots fly by instrumentation, not by looking down!
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  4956.  @superheaton  Pretty tough to harass the FAs when the cockpit is locked, but perhaps in your country that safeguard isn't in place.
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  4957. CCP forcing SOEs to buy and that can’t last. The bigger you blow the balloon, the more it will hurt when it explodes in your face.
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  4958. Mainland China must be a squatter’s paradise with all those unoccupied dwellings!
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  4959. It's not a recession; it's a broken Ponzi scheme.
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  4960. Rearrange it to Diversity, Inclusion, Equity and you get what happens to any company who embraces this!
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  4961.  @JohnDoe-kg6gy  “Political correctness” began under Clinton.
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  4962.  @garrett6064  I don’t see it as handing it to China. When BRI was first proposed, the countries that signed on had only China’s sales pitch to go by. Now that governments have a better understanding of how these projects end up, I think the smarter ones won’t take the bait. Also, China is very bad at cost/benefit analysis, so many of these loans will never be paid back. Rather than getting good sentiments toward China, the people of the effected nations will be soured on the CCP while China spends money for nothing.
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  4963. Thanks for including both major US political parties. Those of us who are unaffiliated can see both sides clearly!
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  4964. I wonder if these megacity lockdowns are truly about Covid or if they are expecting civil unrest?
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  4965.  @SlushboxH8R  Aren't interest rates rising? Why would anyone "refinance" to a higher interest rate?
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  4966. Well said!
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  4967. Didn’t the CCP embargoes end up hurting China more? I recall that Australia found other buyers quickly enough but that China ended up basically buying the Oz coal second-hand at higher prices and even then had blackouts.
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  4968.  @ahmedkamel7065  You are untrustworthy: https://youtu.be/nNAS0aaViM4
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  4969.  @dzcav3  Which Winnie the Pooh, the animated character or Xi?
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  4970. Every tyrant and dictator is salivating over the potential to control the masses.
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  4971. Xi is punishing all mainland Chinese; the poor and marginal are having a harder time than the billionaires as a result of Xi’s policies.
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  4972. And how many who qualified under those stringent requirements would still be able to qualify today? Those are the people who are at risk of losing their homes, potentially flooding the markets and causing a crash.
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  4973. Hey, Tony, be free to take time off for whatever reason, but I suggest that you pre-record a short, generic video to upload each time you do - just so we know you haven't been "disappeared." We need to know you're safe! Thanks for all your hard work.
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  4974. China is a shame/honor culture. The CCP can't admit that these lockdowns are wrong/counterproductive (no chance for natural immunity to develop) after bragging about what a great job the lockdowns were doing and disparaging the more open nations.
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  4975. I also heard about that. Thanks for reminding of that connection.
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  4976. IF and WHEN . . . "Basically, anybody's best guess."
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  4977. Doctors talking about a patient needing to lose weight and exercize - are they idiots, too? Or is the patient who won’t take the advice the idiot?
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  4978. You forgot to include the Democrats - both major American political parties do a lot of finger pointing. In fact, the checks/balances that provides reign in the corruption.
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  4979.  @seanstansbury5585  Interesting. I see the Democrats as being more authoritarian but perhaps that's because I live in a blue state that favors "Big Government."
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  4980.  @seanstansbury5585  I don't see the Democrats as respecting our Constitution when they try and limit our First and Second Amendment rights. As you stated, "authoritarians would not respect our Constitution."
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  4981. Or transvestites or gender benders.
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  4982. I don’t know if even that would be reliable because it assumes that China will purchase rather than steal.
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  4983. Knot = CCP
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  4984.  @oltedders  More like communism is the sales pitch that gets authoritarian dictators into power.
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  4985. Or Tao Tie 饕餮 combined with Hun Dun 混沌 - can’t distinguish right from wrong and greedy to the point of self-consumption.
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  4986. Hey, I watched even on each day that I had a hip replacement surgery - NO EXCUSES! (teasing)
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  4987. They’ve been adopting a bully stance for quite a while now, but have always gotten a pass. I wonder how much longer before enough of the world is fed up and will put that bully in their place?
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  4988. There is a difference between giving up and dictating a “zero Covid” approach - that was definitely an over reaction. @pootispiker2866 
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  4989.  @rustyshackleford2719  Money doesn’t get you anything when there’s no food or energy to buy.
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  4990. Worldwide, 78.7% of murder victims are men. That's per the UN Office on Drugs and Crime.
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  4991.  @peterfireflylund  The CCP has gotten better at scrubbing the truth and that gives the illusion that things are better now.
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  4992. Clot is a four-letter word
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  4993.  @AllDay3090  Yes, I’m aware which is why I wrote ONCE-cheap/abundant labor. I know that’s no longer the case and the CCP has made no friends with the way they handled Covid, Russia-Ukraine, Taiwan/SCS aggressions, and general wolf-warrior rhetoric. BRICS/BRI will never be able to make up for the clients/customers that the CCP has antagonized and driven away.
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  4994. Michael Pettis was at Tsinghua University from 2002-2004; he is still at Peking University. I’m reporting you for misinformation!
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  4995. Yay, you're back!
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  4996. Hahaha!
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  4997. It's like the CCP overestimated their relevance and thought the lockdown would bring the world to its knees in kowtowing to the CCP. They were completely surprised to know that the world would move on without them! Now they are desperate because they see that they need the world more than the world needs them.
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  4998. "Then I looked and saw a pale green horse. Its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed close behind. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill by sword, by famine, by plague, and by the beasts of the earth." I've wondered if the "fourth of the earth" referred to land mass or population. This video gives a good argument for population - so TWO BILLION people will die as a result of the "green" agenda of the WEF.
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  4999. . . . about as well as loading bricks into a sinking lifeboat.
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  5000. The straight-down nose dive sure makes it seem like the crash was intentional!
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  5001.  @thomasherrin6798  I think past stockpiling situations in CCP China were for the profiteering of political elites, supposedly to avoid their history of famine, but in reality, sold off at a profit and emptied warehouses. Corruption is the norm.
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  5002. China's democraphics will continue to get worse because even many animals won't breed in captivity. Covid lockdowns have woken people up to the reality that they are living in captivity under the autocratic CCP. The hopelessness is pervasive. "We are the last generation, thank you."
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  5003. What do you think Putin's reaction would be? I suspect nuclear.
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  5004. Well, one half of the “bread and circuses” is now increasingly unlikely. I wonder how much longer before the CCP drives out the bread?
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  5005. Reminds us that “correlation is not causation” then later asserts that poverty breeds crime. It’s just as likely that crime breeds poverty - who wants to work hard for something knowing it can be taken from you and the system won’t do anything? Rule of law is the best deterrent!
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  5006.  @peterklausner9727  TSMC produces mid-level chips.
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  5007.  @peterklausner9727  Can you prove that I'm wrong? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_semiconductor_fabrication_plants Sort by plant location. Look at the wafer sizes.
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  5008. Since the dragon is eating its own tail, it’s hard to predict an end.
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  5009.  @StephenGillie  From what I've heard about how buildings and infrastructure are maintained in China (they aren't), then it seems reasonable to think maintenance isn't happening in their military. Just not sexy to maintain when that money could be spent on making MORE.
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  5010. Anyone else thinking that Gates may be in need of an organ transplant? There's no place like China for getting a match in short time, harvested from a political prisoner on demand.
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  5011. Hmmmm. I’m surprised there wasn’t a drug angle here. “I can save you money on your pain meds” and “I’ll fill your order on the spot."
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  5012. China demonstrably does NOT think long term; the one-child policy comes to mind.
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  5013.  @kevindodson6694  As long as you've got a plan in place! Kudos.
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  5014.  @kevindodson6694  Even better! He is the only one I'd ever truly trust. He knows all our needs and is faithful.
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  5015.  Kevin Simmons  I've watched interviews of people who've been on the streets for much longer than that, like 20 years. I suppose it can be a hard cycle to break. Difficult to get a job when you're on the street that would pay enough to get a place. I've heard of locations where the waiting list to get into low-income housing can be six years. Maybe you need to do some research into homelessness before you start name calling.
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  5016. So CRISPER can turn humanity to toast?
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  5017. Wumao whataboutism - the situation in China must be much more serious than the official position states!
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  5018. You may be an ass, but why presume “us asses” of the rest who view? (Just teasing you for the misspelling.)
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  5019. Actually, calling Xi a dictator was his own attempts to fix the gaffe of calling Xi a dick.
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  5020. Yes, they no longer need to "resist your soul's desire for freedom" as broadcast by those drones.
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  5021.  @ErikGaming3700  Was, not is. Look at the videos from a year ago. These were all covered.
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  5022. Would have loved some insight into each candidate's position regarding CCP China.
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  5023. Perhaps that is what they think about those BRI countries, too. I doubt the common people are on board with their corrupt leaders who sold them out to the Chinese for loans.
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  5024.  @Leshic2  He could do a 2nd channel.
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  5025.  @Leshic2  LOL - yeah, I've been listening to Joe, too, but only recently. I'll go back to some of his older stuff. Thanks for that info!
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  5026. Reversion to the mean is real. But consider what the mean is. If you only take from the 1990s, you will get different results than if you calculate the mean since 1949 when the CCP took control. The longer timeframe would indicate that there won’t be good news for much, much longer.
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  5027.  @bobs_toys  There are elderly leaders profiting from it even now - and it didn’t last that long! A couple of decades isn’t a long time IMO and I’m surprised you think one generation of prosperity is.
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  5028.  @bobs_toys  “Disasterously short sighted” is right! CCP not only implemented a “one-child policy,” but took 36 years before dismantling.   “God help people younger than me.” It’s good to hear you say that! Living under an atheistic regime led too many to abandon morals that considered future generations. How hard it must be for those who believe they will be held accountable to The Creator to swim against the tide of a culture that has been so demoralized. Stay strong!!!
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  5029. Winnie the Pooh will be sad
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  5030.  @jaydee6268  Putin's invasion of Ukraine wasn't the blitzkrieg he had anticipated. Xi must be so disappointed not to get his jet engines.
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  5031.  @preeyakumari-i2q  What makes you so sure you know which side is projecting? Perhaps it’s time to get out of a bubble that makes you think your team is virtuous. Objectivity isn’t being “confused".
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  5032.  @preeyakumari-i2q  Oh, really? You’re so sure of that? What about Dunning-Kruger effect? What about those who believe what they’re saying is true and so can spread a lie with complete sincerity? How can you be absolutely certain that you are able to discern?
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  5033.  @johnnynephrite6147  No different for me than for anyone else - the first step is to realize that we ALL have blind spots. The same individual can be smart in some ways and naive in others. There is a benefit in listening to all sides. Problems occur when we get trapped in a bubble and no longer hear what we don’t want to consider.
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  5034.  @johnnynephrite6147  As someone who’s sitting on the sidelines, I’ll say my observations indicate that everything that’s happening on one side is also happening on the other. Both sides think they are virtuous and rational, while the other side is evil and irrational. Both take things out of context and misrepresent the other position. Straw men and red herrings abound.
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  5035. It seems like it's the city itself that is responsible for keeping the real estate prices artificially inflated. You've really connected the dots when you pointed out how much revenue the city gets from property taxes on real estate!
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  5036. I’m sure there are those coming for espionage and subversive purposes as well. To me, that’s the problem as it will take a great deal of discernment to know who are refugees and who are invaders.
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  5037. Details, details!
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  5038. Make that rural west China and I’ll agree.
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  5039. In what way can China be considered a Christian country? It is atheistic and whatever enclaves of real Christians exist are underground.
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  5040. Maybe, but I doubt it. More likely corrupt CCP elites have half of that.
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  5041.  @JamesPetrycia-zj7yq  Not when the house never gets built or doesn’t get finished, when no one lives there, and it quickly falls apart because of poor construction, or when you can’t rent or sell it because no one is willing to rent/buy. Buying a house doesn’t necessarily equal good debt.
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  5042. She got off in this life, but she will likely spend eternity in hell.
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  5043. But when has ideology ever been rational?
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  5044. Power outages, system failures, hacking, identity theft, earthquakes and other disasters taking down the grid. Plus you need to have the internet, a device, and electricity. Bitcoin IS a terrible idea for 2nd and 3rd world nations and their citizens.
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  5045. Ah, state-media reports of breakthrough tech - probably as true as other propaganda put out by state-run media.
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  5046.  @fearhungerpride  Hahahahaha! Good one!
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  5047. My plan is to run toward the nuke and get it over with.
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  5048.  @julesfisher3551  Okay, now that makes more sense - the part in brackets would give you the number of jobs lost.
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  5049. What if they’re labeled “compostable”? Does anyone know?
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  5050. What about CCP’s actions make you think that Xi is a rational player?
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  5051.  @legendd3060  Doing something like all those war games?
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  5052. In an atheistic communist regime, Xi must be praying to himself.
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  5053. I’m sure there will be those on the mainland who will make much money when they counterfeit "imported" products.
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  5054. FUBAR for sure, but with Xi characteristics so POOH-FU.
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  5055.  @Anteroization  No, it isn't! It's a tiered system that is based on the type of Visa. The price varies but a work visa is $190.
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  5056. They always meet their target - because everyone will report that they did, fearing repercussions if they don’t.
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  5057. Yes, it seems Germany is a slow learner and a trip to the woodshed is in order.
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  5058. Xi has no interest in a "free and fair world" and actively works against such.
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  5059. The need to hyper save was baked in with the one-child policy. One child to support two parents and four grandparents is impossible so people must provide their own retirements, especially since pensions are so unfairly distributed with many left out.
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  5060.  @tonysu8860  Thanks for that reminder! So much info on this channel, it’s hard to keep track of it all.
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  5061. I doubt that because they will outsource to the cheapest bidder who will use the cheapest materials in order to offset the cost of local labor in the construction. Part of the BUILDING collapsed - what can a union do to prevent that?
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  5062.  @brucenenke-vk5nk  Hmmm. Somehow I don't think that will work. How could you internationalize equitably across first-world, developing, and underdeveloped nations? Or between democratic and communist governments? Do you have some kind of vision on how this could be achieved?
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  5063.  @brucenenke-vk5nk  I'm more concerned about the Democrats cheating - they are very corrupt though the MSM doesn't cover it. Fortunately, this guy does: https://www.youtube.com/c/BaitandSketchShow/videos
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  5064.  @brucenenke-vk5nk  If they strike, NOBODY can trade. Do you realize how much of the world is dependent on the trade of basics like food and fuel? This will hit the communist/socialist nations as well, probably more so. China must import large amounts of food and fuel.
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  5065.  @brucenenke-vk5nk  Capitalists achieve what socialists cannot because capitalism is more productive - it's the incentive of knowing that if you produce more, you keep more. Even within socialist nations, they've found that individuals are more productive within their small family plots where they can keep what they produce rather than in the collective farms where what they grow is shared with everyone.
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  5066.  @brucenenke-vk5nk  Who do you mean by they? If you're talking about China, yes, I agree.
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  5067.  @brucenenke-vk5nk  There are poor and rich under all economic systems. Do you think it was equitable under Stalin or Lenin? What about Mao or Kim? Or under Chavez or Maduro? Xi's China is of the grossest polluters on the planet!
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  5068. They will sink like . . . bricks!
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  5069. Rather fitting since they are slaves to their ideology!
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  5070. Originally recorded by Johnny CASH - hahaha
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  5071. MENĚ, MENĚ, TEQĚL, UPHARSIN
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  5072. The CCP has no conscience so it's easy in China to experiment on prisoners and other groups. Do we really WANT China to lead?
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  5073. Are you too lazy to think for yourself? Or have you tried and your calculations don't work? Perhaps you should show your work so your teacher can help you find your errors.
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  5074. I wonder how the health sector corruption crackdown and the impact on senior admin and doctors will impact the forced organ harvesting that CCP elites have come to depend upon? Will it put an end to that evil? Or will it be a sword of Damocles hanging over the heads of doctors who are reluctant to do such procedures and increase the evil?
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  5075. I had that problem yesterday, but running enhanced like button today. Glitches?
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  5076. Famine occurred in China because Mao sold domestic wheat to increase the GDP leaving citizens to starve (and also killed the birds that kept crop-devouring pests in check). SMH I simply don't understand why they are so enamored by GDP? Do you have any insight into why?
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  5077.  @hanfucolorful9656  Let’s revisit your predictions in 2026 🙄
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  5078. Unless those days are cut short, no flesh would be saved.
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  5079. How can China "self sustain" when they are so very dependent on imports of fuel and food?
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  5080. Is “retrained in other fields” code for teaching young college grads how to be subsistence farmers?
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  5081. Systemic corruption goes far beyond individual fraud cases. The fraud is just the tip of the iceberg.
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  5082. So why are so many Muslims fleeing to Western nations?
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  5083. Wow! Speechless!!!
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  5084. Two Wongs don't make a right!
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  5085. Seems those with braincells don’t have the balls; those with both disappear.
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  5086. The power of compounding ensures that the longer the loan term, the more burdensome even a low interest rate will become! If you borrow $100,000 for 30 years at a 3% interest rate, you’ll need to pay back $151,560 in total. If each dollar you borrow means you’ll be paying back $1.50, how is that not burdensome for a poor country?
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  5087. BTW - The interest on an IMF loan is ZERO percent to low-income countries, so even a 1% interest rate paid to China is higher than they could get. If the IMF won’t loan, it’s because the cost/benefit of the project proposed won’t help that nation!
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  5088.  @budisuwandhi6818  ONLY when the money is spent in a way that grows the economy - again that’s why a cost/benefit analysis MUST be done. China has a history of spending money on infrastructure that will NEVER benefit long-term growth. That is why China is in the dire financial situation that it currently faces with ghost cities, Ponzi-scheme real estate investments, and infrastructure projects like their roads to nowhere, escalators to nowhere, fire hydrants that aren’t connected to any water supply, and toilets that simply cover a hole in the ground.
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  5089.  @budisuwandhi6818  Hahahaha! The CCP doesn’t even do that within their own country! They make MANY foolish moves. Consider their one-child policy and how long they let that continue before attempting to correct course and now they’re at the point of demographic collapse. Or how about their 3-red-lines policy where they finally tooks steps (WAY too late) to address their Ponzi-scheme real-estate bubble only to knock down the “house of cards” that they’ve been building to give the illusion of double-digit GDP growth. (If you were being sarcastic in your above comment, my apologies for taking it seriously.)
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  5090.  @mickey1849  Oh, yes, there are so many examples one could give of CCP hubristic economic folly!
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  5091. I agree that the investment housing must not have any actual value. Everything was “paper profits” when people were buying for speculation. But the proof of value is what someone will pay in an economic downturn and it looks like that must be very little.
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  5092. I caught that, too. How crazy can they get? Any system will be overloaded if you can't triage according to the severity!
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  5093. China has a centrally-planned economy that doesn't allow the market to correct itself and major businesses are state-owned outright or with mandated state representation within the business.
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  5094. Source?
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  5095. Are the SOEs being forced to buy again? Or maybe its the banks being forced to buy this time? Central manipulation never corrects for long.
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  5096. It’s called “cherry picking” information and many channels do that. Flooding happens every year in China and some places within are flood prone. If the flooding is much worse than other years (either in how hard an area is hit or when areas not normally flooded are), I’m sure Tony will cover it.
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  5097. New industries typically become profitable in THEIR OWN markets before trying to enter foreign markets  @skydragon23101979 
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  5098. Too busy making exit plans!
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  5099. I'm sure if he had done that before the invasion, Putin would have considered it to be "an act of war."
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  5100.  @skydragon23101979  There is no need for me to cope - China will fail unless the people rise up and get rid of the CCP. When that happens, I will reassess China's chances based on what kind of new government replaces the CCP.
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  5101.  @skydragon23101979  China's economic rise began when they were invited into the US-led world order where the ability to trade freely is guaranteed by the US. Without the US providing this service, China is doomed, but China pretends that the US is a "partner" rather than recognizing that the US is China's benefactor. That isn't an ideological bias, that is the reality and the CCP has never had "an accurate perception of reality."
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  5102.  @eforde2  That agenda goes beyond the US -
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  5103.  @taiwanisacountry  That is a false dichotomy. Far better to plant wild potatoes among the cultivated potatoes instead of a monoculture to prevent fungus so you don't need to spray. There is no need to tamper except to patent what you create in a lab to make money off of it.
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  5104.  @taiwanisacountry  You're again using a false dichotomy. What about simply planting carrots as well as rice? But once again, you're arguing from the sales brochures without thinking it through. But simply planting carrots (or sweet potatoes or another vitamin-A-rich vegetable) doesn't get anyone a patent.
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  5105.  @taiwanisacountry  So you think that ChemChina, the State-Owned Enterprise that owns Syngenta which holds the patent for golden rice is somehow better and more trustworthy than Monsanto? You're implying I should trust the CCP?
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  5106.  @taiwanisacountry  Are you aware of how many of those 100 Nobel Laureates received money to endorse? It's been years since I looked into it but I remember being appalled by what money can buy, if not to an individual directly then through funding of their pet research project. That required getting their names and then going down the list and researching each individual, so I'm not going to go through that again to convince you that you're being very naive. You don't seem to be willing to dig beneath the surface of the marketing hype. I do hope that you and the other useful innocents who are being manipulated to advocate without going beneath the surface will wake up before you're able to get your way - and live to regret it! Far better that you do some due dilligence now - if you have the attention span needed to really dig.
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  5107.  @taiwanisacountry  I have good reason to be cynical about the scientific community. In case the link I sent in my previous reply doesn't go through, look up a video by Veritasium called "Is Most Published Research Wrong?" It will be well worth the 12 minutes of your time to see why you MUST question even that which is published in peer-reviewed journals.
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  5108.  @taiwanisacountry  It's not only medical research that can be P-hacked. When there is profit to be made or a funding entity to please, there is an incentive to do so even if only subconsciously. There is also the sample size and the length of the study to consider. Additionally, many times research that is unfavorable simply never gets submitted for publication, even when statistically significant. Scientists are human. A love of money is the root of all kinds of evil.
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  5109.  @taiwanisacountry  Kudos on your work against the evils of human trafficking. I commend you for the work you're doing. That said, considering yourself part of the scientific community, you should be aware that although authors of papers must make conflict of interest statements, the majority of journals don't require them for the reviewers or editors. Yes, strides have been made, but much more needs to be done!
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  5110.  @skydragon23101979  Are they anxious? Wouldn't it be ironic those new submarines are being paid for in part by selling coal to the CCP?
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  5111. The scariest thing about this video is that someone with the reasoning powers of GG was admitted to a college.
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  5112. Same. I totally relate.
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  5113.  @xINVISIGOTHx  Who cares about getting paid when your quality of life takes a painful plunge!
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  5114.  @xINVISIGOTHx  There is a difference between being in a place that's of lesser quality and being in a BODY that's of lesser quality because of injury. Do you really think that "protective gear" while riding on a BIKE is a match against the metal body of an SUV?
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  5115.  @ChinaUpdate  I'd love more info on that! How were they treated when they returned by their families and communities? Were they welcomed or was that another hurdle to overcome?
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  5116. Better at spying on India?
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  5117.  @pratheeshm400  Opinions of China have eroded around the world over the past 15 years, especially during the last 3. Before, people had hopes that China would become more liberal, but CCP actions have shown them to be liars, frauds, and bullies; enough evidence has mounted over that time that the truth can no longer be denied. Now that we know, it's time to make changes. No more excuses.
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  5118.  @pratheeshm400  He's not mine. Is he yours?
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  5119.  @pratheeshm400  Nope, not my region of the world nor that of my ancestors.
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  5120. LOL
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  5121.  @mikeshoults4155  You are being disingenuous. TikTok is owned by Bytedance which IS Chinese.
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  5122. My parents were immigrants so we were always making do with whatever was on hand. My siblings and I grew up using butter knives in place of screwdrivers and a candelabrum for a mom stick.
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  5123.  @spartancrown  Gee, I pay $1700 a year on my house and that’s in California. And since you can’t live in 3 properties at once, I’m betting you’re passing along those taxes to your renters, so why are you gripping?
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  5124. All the better to speed decoupling. Buying from China is supporting this evil regime.
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  5125. Triggered by Covid lockdowns.
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  5126. WW2 didn’t work out well for the country that started it, just the one that ended it.
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  5127.  @occamraiser  Based on how the central government censors information and hides behind a firewall, I'd say that the opinions of the Chinese matter very much. Why else put forth such efforts to shape/control them?
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  5128. They are also no longer useful to contain the Soviet influence still in power in Russia.
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  5129. Jiang Zemin would be even worse, as hard as that may be to believe.
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  5130. Ah, yes, @channingtaintum, those voters from beyond the grave want more citizens to join them in death, the natural trend of these light-on-crime policies.
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  5131. Perhaps the CCP too evil to care? If they see themselves as superior and destined to win, does it matter if their vassals hate the overlords?
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  5132. Projection! Russian and Chinese state-run media must censor because if people could look at all sides and judge for themselves, they would see through it.
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  5133. Globalization is homogenizing us with the rest of the world.
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  5134.  S Guy  Recipes for beaver or for wood?
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  5135.  S Guy  Well, neither - but then I'm not looking for recipes!
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  5136. I wonder how much money places like Mayo clinic are getting indirectly from the sugar industry. How much money is from drug companies that want to sell drugs rather than heal people? There are those who are blind, and those who are WILLFULLY blind!
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  5137. Allow me to air drop a bomb, too!
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  5138. Li Keqiang, Sun Liping, Li Dao Kui, and others disagree. Those in China who are laughing may be idiots or those who've gained what they could through kleptocracy and hidden it in offshore accounts.
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  5139. Your own bias and ideological bigotry is evident in your comments  @horridohobbies 
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  5140. They were doing so before with impunity - often 100% - so limiting to 30% is (cough, cough) an improvement.
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  5141. Why has Xi conducted itself so illogically? I think that a lack of understanding economic cause-and-effect is a prerequisite to embracing communism. It presupposes that others aren’t any more economically rational than they themselves are.
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  5142.  @jerryrichardson2799  Well, POOH!
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  5143. That is what Mao wanted judging by all the Chinese he had slaughtered in the "cultural revolution" and the CCP followed his lead with all the Chinese babies that were aborted in the "one-child" policy. So more correctly, "That is what Uncle Xi wants."
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  5144. The truth hurts you?
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  5145.  @ahmedkamel7065  https://youtu.be/nNAS0aaViM4
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  5146. The dollar hasn’t been “weaponized” but the dollar and Euro are the most sought after currencies. China is far from no1 and will likely lose its no2 position due to the incompetence of the CCP.
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  5147.  @ThorsMartell  BUT the conditions that Japan offered weren't the unconditional surrender that was achieved after the bombing of Nagasaki and Japan ONLY gave unconditional surrender after the second bombing because they had been led to believe that the US had MORE atomic bombs available. Japan was seeking to surrender on their own terms, but the allies were having none of that.
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  5148. I prefer the term “cut out the cancer” because it describes the fast and unhealthy economic growth.
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  5149. Why all global markets? Those who are still favoring China will take a big hit, but those who have moved on or greatly limited their connections to China should weather  @mikewood8695 
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  5150.  @keithdixon3896  Looks like the CCP doesn’t trust its wumao with current information. The Yellen visit was FOUR MONTHS ago. The rest of your comment is even more wrong!
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  5151.  @ryanreedgibson  How convenient to find those permits weren’t valid after construction had begun! And isn’t it just like the wasteful CCP to destroy?
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  5152. Yes, the amount of inoculum matters. Better if lower dose so body can gear up its defenses. More serious cases have a higher initial load of virus exposure.
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  5153. Half their young life spent getting their throats or noses swabbed on a near daily basis would be depressing IMO. Yeah, that could be considered abuse.
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  5154. In-doe-nesia, like In-doe-pacific.
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  5155. When a partner wants to “start seeing other people,” you know where the relationship is heading.
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  5156. Looking under the “velvet glove” words, is an “iron fist” intention.
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  5157. Mandate of Heaven withdrawn 🌩
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  5158.  @daveallentown6868  Yeah, that's their mantra, all right, but you'll never see it in "the state-run Global Times!"
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  5159. Xi will make you an offer you CAN'T refuse!
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  5160. The IRS has the monopoly
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  5161. Either that or the refuters value their lives and internal organs!
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  5162. The property sector's growth model looks like a Ponzi scheme to me. But even the local governments are now paying the piper since they can no longer generate revenue from land-use sales.
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  5163. It sounds to me like Putin is concerned that his BFF will throw him under the bus, hence his visit prior to Xi’s travel to the EU.
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  5164. Profits? What profits?
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  5165. After taking in all those economic migrants, I'm not surprised.
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  5166. I’d say it is a broken toilet that keeps on running - the water bill will be shocking! 😱
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  5167. In 2020, Yeshua is opening the seals in the book of Revelation.
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  5168. If the CCP is the example of "Chinese wisdom and Chinese plan," we're doomed. The headwinds that the people of China are/will be facing were created by CCP policies.
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  5169. Haven’t had popcorn in years but have it on my shopping list ready for 9/10.
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  5170.  @allangibson2408  Value/worth is dependent on what people are currently willing to pay. With the property sector crashing and people becoming leery to invest in this real estate Ponzi scheme, profit becomes non-existent.
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  5171.  @Leshic2  So no escrow accounts? Pure Ponzi?
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  5172. How do they tax corruption? The highest incomes are likely gained by the CCP elites themselves, so it’s unlikely they will choose to increase tax on themselves.
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  5173. Subscription services are the new slavery.
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  5174. I wish that were true but then there are those raised on TikTok that never developed critical thinking skills.
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  5175. Very probably!
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  5176. Because China only requires 9 years of compulsory education.
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  5177. Congrats! I had that distinction once when I had insomnia; almost made the sleeplessness worthwhile!
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  5178.  @johntaylor2683  I've heard something similar but don't remember the source.
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  5179.  @peterfireflylund  Xi sells CCP shells (companies) in shady shadow sector!
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  5180. Someone pointed out, and I’ve verified through my own experience, that sorting the comments by “newest first” instead of the default “top comments” shows the replies. They haven’t been deleted.
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  5181.  @i6power30  Clearly the truth isn’t in favor of CCP rule under Xi.
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  5182. Belt and Road?
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  5183. Plus the egregious mismanagement of their resources when they had the opportunity to develop in a sustainable manner, favoring instead a Ponzi scheme that would benefit the most corrupt.
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  5184. Yes. Researchers are playing it safe for good reason - they live in a culture where sticking out from the crowd is perceived as dangerous and under a regime where this perception is often correct.
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  5185.  @Ash-vt5cp  LOL, good one!
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  5186. A big part of flood control are proper storm drains and recharge basins for aquifers. I’ve seen videos of places where the “storm drains” are just grates placed over dirt and all the concrete/asphalt of their rapid urbanization didn’t prioritize recharge basins.
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  5187. So many of these videos would have good, Darwinian results for the gene pool if not for the existence of emergency room staff who enable the idiots to make a recovery.
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  5188. Eternal? They’ve only been around since 1949!
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  5189. Most women aren't.
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  5190. When has anything that's done "to strengthen the Comminist party's direct oversight" been anything other than another stomping boot on the necks of the common people?
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  5191. World Economic Forum, not US.
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  5192. Bull Xi-t
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  5193.  @HavaWM  It's happened before around 535-540 CE and it led to major famines. Look it up. I'm sure Wikipedia will have an article.
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  5194. Sounds like the volcanic winter of 536 redux: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcanic_winter_of_536
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  5195.  @HavaWM  Agreed! The eruption on its own isn't enough to cause this havoc, but when you combine it with the Grand Solar Minimum that began in 2020 and will likely last until 2070, we should be prepared for upheavals. I don't think anyone disagrees that climate change is happening, but how much is man-made is up for debate. Also, we need to be careful that our "solutions" don't make things WORSE, as is all too often the case. Let's face it, fossil fuels were presented as the solution to "renewables" that were used for millennia, and now we know that we took that "solution" too far. Let's not make the same mistake again. We got into this situation because of human hubris and there is still plenty of that going around.
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  5196. It's not just the polls in the US that are a problem. The same thing happened in the UK with BREXIT. The pollsters seem to be so stuck in their own bubble, that they don't realize they haven't done a legitimate sampling OR they are purposely trying to demoralize and subvert the process.
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  5197. Tony quoted about this in yesterday’s video.
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  5198. One is “The Sentinel State” and the other is “The Fentanyl State."
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  5199. No mention of the crappy quality of Venezuelan oil? This heavy oil is difficult and expensive to refine.
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  5200. True, but not on the same level!
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  5201. On top of their reputation for cr*p quality.
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  5202. Sam Bankman-Fried approves your message - from his jail cell.
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  5203. IMO the “Cultural Revolution” left the people demoralized, with a decimated social structure. Disincentives to corruption were dismantled. The seeds of the collapse were sown long ago.
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  5204. "The information was lying to them" -- How 2020!
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  5205.  @Leshic2  Since they must reverse engineer to improve quality, there is hope that they will always be behind and never have the latest and greatest. 🤞
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  5206. Perhaps he's referring to the citizens of the country rather than to certain psychopathic, narcissistic leaders within certain countries?
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  5207. Uhhh - Numbers 1 & 2 are exactly the way that introverts NORMALLY behave!
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  5208.  @isabelcasas3014  The inequality isn't between the East and the West since there is high GDP per capita in the East as well. Globally, Singapore is the 4th highest, Hong Kong is #19 but their economy/productivity was developed apart from CCP, Taiwan is #25 which is ahead of Germany, Sweden, and Belgium. CHINA is #100 not because of East versus West but because of CCP policies. Also, there is massive inequality WITHIN China - CCP party members don't obey the rules they dictate for the rest of China.
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  5209.  @horridohobbies  For 30 years the CCP has kicked the can of systemic issues down the road only to have those problems grow. No one wants to bet that the CCP can resolve them now.
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  5210. You want to try that again with punctuation?
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  5211.  @taiwanisacountry  Stick with what you know because you’re showing a great deal of ignorance. What about the miracles that Jesus did IN CITIES - like Jerusalem for example and healing a man born blind? Or Cana and turning water into wine? Or Capernaum and healing a paralytic? Three quick examples so others won’t fall for your deception.
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  5212. I remember when women were women, men were men, and divorce was rare. Nothing could have prepared me for what is going on now. I've lived too long even though I'm not yet old enough to retire.
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  5213. There are far more than 20 million empty homes. I thought it was a typo until I watched the video and that he’d left off a zero or two.
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  5214. Communist regimes begin by killing off the intelligentsia, and that's what the CCP did. After that clever means doing whatever the regime dictates so you can survive.
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  5215. "Isolated and socially degenerative cocoon" - wow - 8 years before 2020!
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  5216. There are benefits to longer fasts - namely autophagy which promotes healing. In order to spare protein, the body will search out anything defective, break it down, and reassemble healthier.
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  5217. That’s beautiful! Thanks for sharing.
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  5218. There was a recent movie called “Return to Dust” that was set in rural China and realistically showed the poverty. The CCP banned it and even YouTube took it down before I could finish watching. So, yes, the “govt wont like certain nonrich images."
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  5219. There were account freezes happening in China as well. Is this a problem that's bleeding over from that?
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  5220.  Amy Malone  For now, but not for long!
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  5221. Too much emphasis has been placed on the adaptive immune system since this is where vaccinations do their job, and where pharmaceutical companies can make money. More emphasis should be going on the innate immune system and how people can boost their general health and ability to fight off all kinds of infections, but I doubt that will happen since it's not a money-maker for Big Pharma.
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  5222. Oh, look! Another pre-order Ponzi scheme, this time for Huawei phones. I hope people have learned not to put any money down - just in case the phones are never actually produced.
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  5223. Covid just made people wake up and become aware, but the changes began before that.
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  5224. I prefer the awful truth to a pleasant lie. Much of what the word is experiencing may well be from years of believing pleasant lies! Are any of the numbers that the CCP releases based in reality?
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  5225. The 2.0 version will last much longer than a century.
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  5226. Ursula K. Le Guin did a Sci-Fi novel about an anarchist planet. The social pressures that arose to replace government were severe if I recall, but it's been over 30 years since I read that book. Something to think about if you're an anarchist: What will fill the void?
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  5227.  @andreashauschild7757  I think that depends very much on where you live and how much supply chains have moved back to your nation, what natural resources your nation has, and how much you are able to near shore/friend shore. It’s not as cut-and-dry as many would like to make it.
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  5228. Or at least Burn Your Driveway!
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  5229.  @GamerShowdown-h8j  EVERYONE HAS THEM, but only China is so willing to pollute their own environment in processing them.
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  5230. CCP is worse than pagan - it’s atheistic. No fear of judgment so corruption rules. Even the Athenians had an altar to “The Unknown God” just to cover all their bases.
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  5231. Problems are just as bad in communist/socialist countries. Greed, corruption, and cronyism happen under all economic systems.
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  5232.  @Traeseare  No social support and no healthcare? What about the $700/wk Federal unemployment or the $1200/each stimulus check or the "no eviction" policy or the schools still providing free breakfasts/lunches for pick up even though the schools are running virtually? What about Obama Care? The death toll in San Marino (1,237 deaths per million) and Spain (718 deaths per million) are both higher than the US (672) and they are both 1st World nations. Plus the CoVid death toll by state within the US is not evenly distributed. Wyoming has only 98 deaths per million while New Jersey has 1,838 followed by New York with 1,719. Mixed economies are best. But as far as the quality of life, people who've actually lived under communism are the greatest advocates for capitalism.
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  5233. China is a zombie - a dead man walking. The USA is just lying in, having a lazy day.
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  5234. 🍷🧀🐺Wolfing down that wine and cheese!
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  5235. Is the CCP doing anything that is good? Even those things that appear "good" on the surface soon is shown to be either lies or illusion with no more reality than a Hollywood set. It's only "good" for the Party Members, but detrimental for those Chinese who aren't sufficiently connected to the CCP ruling class.
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  5236. Hmmm - perhaps "donations to unnamed charities" is the new code for bribes or "donations" to CCP party members?
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  5237. If you have any garlic knots leftover, your penthouse will be safe from vampires. Unfortunately, the CCP sucks blood without being designated as vampires, so good luck with that.
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  5238. Gotta love the double meaning: Something to appease the CCP while broadcasting truth.
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  5239. Exactly! The hubristic CCP thought that they were irreplaceable as a manufacturer and failed to appreciate that we all got along fine without them in the past. China is now reverting to the mean.
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  5240. No need for China to fire the nukes themselves (that would also make China look bad) so they will simply assist Iran.
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  5241. Only short term, but ultimately war is detrimental since you’re killing off the demographic for future growth and consumption. War is just another way of kicking the can down the road.
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  5242. Just imagine crossing a nuclear reactor with the New New Polar Bear - but it won’t be an anchor causing the problem. ANYTHING China builds needs to be considered VERY carefully. Just look at the Coca Cod Sinclair dam and all the issues! China isn’t known for quality or proper maintenance. A nation would be very foolish to let a nuclear ship made by China anywhere near.
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  5243. HOW do you keep from laughing?!?
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  5244. CCP only adheres to international law when the law favors them.
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  5245. What a strange shell game. Local governments create LGFVs to purchase land FROM THEMSELVES? Or do they swap and buy from each other? Either way, they take on debt to obtain income, but have no plan to gain income to pay back the debt! What an insane approach.
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  5246. The EU let in all those migrants hoping to solve the pension problems. When that didn't work, they chose (and continue to choose) responses that will kill off as many of the pensioners as possible. Germany pushed for the migrants, many of them Islamic, as antisemitism by proxy. The EU is genocidal and it's time people wake up to that and save what they can of their people and cultures.
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  5247. Professional pilots fly by instrumentation, not by looking down!
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  5248. I will dry up the waters of the Nile and sell the land to an evil nation; by the hand of foreigners I will lay waste the land and everything in it. I the LORD have spoken. Ezekiel 30:12
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  5249. The left complains about land stolen hundreds of years ago, but not a word against the CCP and their "salami slicing" of land from Tibet, India, or Mongolia. Could it be because of all that Chinese money funding these riots?
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  5250. IMO the agenda is ideological rather than greedy.
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  5251. Fewer jobs now (property sector/building decline, crackdowns in tech and education) and the people who have jobs aren’t going to give them up for younger people if they can avoid it, especially when their retirement wealth invested in property has gone down significantly.
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  5252.  @taiwanisacountry  I think it will be the downstream effects of what has been happening over the past few years, such as the stresses on food supply and stresses on global shipping. People in nations where much of their food is imported can only fend off the problems for so long. And hungry people do desperate things so even nations not at war directly may have increased civil unrest. Just my speculations, but I’m in agreement with the original poster.
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  5253. I'm sure anyone who may have considered voting against was offered a nice "cup of tea" prior to casting ballots.
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  5254. I wonder what the response of Germany would be if the attack was on the scale of the Nova Festival?
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  5255. It's an act of poor engineering. Look at the steepness of the slope above - there is no way that wouldn't collapse.
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  5256. It's been going on for a couple hundred years. These world leaders may be old, but they're not THAT old. BTW - a lot of the damage was done to "fix" their current problems and I suspect that many of our current "solutions" will do the same. Future generations will bemoan how the toxic smoke of battery fires have polluted the air and the used/discarded solar panels have harmed the environment - but it sure makes a lot of money for those pushing them!
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  5257. The evil of Russia's tactics always stuns me.
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  5258. Many supply chains have already been corrected over the past three years. Those that haven’t already pulled out are very late to the game!
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  5259. When you combine this with the demographic imbalance and the CCP pressure to have more children, there is the potential for much worse.
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  5260. It could also be that the population itself is down since Covid but the government (if they even know them) are keeping true population count as a “state secret.” How many died as a result of the “zero Covid” policy? How many babies weren’t conceived as a result of a spouse or intended being held in quarantine?
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  5261. It's almost like they could only find ONE "talented patriot."
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  5262. I don't think that L shape will happen in the lifetime of anyone currently living.
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  5263.  @DK-ev9dg  Xi is undoing Deng and going back to Mao. How are greedy and corrupt CCP party elites any better? They are also shafting the common man in mainland China. Get out of your ideological bubble if you can. Communism fails because it is naive about human nature. What’s needed is a system of checks and balances which isn’t possible under the one-party system.
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  5264.  @DK-ev9dg  Really? Do you call this success? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdC9xube-2c
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  5265. If they even pause their proxy war in Yemen, it will surprise me. I can just see China, Iran, and Saudi leaders all standing with their fingers crossed behind their backs while signing an agreement.
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  5266. You assume that the CCP cares about feeding and sheltering retirees. The CCP controls the narrative on the mainland and the problem may be “solved" by simply ignoring it and hiding the results.
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  5267. Eat, drink, and be merry for tomorrow we die!
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  5268.  @MrCenturion13  Maybe more so since they’ve used their wealth to practice/establish/reinforce their wickedness.
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  5269. Sure, that will clear the stage for the rise of a revived Islamic caliphate - just peachy for freedom loving people who DON’T want sharia law!
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  5270. Seems to be normal for a leader surrounded by “yes men” to have such a bad read of a situation.
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  5271. History will prove that Trump was right all along: Trump promised to drain the Washington swamp and the swamp creatures continue to fight him every step of the way.
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  5272. They shouldn’t hold their breath!
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  5273. That the CCP thinks it can in ANY way be a leader toward more fairness and justice in the world is truly frightening. It's like cancer wanting to be a leader in health.
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  5274. You mean the CCP reports, but when have they ever told the truth?
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  5275.  @albacan  MOST governments are at least grounded in reality - that's nowhere near the case for the CCP.
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  5276.  @albacan  Laughing at how desperate you are to get 50 cents from the CCP.
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  5277. Great way to spread a virus, huh?
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  5278.  @pepe922  And Taiwan is giving ML China a massive black eye!
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  5279. Perfect, even to the way they cut off the congressional hearing at the end.
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  5280.  @KenjaTimu  Those communists with "Chinese characteristics” have given their nation the greatest wealth DISPARITY of any on the planet. It’s SO HARD to be equitable when those in power hoard all the wealth.
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  5281. If we owe taxes for 2019, can we have those deducted from our stimulus?
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  5282. Labor participation rate is low in part because more boomers are retiring and many retiring early. MANY people looked at the Covid craziness in 2020 and actively searched for any way possible to retire early. I'm one of those - not yet claiming SS or pension, but drawing down a retirement account. Others who were younger moved in with family or took in family at a low rent for a win-win. People discovered that things could change rapidly and unexpectedly - and re-evaluated their work/life priorities.
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  5283. There is NO perfect solution. Because of the law of unintended consequences, anything done on a large scale will prove to be a bad decision in 50-100 years. The only “winners” will be those who make a profit by pushing everyone to go all in.
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  5284. 100% affected; 40% brave enough to admit it!
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  5285.  @brettrobinson2901  Any and all oppressive regimes because you're right and they seem to be increasingly drawn to one another.
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  5286. Were they contractually obligated to do so? I think that some companies are just waiting for current contracts to expire.
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  5287.  @dasandbox2555  Gold and silver are idols for many, and by extension, all things used for buying and selling, regardless of the currency.
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  5288. Maybe it’s from desperation, but I’ve developed the impression that corruption is widespread and has been deeply imbedded into mainland China since the cultural revolution unmoored the people from their traditional values.
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  5289. Taking back our farmlands still seems like a good idea. That we'd sell such a critical asset to foreign entities seems wrong.
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  5290. Keeping his own personal thoughts to himself is likely how he’s able to put out these videos without the CCP “inviting him for tea."
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  5291.  @billpetersen298  That’s a materialistic point of view that either believes that there is no spiritual realm or that physical reality is somehow more important.
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  5292. How about “when China sneezes, the rest of the world catches Covid?"
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  5293. You don't need to attack - all that is required is a paranoid leader.
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  5294. @Random Guy Yep, central planning in action - they never get it right.
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  5295. I think of a sinking boat where the common people are furiously baling out water while the captain and crew (ccp) are drilling holes.
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  5296. Good luck - the behavior won't be even close, nor will the support of the parents for getting their children to behave well.
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  5297. China has only 2264.32 tonnes of gold. People in BRICs can easily look up the truth and won’t fall for the CCP lie - unlike a certain poster.
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  5298.  @lifestapestry2968  But now he's "living high on the hog!"
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  5299. Consider that the 2-births-per-woman replacement rate assumes that the genders are balanced which isn't the case in China. Those who were born before the one-child policy began and those after are likely balanced (diluting the true extent of the problem), but those of childbearing age are VERY unbalanced, perhaps as high as 3:1. So for China to be at replacement rate, each woman of childbearing age would need to give birth to FOUR children to replace herself, her partner, and each male who is unable to find a wife!
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  5300. Exactly the same - No. Mostly the same - Yes.
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  5301. Xi looks so happy in the old video where he says "dung splashed all over my face." He's been trying to recreate that moment ever since with his "wolf warrior" foreign policy. Enjoy the dung, Xi!
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  5302. 18% as of July 26, 2024
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  5303. Because everyone knows and doesn’t need to be told.
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  5304. America has hyper regulations, at least in some states, so a reduction to more rational levels would be a good thing.
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  5305. Farther from the additional threat from North Korea I think.
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  5306. Indeed - the need for “visionary leadership” likely won’t sit well with emperor Xi.
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  5307. Until the PRC is desperate enough to fall on its own sword, they aren't yet desperate enough!
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  5308. 1 in 10 mainland Chinese is diabetic. The number with pre-diabetes and other underlying health concerns must be high as well. TOFI - thin outside, fat inside - is prevalent in both China and India. It's also possible to be overweight and metabolically healthy (MHO-metabolically healthy obese), so you can't judge health based on appearance.
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  5309.  @ensteffo  It seems like they deteriorate and become dilapidated first, then squatters move in. Is that what was planned?
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  5310. The CCP crushed traditional Chinese culture and values during the “cultural revolution.” Trying to understand the CCP based on what they eliminated from the mainland will never work.
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  5311.  @bragiodinsen4604  And if you let your enemies kill you, who wins?
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  5312. ​ @pikachus5m166  Foxconn in China hires Chinese people - that is why these abuse problems are limited to China. The CCP has demoralized the people.
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  5313. Hypocrisy, thy name is Gates.
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  5314.  @kennethli8  How were they forced to over leverage?
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  5315. “There were no fatalities” - that’s either confirmation that the ridership was so bad that the train was completely empty or they are lying through their teeth!
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  5316. Sounds like Bud Lite 2.0
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  5317. There is no similarity between the debts owed by China versus the US. The US is transparent. The CCP hides most of its debt or keeps it at the local level. If you combine national and local debt for both countries, China is in much worse shape.
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  5318. Well, if India leaves and Saudi Arabia never joins, the new name can be IBEACURSE.
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  5319. Sounds like Xi has gas cramps. Good thing Xi had that toilet mandate a few years ago.
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  5320. I think you're misunderstanding Sovereign Immunity and it may not be valid when it comes to human rights/crimes against humanity.
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  5321. IKR - So how've the heavens been treating you lately, CCP? Have you taken the hint yet?
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  5322.  @taiwanisacountry  Ah, that reminds me of where I heard about this. I think the channel name is LIMFANY or something like that and it covers Japanese history and folklore.
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  5323. Two things to guard against in investing: fear and greed. Your post is appealing to people's greed. I hope they don't fall for it.
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  5324. Accounting with "Chinese characteristics."
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  5325. CCP isn't loosening their policies for another week, so why enact restrictions sooner?
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  5326. Does anyone know what is the building that collapses at 3:38 into this video?
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  5327. Global climate change - coming to the planets near you!
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  5328. We were in a dream-world economy (not good necessarily, but definitely not based on reality) and now we're waking up. How much of this is due to the CCP's made-up metrics driving things is anyone's guess, but we were too globalized not to feel the effects elsewhere.
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  5329. I’m thinking it’s more that the transcripts are each tailored to their own nations.
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  5330. I can hear @DK-ev9dg’s stomach rumbling.
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  5331. Perhaps this is the reason Trump won in 2016. Let's give him another 4 years but with a supermajority in the House and Senate so he can get the swamp drained.
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  5332. The fountain of lions reset is like a great flush toilet.
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  5333. Deflation is even worse for someone who is in debt. It means that you spent money in the past on credit that is worth more now, like having paid a premium for everything you ever bought.
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  5334. Wow. That was so interesting, I didn’t even realize how long it was until someone else mentioned it in the comments!
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  5335. With friends like this, who needs enemies?
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  5336. Islam has been around for about 1400 years now. I think he was including Islam and not just Christianity when he spoke of religious fanatics. Islam decimated the Christian populations in regions that were once strongly Christian.
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  5337. One-child policy means not enough suckers being born.
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  5338. Source?
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  5339. China has expanded its money supply and debt far faster than the US has, plus most US debt is held by the US citizens, US Banks, and between US government agencies. Buying US treasuries is what is funding my retirement, so why should I care that the US debt is growing when the debt is owed to ME?
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  5340. There were a few attempts on Hitler’s life from within and I wonder if Dear Leader will experience the same.
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  5341. That's why the top speed is that of a pedal bicycle.
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  5342. Low birth rates are negative for economies, but a positive for resource depletion.
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  5343.  @JohnCurnew  Obsession is a luxury that impoverished people can’t afford.
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  5344.  @JohnCurnew  So your in-laws aren’t part of the 600 million in China that Li Keqiang stated live on 1000 yuan or less per month - what does that prove?
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  5345. I feel cleaner already just knowing there’s more push for decoupling - distancing from CCP China is like finally taking off badly soiled garments
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  5346. Perhaps we are jaded by all of the CCP lies?
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  5347.  @morningstar8187  Plus screw up a lot of peoples retirements if they unload their stocks and prices tank. Even if you don't own stocks directly, if you've got anything like a pension, IRA, 401K, etc. - you WILL be impacted because all those instruments invest in stocks and bonds.
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  5348. The Gaza and West Bank aren’t Israel’s property, but they are the staging grounds from which those who desire to annihilate the Jews launch their attacks and so must be dealt with in that light. Let’s thoroughly crush the terrorist groups and make those sponsoring the likes of ISIS, Hezbollah, Boko Haram, Hamas, and other jihadis; these target not only Israel and the Jews, but Christians and even Muslims who aren’t Islamic enough for their agenda of an Islamic world order under sharia law.
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  5349. Tony lives in mainland China so clearly quoting his sources is what keeps him alive!
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  5350. Also consider The Scriptures by ISR. It also contains the Tetragrammaton in Hebrew and keeps the Hebrew names closer to the original pronunciations rather than Anglicizing them. I've had mine for about 4 years now and will never go back to another version, it's that good.
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  5351.  @michaelotoole1807  You give Xi more credit for rationality than I do; if ideology trumps his ability to think, Xi wouldn’t need others to push back to become confused.
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  5352.  @DioBrando90  The one-child policy IS just one EXAMPLE of living under an oppressive regime - the CCP created the problem, so I'd argue that you've got it backward - oppression is the MAIN reason for this happening in China.
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  5353. The Tyranny of the Pseudo-Righteous is worse - those who “call evil good and good evil."
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  5354. Ten more years to correct the housing market in China sounds right.
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  5355. Yes, the ravenous wolves have outgrown their sheepskin disguises.
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  5356. China’s proposal of a 2-state solution shows their ignorance of history as well. It’s the Palestinians who have refused one in every past attempt and will be satisfied with nothing less than 100% of the land from “the river to the sea."
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  5357. Anyone who invests in government bonds. I happen to own some US savings bonds through an ETF, so ordinary people at least in part.
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  5358. For every problem the CCP solves, they create many more. Look at how well their one-child policy has worked - now they have worse social problems! Men can't find wives, the economy is in a downward spiral, people must work 996 just to keep a job to live, and the younger generation wants to "lay flat" because they see all effort to improve as pointless.
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  5359.  @fengfrank5073  "CPC" will not bring up any info about China on Western search engines - it's CCP for those using English-language meaning Chinese Communist Party. I suggest you use a VPN so that you can get past the censors to get information. If you really want the truth, you will find it. Ask yourself "who wants me to believe that and why?" when you evaluate the different positions.
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  5360.  @fengfrank5073  What I'm saying is that when you translate from Chinese to English, you need to use the English designation. Many languages put adjectives after nouns but English doesn't. Not all ISP are VPNs. All you need for YouTube is an ISP. If you really believe that China's performance is better than that of Canada, why not move to China?
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  5361.  @fengfrank5073  China is so much better that you'd rather be in Canada AWAY FROM YOUR WIFE AND SON!
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  5362. The demand will always be there as long as there are people who want to get high. You can’t fix stupid.
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  5363. Virtue-signaling pharisee celebrities
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  5364. China boasts about its low levels of inflation compared to the USA, but the massive pay cuts and "flexible employment" seem like it would be much more painful! Is there any way to rightly compare these situations?
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  5365.  @ChinaUpdate  It seems to me that CCP tactics would only serve to further hurt demand. Demoralizing those with "iron rice bowls" would have a trickle-down effect IMO. Can people even pay their current obligations?
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  5366. Yes, I’m personally sick of all the polarizing “narratives” and just want facts, but it seems that once-trusted institutions are now all just spinners with some agenda.
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  5367. For all those nearing retirement and a fixed income, food inflation is a RATIONAL cause for pessimism!
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  5368. The SoM chokepoint is the reason for BRI projects in Myanmar I think.
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  5369. LOL - Based on the title, I’d thought you were toeing the line of YouTube censorship of certain words. Imagine my disappointment to learn Soros is still using up precious oxygen.
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  5370. Consider posting special videos for members/supporters first as a perk, then releasing to the rest who are unable to support at a later time.
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  5371. 💩#2!
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  5372. Good question!
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  5373. The CCP is a cancer.
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  5374.  @tonysu8860  Just another cheap Chinese knockoff! 🤡
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  5375. Makes no sense that they left her alive when they killed both of the parents. That alone is suspicious. And why not call 911 as soon as she knew intruders were in the house.
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  5376. You need to listen to a greater variety of news sources.
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  5377. TBH, reliably INaccurate results are quite scary. What will machine learning learn when fed a steady stream of lies and propaganda?
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  5378. Japan's debt is transparent whereas 60% or more of China's is "unofficial." That is a HUGE difference!
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  5379.  @Ghandara-hg1gc  Of the $31+ trillion of the US debt, only $7.4 trillion is held by international investors. Your feelings are showing when you claim that "all countries have 'off-the-book' debt" and assert "the worst perps being Americans."
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  5380.  @Ghandara-hg1gc  Off-balance-sheet debt is not the same thing as hidden debt. Off-balance-sheet refers to things like projected future maintenance costs of roads and bridges or the future costs of a pension where payments will need to be made at some future points; money will eventually need to be spent but no obligations have been incurred (you didn't borrow any money yet) and possible funding could feasibly come from additional income that hasn't yet been received. Hidden debt implies that money has already actually been borrowed and interest payments are required. China has BOTH since they have a rapidly aging population (off-balance sheet debt) AND hidden debt - where money has already been borrowed but isn't being reported in official figures.
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  5381. My vote goes to the one with margaritas.
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  5382. The shortages won't be due to climate change but to government action/politics. That may well have been the case in other situations as well.
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  5383. At least in the UK, you can vote him out.
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  5384. The same word can be pronounced multiple ways depending on accent. Listen to sound clips of various words being pronounced by British versus American English speakers for example. Plus some companies will pronounce their name differently for foreign versus domestic audiences - Toyota for example.
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  5385. But, hey, they’ve probably got “Xi Thought” memorized from cover to cover!
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  5386.  @Grace2HelpInTmeOfNeedEvenIjits  That's true. What changed was that in the past they were malnourished and actually dying from a lack of calories, literally starving to death.
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  5387. Consider that the number of women who are uninterested in having children has doubled since 2019, that will bring the fertility rate down even more than the marriage numbers suggest. So not only are there fewer women of prime marriage age, even those who do marry look like they’re increasing opting not to have children. I’m wondering if this trend, which looks like it kicked in due to the horrors of zero-Covid, will be reversible. Opening up hasn’t restored the economy and the people have had a good taste of how quickly the government can crush their lives.
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  5388. Beginning juggler trying to juggle knives
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  5389. The little (Chinese) boy with his finger in the dyke was overwhelmed and could no longer hold back the floodwaters of people choosing to subscribe.
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  5390. The pursuit of integrity isn’t hopeless, only difficult. When integrity is achieved in greater measure, there is much less (and only momentary) confusion when shaken.
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  5391. The problem is GIGO - garbage in, garbage out. Feeding more of the same wrong intel will result in Artificial Insanity rather than Artificial Intelligence.
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  5392.  @KJSvitko  In many instances, they can NOT be produced locally or can only provide very limited amounts. Geography is a thing.
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  5393.  @albacan  If your employees aren't locked down and you've got electricity!
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  5394. Consider that the 2-births-per-woman replacement rate assumes that the genders are balanced which isn't the case in China. Those who were born before the one-child policy began and those after are likely balanced (diluting the true extent of the problem), but those of childbearing age are VERY unbalanced, perhaps as high as 3:1. So for China to be at replacement rate, each woman of childbearing age would need to give birth to 3-4 children to replace herself, her partner, and each male who is unable to find a wife!
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  5395. Tony isn’t the one doing it - blame YouTube because it happens on all channels.
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  5396.  @Dogsrcute823  Proof? How is he doing it on all the YouTube channels?
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  5397.  @Dogsrcute823  You can’t reason - as proved by your illogical assertions.
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  5398. No way am I voting for Harris. Rather not vote at all then have that commie in power. Not looking forward to 4 more years of TDS though.
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  5399. 🤔Can wumao tears disinfect streets as well as the pandemic control sprayers?
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  5400. But hardly dependent to the same degree - not even close!
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  5401.  @milosnestorovic1594  Interconnectedness today doesn’t equate to being interdependent.
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  5402.  @milosnestorovic1594  Interconnectedness is a reality today. Interdependence is NOT.
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  5403. You’d have to go to Taiwan for those - one more reason Taiwan must be defended!
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  5404. Tower of Babel 2.0
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  5405. Gambling was going on in Atlantic City since the 1800s - long before Trump. It was always a permissive environment, a forerunner to Las Vegas.
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  5406. Likewise!
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  5407. I’d love to revisit this comment in 2025! What’s the penalty to you if your prophecy turns out to be wrong, at least in the timing if not in the substance?
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  5408.  @gterhorst  If the bad news stops, I’d attribute that to censorship and that wouldn’t result in an upside but a continued downward spiral.
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  5409. All that glitters is not gold! Gold-plated tofu?
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  5410. Ouch!
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  5411. I suspect the Chinese government HAS fiddled and that even these bad figures are far better than the reality!
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  5412. ENSO isn't that predictable. There could just be normal upwelling without either El Nino or La Nina conditions.
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  5413. And how naive do you have to be that Russia wont’ continue their aggressions after Georgia in 2008 and Crimea in 2014? How naive to you have to be to allow in the flood of migrants under Merkel? The pattern tells me that Germany’s leaders are very naive!
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  5414.  @manvsmachine1  There is cheap as in undervalued and cheap as in not having any value. Undervalued would be a good purchase but I doubt that’s the case since Xi can do whatever on a whim to kill a company or sector.
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  5415. Thankfully, there is a hell. She will not escape eternal justice!
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  5416. True, but taking advantage of opportunity is high up on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. When the people are food insecure and have difficulty finding/keeping jobs (or not getting paid for several months for the jobs they have), it doesn’t foster the qualities needed.
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  5417. Muslims are the biggest killers of Muslims normally. They only have pseudo-peace when temporarily united against someone else.
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  5418. It's almost like too much social spending will attract more of the wrong kinds of people - and I'm talking about values here not ethnicity!
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  5419. Cause for concern that so many bad actors are banding together IMO.
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  5420. Ugly buildings conform to the communist archetype very well!
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  5421. Appearances can be deceiving!
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  5422. War is hell. 战争是地狱
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  5423. Keep in mind that now Ukraine was a net EXPORTER To the rest of the world, so this time, it won't be JUST the Ukrainians that will face hunger because of Russia's actions, but also all those who relied on Ukrainian wheat and cooking oil.
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  5424.  @dongshengdi773  Fair-weather friends that will turn on China when it suits them.
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  5425. More likely the CCP commanding the SOEs and their banks to purchase ahead of 75 year anniversary is causing the price surge. Foreign money would require transparency and independent audits of Chinese firms to invest and it wouldn’t happen so swiftly.
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  5426. Don’t confuse the US insistence that allies pull their own weight to defend themselves with the US not honoring their treaties.
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  5427. June 4, 1989 massacre - but how can we give these lockdowns a date when they've stretched over months? How long will the Chinese people suffer under CCP rule?
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  5428. All the hacking and espionage is like a back-handed compliment and an admission of CCP inferiority. Even still, I hope this massively backfires against them for their IP thefts and speeds decoupling from everything under CCP influence.
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  5429. Would you want a world ruled by China? Think about that and you SHOULD care.
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  5430.  @taiwanisacountry  Why report something like that? What category of offense? Are you opposed to strengthening democracies or defending against authoritarianism? I read your comments all the time and they’ve been deteriorating of late; I’m concerned about you.
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  5431. Atlantis 2.0
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  5432. “people who do not want to become Americans” - that’s a very good description of the type that needs to be kept out
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  5433. LOL - No mention of supply chain disruptions inhibiting vital supplies like N95 masks, pharmaceuticals, and active ingredients to manufacture drugs. Even Bill Gates wouldn't have been prepared for the WuFlu.
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  5434. Thumbs up for that last word picture!
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  5435. I sincerely hope you’re right.
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  5436. Putin's BFF, Xi, must be so insulted by Russia buying from Iran and North Korea!
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  5437. Floating out to the ocean where salt water will corrode the batteries  @powershift2025 
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  5438. Especially when you consider how much of the population isn't even educated to the high school level, how the education that exists crushes creativity and independent thinking, and how much of what China has developed was through IP theft.
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  5439. It's a feature of the robo taxis to check for pedestrians that aren't making their mortgage payments or have engaged in any protests!
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  5440. Loan sharks are used by those who don't qualify to get loans from banks. They are charged higher rates of interest for the money they get because they are recognized to be credit risks.
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  5441.  @DK-ev9dg  Why? Is that a problem for you?
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  5442. China Customs Authority records contradict the import/export numbers of every other nation, so you know they must be entirely made up. Only those behind the firewall could possibly believe them.
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  5443. Unless the population is “wise, restrained and generous,” where will they get such leaders?
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  5444. A tightrope across a pit of hungry dragons!
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  5445. The Pennsylvania state supreme court VIOLATED the US Constitution. 2019 Act 77. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPzUxp5er8Q
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  5446. Lying is rhetoric. Redefining words to mean their exact opposite isn’t rhetoric.
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  5447. It's not the people, it's the form of government. Haven't you noticed that democratic governments are banding together REGARDLESS of race? Haven't you noticed that democracies are banding together against Russia, which is also largely white? Are you blind or merely selective of news choosing only that which feeds YOUR prejudices against whites?
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  5448. If I’d had food in my mouth, I would have chocked at that claim!
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  5449. Hate makes people stupid.
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  5450.  @amerixantrash3620  Thanks to shady bookkeeping practices.
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  5451. Feasibility studies and cost-benefit analysis stops stupid ideas BEFORE a lot of money is spent. The inventiveness still exists but in a sane manner.
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  5452. More like 99% of the population. 20 million train trips / 1 billion people (using the more likely actual population) is only 2% of people on the mainland buying tickets. Or if each person bought a ticket out and a ticket for the return, that’s only 1% of people buying. If this is the GOOD news, that’s hardly encouraging!
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  5453.  @kenbehrens5778  Those organizations use the information for China provided to them by the CCP - and we know that those are imaginary numbers.
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  5454. Everything bad gets dumped on local governments - they are like a harem of battered wives of the abusive central-government husband.
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  5455. @zuiko glass Checks and balances and a Bill of Rights will prevent that from ever happening. Those claims can't be made by mainland China.
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  5456. That was a very good list, and very well presented!
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  5457.  @nelsonjackson5718  Maybe shoot them and set up an explosion using a time delay so that the appointment would serve as an alibi?
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  5458. Yes, a balanced equation would be best.
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  5459. And THIS is why human males invented the alarm clock.
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  5460. That appears to be exactly what the CCP is doing based on what they write in their state-run media. Was China ever really #2? They certainly won’t beat the US in economy.
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  5461. Diversity Inclusion Equity And that spells DIE. How appropriate!
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  5462. A CCP-built underwater tunnel - I’d have to be suicidal to even consider boarding a train going through it!
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  5463. But nowhere as Xi-tty as in China under the CCP!
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  5464. Joke Biden for Prison 2020!
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  5465. Oh, man, really?!
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  5466. I doubt your assertion. There are upsides and downsides, but there is also a sweet spot where you get the maximum good possible with the least pain.
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  5467.  @yd2206  Why is “not finding a job after graduation not unemployment?” Aren’t people expected to work after they graduate? The difficulty of finding a job for recent college graduates is the problem being discussed.
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  5468.  @trenvert123  I understand that all rural people are counted as fully employed because survival is precarious so that if you don’t work, you starve. But I’m passing on what I’ve gleaned from other channels covering China and since there are several, I can’t pinpoint the source.
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  5469. Perhaps a do-it-yourself century of humiliation?
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  5470.  @jennyfromtheblock.7153  Wow, it’s amazing how differently people can view things based on where they’re getting their news. Many would have replaced the proper nouns in the first part of that sentence “ . . . while they lie constantly and plot to destroy our democracy.” Maybe getting out of an information bubble to hear both sides should be more of a priority.
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  5471. How else can they hit the CCP GDP growth targets if they don't have to keep RE-building?
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  5472. Greed was certainly a contributor, but there’s more to it than that. Pride, ideology, naivety, lack of appreciation for deeply ingrained cultural differences, etc. all are part and there’s nothing to be gained by oversimplifying this.
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  5473. And the "FDA Approved" is in a MUCH bigger font than the "Made in China."
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  5474. Maybe confusing Tony with Serpenza? Serpenza is from South Africa and is also both white and fluent in Chinese.
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  5475. To not take a side is to welcome one world under sharia law because that is the aim; killing all the Jews is just the first step.
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  5476. Which would escalate to fighting with nukes by the narcissists in charge of authoritarian regimes.
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  5477. Oh, to be a fly on the wall when Putin must explain to Xi why Russia is purchasing drones from Iran and ammunition from North Korea instead of his BFF!
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  5478. But keep the nanny since Xi insists you have children.
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  5479. . . . I looked and saw a black horse, and he who sat on it holding a pair of scales in his hand. And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a day’s wage, and three quarts of barley for a day’s wage. . .” Revelation 6:5-6
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  5480. The CCP elites are the rats in the walls, so yeah.
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  5481. Biting the hand that fed them to be sure!
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  5482.  @danpen717  draconian (dreɪˈkəʊnɪən) or draconic adj (sometimes capital) 1. of or relating to Draco, 7th-century Athenian statesman and lawmaker, or his code of laws, which prescribed death for almost every offence 2. harsh: draconian legislation. Nope, no dragons.
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  5483.  @Chevroletcelebrity  What makes you feel bad is an inspiration to others. What makes one person "better" (or "worse") than another isn't their circumstances but what they've done IN SPITE of their circumstances. Some of us are grateful when others share ideas because they might work for us, too. There are a lot of people who are facing having to care for an aging parent, elderly relative, or special needs child who wants a bit of independence (more than just a bedroom in our house) but needs daily monitoring/support.
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  5484.  @Chevroletcelebrity  You don’t have to listen if you don’t want to, but don’t hold what you want as the standard for everyone to follow.
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  5485.  @DDDrumpf  At least in the US, there are plenty of non-profit organizations, often religious, that offer relief. If the equivalent exists in China, I’m ready to be informed!
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  5486.  @DDDrumpf  The homeless people on the streets of Chyna are too! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdC9xube-2c
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  5487. No CC the past couple of days. What’s going on?
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  5488. Plus their “no strings attached” loans come at significantly higher interest rates than any they could receive from the IMF.
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  5489. Corruption and lack of stability - what the DNC wants to bring to America.
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  5490. The problem is with more than the analysis, it is that the numbers get padded at each level in order to look good to those above you. In the case of debt, they go “off the books” to hide how bad it is. Or in the case of population, overstating how many people are in an area in order to collect more “per head” funds from central authorities. Where there is disincentive to be honest, the numbers won’t be reliable.
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  5491. This would be a good time to get in touch with my inner xenophobic hermit tendencies.
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  5492.  @Leshic2  I've been thinking the same thing - that's it's less about Covid and more about controlling the people.
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  5493. No surprise - except that the marriage lasted 7 years!
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  5494. It certainly was awkward!
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  5495. NYC is going the way of Gary, Indiana.
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  5496. With the CCP (and politicians in general) having a tendency to "kick the can down the road," I really don't think so.
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  5497. Not TO China, but WITHIN China. Even the Chinese don't want to risk a lockdown situation away from home. That is why they're having problems delivering supplies - truckers get locked down or quarantined when crossing province borders and any perishable supplies end up rotting.
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  5498. The CCP has NEVER cared about the people - the ONLY priority of the CCP is retaining power.
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  5499.  @tonysu8860  Many of the current “experts” are in an elitist bubble and have lost touch with reality. Smart people can quickly learn the ropes.
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  5500. "But I was a child and, thus, an idiot" - best line ever!
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  5501. I had to laugh at providing "967 constructive recommendations" as evidence that "they are committed to staying and improving the business environment."
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  5502. Refugee camps. I saw some footage in a different video. Sorry that I can't provide a link since I've watched quite a few.
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  5503.  @dongshengdi773  Can't let the Bitcoin spambots edge you out, huh? 😉
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  5504. Everyone knows you get paid 50 cents.
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  5505. Even during the US-USSR cold war, there was a direct line of communication to prevent a hot war from erupting. That the CCP refuses to have such in place tells you a lot about their intentions!
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  5506. 20 million train trips / 1 billion people (using the more likely actual population) is only 2% of people on the mainland buying tickets. Or if each person bought a ticket out and a ticket for the return, that’s only 1% of people buying. If this is the GOOD news, that’s hardly encouraging!
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  5507. The way the CCP does accounting, they probably didn’t include the minus sign: 3 + -3 = 0, not 6.
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  5508. How many died of Covid and how many people died of ZERO Covid policy? That is what I'd love to know. Starving, suicide, murder because of being trapped in a small space with people who are driving you crazy - Xi's "solution" may be the problem.
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  5509. 2020 watches video. Furiously scribbles notes.
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  5510. The money tap no longer works so no more benefit in shilling.
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  5511. I think it is a combination of “skills mismatch” and a preference for experienced workers that is driving this.
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  5512. Perhaps they only considered the number of personnel and not the competence?
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  5513. Could the depositor funds be what the CCP used to fund the Belt & Road? If so, good luck getting your capital back let alone getting it back with interest!
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  5514. The unpleasant truth: To suck up to our dad for a job versus living in our mom's basement is a tough decision.
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  5515. Xi = Mao x 10 - just give him more time and Xi will outdo his predecessor.
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  5516. The enemy is willing to attack the faithful using various proxies, be it Islam, Marxism, atheism, and even from wolves in sheep's clothing. If you’re expecting an attack from only one position, you’re much more likely to get ambushed, so be careful.
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  5517. Why stoop to their level?
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  5518. Well, we seem to have gone from a high demand for potash to a high demand for pot.
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  5519.  @bobwatson8754  Honest reporting should break people out of being “locked in.” An informed perspective should shift with new/better/more complete information.
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  5520.  @bobwatson8754  Paradigm shifts aren’t pleasant to be sure. But I think it’s often about getting trapped in an algorithmic information bubble - something previous generations didn’t have to contend with. Like a video and YouTube offers you more of the same if it can - fortunately there are only so many people making videos on wilderness survival in the Highlands using traditional Scottish kit. 😉
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  5521. I wouldn’t say nobody - it seems corrupt, authoritarian governments like the CCP very well!
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  5522. Coming DOWN from the nadir! Hahaha, just what I’d expect from a communist regime that hasn’t yet realized just how much farther they can fall.
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  5523.  @jillybe1873  Then how about "free-er" world since the US is still much higher on the spectrum than nations like China, North Korea, or Afghanistan as a few examples? Even during lockdowns, no one in the US was welded into their homes, dragged off to quarantine facilities, or had their homes confiscated on two-days notice in the middle of lockdowns in order to create new quarantine locations.
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  5524. China had to quarantine the best athletes from other nations to do that. In a fair competition, would China have won anything?
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  5525. But only 5% of the estimated deposits are proven which would explain why the CCP is going for coal instead.
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  5526. LOL - Love the ending: Are you stupid? Or just evil?
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  5527. TWO CASES in humans in the US. Don’t spread foolishness!
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  5528.  @Seven.Heavenly.Sins.666  NOT in humans. In humans, there have been only TWO cases.
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  5529. Nice to see your face from time to time!
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  5530. CCP suffers from the Dunning-Krueger thing - they don't know how much they don't know!
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  5531. One-party hive mind
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  5532.  @p.r.167  There won't be exports without the needed inputs. It does go both ways, as you pointed out, but you're wrong to give equal weight to both sides - this isn't an equation. Also, with other currencies also going down, the Yuan would have to be lower than others, not just the USD, to be competitive.
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  5533. Possibly just shipping out whatever they can before tariffs kick in
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  5534. Repentance is the answer unless you're dealing with a psychopath, then you must distance yourself and eliminate that person/entity from your life as much as it's in your power to do so.
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  5535. "Educated people" = successfully brainwashed in CCP propaganda.
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  5536. West Nile virus - a reminder of the good old days when you didn’t have to be PC when naming a pathogen. Wuhan anyone?
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  5537.  @oldernu1250  Wow! That’s a shocking level of debt that China is carrying - especially for a country that relies on imported food and fuel.
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  5538. Oh, wow! I'll be sure to read your comments from now on. With that kind of personal history, your insights will be worth hearing.
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  5539.  @raimundomartin5459  Wow!
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  5540. Yes, they’re working to produce “robots” that Walt Disney had 60 years ago in his theme parks.
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  5541. Exactly! The "prove employment to graduate" approach will only hide the true extent of the unemployment situation because of fake certificates. It will probably make it even worse for the recent graduates to find jobs. As for the fake proofs, I'd bet it will also backfire on companies providing them when taxes are levied and the numbers of employees don't sync.
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  5542.  @taiwanisacountry  Oh, wow! That's crazy! No wonder they've been using land-use sales to fund the government.
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  5543.  @paulstubbs7678  Far from it! Look beyond the Potemkin Village.
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  5544. Considering that China has no bankruptcy protection, those 200,000 is a sign of EXTREME desperation/inability to pay and that alone makes it a more dire situation in China than the US. Those people are now out of a home AND MUST STILL PAY BACK THE MORTGAGE.
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  5545. Sure, all that’s needed is a completely different human nature - so simple. 🙄
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  5546. They must work for the "glory of the party!"
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  5547. Halal organ transplants for Muslim elites?
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  5548. Then explain why he included several quotes today from the State-Run Global Times?  @DK-ev9dg  Is the CCP also a “western propaganda mouth piece”?
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  5549. LOL - yeah, your propaganda recommendation is so "coherent, balanced, and informed," that you can't even recognize good reporting.
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  5550.  @albacan  It's very obvious that you're using the projection defense mechanism.
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  5551. OFFENSIVE!
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  5552. I agree. Every nation should strive for food self-sufficiency for basics and trade should be for surpluses and more exotic items that can't be grown locally. That way people don't starve when times are hard and can enjoy more variety when times are good.
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  5553. Until a garage burns down in your neighborhood thanks to someone’s EV - then there are many cheap used EVs suddenly for sale in the local area.
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  5554.  @kevinu.k.7042  Australia weathered the backlash from the CCP when they asked for an investigation into the origins of Covid so Australia is now in a better position than previously - assuming they don’t re-engage with China.
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  5555. . . . it’s time to make some popcorn and enjoy the show!
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  5556.  @harmless6813  I think the people of Europe do, but their politicians, not so much.
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  5557. Perhaps a problem on your end? I’ve never noticed any focus issues.
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  5558. I’ve concluded that “Chinese characteristics” is code for fraud/corruption.
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  5559. What a horrible host.
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  5560.  @ChinaUpdate  No rest for those reporting on the wicked CCP!
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  5561.  @jerryrichardson2799  ??? What are you on about? I certainly don’t hate the Constitution (though I’d never vote for Biden), but what does that have to do with China stocks being down since 2015?
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  5562. They probably only count CCP cadres.
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  5563. CCP logic clearly dictates that the "needs of the party members outweigh the needs of the many." Citizens of the mainland are only leeks to be harvested.
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  5564. It’s amazing when you consider that when Korea was divided, the North held the better economic hand, but communism plays economic cards poorly. Communism is deluded about human nature.
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  5565. No, I think it is because people in the past claimed it isn’t a word  @stephenmarks9081 
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  5566. Respect to the human body that can undergo such abuse and still repair itself!
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  5567. China complains about EVERYTHING American. USA is the scapegoat blamed for anything unpleasant that the people of China are experiencing.
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  5568.  @skydragon23101979  International agreement does not define the Taiwan Strait but places its waters within the South China Sea.
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  5569.  @skydragon23101979  The US brokered the agreement.
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  5570.  @skydragon23101979  I think it's the other way around - the US will be more aggressive if China keeps testing the limits of the gray area - which PRC has been doing since 1999.
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  5571. Good one! I'll have to remember that.
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  5572. Just like that property market before it went bankrupt, huh?
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  5573.  @billybobhobnob101  Stuff (housing) instead of money turned out to be a gamble with the property sector. They had a long “winning streak” but it was still a crap shoot.
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  5574. With the demographic dividend already reaped, and the population declining in age and willingness to have children, this will not end well. Consider that Japan is the third biggest economy in the world with just a tiny fraction of China's population and you can see which direction CCP China is heading.
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  5575. And China is a political albatross around Pakistan's neck. But I'm concerned for India having this team sandwiching them from both sides!
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  5576. Human beings also have planned obsolescence - it's called death.
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  5577. Give a kid a cardboard box, scissors, and tape. Okay, maybe these days, they may need you to give them some ideas AT FIRST, but before you know it, they'll be entertaining themselves every time Amazon delivers. I wonder how many future employers would love a creative self-starter? Fabric scraps, scissors, and glue is another great combination.
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  5578. "...extend their shelf life, but reduce yours." Such an impactful statement!
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  5579. I though food was the one thing in China that WASN’T facing deflation?
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  5580. China's economy is already crippled. This would be shooting the crutch out from under the cripple!
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  5581.  @horridohobbies  China is self-deluded to think they are in better shape. The West has the needed freedom to correct course, not the “stability” to maintain a foolish path.
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  5582. “Patriotic Education Law” = “How to avoid getting your organs harvested by pretending you’re patriotic”
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  5583.  @tlocalgary  Must get lonely
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  5584.  @DK-ev9dg  If you believe China is so good, why are you in Europe? Are you a hypocrite or a liar?
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  5585. The goat (Javan/Asia Minor/Turkey) and the ram (Persia/Iran) are getting ready to fulfill the prophecy of Daniel.
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  5586. VERY large risk factor. It’s almost like CCP “corruption crackdowns” are to ensure MORE corruption rather than less.
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  5587. If “let it rot” continues, it may take another generation. Lost motivation/ambition is very difficult to recover from, especially if past the age of having children to carry on. And that means that the demographic decline will gain traction with only a small portion of the population being hopeful enough to have kids.
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  5588. When college students can be this stupid, I have little hope for the future of humanity.
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  5589. Really? Are there any historical precedents for that assertion about dramatic population reduction having benefits?
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  5590. The first part was like watching a tennis match the way it bounced from coast to coast and back again.
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  5591. Financial contagion through dumping
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  5592.  Alex  I think China qualifies for multiple disorders. Sociopathic, toxic narcissism thy name is CCP!
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  5593. Excuse me while I go kiss my cats.
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  5594.  @coraltown1  Interesting. I’ve formed the opinion that the left of center are much more authoritarian than the right of center. I’m independent, but the right has a diversity of opinion that doesn’t seem to be allowed on the left. If only the US would go back to having a real CENTER position!
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  5595.  @juhajuntunen7866  Hmmm. With China’s demographic situation, can they still produce enough piss to turn a sea yellow?
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  5596. LOL - yeah, and virtual tulips would be a whole lot prettier!
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  5597.  @jamesdallas1493  Ah, so THAT’s how they get their growth rate stats! GDP = Great Dictator’s Proportions
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  5598. Yeah, I was expecting her hair to be pure white!
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  5599. I see that as one of two possible motivations. The other is the desire for a parallel system that would allow bad actors a refuge when they are shunned for doing something dastardly. I’m undecided on which is the motivator. Perhaps they’re not even sure themselves? It seems like there’s some backscratching going on with North Korea, Iran, Russia, China but no true loyalty.
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  5600. When 600,000 people in China earn less than $150/month, I can understand someone getting paid to start a line! Desperate people do desperate things.
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  5601. Who needs legitimacy when you've got the PLA?
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  5602.  @avmail7097  Without the US protecting shipping routes, China would have NO trading partners. China only entered the world economy when the US invited them in and China is VERY foolish to consider the US a "partner" when the US is, in reality, China's "benefactor."
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  5603. and then along came the CCP and the “cultural revolution” to destroy all that. Sad.
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  5604.  @DK-gj5sp  Easy to get high approval when those who disapprove would be imprisoned. 96% have no courage.
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  5605. In a deflationary environment, even people who HAVE money to spend will delay purchases waiting for prices to go down even farther. It is a spiral that is very difficult to break if allowed to happen.
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  5606.  @thanasis-_-  Which is pretty much everything other than food and fuel purchased DAILY to avoid overspending. Why buy two loaves of bread at today’s price when you can get the second loaf tomorrow at a steep discount? (Assuming there isn’t a famine, of course, but then you’d better be able to protect what you have from those who are quite willing to take it from you - probably the CCP cadre near you.)
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  5607. How is China’s system outperforming? Ponzi schemes always seem to be doing well - until they don’t!
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  5608. I don't think it's either. In a pride/shame culture, the CCP can't admit that they've taken the wrong approach - not after they've presented themselves as having a superior way of dealing with Covid or denigrating the approach of other nations. Changing course would be admitting they were wrong and they just can't do that.
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  5609. The hygiene of teenage boys is already scary; no need to fear spiders.
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  5610. Communism has everything belonging to the state and a centrally-planned economy. They only sell “land use rights” for a specified period of time so even buying a home in CCP China is just a long-term lease.
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  5611. Lengthy post, but well worth the read!
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  5612.  @MRT-co1sd  Someone appears to think that anyone lacking their own obstinance is "impatient."
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  5613. And now they’ve also convinced that investing in property is fraught with financial peril. What’s a leek to do?
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  5614. Even the police and army have family and friends that they may actually care about, so who knows? That may be why Xi is so paranoid and has done so many purges  @YourHineyness 
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  5615. With 25% of the global GDP, the US is in the best position of any nation.
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  5616. Value-added comment. Liked!
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  5617. Why the same comment each time? Lazy wumao or bot - that is the question!
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  5618. Your comment’s last line made me think of Mickey Mouse in The Sorcerer’s Apprentice.
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  5619. Time to invest in carrier pigeons, flint and steel.
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  5620.  @skydragon23101979  What student in their right mind would want a teacher that brings out the worst in them by fueling any tendency to corruption, feeds them a steady diet of misinformation, and withholds true info? Who wants a mentor that crushes their hope so that they must lie, cheat, and steal just to survive? Since that’s how the CCP treats their cadres, it trickles down to ordinary mainland Chinese.
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  5621.  @Ghandara-hg1gc  Who wants land that the CCP allowed to become so horribly polluted/degraded? It isn’t “priceless.” The question is only how worthless it has become.
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  5622. Cryin' won't help you, prayin' won't do you no good
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  5623. The fascinating horror of watching it unfold is rather addictive!
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  5624.  @madamesaundere  Chinese youth on the mainland.
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  5625.  @madamesaundere  I see it as an attitude of extreme hopelessness - young people just breathing, waiting to die.
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  5626. We may not be surprised, but it is still good to be informed.
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  5627.  @skydragon23101979  There were very few lockdowns in Africa and South America; the weather south of the equator had an impact on the trajectory of Covid if I recall correctly.
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  5628.  @skydragon23101979  I'm referring back to the original Covid back in 2020 when no one knew what they were up against. That was when the developed world tried to "flatten the curve" with lockdowns and took measures to protect their citizens from the economic impact through stimulus, etc.
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  5629.  @skydragon23101979  My point is that only those that locked down needed to bounce back. That recovery was achieved early on by financially supporting people and businesses that were undergoing lockdown. Countries that didn't lock down weren't economically impacted by the inability to work. Even supply chain disruptions didn't have as devastating an economic impact as lockdowns did.
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  5630. Calls them horrible people while she’s the one threatening murder. That chick needs to look in the mirror and take Michael Jackson’s advice to change her ways.
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  5631. The CCP never provides their wumao with reliable information just in case they’re smart enough to figure out that China is in far worse shape. The yearly interest on US national debt is $213 billion, not “over $1 trillion.” And if you include the local debt for China (which is MUCH higher than the state debt within the US) - guess what? - CHINA has more total debt than the US, but with less GDP even with the greatly exaggerated official CCP numbers. You’ll lose any money that you put on China.
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  5632. Or you don't need or want what is being offered. But otherwise, I agree with you!
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  5633. Scientific misconduct becomes even worse when public health recommendations are based on industry-sponsored fraud.
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  5634. I’m sad to admit you’re right. What’s with them?
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  5635. Wealthy Chinese wouldn't dare keep their money on the mainland subject to the whims of the CCP.
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  5636. Enjoy your 50 cents!
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  5637. Rather reminded me of the old-fashioned typewriters with the return carriage.
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  5638.  @weissmorris8822  Putin seriously underestimated Europe’s resolve not to be blackmailed by Russian oil/gas. He thought he had the EU over a barrel.
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  5639. And when they tested rats with a choice of cocaine-laced water or sugar-laced water, the rats chose the sugar - it proved to be even more addictive than cocaine. Sugar is "the other white powder" and it is legal to give to children.
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  5640.  @egd277  Thank the WEF for the coming global famine they are causing.
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  5641. Hatred of Jews is a symptom of a deeper hatred against The Creator who gave the world His Torah. It is a Satanic hatred.
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  5642. I love the logo/title "The Whole Body" which is immediately cut in two and split apart.
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  5643.  @notinterested8452  All culture created by Britain was overturned by Mao. This widespread corruption is his doing and Xi is following in his footsteps.
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  5644.  @kennethli8  Great! Do you think you understand both languages equally well? I think that would be necessary to ensure that the translation is true and not biased toward one side or the other.
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  5645. "The Pig-Farmer Emperor" sounds like a good name for a children's book.
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  5646. With a pension payment of $250 RMB per month, it's far from cheap enough!
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  5647. Step 1: Cosmetic surgery (I bet these training camps were begun by plastic surgeons. It doesn't matter if their trainees succeed since they've already made their money with step 1.)
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  5648. I can easily picture Harris having a nervous breakdown - something about her laugh.
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  5649. Tony is fluent in Mandarin so perhaps he wisely sticks to what he knows. If you want info on other topics, why are you watching CHINA Update?
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  5650. By that point, her looks will be gone. For her, that may be the harshest penalty imaginable.
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  5651. Yes, but it’s important to know what the domestic audience is hearing.
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  5652. Those who watch regularly would have caught that and are capable of understanding the significance of 1/3 from an already low base. Tony is able to provide such info safely by refraining from giving his own opinion, but simply quoting other sources.
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  5653.  @Twiceonasunday  The low base was 2021 and I'm sure you already realize that since you stated that it would be down on 2020 and 2019. It's been a downward spiral for several years now.
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  5654. This assumes that both parents in a two-parent family have the same style. My own experience says this isn't so and I can only imagine how complicated things become when step-parents and grandparents are also involved!
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  5655. And in China, you can’t even spend what you earn when you don’t get paid for months at a time!
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  5656. Very frothy indeed!
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  5657. I think this solves the mystery about why he wasn't promoted in 10 years - SO STUPID! Now the mystery is why this guy still had a job at all?
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  5658. Government debt is the problem like the LGFV. Private citizens and business people tend to be smarter with their money than politicians are.
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  5659.  @Leshic2  🤡
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  5660. You misspelled XI
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  5661. We all know that CCP numbers are fake, but it still tells us something when even those are bad.
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  5662.  @DK-ev9dg  Yes, so humble to bend over and take it in the rear from their delusional leader.
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  5663. As long as forced organ harvesting exists in China, Xi will last longer than just this decade. Jiang Zemin died at 96 and Xi is only 71.
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  5664.  @skydragon23101979  How does it improve the lives of those who are killed or injured when it collapses?
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  5665. Duck becomes a flight risk instead of tasty dish!
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  5666. Far more housing than the population needs and many properties that have been paid for yet remain unbuilt shows the Ponzi scheme reason for why they rose in the first place. People were BETTING that the prices would only go up and now they know that isn’t so.
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  5667. In a nutshell!
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  5668. That dictator has reduced the mainland population by about 1/3 according to calculations made. 800-900 million is more likely the case now. But, yeah, definitely a dictator.
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  5669. Communism always runs out of other people’s money and must expand until there is nothing left to take.
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  5670. Pooh Bear offended!
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  5671. Not over the USA since the US is energy independent. The US only imports oil in order to refine it and then sell it elsewhere at a profit.
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  5672. Yes, CCP China reminds me of a kindergartener who can’t stay within the lines when coloring a map then gets offended if that’s pointed out.
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  5673. 2020: The year everyone became guinea pigs for this research.
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  5674. As open source as those airlines that transported COVID-19 to the world. Whenever China appears generous and open, the wise will beware the Trojan horse.
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  5675. I wonder how that compares to the assets that were in Russia prior to the invasion of Ukraine. Putin was taken by surprise at how quickly Western countries were willing to abandon and pull out. Do you have any info on that for comparison?
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  5676. Well, statistically, 1/2 the world’s population would be sub-100 IQ, regardless of spoken language. Dunning-Kruger effect doesn’t help since they are the very one’s who likely think they’re brighter than average!
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  5677. Yep - the coordination of a toddler along with the temper tantrums and inability to see beyond current desires.
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  5678. Personally, I see bad as a distortion/corruption of the good so theoretically, good CAN exist without bad but not the other way around.
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  5679. He's getting much info from Peter Zeihan who is left-leaning, much as he tries to hide it.
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  5680.  @pup838  IKR? Offending both sides is a good indicator that he's likely speaking the truth.
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  5681. ASML seems like a pretty safe bet and I've got 10 shares of their stock for that very reason.
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  5682. Eduard Qualls, I always enjoy reading your value-added comments!
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  5683. Cracking down on free speech on line in cracking down on free speech PERIOD.
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  5684. Not Asian - Han Chinese
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  5685. Xi: You dare question my wisdom?! Red health code for you!
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  5686. Meow-day! Weapons of Mouse Destruction detected on board!
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  5687. Sounds like a business opportunity for you, Tim!
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  5688. Israel offered a Palestinian state on FIVE previous occasions and the Arab League rejected every time. Look up the “3 nos” - No recognition of Israel, No negotiations with Israel, No peace with Israel. Any “Palestinian state” at this point must be seen for what it will be - a launching site for the complete annihilation of Israel. And the timing of the Hamas attack is interesting in the face of the Abrahamic Accords that were slowly eroding the “3 nos."
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  5689.  @jaydee6268  Forgiveness is one thing, allowing yourself to be annihilated is another. I think it is possible to be forgiving without falling on your sword to make it easier for those who want to slaughter you.
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  5690. Speak for yourself. Many of us DO want to know because the CCP isn’t necessarily rational or facts driven.
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  5691. Their official population is massively overstated and aging rapidly - that will hurt China for DECADES.
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  5692. It makes me think “thou shalt not covet” is a wise command.
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  5693. When half the people he believes he can trust are incompetent, that says SO MUCH about Putin!
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  5694.  @sayamalu2495  I think it's more likely the opposite. The more time one spends on tech, the more they're getting exposed to the state-run social media narratives. The pink army is mostly younger people. But it is a close thing: More time on social media versus more time over the course of one's life to absorb the propaganda.
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  5695. The whole HVAC system is broken - burn down the house. But why stop there? Burn down the neighborhood and replace homes with dog houses to reduce the evil carbon footprint.
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  5696.  @BRIGGS2710  Naw, you'd just be forced to share your wealth with them or they will go for your throat.
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  5697.  @BRIGGS2710  LOL - We'll see how long you can outrun them. Dogs will beat you in speed and stamina, but they'll likely just chase you off and take over the dog house.
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  5698. Yes, "pride goes before the fall and a haughty spirit before destruction."
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  5699. I’d be happy to pay more for better quality and hope for more non-China-made options, especially for things like common appliances. Pay 50% more but have it last 3-4 times longer is the better deal! I’d be better off keeping the “antiques” my parent’s had then buying stuff that’s on the markets now.
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  5700. There are some who never keep their promises and the track record of broken promises is eventually recognized. Let’s hope everyone has woken up to the CCP’s record.
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  5701. On China Update?
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  5702. Judging by the "laying flat" and "let it rot" themes among the younger people of China, I don't think they are feeling anything like hope. It sounds to me like depression on a generational level. They see no hope for the future and are giving up.
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  5703. Don't test - yep, zero cases!
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  5704. “Sell the blip!"
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  5705. Tofu-dreg biolabs are the greater concern IMO. The saving grace is that it will impact the mainland before it impacts the rest of the world - and there’s hope we learned in 2019/2020 NOT TO TRUST the CCP or their mouthpiece in the WHO.
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  5706. Two-meter distance determines your existence - But let's reduce the number of trains so that people are packed into the point of being unable to move!
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  5707. Japan had options, which until then hadn't been tried before, like quantitative easing, and still ended up with 3 decades of stagflation.
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  5708. I've always heard his name pronounced as MAD-off, but MADE-off is a perfect description! I love your humor.
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  5709. And this is how Felix Unger was born!
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  5710.  @YourHineyness  With China’s rapidly aging population and demographic issues, the longer the US waits, the weaker China becomes. Why fight someone who’s terminally ill?
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  5711.  @davidt4672  NOT everyone. I'm hearing impaired and consider myself fortunate to be able to communicate well in just ONE verbal-auditory language.
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  5712. Unless, like Cassandra, you’re always right but no one ever believes you.
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  5713. You’re a really good interviewer! You’ve obviously done some research before going there, you’re able to “feel out” the people and situations, and you display discernment, discretion and kindness while attempting to give us a true and complete picture of what this place and its people are really like. Thank you for this!
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  5714. The enemy is willing to attack the faithful using various proxies, be it Islam, Marxism, atheism, and even from wolves in sheep's clothing. If you’re expecting an attack from only one position, you’re much more likely to get ambushed, so be careful.
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  5715. People were starving because Mao was EXPORTING their food to boost China's GDP.
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  5716.  @Mattsta2010  💩
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  5717. Health from good food is very different than disease from bad food.
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  5718. With the CCP firewall and control over social media, it isn't surprising that people are blind. All a thinking person can do is compare what they're seeing/experiencing for themselves against what they're being told. When the cognitive dissonance gets to be too much, something snaps.
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  5719. As someone else wisely recognized, they will use oppression to justify terrorism, then use terrorism to justify oppression.
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  5720.  @samsonsoturian6013  The reason the fraud gets revealed is because it’s traceable or the data manipulation is clear.
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  5721. The key is “ever recorded” which isn’t very long in the scheme of things. We may well be simply "reverting to the mean.” Haven’t ice core samples indicated that CO2 levels have been higher in the past? That said, our modern civilizations are ill equipped to handle this. We’ve grown soft and weak.
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  5722.  @danielbarnes3406  Indeed, we all have the potential to be honorable and many may be honorable in the face of the pressure toward corruption. That is TRUE honor. If you must wait for encouragement to do what is right, that isn't a good sign of who you really are as a person.
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  5723. This was an unwitting study in human hubris, but we never learn.
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  5724. The CCP is corrupt to the bone and too many ordinary people on the mainland have also become corrupted. The extent of what they will do to fool one another is shocking. It’s like people don’t care who they harm as long as it can’t be traced back to them. The CCP cancerous corruption has metastasized throughout the mainland.
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  5725. Xi said, he said.
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  5726. The bottom is still at least 5 years away, but those who want to get out with less of a loss will try and convince you it will be sooner so they can sell to you.
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  5727.  @thetjt  A fool and his money.
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  5728.  @thetjt  I’ve lost nothing and intend to keep it that way. China has become uninvestable.
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  5729.  @thetjt  Is it value if you won’t be able to get your money out? Yes, we will see.
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  5730. Europe isn't the toes of iron and clay. That distinction belongs to the Muslim nations after the Ottoman empire ended.
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  5731. Yes, the CCP is once again using the underhanded tactic of driving out locals through dumping of cheap rubbish in the markets.
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  5732. They wouldn't have died if they stayed in China.
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  5733.  @sammywhite9906  Procrit is a prescription drug used to boost red-blood cell counts in people with anemia. I had to give Procrit injections to my father when he was undergoing chemotherapy because chemo affects all fast-growing cells including red blood cells; the Procrit was to counter that.
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  5734. CCP: Rule OVER the people Everyone else: Rule BY the people
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  5735. Preselling the units prior to construction is the norm in China.
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  5736. For those of us who want to know what all sides are saying so we can draw our own conclusions, we couldn’t wish for a better channel.
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  5737. What fellowship can light have with darkness?
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  5738. Pride goeth before a fall and a haughty spirit before destruction.
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  5739. The biggest problem of the algorithms for me is BOREDOM. They try and get my "attention" by offering the same kinds of things I've clicked before. No novelty.
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  5740.  @mikeshoults4155  TikTok is owned by Bytedance and Bytedance IS Chinese.
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  5741. Cancer grows rapidly, too, so what’s your point? Unhealthy growth is a cancer. BTW - the IMF uses numbers supplied by the CCP, so “according to the IMF” is just verbal sleight of hand to hide the true source and make it appear legitimate.
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  5742. Why not? Have you ever heard the phrase “killing the goose that lays the golden eggs”?
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  5743. Kursk region right on the Ukrainian border
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  5744.  @StephenGillie  The Labrador is the one sniffing at the crotch. 😉
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  5745. I agree with what Tony Su said; the contagion will be very limited.  @tonysu8860 
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  5746. I'd be interested to see how people rate their happiness before and after watching a barrage of advertisements. It seems to me that the very purpose of ads is to make people unhappy - until you by their product or service which is offered as the solution.
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  5747. And yet home affordability is FAR worse in 15 other countries. Take a look at the chart at 11:45! And that's just the OECD countries.
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  5748.  @two02ful  You're just spreading the propaganda of the CCP. China isn't in very good shape either. From Wikipedia: The national debt[note 1] (or government debt) of the People's Republic of China is the total amount of money owed by the government and all state organizations and government branches of China. As of May 2020, it stands at approximately CN¥ 39 trillion (US$ 5.48 trillion),[1] equivalent to about 48.4% of GDP. Standard & Poor's Global Ratings has stated Chinese local governments may have an additional CN¥40 trillion ($5.8 trillion) in off-balance sheet debt.[2] The high debt level is a current economic issue facing China.[3][4][5]
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  5749. Keep in mind that solar panels have a lifespan of 25-30 years. After 25 years, the degradation of output is noticeable. We haven’t yet experienced what will happen environmentally when millions of these solar panels will need to be replaced. How much can be recycled and at what environmental cost in terms of water and energy? China, rather than subsidizing the buildout, may be sending a poison pill to the West with products that will degrade output faster and need to be replaced more often!
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  5750. Hmmm. I wonder if the “EV sales” are actually sales of a different kind? Can any of the components of the EV’s be pulled for military use? Could military components be smuggled inside the vehicles?
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  5751. Naming the kangaroos?
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  5752. Le Yucheng is trying to frame China's suicide as murder to save face for the CCP.
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  5753. A horrible thought, but I wouldn't put it past the immoral CCP!
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  5754. That would require that human development is based on strong ethics and deep moral underpinnings. Otherwise the human condition will deteriorate in hedonistic narcissism. Just look at what happens to many people (most?) who inherit wealth but had their character development neglected and multiply that by several billion.
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  5755.  @JonySmith-bb4gx  Really? Per Li Keqiang, 600 million in CCP China have incomes of only 1000 yuan or less per month. That’s only about $140 USD. Plus there is the harsh treatment of those who dare speak truth on the mainland; if that’s the CCP’s idea of promoting human welfare, any rational individual would want no part of it! Everything the CCP does is vanity projects for show, to appear righteous, but having about as much substance as a Potemkin Village.
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  5756. Russia wasn't interested in a petro-yuan and insisted on payment in gold or euros. Even with a war going on, they weren't interested in Chinese-made weapons.
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  5757.  @kimwelch4652  I get that. My point is that the situation is very similar and that Russia wasn't interested in the yuan and it is therefore unlikely that the Saudis would be.
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  5758. The Central government - all it does is DEMAND and heap heavy burdens upon others. When others do things right, the Central government snatches the credit, and when the Central government is foolish, it merely blames others and makes MORE demands.
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  5759. Didn't you know? That's Tony wearing a panda costume!
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  5760. Typing while looking at yourself in a mirror - what a novel wumao!
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  5761. Communism seems to go against human nature when applied beyond those people you know well and can trust.
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  5762. Don’t bet your paycheck. The US will support its allies to the full extent possible without throwing fuel on any fire. It knows how to walk that fine line.
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  5763.  @thomassimmer5186  How is that different than Ukraine where Russia isn’t using a proxy but the US is still supporting?
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  5764.  @89volvowithlazers  Yes, people must eat and packaging is needed for many basic necessities of life. If the business is well run (COD is smart), then they will hopefully see good results from prudence. I’d think packaging for senior necessities will continue to do well with the demographic situation.
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  5765. Every time a bird sings, a Democrat is indicted, arrested, or convicted!
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  5766. I wonder if the chip ban will work to the advantage of ordinary citizens? If the CCP loses their capacity to surveil and censor, the chip ban may be the greatest thing the West can do to assist the common Chinese.
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  5767. I think there are those within BRICS who will also be serving their own interests, including fighting against China once they see that they’ve "been had."
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  5768. Such a lazy wumao. Cut and paste. No need to think, question, or understand.
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  5769. Australia has found other buyers, so the proper response to China should now be “take a number and get in line."
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  5770. I walked past another house with a burnt out garage from an EV fire (made in China battery, of course) and you know the toxins released from such burning aren’t good for the environment!
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  5771. Amazing to consider that North Korea was once the more developed and advanced economy and that South Korea had the short straw economically - which perfectly illustrates how much damage communism does to a people.
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  5772. I agree. Every time I get an offer for a credit card in the mail, I remind myself "they just want to enslave me." I refuse to become a slave.
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  5773. CGTN is a Chinese state-run channel in English. That is the epitome of propaganda.
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  5774. We’re talking about a nation that has a firewall to inhibit their population from being able to see other sources of information that would discredit the CCP narrative. The people of China aren’t permitted to see the entire picture, only what the state-run media allows. That is propaganda.
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  5775.  @mikestewart4752  The door must have hit me in the head!
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  5776.  @mikestewart4752  👍
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  5777. good point
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  5778. Not new, but the "Enron model" hasn't previously been done on a national level.
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  5779. The guy who thinks you could have rented an apartment in 1980 for $200 a month is bonkers. I paid $450/mo for a studio apartment during that time. $200 would get you a room in a house with 4 roommates.
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  5780.  @reesedaniel5835  Where did you live? I was about 50 miles south of LA and you couldn't touch anything for that price.
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  5781.  @pikachus5m166  Sources?
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  5782.  @pikachus5m166  Just seeing the loaded language in their titles shows that they are biased sources. It's best to avoid EITHER side and use critical thinking skills to see through the red herrings, straw man arguments, other logical fallicies, and data manipulation. When they give you only the pieces that fit their narrative and avoid mentioning the things that contradict, that is a big red flag.
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  5783.  @julius7506  Much better than the 50 cents you get for sure!
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  5784. When an enemy uses the bridges to invade and pillage, it's smarter to burn them.
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  5785.  @ikm64  I'm aware of the metaphor and it STILL APPLIES. Shall I list a few of the other WRONG ASSUMPTIONS you made based on your reply? Or do you think you're able to find them on your own?
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  5786.  @ikm64  Wow, you pointed out that the bridge is a metaphor and then you go on to talk about physical bridges! Amazing that you can't see the many "bridges" that China needs. Let's see how well China will do with the chip restrictions. Burning that bridge would reduce the IP theft that the CCP has relied upon. Let's see how well China will do without the West policing the shipping lanes for the imports of fuel and food that the mainland depends upon. Burning that bridge will quickly limit the CCP's military capabilities. That's just naming two of the most obvious that you should have been able to see - unless the Dunning-Kruger effect applies to you.
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  5787.  @ikm64  Wow, more assumptions, but thanks for reminding me not to argue with a fool.
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  5788. That smoke looks toxic!
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  5789. I'd say the worst part is the COMMUNIST dehumanized leaders themselves. The only reason they received any support from the West was in hopes that this would put a stop to communism. It didn't. We now know that, but this didn't happen overnight and decoupling/derisking won't happen overnight either. It would certainly have helped if the Chinese people of the mainland didn't support such an evil regime, but I understand that they are the victims of the party's propaganda.
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  5790. 😉
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  5791. No. Portioning out the blame equally is unjust when the true problems weren't created equally. People need justice, that means recognizing the evil and no longer supporting it. Let it rot!
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  5792. What is all fake? The Chinese stock market as a retired official openly admitted. What is this abut China joins Russian war? Chinese captain dragging anchor and severing cables to aid Russia’s war effort. Perhaps English isn’t your first language, but your criticism is unfounded.
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  5793. Is there a UK equivalent to US TIPS - Inflation-Protected Securities?
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  5794. Let’s add "how can people who are dead or were never born spend money?” Their consumer base isn’t anywhere close to the official 1.4 billion!
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  5795. The new name should be "chihuahua warrior diplomacy."
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  5796. Watching this while 97 hours into a 100 hour fast. I'm NOT going to have eggs for breakfast!
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  5797. And so the people of China respond by not becoming part of a couple. Lie flat, let it rot!
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  5798. Good one!
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  5799. So true. The CCPs rhetoric and actions make it very hard to think kindly toward the mainland. Even "love your enemies” requires the “tough love” of letting them suffer the consequences of their stupidity of doubling down on evil/foolish paths.
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  5800. Hmmm. Was it really a "glitch" or programmed failsafe to swing the election?
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  5801. But we can smell the corruption behind the mask.
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  5802. China abiding by international law would also allow for peace in the SCS region and allow the oceans to recover from China’s thieving fishing fleets.
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  5803. Yes. (Says someone who will occasionally binge watch videos of people having their cars towed.😉)
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  5804. Good time to sell holdings if one has any!
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  5805. MiCKeY - Magenta, Cyan, blacK, Yellow - MOUSe - Most Of Us See
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  5806. For those of us who watch daily, we understand the difference between a number over 50 versus under 50, but it is worth noting. Generally it takes three or more repetitions to retain information and new listeners/ subscribers are added daily.
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  5807.  @helloworld9811  That is all very interesting to know and I can certainly see the CCP doing this. However, the entire notion that state/people are adversarial and only one can be strong seems like it's all based on a wrong assumption. What about "a chain is only as strong as its weakest link"? If you want a smart, competent government, you must make the people strong and competent. This is why the CCP is doomed to eventually fail.
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  5808. I'm disagreeing with the book, not you. I'm glad you posted the info.
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  5809.  @helloworld9811  LOL. Gotcha.
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  5810.  @Tom-lw5oq  Absolutely! 🙏 Blessings on you and yours!
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  5811. AND define a maximum age for the children with proof. Many of the "children being let in are of military age" and I swear some look closer to 30 than 13!
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  5812. Love getting an Apple ad just before your MacBook rant.
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  5813. One day Patrick will use his RIGHT hand to gesture while speaking and then a bubble will finally deflate slowly. 😉
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  5814. These need to be put in order. Start with the largest cities that are crappy, like San Francisco, California.
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  5815. Cool-aid seems to be the beverage of choice for Xi.
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  5816. Attempted suicide by orange juice.
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  5817. 2023 may be a significant year since it will be the 100-year anniversary since the caliphate was dissolved in Turkey. With the current economic problems that Turkey currently has, will that result in a greater push for a new caliph? I'm less concerned about Erdogan than I am with who will replace him.
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  5818.  @nanmattingly6402  Really? Every cell in the body says differently and without constant drug taking to maintain, the “vagina" will close and male puberty would set in. There is no uterus and the ability to birth a child never existed or can exist. To claim that Jazz is “now biologically a female” is just not true.
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  5819. What?! Xi won’t take his BFFs rubles and Putin sends him gold painted lead? What a shock! 😲
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  5820. The way you feel about toilet paper storage is the way I feel about kitchen counter space for a coffee maker 🥳🎉
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  5821.  @blafonovision4342  To whatever extent that may be, THAT is what needs to change. But change won’t happen by being silent about it. Silence is what makes abuse flourish.
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  5822.  @blafonovision4342  Yes, there may be variations between nations as to how far they go ABOVE the basics, but some things should be universal. No one should undergo forced organ harvesting! No one should be forced into undergoing the kind of vivisection medical experiments that happened in Nazi Germany!
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  5823. Says the desperate wumao to an executive manager. How comfortable is your mom's basement for you?
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  5824. No one wants to bear children to serve the CCP devil.
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  5825. Well said!
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  5826.  @xtcplays3540  Electricity is promoted as clean fuel, but when you look into the Ewaste, rare earth mining, and how much electricity is still generated by carbon-based fuels, it proves to be a lie. The only real solution is to decrease our expectations to live minimalistic lives. I've lived long enough to recognize that every tech solution simply leads to a different set of problems and has speeded up the process of depleting resources. Renewable energy isn't NEW - it's what people used to use before fossil fuels "solved" problems like pollution from burning wood and insufficient or irregular generation from wind and water sources or the inability to store enough solar energy for nighttime needs. So now we're going to solve the problem of the solution by going back to the original problem because people don't know enough history to keep from repeating mistakes. Could this be intentional? A lot of money will be made by people pushing for these "solutions."
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  5827. Says the filthy, black pot to the polished, copper kettle.
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  5828. Yeah, how "unstable!" Why doesn't everyone emulate those "forces of stability" that are Russia and China?
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  5829.  @daomingjin  That was the mafia, not the government, but concrete may be "more stable" than welding.
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  5830. Doesn't know? Or perhaps the Chinese espionage doesn't support these beliefs? Or perhaps some within the CCP are involved with the human trafficking and money laundering? Perhaps this is less binary than you believe?
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  5831. Anything state controlled is inefficient in properly distributing things to where they're both needed and wanted in a timely manner. China's overcapacity problem and their need to dump products in foreign markets is the result of socialist inefficiency. The CCP subsidies to sectors based on what's currently hot and fails to perceive when the world has moved on.
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  5832.  @DenisHavlikVienna  Consider the pressure that those within the CCP elites are under from Xi and it makes more sense. He’s been pressuring them to do their “patriotic duty."
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  5833. 22:22 - The Germans only 70% but everyone else 80%. Yah, the Germans always think they're better, huh?
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  5834.  @bobwatson8754  You’re still in the middle of the temperate zone. There’s winter and then there’s WINTER.
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  5835. The CCP would never admit it! But hopefully, the people of China are waking up to this fact.
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  5836. My favorite kitchen so far! Room for a coffee maker and you can eat at the counter or use it for food prep.
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  5837.  @ACzechManGoingHisOwnWay  True, but it still beats tyranny that can't be removed except by a bloody coupe. If the majority of citizens IS informed, responsible, and capable of critical thought AND YOU STILL can't remove a dictator, that is a far worse form of government.
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  5838.  @skydragon23101979  I'm not seeing competent bureaucrats but cronyism and kleptocracy in China. State-controlled media can keep the populace bamboozled. Restrict information and even critical thinking skills become useless.
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  5839.  @skydragon23101979  They've been unable to do any of that. Covid isn't nearly as lethal as portrayed. You're out of touch with how much people in China are suffering and it's nowhere near as bad as it's likely to become. See if you can find talks by Sun Liping or Li Dao Kui. The CCP is directly responsible for the bad policies that are creating these situations.
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  5840.  @skydragon23101979  In the West, people who tested positive for Covid at the time of death were counted as "Covid deaths" because of the extra financial support given to hospitals, but there is a difference between dying FROM Covid versus dying WITH Covid when you've actually succumbed to cancer or a fatal accident. The excess mortality due to Covid is much lower.
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  5841.  @ACzechManGoingHisOwnWay  Who said anything about Western media? Freedom of information means we can access media from many places to gain a balanced perspective. We at least have a CHANCE to learn the truth, unlike the controlled narratives and ideological indoctrination that occurs in state media within dictatorships. Much cognitive dissonance is needed before those populations even begin to question what they are being told!
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  5842.  @ACzechManGoingHisOwnWay  You need to know how to work around it. Chinese sources are repeating the Russian propaganda. The truth lies between what the West is saying and what Russia/China are saying. The point is that you can still access the information if you really want to without putting your life on the line.
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  5843. Enjoy your 50 cents.
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  5844.  @pfelelepmaltese2969  Shorting=Gambling Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. Seriously, China stock being "up" is a mirage that can't last.
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  5845.  @pfelelepmaltese2969  No comparison. China's GDP has always been cooked and they don't follow generally accepted accounting practices. Why would you assume that people watching this channel are miserable? There are people who want to be informed about what is going on in the world and this is one of the few NEUTRAL channels covering China. If the news seems mostly bad, that speaks of the seriousness of the situation.
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  5846.  @pfelelepmaltese2969  Yes, all economies are facing a challenging time. Some economies are better situated to handle the challenges. Demographics and geography play very large parts in this. Where I see mostly bad news for China: Spotlight on China China Uncovered China Observer China Revealed Lei's Real Talk Digging to China China Insights China Fact Chasers WION Economy and Geopolitics Polymatter China in Focus Serpenza laowhy86
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  5847.  @pfelelepmaltese2969  The core beliefs of Falun Gong are TRUTHFULNESS, COMPASSION, and FORBEARANCE so of course the CCP hates them and smears them. Time will tell which countries will last through these difficult times, but China definitely will fail unless the people of China rise up against the evil CCP.
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  5848. I’ve seen videos on other channels that show most boarded up and out of business. Zero Covid decimated the SMEs.
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  5849. Not even close - it’s only gotten to where it’s bitten itself in the ass.
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