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Journalist, He Huifeng, has a very good article on this and contrary to what some posters here have falsely claimed, it has already been used to quiet dissenters, etc. It is most definitely structured for command and absolute control of the populace:
https://www.scmp.com/economy/c...

Identity theft is essentially nonexistent in China.

Bull Shit.

Stop shilling for China.

Identity theft is essentially nonexistent in China.

Bull Shit.

Stop shilling for China.

Nope. Frances latest one even after overruns caused by Fukushima and even stricter regulation of 2 Billion, now is estimated to cost 11 Billion for a 1.6GW reactor, or 22 Billion for 3.4GW... so about 1/3 less (13 Billion) than the UK debacle. Even that one is well over budget. The UK one is like the worst example in the world.

https://www.reuters.com/articl...

An even better example is Finland with the exact same size as Hinkley, estimated cost to be 8.5 and now 10.5 Billion...

https://www.reuters.com/articl...

Not quite 35 Billion...

and then there is China.... with much the same for under 5 Billion...

https://www.scmp.com/business/...

That one is.

“One, political involvement by comments from [US President] Donald Trump in her case. Two, there’s an extraterritorial aspect to her case, and three, there’s the issue of Iran sanctions which are involved in her case, and Canada does not sign on to these Iran sanctions. So I think she has some strong arguments that she can make before a judge,” McCallum said.

Sounds like /. is also afraid of publishing stories inconvenient to the American public.

And this ambassador had to retract his words after facing political pressure from Canada’s main opposition party leader for McCallum’s removal. Great for freedom of speech!

They subscribe to ancestor worship, Buddhist doctrine. That the movies of The Superstar became an unlikely hit in Japan, much liked by the older generation shows they have some strong value system not visible to the West.

So, it is particularly disappointing that they don't value whales and they seem to condone exterminating a species. Hope something changes and they begin to see whales in a different light.

THIS is China.

Fuck you.

I never saw any ZTE hate. ZTE got caught transferring technology against export controls, made a deal with authorities to stop it and punish those responsible, and then got caught cheating on the deal.

The historical Huawei hate always seemed weirdly organized though, like someone was orchestrating it.

Curiously, Russia can not populate its own vast lands — and is ceding sovereignty over them to China, which can. Millions of acres...

Having a population up there is part of maintaining sovereignty.

This may justify covering the expenses from military budget...

Curiously, Russia can not populate its own vast lands — and is ceding sovereignty over them to China, which can. Millions of acres...

Having a population up there is part of maintaining sovereignty.

This may justify covering the expenses from military budget...

While China's Brightest Children Are Being Recruited To Develop AI 'Killer Bots' America's Brightest Children Are Being Punished To Coop Up Inside A Class Full Of Mentally Challenged, Disadvantaged, Disempowered Minority Children , All In The Name Of MULTI-CULTURALISM !!

All Hail America - The Nation Which Punishes Bright Children !!

Do you have a link or citation for this? Honestly asking.

Take it right from a chinese newspapers mouth there's been a few articles on the Korean Daily News, on the Japan Times, Mainichi Shinbun as well. article from bloomberg on the politburo wanting to pump more money and debt into the economy to keep it going. Again few articles more on this, check SEA news organizations, WSJ and so on. This is the type of stuff that doesn't get traction in the US/Canada or European media.

Are you sure they would cheer? If China is really such an evil godless commie regime, wouldn't a pressured China be more likely to do something crazy, which would be bad for its neighbors?

Yes, because it would give them the opportunity to kick them square in the teeth over the south china sea and them building military installations there. This has become a big enough problem that the current government in Japan(Abe) has both the political and public support to rewrite the constitution allowing for a pro-active military, instead of the restricted defensive military put into place at the end of WWII. In S/N.Korea's case, there appears to be far more going on as well, including having Kim come to Seoul, an agreement to de-mine sections of the DMZ, more open trade, removal of all military posts on/near disputed islands and so on. Singapore seems to be taking a very active approach to wanting them to reunify as well.

There's also the fact that China is a major if not top trading partner to those countries. So even if China doesn't do something crazy, their neighbors will be affected.

Most already have plans for that, note the increase trade deals between Canada, Japan and S.Korea dealing with milk/milk products, and flash-frozen meat for example.

Childhood obesity linked to Poor School Performance and Coping Skills

Childhood obesity linked to antibiotics

Childhood obesity linked to hip disease in adolescence

Childhood obesity linked to More Junk Food Ads

Childhood obesity linked to poverty, parenting style Childhood Obesity Linked to a Mother's Weight Gain in Pregnancy

Childhood Obesity Linked to lakc of sleep

Childhood obesity linked to eating food from animals treated with antibiotics

Childhood obesity linked to Mutant Gean

. . . Suggested reading:
https://www.nchrd.org/2018/07/...
https://www.nchrd.org/2018/07/...
https://www.scmp.com/video/chi...
https://www.rfa.org/english/ne...
https://www.theguardian.com/wo...
https://foreignpolicy.com/2018...
https://www.hrichina.org/en/pr...
https://qz.com/1129837/human-r...
https://chinachange.org/2017/1...
https://www.sciencealert.com/c...
https://news.slashdot.org/stor...

Dateline CHINA: Interpol Chief Disappeared!

Evidently I am one of many in North America who was unaware of the status of the Interpol chief, incorrectly assuming when I heard his name that he was a Chinese-European --- and appalled to learn he was a Chinese national and member of the Chinese Communist Party who had been number man at their intelligence organization, the Ministry of Public Security!
Holy Mother of God !!!!!
And there are still fools --- and minions of the oligarchy --- who question and criticize Brexit!
The devil with those jackals!
The government of China is a vile, despicable totalitarian capitalist state full of corruption of the princelings, the spawn of the founders of the Communist Party in that country and it is obvious that the Interpol chief, Meng, was with the competitor political faction to Xi Jinping's political gang --- Xi Jinping being China's self-appointed emperor. (Jinping's daddy was the author of the original Chinese constitution which Xi amended.)
This is a most blatant and public insult from China to the EU --- suggestive of China's bellicose and warlike stance against the democracies of the world!
Let us not forget the many recent disappearances performed by China: against pro-democracy academic critics, journalists, and the wholesale disappearance of most --- if not all --- of China's human rights attorneys of several years ago!
In America, those jackals of the Business Roundtable, National Association of Manufacturers, Cato Institute, American Enterprise Institute and too many other viper nests, assured us that if all the jobs, technology and investment were offshored to China they would have long since morphed into a democracy by now.
So much for the feckless self-serving assertions of jackals!
With China's program of "soft" intelligence penetration by way of their Confucius Institutes (from a decidedly anti-Confucius government) coupled with their Trojan horse of foreign property acquisition through debt warfare (their One Belt One Road (One Ruler) Initiative) --- and their militarization of artificial islands in the seas of the Pacific, especially the South China Sea, of which two-thirds of the oil shipments traverse --- their global martial strategy is evident.
Add to that their insidious implementation of an ultra-Orwellian control system: their Social Credit System, to further subvert any possibility of human rights in China and the future is obvious and cannot be disputed! Supporters of China's government spew nothing more than red dragon droppings: giant piles of crap! Suggested reading:
https://www.nchrd.org/2018/07/...
https://www.nchrd.org/2018/07/...
https://www.scmp.com/video/chi...
https://www.rfa.org/english/ne...
https://www.theguardian.com/wo...
https://foreignpolicy.com/2018...
https://www.hrichina.org/en/pr...
https://qz.com/1129837/human-r...
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Nobody reads individual sentences from other books and then takes them (often out of context) as individual snacks of wisdom and truth.

Uh, yes they do. All they time. What is the modern news cycle but a collection of individual sentences (often out of context) from longer speeches or documents, then repackaged as eye catching headlines?

If you want to get more literary, I invite you to read the words of Shakespeare and find out just how many of his individual sentences have passed into common wisdom and truth .

You just call anyone you don't like "fascist".

No, professor, it is you who does that. I call Chinese "Fascist" because that is, what they are — by the very definition of the term. Unlike the Communist/Socialist China of the late 20th century, today's China is Fascist: capitalist markets exist — and move the economy — but they are tightly controlled by the government. The secondary indications — like rising nationalism and persecution of minorities (complete with ethnic cleansing) are there too. And — and this is the point most important to this discussion — neither a person nor a company can survive after displeasing the government in general and the Dear Leader in particular.

Up until Trump's election, the US was going in that same direction (and not fast enough for some people). One hopes, he'd be able to survive politically long enough to cripple the creep towards Fascism for a few generations — by nominating judges with a similar pessimism over the government's power.

But, whether he succeeds in that or not, his very attempts make him anti-Fascist. That Google's CEO dislikes Trump for his imaginary Fascism, while willingly cooperating with the actual Fascists of China is a sign of deep malaise of this country's elites — both real, like this very bright Mr. Brin, and the wannabes, like a certain much dimmer teacher who is so wanting in education.

hell if I know, but apparently there are conflicting stories, some say it is theft http://www.latimes.com/world/a...

yet others say it probably was just damaged by normal physics... AKA solar panels and heavy things don't mix so well. https://www.scmp.com/news/chin...

It is also the county's biggest taxpayer, paying $56 million in the 2017-2018 tax year.

On 2017 net income of $48.35 billion ($48350 million), that's a tax rate of 0.116%. Tell me again why we needed another corporate tax rate cut....

I heard Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, on 2017 net income of $45.6 billion, paid $0 to Santa Clara County, that's a tax rate of 0.000%. Man, these mega corporations are evil. But I also heard some mom & pop store in Portland paid $0 to Santa Clara County, that is also a tax rate of 0.000%. So maybe all business are evil?

Or maybe Apple's $48.35 billion net income is a result of doing business all over the globe and as a result don't pay all of its taxes in Santa Clara County?

Actually, brown. I've seen a rather interesting story of East Asians being angsty about their hiring performance compared to Indians in US:

https://www.scmp.com/news/chin...

Ok, lets do that check.
Sweden - https://www.thelocal.se/201702...
Norway - https://www.tnp.no/norway/econ...
Japan - https://www.bloomberg.com/grap...
Korea - http://english.hani.co.kr/arti...
China - https://www.scmp.com/news/chin...

Any more specious arguments you'd like to make?

After a four-year investigation, the FBI arrested Zheng after searching his home and finding, among other things, a handbook detailing âoeresourcesâ Beijing would grant to individuals providing certain technologies. FBI has been monitoring him for 4 years watching him hit all sorts of sensitive areas. If GE knew it 4 years ago, they never would have allowed him access to sensitive data, even if they were working with GE.

It has been done several times but is really difficult to Google.

Nevertheless, here's one report: https://www.scmp.com/news/worl...

My mistake, 1, 2

Trump's administration is openly pay-to-play, which begs the question, what does Trump get out of this transaction?

$500million

May 8th: Trump announces sanctions on ZTE.
May 9th: ZTE announces it will shutdown phone business.
May 11th: $500m investment from China http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/...
May 13th: Trump tweets concern about Chinese jobs lost with ZTE, confirms he spoke to Xi, and tells the commerce department to "get it done".

First off, America produces less than 2x per person.

Secondly, there are a number of nations that are upwards of 5x what CHinese produce. Yet, you continue to scream about America per person and do not care about the total emissions, or the fact that China continues to grow it faster than the world is retreating.

Third, the only liar is you. You are posting as 2 login (porky as well), and lying even about the 700 plants.

When China halted plans for more than 100 new coal-fired power plants this year, even as US President Donald Trump vowed to "bring back coal" in America, the contrast seemed to confirm Beijing's new role as a leader in the fight against climate change....These Chinese corporations are building or planning to build more than 700 new coal plants at home and around the world, some in countries that today burn little or no coal, according to tallies compiled by Urgewald, a Berlin-based environmental group. Many of the plants are in China, but by capacity, about a fifth of these new coal power stations are in other countries.

You are a constant liar, no matter how you troll. Here we see that your nation stopped construction on 100 new plants, while continuing to push 700 new plants currently under construction. OTOH, America has not built a plant in years, and how shut down more operating plants than China stopping 100 plants.

Last week, the Sierra Club announced the latest U.S. coal plant to close: FirstEnergy’s Pleasants Power Station in West Virginia. It’s No. 268 in a long line of U.S. coal plants that have shut down since 2010, and among several to suspend operations this month.

In fact, more coal closed in America under trump, then under O's first 3 years combined.

Chinese Companies Are Involved in More Than 200 Coal Projects in 31 Countries...
Coal power projects with Chinese financing, construction or ownership:
Of the 920 gigawatts of coal capacity in China, 19 percent is ultra-supercritical, 25 percent supercritical, and 56 percent subcritical. While China has canceled some coal-fired capacity due to lack of demand growth, China still plans to increase its coal-fired power plants to almost 1,100 gigawatts, which is over three times the coal-fired capacity of the United States.

Actually, CHina's master plan calls for 1.7 tw of coal. And as it said, your nation did not cancel to clean up the air or lower emissions. Instead, they did it for lack of growth, specifically, because your nation's economy was tanking in 2015-2016.

Asia accounts for 85 per cent of new coal power development in the world’s top 20 coal producing countries, with China as the leader of the pack. ...The more than 1,600 coal plants scheduled to be built by Chinese corporations in over 62 countries will make China the world’s primary provider of high-efficiency, low-emission technology.

LOW emissions. Yeah. Right. Even with ultra-super critical, it is still dirty.

So, troll, are you going to push the per capita, which should mean that you need to go after other nations, or are you going to push the total emissions, which means going after china, or are you going to push the growth, which also means china?

At some point, you are going to have to acknowledge that you are a total troll and that you are simply trying to divert attention from your nation causing the coming global collapse.

The only thing this site is good for now is to give Kim Jong-un a diplomatic trump card.

http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2143171/north-koreas-nuclear-test-site-has-collapsed-and-may-be-why-kim-jong-un

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/958444/North-Korea-nuclear-missile-nuke-bomb-Punggye-ri-test-site

In fact, this very site has already had tests suspended indefinitely, likely because a mountain fell on it. From the article:

"The breakdown not only took off part of the mountain’s summit but also created a “chimney” that could allow fallout to rise from the blast centre into the air"

So, um good job Kim, taking a desperate attempt at mitigating a massive environmental disaster that could have blanketed half a hemisphere in radioactive fallout and trying to parlay it into a gesture of goodwill?

One potential problem with Korean negotiations is the optics, and the tendency of people to dislike being proven wrong, losing face, and being shown as disingenuous or hypocritical.

We could help the process along by giving Kim the widest exit-ramp from his situation. We don't have to be the sore, arrogant winners here.

So let's suppose that the existing test site was partially destroyed by the collapse, and still held significant development capability. We don't know that this is *not* true.

If the rest of the world were to take the positive view and assume the best, then this is Kim making a real effort to promote peace between the two nations.

A highly respectable gesture, and offered before negotiations.

Actually, that sounds 'kinda classy when you think about it.

In fact, this very site has already had tests suspended indefinitely, likely because a mountain fell on it. From the article:

"The breakdown not only took off part of the mountain’s summit but also created a “chimney” that could allow fallout to rise from the blast centre into the air"

So, um good job Kim, taking a desperate attempt at mitigating a massive environmental disaster that could have blanketed half a hemisphere in radioactive fallout and trying to parlay it into a gesture of goodwill?

Have any of you noticed that the reporter for the SCMP article ~ http://www.scmp.com/tech/enter... ~ carries the name of "Iris Deng"?

A 'Deng' is a Chinese surname, like Deng xiaping

In other words, that reporter is a Chinese, with a Western name, Iris

In other words, that SCMP article was written by an ethnic Chinese who pretends to be a Westerner, who loathes other Chinese

This was also on the news:
http://m.scmp.com/news/asia/ea...

what Li Wenzu's score must be - - she's the loyal and loving wife of one of 709 disappeared human rights attorneys - - and she's under house arrest for attempting to march from Beijing to Tianjin to draw attention to her missing husband, thanks to the nefarious government of China and Emperor Xi Jinping.

https://www.scmp.com/video/chi...

They may end up pissing China off enough to finally do something about them with all this nuclear testing. See this story today. Apparently they collapsed the mountain they've been using to test their nuclear weapons and created a volcano that may spew radiation to nearby countries. http://www.scmp.com/news/china...

Maybe you missed this...?

an easy one
http://www.scmp.com/news/china...

Leaving TPP was a huge win for China, the country that just confirmed dictatorial rule. Just after Trump helped China, he was given a bunch of patents. Like almost all of his decisions, he didn't care about saving anyone from anything, except himself.

As if we dont know how this will turn out. 'whats your is mine'.

http://www.laht.com/article.as...
https://www.washingtonpost.com...
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-...
http://www.miamiherald.com/new...
https://www.nytimes.com/2009/0...
http://www.scmp.com/news/world...
http://news.abs-cbn.com/overse...

The problem is not cryptocurrency in general or bitcoin in particular. The problem (from the chinese government point of view) is that they don't control bitcoin. They are in the process of creating their own cryptocurrency, and in order for that to work, they will need to kill other versions.

They just come to your house in the middle of the night and kidnap you and lie to your family why you were held in a secret prison for five years without charges. [1] [2] [3] [4] Welcome to China. This is just in the past two years. Anything you write on that WeChat, you better look behind your back.

[1] Monk held in secret prison for unknown charge for post on WeChat
[2] Man sentenced to nine months in jail for WeChat message
[3] Tsering Dondrub jailed in 2015 for posting picture on WeChat
[4] China jails muslim man for 2 year s for WeChat group

What procedures must foreigners, including Hong Kong residents, follow when buying a residential property in mainland China?

Huh, Hong Kong residents and foreigners lumped together? It's almost like HK residents aren't really Chinese citizens! Different rules, different laws, different currencies, different passports and visa requirements, different languages... Hey, I guess if we broaden the definition of a US citizen, Canadians are "US citizens too!" Other than the fact they have different laws, different passports, different visa requirements, different languages (French being mandatory in Canada), and different currencies...

Excuse me? I guess you didn't know that Beijing banned BTC. It's probably permanent. But hey, pump your modern day tulip bulbs and pets.com equivalent!

PS: you attribute two statements to me; I claim the second (banned in China), but please show me where I stated the first. Failure to do so simply proves your trolling!

wow. Another idiot who knows NOTHING about this issue, but will speak about it at length.
Here, lets go to the TRIVIAL lies of yours. The Chinese gov, the CHinese oil companies, AND their academia say that they have pretty much hit peak oil and expect it to drop QUICKLY. They have exactly 3 choices which is 1) to militarily fight for ocean bottom that does not belong to them from the nations that I mentioned before, 2) import a lot more, which they are growing their imports, but absolutely do NOT want to do so, and 3) move off oil over to coal with EVs. The later is what the CHinese gov wants.
So, you claim that CHina is burning less coal, that new plants are replacing old one, and that they have turned on all of the pollution controls. Ok. Assume that is true? Then why is pollution getting WORSE, not better? about 85% of China's visible pollution comes from their coal plants and their not using pollution controls. If coal use REALLY dropped, then the air would actually clean up WRT all pollutions. If pollution control was turned on, then visible pollution will drop (regular unseen pollution such as SOx, NOx, etc would continue ). If new plants were replacing the old ones, then again, TOTAL pollution would drop. BUT, that is not the case
for the last couple of year, pollution improved slightly, but that was due to their economy dropping on the industrial side. Now it is picking up as the idiots in Europe try to cozy up to them like they did with Hitler
2016, along with 2017, saw major increases.
And here.

New plants are not being built and what few are simply replacing old ones?
Nope. Only the idiots make such wild claims.
China is the largest builder of new coal plants. Much of that will still go into china, but China continues to push this all over the world, in spite of their claiming to be on-board with paris accord. As was pointed out, Trump talks about restoring coal to America, but the fact is, that unless he gets MAJOR subsidies for coal, which has nearly zero chance of passage, we will not be building anything new. In fact, America's will continue to drop.

As to your personal hatred of America, whatever. Go live in China, Russia, North Korea, etc. Please, go have a good time.
But claiming that America is polluting the world, is total BS. We emit no mercury of any amount. It is Canada, Australia, Europe India, Russia and esp China that do all that.
SOX/NOx? America emits a fraction of that.
And as has been shown by OCO2, America's emission of CO2 is about right on to what we claim, while Europe's, South Korea, Japan's, China, etc are MUCH HIGHER. And for the last decade, America has dropped the most CO2 emission of all nations.

The TFA is trying to be smart by converting to jiao. The original post from South China Morning Post in TFA stated the difference.

In principle, the scheme works by members of the public borrowing umbrellas – from stands located mostly at subway and bus stations – for a deposit of 19 yuan and a fee of 0.50 yuan for every 30 minutes, it said."

Is it 10 jiao is equal to 1 yuan or 100 jiao is equal to 1 yuan?

Not only a sizable population living there but also a tourist hotspot for Muslims. Thanks for showing how ignorant you are. It makes it easier for others to know you are not worth paying attention to.

http://www.scmp.com/week-asia/...

Uhh, right next to the story title, where links always go?

http://www.scmp.com/news/china...

There is a larger Sino-Korean political conflict right now that adds a lot of context to this judgment. The PRC government is angry at South Korea for permitting the deployment of an American THAAD missile defense system on the peninsula. The South Koreans allowed it because of the continuing missile launches by the North, but China views it as another step in American encirclement of China. In retaliation, the PRC has waged an economic attack on South Korea to punish them: banning Chinese tour groups from visiting Korea, suddenly shutting down Korean retailers and other businesses in China on administrative grounds, banning of South Korean imports, and a general harassment of Korean economic interests across the board. This could easily be just another salvo in this spat.

The irony of this hamfisted approach by the Chinese is that its actually galvanized Korean political sentiment against them. Whereas before, there was a robust debate on whether or not to deploy THAAD, with the anti-THAAD faction ascendant following the fall of the Korean president, the economic retaliation has temporarily shut down that debate. In polls, China has even passed Japan as the most hated country by South Koreans after North Korea due to this kerfuffle. If you know anything about the love-hate relationship between South Korea and Japan, this is a BIG deal.

Here's a link to a neat video of the exercise.

Just look at what China did with Clinton:

http://www.scmp.com/news/china...

But it's only "evil" when Trump is involved in something.

Oh, and dealing with other countries diplomatically instead of militarily is now equivalent to Nazism or something all of the sudden. Which is why everybody thought Obama was a Nazi when he was elected... right?

am really worried that Trump will start WW3,

With who, the Russians, or the Chinese? Trump has repeatedly indicated he would normalize relations with Russia, has backed away from militarily supporting NATO allies who don't meet their 2% GDP military spending commitments, and (to my knowledge) has not advocated a No-Fly Zone in Syria.

Contrast with Clinton, who has repeatedly indicated she wants regime change is Syria, at the very least a No-Fly Zone in Syria....even though the airspace of the Syrian government is rather actively protected by the Russian military.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10...
http://www.nationalreview.com/...
http://www.ibtimes.com/will-us...

If you are concerned about a war with China, check out the articles below. Basically, Clinton is the one who wants to play hardball, but without operating from a position of strength. That's a good way to have the Chinese call your bluff. While Trump wants a stronger presence is Asia specifically to show China he's serious, he's quoted as saying he would reject a nuclear first strike. He has also expressed a greater willingness to diplomatically engage with China on the subject of North Korea.
http://www.voanews.com/a/advis...
http://www.scmp.com/week-asia/...

Bringing a new nuclear plant online safely takes decades,

You begin with a false statement, then proceed to spout ignorance and pie in the sky idealistic yet unrealistic things like 'just stop burning fossil fuels'.

http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/...