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China Telecom Companies Pledge To Stop Monopolistic Practices
hackingbear writes "China's two telecommunications giants, China Telecom and China Unicom, announced Friday they will substantially raise their broadband speeds while further lowering broadband costs by 35% over the next five years. They also acknowledge the existence of monopolistic practices in reply to a recently launched investigation, which is the first of its kind against major Chinese state-owned enterprises. Being state-owned companies, their profits supposedly belong to the nation, but they have also become 'golden rice bowls' for their management and employees, and their supervising departments and officials." If the Chinese government would like to investigate these companies' monopolistic behavior, I have a suggestion on where to start looking.
How can a communist government's state owned corporation have anything but a monopoly?
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How can a communist government's state owned corporation have anything but a monopoly?
It's easy. A five-star general runs a corporation, a government minister runs a corporation, and a party chief also runs a corporation. Each interest wants their own cut of the industry in the state.
The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for it to be pitted against a slightly greater evil
They are lowering their broadband costs by 35%, but what about their prices?
That's not to say that American ladies have the right idea, it does nothing but hurt their case when they decide to avoid developing personalities to concentrate on being snotty and pretty
The funny thing is the flip side. There is nothing more bitter than a middle-aged woman whose beauty faded long ago, meanwhile the sexual attractiveness of men her age increases since they now make more money and have more sophistication than when they were younger.
The other hilarious thing? Look at those women who are snotty and pretty (but only physically). See the kind of guys they're with? They're assholes. They frequently mistreat them. Maybe they cheat on them. Their shallow nature and total lack of personality and sophistication long ago made them completely unattractive to smart, successful, kind-hearted men who are interested in long-term commitment and real love. Those men took one look at them and said "wow, what a total self-absorbed bitch, I've been with one of those before and let me tell you, it ain't worth it".
Every now and then you might encounter a real lady, a beautiful woman who doesn't use her vagina as a weapon of manipulation, who has a real heart and doesn't falsely think of that as a weakness, who reads a book once in a while, who respects herself enough not to let herself get fat, who is enough of an adult to understand that the only reason she would get fat or be bitchy is her own poor decision-making and no other reason, who has emotions but doesn't think they are a valid substitute for reason, and values a guy who is a gentleman and treats her with the kindness and understanding she deserves. This is a very, very rare individual. If you find one, treat her with great love and be certain to appreciate her for who she is and who she isn't, or else you commit a crime against nature.
I don't know if you are being sarcastic or not but the USA does have protective tariffs already. It was amusing to see the free trade agreement come in between Australia and the USA where the USA wanted tariffs to be removed off their exports but no mention was made regarding the USA tariffs on lamb, wheat and steel...