China politics and economy MEGA Thread.

[ZenOps]

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/16/us-b...l-weapons.html

USA angry at China for their "Brain Control" technology. Can't make this stuff up.

[JohnnyHockey13]

Interesting that no one here is talking about "peak China"... sounds probable to me but then again who the hell knows.

[ExtraSlow]

China has good quality control of its provinces. Here's news from one of them:

https://nationalpost.com/news/world/...ive-election-2
TLDR: CCP controls who can run in Hong Kong local election.

[Buster]

I think it's funny that a country that is so dumb is considered to be the next big thing.

[ExtraSlow]

Them and Uganda.

[Buster]

China is basically a big version of Venezuela, as far as I can tell. But instead of oil, they have slave labour.

[max_boost]

China gonna help Russia win Hockey Oly Gold.

[ExtraSlow]

Russia has a really shot this year since the NHL isn't going.

[max_boost]

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Russia has a really shot this year since the NHL isn't going.

And even if they test +, all good, Comrades, you know?

[JohnnyHockey13]

They released Omicron for this very reason. No NHL players.

[ZenOps]

If you look at the USA through the 80,000 foot level, it almost looks like the USA planned its own downfall - intentionally. Sometimes I wonder.

I mean how in the world can you spend 1.7 Trillion on a stealth fighter jet, when supposedly you already have a half trillion program for a slower but bigger - stealth bomber? Is the next thing the USA going to be spending money on $3 trillion for a stealth missile? Does it need to be stealthy? What nation do you intend to assassins creed from the air with pokey daggers for it to be worth that type of investment?

China just doing what the USA does, if you can't win on fair ground - just make sure the other guy does not get to compete? Hollow victory or just prudent planning?

[Xtrema]

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China is basically a big version of Venezuela, as far as I can tell. But instead of oil, they have slave labour.

They are pretty good at suppressing education the minute the factories complains nobody wants to work them. Took Republican decades and still barely got any workforce out of it.

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China has good quality control of its provinces. Here's news from one of them:
https://nationalpost.com/news/world/...ive-election-2
TLDR: CCP controls who can run in Hong Kong local election.

1M voted, down ~30%.

But we all know this just like Putin winning 'election' by 98%.

[ExtraSlow]

Quality election in HK. Pro-Beijing candidates sweep.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-59717343

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Pro-Beijing candidates have claimed a victory in Hong Kong's Legislative Council (LegCo) election, as the city saw its lowest-ever voter turnout.
It was the first LegCo election since China made sweeping and controversial changes to the city's electoral system.
Officials argue the changes were needed to ensure stability, but critics say they weakened democracy.
On Monday, Beijing also unveiled a statement outlining "democracy with Hong Kong characteristics".
In a white paper released hours after election results were announced, China said Hong Kong was now entering a new stage of "restored order" as a result of these Beijing-introduced changes.[/b]

[suntan]

Freedom had a good 100 year run. Back to dictatorships we go.

[ExtraSlow]

I can't explain why this makes me giggle.

[Buster]

Better get out the door welders!

[mr2mike]

When do they shut down the coal plants for the Olympics so the air is clearer?

[max_boost]

Everyone gonna be trapped in China

[Xtrema]

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When do they shut down the coal plants for the Olympics so the air is clearer?

Well...... they already did it last quarter when nobody got coal to start with.

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Everyone gonna be trapped in China

One of my guys had to travel back to see his dad one last time after missing his mom's passing while Dad's on death bed. In Japan, you don't get to pick where you quarantine and you don't have to pay. In HK, you get to pick where you quarantine but you have to pay. In China they just pick the worst of both systems, you don't get to pick and you pay.

Lucky he got there before all these Omicron BS. But looking at the news outlet, they keep insisting of 0 cases and how fast Omicron spread there is creating even more chaos than usual.

[killramos]

Being able to pick doesn’t sound very communist so that makes sense.

China Covid restrictions just sounds like another day in China to me.