The China Thread (Threat)
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And anyone pro democracy in Hong Kong disappears.
Hong Kong security law: Police handed power to do warrantless searches, freeze assets, intercept comms, control internet | Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
Hong Kong security law: Police handed power to do warrantless searches, freeze assets, intercept comms, control internet | Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
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NBA players say don't talk about it because it hurts their checkbook.
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It'll be interesting to see how U.S. businesses play this. Certainly, some will remain but I have to believe, from an ops/risk perspective, maintaining a presence there and in other parts of China may now be too high risk. We've already seen a shift in some manufacturing to other countries. Enough shift could result in significant economic impact to China.
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I support businesses moving from CN to PK. I still wouldn't buy their products.
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That's the other part of the equation - consumers. Will they notice or care?
I pay much more attention now. I may not be all "Buy American" but I definitely make a concious effort not to buy anything made in China whenever I can help it. I also avoid products from Pakistan, because, you know, fuck them. Plus, I can get my underwear from the kids working for the cartels in Mexico and South America for cheaper anyway.
Consumers don't know or care...sort of. Busineses will listen to the consumers, but also the stockholders. If they think they can "shape the narrative" and keep everyone happy, they would bail in a heartbeat. Look at companies pulling ads from Facebook. That's all about image, so if a company thinks a move from one country's cheap, virtual slave labor to a different country's cheap, virtual slave labor is good...they gone.
TikTok is leaving Hong Kong following controversial national security law
You're going to start seeing China really crack down on Hong Kong now. Wait, I should say you won't see anything now.
You're going to start seeing China really crack down on Hong Kong now. Wait, I should say you won't see anything now.
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TikTok is owned by a Beijing based conglomerate. Every major Conglomerate in China has ties to the Communist government. This is just smoke being blown up the ass of willfully ignorant people.
I heard a random report that India has done the same.
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Marxists wiping out history...
Hong Kong schools told to remove books that violate new law as police powers extended
Hong Kong schools told to remove books that violate new law as police powers extended
And now you have no chance of a legal defence.
Hong Kong security law: New police powers to surveil lawyers a 'major threat', barrister and legal scholars say | Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
Hong Kong security law: New police powers to surveil lawyers a 'major threat', barrister and legal scholars say | Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
It looks like they dropped a dim sim or two over this.
Chinese embassy tells Australia to 'stop meddling' after Hong Kong visa extensions announced
Chinese embassy tells Australia to 'stop meddling' after Hong Kong visa extensions announced
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AG Bill Barr on the China threat:
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In the video, he states his aim for the speech was to have Chinese Communist leaders find it despicable. Mission accomplished!
This speech was on point; direct and pulled no punches - calling out companies like Apple et al. Just a leader telling it like it is. Bravo!
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In the video, he states his aim for the speech was to have Chinese Communist leaders find it despicable. Mission accomplished!
This speech was on point; direct and pulled no punches - calling out companies like Apple et al. Just a leader telling it like it is. Bravo!
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There was a good article today in our national daily by John Lee, who has some form in this area, I'll have to paraphrase as it's behind a paywall. The conclusion of the article (p.10) notes that the PRC got it's way with Hong Kong (it's always been part on China anyway, my thought) but Beijing has overestimated it's power to intimidate lesser nations, who now have understood what the PRC is doing. China needs goodwill to rise but material seduction & coercion is not working anymore. The PRC has limited tools to comprehend & respond to this new paradigm & the leadership is starting to get the message. This has left them little room for retreat & more angry towards what they consider to be inferior nations. Unchecked, this could "take the region to a very dark place. But we now know the problem is not so much that Beijing is too powerful to resist but there was a previous lack of collective resolve to stand firm."
I know moving minority groups in cattle car's have been done for evil in the past. But this time it's different, the Chinese government is going to do it right, this time.
Chinese ambassador confronted on live television with Uighur prisoner footage
Chinese ambassador confronted on live television with Uighur prisoner footage
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I'm surprised they let him on a freeform show like that.
Journos have a knack of ambushing guests. I wouldn’t be surprised if this was the case here.
If everyone's a Nazi then no one is a Nazi, but when you're herding people into trains, sending them to camps, and mass sterilization of women...
How much is Bayer pharmeceuticals making off this deal? How do you say "I.G. Farben" in Mandarin?
But hey America, keep cashing those Chinese checks and buying their cheap goods. Hollywood's run by pedophiles and compromised with Chinese money and influence. Torrenting is theft...but it doesn't involved systemic rape.
How much is Bayer pharmeceuticals making off this deal? How do you say "I.G. Farben" in Mandarin?
But hey America, keep cashing those Chinese checks and buying their cheap goods. Hollywood's run by pedophiles and compromised with Chinese money and influence. Torrenting is theft...but it doesn't involved systemic rape.
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