The China Thread (Threat)

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Just a follow on to my previous post, this article describes how brutal these clashes are; up close and personal. Two nuclear powers literally going at it with sticks and stones.

Indian soldiers unarmed and caught by surprise in China clash, families say

One of the Indian soldiers had his throat slit with metal nails in the darkness, his father told Reuters, saying he had been told by a fellow soldier who was there.

Others fell to their deaths in the freezing waters of the Galwan river in the western Himalayas, relatives have learned from witnesses...

...Three of the dead men had their "arteries ruptured in the neck" and two sustained head injuries caused by "sharp or pointed objects", the death certificates seen by Reuters said.

There were visible marks on the neck and forehead, all five documents said.

"It was a free-for-all, they fought with whatever they could lay their hands on - rods, sticks, and even with their bare hands," said a government official in Delhi briefed on the clash.
 
ThunderHorse said:
Privatization is part of why China's economy boomed. But hey, Beijing want that money lol.

CCP announces plan to take control of China's private sector
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Wow. That is really, really interesting to me. I thought China was trying to become more like us economically, but this seems like a step in the opposite direction.

At the same time, though, I'm wondering if what they're doing from a top-down, governmental approach is really so different than the thought policing going on inside corporate America right now. I'll have to think about this a little further and see if I can articulate what I mean a little better.
 
Marauder06 said:
Wow. That is really, really interesting to me. I thought China was trying to become more like us economically, but this seems like a step in the opposite direction.

At the same time, though, I'm wondering if what they're doing from a top-down, governmental approach is really so different than the thought policing going on inside corporate America right now. I'll have to think about this a little further and see if I can articulate what I mean a little better.
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Although they've opened their economy a lot with some privatization which has created bajillionaires out of some people, it's still an extremely closed system. In a sense you're only getting rich if you're a relatively high ranking party official and the party itself as much as the government has a lot of control. This smells more like returning to a command-esque economy because of all the people that have gotten rich and the government wants a higher take.
 
Tbh the only thing that's related to this thread is that is happened in China so it's not even relevant. It's tacky and shitty behaviour regardless of where it happened.
 
Marauder06 said:
Wow. That is really, really interesting to me. I thought China was trying to become more like us economically, but this seems like a step in the opposite direction.

At the same time, though, I'm wondering if what they're doing from a top-down, governmental approach is really so different than the thought policing going on inside corporate America right now. I'll have to think about this a little further and see if I can articulate what I mean a little better.
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I was already of the opinion the CCP was heavily involved with their 'private' sector. Or at least maintained a rather heavy influence in their actions. My initial reaction to the article went right to supply chain management and the very real possibility that all electronics could become a major threat.
 
ThunderHorse said:
Privatization is part of why China's economy boomed. But hey, Beijing want that money lol.

CCP announces plan to take control of China's private sector
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Hmm, doubling down on Communism after years of pseudo-Capitalism. I love what amounts to political officers/ commissars in companies now. The gov't already had a very heavy hand in some places, but they really doubled down. What's funny is they went to the now old model to increase productivity and profits, but are now using a successful model and returning to Mao era practices?

Bold strategy, Cotton.
 

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