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by ChemSpider 4y ago
You must be living under a rock: Coordinate foreign affairs? => Yes (e. g. Russia sanctions) Able to police external borders? => Yes, Frontex Credible military deterrence in its near abroad? => When was the last time anyone attacke
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by ChemSpider 4y ago
That part is solved: (1) German BASF is one of the manufactures for "semiconductor chemicals". (2) More important: Getting parts from Malaysia (etc) is no issue as I don't think they plan to attack any neighboring countries i
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by ChemSpider 4y ago
Human rights organizations and investigative press should and must plan for maximum exposure. Very clever timing and I congratulate whoever planned that. Had that been released e. g. 3 days after the Russian attack on Ukraine started, hardl
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by ChemSpider 4y ago
This is an effort by many. So cut that crap. If you have real doubts spell them out clearly. Journalists e. g. from German Spiegel.de and other participating newspapers found and spoke directly with relatives of these people, and thus verif
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by ChemSpider 5y ago
I don't think so. What vaccine should that be? Sinovac is certainly not.
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by ChemSpider 5y ago
You can not compare a China-style brutal lockdown with anything you have ever seen in a Western country. Especially Germany never had a real lockdown - as in: You can not leave your apartment no matter what.
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by ChemSpider 5y ago
"once they realize Omicron isn’t that serious in vaccinated individuals" Afaik Sinovac is pretty much useless against Omicron.
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by ChemSpider 5y ago
"but I believe the vaccines that China have is of the type as the AstraZeneca vaccine" Absolutely not. And that is they key problem. Personally I was quite sure that Beijing would allow Biontech sooner or later, especially since t
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by ChemSpider 5y ago
That is not even a start, the amount is adding insult to injury. We are talking about a (self-proclaimed) economic superpower, and not a local bakery chain in Beijing.
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by ChemSpider 5y ago
Yes, why would this "news" be upvoted. That amount is so low, it is actually insulting. China has the means to end this war on short notice but it choose not to.
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by ChemSpider 5y ago
The real/bigger thread in the future will be a hyper-nationalistic China. I can only hope we apply the lessons learned to China as well.
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by ChemSpider 5y ago
"Factual error" is a strong word for a minor issue. It does not change anything - because no one knows what viri were in the lab. And "China" refuses to share any data about it e. g. the missing virus database.
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by ChemSpider 5y ago
" it would be an odd coincidence for a lab-leaked virus to have its first big super-spreading event at a live animal market," A good explanation for this that "used" (and thus infected) lab animals were sold at the marke
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by ChemSpider 5y ago
"that erodes the environment and feeds people microplastics"... yes, the "Tragedy of the commons". But the issue is, the environment in non-free societies (=> no free press) is in much worse shape.
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by ChemSpider 5y ago
I fail to understand why people like nuclear so much. Risks aside, renewables are cheaper. So why use an outdated technology like nuclear? (Now, fission would be a different story. I am all for researching this intensively).
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by ChemSpider 5y ago
Belarus is de-facto a part of Russia now. I don't think that Alexander Lukashenko can make any independent decision anymore, except maybe the color of his underpants. He needs Putin for his survival. And he sacrificed his country'
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by ChemSpider 5y ago
Accepting money from Tencent is a shame. No reasons at all to be proud of this. https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/09/28/chinese-tech-firms-fueli...
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Meta threatens to shut down Facebook and Instagram in Europe(mashable.com)
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by ChemSpider 5y ago
Just watch the energy consumption. When in China - and having "must-have" Chinese apps like Baidu installed - my smartphone lasts not even half as long as "in the West". The battery is drained in record time. Once I remo
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by ChemSpider 5y ago
The same companies have no problem making 100s of Nazi movies or Japan Pearl Harbor movies. Yet they are afraid to touch any Chinese topic. That is the problem.
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by ChemSpider 5y ago
All Samsung phones are NOT made in China, or? At least that is what I read here: https://www.makeuseof.com/where-are-samsung-phones-made/ Apple: I trust their US QA to detect planted spyware.
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by ChemSpider 5y ago
Really, I don't care if it is for-profit or not. Just a search engine with transparent ranking would be great. Ideally with explainable AI (XAI) that can tell me WHY is result A ranked higher than result B. I would even pay a monthly s
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by ChemSpider 5y ago
Why? It matches exactly my experience while being in China.
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by ChemSpider 5y ago
> VPN traffic is also slowed down extremely. Exactly that. It took me >30 minutes just load my emails - if I found a spot where the VPN would connect at all. Basically I needed two coffees. One for the time to load the email, and the
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by ChemSpider 5y ago
That time is gone meanwhile. In late 2019 I had a very hard time getting access to my Gmail account, despite trying all the usual workarounds and staying in the best hotels in town. Even non-English news sites were blocked, sites that I cou
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by ChemSpider 5y ago
That is because formal independence - as used in this survey - means a considerable risk of war with China. It is no surprise that people hesitate going to war when the current status quo is somewhat ok.
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by ChemSpider 5y ago
Nobody asks France or Germany to stop trading with China. But both countries should use more of their power to support a fellow democracy that is under threat.
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by ChemSpider 5y ago
Nonsense. The only reason why some Taiwanese do not want _formal_ independence now is because China is threating with war. If China would allow a referendum in Taiwan (accepting any outcome peacefully), there would be 90%+ majority for inde
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by ChemSpider 5y ago
You post really shows the power and danger of nationalism. You sound like Germany 1938.
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by ChemSpider 5y ago
There is no need for Mr. Xi to formally give up on Taiwan. He could just kick the can down the road for another few decades, like all his much smarter predecessors did. > China's people also believe that. Only because that is what t

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