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by _t9ow 1y ago
> In implementing it the USA would simply be doing what they have for years accused China of doing It's bad only when other people/countries do it (small businesses, students, China, and so on).
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by _t9ow 2y ago
> at the cost of... welfare If politicians no longer care about winning elections, then they might campaign on this.
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by _t9ow 2y ago
> They have difficulty paying $3K $9k, actually. He wrote that the unit price increased from $6 to $15. But your point stands nonetheless.
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by _t9ow 2y ago
> When Taiwan operated in one party rule under the Chiang family they did not make significant economic progress This is objectively wrong. Taiwan made tremendous economic progress during the period of one-party rule under Chiang Kai-she
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by _t9ow 2y ago
> China's use of social reputation scores in denying government services Be skeptical of what you read in Western media when it comes to non-Western countries (especially China). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/So
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by _t9ow 2y ago
While it is true that Vance did not literally refer to all Chinese people as peasants, I do worry that such rhetoric will stoke the flames of racially motivated anti-Asian/anti-Chinese attacks. I don't want to discuss whether he i
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by _t9ow 2y ago
Link: https://archive.vn/9bjz2
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TSMC could face $1B or more fine from US probe, sources say(reuters.com)
3 points by _t9ow 2y ago|1 comments
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by _t9ow 2y ago
Immigration will take a nosedive under Trump.
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by _t9ow 2y ago
> for reasons beyond me It might help to understand that the resistance you have faced is probably driven by deep-seated biases and stubbornness.
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by _t9ow 2y ago
> a decade You're quite optimistic. With the current administration and its purge of federal workers (including those in NIST), it will likely take much longer than that.
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by _t9ow 2y ago
Democracy or not, people tend to rally around the flag when they feel like their country is under attack by a hostile actor. Both the Chinese and the Canadians are willing to tolerate pain in order to push back against Trump and his cronies
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by _t9ow 2y ago
> China is nowhere near peer with the US militarily. Neither was Vietnam, Iraq, or Afghanistan. Military prowess doesn't paint the whole picture.
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by _t9ow 2y ago
> to seek security guarantees from China at this point. The Chinese won't provide these guarantees. If you understand Chinese culture and read Chinese history, you'd realise that the Han are generally not a very militaristic pe
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> They added greek letters to make themselves sound smart That's because they know that most Americans won't be able to figure out that those terms cancel out.
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by _t9ow 2y ago
Since your comment is comparing the US with China, maybe a bit of "whataboutism" is warranted here. > stealing IP Edward Snowden's leaks reveal that the US engages in wide-scale economic espionage. Additionally, the US als
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by _t9ow 2y ago
> giving blunt responses (like China just did and put tariffs on everything) It's incorrect to describe their response as "blunt". As someone who follows mainland Chinese media I can assure you that their policymakers have
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by _t9ow 2y ago
> in a country I feel aligns better w my values What are your values? You'll get more useful and actionable advice by elaborating a bit on this.
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by _t9ow 2y ago
Link: https://archive.vn/KKorq
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by _t9ow 2y ago
Link: https://archive.vn/AFE3m
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Scientists create 'fungi tiles' with elephant skin texture to cool buildings(ntu.edu.sg)
5 points by _t9ow 2y ago|0 comments
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by _t9ow 2y ago
> perhaps it makes it less attractive to China Taiwan's semiconductor industry is literally not even a factor that plays into China's wish to reunify. It won't make a lick of difference.
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by _t9ow 2y ago
And many people seem to have collective amnesia about the January 6 Capitol riots, the Trump-Raffensperger phone call, the fake electors plot, etc. Trump has shown us many times who he is, and yet somehow many conservatives still refuse to
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by _t9ow 2y ago
> why does he care about the US branch of a social network Indeed he doesn't, since ByteDance is primarily owned by non-Chinese institutions and individuals anyway.
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by _t9ow 2y ago
> One piece of chewing gum on the ground will get you a caning in Singapore This is not true, by the way. You will be fined for littering; or, if you are a repeat offender, be sentenced to cleaning public areas while wearing an offensive
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by _t9ow 2y ago
> China was not the one who opened up this can of worms Thank you. As someone who lives in Southeast Asia (and who also has lived in East Asia -- pardon the deliberate vagueness, for I do not wish to reveal too many potentially personall
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by _t9ow 2y ago
> I feel there are some recent big own goals I'm not sure I know what you mean. Do you mind elaborating?
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> Russia is already subject to sanctions So is Iran, and yet Iran is still on the list.
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by _t9ow 2y ago
> During your career, you have kept your distance from Western style democracy. Are you still convinced that an authoritarian system is the future for Asia? Once again, a Western journalist treats his non-Western guest with judgmental co
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by _t9ow 2y ago
Thank you for your detailed response. I concede that you seem to know much more about the relationship between Burma and Singapore, and I will check out the sources that you shared. Just to clarify: I wasn't deliberately trying to swee

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