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bgee
9y ago
That is Mountain Taijun, 7000+ feet peak with national AAAAA-rated tourist attractions (and not in Beijing). So no, I don't think that's smog, probably just fog.
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9y ago
> I had chat with Chinese people that went all anxious after they started to emit the slightest critic about their country. They are wrong, but it's a common misbelief. China government wants to censor posts that initialize collecti
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bgee
9y ago
I was trying to say that this argument can be based on fact instead of experience.
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9y ago
OP said "it was literally impossible to buy a computer with a legal copy of windows installed on it". Responder said "it is quite possible (even common) to buy a computer with a legal copy of windows installed on it" and
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bgee
9y ago
Why is this downvoted? I thought the Windows sticker on a laptop is the best proof that Windows is pre-installed...
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bgee
9y ago
Here are the instructions from HP[0], Lenovo [1] and Dell [2] respectively on how to reinstall the Windows that comes with the machine. So it's not really "based on experience". [0] https://support.hp.com/cn-z
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bgee
9y ago
Is the Windows sticker on a laptop good enough?
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bgee
9y ago
I have lived in China forever and I have no idea what you are talking about. Every laptop that I have owned came with legal copy of Windows with it. My family members have brought numerous legal copies (discs) from a local "computer di
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9y ago
What about Huawei? Huawei was banned from entering US telecom infrastructure market [0]. [0] http://www.cnbc.com/2016/02/22/huawei-well-re-enter-us-marke...
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9y ago
> Everyone I've known from Hong Kong decried the education of mainland China. I'm not surprised such comment came out from someone in Hong Kong but the truth is the education system in Hong Kong is even more "comes down to
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10y ago
> and they're mostly not looking to get back. The Chinese sitting across my desk just happily came back from China, the Chinese sitting besides me will go back to China in two weeks and has been looking forward to it since Christmas
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10y ago
Putting the fact that system integration itself is a difficult task aside, I believe part of the reason of buying components from European and American manufacturers is to help pass FAA regulations. On a side note, since you posted that fig