Let's talk about China

[gosub]

Chinese distributors reportedly dump dud chips on Russia

What? Sanctions-busting sellers aren't interested in your complaints? That's a shame

www.theregister.com

You don't suppose that's why the Russians are nicking Ukrainian washing machines

 

[Rimbaud]

China has been supposedly employing residents of various countries to mob those slighting China, mostly Twitter storms and counter protests but as with the Manchester embassy it’s likely a few more violent incidents will occur the longer it goes on

I was looking on Twitter at the westerners pushing China's line about the Manchester Consulate incident, and on further investigation quite a few seemed to be of the La Rouche cult. Interestingly I vaguely recall seeing La Rouche talked about in glowing terms in Chinese media several years ago, I wouldn't be surprised if they are on the payroll.

 

[hash tag]

From radio reports this morning, Taiwan are getting increasingly anxious about China.

 

[Aladdin]

Sorry if this is in the wrong thread. I had no idea where to put it.....and cant find mention of it elsewhere.

China's Semiconductor Industry 'Decapitated Overnight': What 'Annihilation Looks Like' - Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT), ASML Holding (NASDAQ:ASML)

The Biden administration unveiled a comprehensive strategy last week to move the U.S.

www.google.com

Biden’s chip controls may force Chinese-Americans working in China’s semiconductor firms to choose between their citizenship or their job

The Biden administration's new export controls on chips bar "U.S. persons" from supporting China's development of advanced computer chips.

www.google.com

Surely wont go down well

 

[bluescreen]

This footage of Hu Jintao being ushered out of the hall is chilling.

 

[Pickman's model]

This footage of Hu Jintao being ushered out of the hall is chilling.

We will not see him again

 

[gosub]

 

[Pickman's model]

Oh you will

 

[gosub]

Oh you will

Lol. Still on ignore!

 

[Pickman's model]

Lol. Still on ignore!

So I see

 

[hash tag]

This footage of Hu Jintao being ushered out of the hall is chilling.

It's official, he is now on ignore.

 

[tim]

It's official, he is now on ignore.

Xi doesn't have the panache of Saddam.

 

[not-bono-ever]

Ole Hu J didnt look too well there did he ?

 

[ska invita]

This footage of Hu Jintao being ushered out of the hall is chilling.

Godfather shit. Horrible

 

[maomao]

Who Jintao?

 

[Rimbaud]

Li Keqiang being removed from the Central Committee and Hu Jintao being humiliated is a sign that the influence of the Communist Youth League faction (people who rose up through the Youth League through talent without family connections, who tend to be more liberal) has been stamped out.

Li Qiang joining the Central Committee appears to be an endorsement of the disastrous Shanghai lockdown.

The Party is packed out with loyalists now. Nobody to tell him no... its gonna be a shitshow.

 

[hash tag]

Li Keqiang being removed from the Central Committee and Hu Jintao being humiliated is a sign that the influence of the Communist Youth League faction (people who rose up through the Youth League through talent without family connections, who tend to be more liberal) has been stamped out.

Li Qiang joining the Central Committee appears to be an endorsement of the disastrous Shanghai lockdown.

The Party is packed out with loyalist now. Nobody to tell him no... its gonna be a shitshow.

" its gonna be a shitshow." hasn't it always been so.

 

[Rimbaud]

" its gonna be a shitshow." hasn't it always been so.

I mean... even more of a shitshow.

 

[NoXion]

Packing your ranks with abject yes-men never has a chance of coming back to bite you in the arse, does it?

"Oh yes Mr Xi, your plans are visionary and flawless and excellent and your arsehole tastes so good, it does!" lap lap lap

Is there some kind of fundamental dysfunction in the brains of authoritarians which makes them ignore the long and well-documented history of this kind of shit? Is their arrogance really that powerful that they delude themselves into thinking they can make it turn out different this time?

 

[gosub]

China's leadership reshuffle puts greater weight on relations with the U.S.

Foreign Minister Wang Yi joined the new Politburo, the second-highest level of power, state media announced Sunday.

www.cnbc.com

It's a bit like kremlinology at the moment...without the falling out of windows

 

[tim]

China's leadership reshuffle puts greater weight on relations with the U.S.

Foreign Minister Wang Yi joined the new Politburo, the second-highest level of power, state media announced Sunday.

www.cnbc.com

It's a bit like kremlinology at the moment...without the falling out of windows

But some suspended death sentences for some junior government ministers.

Death penalty commuted to life for China’s ex-security chief

Former deputy security minister Sun Lijun received 646 million yuan ($91m) in bribes between 2001 and 2020.

www.google.com

 

[gosub]

But some suspended death sentences for some junior government ministers.

Death penalty commuted to life for China’s ex-security chief

Former deputy security minister Sun Lijun received 646 million yuan ($91m) in bribes between 2001 and 2020.

www.google.com

I'm sure those without influence have it even harder...
That said Russian balconies are hardly big enough for a trial

 

[not-bono-ever]

It’s the end of the deng era. They are just tidying up loose ends now

 

[tim]

It’s the end of the deng era. They are just tidying up loose ends now

I always suspected that Ned She Rin had counterrevolutionary tendencies.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

Packing your ranks with abject yes-men never has a chance of coming back to bite you in the arse, does it?

"Oh yes Mr Xi, your plans are visionary and flawless and excellent and your arsehole tastes so good, it does!" lap lap lap

Is there some kind of fundamental dysfunction in the brains of authoritarians which makes them ignore the long and well-documented history of this kind of shit? Is their arrogance really that powerful that they delude themselves into thinking they can make it turn out different this time?

I'm not certain that the Capitalist class in the West have any better understanding of that history. Things are leading up to a revolution against them, and while they can clearly see the outcome, judged by their investments in survival shelters, they don't seem to be motivated to prevent it. "The will to power" is a mental abnormality that we could learn a lot by studying further.

 

[gosub]

I always suspected that Ned She Rin had counterrevolutionary tendencies.

Showing your age...it's Clive Anderson these days

 

[bluescreen]

Showing your age...it's Clive Anderson these days

Showing your age...knowing what's on R4.

 

[NoXion]

I'm not certain that the Capitalist class in the West have any better understanding of that history. Things are leading up to a revolution against them, and while they can clearly see the outcome, judged by their investments in survival shelters, they don't seem to be motivated to prevent it. "The will to power" is a mental abnormality that we could learn a lot by studying further.

For sure. The Western capitalists keep trying to squeeze blood from a stone. In both cases it seems like the elites are taking the worst options.

 

[Dystopiary]

BBC article on "Bridge Man," brave protestor in Beijing:

On a cloudy afternoon last week, a man mounted a busy overpass in Beijing's Haidian university district, carrying a cardboard box and car tyres.
Wearing an orange worksuit and a yellow hard hat, he easily passed off as a construction worker.

But then, he unfurled two massive white banners covered in slogans written in red paint. He set the tyres on fire. As plumes of black smoke swirled around him, he picked up a loudhailer and repeatedly chanted:

"Go on strike at school and work, remove dictator and national traitor Xi Jinping! We want to eat, we want freedom, we want to vote!"

China congress: How one man on a bridge marred Xi Jinping's big moment

 

[gosub]

Xi Jinping Exposed

Disagree on a couple of things...think Hu Jintao was about as full on face as you can get. Right down to his reappearance.


CCP naval production seems geared to domination of the of South China sea and little else. Making strides aerially as well though. Jury still out on combat hardiness.

as to the blase referencing of Mao:

"In journalese, Xi is the "most powerful leader since Mao." But this has yet to be proven. Mao founded the People's Republic, destroyed the old society of landowners and capitalists, and radically transformed Chinese society.".

Evergrande and the blow up of one of biggest property bubbles in history! If that doesn't impact on the perception of land ownership, the relations between national and regional authority; who provides what and how it's accounted for...then nothing will.

But yeah zero COVID is a headache...as is drought.