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Aussie in exile said:
China showing again how evil they can be if challenged.
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Xi not China. Once Xi and his cronies are removed by the Chinese people (which grows closer each day as his regime continues to fail hence his tightening of controls and more aggression towards his peaceful neighbours) the world will be a much better place.

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Rob R said:
Xi not China. Once Xi and his cronies are removed by the Chinese people (which grows closer each day as his regime continues to fail hence his tightening of controls and more aggression towards his peaceful neighbours) the world will be a much better place.

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The sooner the better i would have thought.
 
SeaOfFire said:
Umm.....have any of you guys visited or spent a few months in China, just out of interest?
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Yes, during the “rule” of Xi too. Lovely country and friendly people, I was shocked about how different the vast number of regions were in culture, food, language, idiosyncrasies, customs. Small rural villages different to large modern cities (just like here in a way). Never was unsafe or felt like I was in an oppressive police state ala North Korea. I was in some Chinese cities doing pub crawls and street drinking with locals which would have seen me in handcuffs in the good ol US of A.

Travel really is the best propaganda debunker in existence.
 

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SeaOfFire said:
Umm.....have any of you guys visited or spent a few months in China, just out of interest?
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I rucksacked around for a few weeks in 1985. Very different to today's China. Some parts of the countryside were medieval. Pudong was a few rice paddies and hovels. Guangzhou was growing and modernizing by the day. Xian was about the only place where people didn't stop and stare at me like a cow. lol
I've lived in Taiwan since 1990. Experienced its transformation from a single party state into a democracy.
 
schneebly111 said:
Yes, during the “rule” of Xi too. Lovely country and friendly people, I was shocked about how different the vast number of regions were in culture, food, language, idiosyncrasies, customs. Small rural villages different to large modern cities (just like here in a way). Never was unsafe or felt like I was in an oppressive police state ala North Korea. I was in some Chinese cities doing pub crawls and street drinking with locals which would have seen me in handcuffs in the good ol US of A.

Travel really is the best propaganda debunker in existence.
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It is/was a lot like Europe in that each area had distinct ethnicities, languages and cultures. In 85 when I visited, I really didn't understand anybody until I got neat Beijing because I had studied Beijing Huar :laughv1: at school. They could speak Mandarin all over the country but it wasn't the local language. I helped a backpacker negotiate exchanging FEC with RMD. They guy definitely had a different accent. Down on the YangZi delta the language was very different sounding to other areas, like German is different to a Latin based language.
On my bucket list would be an extensive trip to the southwest frontier and far west. So very different to Han culture. At least back then. Today I don't know how much they've been forced to assimilate.
Even back then after recently opening up, it wasn't too bad police-wise. Officials were the worse since they were probably more trained/brainwashed to hate foreigners. Shanghai and Guangzhou were cool. In Shanghai I got high with some Indonesian merchant seamen outside a bar. Heard 'Money For Nothing', the first time that night. :laughv1:
I've only been to HK since, and probably would be like visiting a new country if I went again.
 
Spearman said:
You'd think they would have beefed up the defenses in government agencies. It's not like they haven't known for a long time that the Chinese are constantly hammering on the doors.
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You think the US CIA and NSA aren't trying to access secret Chinese data? It's called intelligence gathering, every country does it and you'd be remiss to believe the West is squeaky clean.

It's like all the hullaballoo over the Chinese "spy balloon" (which turned out to be not a spy balloon) - You don't think the US has satellite and electronic Intel monitoring every square inch of Chinese landmass?
 
schneebly111 said:
You think the US CIA and NSA aren't trying to access secret Chinese data? It's called intelligence gathering, every country does it and you'd be remiss to believe the West is squeaky clean.

It's like all the hullaballoo over the Chinese "spy balloon" (which turned out to be not a spy balloon) - You don't think the US has satellite and electronic Intel monitoring every square inch of Chinese landmass?
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No shit, everybody is. That was not the point. The point was YTF isn't the cyber defense up to snuff. These attacks are new. There's been cracks at different departments and you'd think these gov guys would have the best gear, best software, and best practices to thwart the attacks. These are supposed to be professionals.
I'd bet there is some appointed yahoo who opened an attachment and let in a bug.
 
Aussie in exile said:
More bad news for China. Happy days
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China's declining productivity: Factors behind economic slowdown - Times of India

China News: BEIJING: China's economy is facing a slowdown, with growth dropping from 6.
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Just hope it doesn't affect the global economy too much. The KMT wanted/wants everyone to invest on the mainland. Fortunately there were some smarter people who followed a 'Go South' policy and set up in other SEA countries. There's been some Taiwanese leaving China, but it could still be catastrophic here it the Chinese economy tanks.
Not to mention any moves to distract from it by Xi.
 

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Spearman said:
No shit, everybody is. That was not the point. The point was YTF isn't the cyber defense up to snuff. These attacks are new. There's been cracks at different departments and you'd think these gov guys would have the best gear, best software, and best practices to thwart the attacks. These are supposed to be professionals.
I'd bet there is some appointed yahoo who opened an attachment and let in a bug.
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Wait until Elon Musk sacks the public service
 
I think we can accept that undersea cables are on the menu in the advent of conflict. The Chinese doing things in this part of the world...

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Undersea cables off north coast of Taiwan damaged by African-flagged cargo ship with Chinese name​

Tracking data shows that the ship dropped its anchor at the site of the cable break. However, the coastguard was unable to board the ship due to bad weather, and seizing the ship was not possible since too much time had passed since the incident.
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Taiwan suspects Chinese ship of cable sabotage​

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The PRC imposing a maritime blockade on Taiwan has had lots of discussion in recent years and many folks think it is the most likely way the PRC will escalate it's aggression against Taiwan. A slightly lower level event would be a quarantine, which is discussed in this article.
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Limited quarantine is China’s likely first move in subduing Taiwan | The Strategist

The West had better think carefully about how it would handle China imposing a nominally civil quarantine on Taiwan, because that’s the tactic that increasingly looks like an opening move for Beijing in taking control ...
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I think it s very likely the PRC will do either the blockade or the quarantine within a few years. The PLAN recent actions around Taiwan could be interpreted as practice for such an intervention. A quietly introduced quarantine gives Xi a bit more wiggle room, so if I were a betting man, that's were I would put my coin.
 
Aussie in exile said:
This is great news as China and East Germany and the Soviet Union before China uses sport as a propaganda tool.
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Australian Open 2025 results: Zheng Qinwen out in biggest shock so far but Aryna Sabalenka through

Zheng Qinwen admits it was not her day as she was beaten in the Australian Open second round in the biggest shock of the tournament so far.
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That’s a bit much man. It’s just a sporting match and she’s just a player not a tool of government. She’s just at the start of her career and already as a Slam finalist and Olympic gold medallist I’m sure she’ll win a Slam in the future so get ready to be disappointed if you hate seeing Chinese athletes do well.

You must have been extremely triggered during the Olympics. I thought some of the Chinese divers could have been among the most talented athletes I’ve ever seen in any sport. Absolute perfection and not a splash of water. Did that make you upset?
 

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