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101·2 days agoYes, and it can do it better, too :-)
As an addition:
Mr. Burgess also criticizes China for IP theft and political meddling
… “We all spy on each other, but we don’t conduct wholesale intellectual property theft. We don’t actually interfere with political systems and we don’t undertake high-harm activity,” Burgess told the Lowy Institute international policy think tank in Sydney …
The 972mag may fill an important gap in its country, they are critical of Israel and its allies with factual reporting, but they are by no means unbiased. I feel as many (all?) left-wing media outlet they don’t research independently but rather seek information that support their narratives, which includes that some topics are never touched at all. This is their bias. It is a selective approach what to report on, whom to criticize, and whom not. It’s not independent media.
Oh, why just Google and Amazon? There are many more …
Palantir and many others from the U.S. and around the globe …
China’s Dahua and Hikvision … This has been known for a long time, and it’s just a tiny sample.
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This Asia Times is a Chinese propaganda outlet based in Hong Kong.
Nah, this is not about the multinational investors but foremost about ordinary people’s money.
And the next bubble is loading already. Chinese households are returning to equities due to a lack of attractive alternatives, with the CSI 300 Index surging more than 25% since its April lows (and surging ~50% since the start of the year). There are large investors, of course, but the data -household deposits are down, stock market indices are up, to name examples- shows that small investors are a central part of this bull rally, with hundred of billions of dollars have been flooding the equity markets within short period of time now.
So what a good source about this topic and China in general?
A lot of what you say is ‘hyperboly.’ You are trolling around only to then say you can prove nothing.
are you aware of falun gong and what they stand for or do you blindly believe what confirms your bias?
Where do you have your information from? How do you know that Falun Gong is “CIA backed” and what they stand for?
You make empty accusations and empty statements backed by nothing, while ignoring the sources cited in the linked report (and in this thread as well).
Well, in other news we read that Chinese state oil majors have suspended purchases of seaborne Russian oil after the United States imposed sanctions on Rosneft and Lukoil, Moscow’s two biggest oil companies.
Unfortunately, the Economist lost a lot of its quality and research strength in the last two decades or so which is why I stopped reading almost entirely. What is interesting, though, is that tankies slam the Economist frequently as a some sort of Western propaganda media, but have apparently no problem with it if at least the headline aligns with their desired narratives. The hypocrisy is almost hilarious :-)
Yeah, if the multi-polarity comes true, there will likely be several blocks (the EU, Mercosur, others) that will cooperate closely, while trusted partnerships will remain only among trusted countries (such as among democratic countries worldwide). Within these partnerships there could be free trade, between them, however, we’ll likely see some sort of tit-for-tat economy - do trade where it fits and where it has no impact on our core interests regarding economy and security.
Canada’s “strategic partnership” with China will be one of these tit-for-tat partnerships, but the country’s future lies in collaborations with the EU, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and other democracies.
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A similar policy is applied when Chinese students are sent abroad. There is strong evidence across countries that Chinese students, before sending to their universities in their destination countries, are forced to a 'loyalty plea".
The central commitment is one of absolute allegiance to the Chinese state, as students, according to several reports like this one,
“shall consciously safeguard the honor of the motherland, (and) obey the guidance and management of embassies (consulates) abroad.” This includes reporting to the Chinese embassy or the nearest Chinese consulate within ten days of their arrival in Germany and maintaining “frequent contact.”
Human Rights Watch reports that [China’s long reach of repression undermines academic freedom at Australia’s universities](Understand the Fear We Have”):
Threats to and limitations on academic freedom at Australian universities stem from China-related pressures and documented cases of harassment, intimidation, and censorship of students and academics from China, and faculty members who criticize the government or express support for democracy movements. These corrosive dynamics set in motion considerable self-censorship.
Students said the fear of fellow students reporting on them to the Chinese consulate or embassy and the potential impact on loved ones in China led to stress, anxiety, and affected their daily activities. Fear that what they did in Australia could result in Chinese authorities punishing or interrogating their parents back home weighed heavily on the minds of every pro-democracy student interviewed. It was a constant concern that had to be evaluated before decisions were made of what to say, what they could attend, and even with whom they were friends. - [Emphasis mine.]
This year, Harvard’s scandal exposed Chinese students’ loyalty also in the U.S., highlighting that Chinese students act as CCP proxies, monitoring or suppressing dissent on U.S. campuses, as seen in incidents like the disruption of a Uyghur panel at Brandeis or harassment of dissidents.
Several countries (such as Sweden and Germany, as far as I remember) have already cancelled the cooperation with the the China Scholarship Council (CSC) over these and other practices.
You’ll find it easy to find more reports across the web.
Reminds somehow on European far-right (and far-left) parties -backed by Russia and China, btw- that are opposing Europe’s rearmament while demanding ‘peace’ with Russia, but without naming who the aggressor against Ukraine is. It’s the same playbook.
They don’t necessarily need to own and operate their own factories imho, but we need transparent supply chains and laws to hold the brands accountable what happens in these supply chains. China is likely the country most opposing to such transparent supply chains, India is another one.
“It’s the most humbling thing I’ve ever seen,” said Ford’s chief executive about his recent trip to China.
Report from June 2025: ‘The Most Humbling Thing I’ve Ever Seen’: Ford CEO On China’s Car Industry’
A few weeks ago I stumbled upon a similar report on soil contamination and health risk of toxic trace elements in soils surrounding rare earth tailings in China. It says that,
adults exhibited elevated health risks via oral ingestion [which] demonstrated that the median hazard index (HI) and carcinogenic risk (CR) values in five provinces surpassed safety thresholds … Sensitivity analyses identified daily soil intake and exposure duration were positively linked to health risks, with As, Ni, Cd, Cr, and Mn concentrations contributing substantially to cumulative risks.
I learned earlier that already ten years ago, in 2014, one fifth of China’s soil were found to be contaminated, according to official Chinese data.
What an absurdly weird take.
The issue of imported tomatoes from China has long been a major issue in Italy before Trump became president this year. This has nothing to do with Trump.