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[pmc]

I understand that there is probably a desire to keep a village idiot as a mascot in lots of online communities, but I think we here at SDF deserve a better class of village idiot than what @pmc here is delivering.

Are you deliberately ignoring reality?.

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March 20, 2023 at 8:17 pm
Official reveals an economic agreement with UAE
Secretary of the Iranian Supreme National Security Council, Ali Shamkhani, announced on Monday that his country has concluded an agreement with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to facilitate trade movement between the two countries using the Emirati currency, the dirham.

 

[Temstar]

I assume he isn't repeatedly getting away with anything and that all of this footage was taken on the same day and he's just drip feeding photos and footage.

AFAIK that is the case. He's currently not in Japan right now and he did the filming on his last trip there.

Not sure if he's actually back in China though, understandable he doesn't talk much about where he is currently.

 

[Temstar]

If I had to guess what it is, I'd guess it's some cheese. The greastest cultural divide between French food and Chinese palates has got to be weird rare stinky cheeses that the French covet but the Chinese think are disgusting. Macron probably had some shit that took 16 years to make that is teeming with maggots and odd coloured mould all over it, costs like 200 Euros a gram and only a single family in France has passed down the tradition of making this cheese, 1 wheel per month, enitrely by hand in a 600 year old barrel and he's smiling like the taste is going to send Xi and his wife into orgasm. Xi, however, took one bite and felt like someone had just put a used condom fermented for a month in a marathon runner's used sock into his mouth. Literally considered for a moment if this counts as an assassination attempt.

Nothing wrong with blue cheese, it's just an acquired taste. They probably shouldn't have used it as introductory to French cruisine. I wouldn't use stinky tofu to introduce people to Chinese food either.

 

[horse]

This is a bizarre move by the Americans that smack completely of utter desperation.

They just built that small yard and high fence for the American EV industry, and for what?

Let's not kid ourselves here.

What this move is, pertaining to the EV, is a full retreat by the Americans.

They do not want to compete. When you do not want to compete or fight for it, you are backing out in full retreat.

That is this trade war or tech war, as the modern EV is a computer on wheels. Who is in retreat in the trade war and tech war.

Most US politicians are too dumb to know any better.

President Trump, he knows. He is the one who said China is eating their lunch or something like that.

 

[manqiangrexue]

Nothing wrong with blue cheese, it's just an acquired taste. They probably shouldn't have used it as introductory to French cruisine. I wouldn't use stinky tofu to introduce people to Chinese food either.

Blue cheese? Ain't nothing wrong with blue cheese; I enjoy blue cheese with my buffalo wings. Although some Chinese don't like it, that's starter level. I'm talkin' about shit like this:

 

[horse]

Someone should call the health department. Pick up that phone now!

Just saying!

 

[horse]

Let's not kid ourselves here.

What this move is, pertaining to the EV, is a full retreat by the Americans.

They do not want to compete. When you do not want to compete or fight for it, you are backing out in full retreat.

Okay, I know I should continue this rant, about this American 100% tariffs on Chinese EVs, because I have been drinking, and figured what could be the right move.

The wrong move, is to retaliate. That was my gut reaction, not to retaliate. Of course, the PRC will retaliate, but that is not going accomplish anything, but do it for symbolic reasons.

What the right move is, that is to infiltrate.

The Chinese auto industry, still should target the American market for sales, perhaps in products like auto parts, which is a big market. Infiltrate like that, then the Chinese auto industry would know what is going on everywhere, to maintain is dominating position in the world auto market.

Some American partners are likely to step forward with help with that.

 

[Chevalier]

They also like to play "Born in the USA" at right-wing political conventions, not noticing at all that the song is harshly critical of US overseas military interventions and how US government and society treated its veterans.

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Irony and satire are lost on the anglo american people. Even Team America's soundtrack is unironically used for bombastic american nationalism and propaganda.

Prof Yellen is a professor. People like that, have integrity, you have to in order to teach young people.

I don't know which university you went to, but it's one i wish i went to.
American universities, you must remember, are the same institutions that condoned the war on terror, assisted the CIA with torture techniques from their faculties of psychology, and racially discriminate against Asian Americans because they fear their ashkenazi IQ won't be able to compete.

 

[didklmyself]

What the right move is, that is to infiltrate.

The Chinese auto industry, still should target the American market for sales, perhaps in products like auto parts, which is a big market. Infiltrate like that, then the Chinese auto industry would know what is going on everywhere, to maintain is dominating position in the world auto market.

They do not need to infiltrate. American companies to be successful abroad have to work with Chinese suppliers. It's them who will come not the other way around.
Let America stay with the Americans, and rest of the world will be China's.

 

[Minm]

I don't think you understood the idea of existing ports at Bandar Abbas, with an existing rail connection.

The new rail to Chabahar is being completed by Iran alone after it evicted India, the original builder, after it failed to deliver due to US sanctions.


Karachi cannot simply expand without issue. It did undergo several smaller expansions while Gwadar Port was being built, but it is too congested with it's own and other maritime traffic. That is why they've been moving the expansions out of the city. Besides Gwadar, the closer ports at Ormara and Pasni were also considered for major expansions. Current draught at KP is only 13.5m with an expansion planned to increase it to 16.5m, while Gwadar has an existing natural draught of 18m.

SRC at Bandar Abbas already has an existing 17m draught while Chabahar Port is only 9.3m currently with a yet to be built 16m expansion. There's really no reason for Iran to build a new port other than to develop it's eastern region.

Bandar Abbas is also congested and is responsible for Iran's own trade. Chabahar will just be useful as a hub for central Asia and Russia, so it wouldn't make sense for Iran to allow India to waste the limited capacity at Bandar Abbas for low margin trade with Afghanistan, from which Iran doesn't derive much benefit. Using a new port also has a lower chance of inviting American sanctions and it avoids the straits of Hormuz. So there are reasons why chabahar is useful to central Asia/Russia and India

I'm just pointing out the parallels with Gwadar, which also lacks a rail connection and is in a very remote area. But Pakistan picked it anyway. It's an example for why you can't always use the limited existing infrastructure