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As Bitcoin rocketed in value, Qian could achieve what her company promised its investors - that they could "get rich while lying down". Her assistant Wen Jian - at her own trial last year, which culminated in a six-year jail term for money laundering - said Qian had spent most of her days lying in bed, gaming and online shopping.

That is hilarious but true, her fake investment company could have accidently "failed successfully"/ "failing upwards" for buying into bitcoin, but she decided to be a criminal instead.
 

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As Bitcoin rocketed in value, Qian could achieve what her company promised its investors - that they could "get rich while lying down". Her assistant Wen Jian - at her own trial last year, which culminated in a six-year jail term for money laundering - said Qian had spent most of her days lying in bed, gaming and online shopping.
To be fair, that’s typical of a gross amount of crypto aficionados
Trying to explain the unexplainable, send him back
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Japan seeks to calm escalating spat with China over Taiwan​

The only way this goes away is for Chinese weapons inspectors to be permanently stationed on the Japanese archipelago with full authority and carte blanche to arrest, indict and extradite any Japanese politician or soldier aiding and abetting the creation of nuclear weapons.
 

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Ryukyu independence should be on the table.
Realistically, arrange a closed door deal to have Lady Grinch Face ousted from power within the month. Otherwise, no deal. China can then start spreading the implication that her ouster was entirely due to China. Or maybe China wouldn’t even have to do the second part, I mean the reason would be pretty obvious despite whatever dumb excuse they could come up with. The blow to the Japanese national self esteem and confidence would be epic, knowing that their own leader can de facto be replaced at will if they displease China. Maybe I’m dreaming and living in Lala land with this scenario, but anything is possible, especially with Japan’s current precarious situation and their unstable history with the very disposable PM seat in recent times.
 

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Realistically, arrange a closed door deal to have Lady Grinch Face ousted from power within the month. Otherwise, no deal. China can then start spreading the implication that her ouster was entirely due to China. Or maybe China wouldn’t even have to do the second part, I mean the reason would be pretty obvious despite whatever dumb excuse they could come up with. The blow to the Japanese national self esteem and confidence would be epic, knowing that their own leader can de facto be replaced at will if they displease China. Maybe I’m dreaming and living in Lala land with this scenario, but anything is possible, especially with Japan’s current precarious situation and their unstable history with the very disposable PM seat in recent times.
Anyone want to set a timer to see who lasts longer? A cabbage or President Massive Runway Philtrum?
 

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wtf is Tencent doing? modern day unequal treaty?
Tencent chickened out. In fact as recently as April of this year, the judge in the Epic Games v. Apple lawsuit had found Apple to be willfully violating the terms of the prior injunction, and ruled that the company could no longer restrict third-party storefronts, collect fees from these, or require interface elements that aimed to dissuade users from using third-party storefronts.

Tencent through Wechat has 1000X the leverage that EPIC had.

I suppose there is a geopolitical strategic argument to get Apple shareholders addicted to the Chinese market even more in the long term from the perspective of the government of China to utilize this leverage later on, but the true consequences of that remain to be seen...
 
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