In late 2020, , according to Huawei's own website. That would explain the drop in headcount. The drop in revenue (by almost a third) was probably for Huawei's smartphones only; for Huawei as a whole, , according to Reuters.
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China forgives debts, but at what cost?
Congress and parliament do not have executive powers. Taiwan can spend as much as they want to invite these clowns, but they will offer little actual help.
Congress and parliament do not have executive powers. Taiwan can spend as much as they want to invite these clowns, but they will offer little actual help.
I see the USA/acting in a manner what will eventually cause Russians in the event that the USA ceases to function as a nation in the coming days to play the Nazis to the American Jew only in this case this was completely and utterly provoked by America for decades of wanting a villain in order for the USA to play the hero. I wonder if they have ever watched films where the so called bad guys win and win big because in those particular situations, the so call heroes stupidity and arrogance far outweighs whatever righteousness that they would once have, these low blows seem to come second nature to the USA, I wonder if they realize that the same can eventually happen to them
Would you pay 5 quid for a blowjob from an overweight British slag?
FILE PHOTO © AP / Rebecca Blackwell
Outreach workers warned Sky News on Saturday that the rising cost of living in the UK is forcing women into sex work, with some forced to meet clients on the streets.
The English Collective of Prostitutes, a London-based group that advises women in the sex industry how to say safe and out of trouble with the law, told that it saw walls to its helpline increase by a third this summer.
Spokeswoman Niki Adams said that rising food and energy bills have driven women to prostitution.
"Across the board what we're seeing is people coming to that work from a place of desperation,” Adams said. "That means they are much less able to protect themselves from violence and exploitation.”
One woman Adams works with found herself losing hundreds of pounds when the UK’s benefits program moved to the Universal Credit system – an ongoing process that the government will make 900,000 welfare recipients worse off by the time the switchover is completed
"She started doing a couple of evenings a week on the streets - just enough to pay each bill," Adams said, adding that with four young children at home, the woman had to work outdoors.
With inflation in the UK crossing the 10% threshold last month and millions of Britons potentially facing a winter of heat and food , Beyond The Streets, a charity that helps women leave prostitution, is seeing an increase in women selling “survival sex.”
"We call it that because it's the only choice these women can make to survive. It's done to meet basic needs - to have enough money for food and rent," support worker Nikki McNeill told Sky.
Adams added that some of those selling sex are doing so for agencies, which often force the women to work in unsafe condition.
"Some of the women are expected to provide sex without protection,” she said. "Clients know they are in a position where they can't say no, so some premises are pushing women into those circumstances."
McNeill said that her organisation is lobbying the government to increase benefits beyond the £1,200 ($1,491) in direct payments to low income households and £400 ($473) in energy payments to vulnerable people that the government has already promised. A government spokesperson told Sky that it “recognizes people are struggling with rising prices.”
Cost of living pushing UK women into prostitution – activists
Women already in the industry are finding themselves unable to turn away dangerous clients, activists warned
FILE PHOTO © AP / Rebecca Blackwell
Outreach workers warned Sky News on Saturday that the rising cost of living in the UK is forcing women into sex work, with some forced to meet clients on the streets.
The English Collective of Prostitutes, a London-based group that advises women in the sex industry how to say safe and out of trouble with the law, told that it saw walls to its helpline increase by a third this summer.
Spokeswoman Niki Adams said that rising food and energy bills have driven women to prostitution.
"Across the board what we're seeing is people coming to that work from a place of desperation,” Adams said. "That means they are much less able to protect themselves from violence and exploitation.”
One woman Adams works with found herself losing hundreds of pounds when the UK’s benefits program moved to the Universal Credit system – an ongoing process that the government will make 900,000 welfare recipients worse off by the time the switchover is completed
"She started doing a couple of evenings a week on the streets - just enough to pay each bill," Adams said, adding that with four young children at home, the woman had to work outdoors.
With inflation in the UK crossing the 10% threshold last month and millions of Britons potentially facing a winter of heat and food , Beyond The Streets, a charity that helps women leave prostitution, is seeing an increase in women selling “survival sex.”
"We call it that because it's the only choice these women can make to survive. It's done to meet basic needs - to have enough money for food and rent," support worker Nikki McNeill told Sky.
Adams added that some of those selling sex are doing so for agencies, which often force the women to work in unsafe condition.
"Some of the women are expected to provide sex without protection,” she said. "Clients know they are in a position where they can't say no, so some premises are pushing women into those circumstances."
McNeill said that her organisation is lobbying the government to increase benefits beyond the £1,200 ($1,491) in direct payments to low income households and £400 ($473) in energy payments to vulnerable people that the government has already promised. A government spokesperson told Sky that it “recognizes people are struggling with rising prices.”
Bitch slapping Australia...
Chinese embassy in Solomons encourages bilateral biz deals, dismisses ‘debt trap’ as West’s ‘narrative trap’
By Global Times Published: Aug 20, 2022 08:27 PM
An aerial photo taken on May 4, 2022, shows the Chinese-built athletic track and the football pitch under a Stadium Project for the 2023 Pacific Games in Honiara, the Solomon Islands. Photo:Xinhua
The Chinese government encourages and supports competent and reputable Chinese enterprises to engage in foreign exchanges and cooperation, the Chinese Embassy in Solomon Islands said in a statement on a reported cooperation project between Huawei and the island country, dismissing Western media's malicious interpretation of the project.
The backward communication and other infrastructure of Solomon Islands has long been a bottleneck to its economic and social development, a spokesperson from the Chinese Embassy said on Saturday. The remarks came following reports that the Solomon Islands secured a $100 million loan from the Export-Import Bank of China to build 161 mobile communication towers in cooperation with Chinese communications company Huawei. Some Western media outlets in recent days maliciously smeared this cooperation, hyping so-called security concerns and "debt trap."
"People in Solomon Islands have an urgent need to improve mobile communication services and to provide service guarantee for the 2023 Pacific Games [to be held in Solomon Islands]. We respect the relevant cooperation between the local government and Chinese companies and financial institutions which is on the basis of equality and mutual benefits in accordance with commercial principles," the spokesperson said.
Chinese Ambassador to the Solomon Islands Li Ming (R) and the Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare attend the opening ceremony of Chinese Embassy in the Solomon Islands, in Honiara, capital of the Solomon Islands, Sep 21, 2020. Photo:Xinhua
Some Australian media outlets claimed that the Solomon Islands will fall into a so-called "debt trap" if it accepts China's economic aid.
"The so-called 'China debt trap' is a 'narrative trap' created by some people with ulterior motives to disrupt and undermine mutually beneficial cooperation between China and other developing countries. Over the years, in response to the needs of developing countries, China has provided a large number of concessional loans with low interest rates and long maturities to help improve infrastructure and promote economic development," the spokesperson said.
Among the foreign debts of these developing countries, the debt from China is far lower than the debt from the international capital market and multilateral financial institutions led by Western countries, according to the spokesperson.
"China will continue to work with Solomon Islands and other developing countries to fully implement the Global Development Initiative and jointly build a high-quality Belt and Road Initiative so that the fruits of common development will benefit people of all countries in a more equitable manner" the spokesperson said.
Chinese embassy in Solomons encourages bilateral biz deals, dismisses ‘debt trap’ as West’s ‘narrative trap’
By Global Times Published: Aug 20, 2022 08:27 PM
An aerial photo taken on May 4, 2022, shows the Chinese-built athletic track and the football pitch under a Stadium Project for the 2023 Pacific Games in Honiara, the Solomon Islands. Photo:Xinhua
The Chinese government encourages and supports competent and reputable Chinese enterprises to engage in foreign exchanges and cooperation, the Chinese Embassy in Solomon Islands said in a statement on a reported cooperation project between Huawei and the island country, dismissing Western media's malicious interpretation of the project.
The backward communication and other infrastructure of Solomon Islands has long been a bottleneck to its economic and social development, a spokesperson from the Chinese Embassy said on Saturday. The remarks came following reports that the Solomon Islands secured a $100 million loan from the Export-Import Bank of China to build 161 mobile communication towers in cooperation with Chinese communications company Huawei. Some Western media outlets in recent days maliciously smeared this cooperation, hyping so-called security concerns and "debt trap."
"People in Solomon Islands have an urgent need to improve mobile communication services and to provide service guarantee for the 2023 Pacific Games [to be held in Solomon Islands]. We respect the relevant cooperation between the local government and Chinese companies and financial institutions which is on the basis of equality and mutual benefits in accordance with commercial principles," the spokesperson said.
Chinese Ambassador to the Solomon Islands Li Ming (R) and the Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare attend the opening ceremony of Chinese Embassy in the Solomon Islands, in Honiara, capital of the Solomon Islands, Sep 21, 2020. Photo:Xinhua
Some Australian media outlets claimed that the Solomon Islands will fall into a so-called "debt trap" if it accepts China's economic aid.
"The so-called 'China debt trap' is a 'narrative trap' created by some people with ulterior motives to disrupt and undermine mutually beneficial cooperation between China and other developing countries. Over the years, in response to the needs of developing countries, China has provided a large number of concessional loans with low interest rates and long maturities to help improve infrastructure and promote economic development," the spokesperson said.
Among the foreign debts of these developing countries, the debt from China is far lower than the debt from the international capital market and multilateral financial institutions led by Western countries, according to the spokesperson.
"China will continue to work with Solomon Islands and other developing countries to fully implement the Global Development Initiative and jointly build a high-quality Belt and Road Initiative so that the fruits of common development will benefit people of all countries in a more equitable manner" the spokesperson said.
China needs to find something like this to poke at for the NATO heavyweights.Bitch slapping Australia...
Chinese embassy in Solomons encourages bilateral biz deals, dismisses ‘debt trap’ as West’s ‘narrative trap’
By Global Times Published: Aug 20, 2022 08:27 PM
An aerial photo taken on May 4, 2022, shows the Chinese-built athletic track and the football pitch under a Stadium Project for the 2023 Pacific Games in Honiara, the Solomon Islands. Photo:Xinhua
The Chinese government encourages and supports competent and reputable Chinese enterprises to engage in foreign exchanges and cooperation, the Chinese Embassy in Solomon Islands said in a statement on a reported cooperation project between Huawei and the island country, dismissing Western media's malicious interpretation of the project.
The backward communication and other infrastructure of Solomon Islands has long been a bottleneck to its economic and social development, a spokesperson from the Chinese Embassy said on Saturday. The remarks came following reports that the Solomon Islands secured a $100 million loan from the Export-Import Bank of China to build 161 mobile communication towers in cooperation with Chinese communications company Huawei. Some Western media outlets in recent days maliciously smeared this cooperation, hyping so-called security concerns and "debt trap."
"People in Solomon Islands have an urgent need to improve mobile communication services and to provide service guarantee for the 2023 Pacific Games [to be held in Solomon Islands]. We respect the relevant cooperation between the local government and Chinese companies and financial institutions which is on the basis of equality and mutual benefits in accordance with commercial principles," the spokesperson said.
Chinese Ambassador to the Solomon Islands Li Ming (R) and the Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare attend the opening ceremony of Chinese Embassy in the Solomon Islands, in Honiara, capital of the Solomon Islands, Sep 21, 2020. Photo:Xinhua
Some Australian media outlets claimed that the Solomon Islands will fall into a so-called "debt trap" if it accepts China's economic aid.
"The so-called 'China debt trap' is a 'narrative trap' created by some people with ulterior motives to disrupt and undermine mutually beneficial cooperation between China and other developing countries. Over the years, in response to the needs of developing countries, China has provided a large number of concessional loans with low interest rates and long maturities to help improve infrastructure and promote economic development," the spokesperson said.
Among the foreign debts of these developing countries, the debt from China is far lower than the debt from the international capital market and multilateral financial institutions led by Western countries, according to the spokesperson.
"China will continue to work with Solomon Islands and other developing countries to fully implement the Global Development Initiative and jointly build a high-quality Belt and Road Initiative so that the fruits of common development will benefit people of all countries in a more equitable manner" the spokesperson said.
Something like "if you keep poking at Taiwan we will keep poking at your issues".
Oh if only China had competent allies.
Like right now, with that news about French troops taking over Yemen's oil. Those guys are perfect targets for some Iranian or even Egyptian anti-colonial operations.
What did he posts that led to his account getting blocked?