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Adidas is probably hurting after exiting Russia. From Statista, China accounts for 22% and EMEA for 37% of sales.
Russia probably accounts for 100% of Adidas track suit sales. So Adidas track suit department has probably gone bankrupt after Adidas left Russia. Talk about shooting yourself in the face.
With China sales tanking after the whole Xinjiang cotton thing, they have to play nice with China.
I expect Adidas will make an announcement about inspecting its Xinjiang suppliers and not finding any forced labor. Then Adidas will try to revive sales in the Chinese market.
The evil side in me thinks China should ban Adidas, so that only Nike and Under Armour will be left standing. How nice.
Looks like Vietnam has solidly picked a side in the upcoming global conflict. Western Vietnam watchers on suicide watch.
China is being very direct, if Scholz dares to mention human rights issues in front of Xi, things will go very poorly
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Having seen these photos, I wish Xi Jingping ban Adidas in China. These youngsters look like nothing but gangsters in uniforms.Adidas is probably hurting after exiting Russia. From Statista, China accounts for 22% and EMEA for 37% of sales.
Russia probably accounts for 100% of Adidas track suit sales. So Adidas track suit department has probably gone bankrupt after Adidas left Russia. Talk about shooting yourself in the face.
With China sales tanking after the whole Xinjiang cotton thing, they have to play nice with China.
I expect Adidas will make an announcement about inspecting its Xinjiang suppliers and not finding any forced labor. Then Adidas will try to revive sales in the Chinese market.
The evil side in me thinks China should ban Adidas, so that only Nike and Under Armour will be left standing. How nice.
Is this the second time within a month that he said his son died in Iraq?
The exchange of goods portion of the tributary system is still in place today though, instead of goods it is trade deals. Like before, these trade deals often give fewer benefits to China compared to the other side, e.g., Scholz coming to Beijing to beg.
A great Quora post:
For Quorans here who remember the yesteryears, used to be a big name. A while back, he became one of the major editors at , a sort of podcast-turned-site-turned-news-company that has always sought to be a critical voice of China, but one that wanted to get the facts straight. It has generally served in that role, with most of its articles being China-critical but with insight that makes an attempt to dispel myths on both sides.
Or in Quora terms, it’s what tries to be. Except now, it has earned the ire of the American government (by virtue of its Republican attack dogs, Sen. Rubio and Rep. Smith), and is likely to go “under investigation” for being “agents of the Chinese government,” as this is the tactic that Shannon Van Sant’s lawyers are taking for a most expeditious and likely legal win.
This is supposedly the output of a Chinese government agent.
OK.
“Democracy dies in darkness” has been WaPo’s motto ever since Trump took office. But really, I think I would use a slightly different motto there: “Critical thinking dies in darkness.”
Welcome to the new thought control state. It’s only a race to the bottom at this point. You are witnessing the cannibalization of former allies who don’t completely toe the party line:
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I have a past message on this forum on how American hawkish think tanks had gone so extreme that usual anti-China voices were the moderates in 2022. This incident is just another example but this time the extremist is the US Government itself. Welcome to the red scare 2. Some people call me hysterical when I say this but if you are Asian and you are living in the USA, it is probably good for you to have contingency plans to leave the country fast.
For Quorans here who remember the yesteryears, used to be a big name. A while back, he became one of the major editors at , a sort of podcast-turned-site-turned-news-company that has always sought to be a critical voice of China, but one that wanted to get the facts straight. It has generally served in that role, with most of its articles being China-critical but with insight that makes an attempt to dispel myths on both sides.
Or in Quora terms, it’s what tries to be. Except now, it has earned the ire of the American government (by virtue of its Republican attack dogs, Sen. Rubio and Rep. Smith), and is likely to go “under investigation” for being “agents of the Chinese government,” as this is the tactic that Shannon Van Sant’s lawyers are taking for a most expeditious and likely legal win.
This is, in a nutshell, the facade of “free debate” peeling away to reveal a blatant propaganda state — and no, I don’t mean China here. That this has become the legal best-choice action should send ice down anyone’s spines. SupChina’s frontline articles as of this writing are:
This is supposedly the output of a Chinese government agent.
OK.
“Democracy dies in darkness” has been WaPo’s motto ever since Trump took office. But really, I think I would use a slightly different motto there: “Critical thinking dies in darkness.”
Welcome to the new thought control state. It’s only a race to the bottom at this point. You are witnessing the cannibalization of former allies who don’t completely toe the party line:
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I have a past message on this forum on how American hawkish think tanks had gone so extreme that usual anti-China voices were the moderates in 2022. This incident is just another example but this time the extremist is the US Government itself. Welcome to the red scare 2. Some people call me hysterical when I say this but if you are Asian and you are living in the USA, it is probably good for you to have contingency plans to leave the country fast.
Waiting for China Uncensored, SerpentZa and Peter Zeihan to be unmasked as CCP agents of influence.