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Dark Father

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Why would Chinese clients bother buying from a foreign company if said foreign company supplies them with Chinese made machines?

If the Chinese client wanted Chinese made machines, they would have just gone directly to a Chinese company. What kind of stupid do they have to be to go to a foreign company only to buy Chinese made machines?

That’s like a butcher getting confused as to why the chicken farmer never wants to buy chickens from him.
Well, not only industrial solutions but also a lot of Chinese consumers are going gaga over European luxury clothing brands made in Bangladesh and China. Brand value.
 

manqiangrexue

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masses like the unauthorized?.
English too poor, doesn't make sense.
If Its tourist visa or travel with a visa free country they are certainly not poor than US.
So? Most tourists don't stay. They go back home because they are fine there. Those who want to stay want the oppertunity to develop their careers which are much weaker in their own countries.
what is Mexico per capita officially and why you dont see Mexican in US offices?
Mexico has a lower GDP per capita than the US and you do see Mexicans trying to immigrate into the US.
. when gap in per capita gets close the less motivation for moving and it is even less for high income unless they attracted to soft power.
No, they are attacted to the oppertunity to development themselves, oppertunities that are afforded to them in the US by hard power, but not their home countries.
or you think countries in Asia are worse off than Mexico office workers. Mexico population is concentrated in very small area. so it is not like they have big country relative to population.
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People from poorer countries want to move to the US. It doesn't matter which countries. People from rich countries like Switzerland, Sweden, Lichtenstein, Netherlands, etc... don't want to move as much. It's all due to the difference or lack of difference in quality of life afforded by hard economic power, often on a per capita basis.
Musk was attracted to German Soft power.
he ignore all the negatives of investments like dealing with environmentalist. this also has impacted his thinking in other issues like Ukraine. Germany has irritated him alot.
Germany was known for having a very strong industry and tradition for making cars. That's hard power.
Its Germanic Strength that don't care about these people.
Off topic nonsense, ignore.
US potentially has out source low to mid level coding. so why you think there is so much demand for such workers and what is the job security.
Not a tech worker; I know the US pays better, offers easier hours, leading to better quality of life.
you dont have data that people moving are getting even higher standard of living after being successful in there own country?.
Yes, I have data, which I didn't think was needed due to common sense.
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they maybe coming for Soft Power.
Then maybe nothing. Read links above for why people move to the US. Everything is about America's hard power making its quality of life high. Nothing about soft power cus they saw movies thought America's cool.
To show that such large wide body fleet of Ethopia airlines means that that more people are traveling far distance. not closer to Mideast which does not need it this kind of fleet. You will be surprised by salaries they getting.
Yeah, America is farther than the middle-east. The average salary in Ethiopia is much much lower than that in America. Don't ever try to weasel this one around.
read the links that i posted about from Swiss website and Atlantic council and why that soft power not apply to Malaysia.
If it doesn't apply to Malaysia, why you post about Malaysia?
since you dont read the links or not understand it. let me put the pic.
You have never posted a link relevent to this picture.
This pics taken in Nepal in 2017 and there is no Arab in pics as only three chairs. Only Soft Power of Qatar can make it happen even when Qatar was under air embargo by other Arabs and Trump was backing them.
Soft power make what happen? Qatar has a lot of oil and money. I don't know what you're talking about, because your English is terrible, but I have a feeling, that if it wasn't for the oil and money, nobody would give a shit about Qatar. Hard power only.
Soft Power comes before the application of Hard Power to make it effective especially in a prolong conflict and Russia perfectly understood it where to create that Soft Power.
Russia's in a prolonged conflict right now where its "soft power" is totally useless and the only way to victory is hard power. It wouldn't even be a prolonged conflict if Russia had the hard power necessary for a swift victory. Everything depends on hard power. If they "perfectly understood" that soft power was the key, then that explains why they're still in heated battler 15 months later against a country they should have carpet-bombed into submission in 2 weeks and now they're losing the territory they once gained. I think don't think Russians are stupid enough to try soft power here but if they are, that would explain these terrible results.
Aviation is front and center of Arab strategic interests.
Aviation is hard power. You can't be an aviation power without the hard power of technology.
Photo has no context for evaluation.
computer science is limited as its limit you to California for high standard of living.
You picked computer science, then I proved it's all hard power. If it's limited, then pick something else that's not and I'll prove you wrong again.
the rest of world is good enough if you are good in computer science.
LOLOL There are a handful of nations in the world out of almost 200 that have any ability at all to engineer a computer, ignorant one.
California is not factory floor. here Venture Capitalist and other wealthy resides who fund the campaigns and it is not far from Hawaii where people have islands.
Off topic nonsense, ignore.
Its clear California has lost the soft power and its firms will be loser for tech distribution.
No, it lost the hard power of funding and innovative talent.
I mention him as he hang around with tech scene and really impressed with Europe Soft Power. even flown in European Prince Karim chopper.
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Investment is money, is hard power. To be invested in, you need tech, which is hard power. No soft power here.
where you get this idea current situation is not in German ideological interests?
Because their economy and industry is in ruins.
All those Gretas, Soros and Gates foundations cannot exist without Germany.
None of them are German and they would all be fine without Germany. Even your imagination is off topic.
I think Germany used US or any other European country to do the work from them.
They used the US and EU to tank their own economy and industry? Geniuses, aren't they?
They will not allow domestic pressure to open things if there Elites do not want.
That's called tyranny, AKA total absolute rule by hard power.
its both economic and security forums created in Europe and most of Global South Elites visits there. They certainly not visit to US on same scale to basically private gatherings.
Then people visit there in order to get things done. That's not soft power; that's the hard power to accomplish things people need accomplished.
It is the Soft Power of Europe that attracts so much people which hard power of US cannot.
First of all, before you make your incorrect extrapolations, your data is incorrect. The US attracts the greatest number of immigrants in the world.
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After that, I have proven that every positive thing you have raved about was either actually hard power, not soft power, or it's in the end worthless, which is what soft power is.
 
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Gardener just wrote an Op-Ed in SCMP talking about China
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EU will recalibrate its stance on China across values, economic and strategic security​

  • Growing nationalism in China, hardening US-China competition and Beijing’s rise as a geopolitical force create uncomfortable dilemmas for the European Union
  • The EU will treat China simultaneously as a partner, competitor and systemic rival, depending on the issue
How to handle China is a major political issue for the European Union, one that is more complex than dealing with Russia. Certainly, the EU’s political and economic systems have profound differences with both Russia and China. Unlike Russia, China is a real systemic actor, approaching 20 per cent of the world economy and growing, while Russia represents around 2 per cent and decreasing.
China’s economic, political and financial influence is considerable, and its military power continues to grow. Its ambition is clearly to build a new world order, with China at the centre, becoming by the middle of the century the world’s leading power.
The EU must be aware that many countries see China’s geopolitical influence as a counterweight to the West and therefore to Europe. And in a world that is becoming more fragmented and multipolar, most emerging countries are becoming hedgers, strengthening their room for manoeuvre without picking sides.
In this context, the EU has to recalibrate its policy towards China for at least three reasons: the changes inside China with nationalism and ideology on the rise; the hardening of US-China strategic competition; and the rise of China as a key player in regional and global issues.

This whole Op-Ed is a propaganda piece. Just read this section for example. There is a clear elephant on the room about potentially fixing the trade between Europe and China. Funny how he doesn't mention CAI
On economic security, it is obvious that our trade relations are unbalanced. At over €400 billion (US$435 billion) a year, the EU’s trade deficit is at an unacceptable level. This is not due to the EU’s lack of competitiveness, but China’s deliberate choices and policies. European companies face persistent obstacles and discriminatory practices.
 

FriedButter

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On economic security, it is obvious that our trade relations are unbalanced. At over €400 billion (US$435 billion) a year, the EU’s trade deficit is at an unacceptable level. This is not due to the EU’s lack of competitiveness, but China’s deliberate choices and policies. European companies face persistent obstacles and discriminatory practices.

AKA. It’s China fault that European companies operate factories in China due to profit incentives rather than Europe. As for the “not due to the EU lack of competitiveness.” The first European company to pass $500 billion market cap is a luxury clothing company which was 3-5 weeks ago. Jungle Borrell can keep his 10000% mark up on ripped jeans.
 

luminary

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ZeEa5KPul

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This whole Op-Ed is a propaganda piece. Just read this section for example. There is a clear elephant on the room about potentially fixing the trade between Europe and China. Funny how he doesn't mention CAI
Well, I'm sure something could be done about the "unacceptable" trade deficit if ASML were allowed to sell lithography equipment in China. He's right in that it's not a problem of lacking European competitiveness, it's a problem of lacking European sovereignty.
 

BlackWindMnt

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Gardener just wrote an Op-Ed in SCMP talking about China
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This whole Op-Ed is a propaganda piece. Just read this section for example. There is a clear elephant on the room about potentially fixing the trade between Europe and China. Funny how he doesn't mention CAI
To see China as a rival don't you first need to be able to compete, they can't even break through Russian western flanks how will those garden enjoyers sail half a world away to only get their asses smacked by a Chinese missile.

I will give Brussels a free tip geopolitics is a game for vibrant/vital nations or groups. Old decrepit in spirit nations or groups should just enjoy their garden and wait for their time to end. Maybe then a new Europe can rise from its ashes but i highly doubt it.
 

Chevalier

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I know and use the publically accepted definition. I don't use your self-invented bullshit definition for quality of life and I don't use your confused 5 year old definition of soft/hard power. I debate by publically accepted definitions, not your made-up ones.

OK, then advanced/developed economy. Same conclusion. Your attempts to show that the quality of life in poor third world countries with low GDP and negligible technology and equal or superior to that in the US and Western Europe go against common sense and I will not let you worm into them. The oppertunities that are offered to the talented in advanced economies is unrivaled by what they can attain at home in a third world country.

No, if you are making losses, then you are failing at business. Nobody goes somewhere to open a business meant to lose money. That's an imaginary action for imaginary soft power.

Yeah, for example, Japan has its anime. It makes some money, but on the global stage, then interests collide, it has absolutely no effect on Japan eating America's shit and taking orders. Soft power is useless.

Totally random sentence connected to nothing.

Yeah, exactly, soft power is for other people to enjoy. It is not a real power that can force anything in any conflict of interest, which is what's important. Everything is easy and merry when there is no conflict. In other words, soft power is only "useful" when there is nothing to be useful for.

LOLOLOL This stupid crap again. You want to argue that the quality of life in Camaroon is equal to that of the US/Western Europe? Everybody will laugh you out of the room. What is your point going on off topic nonsense again?

Yup, that's hard power. That's what people come for. Willingly, but it's hard power, not soft. When you willingly work for money, that's the hard power of money. Your definition is broken again.

It's true. Growth of a third world economy is like a little girl's lemonade stand selling more every day. It can grow very quickly but it can also be finished easily, and it was never powerful or admirable. Static Western growth is like Walmart/Apple/Boeing having some bad times. It's still incredibly rich and stable; it has the reserves to eventually pull out of it and everyone is still civil and wearing suits dong daily reports.

That might be the most retarded thing you've said yet.

Make big bucks, spend big bucks. That's wealth circulating in the West. If an Ethiopian gets here, he suddenly finds he can't afford anything. If an American visits Ethiopia, the suddenly finds that everything costs peanuts. As a direct comparison, people in Haiti eat cakes made out of mud just to stave off hunger. Middle-class Americans can easily afford steak every day at the supermarket.

Why did you mention Malaysia? It has no consequence at all in the world. No hard power, no soft "power." At most, it attracts some tourism.

Same thing with computer engineers. They want to go to CalTech, GaTech, MIT, etc... and then work in Silicon valley, and recently, maybe Shenzhen. They have nothing to do at home where there is no environment or tools to grow. They need a powerful (hard power) host like the US or China to develop.

Lost argument? To whom, you?? LOLOL You have bad English, wrong definitions, don't even know if hard/soft power refers to countries or aspects of power, and your logic can't stay on topic for 3 sentences. I've never seen a person lose an argument with you, only get tired of your nonsense diarrhea-like babbling.
The level of rejection of facts and statistics in favour of fantasy is very… Indian.
This is good but hopefully will be limited to STEM fields don't need any lesbian dance theorists, If possible should also have provisions for housing and pension if they marry Chinese women and have kids with them, Good genes needs to be welcomed and absorbed unlike those anti-social english teachers who needs to be deported immediately after AI become competent enough to replace them.
Intelligence tends to come from the mother. Better to leave the neurotic high functioning Forrest gumps for intelligent women and young girls.
LOL.... :cool:


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Those expectations were dashed Wednesday when Biden
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to focus on debt limit talks at home.
and don’t forget PNG ditched the Indian PM Modi’s meeting for Biden much to the devastation of fragile Indian egos.

Like Jordan Peterson talking about china, these western “academics” get a tiny bit of fame and decide they’re masters of everything and know-it-alls. Luttwak gets lucky getting published for his work on Roman history and now he thinks he’s a China expert.
 
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