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Biscuits said:

List of regions with cheaper wages than China:

Indonesia +ASEAN
Russia + CIS
Eastern europe
South America
Africa
Indian subcontinent
Mexico

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I think Russia and Mexico will have higher wages in manufacturing.
This Autovaz (Lada brand) salary for untrained people in 2022 about $650.

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Salaries of 60 thousand rubles and more are promised to applicants interested in job vacancies at AvtoVAZ. People who had already visited the plant’s personnel department told us about this. Thus, mechanics for assembly and painters for painting bodies are offered from 51 to 60 thousand rubles. Welders who produce bodies are promised 51-61 thousand rubles. AvtoVAZ is ready to accept people without experience for almost all vacancies, guaranteeing the necessary training in their specialty.
"Atypical AvtoVAZ"

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This was bumped upto 40% in 2023.

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As a result of the measures taken, the average salary at AVTOVAZ for 6 months of 2023 compared to the same period in 2022 increased by 29.4%. The increase in average wages of main workers amounted to 40.3%. Over the past 10 years, this is a record growth rate of wages for AVTOVAZ employees,” added Sergei Zaitsev.

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but this one of the poorest city in Russia and still they cannot find people. Russia government advertise low salaries like low defence budget it does not correspond to reality.



wealthy cities of Russia have villas and stand alone stores with multiple gates and generous parking. Just because people not travel to those cities does not mean they not wealthy with disposable income.

supersnoop said:

Another few things I posted elsewhere at some time that goes to illustrate your points.

1. Believe it or not, they were pulling grandpas out of retirement (70+) to try to restart FIM-92 Stinger production

2. CRRC (China railroad and railcar) sent American workers for training in China because there hasn’t been a subway car built in the USA for 50 years.

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LOL!

This ain't a joke.

Also, somehow a missile that was invented 40 years ago. Meaning that by the time they fight us this missile will be older than almost everyone in the military and by quite a large margin too is like 10x more expensive than when it first came out...despite having not produced any in 20 years. Meaning, that there's no upgrades or anything of that sort to justify why it should be more expensive.

Just another stunning example of Murican military paper tiger-ness and deafening volumes of how idiotic the entire American political and social leadership is. They have been crying and screaming about a future war with either us or Russia, and for Russia the Stinger was actually a genuine and real game-changer in the 80's in Afghanistan so thye know it works. A war with either Russia, China, or even North Korea and Iran would definitely require stingers since all of us would have some form of helicopters.

This paranoia-induced nightmare scenario that they've been so afraid of for decades somehow convinced them that they should do the exact opposite of doing the smart thing like having a stockpile or learning how to make it cheaper or how to improve upon its capabilities or at the very least make sure that if you need to make more that the production facilities are capable of doing so...including having the human element necessary to make these damn things.

Yet, somehow they do the opposite of what they should've done.

The more I think about it. The more I realize that China really has nothing to worry.

When you're fighting people this idiotic it's almost like guilt-inducing since you know y ou're up against an imbecile!

Dolcevita said:

Not surprising at all. A family member lost her court case as defendant for a Japanese furnace manufacturer. The case involved an accidental death related to a improper maintenance of the said 40-year old industrial furnace by the US client. The offending client is nearly backrupt and the manufacturer was targeted and held liable for the accident and was ordered to pay compensation.

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The US government really cares the well-being of their people and compensates generously. Or, the value of USD977m is considered reasonable / norm for a wealthy country....... everyone's' disabilities or death in USA worth multiple millions. In other countries, i never heard of such high compensation before.

PeoplesPoster said:

so about that whole defending Taiwan thing the Japanese had going.

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XX billion $ military aid to Japan when?

OTCDebunker said:

Just another stunning example of Murican military paper tiger-ness and deafening volumes of how idiotic the entire American political and social leadership is. They have been crying and screaming about a future war with either us or Russia, and for Russia the Stinger was actually a genuine and real game-changer in the 80's in Afghanistan so thye know it works.

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There were quite a few Soviet helicopter losses to Stinger in Afghanistan initially. But then the Soviets equipped their helicopters with flares and started resorting to high altitude bombing with the Tu-22M3. The helicopter engines were equipped with frontal covers to reduce frontal engine IR emissions.

Hind helicopter without the engine covers:



With the engine covers:



The truth is this initial advantage provided by the Stinger only lasted a couple of months. It was never the "game changer" it was claimed to be. Much of it is American propaganda.

In Ukraine there is a wide range of air defense systems on the Ukrainian side. If it was just Stingers then the Russians could just operate the Su-34 and Tu-22M3 at high altitude. The Stinger can hit targets up to 3,800 m altitude. The Tu-22M3 and Su-34 can operate at 13,300 m and 17,000 m altitude respectively.

supersnoop said:

2. CRRC (China railroad and railcar) sent American workers for training in China because there hasn’t been a subway car built in the USA for 50 years.

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I agree with the overall point about the blue collar shortage but I am pretty sure that what was formerly Bombardier Transportation built cars in the 90s and 2000s. For sure they did in Thunder Bay for Canadian orders. In fact I worked at a Bombardier supplier 10 years ago as a student intern but I think they also did in New York State for NYC orders.

So we have the Israeli version of kristalnacht which is just straight up genocide of Palestinians and we now have scare campaigns as well as modern day digital book burning’s where e-books critical of Israel are now deleted


Given this level of effort, I have now come to the conclusion that the United States is not a real country, but rather a shell company and the board of that shell company are Israeli Jewish zionists who want to create their own seperate homeland in Palestine


Micron comes to China to do penance and beg forgiveness for sins and trespasses against Chinese tech.

manqiangrexue said:

They have the right to host whomever they want on their own land.

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Winds of change

From the official Foreign Ministry website:

Jointly Implementing the Global Security Initiative For Lasting Peace and Security of the World​

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These "six commitments" and the 20 cooperation priorities also reveal three defining features of the GSI.

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First, the GSI emphasizes common security. Based on the fact that countries have intertwined interests and a stake in each other's security, the GSI underscores the indivisible security of all countries, that is, the indivisibility between individual security and common security, between traditional and nontraditional security, between security rights and security obligations, and between security and development. By rejecting the outdated idea of exclusive security and absolute security, the GSI stresses that no country could have its own security ensured without the security of the wider world and that absolute security based on the insecurity of other countries does not exist. The GSI advocates that members of the international community view global security issues from a more comprehensive and holistic perspective, safeguard international common security with a stronger sense of responsibility and mission, and demonstrate their commitment to a just cause for the common good of the world.

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“As of now, Kuo believes that 12 to 14 percent of global ‌iPhone‌ shipments are made in India, with that proportion to increase to 20 to 25 percent by 2024. In addition to allowing Apple to move manufacturing away from China, increasing production in India provides Apple with an opportunity to strengthen its relationship with the Indian government.”