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FairAndUnbiased said:

it is a terrible idea for Xi to ask to meet anyone from the US except Biden, as that breaks diplomatic protocol. he should only meet at the explicit request of others and has the right to refuse.

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horse said:

EU Formally Opens Anti-Subsidies Probe Into EVs Made in China​

October 4, 2023 at 2:57 AM EDT

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More illusions of grandeur.

What they really are suggesting, is that Chinese state subsidies prevented the rise of the European wide EV and battery industries.

You see, the Chinese are polite. They are not gonna say, "Man, you freaking whacked out on drugs."

That is why those rebuttals from the Foreign Ministry are like stale bread. It is embarrassing for everybody.

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pmc said:

I havent studied situation that time but highly likely if China still partnered with USSR it would not have received Western support and ultimately both will have stagnated anyway,
but one thing is clear Gulf Arabs were against Soviet communist party not just because they were communist but they have Turkic inside in power. and that include Afghan of 1980s. when Japanese PM says that Saudi are leader of Islamic world. what does it mean in practical terms?. it means Japan will not do any business in Turkic states or Iran without consulting Gulf Arabs. think about this thing. Even today Gulf Arabs can rolled up entirely of SCO by tweaking some things. and thats reason Russia keep certain distance from Afghan as it can reveal things about Arabs to Turks.

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Jamie28 said:

Few anecdotes from myself and my family:

- When I was at elementary school after a quarrel with a bully I was told by a teacher that I was lucky that they treat me so well here in Italy because elsewhere they would have told me to go home, imagine telling such a racist bs to a 9 years old kid

- If you have a dispute with a neighbour you might have every reason in the world but the police officers will always side with the italian neighbour.
He can do to you whatever he wants to annoy you and no police officer would ever lift a finger, but if you dare to pay back with the same thing, alas, be prepared to have them coming to your door again and again and to face unpleasant consequences.

- When my nephew made a small scratch on another kid in the kindergarten, the teachers made us to apologise to the kid and to his family, but when another kid made a bump on my nephew's head with a wooden rod they pretended that is was totally fine and even acted offended by our questions.

I don't know if other europeans countries are better but Italy is totally not a safe place to live in and to run business for chinese people, even when the we try to avoid contact with the locals because every time we try we are burned they manage to criticize us for being a "closed community that does not try to integrate in the society".




The labour protections you mention are a thing of the past, nowadays many youngsters and immigrants work on precarious employments that have none of those benefits.

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Sardaukar20 said:

Dam breach in Indian-occupied Sikkim. Apparently from heavy rainfall.

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HT reporting that the dam was "damaged", and only at least 30 people reported "missing". Looking at the videos from X, its much more than that.

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https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1709504905164017952

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1709459866530783651

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1709474748823142487

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1709406004981744094

Bharat Supapowa had spent a lot of time complaining about Chinese upstream dams in the Himalayas, when itself had built dams that slowed water flow downstream to Bangladesh. Bharat Supapowa joined the chorus of the Western and Hanjian media, gleefully predicting the collapse of the Three Gorges Dam. Perhaps India should just learn to shut up and improve its infrastructure. But knowing India, they'll eventually play this disaster down, and continue their Jai Bharat, trash China talk.

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Sardaukar20 said:

Dam breach in Indian-occupied Sikkim. Apparently from heavy rainfall.

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HT reporting that the dam was "damaged", and only at least 30 people reported "missing". Looking at the videos from X, its much more than that.

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https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1709504905164017952

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1709459866530783651

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1709474748823142487

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1709406004981744094

Bharat Supapowa had spent a lot of time complaining about Chinese upstream dams in the Himalayas, when itself had built dams that slowed water flow downstream to Bangladesh. Bharat Supapowa joined the chorus of the Western and Hanjian media, gleefully predicting the collapse of the Three Gorges Dam. Perhaps India should just learn to shut up and improve its infrastructure. But knowing India, they'll eventually play this disaster down, and continue their Jai Bharat, trash China talk.

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KYli said:

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