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Expert1324 said:

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It seems like the restrictions and counter measures against EU are indeed lifted for completely no reason and with absolutely no seeking of justice, accountability and consequences towards blatant criminal activities against us, and towards a barbaric and aggressive actions that shows a total disregard of human dignity and rule of law. I see this news with huge disappointment and regret.

But I will still give some benefit of the doubt here and assume that the government is still in the process of crafting an appropriate response towards those Dutch criminals and unprovoked war aggressors (yes, the Dutch needs to officially declare war on us in order to use that barbaric cold war emergency law of theirs).

A failure of a proper response (or a lack thereof) is a huge blow towards the Mandate, I say this as a FACT not an opinion. Being soft on standing up for our rights, interest and basic principles is exactly why Japan still dares to actively bark like a dog and interfere in our domestic affairs, which is an act of war. I am sick of weak and verbal-only responses and lack of effective political maneuvering and concrete responses. Even the evil Russians, in whatever dire state they are in, still have the cheeks to make a propaganda phrase
"China's warning" to insult us. As our global position and power shifts, other things also need to fundamentally change and improve too because being too weak to stand up for ourselves is no longer a legitimate excuse anymore.

And to all Sinophobes reading this, don't ever say that Chinese people never complaint about the government. Because Chinese people factually do and will always do it from the intentions of benefitting and improving the country. Not your shameless dipshit western fantasies of balkanising and colonising China. So don't preach your own demise.

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_killuminati_ said:

If it were that easy, everybody in America would do this to circumvent the tariffs (not forgetting, in addition, accumulating costs by adding more middlemen).

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CMP said:

I would suspect the dirty secret is that many of them already are. There's a reason why inflation is 3% instead of 20%.

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Temstar said:

Well, there's that one story about a Chinese steel cable making company realising who their previous clients really were then they got the specs from PLAN during RFQ for carrier arresting cable and found it to be strangely familiar.

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_killuminati_ said:

I don't think it is feasible on a large scale.
3% instead of 20% is probably because the stats have been manipulated.

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_killuminati_ said:

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Temstar said:

It was supposedly an example that lead to 工业大摸底. A Chinese steel cable making company has been making cables with very high (and specific) specs for a foreign client. When they heard PLAN was doing RFQ for carrier arresting cables they thought they will give it a try. When they got the requirements from PLAN they realized to their shock the specs are very similar to that one wierd client of theirs. With the implication that end user for the cables that this client was ordering could very well be USN.

There's probably a non-trival amount of this happening with only the middleman who truely knows the link between Chinese supply chain and American MIC. If you want to investigate this though watch out for depressive tendencies that can lead to 8 shots to back of the head.

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Temstar said:

It was supposedly an example that lead to 工业大摸底. A Chinese steel cable making company has been making cables with very high (and specific) specs for a foreign client. When they heard PLAN was doing RFQ for carrier arresting cables they thought they will give it a try. When they got the requirements from PLAN they realized to their shock the specs are very similar to that one wierd client of theirs. With the implication that end user for the cables that this client was ordering could very well be USN.

There's probably a non-trival amount of this happening with only the middleman who truely knows the link between Chinese supply chain and American MIC. If you want to investigate this though watch out for depressive tendencies that can lead to 8 shots to back of the head.

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TPenglake said:

All information states that China only allowed for a limited reopening of chip exports to facilitate negotiations to hand the company back to its rightful owners.

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Ie. if negotiations breakdown, China can turn off the faucet anytime, but for now is willing to offer leeway so that negotiations can take place to begin with.

I swear some of you guys need to chill out, with how some of the reactions here have been I'm convinced that you lot would not be satisfied with anything less than PLA soldiers ransacking and burning Versaille.

Here's a catch, with all the doom and gloom that's been taking place these past two months, I challenge anyone to name one area where China has actually lost ground and been put on the defensive geopolitically this year. Just off the top of my head, I can't name any. Even the Philippines Coast Guard fiasco was more of a one time operational failure, rather than something that altered the status quo of the region. So go on, list 2025 blunders that have worsened the geopolitical status quo against China, I'll wait.

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Air travellers departing Singapore to pay up to US$32 in green fuel levy
The fee will be applied on tickets sold from April 1 for flights leaving the city state from October 1

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