[Asia/Oceania] Yellen says she hopes China wont mount retaliation against any steps Washington takes

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Shibby0709: Oct 30, 2011; one fat looking fat guy

Gorman Thomas posted:

Can I get a rec for a dry rear end book on post-WWII Indian history. Bonus points for one on Pakistan.

I recently read India after Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy by Ramachandra Guha and would recommend it. I'd note that Guha is a classical liberal and presents India's history from that perspective, but he seems to strive to be objective in his analysis.

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Some Guy TT: Aug 30, 2011

https://twitter.com/olliecarroll/status/1384922265553457162

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# ? Apr 22, 2021 11:31

gradenko_2000: Oct 5, 2010; HELL SERPENT; Lipstick Apathy

quote:

A high-profile CEO has called on Australian businesses to boycott Chinese products in the wake of growing hostilities.

Kennards' Self Storage boss Sam Kennard said Australians needs to fight back against the Chinese Communist Party, with the authoritarian regime continuing to turn the screws on more than $20billion of key exports as payback for the federal government speaking out on Beijing's human rights violations and their handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Last week Beijing slapped a crippling 200 per cent tariff on Australian wine and on Monday a top Chinese diplomat tweeted an image depicting an Australian holding a knife to the throat of an Afghan child.

'Every Australian business should now be reviewing supply contracts,' the business leader posted to Twitter.

'Change and prefer non-Chinese made products where possible. We have made this decision.'

The Kennards Hire business was first launched in 1947 by Sam's father Walter.

In 1973, Kennards Hire launched Australia's first nationwide self storage company which is now independently owned.

It has the country's largest storage business with a total of 81 locations and earns about $110million a year.

Mr Kennard wants local companies need to show a united front against Beijing's bullying tactics.

'The Chinese Communist Government has proven to be difficult to trust. They've placed tariffs on lobster, wine and barley out of revenge or spite and the risk is, you just don't know who is next,' Mr Kennard told NCA NewsWire.

He admits it may be difficult for many beholden Australian companies to entirely cut Chinese products out of their supply line as 'some feel quite helpless'.

But he is urging both businesses and consumers to find an alternative to Chinese imports if they can.

The Export Council of Australia on Monday had a similar message for Australian businesses.

'Recent official Chinese messaging suggests that our bilateral relationship has now entered a new low,' ECA Chair Dianne Tipping said.

'We encourage exporters to assess the risks much better, and to push harder to realise new opportunities.'

With totalitarian state attempting to isolate Australian producers, the ECA recommends turning to other markets.

'Opportunities abound in the strong emerging economies of India, Indonesia, and Vietnam, in the mature economies of Japan, Korea, the EU and UK, as well as in the Middle East and Latin America,' Ms Tipping said.

'Australian exporters are resilient, agile, and competitive. We are confident they can successfully pivot to new markets.'

In the financial year to 2020, China accounted for 39 percent of all Australian exports, totalling about $150 billion.

Australia imported about $81 billion from Chinese suppliers.

how exactly is this supposed to work when China buys almost half of Australia's exports and supplies about 20% of her imports

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stephenthinkpad: Jan 2, 2020

Export 40% less, and live frugally.

(It's not as bad as you think, I doubt those iron orb profile go toward the reinvestment and growth of Australian economy anyway)

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Dante80: Mar 23, 2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QClQzZ0zCE

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Ardennes: May 12, 2002

Some Guy TT posted:

https://twitter.com/olliecarroll/status/1384922265553457162

I have seen estimates around 10-20k. That is about two blocks/400m to the FSB building.

Ardennes has issued a correction as of 14:33 on Apr 22, 2021

# ? Apr 22, 2021 14:15

paul_soccer12: Jan 5, 2020; by Fluffdaddy

someone posted a while back about Tiananmen massacre and how the western portrayal of democracy loving students getting gunned down by the PLA was only part of the story and that the labor organizers who made up an even larger proportion of the victims were just swept under the rug.

id love to read more abotu that if anyone has some good resources

# ? Apr 22, 2021 16:52

SSJ_naruto_2003: Oct 12, 2012

paul_soccer12 posted:

someone posted a while back about Tiananmen massacre and how the western portrayal of democracy loving students getting gunned down by the PLA was only part of the story and that the labor organizers who made up an even larger proportion of the victims were just swept under the rug.

id love to read more abotu that if anyone has some good resources

From what I read most of the workers were allowed to leave but it's been a few years

# ? Apr 22, 2021 17:15

OhFunny: Jun 26, 2013; EXTREMELY PISSED AT THE DNC

https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1385296105143951361?s=19

I can't believe all those articles about Russia's imminent invasion were wrong.

# ? Apr 22, 2021 19:45

Zodium: Jun 19, 2004

BrutalistMcDonalds posted:

^ one belt, one road builders

https://yzz.xingmalu.com/news/73.html

https://wenhui.whb.cn/third/QQ/202006/29/357549.html

https://www.sohu.com/a/461985602_523187

thanks, the 1b1r builders one is lovely.

# ? Apr 22, 2021 19:46

Red and Black: Sep 5, 2011

paul_soccer12 posted:

someone posted a while back about Tiananmen massacre and how the western portrayal of democracy loving students getting gunned down by the PLA was only part of the story and that the labor organizers who made up an even larger proportion of the victims were just swept under the rug.

id love to read more abotu that if anyone has some good resources

https://archives.cjr.org/behind_the_news/the_myth_of_tiananmen.php

# ? Apr 22, 2021 19:53

paul_soccer12: Jan 5, 2020; by Fluffdaddy

# ? Apr 22, 2021 19:54

Agrajag: Jan 21, 2006; gat dang thats hot

OhFunny posted:

https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1385296105143951361?s=19

I can't believe all those articles about Russia's imminent invasion were wrong.

its almost as if analysts for russia and china suck rear end and are paid to provide evidence for a preconceived narrative

# ? Apr 22, 2021 20:27

F Stop Fitzgerald: Dec 12, 2010

i have little doubt that the 1989 protests and its organizers were co-opted by western intelligence, those psychos tried to get the CPC to massacre people to gain sympathy and when it didnt work the CIA and MI6 had a plane ready for them to come to america for ivy degrees and think tank jobs

# ? Apr 22, 2021 21:56

BrutalistMcDonalds: Oct 4, 2012; Lipstick Apathy

Dante80 posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QClQzZ0zCE

the end to this is so hype

# ? Apr 22, 2021 22:23

indigi: Jul 20, 2004; ^{how can we not talk about family

when family's all that we got?}

F Stop Fitzgerald posted:

i have little doubt that the 1989 protests and its organizers were co-opted by western intelligence, those psychos tried to get the CPC to massacre people to gain sympathy and when it didnt work the CIA and MI6 had a plane ready for them to come to america for ivy degrees and think tank jobs

well it looks like the CPC did massacre people, just not the ones everyone thinks they did

# ? Apr 23, 2021 00:51

stephenthinkpad: Jan 2, 2020

There was not a lot of cover up after June 4th. A lot of death happened outside of Tiananmen, when a group of people tried to barricade the intersection and stop group of army moving in. Also there was various mob activies in 2nd tier cities, I think it was Chongqing IIRC.

It just became more and more of a forbidden topic online in the last 20 years. And the censor technology getting more sophisticated.

# ? Apr 23, 2021 01:03

F Stop Fitzgerald: Dec 12, 2010

indigi posted:

well it looks like the CPC did massacre people, just not the ones everyone thinks they did

hundreds of soldiers are also tallied up in the death toll. the protests cumulated in horrible violence but at no point was any group "massacred"

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stephenthinkpad: Jan 2, 2020

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw9oIsZooYA

# ? Apr 23, 2021 03:00

gradenko_2000: Oct 5, 2010; HELL SERPENT; Lipstick Apathy

https://twitter.com/I_Katchanovski/status/1385235314348802073?s=19

Seems bad

# ? Apr 23, 2021 07:00

gradenko_2000: Oct 5, 2010; HELL SERPENT; Lipstick Apathy

Filipinos should know that a military solution isn't the only way to respond to a bully China in the WPS - Australian businesses have started a BOYCOTT China action and refuse to ever use its products - vowing to turn to other sources as their trade war intensifies