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fart simpson
Jul 2, 2005

DEATH TO AMERICA
:xickos:

the median wage in shenzhen has gone up 80% since 2017

i can’t find the statistics right now but working from memory i believe it’s gone up about 300% since i moved here a decade ago

fart simpson has issued a correction as of 14:11 on Apr 25, 2021

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gradenko_2000
Oct 5, 2010

HELL SERPENT
Lipstick Apathy

Cerebral Bore posted:

am i being dumb or are they literally trying to guilt by association a goddamn port?

no that's exactly it

the Chinese ship that rammed the Gem-Ver last year came from THIS PORT

the Chinese ships that are "occupying" Whitsun Reef also came from THIS PORT

hmmmmmmm suspicious???

Cerebral Bore
Apr 21, 2010


Fun Shoe
truly a modern day pirate haven lmao

Benagain
Oct 10, 2007

Can you see that I am serious?
Fun Shoe

Cerebral Bore posted:

am i being dumb or are they literally trying to guilt by association a goddamn port?

thank god this thread takes such a hardline stance against guilt by association.

Junkozeyne
Feb 13, 2012

Benagain posted:

thank god this thread takes such a hardline stance against guilt by association.

If you think about it, a lot international shipping comes out of Chinese ports as well, very suspicious. Shanghai secretly controlling global capital??????

Throatwarbler
Nov 17, 2008

by vyelkin

Cerebral Bore posted:

truly a modern day pirate haven lmao

just a reminder that the us literally sent troops to seize an Iranian oil tanker at gunpoint on international waters and then sold the ship and cargo with profits going to the us treasury.

like you may as well have Johnny depp play your president at that point.

ToxicAcne
May 25, 2014
Isn't Baizuo also used by people against affirmative action and LGBT rights ( I get the US has these problems too)? Like it basically means SJW from what I understand.

On the other hand, what proportion of the population in China are oriented towards Marxism anyways? I know up until Xi came along there were committed neolibs in the CCP and Chinese Academia.

Cerebral Bore
Apr 21, 2010


Fun Shoe

Benagain posted:

thank god this thread takes such a hardline stance against guilt by association.

well we wouldnt have if you stopped posting here

Comrade Koba
Jul 2, 2007

ToxicAcne posted:

Isn't Baizuo also used by people against affirmative action and LGBT rights ( I get the US has these problems too)? Like it basically means SJW from what I understand.

is it even a widely used term in china? I tried to look it up at one point and the earliest use I could find was some insane statue twitter alt-right chinese expat living in the US

gradenko_2000
Oct 5, 2010

HELL SERPENT
Lipstick Apathy
I keep getting called wumao elsewhere on the interwebs

Or ten cent army

DesertIslandHermit
Oct 7, 2019

It's beautiful. And it's for the god of...of...arts and crafts. I think that's what he said.

gradenko_2000 posted:

Or ten cent army

Is this a joke on the Tencent company?

gradenko_2000
Oct 5, 2010

HELL SERPENT
Lipstick Apathy

DesertIslandHermit posted:

Is this a joke on the Tencent company?

sorry, apparently it's actually 50 cent army. it's a reference to how people suspect that China has an army of internet posters to defend it online, and that they're paid 50 cents per post





Cerebral Bore
Apr 21, 2010


Fun Shoe
unlike the proud american who only makes nationalist shitposts for free

THS
Sep 15, 2017

gradenko_2000 posted:

sorry, apparently it's actually 50 cent army. it's a reference to how people suspect that China has an army of internet posters to defend it online, and that they're paid 50 cents per post







youre not getting paid?? pm me

stephenthinkpad
Jan 2, 2020

ToxicAcne posted:

Isn't Baizuo also used by people against affirmative action and LGBT rights ( I get the US has these problems too)? Like it basically means SJW from what I understand.

On the other hand, what proportion of the population in China are oriented towards Marxism anyways? I know up until Xi came along there were committed neolibs in the CCP and Chinese Academia.

Generally only Chinese inside mainland use the word "Baizuo", Chinese American even those anti-AA republican-voting Chinese American don't tend to use the word. I don't know why it is.

But I can tell you netizen lingo inside China evolve a hell lot faster than Chinese diaspora. I wouldn't be surprised if Chinese netizens move on to use a different slang next year.

edit: you know the thing about the wumao/50 cent name calling, its perfectly good word to describe a segment. I am pretty anonnied that no Chinese netizen use it anymore. They use "little pink" (because pink in Chinese is "fen"+"red" so its like "red fan" but obvious with a derogatory slant. ) I hate this word, but people are using it, nobody use wumao anymore. The anti-CCP netizens call themselves "rebels", excuse me? You don't get to choose a cool word for yourselves!

stephenthinkpad has issued a correction as of 17:33 on Apr 25, 2021

TeenageArchipelago
Jul 23, 2013


gradenko_2000 posted:

sorry, apparently it's actually 50 cent army. it's a reference to how people suspect that China has an army of internet posters to defend it online, and that they're paid 50 cents per post







I mean hell if they're paying I can actually start using twitter

gradenko_2000
Oct 5, 2010

HELL SERPENT
Lipstick Apathy
https://twitter.com/rapplerdotcom/status/1386478760057360384

VideoTapir
Oct 18, 2005

He'll tire eventually.

indigi posted:

what’s illegal about that

I feel like a conviction for that guy could set a bad precedent for a lot of poo poo.

Grapplejack
Nov 27, 2007


quote:

The navy previously said it believes the submarine sank to a depth of 600-700 meters (2,000-2,300 feet), much deeper than its collapse depth of 200 meters (655 feet), at which point water pressure would be greater than the hull could withstand.

Rough poo poo. I wonder what caused the initial failure?

wisconsingreg
Jan 13, 2019

Grapplejack posted:

Rough poo poo. I wonder what caused the initial failure?

ever see red October? it was destroyed in an engagement with the Chinese and they are trying to cover it up

Some Guy TT
Aug 30, 2011

https://mobile.twitter.com/ericfish85/status/1386044895316611073

VideoTapir
Oct 18, 2005

He'll tire eventually.
They're forgetting all the other money those Chinese kids are bringing to the table. University area real estate developers ain't gonna sit still for that.

Flavahbeast
Jul 21, 2001


RT is treading some new ground

https://twitter.com/RT_com/status/1386047178842517508

i say swears online
Mar 4, 2005


good lord the replies

Prince Myshkin
Jun 17, 2018

They took a hard right turn post-2016 to appeal to Trump guys.

BrutalistMcDonalds
Oct 4, 2012


Lipstick Apathy
sputnik is for the left. RT is for the right.

gradenko_2000
Oct 5, 2010

HELL SERPENT
Lipstick Apathy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8r5h72WQqM

my dad used to watch the Keiser Report before bitcoin was a thing and Max would panic about peak oil and I still come back to it every now and then

strange feelings re Daisy
Aug 2, 2000

gradenko_2000 posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8r5h72WQqM

my dad used to watch the Keiser Report before bitcoin was a thing and Max would panic about peak oil and I still come back to it every now and then
He created the excellent term "casino gulag" to describe the modern American economy. This bookmark
a little later in the video is where he discusses the Thucydides Trap with China and the dying American empire.

Also, this old rant where he tells NYMEX oil traders that they're are all going to burn in hell with Jamie Dimon is one of my all time favorites:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4hqfj-AiQY

indigi
Jul 20, 2004

how can we not talk about family
when family's all that we got?

woof

stephenthinkpad
Jan 2, 2020

gradenko_2000 posted:

I read "Victorian Holocausts" last year and it's increasingly sounding like it's happening again



Gradenko, I saw you referenced it in the covid thread. That thread moves too fast. Is this a book, ebook or documentary?

genericnick
Dec 26, 2012

stephenthinkpad posted:

Gradenko, I saw you referenced it in the covid thread. That thread moves too fast. Is this a book, ebook or documentary?

It's a book, but I'm sure you can find a pdf somehwere.

gradenko_2000
Oct 5, 2010

HELL SERPENT
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stephenthinkpad posted:

Gradenko, I saw you referenced it in the covid thread. That thread moves too fast. Is this a book, ebook or documentary?

it's a book. I took a screenshot of the e-book version

Mike Davis is the author

gradenko_2000
Oct 5, 2010

HELL SERPENT
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https://twitter.com/ProletariatRis1/status/1386692479911530500?s=19

paul_soccer12
Jan 5, 2020

by Fluffdaddy
Ukranian Nazis, welcome to the #MilkTea #Resistance

stephenthinkpad
Jan 2, 2020

gradenko_2000 posted:

it's a book. I took a screenshot of the e-book version

Mike Davis is the author

Ah, it's on Audible. Thank you.

Lostconfused
Oct 1, 2008

Well the Otpor fist thing was getting stale I guess.

Not So Fast
Dec 27, 2007


Ah yes, this obscure far-right party and the Myanmar movement are linked because of... reasons.

This is an inch away from 9/11 conspiracy nonsense, where the CIA just leaves clues out in the open for these nutters to find.

indigi
Jul 20, 2004

how can we not talk about family
when family's all that we got?
one’s a left hand and one’s a right hand.

PawParole
Nov 16, 2019

both the myanmar rebels and the Tatmadaw are china aligned anyway, idk what this whole milk tea alliance is about

PawParole has issued a correction as of 18:58 on Apr 26, 2021

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Zedhe Khoja
Nov 10, 2017

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Esha is cool because she interviews cool people alot. The woman herself is frequently rather dumb, although on a few subjects she has encyclopedic knowledge. Also a devout and un-"ironic" stalinist which is funny.

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