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

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Palladium: May 8, 2012; Very Good
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evidence is when harassing a rando security officer in china

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# ? May 26, 2024 10:23

Mantis42: Jul 26, 2010

gettin word that covid 19 came from the military installation known as d�t�lǐxī in the province of mǎlǐl�n zhōu

# ? Mar 3, 2023 11:36

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

mossyfisk posted:

Notably absent: any evidence whatsoever

Literally all vibes lmao

it's hilarious because even the actual report from the dept of energy says it has 'low confidence' but it doesn't stop the media from going hog wild

# ? Mar 3, 2023 11:41

Ardennes: May 12, 2002

gradenko_2000 posted:

work is sending me to Singapore in a couple of weeks, but I think I can get some personal time in while I'm there

anyone have any recommendations for places to hit up? this is actually going to be my third time, but I'm open to any suggestions

Get into gum chewing

# ? Mar 3, 2023 11:51

fart simpson: Jul 2, 2005; DEATH TO AMERICA

crepeface posted:

it's hilarious because even the actual report from the dept of energy says it has 'low confidence' but it doesn't stop the media from going hog wild

low confidence means there is no evidence that they arent showing us

# ? Mar 3, 2023 11:53

Mantis42: Jul 26, 2010

Ardennes posted:

Get into gum chewing

"i'm here to kick rear end and chew bubblegum and im all out of rear end"

# ? Mar 3, 2023 11:55

fart simpson: Jul 2, 2005; DEATH TO AMERICA

gradenko_2000 posted:

work is sending me to Singapore in a couple of weeks, but I think I can get some personal time in while I'm there

anyone have any recommendations for places to hit up? this is actually going to be my third time, but I'm open to any suggestions

if u like whisky and dont mind paying singapore prices then check out the auld alliance. if its still there idk i havent been to singapore in 8 years. they had like 2,000 different single malt scotch and scotch style whiskys on the shelves on the wall and it was cool

# ? Mar 3, 2023 11:56

GoutPatrol: Oct 17, 2009; *Stupid Babby*

gradenko_2000 posted:

work is sending me to Singapore in a couple of weeks, but I think I can get some personal time in while I'm there

anyone have any recommendations for places to hit up? this is actually going to be my third time, but I'm open to any suggestions

what a coincidence, so am I

The Singapore flyer is fun and very pretty at night

because I am a goon I want to try and go to the ice cream museum: https://www.museumoficecream.com/singapore

# ? Mar 3, 2023 11:58

sonatinas: Apr 15, 2003; Seattle Karate Vs. L.A. Karate

gradenko_2000 posted:

work is sending me to Singapore in a couple of weeks, but I think I can get some personal time in while I'm there

anyone have any recommendations for places to hit up? this is actually going to be my third time, but I'm open to any suggestions

go to a pharmacy and buy some enovid

# ? Mar 3, 2023 13:20

Buck Turgidson: Feb 6, 2011; 𓀬𓀠𓀟𓀡𓀢𓀣𓀤𓀥𓀞𓀬

gradenko_2000 posted:

work is sending me to Singapore in a couple of weeks, but I think I can get some personal time in while I'm there

anyone have any recommendations for places to hit up? this is actually going to be my third time, but I'm open to any suggestions

Can't go wrong with the zoo or the botanic gardens.

# ? Mar 3, 2023 13:48

i say swears online: Mar 4, 2005

honestly afraid I couldn't control my loogie-hocking in Singapore

# ? Mar 3, 2023 17:27

AnimeIsTrash: Jun 30, 2018

GoutPatrol posted:

what a coincidence, so am I

The Singapore flyer is fun and very pretty at night

because I am a goon I want to try and go to the ice cream museum: https://www.museumoficecream.com/singapore

dont post here

# ? Mar 3, 2023 17:35

stephenthinkpad: Jan 2, 2020

Try to have sex in the Singapore flyer and see if you can get the whip.

# ? Mar 3, 2023 17:57

Some Guy TT: Aug 30, 2011

https://twitter.com/KenRoth/status/1631639441755320320

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bedpan: Apr 23, 2008

Some Guy TT posted:

https://twitter.com/KenRoth/status/1631639441755320320

Trump's calling COVID the Kung Flu and the China Virus has been vindicated?

# ? Mar 3, 2023 18:29

Some Guy TT: Aug 30, 2011

https://twitter.com/Phil_Lewis_/status/1631472002002288641

# ? Mar 3, 2023 18:47

KomradeX: Oct 29, 2011

I love this, oh they didn't warn us. Like every Western politican didn't go hey can't let the cure be worse than the disease sorry going to have to infect as many people as possible to keep the treats coming

# ? Mar 3, 2023 18:47

Ardennes: May 12, 2002

Some Guy TT posted:

https://twitter.com/Phil_Lewis_/status/1631472002002288641

Yeah that rock over there, yeah that�s an island, and that one too.

# ? Mar 3, 2023 18:48

Raskolnikov38: Mar 3, 2007; We were somewhere around Manila when the drugs began to take hold

Some Guy TT posted:

https://twitter.com/Phil_Lewis_/status/1631472002002288641

uh huh, and how many of these "islands" conveniently expand japans national waters/EEZ

# ? Mar 3, 2023 18:53

Cerebral Bore: Apr 21, 2010; Fun Shoe

Some Guy TT posted:

https://twitter.com/KenRoth/status/1631639441755320320

drake no: no lockdown for three weeks

drake yes: no lockdown for three years

# ? Mar 3, 2023 19:02

Some Guy TT: Aug 30, 2011

https://twitter.com/joshrogin/status/1631353164338196480

# ? Mar 3, 2023 19:07

Cerebral Bore: Apr 21, 2010; Fun Shoe

refreshingly bipartisan committee where the racist china haters and the turboracist china haters can come together in harmony

# ? Mar 3, 2023 19:11

Chamale: Jul 11, 2010; I'm helping!

KomradeX posted:

I love this, oh they didn't warn us. Like every Western politican didn't go hey can't let the cure be worse than the disease sorry going to have to infect as many people as possible to keep the treats coming

China even published a guidebook on managing COVID-19 outbreaks, which America threw in the trash the moment they realized the virus mostly kills the poor and marginalized. Then when China succumbed to pressure and adopted a Western-style "let 'er rip" strategy, a million people died in two months.

# ? Mar 3, 2023 19:46

the bitcoin of weed: Nov 1, 2014

I don't think a million people died in two months anywhere in the world

# ? Mar 3, 2023 19:51

Fat-Lip-Sum-41.mp3: Nov 15, 2003

bedpan posted:

Trump's calling COVID the Kung Flu and the China Virus has been vindicated?

Yes. That is what the Biden admin is doing. Anyone who thought Trump was so bad because he stoked hatred of Asians now has this to deal with.

The woke establishment was all up arms because I called it the China virus. Now they're saying it, too. I was right! *arms out, raucous applause* I was right the whole time. *wins election*

But apparently you're safer if you get fat, so Asian American goons should be ok.

# ? Mar 3, 2023 19:59

yellowcar: Feb 14, 2010

remembering when andrew yang said the best thing asian americans should do when facing racism is to double down on american jingoism

# ? Mar 3, 2023 20:02

Some Guy TT: Aug 30, 2011

https://twitter.com/gerryshih/status/1631734817212755969

# ? Mar 3, 2023 21:53

Seatbelts: Mar 29, 2010

Ardennes posted:

Yeah that rock over there, yeah that�s an island, and that one too.

Some seagulls are going to have to learn Japanese now

# ? Mar 3, 2023 22:02

Honky Mao: Dec 26, 2012

Chamale posted:

China even published a guidebook on managing COVID-19 outbreaks, which America threw in the trash the moment they realized the virus mostly kills the poor and marginalized. Then when China succumbed to pressure and adopted a Western-style "let 'er rip" strategy, a million people died in two months.

Yeah that's definitely what happened

# ? Mar 3, 2023 22:24

KomradeX: Oct 29, 2011

SorePotato posted:

Yeah that's definitely what happened

The first part did so he has it better understanding than all of Western Media

# ? Mar 3, 2023 22:26

Weka: May 5, 2019; That child totally had it coming. Nobody should be able to be out at dusk except cars.

Al-Saqr posted:

its either a dog or a kid no other choices

New third option just for you.

# ? Mar 3, 2023 22:38

mawarannahr: May 21, 2019; Can't post for 17 hours!

lmao what economic model is this. advanced neoliberal colonialism technique?
US chip subsidies alarm Korean companies with tough conditions

www.ft.com posted:

tough conditions revealed this week for companies taking advantage of a $39bn US federal fund designed to encourage advanced chip manufacturing in America.

Of particular concern is a requirement for companies to share some of their unexpected excess profits with the US government, according to a clause in commerce department guidelines unveiled this week for applications for funds from the Chips Act, passed by Congress last year.

The new subsidies are aimed at building a leading edge US semiconductor industry as part of efforts to counter China, but South Korean chipmakers such as Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are worried about the implications as they plan to build plants in the US and still rely heavily on their chipmaking operations in China.

Seoul�s former trade minister Yeo Han-koo said the clause about excess profit-sharing seemed �problematic�, calling it an �unprecedented move charting a new territory that we haven�t seen in recent years�.

�Many companies may cry out on this. It may set a worrisome precedent for other countries who may follow suit,� he told the Financial Times.

The commerce department said companies that received more than $150mn would have to return some money to the government when they made returns that surpassed original projections by an agreed threshold. Samsung and SK Hynix said they were reviewing the 75-page guidelines, but declined to comment further.

The safeguards have been put in place to ensure the subsidy programme is not abused as chipmakers prepare to submit their applications. Samsung is building a $17bn foundry in Taylor, Texas, while SK Hynix is planning to build an advanced chip packaging plant in the US.

�We�re perplexed by these unexpected conditions. We�ve never seen anything like this for state incentives,� said an industry executive. �It is unclear how they will calculate excess profits. They want to take some of our profits when the business is booming but they won�t return our money when the industry is in a downturn. This will be a key point of contention.�

Yeo cautioned that the profit-sharing scheme would have huge ramifications for the industry. �It is a complex matter how to define excess profits. This will give the regulator a huge discretionary power in implementing it, while companies will be incentivised to set the threshold higher,� he said.

South Korean chipmakers have been caught up in growing US-China tech rivalry as Washington�s curbs on technology transfers threaten to weaken their competitiveness in China. Under the Chips Act, they are required not to expand capacity in China for a decade in order to receive federal funding.

The chipmakers are now awaiting details of the �guardrails� that have made them rethink their exposure to China. SK Hynix�s Wuxi plant in eastern China accounts for nearly half of its Dram memory chip production, while Samsung�s plant in Xian takes up about 40 per cent of its Nand flash memory output, according to analyst estimates.

�Now that Pandora�s box is open, this will deepen Korean chipmakers� anguish over their future investment plans,� said Lee Jae-min, a law professor at Seoul National University and an expert in international trade disputes. �They will be worried that their sensitive R&D and financial information will fall into the hands of a foreign government.�

# ? Mar 3, 2023 23:17

mawarannahr: May 21, 2019; Can't post for 17 hours!

Some Guy TT posted:

https://twitter.com/KenRoth/status/1631639441755320320

WHO �deeply frustrated� by lack of US transparency on COVID origin data

arstechnica.com posted:

While the World Health Organization says it's continuing to urge China to share data and cooperate with investigations into the origins of SARS-CoV-2, the United Nations' health agency is calling out another country for lack of transparency�the United States.

WHO officials on Friday said that the US has not shared reports or data from federal agencies that have assessed how the COVID-19 pandemic began. That includes the latest report by the Department of Energy, which determined with "low confidence" that the pandemic likely began due to a laboratory accident.
"As of right now, we don't have access to those reports or the data that is underlying how those reports were generated," Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO's technical lead on COVID-19, said in a press briefing Friday. "Again, we reiterate, that any agency that has information on this, it remains vital that that information is shared so that scientific debate, that this discussion, can move forward. Without that, we are not able to move forward in our understanding."
The DOE's "low confidence" conclusion has renewed a fiery partisan debate in the US over the pandemic's origins, with Republican lawmakers pouncing on the opportunity to start new congressional probes and criticize the WHO and China.

. . .

The DOE's "low confidence" assessment also doesn't lend the investigations the "momentum" that some lawmakers seem to suggest. The US intelligence community's standards for confidence in assessments, laid out in the 2007 National Intelligence Estimate (NIE 2007) Iran: Nuclear Intentions and Capabilities, explained that a "low confidence" assessment:

quote:
generally means that the information�s credibility and/or plausibility is questionable, or that the information is too fragmented or poorly corroborated to make solid analytic inferences, or that we have significant concerns or problems with the sources.

. . .
But, without knowing what data the DOE and FBI used for their low-confidence inclinations toward a lab-based origin, researchers and WHO officials are unsure how the assessments fit in with the publicly available scientific information collected so far.

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Not So Fast: Dec 27, 2007

Chamale posted:

China even published a guidebook on managing COVID-19 outbreaks, which America threw in the trash the moment they realized the virus mostly kills the poor and marginalized. Then when China succumbed to pressure and adopted a Western-style "let 'er rip" strategy, a million people died in two months.

The figure of a million dead isn't far off what people were predicting, but outside some massive pressure on hospitals in Beijing and Shanghai the outbreak doesn't seem to have been that bad. I believe the official final figure was 89K, figures like a million come from Western modelling of what they think happened based on the infection rate and number of reported cases.

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bedpan: Apr 23, 2008

Weka posted:

New third option just for you.

lmao shots fired

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Truga: May 4, 2014; Lipstick Apathy

Weka posted:

New third option just for you.

lol

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fits my needs: Jan 1, 2011; Grimey Drawer

Weka posted:

New third option just for you.

the little figurines are children too?

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bedpan: Apr 23, 2008

Weka posted:

New third option just for you.

summoned a djinn to paint my vast collection of warhammer figurines

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Fat-Lip-Sum-41.mp3: Nov 15, 2003

the evil djinn chose a white and yellow color scheme and it really wasnt good enough to pull it off

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# ? May 26, 2024 10:23

Weka: May 5, 2019; That child totally had it coming. Nobody should be able to be out at dusk except cars.

bedpan posted:

lmao shots fired

Hey I'm trying to be nice.

# ? Mar 4, 2023 00:15

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