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ikanreed
Sep 25, 2009

I honestly I have no idea who cannibal[SIC] is and I do not know why I should know.

syq dude, just syq!

AnimeIsTrash posted:

https://twitter.com/catcontentonly/status/1652455805168353280?cxt=HHwWgIC8oZfz2e4tAAAA

The Chinese police stations story that went viral about a week ago was about Chinese community centers.

Who knows how many fake IDs these devious spies helped issue. We now go to the Hong Kong bureau chief of the NYPD.

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stephenthinkpad
Jan 2, 2020

AnimeIsTrash posted:

https://twitter.com/catcontentonly/status/1652455805168353280?cxt=HHwWgIC8oZfz2e4tAAAA

The Chinese police stations story that went viral about a week ago was about Chinese community centers.

This is a "Confucian Institute" redux situation. I can tell right away and didn't even bother to comment.

This is kind of meter you use to tell how much a western government is a stooge of washington now, by how fast they create their own "police outpost" news to collab with the U.S.

I thought i read another " "Chinese outpost" " story in Europe but can't find it.

BTW, those 2 guys who got arrested, they had a hand in organizing protest against Tsai when she made 2 day stop in NY, now you know why they were really arrested.

stephenthinkpad has issued a correction as of 17:57 on Apr 30, 2023

Tankbuster
Oct 1, 2021

AnimeIsTrash posted:

https://twitter.com/catcontentonly/status/1652455805168353280?cxt=HHwWgIC8oZfz2e4tAAAA

The Chinese police stations story that went viral about a week ago was about Chinese community centers.

lmao so its a Police Clearance Certificate vendor at the consulate?

eSports Chaebol
Feb 22, 2005

Yeah, actually, gamers in the house forever,

AnimeIsTrash posted:

https://twitter.com/catcontentonly/status/1652455805168353280?cxt=HHwWgIC8oZfz2e4tAAAA

The Chinese police stations story that went viral about a week ago was about Chinese community centers.

I’m guessing that this is for people who speak Fuzhounese and not Mandarin (which New York may now have more of than Fujian lol) hence it being affiliated with Fuzhou and not Beijing, and also why it’s a Thing aside from the consulate. iirc the Irish “police station” which was the only other one ever actually identified by anyone was also for services for people from Fujian

Danann
Aug 4, 2013

https://twitter.com/nise_yoshimi/status/1652538487348813825

Palladium
May 8, 2012

Very Good
✔️✔️✔️✔️

eSports Chaebol posted:

I’m guessing that this is for people who speak Fuzhounese and not Mandarin (which New York may now have more of than Fujian lol) hence it being affiliated with Fuzhou and not Beijing, and also why it’s a Thing aside from the consulate. iirc the Irish “police station” which was the only other one ever actually identified by anyone was also for services for people from Fujian

anything that starts with "allegedly" can't be bullshit, right

gradenko_2000
Oct 5, 2010

HELL SERPENT
Lipstick Apathy
Happy Labor Day

https://twitter.com/menchongdeee/status/1652848490194800640?t=-bz4TL8zYIrtDanUXr6_kA&s=19

exmarx
Feb 18, 2012


The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

BULBASAUR
Apr 6, 2009




Soiled Meat

Slavvy posted:

Hot take: the chip thing isn't really that important compared to the other ways china is absolutely demolishing the empire and is given disproportionate attention both on this forum and elsewhere because the information sphere is dominated by IT men who think faster computer is the greatest power you can have.

I have a friend who now works in that industry and his explanation is that its basically a commodity, like oil or aluminum, at this point. IDK what the big brain info sphere takes are, but its more-or-less just more China manufacturing supremacy

exmarx
Feb 18, 2012


The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.
yeah, semiconductors are in everything and the supply chain is insanely fragile

BULBASAUR
Apr 6, 2009




Soiled Meat

Send In The Pinkertons

stephenthinkpad
Jan 2, 2020

I have follewed Modi for a while, has he ever signed anything important (i. e. not just say stuff) in foreign visits?

exmarx
Feb 18, 2012


The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EX5hcbzZCow

Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

Exploration is ill-advised.

BULBASAUR posted:

I have a friend who now works in that industry and his explanation is that its basically a commodity, like oil or aluminum, at this point. IDK what the big brain info sphere takes are, but its more-or-less just more China manufacturing supremacy

That feels like it's probably the issue in a nutshell. When you have the monopoly or are just the biggest and best manufacturer of a product everyone needs, you're in a position of immense power. See oil, lithium, spice, whatever. And you even even do this with manufactured goods if you're able to vertically integrate.

crepeface
Nov 5, 2004

r*p*f*c*

fart simpson posted:

congrats to ding liren for becoming the first world chess champion from china

drat you can feel how brutal the final moments are:

https://www.youtube.com/clip/UgkxG5e6Ob1xW2EFK1SMUXMsRdGwUSkyCpoo

clipped from here (timestamped):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzA5uarugrg&t=16660s

exmarx
Feb 18, 2012


The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.
lol the russian guy is absolutely wilding out... drat

crepeface
Nov 5, 2004

r*p*f*c*
"ding has to go for a repetition (draw -> rematch) right? there's no way you'd play rook G6 here, i feel like this is the only losing move."

ding: *plays exactly that move going into the blitz to win the championship*

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=live?GzA5uarugrg&t=16078s

fart simpson
Jul 2, 2005

DEATH TO AMERICA
:xickos:


yeah dude it was extremely cold blooded from ding and even though i wanted him to win, i felt bad for nepo in the moment. the guy could barely stand up from his chair one he realized he lost

Orange Devil
Oct 1, 2010

Wullie's reign cannae smother the flames o' equality!

exmarx posted:

lol the russian guy is absolutely wilding out... drat

Losing two world championships will do that to you.

Tankbuster
Oct 1, 2021

stephenthinkpad posted:

I have follewed Modi for a while, has he ever signed anything important (i. e. not just say stuff) in foreign visits?

he takes selfies and the press (invariably owned by his financial backers) says that he is doing epic global statesman that no one has ever done in the history of the nation. The biggest thing he accomplished was trashing a deal with iran that let india buy iranian crude in rupees.

crepeface
Nov 5, 2004

r*p*f*c*

genericnick
Dec 26, 2012

Eminent DNS posted:

I actually really distinctly remember a push by the Bush administration to get China onboard the "Global War on Terror"/the invasion of Iraq (I think it was after the initial Afghanistan invasion) as a coalition partner by referring to Xinjiang/Uyghur separatists as part of the al qaeda network and being like "see you guys are dealing with the same stuff, we're bros!"

C&C Generals is one of our most valuable cultural artifacts.

genericnick has issued a correction as of 12:11 on May 1, 2023

BrutalistMcDonalds
Oct 4, 2012


Lipstick Apathy
China's May Day concert about to start:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46bukNj8gDw

i say swears online
Mar 4, 2005


pawns should be able to kill the back row pieces head-on then

stephenthinkpad
Jan 2, 2020

Tankbuster posted:

he takes selfies and the press (invariably owned by his financial backers) says that he is doing epic global statesman that no one has ever done in the history of the nation. The biggest thing he accomplished was trashing a deal with iran that let india buy iranian crude in rupees.

It's weird Modi is so afraid of using his own currency to buy energy, they still don't have a direct currency deal with Russia.

The Indian people see Russia as fam! Much more so than the Chinese people to Russia.

https://twitter.com/GarimaMo/status/1628317070931656705?s=20

(The 5% Americans who see Russia as ally are all in Brighten Beach or CSPAM)

stephenthinkpad has issued a correction as of 13:39 on May 1, 2023

Orange Devil
Oct 1, 2010

Wullie's reign cannae smother the flames o' equality!

i say swears online posted:

pawns should be able to kill the back row pieces head-on then

If the pawns were to unite and take out their own nobility/generals they'd win every game. Might be a lesson there.

ikanreed
Sep 25, 2009

I honestly I have no idea who cannibal[SIC] is and I do not know why I should know.

syq dude, just syq!

stephenthinkpad posted:



(The 5% Americans who see Russia as ally are all in Brighten Beach or CSPAM)

Lol, no, they're chuds who got into decades of "Putin is tough man who hates the gays" and "Putin is tough man who slaughters Russian Muslim terrorists" reporting and turned against Biden's support of Ukraine.

Regarde Aduck
Oct 19, 2012

c l o u d k i t t e n
Grimey Drawer

stephenthinkpad posted:

It's weird Modi is so afraid of using his own currency to buy energy, they still don't have a direct currency deal with Russia.

The Indian people see Russia as fam! Much more so than the Chinese people to Russia.

https://twitter.com/GarimaMo/status/1628317070931656705?s=20

(The 5% Americans who see Russia as ally are all in Brighten Beach or CSPAM)

Modi is scum which means he's going to be easy for the US to manipulate with promises of favours. Easily the least reliable of the BRICS because of this. The US will be loving with India constantly because they're an obvious counter to China.

Truga
May 4, 2014
Lipstick Apathy

Jel Shaker
Apr 19, 2003

stephenthinkpad posted:

It's weird Modi is so afraid of using his own currency to buy energy, they still don't have a direct currency deal with Russia.

The Indian people see Russia as fam! Much more so than the Chinese people to Russia.

https://twitter.com/GarimaMo/status/1628317070931656705?s=20

(The 5% Americans who see Russia as ally are all in Brighten Beach or CSPAM)

there was that short window early in the war on terror when some people thought we would have a pan western eurasian alliance against the forces of islam

Tankbuster
Oct 1, 2021

stephenthinkpad posted:

It's weird Modi is so afraid of using his own currency to buy energy, they still don't have a direct currency deal with Russia.

The Indian people see Russia as fam! Much more so than the Chinese people to Russia.

https://twitter.com/GarimaMo/status/1628317070931656705?s=20

(The 5% Americans who see Russia as ally are all in Brighten Beach or CSPAM)

the average indian (middle class oval office) who answers surveys like this has puppy dog tier affinity for white people and has azov battalion-on-roma tier views when it comes to muslims. Modi did that because the US asked him nicely to do that. The base of the BJP was historically made up of small bidness tyrants oppressed by the government who spiritually yearn to go move to new jersey and promote fascism in the (old country)

Tankbuster
Oct 1, 2021

Regarde Aduck posted:

Modi is scum which means he's going to be easy for the US to manipulate with promises of favours. Easily the least reliable of the BRICS because of this. The US will be loving with India constantly because they're an obvious counter to China.

you do realise that a couple of years ago brazil's executive head was a jaundiced dumbass whose head was so up the US culture war that the country was run for and by people who lived in miami?

AnimeIsTrash
Jun 30, 2018

Tankbuster posted:

the average indian (middle class oval office) who answers surveys like this has puppy dog tier affinity for white people and has azov battalion-on-roma tier views when it comes to muslims. Modi did that because the US asked him nicely to do that. The base of the BJP was historically made up of small bidness tyrants oppressed by the government who spiritually yearn to go move to new jersey and promote fascism in the (old country)

my family in the US still talks about how his demonetisation policy was great for the country lmfao

Tankbuster
Oct 1, 2021
the indian small industry sector never recovered lmao. So what are their excuses for demonetization because the government has been focused on doing the johnathan frakes meme when it comes to the entire thing.

Maximo Roboto
Feb 4, 2012


Sounds like it’s focused entirely on local politics

https://twitter.com/mhar4/status/1652821880355835905

Honest Thief
Jan 11, 2009
Anything good to read about Japan's politics and how the LDP has been maintaining a hold on it for such a long streak?
shoutout to princes of the yen for getting me yenpilled

Regarde Aduck
Oct 19, 2012

c l o u d k i t t e n
Grimey Drawer

Tankbuster posted:

you do realise that a couple of years ago brazil's executive head was a jaundiced dumbass whose head was so up the US culture war that the country was run for and by people who lived in miami?

India's dabble with fascism seems more entrenched? I'm probably wrong, i hope i am

Mantis42
Jul 26, 2010

heh, basuria? don't you mean west jingchuria?

https://twitter.com/BASURIAN_OFCL/status/1652657008171155458?s=20

Marenghi
Oct 16, 2008

Don't trust the liberals,
they will betray you

Honest Thief posted:

Anything good to read about Japan's politics and how the LDP has been maintaining a hold on it for such a long streak?
shoutout to princes of the yen for getting me yenpilled

Can't suggest any reads myself but I would be interested in knowing more about their politics from post-war to present. I'll have to check out the Documentary you mentioned, sounds interesting.

There's a lot of news coming out since Abe's assassination on his party's link to the Unification Church, and how they helped keep the LDP in power. They provided campaigns volunteers from their members to the LDP, as well as donations to the party. There's interesting bits and pieces coming out in the Japanese news. I would love to know if anyone's written in depth about their links.

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Maximo Roboto
Feb 4, 2012


https://twitter.com/ebeggin1/status/1653071983628763148

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