CHINA

[glennkoks]

May 21, 2024 16:47:53 GMT justme said:

The guy in the video is either misinformed or just a paid Chinese shill.  

China has become the global leader in steel, solar and EV production because they subsidize these industries making it impossible for other nations to compete.  If this guy thinks Biden's new tariffs are tough wait until Trump is re-elected.  If Covid taught us anything it is that being overly dependent on a totalitarian regime for essential supply chain needs like steel, aluminum and antibiotics is just plain stupid.  Globalization has dangerous flaws.

China can suck it!  American's don't need their solar panels or their EV's.  We have plentiful clean burning natural gas and are now the worlds biggest producer of crude to power our internal combustion engines.  As for their aluminum and steel?  They can keep it and build more ghost cities.  I would rather pay more and revamp our production or do business with friendly democracies like Mexico, Canada, Norway and Iceland.

The quicker the world decouples from the totalitarian regime in Beijing the better off we will be...

The following link is from the American Iron and Steel Institute on Chinese steel production.

www.steel.org/2024/01/steel-market-update-column-us-trade-laws-must-be-upgraded-to-address-chinas-belt-and-road-initiative/#:~:text=For%20many%20years%2C%20Chinese%20government,metric%20tons%20globally%20last%20year.

[glennkoks]

Life in China

[glennkoks]

Capital flight from China is a huge problem and perhaps the best barometer on the health of the Chinese Economy. Foreign investment typically flows into promising nations in search of a good return on investment. However the opposite is also true. Plentiful cheap investment cash is simply no longer available.

[ratty]

This came to me by email .... FWIW:

Reasons why China is Fast Becoming the Dominant Power in the World ....

1.They have a very low tolerance for crime. The death sentence is swiftly and routinely used for terrorists, murderers and drug traffickers.

2. Very low tolerance for Religion. They do not believe there is a Magic man in the sky. No such thing as a God. Almost no religious killings, and getting rid of the Indigenous Chinese Muslim population as fast as they can.

3. They have not been involved in any expensive wars or invaded any country for the last seventy years.

4. Their primary weapon of choice to conquer the world is Finance, and countries around the world are falling fast.

Not just the USA & Canada but all world is in trouble.

In the near future, China will employ millions of American workers and dominate thousands of small communities all over the United States. Chinese acquisition of US businesses set a new all-time record last year, and it is on pace to shatter that record this year

The Smithfield Foods acquisition is a great example. Smithfield Foods is the largest pork producer and processor in the world. It has facilities in 26 US states, and it employs tens of thousands of Americans. It directly owns 460 farms and has contracts with about 2,100 others. But now a Chinese company has bought it for $ 4.7 billion, and that means that the Chinese will now be the most important employer in dozens of rural communities all over America.

Thanks in part to our massively bloated trade deficit with China, the Chinese have trillions of dollars to spend. They are only just starting to exercise their economic muscle.

It is important to keep in mind that there is often not much of a difference between "the Chinese government" and "the Chinese corporations". In 2011, 43 percent of all profits in China were produced by companies where the Chinese government had a controlling interest.

Last year a Chinese company spent $2.6B to purchase AMC entertainment, one of the largest movie theatre chains in the United States. Chinese companies control more movie ticket sales than anyone else in the world.

But China is not just relying on acquisitions to expand its economic power.

"Economic beachheads" are being established all over America and Canada. For example, Golden Dragon Precise Copper Tube Group, Inc. recently broke ground on a $100M plant in Thomasville, Alabama. Many of the residents of Thomas-ville, Alabama will be glad to have jobs, but it will also become yet another community that will now be heavily dependent on Communist China.

And guess where else Chinese companies are putting down roots? DETROIT.

Chinese-owned companies are investing in American businesses and new vehicle techno-logy, selling everything from seat belts to shock absorbers in retail stores, and hiring experienced engineers and designers in an effort to soak up the talent and expertise of domestic automakers and their suppliers.

If you recently purchased an "American-made" vehicle, there is a really good chance that it has a number of Chinese parts in it. Industry analysts are hard-pressed to put a number on the Chinese suppliers in the United States.

China is very interested in acquiring energy resources in the United States.

For example, China is actually mining for coal in the mountains of Tennessee. Guizhou Gouchuang Energy Holdings Group spent 616 million dollars to acquire Triple H Coal Co. in Jacksboro, Tennessee.

At the time, that acquisition really didn't make much news, but now a group of conservatives in Tennessee is trying to stop the Chinese from blowing up their mountains and taking their coal.

And pretty soon China may want to build entire cities in the United States just like they have been doing in other countries. Right now China is actually building a city larger than Manhattan just outside Minsk, the capital of Belarus.

Are you starting to get the picture yet? China is on the rise and has been for a long time while America plays political games.

If you doubt this, just read the following:

When you total up all imports and exports, China is now the number one trading nation on the entire planet.

# Overall, the US has run a trade deficit with China over the past decade that comes to more than 23 trillion dollars.

# China has more foreign currency reserves than anyone else on the planet.

# China now has the largest new car market in the entire world.

# China now produces more than twice as many automobiles as does the United States.

# After being bailed out by US taxpayers, GM is involved in 11 joint ventures with Chinese companies.

# China is the number one gold producer in the world.

# The uniforms for the US Olympic team were made in China.

# 85% of all artificial Christmas trees the world over are made in China.

# The new World Trade Center tower in New York includes glass imported from China.

# China now consumes more energy than does the United States.

# China is now in aggregate the leading manufacturer of goods in the entire world.

# China uses more cement than the rest of the world combined.

# China is now the number one producer of wind and solar power on the entire globe.

# China produces 3 times as much coal and 11 times as much steel as the United States does.

# China produces more than 90 percent of the global supply of rare earth elements.

# China is now the number one supplier of components that are critical to the operation of any national defense system.

# In published scientific research articles, China will become number one in the world very shortly. And what we have seen so far may just be the tip of the iceberg.

And for now, I will just leave you with one piece of advice - Learn to speak Chinese.

[code]

July 9, 2024
China’s Nautical Strategy
by Brent Ramsey

With vast numbers and capabilities that seemingly outpace the U.S., the Chinese are in a prime position.


patriotpost.us/articles/108297-chinas-nautical-strategy-2024-07-09




Brent Ramsey Bio

Captain Brent Ramsey (U.S. Navy, Ret.) served 30 years in the Navy and 23 years in Navy Civil Service. His assignments included Commanding Officer, Cargo Handling Battalion TWELVE, Executive Director, Construction Battalion Center, Gulfport, and Mississippi Navy Emergency Preparedness Liaison Officer. He served as Senior Advisor, Center for International Maritime Security, and was Member and Secretary of the non-partisan Military Advisory Group for Congressman Mark Meadows (NC-11) for four years. He currently serves in the same capacity for Congressman Chuck Edwards. He is a Vice President with Calvert Group and on the Board of Advisors for STARRS and the Center for Military Readiness. CAPT Ramsey studied at Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, and is a graduate of the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Executive Management Program, the Reserve Components National Security Course, and the FEMA Emergency Preparedness Management Officers Course. He has written extensively on national defense matters since 2017.

[missouriboy]

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[ratty]

Jul 13, 2024 6:19:59 GMT missouriboy said:

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Don't think we're not headed the same way.

[phydeaux2363]

Project 2025 calls for social credit scoring and the public beheading of anyone whose score drops below a certain level. This doesn't apply to women, who need no social credit score since they will be confined to their houses making white bonnets and practicing spreading their legs. Johnnie Chinaman has nothing that the Heritage Foundation hasn't already thought of!!

[walnut]

As always, refer to the writ.

[missouriboy]

[ratty]

Aug 17, 2024 13:01:05 GMT missouriboy said:

Surplus housing for > two billion people? Could that be correct?

[gridley]

Aug 17, 2024 22:54:52 GMT ratty said:

Aug 17, 2024 13:01:05 GMT missouriboy said:

Surplus housing for > two billion people? Could that be correct?

I have no idea whether it is, but I see no reason why it couldn't be.

"Location, location, location." People want to live in good neighborhoods, often with good school districts, and not too far from jobs and shopping.

Build a house in a place with all of those things, and it can be sold for a high price.

Build the *exact same house* next to a run-down trailer park, or in the middle of nowhere, and how much can you sell it for? Can you sell it at all?

Every time I've gone looking to buy a house, I've found ones that have been on the market for over a year. EVERY time, EVERY place I looked. Usually, there was a clear reason why they weren't of interest to me (and to most people). But they're ALWAYS there.

Pick a county, go to a house-hunting site, and look at the number of listed properties. True, some are occupied. Plenty aren't.

And that's here. I've been told (haven't seen myself) that in China there are entire empty cities. I've likewise seen reports of entire empty apartment buildings in some cities here in the US.

I don't know if they're counting it, but what about under-utilized housing? I grew up in a four-bedroom house. Over the roughly two decades that was my permanent residence the only times all four bedrooms were occupied was when we had guests. I lived for a while in a three-bedroom apartment - we didn't even have a BED in one of the bedrooms.

What about people who own multiple houses? Clearly at least one of them is surplus. Do those count?

[nonentropic]

It can't be a surplus for 2B people that implies that more than 50% of the housing stock permanently empty.

If a dwelling has a total construction cost of say US$250k its much more here but China is competitive, then the invest cash is one billion houses (10exp9) times houses at $250k (2.5x10exp5) so 2.5x10exp14 2500 trillion dollars, to much.

[gridley]

Aug 19, 2024 7:24:11 GMT nonentropic said:

It can't be a surplus for 2B people that implies that more than 50% of the housing stock permanently empty.

If a dwelling has a total construction cost of say US$250k its much more here but China is competitive, then the invest cash is one billion houses (10exp9) times houses at $250k (2.5x10exp5) so 2.5x10exp14 2500 trillion dollars, to much.

Most houses outside of high-demand areas *sell* for less than $250k. Don't forget the land under them. The *construction cost* is based on the materials and labor which is NOT highly dependent on the location.

Also, why assume the "surplus" is permanently empty? As noted, houses can sit vacant for LONG periods... but that doesn't mean they stay that way forever.

[flearider]

Aug 19, 2024 7:24:11 GMT nonentropic said:

It can't be a surplus for 2B people that implies that more than 50% of the housing stock permanently empty.

If a dwelling has a total construction cost of say US$250k its much more here but China is competitive, then the invest cash is one billion houses (10exp9) times houses at $250k (2.5x10exp5) so 2.5x10exp14 2500 trillion dollars, to much.

have a look on you tube .. there blowing up part finished tower estates ..2b is a little to much ..but not by a lot ..