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CHINA
Jan 6, 2022 17:36:45 GMT
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Post by Sigurdur on Jan 6, 2022 17:36:45 GMT
Chinese leaders know the Chinese people won't cause much of a stir as long as there is food available.
China is a funny place. The people will be pretty laid back UNTIL food becomes scarce. Then all hell breaks loose.
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Post by missouriboy on Jan 10, 2022 0:20:32 GMT
Chinese leaders know the Chinese people won't cause much of a stir as long as there is food available. China is a funny place. The people will be pretty laid back UNTIL food becomes scarce. Then all hell breaks loose. Some of them may be a little pissed off if their one and only investment goes down the crapper. |
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Post by glennkoks on Jan 10, 2022 22:28:36 GMT
This is more than a little scary, Mr. Glenn. How is the CCP going to react if this turns into a major economic downturn? Will they focus on external threats (Taiwan perhaps?). How will the Chinese people react if their standard of living stagnates or actually tumbles? Major, cataclysmic uprisings over economic issues are not unknow in China. (see the Taiping Rebellion for example). What effect will a major Chinese downturn have on the US and world economies? It's not like the US and EU economies are in great shape right now either. But one thing I am sure of, because Ms. Psaki told NPR who told me so. Brandon will think his way through this mess, if we only give him a little time! Good questions. My guess is that Bureaucrats in China are not much different than the ones in the U.S. or Europe. Probably a little more touchy because they are not used to being questioned. I am certain that they wont say: "Our entire economic plan was a Ponzi scheme fueled by debt and credit". Have you ever known any Bureaucrat to accept responsibility for anything? Most likely scenario is the finger for their economic collapse will point westward. Why take the blame for an economic collapse when you can blame an evil external force? |
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Post by missouriboy on Jan 11, 2022 4:37:29 GMT
This is more than a little scary, Mr. Glenn. How is the CCP going to react if this turns into a major economic downturn? Will they focus on external threats (Taiwan perhaps?). How will the Chinese people react if their standard of living stagnates or actually tumbles? Major, cataclysmic uprisings over economic issues are not unknow in China. (see the Taiping Rebellion for example). What effect will a major Chinese downturn have on the US and world economies? It's not like the US and EU economies are in great shape right now either. But one thing I am sure of, because Ms. Psaki told NPR who told me so. Brandon will think his way through this mess, if we only give him a little time! Good questions. My guess is that Bureaucrats in China are not much different than the ones in the U.S. or Europe. Probably a little more touchy because they are not used to being questioned. I am certain that they wont say: "Our entire economic plan was a Ponzi scheme fueled by debt and credit". Have you ever known any Bureaucrat to accept responsibility for anything? Most likely scenario is the finger for their economic collapse will point westward. Why take the blame for an economic collapse when you can blame an evil external force? Standard game plan throughout history. |
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Post by glennkoks on Jan 11, 2022 13:54:13 GMT
Chinese leaders know the Chinese people won't cause much of a stir as long as there is food available. China is a funny place. The people will be pretty laid back UNTIL food becomes scarce. Then all hell breaks loose. Some of them may be a little pissed off if their one and only investment goes down the crapper. Good video. Best case scenario for the Chinese is something like the "Lost Decades" that happened in Japan. The biggest difference is the Japanese crash and real estate bubble that occurred in the late 1980's was in a free country with a truly capitalistic system with duly elected leaders. There were other places to invest but just like in our housing bubble people chose to invest in real estate. In the Chinese system there is no stock market or other retirement program to invest in. It's all real estate all the time. I sound like a broken record but there is no soft landing for the Chinese and people do desperate things when their life savings disappear in a crash. |
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CHINA
Jan 11, 2022 23:11:00 GMT
Post by ratty on Jan 11, 2022 23:11:00 GMT
I'll just keep up my Mandarin lessons.  |
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Post by missouriboy on Jan 12, 2022 4:11:33 GMT
I'll just keep up my Mandarin lessons.  I'm still working on my Spanish ... and it's not coming along well.  |
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Post by ratty on Jan 12, 2022 10:20:36 GMT
I'll just keep up my Mandarin lessons. I'm still working on my Spanish ... and it's not coming along well.  That will help when instructing your serfs; in my case, the first word I will learn to say - with reverence - is 掌握. |
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CHINA
Jan 13, 2022 18:00:21 GMT
Post by missouriboy on Jan 13, 2022 18:00:21 GMT
I'm still working on my Spanish ... and it's not coming along well. That will help when instructing your serfs; in my case, the first word I will learn to say - with reverence - is 掌握. Does that mean, "where is the sweet and sour sauce?" |
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Post by gridley on Jan 13, 2022 19:07:43 GMT
That will help when instructing your serfs; in my case, the first word I will learn to say - with reverence - is 掌握. Does that mean, "where is the sweet and sour sauce?" Well, it isn't "Life support failure, check oxygen levels..." :-) |
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Post by Sigurdur on Jan 13, 2022 21:36:57 GMT
I'm still working on my Spanish ... and it's not coming along well. That will help when instructing your serfs; in my case, the first word I will learn to say - with reverence - is 掌握. I don't cowtow easily. Odds of me saying Master are zero. |
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Post by ratty on Jan 13, 2022 22:35:17 GMT
That will help when instructing your serfs; in my case, the first word I will learn to say - with reverence - is 掌握. Does that mean, "where is the sweet and sour sauce?" Word, not words. |
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CHINA
Jan 14, 2022 2:30:50 GMT
Post by missouriboy on Jan 14, 2022 2:30:50 GMT
Does that mean, "where is the sweet and sour sauce?" Word, not words. Enlighten me. |
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Post by Sigurdur on Jan 14, 2022 2:32:23 GMT
I gave a reallllly huge hint of what the Chinese letters translated to in my comments. |
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Post by flearider on Jan 14, 2022 6:04:02 GMT
I gave a reallllly huge hint of what the Chinese letters translated to in my comments. yes master ...  |
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