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@scriabinist @lukedepulford If China just pissed off then there wouldn't be a problem.

@lukedepulford Do you ever stop crying about China?

🇨🇳 Mega-embassy latest: they’re installing unsightly razor-wire around part of the perimeter.

@lingyi5231 @JChengWSJ So under 18s and over 60s get $150 a month for manual labor ?

@TMctwat75746 @JChengWSJ 是的，正好是18岁以下和60岁以上老人的人口数量之和，他们不需要工作，很少花销

The Economist: “China’s four richest cities (with a combined population of 84m) have a GDP per person that exceeds Japan’s. Its poorest four provinces (population 140m), meanwhile, are closer in income to Vietnam.” economist.com/finance-and-ec…

@GrassmannOdd @slave676 @NiSiv4 @JChengWSJ You need to study harder then don't you 😉

@TMctwat75746 @slave676 @NiSiv4 @JChengWSJ I've been learning the theory of economics from the Mises Institute for over five years. I don't want to waste my time on your garbage data. The same data can have totally opposite interpretations from different people.

@GrassmannOdd @slave676 @NiSiv4 @JChengWSJ Just read the economic data dude......It's easy to find it.

@TMctwat75746 @slave676 @NiSiv4 @JChengWSJ you're pretty much a pseudo-intellectual

@slave676 @NiSiv4 @JChengWSJ and therefore you have a major poverty problem whilst over-relying on the USD to keep your struggling economy afloat..... Pretty basic stuff to understand......

@TMctwat75746 @NiSiv4 @JChengWSJ Ok and?

@NiSiv4 @JChengWSJ The reason why is because China pegs its RMB to the USD. It allows for its products in China to be cheap. However, it only helps with a few basic items - cheap food stalls, commute and internet etc. Li Keqiang even admitted to this.

@TMctwat75746 @JChengWSJ It doesn’t make any sense anyway. What a Chinese people can buy with 1019 RMB is way more than what an American can buy with $150 You can easily buy goods and services that would cost more than $1000 in the US with 1019 RMB

@Notz888 @MihaelaCotet1 @SariArhoHavren Nobody cares about China....It all changed about 6 years. Time to give up hoping.

@MihaelaCotet1 @SariArhoHavren China not dominate, china giving countries equal chance. You get knife, you also get knife. Now fight if you want. I dont care.

My picks of the major outcomes from the recent Putin-Xi summit in Beijing: 📍 For China, hosting Trump and Putin in the same week was a statement of centrality; Beijing cannot be marginalised, and it sees itself as the indispensable broker of a new international order. The two most powerful leaders went to seek favours from the emperor. 📍Xi and Putin oversaw the signing of more than 40 cooperation agreements across trade, technology, and media exchanges. 📍new joint statement on cooperation and heralded what they called their “unyielding” bond, with the statement including an agreement to increase cooperation between their armed forces. 📍This is where the summit was most ideologically significant ➡️ Putin and Xi signed a joint declaration focusing on building a “multipolar world and a new type of international relations”, a 47-page document. Xi was quoted in Chinese state media as saying the tide of “unilateral hegemony” is turning. The “multipolar world” framing is China’s ideological vehicle for legitimising its central role in the new global order.

@MihaelaCotet1 @SariArhoHavren China peaked nearly 10 years ago dude......

@SariArhoHavren ... is it me or the "multipolar world" is the world with a single pole: "China", domination all others?

@KobeissiLetter I remember pre-covid mainland Chinese used to walk around thinking it was a new era and that "Han Chinese" are superior. Weird mentality for the 21st century I know.... I wonder where those guys are now....haha

China's economy is losing momentum: Fixed-asset investment in China fell -1.6% YoY in the first 4 months of 2026, slipping back into contraction territory. The decline was driven by a -13.7% year-to-date drop in property development, building on an -11.2% decline in the first 3 months of 2026. Furthermore, industrial production rose just +4.1% YoY in April, the weakest reading since mid-2023. At the same time, retail sales grew just +0.2% YoY, the worst reading since China's economy reopened after the pandemic in December 2022. This comes as car sales dropped -15% YoY, the steepest decline since mid-2022. Meanwhile, gold, silver, and jewelry sales collapsed -21% YoY, reversing sharply from the buying frenzy seen earlier this year when surging precious metal prices drove speculative demand. China's economic slowdown is broadening.

@JChengWSJ @ChuBailiang @amy_changchien I don't want to be rude but does anyone think Xi acts like someone who owns a factory in rural China ? If anyone has ever lived or experienced China then you should know what I mean. Ego prevails over pragmatism etc etc

Minxin Pei, a professor at Claremont McKenna College who studies Chinese leadership politics, said: “I think Xi Jinping believes he succeeded in one respect in this summit—that is, in educating Trump on Taiwan.” @ChuBailiang @amy_changchien nytimes.com/2026/05/18/wor…

@GerberKawasaki It's always the same. The bad guys always lose. I am forever grateful I was raised in the West.

The world order is shifting away from the axis of evil. As Russia falters and 4 years of pointless aggression have won them nothing but a stronger Ukraine and Europe. Iran plays strong while teetering on some fantastical belief that holding a little Strait even matters at all. China now meeting with Trump realizing they picked the wrong team and their economy and future is crap. Maybe the enemies of peace and freedom might consider a different future...

@zhanglei1936660 @ChadBown Turn your VPN off.....

@ChadBown This story is clearly heavily embellished; even if it is not entirely fabricated, it is very close to that.

The 2008 Olympics visit marked the first-ever meeting between an American president and a man named Xi Jinping—then not China’s leader, but the head of Beijing’s Olympic Committee. “He was absolutely boring,” a US official said of Xi. “He couldn’t have been more boring.” The explanation, with hindsight, is obvious: Xi was biding his time. He wasn’t going to say anything that could get him in trouble. by @Lingling_Wei wsj.com/world/china/wh…

@stefrich45040 @StockMKTNewz Beijing at it again thinking they are special "princes"

@StockMKTNewz A predictable breakup.

Meta Platforms $META is preparing to have to unwind its acquisition of the AI startup Manus after China 🇨🇳 banned the transaction

@SCMPNews Chinese criminals are everywhere in SEA. Setting up scam centers. Dealing in drugs and human trafficking. Disgusting....

America offers US$4 million bounty for arrest of Chinese money launderer #Echobox=1777007350-1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">scmp.com/news/china/dip…

@BRICStracker @SCMPNews China does not have a semiconductor dominance at all.......

@SCMPNews Connects directly to US efforts to counter China's semiconductor dominance, mirroring Cold War-era strategies to secure key industries. Will the Philippines become a new frontline?

Can a US-governed ‘Pax Silica’ hub turn Philippines into a chip powerhouse? #Echobox=1776675913" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">scmp.com/week-asia/econ…

@moling @TheEconomist Constantly using a VPN to speak to the actual world on the internet and spread your weird CCP propaganda hasn't got you anywhere either...... Although China has already peaked and slowly decaying. Hopefully we won't need to hear from you soon lol

@TheEconomist Constantly blaming China without any self-reflection hasn’t gotten the West anywhere.

Global imbalances are back. If China is the culprit, it has perpetrated more a blunder than a crime economist.com/finance-and-ec…

@CNN These China humanoid robots are getting boring now........

A humanoid robot won a half-marathon in Beijing in 50 minutes and 26 seconds, finishing faster than Ugandan runner Jacob Kiplimo's world record. Read more: cnn.it/4dWXNC6

@SCMPNews How does China have military experts and think tanks yet it has never won a war or even a battle ?

Exclusive | Iran keen on deal with US but has higher ‘pain tolerance’: think tank chief #Echobox=1776589824-1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">scmp.com/news/article/3…

@SCMPNews God the SCMP is weird......

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“It’s one of your favourite fantasies, isn’t it: the submissive Oriental woman and the cruel white man?” (Link in comments) #usa #movies #jeremyirons #art #scmpnews #scmp