Taiwan and China thread.

Grim5 said:
Supposed pla document doing the rounds says an F35 out maneuvered J20 fighters who were sent to intercept

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As noted in the comments kind of redundant when most likely engagements will be from stand off ranges - with simulations indicating the F-35 able to detect the J-20 at around 3x the range they can do it the other way around (never mind all the stuff with AWACs).
 
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Rroff said:
As noted in the comments kind of redundant when most likely engagements will be from stand off ranges - with simulations indicating the F-35 able to detect the J-20 at around 3x the range they can do it the other way around (never mind all the stuff with AWACs).
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I don't think any plane in the world can take on an f35 in a long range stand off, and thanks to datalink technically once one f35 detects an enemy any other f35 in like a 1000 mile radius can fire missiles at the target.

But the document specifically says they knew the f35 was there but were unable to stop the f35 from getting behind them into the kill position, and commented that the pilot was more skilful than them. Not that an f35 even needs to get behind the enemy, if the f35 pilot can see the enemy aircraft regardless of what direction it's in, it can fire a missile at it, but this is just game pilots play trying to get into the rear kill position- like they do on top gun, it's classic fighter pilot training exercises
 
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Watered down or fake alcohol is extremely common at restaurants and bars in China. The most common trick they do is they give you real alcohol at first, after you've had a few and are drunk then they switch to giving you fake **** and charging you as if it's alcohol and that's how they make money. And if you catch them doing this they will just feign ignorance and say it's a mistake
 
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I've run in to fake alcohol several times here over the years, and you know straight away. For bars now, I'll only go to the craft beer places of people I know, or places that those bar owners recommend. If I'm out for food, I'd typically drink the cheap bottled beers, and no-one is faking these. Pretty sure cheap pubs and clubs would still be garbage-tier alcohol. No idea what the solution is, because I imagine the majority of people aren't reporting it. I never have, because I've always poured it away.
There are definitely problems, but I can't say how widespread all of the issues in that video are. Gutter oil definitely was a problem, but I think police would be all over anyone doing that in this city now.

I've never heard of that channel before but looking at their video library, they seem to have quite an extreme agenda... :| I'm not seeing the majority of the problems they talk about, and friends living here and in other cities haven't either (yet). No idea what the future will look like, but seems like most of the world is on eggshells at the moment.
The 2 clowns with the handfull of Youtube channels, they are just something I would never watch since living here. :D I think most foreigners I know in China have the same opinion.
 
Latest US polling done looking at the perception of immigrants on their new country and home country provided a sharp contrast

When looking at Asian immigrants and then drilling into each country, the data showed that almost all Asian immigrants view both the U.S favourably and their home country favourably.

There was just a single exception to this rule... China. Over 60% of Chinese Americans have a negative view of their original homeland and it is the only Asian country and which the majority of immigrants to the U.S have a negative view of their home country.

Out of interest the country with the highest favourable perception of their home cpu try was Taiwan, with over 90% of Taiwanese Americans being favourable about their home compared to just 30% of Chinese




These results fly in the face of the Chinese propaganda. In China, the state news frequently claims that all Asians in America hate their life, they get persecuted and beaten on a daily basis and what Chinese people in the U.S want is for China to come liberate them by taking over the U.S. the problem for them is these results show the exact opposite
 
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ah good old Serpentza. Used to watch his channel years ago when he did some awesome travel blogs around the country. He clearly loved the place and people. But about 18 months ago something changed, it appears he was hounded out of the country for some reason and ever since has just been trashing it. Not saying he's wrong :) but its a shame he turned into what he's turned into.
 
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ah good old Serpentza. Used to watch his channel years ago when he did some awesome travel blogs around the country. He clearly loved the place and people. But about 18 months ago something changed, it appears he was hounded out of the country for some reason and ever since has just been trashing it. Not saying he's wrong :) but its a shame he turned into what he's turned into.
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He used to work as an English teacher, then Xi Ping shut down all private schools and tutoring and he no longer had a job so he left

He used to say negative things about what he saw in China even when it was a travel blog and he was working as a teacher, and he was visited multiple times by CCP police and threatened, the writing was on the wall, if him and his wife didn't leave they were going to get dissapeared
 
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NickK said:
not gar off the IK with the current government approach..
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This brings me back to the Fake rice days, where they substituted some sort of plastic! Fake soya sauce using LKK (lee kum kee) bottles to repackage them to pretend its legit. The government really clamped down on that and i think some people caught were dealt with via capital punishment by shooting.

We work in retail, Chinese supermarket so we're always on the look out for this and we only use legitimate suppliers and agents.
 
Grim5 said:
He used to work as an English teacher, then Xi Ping shut down all private schools and tutoring and he no longer had a job so he left

He used to say negative things about what he saw in China even when it was a travel blog and he was working as a teacher, and he was visited multiple times by CCP police and threatened, the writing was on the wall, if him and his wife didn't leave they were going to get dissapeared
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Yeah , i always found him pretty fair minded back then. But he obviously annoyed the wrong people and the "patriots" chased him out. He's been miserable about it ever since. But its a living for him i guess.
 
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What the heck is going on in that picture?! Can someone explain, please?
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Beijing and Hebei province have been having some pretty catastrophic floods, this is a result of the flood

www.bbc.co.uk

China floods: Torrential rains in Hebei province leave 10 dead

The flooding has devastated homes and submerged entire districts and farmlands.
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Because Beijing is the capital and nothing bad can happen there in the minds of the CCP, they rerouted the flood waters to flood everyone else
 
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China has officially slipped into deflation

And the Economy is shrinking, as exports continue to fall and is now 15% lower than the same time last year

China was always predicted to go the same route as Japan and eventually end up with a old shrinking population and shrinking economy but even the most bearish forecasters never predicted it would happen this early


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China slips into deflation as post-COVID recovery stalls – DW – 08/09/2023

Consumer prices within China dropped by 0.3% year-on-year in July while Beijing also reported its steepest plunge in exports since the pandemic.
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Mainland China airs documentary signalling preparation for Taiwan attack

A stealth fighter jet pilot and a navy frogman are among PLA personnel shown pledging to lay their lives on the line for reunification.
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China's economic woes and high unemployment make war with one of its neighbours more likely as a war serves two purposes: 1) it distracts the people from their Economic issues and gives them something else to worry about instead so they are less likely to protest against the government and 2) it solves unemployment
 
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China says it will no longer publish unemployment rate data after recent record unemployment figures

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China suspends youth jobless data after record high readings

China suspended publication of its youth jobless data on Tuesday, saying it needed to review the methodology behind the closely watched benchmark, which has hit record highs in one of many warning signs for the world's second-largest economy.
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