Fred Tang

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[Fred Tang @FredTang231964]

@Chinaview0022 说得很好。想在中国搞颜色革命，蚍蜉撼树，这帮香港人认知太低了。

[Fred Tang @FredTang231964]

One more: cooking for the rescue team.

[🇨🇳XuZhenqing徐祯卿 @XueJia24682]

✨🇨🇳In the disaster zone, the smoke from cooking fires is the most hopeful sign.

Chinese soldiers are preparing hot meals for rescue teams, ensuring no one goes hungry amid the crisis.

This is the warmth that keeps the rescue efforts going.

[Fred Tang @FredTang231964]

A well-organized rescue operation at the Nepal-China's Xizang border.

[pearlher @pearlher]

中国这次救援，后勤牛逼！

1、这是万年冰川，有很多古老病毒，病原检测前置、防疫消杀全部跟上。

2、这一身专业抢险救援服，是真有钱、水一冲就干净。

3、口岸核心区域救援人员吃热盒饭，而不是干粮。

4、人员轮换可持续。

这么多人在狭小区域，垃圾及时清运看不见，通讯、电力、燃油全部恢复。

[Fred Tang @FredTang231964]

@Huanusa 确实 感谢他们

[Fred Tang @FredTang231964]

The track record is that China almost always beats such forecasts.

[Bloomberg @business]

China is about a decade and a half behind in developing cutting-edge chipmaking tools, according to a top executive at Germany’s Zeiss, a key supplier in the global semiconductor industry https://t.co/n2Xbwz3REi

[Fred Tang @FredTang231964]

This is hilarious.

A Korean livestreamer messaged Taobao customer service about a missing snack. The agent's polite "亲亲" (dear) was auto-translated to Korean 뽀뽀 — "kiss."

Convinced he was being flirted with, he panicked online: "They keep saying kiss."

P.S. Taobao is the largest Chinese online shopping site.

[Fred Tang @FredTang231964]

@Suyutong 当抗议的人喊出香港独立的口号时我就知道结局怎么样了。还想联洋制华，中国在孱弱的时候都不能忍受这样的事情，现在更加不可能。你们喊出这些口号，做出这些事情后，就连大陆的一些同情者也失去了

[Fred Tang @FredTang231964]

@Izumi_Sunagawa I really think Japan should focus on the India market that is much larger than other markets combined,

[Fred Tang @FredTang231964]

@bbcchinese He is a clown, a puppet, and a traitor.

[Fred Tang @FredTang231964]

@Byron_Wan I don’t see any problem of it.

[Fred Tang @FredTang231964]

@frances_hui @washingtonpost If someone wants to separate Hong Kong from China, he/she deserves life sentence, per China law.

[Fred Tang @FredTang231964]

@KobeissiLetter Risky assets will be repriced.

[Fred Tang @FredTang231964]

Risky assets will be repriced with higher US yields and Japan yields.

[The Kobeissi Letter @KobeissiLetter]

Japan's 10Y Bond Yield chart is something for the history books.

This is definitely not normal.

[Fred Tang @FredTang231964]

@VOAChinese 台湾回归是中华崛起的必要条件，跟什么政治制度竞争有毛关系

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From Sept 1, Guangdong raises its monthly minimum wage: Shenzhen to ¥2,700 and Guangzhou to ¥2,680 (both ~$370/mo). China's manufacturing heartland lifts the floor for low-wage workers as living costs climb.

What's the minimum wage in your country?

#China #Labor ＃Wage

[Fred Tang @FredTang231964]

@Panchenko_X You call this democracy? In China, these people will be investigated and put in prison. If this is democracy, I’d rather have authoritarian.

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@3596675596com 说到底 中国没兴趣对西方主导的活动捧臭脚了 奥运会如此 其他活动也如此

[Fred Tang @FredTang231964]

@cyrnosofia You successfully get the traffic. You win.

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The 828 Rulebook: China rewrote the rules for real estate

On Aug 28, six ministries moved at once. On the sales side: new land and not-yet-permitted projects must prioritize spot sales; anything still pre-sold needs the structure topped out, and every yuan - down payment and mortgage alike - flows into a sealed escrow account unlocked only after completion.

The credit side is the real earthquake: one "lead bank" per project, closed-loop funding, loans anchored to the project's own cash flow rather than the developer's rating. Development loans stretch to 5–7 years, principal due only after completion.

For buyers, the new rules provide protection and ease burdens. You now pay only once you can take delivery - get the home, then the loan. The 40-year mortgage term eases monthly payment pressure, and the LTV cap lifted from 55% to 60% eases down-payment pressure. But longer terms also mean more total interest and more risk. With households still prepaying mortgages early, the new rules may barely move prices.

For developers, the old high turnover model is over. Pre-sale leverage is effectively zero: payback stretches from 6–12 months to 2–3 years. Land pre-financing is explicitly banned. Only high-margin, core-location projects may clear the new bar, while land in non-core cities/locations could face downward pressure and local land revenue may feel the squeeze. Smaller developers accelerate toward exit.

OMy take: Near-term supply could contract further, which should support completed-stock and second-hand prices and help stabilize the market. The sector is being rebuilt like manufacturing: compete on product, not leverage and turnover. For investors, alpha shifts from "who can borrow and sell quickly" to "who can build good product and operate."

[Fred Tang @FredTang231964]

A 32-year-old in Shenzhen runs 'tickling' studios earning ¥100k+/month (~USD 15k+) at ¥300/hr.

Insomnia urbanites doze off mid-session. Some people travel from other districts to see him, saying that it's "more stress-relieving than a massage." He wants 'tickler' recognized as a real job.

#China #SideHustle