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[Andy Boreham ���柏然 @AndyBxxx]

🚨 Pentagon just blacklisted 188 Chinese companies (inc'l Baidu & Alibaba) as “military” entities.

Evidence? Zero.

Meanwhile Lockheed Martin rakes in $44B in Pentagon contracts and gets called “free market.”

The hypocrisy is off the charts!

Watch the full breakdown ⬇️

[Michelle @D162Michele]

China seems to be doing pretty well for an economy that is about to collapse!!

[nonsense @crazilynonsense]

@AndyBxxx @Alisaisil Totally agree

[Nury Vittachi @NuryVittachi]

THE CHINESE KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT THIS LADY

A video of students interrupting the speech of Linda Greenfield-Thomas is going viral.

At a US event, they berated her for being the only person to repeatedly block United Nations motions to try to do something about the 70,000 people killed by Israel in Gaza—an action that has been called gen0cide by multiple bodies, eastern and western.

But here’s something about her that has been forgotten, except in China.

In March, 2023, the United Nations held a special event to support Muslims by combating Islamophobia.

The same woman, Linda Greenfield-Thomas, changed the positive tone of the event by using her speech slot to make a sour allegation referring to the Chinese Uyghurs:

"We have also determined that the Chinese government has committed gen0cide,” she said.

This was just a flat-out lie. The number of Uyghurs in China has grown in real terms and in proportion to other groups—the precise opposite of a gen0cide. Even the US Dept of Justice said there was no evidence of gen0cide.

So her crime is two-fold.

She defended a guilty party for committing a gen0cide.

And accused an innocent community for a gen0cide that never happened.

[Arnaud Bertrand @RnaudBertrand]

It always astonishes me how there is virtually ZERO public debate - or even public awareness - in Europe about the decisions that will most shape ordinary people's lives.

These days, the EU is drafting a new anti-China legal framework where - quite literally - the more affordable and competitive Chinese products are, the more illegal they'd become.

You'd think EU citizens would want to be informed about such things - as it couldn't be more consequential for their prosperity.

Yet I bet virtually no EU citizen is even aware of it, beyond a vague sense that there is some sort of trade dispute going on.

So what's going on exactly? It all centers around a new legal instrument the EU is drafting called the "overcapacity instrument" (https://t.co/mNpCMudYyS).

First of all, the very notion of "overcapacity" is pretty ridiculous to begin with, especially the way it's being defined by the EU, as it basically means being competitive enough to export.

By this definition of "overcapacity," pretty much every European industry that's ever run a trade surplus - German cars, French wine, Italian fashion - has been guilty of "overcapacity."

I'm not even exaggerating: if you read this study by the EU Parliament on "Industrial overcapacities, with a focus on China" (https://t.co/TcwEBoL8mD), they define "overcapacity" as building more capacity than your domestic market can absorb. So the moment you build capacity to export abroad, you're in "overcapacity."

Utterly ridiculous.

And what this "overcapacity instrument" is about is creating a permanent legal mechanism for the EU to block Chinese competition across whole sectors of the economy, if they happen to be in "overcapacity."

In effect, this means that if China is competitive globally in a given sector in such a way that it exports a lot, that's proof of overcapacity, and legally it'd mean that the entire sector can be restricted from the EU market.

Which means it really, factually, is a legal framework where the more affordable and competitive your products are, the more illegal they become.

Which is a CRAZY economic concept! 🤦‍♂️

Please note that it's different from the anti-subsidy legal instrument, which the EU has already put in place in 2023 (the "Foreign Subsidies Regulation": https://t.co/SvPKFyN0zo).

This "overcapacity instrument" would be above and beyond this: it wouldn't even matter if a particular sector was subsidized by the Chinese government or not, the mere fact of its competitiveness in exports would be grounds for restrictions in the EU.

It doesn't take a genius to understand how badly this could impact everyday people: this is European consumers being forced to pay more for worse products by law, so that uncompetitive European firms don't have to improve.

Politicians frame it as avoiding a "China shock 2.0" but really this is choosing an even steeper self-inflicted decline than is already the case, where EU citizens would subsidize mediocre EU companies that would have even less pressure to catch up. It's a hidden tax: subsidies for uncompetitive firms paid by consumers instead of governments, which in turn makes them less incentivized to become competitive.

The first "China shock" did de-industrialize Europe somewhat, but at least it made things cheaper for European consumers. If this becomes Europe's response to a second "China shock" not only it'd make everything more expensive but it'd do nothing for EU industry: you don't become competitive by banning the competition...

Look at China itself: the way it industrialized was NOT by banning Western firms but on the contrary by welcoming them strategically and learning from them. You learn to compete by... competing, duh!

What I find most shocking in all of this isn't even the policy itself - you can make arguments for and against protectionism, and reasonable people can disagree.

What's shocking is that virtually no European media outlet is explaining any of this to the public. This is unarguably one of the single most consequential economic decisions the EU will make this decade, affecting the price of everything, and it's being drafted in near-total silence.

No newspaper is running the headline "EU plans to make Chinese goods illegal if they're too affordable" - even though that's essentially what's happening.

But that's what you call a "democracy" with "freedom of expression" these days apparently...

[Nury Vittachi @NuryVittachi]

I’m a professional journalist who has written for dozens of news outlets, including the New York Times. Why do we get China so wrong?

Some reporters are malicious, others are caught up in the "we-good-they-bad paradigm", and many are just prone to confirmation bias, unable to dislodge the western lenses welded to their faces.

But if journalists are any good, they eventually uncover the truth.

When I found four massive streams of overseas cash pouring into the 2019 Hong Kong civil unrest, I kept investigating.

But not one of my mainstream media colleagues did the same. NOT ONE. They pretended there was no overseas interference at all and blamed the Chinese for everything.

It was so idiotic. The interference was right there in your face. They didn't even try to hide it. I was disgusted by the wholesale dishonesty of my counterparts, particularly of the WSJ, WashPo and NYT.

As Julian Assange said, about the mainstream “free” press, "they do so much harm that we might almost be better off without them".

Even though it pains me to say so about my own industry, Assange was bang on target.

Now it’s come to this. Today, no intelligent person trusts the western mainstream press, and everyone looks to independent sources for information they can trust.

[nonsense @crazilynonsense]

@AndyBxxx @TheEconomist Agreed, all bullshit

[Michelle @D162Michele]

Wait what? There’s an ‘upside’ to western hypocrisy??
Mind officially blown!! 🤯🤯

[Arnaud Bertrand @RnaudBertrand]

@UnderSecE You put Huawei on the Entity List, banned it from the US, pressured every ally to ban them as well, and kidnapped the founder's daughter.

If that's not a compliment to their competitiveness, I don't know what is.

[Li Jingjing 李菁菁 @Jingjing_Li]

Debunk lies about China:
Voices in the West accusing the Chinese government of "erasing the #Tibetan language and culture" have persisted over the years and have often been amplified by several mainstream media outlets.

What's the reality?

I went to schools in #Xizang and got to know the staff and students’ life on campus👇
🔴Not only does the school offer the same number of Tibetan language classes as Chinese Mandarin classes, but students can also freely choose their language track based on their preferences. Moreover, education here extends beyond textbooks, with Tibetan calligraphy, Tibetan opera, art, science, and music all playing a role in nurturing students' all-round development.

🔴Xizang witnessed significant improvements in education conditions, and we need to talk about a national policy has that has been in place since 1985 – China's "Three Guarantees" policy. It covers food, accommodation, and basic school supplies for kids in Xizang, helping ease the financial burden on rural and pastoral families.
The result? Students don't just get to attend school; they get a quality education. This policy has been a cornerstone in advancing educational equity and raising the overall quality of the population across the region.

[Michelle @D162Michele]

CCTV in London is to make women feel safe.
But CCTV in China is COMMUNISM!!

[nonsense @crazilynonsense]

@PostOpinions Age has nothing to do with the crime he committed. If an ailing 78 year old murdered you, will you let him “go free”?

[Zhang Heqing @zhang_heqing]

高市早苗在澳下跪，却从未向中韩真诚道歉，虚伪表演骗得了谁？
AI Trans: While Takaichi Sanae knelt in Australia, she has never offered sincere apologies to China & South Korea for historical wrongs. Such performative gestures reveal hypocrisy that the world can easily see through.

[Michelle @D162Michele]

Why do the Americans think they can dictate who China can do business with?
They can shove their sanctions up their own arse!

[NftyNinja @NftyNinja]

@ChinaSelect @amazon @SHEIN_Official @AliExpress_EN Right, Uyghur is conveniently the only muslims u care about. Lol

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[Iyo Obietonbara @sankofa360]

As Africans, we are very ungrateful to the Chinese.

Without China, many countries in Africa wouldn't be able to have new and modern infrastructure.

From railways to super highways, power plants, airports, etc.

Without China, millions of Africans won't be able to afford cheap/affordable smart phones and home appliances.

If there's one country on earth that has helped to lift millions of Africans out of poverty, it is China.

China is the reason why we have what looks like a middle class in Africa.

It costs an average of $25 ,000 to install a solar system in a family home in the U.S.

In the U.K, the average cost is £9,000 – £13,000

In Canada, $25,000

In France: 7,500 to €22,000

Across Africa, the average cost is $3,000.

Thanks to affordable solar systems from China. Without China, some of you that have solar systems in your homes won't be able to afford it. You wouldn't know what a steady and regular supply of power looks like.

Africa owes China a ton of gratitude.

We should stop with these silly propaganda against China.

If there's one country on earth we should be grateful to, it is China.

[Vijay Prashad @vijayprashad]

There is a lot of noise about this article that @t_ings and I wrote on Xinjiang. There were some citations that I had flubbed up and a final paragraph that I totally messed up. These have been revised and corrected. Sorry for the errors.
But we stand by the argument 100%, and that is unchanged, https://t.co/Xz7M7EnTm3

[Nury Vittachi @NuryVittachi]

MIND-BLOWING: THE 10 TOP REAL ACHIEVEMENTS OF TRUMP AND HEGSETH IN IRAN

1. The Strait of Hormuz was open
- Now it’s blocked by two militaries

2. Iran had no nukes
- Now every nation knows it needs nukes

3. Iranians were divided, with some favoring and some opposing the US and Israel
- Now Iranians are united against the US and Israel

4. US military bases had pretended to be assets
- Now they’ve been exposed as liabilities

5. Murdering an entire govt was considered a very bad thing
- Now it’s fine, the US set a precedent for everyone

6. The Gulf states pretended to be loyal to the global family of Islam, not US/Israel
- Now everyone knows the opposite is true

7. The “allies” thought the US valued them
- Now they know the US is destroying them

8. US citizens used to spend nothing on Iran
- Now they’re bleeding US$30 billion on that country

9. Peace negotiations used to be sacrosanct
- Now we know the US says its okay to kill negotiators

10. The world suspected the US was a murderous rogue regime
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Now
we
know
it’s
true.