@Scott_Wiener thank you for your years of service. But now it’s time to choose a candidate that understands the peril of this moment
Let’s stop talking about how many years ppl have lived in a place and concentrate on the big issues: Iran, corruption, Epstein. Vote for @saikatc
So my class figured out today that even if all of China were to implement a 0.7% property tax (same as California), it would only pay for 1/4 of the local government debt servicing for the majority of the months this coming year…怎么办
A Chinese comedian, Li Haoshi, made a joke about two dogs using some slang from the PLA. His show was cancelled and the is banned from social media. This reminded me of Kundera's novel, "The Joke".
The absent protagonist of the G7 is China. Beijing won't attend but the emphasis on increasing cooperation with the Global South is a direct reaction to Beijing's policies.
So China's economy has done spectacularly well. But among the advanced economies, the US has done exceptionally well. Though the G-7 lost 15 percentage point in global share of GDP, the US's share was practically stable at 25 percent. The share of the US in G-7 economies and
Xi Jinping is really worried about China’s population. Beijing now wants to: “develop a childcare service system that can benefit all so as to alleviate the burden of raising children on households”. Women will have a thing or two to say about this.
Durante el COVID, la contaminación disminuyó en China. Ahora que la economía vuelve a agarrar ritmo, la calidad del aire está en riesgo:
During COVID, air pollution in China decreased. Now its economic revival is putting in peril the quality of the air: https://t.co/reNoZQiOHE
This weekend more than 240 million Chinese will likely travel. That is as if the whole of Pakistan decided to take a trip.
Este fin de semana 240 millones de chinos van a viajar. Es como si todo Paquistán decidiera irse de viaje.
There are more than 60 million Chinese living outside of China. That is equivalent to the entire population of Italy.
Hay más de 600 millones de chinos viviendo fuera de Chia. Eso equivale a la población total de Italia.
Honduras estableció relaciones diplomáticas con China y terminó su vínculo con Taiwán. Con ello, solo 13 países reconocen a Taiwán como representante del pueblo chino.
A la par que se llevaba a cabo el Consejo Nacional del Pueblo, China también estaba mediando entre Arabia Saudita e Irán para que restablecieran lazos diplomáticos. Eso es lo que yo llamo una semana ajetreada.