Trump 2.0 official thread

Michael90

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Pompeo looks at Cheung and reminisces about his old fat body before China starved him into skin and bones with sanctions.
Who that Steven cheung? And what’s the deal with Chinese who move to the west taking western names as their first name? Is there a reason for this ? Since I don’t think they had a name like Steven before leaving China?
 

Michael90

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Although I agree with most of the post, I really doubt the Americans will return to the same strategy of trying to undermine or contain China.

What I mean by this, is the Americans will still try to show the appearance of containing China, which is what the propaganda is for.

The reality today is that the Americans are firing blanks.

:p

It really goes all the way back to the Huawei 5G versus the US government war.

In the end, the US government could not even slow down a single Chinese company.

That really is the bottom line.

When it comes to AI, telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, drones, robots, electronics, EVs, green energy, and advanced weaponry, US firings blanks against China.

:cool:
True , but Huawei is also probably China most advanced/resilient/innovative tech company. As a prove, they have by far the largest R&D budget in China, all the others are way behind .
 

Michael90

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I thought he was of Korean extraction? Anyway 'Steven' is just what he calls himself, his real name is 'OddJob'.
lol I don’t even know the dude.
was just wondering why it’s so common to see Chinese taking western first names for som reason. It’s so common, unlike even Japanese, Indians, Iranians etc.
was Trying to understand the logic behind it. Was thinking if it’s because Chinese language is tonal , so for practical courtesy to aid communication they do so or something?
 

Randomuser

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lol I don’t even know the dude.
was just wondering why it’s so common to see Chinese taking western first names for som reason. It’s so common, unlike even Japanese, Indians, Iranians etc.
was Trying to understand the logic behind it. Was thinking if it’s because Chinese language is tonal , so for practical courtesy to aid communication they do so or something?
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Seems pretty common here.
 

august1

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lol I don’t even know the dude.
was just wondering why it’s so common to see Chinese taking western first names for som reason. It’s so common, unlike even Japanese, Indians, Iranians etc.
was Trying to understand the logic behind it. Was thinking if it’s because Chinese language is tonal , so for practical courtesy to aid communication they do so or something?
I'm ethnically Chinese and have a western first name so I don't have to hear a billion laowais like you butcher the pronunciation of my name on a daily basis. It's also impossible for foreigners to determine the gender of someone with a Chinese name (even Chinese-speakers can't do it reliably unless they know the Chinese characters), so I don't want some yellow-fever pr*ck who doesn't know me looking at my name on a CV for example and thinking there's some submissive Asian woman behind it.
 

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Apparently racism against Indians has gotten big enough that a reporter had to ask Marco on it. Marco just gave the standard PR answer. Pretty smart of him since all he really wants is India to purchase $500B worth of stuff from the US. I don't believe he actually gives a crap.

The department of state deleted that post as well.

I always thought its just 4chan and twitter being edgy, But I guess we are reaching the stage where its no longer just an edgy phase.
 

Ringsword

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I'm ethnically Chinese and have a western first name so I don't have to hear a billion laowais like you butcher the pronunciation of my name on a daily basis. It's also impossible for foreigners to determine the gender of someone with a Chinese name (even Chinese-speakers can't do it reliably unless they know the Chinese characters), so I don't want some yellow-fever pr*ck who doesn't know me looking at my name on a CV for example and thinking there's some submissive Asian woman behind it.
I agree ,before China was ever this strong we Chinese immigrants had to adapt ,keep low-profileand survive for us in even elementary /high school an English first name as well as my Chinese name on my legal documents was just to make things smoother-i.e Bruce Jun Fan Lee.
 
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