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AndrewS

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I dont think so. they will always be more expensive than Chinese local brands since they will have German branding price and the more Germany depend on Chinese tech the more US and others will kick Germany behind.
There seem surplus of German cars. They are saying BMW goes most in accidents and they got repaired. think about repairing a BMW X5 and 5 Series in Russia after accident with sky high repairing costs. some time its kind hard to convey the message in Arabic. they dont want to say that Royals are offloading there surplus.

Russia: Demand for BMW to rise in the struggling car market during 2026​

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China has a:
30% advantage in automotive development speed
30% cost advantage in electric vehicle components



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pmc

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China has a:
30% advantage in automotive development speed
30% cost advantage in electric vehicle components



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That is Chinese advantage but it does not mean German brand will be accepted. Mercedes Chinese sales declining and i doubt high capacity engines are that popular.
US market will be highly reduced for Germany with this approach. Associating with Germany is recipe for failure.
Saudi are building Hyundai Plant both EV and ICE and higher end they have Panasonic-Lucid-Rare earth refining.
After this there main vehicle of choice is Toyota-Lexus. Saudi have practically achieved uni-polarity in global South. They will back there investment to the hilt. This is not a choice that global south will be allowed to make.
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Temstar

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I don't get it. Doesn't it go without saying that in a trade war between EU and China, China is sure to retaliate with something, probably REE restriction? I don't see how EU would do any better than US when they are hit with the REE weapon?

Never mind there's that other option: if the complaint is too much overcapacity in drones, EVs and communication equipment there's always the option of unloading them on Russia and move the needle on the battlefield instead.

Where's the logic in kicking off a trade war now?
 
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4Tran

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I don't get it. Doesn't it go without saying that in a trade war between EU and China, China is sure to retaliate with something, probably REE restriction? I don't see how EU would do any better than US when they are hit with the REE weapon?

Where's the logic in kicking off a trade war now?
It's more a matter of desperation than of sense. The EU feels that they need to reindustrialize but too many of the things they want to build are noncompetitive with Chinese products. Of course it's not going to work because Europe's main problems stem from poor innovation and a lack of cheap enegy, and no amount of anti-China measures are going to fix any of that. Then again, no one has accused modern Western democracies of being capable of planning and thinking things.
 

Randomuser

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I don't get it. Doesn't it go without saying that in a trade war between EU and China, China is sure to retaliate with something, probably REE restriction? I don't see how EU would do any better than US when they are hit with the REE weapon?

Never mind there's that other option: if the complaint is too much overcapacity in drones, EVs and communication equipment there's always the option of unloading them on Russia and move the needle on the battlefield instead.

Where's the logic in kicking off a trade war now?
As long as they suffer the consequences, Im ok with it. They've been posturing too much. Time to show it. Btw I hope they don't cry victim when they get whooped like Lithuania did. Have some balls to be responsible for a fight you started.
 

Phead128

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China already defeated US in the trade war with the REE nuclear card. China won against US already.

EU is so slow, they just woke up one day, and start to consider a maybe trade war with China. That is the joke of EU. They move so slowly they get lapsed and wake up in a different century. If China cannot divide-and-conquer EU members states, then it would be truly pathetic.
 

supercat

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These hypocritical, racist, sociopathic oligarchies will not hesitate to help the US regime to kill millions of young people from their own country and other countries in wars of choice if they can make a fortune in the process.

New study finds U.S. responsible for nearly 300 million deaths—and counting

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You really have to be a real ignoramus to believe the Western MSM at this point. Here is what New York Times' star correspondent, Nicholas Kristof wrote about China in 2004 - it was not much better than what Gordon Chang did.

Some LMAO tweets:
 

iewgnem

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I don't get it. Doesn't it go without saying that in a trade war between EU and China, China is sure to retaliate with something, probably REE restriction? I don't see how EU would do any better than US when they are hit with the REE weapon?

Never mind there's that other option: if the complaint is too much overcapacity in drones, EVs and communication equipment there's always the option of unloading them on Russia and move the needle on the battlefield instead.

Where's the logic in kicking off a trade war now?
If Europeans and their spawns are culturally capable of strategy they wouldn't still be a collection of small splintered states, the ability to evaluate and plan with horizon greater than biological reaction time is an ability only civilizations possess.
 

iewgnem

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Too soft-hearted. Day 1 against Japan should be 10 to 20 DF-5B, not shaheds. Think the US will retaliate in kind? Delulu. Again, as I've mentioned over and over, it's ALWAYS easier to ask for forgiveness than permission...
IMO its not necessary to use nuclear weapons, for the same reason there's no need to put boots on Japan, China should not expend any cost and risk beyond minimum necessary to return Japan to pre-sapient state.

Yes it might be true that nuking Japan has been scientifically proven to be the most effective way to gaining their loyalty, but China has no use for a loyal Japan, just as China has no use for Japaneses soil. China simply need to solve the Japaneses problem that has plagued humanity since their first invasion Asia centuries ago.

If it has to be done militarily, total destruction of Japan's modern infrastructure and permanent air tight embargo against anything beyond food can all be done with conventional, robotic weapons produced by robotic factories. China should not expend any more human, political or economic cost beyond that.
 
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