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Randomuser

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Guy would get others to implement his ideas and then take credit. Velocity, the university venture capital initiative, didn't give a shit when people complained.
As expected really.

On a side note how on earth does this forum have so many deep insiders and subject matter experts anyway?

It's just a forum to discuss Chinese military stuff. Didn't know it would attract the CIA, think tank spies, nuclear scientists etc.

Wonder is there a way to use the info I get here to make money off the financial market during this turmoil.
 

iewgnem

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I think there are a couple more dimensions I don't think has been talked about much:

1 - US has to somehow force Canada and Mexico to match US tariff on China/World, otherwise trans-shipment through Canada becomes an instant profit scheme. Problem is with all the annexation talk, it's becomes politically hard for Ottawa to join US in death (as much as they want to as fellow Anglos), this could force US to act even more aggressively toward its neighbours.

2 - Marketshare lost from global retaliatory tariff on US exports helps boost a number of Chinese industries, e.g. cars, semiconductors, the few things US still export that's not farm goods. If US tariff keeps on increasing, or China just embargo them, entire sectors could become up for grabs by Chinese companies.

3 - Following from 2, China hasn't played crackdown on American multi-national card yet. The nature of US companies is they do a lot of business in the US, Tesla for example is infinitely more vulnerable to this trade war than BYD. Right now American companies are only taking damage from tariff side of this trade war, but if and when China plays the sanction card, those companies could just die.

China likes to say there's no winners in a trade war, but that's only true from a win-win starting point, from a zero-sum starting point, this could, or already have turn into another COVID.
 

supersnoop

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After 6 months.. foxnews finally tells it's audience the importer pays the tarrif

It's really stupid. It's possible that US manufacturing will in fact shrink due to his tariffs.
Anyone manufacturing in the US now probably has a very efficient global supply chain, sourcing a lot from China (and elsewhere), so all the parts prices have now gone up and they aren't sure their customers can swallow a 50% price increase, and could just shut down.
 

Ringsword

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As expected really.

On a side note how on earth does this forum have so many deep insiders and subject matter experts anyway?

It's just a forum to discuss Chinese military stuff. Didn't know it would attract the CIA, think tank spies, nuclear scientists etc.

Wonder is there a way to use the info I get here to make money off the financial market during this turmoil.
Nah,we're all true-red wumao shitposters having fun-where the hell else am I going to discuss PLA,world global mil/economy/geopolitical trends,not at work(go Leafs go)-with anyone that understands what I am saying-just having fun and the last 3 months were really fun and now the Orange Wrecking Ball has made me lose alot of sleep but so,so worth it.If you're fricking CIA.CSIS you are just wasting your time on civilian shit-posters having free speech,cultural homeland nostalgia and FUN
 

A potato

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Nah,we're all true-red wumao shitposters having fun-where the hell else am I going to discuss PLA,world global mil/economy/geopolitical trends,not at work(go Leafs go)-with anyone that understands what I am saying-just having fun and the last 3 months were really fun and now the Orange Wrecking Ball has made me lose alot of sleep but so,so worth it.If you're fricking CIA.CSIS you are just wasting your time on civilian shit-posters having free speech,cultural homeland nostalgia and FUN
Well if we talk about PLA in other forums we would just be bombarded with anti China propaganda so the sdf is our safe haven.
 

FriedButter

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Hegseth says China’s military presence in western hemisphere is ‘too large’​

PANAMA CITY (AP) — U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Wednesday focused again on China’s presence in the western hemisphere, one day after calling the world power a threat to the Panama Canal.

Speaking at a regional security conference, Hegseth said that China-based companies were controlling land and critical infrastructure in strategic sectors.

“China’s military has too large of a presence in the western hemisphere,” Hegseth said. “Make no mistake, Beijing is investing and operating in this region for military advantage and unfair economic gain.”

He called on the region’s governments to work together to deter China and address threats posed by transnational drug cartels and mass immigration.

Hegseth was speaking a day after meeting Panama’s President José Raúl Mulino and touring the Panama Canal. The two countries agreed to step up security coordination and appeared to say they would work toward a way to pay back fees that U.S. warships pay to pass through the Panama Canal.

The visit comes amid tensions over U.S. President Donald Trump’s repeated assertions that the U.S. is being overcharged to use the Panama Canal and that China has influence over its operations — allegations that Panama has denied.

Shortly after Hegseth and Mulino met, the Chinese Embassy in Panama criticized the U.S. government in a statement on X, saying Washington had used “blackmail” to further its own interests and that who Panama carries out business with is a “sovereign decision of Panama ... and something the U.S. doesn’t have the right to interfere in.”

China’s concern was provoked by Hong Kong-based consortium CK Hutchison holding a 25-year lease on ports at either end of the canal. The Panamanian government announced that lease was being audited and late Monday concluded that there were irregularities, which CK Hutchison denied in a statement Wednesday.

CK Hutchison had already announced that it would be selling its controlling stake in the ports to a consortium including BlackRock Inc., effectively putting the ports under American control once the sale is complete.

Coming soon. “The Chinese are massing for an imminent invasion of Greenland. An preemptive attack on Greenland is necessary”
 
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