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quim said:

This is exactly what controlled opposition means: calculated and limited damage for greater political gain. Israel and all of Western politics have been working with this for many decades, both in elections and in war.

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Nobody in the West cares about your controlled opposition. They bomb people while negotiating after the CIA said those people aren't making a nuke. If Iran falls, Israel wants to move onto Turkey, a NATO member. That's what happens when China's rise scares the US into losing all civility and reason. Against this, there is no peace; die kneeled or take your chances fighting.

quim said:

If Iran's missiles had sunk an aircraft carrier or killed western leaders, Israel would have lost control. But that's not the case. Iran's response remained entirely predictable and as Netanyahu's party wanted to stay in power. The same group also allowed Hamas attack on October 7th to gain political advantage... so it's nothing new.

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Yeah, wrong again. Israel would not lose any contol over the deaths of Western leaders or the loss of one or multiple carriers. They would just jump on the rage boner and continue to run things in the West. If a dead carrier is all it takes, China's job just because easy as hell.

The things you think depend on each other, don't. The things you think are important, aren't. Sorry but that's just the level of your analysis.

Man, that Ali Express double scam was brutal! Was following this guys work in overclocking many years ago, had no idea he had made a company for consumer grade products.

Clearly calling Chinese New Year, Luner New Year, is not enough. The west has politicize the hanfu by saying it actually came from Mongols.

The same item appears all around Asia, the style you are wearing is unique to your archery culture - but the item of clothing is not. The Zhiduo came into popularity in the Yuan dynasty and was originally a Mongolian garment. Over the years the Chinese styles changed and diverged to become uniquely Chinese - but the shorter style you are wearing in the photo is very close to the original style. I am not denigrating your personal or regional styles, simply pointing out that it a variation on a common form and can be found with some unique national variations across Asia and even into eastern Europe. There is a traditional Tatar coat that with slight changes to the collar and a different hat is almost identical to your garb - even down to the pouch style.

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Zhiduo 直裰 as outer wear has been around since Northern Song period, prior to Yuan/Mongol period. Check out this famous northern song period "River on the Qingming Festival" 清明上河圖, most commoners are already wearing zhiduo. The robe had been used as inner garment for much longer than that. Only during Yuan period, the status of this type of robe has been raised to court status. Just imagine one day world leaders decide suits are out, and T-shirt & Jeans shall be used in all formal occasion. So no, Chinese didn't copy Zhiduo from mongols.
Cross collar clothes in general has been around since the start of Chinese civilization. It's used by pretty much all cultures in Asia continent. It's impossible to trace origin of cross collar, and honestly, it's quite pointless.

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iewgnem said:

They're releasing reserves quietly in the hope they can find an off ramp before they run out, lol

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It's funnier because China just ran $200B surplus in Jan-Feb and can bid up every drop of oil on the market, so the west are basically indirectly transferring their own reserves to China.

Oil and gas are physical things and physical things are immutable, the west really struggle with this idea.

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Western countries will cope by saying China bought more oil at inflated prices, therefore they "got one over" on the Chinese. Not realizing that China traded essentially ephemeral material for physical material.

iewgnem said:

It's funnier because China just ran $200B surplus in Jan-Feb and can bid up every drop of oil on the market, so the west are basically indirectly transferring their own reserves to China.

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That reminds me of an old time crime "哄抬物价，投机倒把" and "挖帝国主义墙角儿".

The end is nigh?
From WSJ:

Trump advisers urge him to find Iran exit ramp, fearing political backlash​

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Imagine what will happen when all tariffs are repealed by the end of July.

China exports surge despite Trump tariffs​

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Potential crude windfall for China:

taxiya said:

That reminds me of an old time crime "哄抬物价，投机倒把" and "挖帝国主义墙角儿".

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The European Century of humiliation is gonna be wild…

By 2045 we may see Rwandan peacekeepers in the UK. Wonder how BNO dish washers gonna react to that…

September spending $93 billion (1 month)
$98,329 Steinway & Sons grand piano for the Air Force chief of staff’s home
$2 million for Alaskan king crab
$6.9 million worth of lobster tail (The department spent more than $7.4 million total on the luxury item in March, May, June, and October)
$15.1 million for ribeye steak
$124,000 for ice cream machines
$139,224 on 272 orders of doughnuts

PETE HEGSETH - DONUT AND GRAND PIANO WARRIOR

But at least they are not using rocket fuel for hot pots.
In a Beijing house, Zhang Youxia is reading this and thinking, "Truly, I am a political prisoner!"

supercat said:

The end is nigh?

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2031435808373342323

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2031439900856246283

From WSJ:

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Imagine what will happen when all tariffs are repealed by the end of July.

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Potential crude windfall for China:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2031406224596677089

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That's only 2 and a half days' worth of consumption, it's not that important

supersnoop said:

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September spending $93 billion (1 month)
$98,329 Steinway & Sons grand piano for the Air Force chief of staff’s home
$2 million for Alaskan king crab
$6.9 million worth of lobster tail (The department spent more than $7.4 million total on the luxury item in March, May, June, and October)
$15.1 million for ribeye steak
$124,000 for ice cream machines
$139,224 on 272 orders of doughnuts

PETE HEGSETH - DONUT AND GRAND PIANO WARRIOR

But at least they are not using rocket fuel for hot pots.
In a Beijing house, Zhang Youxia is reading this and thinking, "Truly, I am a political prisoner!"

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Shit, this is an effective hiring ad! I wouldn't do anything to support evil; I'd just sit there and pretend to work but this kinda office life makes me wanna work there!