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The little western trash of ASEAN strikes again


Instead of learning their lesson from WW2, Singapore is signalling that they support the right wing fascist government of Takaichi trying to implement an militarist agenda.

No wonder the Singapore economy is dying. Stubborn idiots tying themselves to the sinking western ship instead of realising who is now rising.

sndef888 said:

The little western trash of ASEAN strikes again

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Instead of learning their lesson from WW2, Singapore is signalling that they support the right wing fascist government of Takaichi trying to implement an militarist agenda.

No wonder the Singapore economy is dying. Stubborn idiots tying themselves to the sinking western ship instead of realising who is now rising.

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They are just hedging their bets, they are a small country that can't afford to piss anybody off.

tokenanalyst said:

I hate modern Western social media gym culture as well, i was referring to normal exercising like people used to do in the past, in fact has always been part of Chinese culture and Chinese medicine for centuries. And has always been a core value in the CPC as long I can remember.

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My father, who is a physician, calls American exercise culture, "unintelligent." They excercise in a way that results in large muscular development at the cost of damage to the joints and especially the vertebral discs. This translates to enormous health issues when they get older with some people suffering constant back pain and need for hip replacement. These health issues sometimes overlap with muscular development resulting in an odd scenerio where a very strong-looking guy is surprisingly unathletic and unable to hike or has obviously limited mobility. He saw a 40ish American CEO come to China and he looked very strong with slick hair and a tailored suit, but when he was shown a local park for tourism while talking business, they noticed that he couldn't walk for long and couldn't keep up with 60 year old Chinese guys who very normal looking. He says that European and Chinese exercise culture do not have such problems and tend to take care of their bodies much better.

This reminds me of an interview conducted many years ago with the Russian weightlifting team. A female interviewer walked into a room full of huge muscular men lifting enormous weights and she asks, "How do you guys stay so strong and healthy all the time?" One man stepped out and answered her, "We are very strong but not healthy. You can be strong or you can be healthy, but never both. Champion Khadzhimurat Akkaev wakes up every morning unable to move the left side of his body; he drags himself to the shower and breakfast. After his body warms up, he moves normally by morning exercise. 20 minutes into the exercise, he is lifting world records. Tomorrow morning, he will be the same."

tokenanalyst said:

Also we have to keep in mind that Chinese used to favor squatting over sitting in childhood is one of the reasons why they have so good weightlifters so that probably contribute a lot.

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The biggest factor is the Asian genetic propensity for fast twitch explosive muscle fibers that gives us an edge in weightlifting.

manqiangrexue said:

My father, who is a physician, calls American exercise culture, "unintelligent." They excercise in a way that results in large muscular development at the cost of damage to the joints and especially the vertebral discs. This translates to enormous health issues when they get older with some people suffering constant back pain and need for hip replacement. These health issues sometimes overlap with muscular development resulting in an odd scenerio where a very strong-looking guy is surprisingly unathletic and unable to hike or has obviously limited mobility. He saw a 40ish American CEO come to China and he looked very strong with slick hair and a tailored suit, but when he was shown a local park for tourism while talking business, they noticed that he couldn't walk for long and couldn't keep up with 60 year old Chinese guys who very normal looking. He says that European and Chinese exercise culture do not have such problems and tend to take care of their bodies much better.

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How about squats deadlifts bench press rows and pull-ups?

ZeEa5KPul said:

Yes, "naked" means all first degree family members (spouse and children) have emigrated abroad, "semi-naked" means not all immediate family members are abroad, e.g., the children are in an American university but the spouse remains.

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Other than children studying overseas and returning immediately upon the completion of studies - there should be no exceptions. Officials should be required to have all family within the country (outside of working in a small set of approved countries which definitely would not include the US) and be prohibited from having overseas assets.

FriedRiceNSpice said:

Other than children studying overseas and returning immediately upon the completion of studies - there should be no exceptions. Officials should be required to have all family within the country (outside of working in a small set of approved countries which definitely would not include the US) and be prohibited from having overseas assets.

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Here's an example with Yi Gang, former governor of the PBoC:
The kids are required to return within 6 months of graduation. It's obvious there's a major delousing going on, where just this is sufficient to remove people from positions. My opinion of Xi has improved from an already high baseline.

FriedRiceNSpice said:

How about squats deadlifts bench press rows and pull-ups?

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Typically, pull-ups and rows are fine. Heavy squats and deadlifts are killers. They are the foundation of strength but they are very bad for the joints and discs when done with maximal or near maximal effort. I'm guilty myself and my father calls me a fool for exercising the way I do but as I get older, I have to switch from max effort low rep to lower weight high rep, which would save the discs but not so much the joints. Olympic lifting, which I actually like, is pretty bad for you. I don't enjoy working out but America's a potentially violent place and I don't wanna go around looking like a victim, nor do I want my kids to be scared of the "My dad can whoop your dad" conversation.

Nevermore said:

To be honest, postwar Japan was, to a certain extent, a “highly efficient, strictly disciplined authoritarian state.” Its big-government, catch-up development strategy quickly transformed Japan from postwar ruins into a global hub for manufacturing and technology. However, its weaknesses were glaringly obvious: Japan was heavily controlled by the United States. As soon as the Americans sensed that certain Japanese industries were encroaching on U.S. dominance, they would swiftly impose punitive measures, effectively destroying the relevant Japanese sectors.

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Are you Japanese? (Sarcasm)
To blame the US for all of Japan's economic issues would be ignoring their glaring self-owns in the last 40 years.
Did the US destroy the Japanese auto sector? No, they tried, but then just made the companies stronger. Honda only recently posted it's first annual loss in decades.
Semiconductors? No
Display panels? No
Consumer electronics? No
All of those industries were basically self immolated
Hydrogen cars, Plasma Display, imode, MiniDisc, the list of misses goes on
Basically once they reached the top, the appetite for risk disappeared. Once on the wrong course, they couldn't turn around

imode is a great contrast to what happened in China.
Here was a 3G system that was relatively advanced, could send pictures, VOD services, web browsing in the early 2000's. One of the most ubiquitous phones in the west at this time was the venerable Nokia 3360 with its monochrome screen. So Japan was way ahead at that time. 2008, the iPhone 3G drops and the rest is history. Japanese cell tech is just a footnote. Somehow imode is only slated to shutdown this year though.

China had its own bumpy ride with wireless tech at the time. Early 2000's, China develops its homegrown 3G standard TD-SCDMA. It's an early attempt at technological independence as it relied on domestic tech. It was slower and ultimately not even widely adopted domestically. However, it was able to quickly pivot to a domestic version of 4G LTE (LTE-TDD) which was more easily integrated into modems without special chipsets (a factor that doomed TD-SCDMA). LTE-TDD was successfully adopted outside of China and the expertise allowed China to take a leadership role in 5G tech.

People are angry at CZ because of Colt Canada (A company CZ owns) is contracted to dispose the confiscated firearms.

Norinco somehow has a better reputation despite issues with quality control of their products.