Head of Yemen’s STC al-Zubaidi fled to Somaliland
The same Israeli backed Somaliland.
Head of Yemen’s STC al-Zubaidi fled to Somaliland
We need to lock up all vinegar factory owners like we're protecting Gaokao exam papers—for national security...Wait I missed the best one in that list:
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Acetic acid - banned for potential use in the manufacturing of illicit drugs, and possibly also for making dumplings taste better than they have any right to be
(acetic acid is the active ingredient in vinegar that gives it the sour taste)
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You see this? Banned
I think the majority of China's vinegar actually comes from one really big SOE, that bottle from above post is one of theirs.We need to lock up all vinegar factory owners like we're protecting Gaokao exam papers—for national security...

For people who only care about the optics, they are bizarrely obsessed with defending the officer's conduct that ended up with a dead woman.Knowing how ICE operates she shouldn’t have tried to flee in a vehicle. The agent who shot her can now claim self defense because the suspect was operating a vehicle and could’ve hit him.
Still a world class supper power shouldn’t have these things happening when they are basically declaring war all over the place. Especially when the number provider of materials and parts basically said screw you guys, we are going home and your not getting shit and good luck on your current crop of Maintenance crew because due to the current capabilities of the U.S. education, they wouldn’t have enough people to help the when shit goes southUnfortunately those numbers are still too low to really create serious attrition. It's a likely sign of marginal underinvestment in maintenance but that's about it.
I did a quick check. That vinegar is owned by Jiangsu Hengshun Vinegar Industry Co., Ltd., but the history is a bit complicated — I have a link here.I think the majority of China's vinegar actually comes from one really big SOE, that bottle from above post is one of theirs.
A few years ago when I was back in China I decided to visit their factory in 镇江 for fun. The factory was enormous. I raised a question to the tour guide about competition from those Northen Chinese really sour type of vinegar and she goes "actually those are made by us too, we have a big factory up in 山西 making that type of vinegar".
Their vinegar making is like the most well known thing about 镇江:
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Says right there in the encyclopedia! I figured maybe they would be worried about competition but turns out they're got it all in the bag. They're like the Standard Oil of vinegar. This type of aromatic vinegar has a pretty unique process where the rice wine produced in the first part of the process has to be oxidized inside a solid mix of rice husks and other ingredients to soak up the flavour, and those has to be turned daily to allow even oxidation. This big SOE has some years ago invented a machine with many paddles that can walk itself along a long trough to do this instead of requiring men with shovels so although the factory is huge due to all the urns of vinegar that's aging and whatnot, the amount of man power required is actually pretty low for the area that the factory takes up so it had a very empty feel walking around.
The fact that strategic (and in this case not so strategic) industries in China are dominated by SOE makes sanctions a lot easier to carry out.
And, as a half-Shanxi guy, I must strongly protest this.They're like the Standard Oil of vinegar.