China wil groeien, maar 20 procent van de jeugd is werkloos

Did vaccine scientist 'thrown to his death' have proof of Wuhan lab leak? Chinese military expert who filed patent for Covid vaccine barely a month into country's first lockdown died in mysterious circumstances aged just 54
• Zhou Yusen filed a patent for a Covid-19 vaccine on February 24, 2020
• This was barely a month after Wuhan locked down due to the outbreak
• It is said that 'Zhou fell from the roof of the Institute', but this is not confirmed

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[ Bericht 30% gewijzigd door slashdotter3 op 18-06-2023 17:35:16 ]

Bicycle sharing, known as one of China's "New Four Major Inventions" originated during a period of mass entrepreneurship and innovation. In May 2015, the first dockless shared bicycles were introduced on the campus of Peking University. The concept behind bicycle sharing, "Green Travel" and solving the "Last Mile" problem was widely welcomed. In just over two years, more than 70 shared bicycle companies had sprung up. Around 27 million shared bicycles had been deployed to major cities with distinct colors to differentiate the brands. Soon, shared bicycles began to overwhelm public spaces in cities.

Originally the government was laissez-faire about the cluttered streets and even encouraged bicycle sharing. They did not realize the seriousness of the issue until September 2017 when the government started to limit the number of bicycles deployed and placing excess bicycles in temporary locations. Such hidden locations are hard to be found in cities and have earned the name "shared bicycle graveyard". Many shared bicycle companies have therefore closed down, leaving only a few companies still operating. Billions of Chinese Yuan of user deposits cannot be refunded, and shared bicycles costing tens of billions of Yuan are abandoned and become urban garbage.

Since January 2018, the photographer has traveled throughout the country to multiple cities that have been occupied by shared bicycles. He has visited more than 50 shared bicycle cemeteries, using aerial photography, local shooting, VR, video, audio and other multi-media methods to record this social wonder.

On the morning of July 26, 2018, Sohu.com launched these photos and videos, which immediately triggered the crazy forwarding of Chinese and foreign medias. The number of hits on the Internet was hundreds of millions of people. Thousands of citizens posted comments on the Internet and it became a phenomenon level of propagation events.

In a mess after the storm, people start to think about various deep-seated problems in the development model driven by China's current capital interests.

It is not just the shared bicycles having no place to go, but also our obsession, our dreams of wealth and the hearts of each of us in the context of the times.

3:40 15x 3 kamer apartementen gekocht voor totaalprijs van 31k usd, dus 2k per stuk. Wtf...

De overheid is bang dat al het geld naar het buitenland vlucht en blokkeren grote financiele transacties.
Een Amerikaanse Wallstreet investor die 30 jaar lang in het land investeert kan ondanks al zijn politieke connecties zijn 300k usd het land niet uit krijgen. Hij raadt anderen af om nog te investeren en dat India en Vietnam betere keuzes zijn.


Foreigners can no longer withdraw their money in mainland China This is not a joke, folks. Even investment guru Mark Mobius is unable to withdraw his cash from HSBC in Shanghai. Mobius, who has been investing in China for 30 years and has a wide network of connections in China, personally told Fox host Maria Bartiromo that he's unable to get his mitts on his own money.

The amount of money he cannot withdraw is only 3 million yuan, not billions of capital. If someone as well-connected in China as Mobius can't solve such a small problem, what hope is there for the rest of us? It is very clear the pace at which China is decoupling from the world market is accelerating rapidly.

What's the story behind the money? Does it need to be transferred overseas directly? Möbius later revealed to Hong Kong Economic Times that it was the money he earned from selling Shanghai real estate 20 years ago, about 3 million RMB in cash. However, Shanghai HSBC asked for all documents related to the source of the funds, tax documents, invoices, etc., but he no longer knows where these documents are. As a result, he can't withdraw his money.

Gratis kookolie uit het riool


Gutter oil extracted from filthy sewage, juice made from rotten apples, snacks packed without wearing gloves, dried squid covered with flies, chicken feet directly stepped on with boots, soaking unripe bananas in ripening agent, kneading dough barefooted, and making chili sauce out in the open.

A worker who is spraying a ripening agent on the sugarcanes says “he doesn’t care if people are poisoned or not, his goal is to simply to sell them”, and the lady making gutter oil says she is following legal procedures. After seeing this, would you dare consume any of these foods?

Food safety in China has always been under fire. Gutter oil, tainted rice, poisonous milk powder, food with excessive additives, and a plague of tainted food products have become a Chinese characteristic, creating a poisonous food chain, eventually finding its way onto the tables of the citizens.

However, as China’s top officials and privileged individuals have their source of food through a “special food supply system”, they feel no need to take responsibility to monitor the situation, allowing this pattern of mutual harm to flourish in China.

Gratis studeren en studiebeurs voor buitenlandse studenten


Originally planning to study in the United States, a Mexican student found the tuition fees too expensive. Instead, they decided to study in China, as Chinese universities surprisingly offered completely free education for international students! Not only that, but they also provided monthly scholarships. A former international student in Guangzhou even revealed that the school arranged a female companion to help him quickly adapt to life in China.

This ludicrous situation seems almost too good to be true. Could it be a scam? Of course not, this is the preferential treatment offered by the Chinese government to foreign students, while Chinese students who struggle through college and graduate unemployed do not share the same fortune.

The video shows a Hong Kong university student visiting Xi'an Jiaotong University and meeting a foreign student from Mexico. The Mexican student says that they initially wanted to study in the United States, but the high tuition fees led them to choose China instead.

He says that his education at Xi'an Jiaotong University is entirely free, and they even receive a monthly allowance, with a minimum of 500 RMB per month, and some students receiving up to 5,000 RMB.

https://tweakers.net/nieu(...)tsen-naar-india.html
Google wil deel productie Pixel-smartphones verplaatsen naar India

Google zou een deel van de productie van zijn Pixel-smartphones naar India willen verplaatsen. Bedrijven in China en Vietnam zetten nu de Pixel-smartphones in elkaar, maar met verplaatsing naar India wil Google de risico's spreiden.

Google zou onder meer in onderhandeling zijn met de Indiase tak van Foxconn, naast Lava en Dixon, meldt Bloomberg. Het zou gaan om het overhevelen van een deel van de productie, maar niet de gehele productie. Op die manier zou Google minder afhankelijk zijn van China en Vietnam. Vooral China is voor techbedrijven door het handelsconflict met de VS een risicofactor geworden.

Google maakt volgens Counterpoint Research rond 9 miljoen Pixel-toestellen per jaar. Daarmee liggen de aantallen lager dan bij het eveneens Amerikaanse Apple. Dat bedrijf is ook bezig met het verplaatsen van de productie naar onder meer India.

Het land doet er veel aan om fabrieken van hardware binnen te halen. Dat gebeurt onder het Make in India-programma. Binnen dat programma probeert de Indiase overheid producenten fabrieken te laten bouwen in het land voor onder meer smartphones, tablets en laptops.

Nieuw overbodig water kanaal wordt aangelegd maar ze gaan de kosten (10 miljard usd) er niet uit halen. Er zijn namelijk al 2 andere kanalen die maar half benut worden en elk jaar krimpt de export naar het buitenland.
Transport naar Vietnam wordt sneller en goedkoper maar dat gaat de kosten niet compenseren.
De fabrieken en de klanten zijn weg en ze komen niet meer terug.

Currently, the Chinese government is vigorously constructing a mega canal project. The total investment for this project is 72.7 billion RMB (10.2 billion USD), with excavation volume about 340 million cubic meters.

Amid a weak economy, rising unemployment rates, and a sharp decline in exports, China is experiencing a rapid withdrawal of international capital. Manufacturing giants such as Foxconn, Samsung and technology giants like Amazon are leaving China in succession. The decoupling between China and the developed economies is accelerating, gradually eroding China's status as the world's factory.

In this context, the Chinese government is investing substantial funds into the construction of water projects in an attempt to stimulate economic growth.

Countless BYD sedans are discovered in a forsaken parking garage, dispersed across multiple floors, each vehicle cloaked in a blanket of dust. In another metropolis, a parking lot dubbed the "BYD Ocean" houses hundreds of BYD cars, meticulously arranged in rows of 20, a sight that truly boggles the mind.

These dust-covered BYD vehicles, featuring sought-after models such as the Qin Plus, Song, and Tang, come in a dazzling array of colours, all neatly parked in orderly rows.

In contrast, BYD sales representatives staunchly maintain that no cars are readily available, insisting that customers endure a three-month wait for delivery following payment.

China's dirty tactics of intimidation aimed at Australians

A 24-year-old Australian man and his mother have learned the hard way the cost of aggravating China.
When human rights activist Drew Pavlou was arrested protesting outside the Chinese Embassy in London last year, he didn't realise the extent of the campaign that had been waged against him in an attempt to silence him.

Mr Pavlou alleges the Chinese regime made a false bomb threat in his name.

London police took him into custody where he faced the prospect of serious charges carrying the penalty of 12 years in prison.

Lees verder: https://9now.nine.com.au/(...)23-9592-b3c05a40866f



[ Bericht 19% gewijzigd door slashdotter3 op 21-06-2023 13:01:11 ]

Biden noemt Xi een 'dictator'
Tijdens een bijeenkomst met potentiële politieke donoren in Californië, heeft de Amerikaanse president Joe Biden de Chinese president Xi Jinping een "dictator" genoemd. Dit gebeurde een dag na een ontmoeting tussen de Amerikaanse buitenlandminister Antony Blinken en Xi Jinping, waarbij ze de wens uitspraken om de intense rivaliteit tussen de VS en China te stabiliseren. Ondanks deze intentie, werd er geen grote doorbraak bereikt.

Biden's opmerkingen volgen op een incident in februari, waarbij een Chinese ballon uit koers raakte en boven de VS vloog. De ballon werd door het Amerikaanse leger uit de lucht geschoten en belandde in het water. Biden beweerde dat Xi zich hiervoor "schaamde".

Het is niet de eerste keer dat Biden scherpe woorden heeft voor Xi. Tijdens zijn campagne voor het Witte Huis in 2020 noemde hij Xi een "straatcrimineel". Ook heeft hij de Russische president Vladimir Poetin eerder een "slager" en een "oorlogsmisdadiger" genoemd. De bijeenkomst eindigde verrassend toen de tachtigjarige Biden, schijnbaar zonder aanleiding, zijn toespraak over vuurwapengeweld in de VS afsloot met de woorden: "God save the queen, man."

Dit slaat nergens op en is echt Black Mirror dystopian future niveau.

Ik las laatst dat Apple 1 miljard per dag verloor door die Foxconn lockdown

Naast dat China 3x hogere loonkosten heeft dan Vietnam en India mag dit natuurlijk nooit meer gebeuren en vandaar dat productie verplaatst wordt naar die landen.


Nov 3, 2022
Recently, a massive COVID-19 outbreak occurred at a Foxconn factory in Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, the world's largest Apple iPhone assembly plant. Dissatisfied with the extreme epidemic prevention measures taken by the authorities, tens of thousands of employees fled the plant and returned to their hometowns on foot, staging a "great exodus" that shocked the world.

Since Oct. 29, a large number of TikTok videos from Zhengzhou, showed many employees escaping from the factory by climbing over the wire fences in the Foxconn Industrial Park. These employees were walking on foot late at night through wheat fields, in the woods, or on the highway. Some of them were carrying luggage and wearing blankets or quilts. Fearful of being caught, these escapees were afraid to buy bus tickets or disturb people along the route. They walked along the paths of the fields during the day and along the highways at night, carrying their luggage. They traveled day and night, eating on the move and sleeping on the roads. Some of them already walked for two days and nights.

Foxconn is Apple's largest iPhone maker, producing 70% of its global iPhone shipments, half of which are made at its Zhengzhou plant. This employee exodus will certainly affect iPhone production. According to Reuters, a person with direct knowledge of the matter said on Oct. 31 that iPhone production at the Foxconn plant in Zhengzhou could drop by as much as 30 percent next month. The source said Foxconn is trying to increase production at another factory in Shenzhen to make up for the shortfall. What’s more, this is just before the year-end holiday season, the golden period for suppliers like Apple and when electronic manufacturers are usually busy.

Some netizens say that Zhengzhou really is a peculiar city. Last year, a flood took the lives of many people; this year, the bank deposits of hundreds of thousands of people disappeared. In June, a nationwide wave of loan suspensions for unfinished buildings erupted, and Zhengzhou was widely regarded as the city with the most unfinished buildings in China. And now, there’s the great exodus of Foxconn employees. These events really highlight the brutality and incompetence of the CCP officials.