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Trump is back baby!

Who will win the debate

  • Trump

    Votes: 17 33.3%
  • Harris

    Votes: 22 43.1%
  • I genuinely don’t care at this stage

    Votes: 12 23.5%

  • Total voters
    51
  • Poll closed .
They're very pissed off and know that Trump is fucked if he keeps the tariffs in place.

The Chinese people, on the other hand, are happy to deal with the pain, it's all very reminiscent to them of the opium wars, which kicked off what the Chinese call the "century of humiliation".

It's as relevant to Chinese history today as the Famine is to Ireland. The narrative the Chinese communist party pushes hard is before that period, China was one of the richest countries in the world. Due to their failure to adapt to the new world and fight properly, china ended that century in poverty.


They seem Trump's tariffs and US export bans of things like GPUs as an attempt to hold back China's development and return back to the top tier of nations.

China will have few problems saying "fuck you, you're trying to hold us back, we're strong enough to resist now and you need us more than we need you."

It's where their Rare Earths export bans become most apparent, China has strategically been building levers it can use against the world and at the same time building resilience through initiatives such as Belt and Road.

The Opium Wars for those who need reminding was a war waged by a drug cartel against a soverign nation who didn't like the fact said cartel was flooding their country with their product and had caused an addiction crisis.
 
The Opium Wars for those who need reminding was a war waged by a drug cartel against a soverign nation who didn't like the fact said cartel was flooding their country with their product and had caused an addiction crisis.
The settlement of the war makes it all ok though...
 
I've limited sympathy for companies who offshore production to china for slave labour and then have their IP nicked.

Furthermore, companies cheaping out on IT security deserve as much sympathy as someone keeping their engineering secrets in an Argos safe.
I said my laptop was cloned, not the same as secrets stolen.

As for the slave labour thing, it's not at all black and white. That deserves a longer answer but going from basic outsourced piece work to advanced design requires more than slave sweatshops
 
I said my laptop was cloned, not the same as secrets stolen.

As for the slave labour thing, it's not at all black and white. That deserves a longer answer but going from basic outsourced piece work to advanced design requires more than slave sweatshops
I was speaking more in generalisations. That's why I only took a snip of your post
 
The settlement of the war makes it all ok though...
For the cartel anyway: they got Hong Kong and full compensation for all the product the sneaky Chinese destroyed.

Children who've watched Pirates of the Caribbean have commented to me about how the Pirates didn't fear the British, but when the East India Company appeared on the horizon they shat their pants
 
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