Archive for April 25th, 2010
Rainfall Severs telecom links in Tibet…Or Did They
Posted by w_thames_the_d on April 25, 2010
As much angst as Beijing has with Tibet, you have to wonder about this one. I mean yeah it makes sense, but how much do you think the ruling communist party wants to help Tibet anyway…
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” LHASA — Torrential rain has battered southeastern Tibet Autonomous Region since Thursday, triggering landslides and cutting telecommunications links, local authorities said Sunday
Landslides and mud-and-rock flow cut off road traffic and caused other problems in the county, but there were no reports of any human casualties so far, said Peng Cong’en, secretary of the Zayu County Committee of the Communist Party of China. “The rain is still pouring down, and the damaged road is not being repaired right away since more slips are likely,” said Peng.”
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Chinese Army Says USA is Biggest Threat
Posted by w_thames_the_d on April 25, 2010
The Chinese love to stir the shite, as they say. It is amazing how much they like to push the people to fear other countries, actually they have been doing this for about 1000 years or so. here is a report, cut for brevity’s sake. “Beijing – The United States is the greatest perceived threat to the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), a top military strategist told China Daily on Sunday, confirming remarks made last week to a group of visiting senior US officials. |
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By a Large Mall in Beijing
Posted by w_thames_the_d on April 25, 2010
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Google in China
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China, Does it Suck?
Posted by w_thames_the_d on April 25, 2010
Here is a post from ’04 talking about what a guy doesnt like about China. Has it changed much in your minds?
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I’ll end the list at ten, but I could go on and on. Well, I’ve always said China is a scary-ass place. Scary as in it’s scary backwards. It’s progressing fast, no doubt, but it’s still very, very backwards. Scary, too, because it is progressing beyond the sophistication of the populace.” |
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Chinese Imports to US are 60% of Product Recalls
Posted by w_thames_the_d on April 25, 2010
Many Chinese counterfeit goods are shoddy or dangerous, using low-grade components or ingredients. Chinese imports into the U.S. in general account for more than 60 percent of product recalls by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Chinese consumers also suffer from shoddy counterfeits. Horrible incidents have been reported multiple times in the news of dozens to hundreds of Chinese babies dying or getting sick after being fed counterfeit baby formula, laced with a deadly chemical to make a diluted product appear to have a higher protein content. |
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Shit Cars in China
Posted by w_thames_the_d on April 25, 2010
China pimping its domestic cars. They are hiringinternational stars to pimp their brands, but forgot one thing. Their quality truly sucks. Chery, the ones mentioned make one of the most unsafe vehicles on the planet.
“The country’s biggest domestic brand, Chery Automobile Co, signaled its global intentions by announcing it signed Argentine football star Lionel Messi as an international ambassador to promote its brands. Volvo buyer Geely Holding Group displayed six new alternative fuel vehicles and said it wants to sell some abroad. BYD Auto Co announced more details of plans to export electric cars to the United States, saying it wants to start sales on the West Coast this year” |
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The Guardian Ranks China’s Tibet and Xinjiang as 7th on the List of Troubled Areas in the World
Posted by w_thames_the_d on April 25, 2010
“Guardian Troublespotometer Rating 30%
7 Xinjiang and Tibet
Tensions between majority Han Chinese and predominantly Muslim Uighurs in north-west China, which erupted into lethal rioting in 2009, will provide further flashpoints in 2010.
Much the same is true of pro-independence Tibetans, opposed to the influx of Chinese migrants into their conquered country, whose concerns are routinely ignored or mocked by Beijing.”
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