Because China

[Nobu]

The Astros might bring him in for a tryout at some point.

[Jeff]

Can't find the UN topic.

 

UN Watch
@UNWatch

 

BREAKING: #China joins U.N. Human Rights Council panel, where it will help select next world monitors on freedom of speech, enforced disappearances, arbitrary detention—and on health.
@hillelneuer
: "It's like making a pyromaniac into the town fire chief."
https://unwatch.org/china-joins-u-n-human-rights-panel-will-help-pick-experts-on-free-speech-health-arbitrary-detention/

 

9:51 PM · Apr 2, 2020

https://twitter.com/UNWatch/status/1245891526892363776

 

 

[Burncycle360]

[Murph]

Can't find the UN topic.

 

UN Watch

@UNWatch

 

BREAKING: #China joins U.N. Human Rights Council panel, where it will help select next world monitors on freedom of speech, enforced disappearances, arbitrary detention—and on health.

@hillelneuer

: "It's like making a pyromaniac into the town fire chief."

https://unwatch.org/china-joins-u-n-human-rights-panel-will-help-pick-experts-on-free-speech-health-arbitrary-detention/

 

9:51 PM · Apr 2, 2020

https://twitter.com/UNWatch/status/1245891526892363776

 

 

We should pull out of the UN, and kick them off our continent.

[rmgill]

River Front Condos.

[Jeff]

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. Just pay them a nominal $1 in dues to keep our veto active.

[rmgill]

[rmgill]

[Jeff]

The UK’s 3.5 Million Chinese-Made Coronavirus Antibody Tests ‘Not Good Enough’ For Use

[Tim the Tank Nut]

3.5 million you say?

 

China. It is on its way to being a curse word.

[Jeff]

New Data Shows U.S. Companies Are Definitely Leaving China

Kenneth Rapoza

Senior Contributor

Apr 7, 2020,03:39pm EDT

 

U.S. companies are leaving China thanks to the trade war. They’ll leave even more thanks to the pandemic.

 

Sorry, Davos Man. Your China-led globalization is going out of style like bell bottoms.

 

Global manufacturing consulting firm Kearney released its seventh annual Reshoring Index on Tuesday, showing what it called a “dramatic reversal” of a five-year trend as domestic U.S. manufacturing in 2019 commanded a significantly greater share versus 14 Asian exporters tracked in the study. Manufacturing imports from China were the hardest hit.

 

Last year saw companies actively rethinking their supply chain, either convincing their Chinese partners to relocate to southeast Asia to avoid tariffs, or by opting out of sourcing from China altogether.

 

"Three decades ago, U.S. producers began manufacturing and sourcing in China for one reason: costs. The trade war brought a second dimension more fully into the equation―risk―as tariffs and the threat of disrupted China imports prompted companies to weigh surety of supply more fully alongside costs. COVID-19 brings a third dimension more fully into the mix­, and arguably to the fore: resilience―the ability to foresee and adapt to unforeseen systemic shocks," says Patrick Van den Bossche, Kearney partner and co-author of the 19-page report.

 

The main beneficiaries of this are the smaller southeast Asian nations, led by Vietnam. And thanks to the passing of the U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement, Mexico, for all its problems with drug cartels, has become a favorite spot for sourcing.

 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2020/04/07/new-data-shows-us-companies-are-definitely-leaving-china/#e8c657440fee

 

[Mikel2]

The industrial giant Mexico could be if they got their #$% together...

[Nobu]

A path to legitimacy for the cartels would be opened should they decide to cooperate.

[Ivanhoe]

https://www.economist.com/asia/2020/04/08/with-the-world-distracted-china-intimidates-taiwan

[Mikel2]

https://www.economist.com/asia/2020/04/08/with-the-world-distracted-china-intimidates-taiwan

Sometimes it's a blessing. Towards the end of 2019, the PRC decided they needed to be a dick and punish those unruly Taiwanese, so they banned the travel of mainland tourists to Taiwan

[JasonJ]

The industrial giant Mexico could be if they got their #$% together...

Yeah Mexico... kind of like with India even if for different reasons.

[Roman Alymov]

Sort of railway tourist guide to Japan-occupied China, late 1930th (?)

[Murph]

Well what is going to happen as the Wuhan virus fallout continues?

[JasonJ]

Well what is going to happen as the Wuhan virus fallout continues?

It's difficult to asses. Even though there are a lot of headlines of policies taken that slant the "decoupling", articles are never entirely comprehensive. I suspect a full decoupling isn't going to happen between China and other countries such as the US, Japan, and EU but there seems to be an overall reduction of engagement in the full across the board.

Edited September 6, 2020 by JasonJ

[Adam_S]

This is kind of timely.

 

https://www.news.com.au/finance/economy/australian-economy/trilateral-trade-agreement-that-could-change-australian-relations-with-china/news-story/742fd80eef13fe3a68cae317e12297d7?utm_campaign=EditorialSB&utm_source=news.com.au&utm_medium=Facebook&utm_content=SocialBakers

 

 

As the sands of the global geopolitical landscape continue to rapidly shift amid coronavirus and the subsequent economic crisis, fault lines in trade and diplomatic relationships have returned to the forefront once more.

For well over a decade, federal governments from both the major parties have insisted that Australia could continue to walk the fine line between its security relationship with the US and its strong trade ties with China.

But now, as Australia’s trade relationship with Beijing continues to deteriorate, Canberra is increasingly looking to reduce its heavy economic dependence on exports to China.

 

There's been some interesting stuff happening here in the Land Downunder recently with regards to China. It all seems to have started with the Aussie government kicking up a fuss about wanting an inquiry into how covid got started but has escalated rapidly into a kind of tit for tat tariff war. There's been plenty of fuss going on here for a long time about Chinese operations buying up infrastructure and land, so there's plenty of domestic support for standing up to China.

 

There's plenty of other countries in the third world who would be more than happy to bang out iPads and cheap rubber dog shit for the West, so it'll be kind of interesting to see how this one pans out.

[JasonJ]

Buying made in China is one factor. Another big factor is selling in the China market. Market economic forces dictate filling up a where one seller once was. If a true decoupling (or semi-decoupling) is to happen, the selling needs to be collective done. Otherwise there's no incentive for one party to exit only for other parties to take its place. For example in simple terms, say Germany pulls out cars from China. If not in collective manner, than Japan, US, French cars just take make more profit by filling up the void of the German car leave. Since the China market os so big, it could actually but German car company at global disadvantage then. So they won't want to leave. But of course not so simple. Australia doesn't really sell car stuff. They sell lots of metals and rare earth stuff. So its not necessarily straight up limited within single industry.

[Stargrunt6]

Mulan filmed in Chinese concentration camps, end credits thanks them:

 

https://youtu.be/F4NH2WRaoCM

[Mikel2]

8 hours ago, Stargrunt6 said:

Mulan filmed in Chinese concentration camps, end credits thanks them:

 

https://youtu.be/F4NH2WRaoCM

Disney, same as many other American companies and individuals, are outraged by US states passing "no males in womens' bathrooms" laws, but are perfectly OK working with a regime that puts Hitler to shame in body count.

Edited September 9, 2020 by Mikel2

[JasonJ]

Boycott/ban Mulan.

By Taiwanese and Hongkongers.

https://hongkongfp.com/2020/09/08/asian-activists-boycott-disneys-mulan-citing-chinas-nationalist-propaganda-censorship-and-police-brutality/

https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4002974

[Murph]

Apparently they made Mulan a complete Mary Sue, and the movie is either boring as h*ll or just sucks worse than Star Wars.  Not planning on seeing it, the kids are not interested either.