Because China

[DB]

Belt and Road in Malaysia.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67610677

[rmgill]

5 hours ago, DB said:

Belt and Road in Malaysia.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67610677

<this spot in honor of one of Simon Tam's tart quips>


😑

Edited December 5, 2023 by rmgill

[JWB]

 

[Harold Jones]

7 hours ago, DB said:

Belt and Road in Malaysia.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67610677

I fixed this quote from the article

Next door, in Country Garden's showroom, there is an enormous model city showing what a completed Forest City would look like. Sitting at the sales stall, are a couple of bored-looking employees - the sign above them said: Forest City. Where Happiness Never Ends Goes to Die.

[futon]

Rescue is appreciated.

TOKYO -- Chinese social media is buzzing about the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF)'s recent rescue of a Chinese national off east Japan's Chiba Prefecture, mostly praising the Japanese force's action and expressing gratitude.

Some users of platforms Weibo and WeChat criticized major Chinese news outlets for not covering this more, with one post saying, "State media should have reported it."

According to the MSDF and the Japan Coast Guard's 3rd Regional Coast Guard Headquarters, a Chinese research vessel located approximately 1,000 kilometers southeast of Cape Inubo, Chiba Prefecture, in the waters east of the Ogasawara Islands, requested a rescue on the morning of Sept. 26, reporting that a crew member had severed his left index finger when his hand got caught in a rope reel.

The regional headquarters then requested disaster dispatch from the Self-Defense Forces. The MSDF sent amphibious rescue aircraft US-2 from the Iwakuni base in Yamaguchi Prefecture, and the 50-year-old man was rescued the following day, then about 590 kilometers southeast of Cape Inubo, and transported to a hospital.

When the Japanese Embassy in China posted about the incident on Weibo on the night of Sept. 27, it received many responses such as "thank you" and "I hope that if the roles were reversed, China would respond professionally like this."

The reaction on Chinese social media was likely influenced by the recent fatal stabbing of a 10-year-old boy on his way to a Japanese school in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, in mid-September.

An article posted on WeChat by a Chinese blogger, introducing the news from Japan, was read by tens of thousands of people, and the comments included, "This kind of news is deeply touching especially after the (stabbing) incident."

In an interview with the Mainichi Shimbun, an official from the regional headquarters said, "While there are concerns about Japan-China relations, we will continue with life-saving operations as we always have." An MSDF spokesperson expressed hope that this recent rescue could have a positive impact on Japan-China relations.

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241005/p2a/00m/0in/003000c

[Roman Alymov]

14 minutes ago, futon said:

Rescue is appreciated.

TOKYO -- Chinese social media is buzzing about the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF)'s recent rescue of a Chinese national off east Japan's Chiba Prefecture, mostly praising the Japanese force's action and expressing gratitude.

Some users of platforms Weibo and WeChat criticized major Chinese news outlets for not covering this more, with one post saying, "State media should have reported it."

According to the MSDF and the Japan Coast Guard's 3rd Regional Coast Guard Headquarters, a Chinese research vessel located approximately 1,000 kilometers southeast of Cape Inubo, Chiba Prefecture, in the waters east of the Ogasawara Islands, requested a rescue on the morning of Sept. 26, reporting that a crew member had severed his left index finger when his hand got caught in a rope reel.

The regional headquarters then requested disaster dispatch from the Self-Defense Forces. The MSDF sent amphibious rescue aircraft US-2 from the Iwakuni base in Yamaguchi Prefecture, and the 50-year-old man was rescued the following day, then about 590 kilometers southeast of Cape Inubo, and transported to a hospital.

When the Japanese Embassy in China posted about the incident on Weibo on the night of Sept. 27, it received many responses such as "thank you" and "I hope that if the roles were reversed, China would respond professionally like this."

The reaction on Chinese social media was likely influenced by the recent fatal stabbing of a 10-year-old boy on his way to a Japanese school in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, in mid-September.

An article posted on WeChat by a Chinese blogger, introducing the news from Japan, was read by tens of thousands of people, and the comments included, "This kind of news is deeply touching especially after the (stabbing) incident."

In an interview with the Mainichi Shimbun, an official from the regional headquarters said, "While there are concerns about Japan-China relations, we will continue with life-saving operations as we always have." An MSDF spokesperson expressed hope that this recent rescue could have a positive impact on Japan-China relations.

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241005/p2a/00m/0in/003000c

I'm sorry, in what way "a crew member had severed his left index finger when his hand got caught in a rope reel" on Sep, 26 was resqued the next day? He have fallen into the sea following losing his finger or what?

Edited October 5, 2024 by Roman Alymov

[futon]

25 minutes ago, Roman Alymov said:

I'm sorry, in what way "a crew member had severed his left index finger when his hand got caught in a rope reel" on Sep, 26 was resqued the next day? He have fallen into the sea following losing his finger or what?

MoD posted a video of it. Besides his finger, he seemed fine.

 

[rmgill]

Those Seaplanes are subarashii. Aka bloody marvellous. 

[TrustMe]

Great video, professionals all round.

[Mr King]

[Tim the Tank Nut]

Well, I lived long enough to agree with Chairman Xi.  I did not expect that.

Just goes to show you CAN find common ground if you look hard enough.

[sunday]

51 minutes ago, Tim the Tank Nut said:

Well, I lived long enough to agree with Chairman Xi.  I did not expect that.

Just goes to show you CAN find common ground if you look hard enough.

Still, one should remember that the enemy of my enemy is just the enemy of my enemy. Nothing less, nothing more.

Edited October 8, 2024 by sunday

[Stargrunt6]

https://x.com/laurynbahen/status/1908670049231266243

China making moves on Australia, somebody check on Lukey.

[Ivanhoe]

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/04/14/chinese-illegal-alien-accused-escaping-federal-prison-after-setting-fire-alabama-church/
 

Quote

 

An illegal alien from China who was sentenced last year for setting fire to a historic Alabama church in 2021 is now accused of escaping the federal prison where she was serving her sentence.

On September 30, 2021, 31-year-old Xiaoquin Yan of China set four fires in the sanctuary of First Baptist Church Montgomery in Montgomery, Alabama. Yan caused tens of thousands of dollars of damage to the church, which was founded in 1829; its existing sanctuary has been around since 1916.

 

Cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs. Makes me wonder if the PRC has been dumping its mentally ill on the US via student visas and/or dropping them off in Tijuana.

 

[Murph]

Boston Mayor Wu financed by CCP spy.  Of course she is.  And she will never suffer any punishment for this.

https://www.breitbart.com/asia/2025/04/14/report-boston-mayor-michelle-wu-funded-by-ccp-intelligence-official/

 

[JWB]

Paywalled but the lede says it all:

 

[JWB]

By the numbers:

 

[glenn239]

Chat GPT estimates that in 20 years the Chinese might have around 650 million to 800 million workers.  The US at that time might have 180 to 200 million workers.

[NickM]

On 4/15/2025 at 5:40 PM, Murph said:

Boston Mayor Wu financed by CCP spy.  Of course she is.  And she will never suffer any punishment for this.

https://www.breitbart.com/asia/2025/04/14/report-boston-mayor-michelle-wu-funded-by-ccp-intelligence-official/

 

Yeah...I don't think DiFi or Swallwell suffered anything either.

[Murph]

1 hour ago, NickM said:

Yeah...I don't think DiFi or Swallwell suffered anything either.

Law for them, then law for the rest of us.

[NickM]

3 hours ago, Murph said:

Law for them, then law for the rest of us.

and dear Fang-Fang, too. 

[Murph]

16 hours ago, NickM said:

and dear Fang-Fang, too. 

Yep he did the bang-bang on old Fang-Fang and got away with it.

[Stargrunt6]

Where's Greta?

 

 

 

[urbanoid]

2 hours ago, Stargrunt6 said:

Where's Greta?

 

 

 

Greta is only there when 'West bad', anyone else good by definition. 

If/when there's a confrontation over Taiwan the US should announce an open season for those locusts' fishing fleet too and get the allies onboard, tell them 'it's for the environment' (which will even be true).

[Stargrunt6]

6 hours ago, urbanoid said:

Greta is only there when 'West bad', anyone else good by definition. 

If/when there's a confrontation over Taiwan the US should announce an open season for those locusts' fishing fleet too and get the allies onboard, tell them 'it's for the environment' (which will even be true).

Ship didn't respond to our hail, whoopsie doodle....