patriot-1453 t1_jcddugq wrote on March 16, 2023 at 12:46 AM

Reply to WSJ News Exclusive | U.S. Threatens Ban if TikTok’s Chinese Owners Don’t Sell Stakes by TheAngelMutants

Is this free market or state capitalism? Is US becoming China?

patriot-1453 t1_j26hrho wrote on December 30, 2022 at 12:25 AM

Reply to UK and France say no plans currently to follow Italy with Covid tests for China arrivals. German, Portuguese and Austrian officials also reluctant to introduce new measures. by green_flash

Given how prevalent the virus has been in every country of EU, the number of arrivals from China is tiny compared to EU population currently infected, even though the proportion of infected from China is higher.

patriot-1453 t1_j1n7c2h wrote on December 25, 2022 at 8:10 PM

Reply to Australia and China team up to protest WTO blockages caused by US vetoes on appeal body | Australian foreign policy by Witty-Village-2503

We need a rule based international order. we cannot discard rules simply because they are against our favor at this moment.

patriot-1453 t1_j13kjwm wrote on December 21, 2022 at 12:29 PM

Reply to Hearses queue at Beijing crematorium, even as China reports no new COVID deaths by Niflheim-Dragon

China has mostly stopped testing because most would be positive anyway, hence no new report of confirm covid death. But lack of report is not report of zero covid death, as this Reuters article misleads you to believe.