Wealth does not necessarily improve quality of life.

Notably, electricity (among other things) is substantially cheaper in Shanghai.

Tbh this is a better signal for academic integrity checks than it is for anything else

It’s widely known that a number of individuals at top US universities have been directly implicated in falsification scandals… They just get away with it.

Yeah honestly I don’t really understand why Ukraine diverted forces to Kursk. They were dug into strong positions in Donetsk… Positions they’ve since had to give up as the Russian advance picks up pace.

Maybe Syrskyi saw the writing on the wall and went for a hail mary?

To get an idea of margins:

The BYD Seagull sells under the Dolphin Mini name in South America. The Seagull (see specs) is the BYD’s cheapest electric car launched in April last year. Its price range initially lay between 78,800 – 95,800 yuan (10,850 – 13,200 USD)

Isn’t Taiwan the country that literally jails political opponents?

Manufacturing labour costs were $8.31 per hour in China last year, compared with less than $3 in places such as India, Thailand and Vietnam. - The Economist

The Teslas from Shanghai are straight up better than the ones from Fremont… And if we’re being honest Shanghai probably has better quality of life than San Jose.

In Canada, Teslas from Shanghai are by far preferable to the ones from Fremont. Something about those Chinese factories man

looks at China

Manufacturing labour costs were $8.31 per hour in China last year, compared with less than $3 in places such as India, Thailand and Vietnam. - The Economist

looks at Mexico

Anyway, manufacturing in China is a low-skill role that employs a huge proportion of the market. In terms of social/cultural value, its closest parallel in the US would be the retail services sector.

I too love to jail my political competitors after the they successfully split the vote from my real political rival (the KMT) in the last election. A bastion of democracy in East Asia.

In 2022 the Karakax County village of Dutar – named for a Uyghur traditional instrument – was renamed Red Flag village.

I’m sure this has nothing to do with the $600 billion water megaproject that IIRC is supposed to route the Red Flag river through that village…

Names come with utility and meaning. If a village has a new utility, it typically takes a new name (New Amsterdam -> New York, Ville-Marie -> Montreal). Guardian at its finest.

Didn’t China seize firearms from the Filipinos? Talk about bringing knives to a gunfight…

That’s what the West thinks about Duterte?

Damn. Y’all are so far off base it’s absurd. Talk to a Filipino one of these days.

Lmao this is coming from the same safety organization that approved the Tesla Cybertruck?

I’ll take my chances with a car that’s seen EU approval.

Lmao the Philippines is really out here pissing off all of its neighbours

Duterte’s domestic policy was fucked up, but at least he had sensible foreign policy

Italian company blames Turkish company blames Chinese company. Typical.

No country in that entire supply chain is known for being reliable lmfao this was plain cost-savings and corruption all the way down.

The US disrupting foreign affairs in order to prevent an ally from swaying towards a rival? I’ve never seen this one before /s

Lmao a big problem is that a lot of these influencers aren’t actually wealthy. They can’t actually afford their lifestyles, and the Chinese government has been trying to control “fake Internet personas” for a while.

China views social media as an extension of in-person relationships rather than it’s own independent entity.

Economic coercion, like:

the embargo on Cuba?

legislation to raise EV tariffs by 100% and block semiconductor exports?

sanctions on India?

sanctions on Pakistan?

tell me more about this “economic coercion”, because it seems like we’re talking to an expert in the matter.

First human trial for a treatment strategy passed (notably, we know that placebo treatments for diabetes fail). This more than passes the bar to justify further large-scale human trials and, clinically, is a very strong indicator of success.

What, is it not a cure until it’s available to the public?