Is there any #surprise at this point about #china 's #ccp #buying #influencers to create #propaganda ? https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/beijin.. That said, the #western Countries such as the #uk , #us , etc, *also* #pay #socialmedia #stars to spread their #messaging ...
Apparently #russia will now #legalise #software #piracy - I guess it makes sense considering they can't #buy it from #western #suppliers https://writing.kemitchell.com/2022/03/0..
@barray on Mon Sep 20 17:48:58 UTC 2021 said: &eAnd the #chinese #company #evergrande could have massive implications for the #crypto #market too, with #tether possibly left holding the bag: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companie.. The #cryptocurreny market crashing would also have a major impact on #western markets too - remember that many #banks and #diversified their #assets to include #coins ... Add #covid #economic #recovery ... This is looking like a perfect storm.#china is in a lot of trouble over this #evergrande #property #investment https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chin.. There is no good way out of this for the #chinese - no amount of bullshitting will cover $305 billion in #liabilities - a mix between local Chinese investment and #foreign ... Perhaps they will #nationalise , but #investors will get screwed and foreign investors will get cold feet. If they buy the #debt they bleed their #economy anyway!
Just a little #reminder that the state #western #military #advantage is starting to look #weak - at a time when #china 's #ccp are #expanding their military powers: https://www.19fortyfive.com/2021/09/the-.. As much as I hate to say it, we desperately need to invest right now.
This is actual insanity, the #university of #edinburgh is banning the used of #alice and #bob for #cybersecurity #research because it is "too #western ": https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/09.. See my #hackernews #comment here about the true absurdity of it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=284.. Likely to be #downvoted in oblivion as per.
Seems like #arm #china has underwent a #hostile takeover by ex- #ceo #allenwu https://semianalysis.substack.com/p/the-.. He appears to have close ties with #china 's #ccp and should *be a warning to all #western #investors into China* ... At this point Wu has begun to rebuild his own company using #arm 's #ip as #alphatecture - mark my words that #taiwan will now be the next #battleground !
Currently listening to the #mikhailapeterson #podcast featuring #mastinkipp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUeUjn7p.. I think the dude is a little bit of a #smoothbrain - I already had my heckles up when he said " #western #medicine is #alternativemedicine ". I am always #sceptical when a young person claims to have some new and radically different perspective of the world. His #therapy may work for some people, but he's essentially a #wordsmith when you break down the actual content.
#china 's #ccp has gone completely off the rails: https://www.lotuseaters.com/china-threat.. They have threatened to #nuke #japan off the map if they dare intervene with #taiwan ... I think such actions would mostly bring the entire #us and #western #armies in for retaliation, as well as #us and #nato as compelled by #nato ... I don't believe they have thought about their words.