Fortunately South Korea is strong and independent enough to ignore Mr. Shithole's sycophantic bleating.
Fortunately South Korea is strong and independent enough to ignore Mr. Shithole's sycophantic bleating.
And BFool posts nice...pics
That's what you got, isn't it ?
Loser
President Maduro Makes ‘Historic’ Visit to China to Reinforce Alliance
Maduro thanked China for support against US sanctions and said his visit would promote “the construction of a new world geopolitics.”
Caracas, September 9, 2023 (venezuelanalysis.com) – Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro arrived in China on Friday for a several-day visit to strengthen economic and political ties amidst the nations’ efforts to advance multipolarity.
“[We are] ready for what will be a historic visit for the strengthening of cooperation ties and the construction of a new world geopolitics,” Maduro wrote on social media when he landed in the city of Shenzhen, the first stop in his trip between September 8-14.
The Chinese government put together an elaborate welcoming ceremony for the Venezuelan delegation in Shenzhen Talents Park. This included a light show with hundreds of drones forming an animated message that read: “May the friendship between China and Venezuela be eternal.”
President Maduro thanked China for the presentation as well as for supporting Venezuela in the struggle to recover the economy from the “onslaught” of Washington’s sanctions against the country. The US sanctioned Venezuela’s oil industry in 2017, imposed a full-fledged embargo in 2019 and secondary sanctions in 2020, among other measures targeting nearly all economic sectors.
"I deeply appreciate the courage and firmness of President Xi Jinping's government and the Chinese people in accompanying Venezuela in denouncing these illegal and criminal sanctions," said Maduro in an interview with Xinhua.
The Venezuelan president stressed that China and Venezuela are committed to development and cooperation.
"Between China and Venezuela, there is a model relation. It is a model of what should be the relation between a superpower like China, the great superpower of the 21st century, and an emerging, heroic, revolutionary and socialist country like Venezuela", he stated. He also reiterated Caracas’ interest in joining the BRICS group.
This is President Maduro’s fifth visit to the People’s Republic of China. The last one took place in 2018 when the two countries signed twenty-eight agreements, including a US $5 billion Chinese loan to boost Venezuela’s oil industry and joint plans for a fourth satellite.
In recent years, the Caribbean nation has steadily met its obligations with China in long-term agreements that saw Caracas pay back extensive loans (with a reported $10-12 billion left) through crude shipments. According to Reuters, Caracas is now in talks with China for a fresh credit line for infrastructure projects.
On Saturday, Maduro signed a memorandum of understanding, the first during his visit. The document establishes cooperation between Venezuela’s National Superintendency of Special Economic Zones and China’s Special Economic Zones Research Center of Shenzhen University. The agreement aims to develop these fledging areas in the South American country.
Special Economic Zones (SEZs) are defined as geographical areas under exceptional rules and regulations. They can be geared towards a given economic activity, from industry to tourism, while also prioritizing imports, exports or technological development.
Venezuela currently has five active zones located across the country and created with the stated purpose of advancing toward a post-oil economic model. Nonetheless, the project has sparked criticism amidst Chavista ranks for granting too many privileges to private capital.
Following the signing of the new agreement, the Venezuelan leader traveled to Shanghai, the second stop in his official visit. He was accompanied by his wife Cilia Flores and several ministers. The president is expected to announce more agreements and might visit other countries as well in the coming days.
Earlier in the week and prior to Maduro’s trip, Vice President Delcy Rodríguez visited Beijing and Shanghai alongside Oil Minister Rafael Tellechea. The officials met with China’s Vice President Han Zheng and Foreign Minister Wang Yi to reaffirm the countries’ joint struggle against “hegemonism and unilateralism."
The two high-level officials likewise held meetings with executives from the Shanghai International Energy Exchange and the Shanghai Petroleum and Natural Gas Exchange. “Two central institutions for energy trade and future contracts formulation in Asia,” Tellechea posted on X.
China is Venezuela’s main oil buyer and has imported around 390,000 barrels per day (bpd) of crude from the country between January and August this year via third-party intermediaries, according to commodities consultancy Vortexa."
President Maduro Makes ‘Historic’ Visit to China to Reinforce Alliance | Venezuelanalysis.com
A tray full of GOLD is not worth a moment in time.
The chinkies ought to be careful about trying to finagle cheap oil from Venezuela. They could ask the high heeled war criminal how that worked out for him
*titter*
Chinkystan's version of ChatGPT
"Let's talk about something else."
That is a frequent response you get from China's newest sensation, Ernie, if you ask it "difficult" questions.
The chatbot, launched by search engine giant Baidu, deflects anything deemed too sensitive.
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Entering the date of the Tiananmen Square crackdown (4 June 1989), or the name of a jailed former senior Communist Party figure (Bo Xilai), or the name of China's Nobel Peace Prize laureate who died in prison (Liu Xiaobo) also draw the response: "Let's talk about something else".
Elusive Ernie: China'''s new chatbot has a censorship problem - BBC News
Now if I were Apple I'd be moving all my manufacturing away from chinkystan and telling them to fuck off.
Shares in Apple have fallen for a second day in a row after reports that Chinese government workers have been banned from using iPhones.
The firm's stock market valuation has fallen by more than 6%, or almost $200bn (£160bn), in the past two days.
China is the technology giant's third-largest market, accounting for 18% of its total revenue last year.
It is also where most of Apple's products are manufactured by its biggest supplier Foxconn.
The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Wednesday that Beijing had ordered central government agency officials to not bring iPhones into the office or use them for work.
The following day, Bloomberg News reported that the ban may also be imposed on workers at state-owned companies and government-backed agencies.
The instructions not to use iPhones were given to officials by their superiors in recent weeks, sources told the WSJ. Restrictions were also placed on other foreign-branded devices.
Apple shares slide after China government iPhone ban reports - BBC News
China-ASEAN Expo closes with ‘record high’ deals, promoting regional economy on fast track of recovery
By Shen Weiduo in Nanning
Published: Sep 19, 2023 11:16 PM
"A record number of investment deals were signed during the four-day 20th China-ASEAN Expo held in Nanning, capital of South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, organizers announced at the closing ceremony on Tuesday.
The result was fueled by substantial trade complementarity, a long-lasting bond of trust and eagerness for more engagement among companies and officials between the two sides, observers said, noting that the expo is set to inject momentum and confidence into the regional and world economy amid downward pressure.
The expo saw deals signed for 470 projects with a combined investment of 487.3 billion yuan ($66.81 billion), an increase of 18 percent year-on-year. Over 65 percent of that investment came from deals in the manufacturing sector, Wei Zhaohui, secretary-general of the China-ASEAN Expo Secretariat, said at the closing ceremony on Tuesday.
"The number of projects and total investment hit record highs," Wei said.
Trade transactions were "active and impressive," characterized by the presence of numerous large orders and a high volume of green and low-carbon goods, Wei said.
Chinese smart equipment, green appliances, ecofriendly home building materials, and lighting technology products were favored by ASEAN buyers, while organic food, tropical fruit and health products from ASEAN countries were highly sought after by Chinese buyers.
The signing of a purchase order by Brunei for 30 Chinese aircraft worth over $2 billion marked the largest trade deal in the history of the expo.
More than 100 companies introduced new products, including flagship smartphones, drones, underwater data center products and new-energy vehicles.
The 20th China-ASEAN Expo opened on Saturday, with nearly 2,000 enterprises in attendance. Participation was up 18.2 percent from last year's expo. The participation and scale also bounced back to the pre-pandemic level.
The China-ASEAN Expo was proposed during the 7th China-ASEAN "10+1" Leaders' Meeting in 2003 and has been held annually since 2004. As of 2023, it has been organized 20 times.
The history of the China-ASEAN Expo is closely tied to milestones in China-ASEAN economic cooperation, Tang Zhimin, dean of the International School of the Panyapiwat Institute of Management and director of the China-ASEAN Research Center, told the Global Times on the sidelines of the forum on Tuesday.
Tang said the hosting of the China-ASEAN Expo by China has provided ASEAN members with a valuable platform to showcase their goods and services, connect with Chinese consumers and explore partnership opportunities.
Trade cooperation between China and the 10 members of ASEAN - Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam - has developed steadily over the years.
China was the bloc's largest trade partner for 14 consecutive years as of 2022, and both sides have remained each other's top trade partner for three years in a row as of 2022, data from China's General Administration of Customs showed.
China's trade with ASEAN grew by 1.6 percent year-on-year to 4.11 trillion yuan in the first eight months of 2023, accounting for 15.2 percent of the country's total trade.
"Many of our products, mainly food, sold out before the closure of the expo," Tan Sri Dato' Low Kian Chuan, President of The Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Malaysia (ACCCIM), told the Global Times on Tuesday.
"Next year, we hope to be better prepared and bring more companies in other areas, to seize a slice of the 'big cake'," Low said.
Low noted that as the world is facing an economic slowdown, all countries are facing challenges. For example, Malaysia has a small economy and is export-oriented, so if the global economy slows down, it will definitely be affected.
"But we all [ASEAN members] are counting on China," Low said, believing that China can tide over the temporary difficulties through technology advancement and innovation.
Officials and observers said that with the implementation of the RCEP and accelerated negotiations on the Version 3.0 China-ASEAN Free Trade Area, the two are set to go further and deeper.
Compared with the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area's achievements in trade in goods, the significance of the RCEP to China and ASEAN lies in the services industry and investment access. In addition, the RCEP includes issues such as intellectual property, e-commerce, competition and government procurement, Tang said.
China-ASEAN Free Trade Area 3.0 negotiations, which started in February, will also focus on cooperation in areas of common concern including the digital economy, green economy, and supply chain connectivity.
The two will complement one another and enrich the connotation and extension of the construction of a China-ASEAN community with a shared future, the expert added."
China-ASEAN Expo closes with ‘record high’ deals, promoting regional economy on fast track of recovery - Global Times
China-ASEAN Expo closes with ‘record high’ deals, promoting regional economy on fast track of recovery
By Shen Weiduo in Nanning
Published: Sep 19, 2023 11:16 PM
"A record number of investment deals were signed during the four-day 20th China-ASEAN Expo held in Nanning, capital of South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, organizers announced at the closing ceremony on Tuesday.
The result was fueled by substantial trade complementarity, a long-lasting bond of trust and eagerness for more engagement among companies and officials between the two sides, observers said, noting that the expo is set to inject momentum and confidence into the regional and world economy amid downward pressure.
The expo saw deals signed for 470 projects with a combined investment of 487.3 billion yuan ($66.81 billion), an increase of 18 percent year-on-year. Over 65 percent of that investment came from deals in the manufacturing sector, Wei Zhaohui, secretary-general of the China-ASEAN Expo Secretariat, said at the closing ceremony on Tuesday.
"The number of projects and total investment hit record highs," Wei said.
Trade transactions were "active and impressive," characterized by the presence of numerous large orders and a high volume of green and low-carbon goods, Wei said.
Chinese smart equipment, green appliances, ecofriendly home building materials, and lighting technology products were favored by ASEAN buyers, while organic food, tropical fruit and health products from ASEAN countries were highly sought after by Chinese buyers.
The signing of a purchase order by Brunei for 30 Chinese aircraft worth over $2 billion marked the largest trade deal in the history of the expo.
More than 100 companies introduced new products, including flagship smartphones, drones, underwater data center products and new-energy vehicles.
The 20th China-ASEAN Expo opened on Saturday, with nearly 2,000 enterprises in attendance. Participation was up 18.2 percent from last year's expo. The participation and scale also bounced back to the pre-pandemic level.
The China-ASEAN Expo was proposed during the 7th China-ASEAN "10+1" Leaders' Meeting in 2003 and has been held annually since 2004. As of 2023, it has been organized 20 times.
The history of the China-ASEAN Expo is closely tied to milestones in China-ASEAN economic cooperation, Tang Zhimin, dean of the International School of the Panyapiwat Institute of Management and director of the China-ASEAN Research Center, told the Global Times on the sidelines of the forum on Tuesday.
Tang said the hosting of the China-ASEAN Expo by China has provided ASEAN members with a valuable platform to showcase their goods and services, connect with Chinese consumers and explore partnership opportunities.
Trade cooperation between China and the 10 members of ASEAN - Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam - has developed steadily over the years.
China was the bloc's largest trade partner for 14 consecutive years as of 2022, and both sides have remained each other's top trade partner for three years in a row as of 2022, data from China's General Administration of Customs showed.
China's trade with ASEAN grew by 1.6 percent year-on-year to 4.11 trillion yuan in the first eight months of 2023, accounting for 15.2 percent of the country's total trade.
"Many of our products, mainly food, sold out before the closure of the expo," Tan Sri Dato' Low Kian Chuan, President of The Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Malaysia (ACCCIM), told the Global Times on Tuesday.
"Next year, we hope to be better prepared and bring more companies in other areas, to seize a slice of the 'big cake'," Low said.
Low noted that as the world is facing an economic slowdown, all countries are facing challenges. For example, Malaysia has a small economy and is export-oriented, so if the global economy slows down, it will definitely be affected.
"But we all [ASEAN members] are counting on China," Low said, believing that China can tide over the temporary difficulties through technology advancement and innovation.
Officials and observers said that with the implementation of the RCEP and accelerated negotiations on the Version 3.0 China-ASEAN Free Trade Area, the two are set to go further and deeper.
Compared with the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area's achievements in trade in goods, the significance of the RCEP to China and ASEAN lies in the services industry and investment access. In addition, the RCEP includes issues such as intellectual property, e-commerce, competition and government procurement, Tang said.
China-ASEAN Free Trade Area 3.0 negotiations, which started in February, will also focus on cooperation in areas of common concern including the digital economy, green economy, and supply chain connectivity.
The two will complement one another and enrich the connotation and extension of the construction of a China-ASEAN community with a shared future, the expert added."
China-ASEAN Expo closes with ‘record high’ deals, promoting regional economy on fast track of recovery - Global Times
Bashar al-Assad is set to hold talks with Xi Jinping and take part in a Syrian-Chinese summit in Beijing
News Desk
SEP 19, 2023
"Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will travel to China on 21 September to participate in a Syrian-Chinese summit at the official invitation of his counterpart Xi Jinping.
According to Syrian state media, Assad will lead a high-level political and economic delegation for official meetings in the cities of Beijing and Guangzhou.
Syria's official delegation will include Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad and Finance Minister Samer al-Khalil.
This will mark Assad's first official visit to Beijing since 2004.
Analysts expect several bilateral agreements to be signed during Assad's visit as part of China's larger strategy to cement its position as a power broker in West Asia.
Beijing has already proved instrumental once this year in helping Syria come in from the cold after Chinese officials brokered the historic Iran-Saudi rapprochement that also saw a normalization of ties between Gulf states and Damascus.
In the weeks that followed the Saudi-Iran deal, Syria was also welcomed back into the Arab League, a development which China's Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin called evidence that “when the shadow of the US shrinks, the light of peace spreads.”
In March, Chinese officials urged the US to end its illegal military occupation of Syria and stop looting its resources, stressing that its continued presence has worsened Syria's humanitarian crisis.
“China has throughout the years defended Syria’s territorial integrity and many times used its veto power at the UN Security Council to prevent interventions in the Arab country’s internal affairs,” Kosai Abido, a Syrian political analyst and author, told Press TV this week.
“Since China is considered a friendly state for Syria and has significant economic power, cooperation agreements with this country should be expanded to include food, pharmaceutical, and technology sectors,” Abido added.
Last year, Chinese and Syrian officials signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) welcoming Damascus into the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a mega-infrastructure project that seeks to bring capital and infrastructure to Global South countries while dramatically strengthening connectivity for commerce, finance, and culture."
Syrian president headed to China for first official visit since 2004
A couple of homicidal dictators having a circle jerk is hardly news.
As for the other shit, as we saw with Thai Durian, the chinkies gobbling up everyone's produce just puts the prices up at home, parasitic arseholes that they are.
MANILA, Philippines — The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Monday accused Philippines of intruding in Scarborough Shoal “without their permission.”
https://globalnation.inquirer.net/219864/china-blames-castigates-ph-for-intruding-in-scarborough-shoal
This is how you say "Fuck off, you chinky parasites" in Tagalog:
The Philippine coastguard said it removed a floating barrier installed by China at the contested Scarborough Shoal, as observers urged Beijing to avoid escalating the dispute.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr and his special task force on the South China Sea ordered that the cordon – at the entrance to the lagoon at Scarborough Shoal – be removed, the coastguard said in a statement on Monday.
“The barrier posed a hazard to navigation, a clear violation of international law. It also hinders the conduct of fishing and livelihood activities of Filipino fisherfolk,” the coastguard said, calling the shoal “an integral part of the Philippine national territory”.
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3235772/philippines-removes-chinese-barrier-contested-south-china-sea-shoal
Make no mistake, the Chinese economy is failing.
This leaves XI with only two choices, retire or go down the hardline communist route.
His psyche will only allow the latter option!
Oh dear and it looks like another one of their attempted monopolies is crumbling.
The Mexican government has reportedly canceled nine mining concessions held by Chinese company Ganfeng Lithium at the largest lithium reserve in the country.
In a document sent to investors, Ganfeng – which is one of the world’s largest lithium enterprises – said that Mexico’s General Directorate of Mines (DGM) told them in August that the company had failed to meet minimum investment requirements between 2017 and 2021.
Mexico cancels lithium mining concessions held by Chinese firm
Embattled Chinese property giant Evergrande has suspended share trading on the Hong Kong stock exchange only a month after it resumed trading after a 17-month suspension.
Trading in its two other units – the property services and electric vehicle groups – also stopped at 9am on Thursday, according to notices posted by the stock exchange.
The halt in trading comes a day after reports that the chair of Evergrande had been put under police surveillance. Hui Ka Yan, who founded Evergrande in 1996, was taken away earlier this month and is being monitored at a designated location, according to Bloomberg.
It is not clear why Hui might have been placed under residential surveillance, which falls short of a formal detention or police arrest and does not mean a criminal charge follows.
Evergrande had only resumed trading on 28 August after the company was suspended for 17 months for not publishing its financial results. Earlier this month, several employees of Evergrande’s wealth management unit were arrested in Shenzhen on unspecified charges.
Two former executives were also reportedly detained recently. Pan Darong and Xia Haijun had resigned last year after it emerged that 13.4bn yuan (£1.5bn) of deposits had been used as security for third-party loans.
Earlier this week, Hengda Real Estate, Evergrande’s primary unit in mainland China, missed principal and interest payments on a 4bn yuan bond. Hui resigned from his position as Hengda chair in 2021.
On Sunday, Evergrande said it was unable to issue new debt as Hengda was being investigated.
And on Friday it said meetings planned this week on a key debt restructuring plan would not take place, adding it was “necessary to reassess the terms” of the plan in order to suit the “objective situation and the demand of the creditors”.
China’s property sector is a key pillar of growth – along with construction, it accounts for about a quarter of GDP – and has experienced a dazzling boom in recent decades.
The massive debt accrued by the industry’s biggest players has, however, been seen by Beijing in recent years as an unacceptable risk for the financial system and overall economic health.
Authorities have gradually tightened developers’ access to credit since 2020 and a wave of defaults has followed – notably that of Evergrande.
Another Chinese property giant, Country Garden, narrowly avoided default in recent months, after reporting a record loss and debts of more than $150bn.
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
"From your link:
"The Mexican government has reportedly canceled nine mining concessions held by Chinese company Ganfeng Lithium at the largest lithium reserve in the country.
In a document sent to investors, Ganfeng – which is one of the world’s largest lithium enterprises – said that Mexico’s General Directorate of Mines (DGM) told them in August that the company had failed to meet minimum investment requirements between 2017 and 2021.
Ganfeng insists their Mexican subsidiaries have presented “ample evidence of their compliance with the minimum investment obligations,” and had in fact “significantly” exceeded them.
The company also claimed the Mexican government “did not raise any objections” about investment levels before informing them that the process to cancel the concessions was already underway.
Mexico nationalized lithium in April 2022, declaring it a strategic resource whose exploration, production and commercialization was exclusive to the state. The resulting amendments to the Mining Law meant no new lithium concessions would be granted to private companies, other than as minority partners in joint ventures with new state-owned company Lithium for Mexico (LitioMx), although existing contracts would be honored if they met investment requirements and were nearing the production stage.
“The Mining Law reform was not supposed to apply to pre-existing concessions,” Ganfeng protested. “The company’s position is that the project’s concessions cannot be impacted by these reforms.”
The company said that it had filed administrative appeals with the Economy Ministry (SE), maintaining that the cancellations are “arbitrary and unfounded.” It also insisted that the decision should not be considered final until the review is concluded.
Neither the DGM nor the SE has made a public statement on the issue."
Mexico cancels lithium mining concessions held by Chinese firm
The quoted article does not support your statement.
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And more "Fuck you chinkystan news". Oh dear, hoohoo will be sobbing.
Sept 28 (Reuters) - Germany last week became the latest European country to propose restrictions or bans on the use of equipment made by China's Huawei (HWT.UL) and ZTE (000063.SZ), citing security concerns.
The European Union's industry chief Thierry Breton in June urged more EU countries to join the efforts to curb or block Huawei and ZTE equipment from the bloc's 5G telecoms networks.
European countries who put curbs on Huawei 5G equipment | Reuters
Well I guess it all comes down to, who you would prefer to be nicking your data.
Because they will be.
Are the "chinky bastards" worse than the "seppo degenerates" ?
Not to mention the...."sweet swedes"
I don't really know if I care
Ah, I see, them losing the opportunity to monopolise something does not mean "their monopoly is crumbling"
You gormless fuckwit.
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