Thread: The View, from China

Originally Posted by OhOh

China, having a large population, should give you some idea that they know how to "go wild". As with most females, dressing to attract, is commonplace.

Large cities obviously have larger numbers of get to know "clubs". Plenty of clubs available where "going wild" is catered for. Although entry to some are at the whim of the doorman. Out in the sticks same as most of Asia.

Speaking some Chinese, Thai, .... wherever you meet them, is always helps.

All they do is dress up and then pose for selfies in the middle of the fucking street.

I normally leave the horn until I'm almost upon them to create a more startled leap.

Yiwu businesses thrive amid fans' frenzy over Euro 2024 competition

By Qi Xijia

Published: Jun 24, 2024 09:37 PM

"As the 2024 UEFA European Football Championship (Euro 2024) continues to captivate football fans worldwide, businesses in Yiwu, located in East China's Zhejiang Province, known as the world's small commodities hub, are seeing a significant increase in activity. Efficient local customs authorities and thriving e-commerce services are playing a crucial role in ensuring that goods are delivered promptly to fans.

Wen Congjian, a football jersey seller based in Yiwu, said that Euro 2024, Copa America and upcoming Paris 2024 Olympic Games are contributing to a significant increase in orders.

"I have shipped more than 300,000 jerseys so far, and the influx of orders has led to a 30 percent increase in our foreign trade business compared with last year," Wen told the Global Times on Monday.

As the games continue, Wen constantly gets new orders, especially when a team secures a victory.

"This month, sales of football socks have doubled from the usual level, with the growth mainly coming from the European market," another Yiwu-based vendor surnamed Zheng said.

Toys that make noise or emit light, horns, LED foam sticks and hand bells are also popular items for Euro 2024 fans, according to media reports.

To further streamline clearance processes, Yiwu Customs has established a dedicated window for Euro 2024 merchandise at Yiwu Port, offering tailored guidance to companies dealing with sports equipment. More than 99 percent of export shipments can be cleared within seconds through "one-click" approval, the Global Times learned from Yiwu Customs.

According to Yiwu Customs data, exports of sports equipment and supplies from Yiwu stood at 4.1 billion yuan ($564.6 million) from January to May, up 44.4 percent year-on-year.

The booming cross-border e-commerce industry is also an important platform to assist Chinese football goods in reaching overseas markets. To expedite shipping times, AliExpress and Cainiao opened special delivery lines to Europe, allowing for deliveries within five days.

In May, sales of football-related commodities on AliExpress increased by 80 percent year-on-year, with Spain and France emerging as the top markets. Package volumes headed for Europe tripled year-on-year in May, the Global Times learned from AliExpress on Monday."

Yiwu businesses thrive amid fans' frenzy over Euro 2024 competition - Global Times

Originally Posted by OhOh

"As the 2024 UEFA European Football Championship (Euro 2024) continues to captivate football fans worldwide, businesses in Yiwu, located in East China's Zhejiang Province, known as the world's small commodities hub, are seeing a significant increase in activity. Efficient local customs authorities and thriving e-commerce services are playing a crucial role in ensuring that goods are delivered promptly to fans.

It seems only Hoohoo is surprised by the chinkies flogging lots of knock off shirts during the Euros.

After which they will turn their attention to knocking off the new English, Spanish, Italian club shirts, etc.

Chinky parasites.

Free Enterprise

They are good at it

It's all bullshit, that replica shirt stuff.

'Chinkies' ripping off a rip off.

Good luck to 'em.

Originally Posted by cyrille

It's all bullshit, that replica shirt stuff.

'Chinkies' ripping off a rip off.

Good luck to 'em.

Yeah but you're only saying that because no fucker bothers knocking off your club's shirts because no fucker wants to buy them.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

no fucker bothers knocking off your club's shirts because no fucker wants to buy them.

I would

They say that vertical stripes makes you look slimmer

Oh dear, looks like China "accidentally fired a rocket".

I'm sure Mr. Shithole's minions are busy trying to take down those videos all over the place.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

I'm sure Mr. Shithole's minions are busy trying to take down those videos all over the place.

I'm sure that they have learned from Space X and others and will declare the ."accident" according to plan and that they learned a lot from it.


( haven't they got some sort of "self destruct thinghy" ?. Looked a bit close to those appartment buildings)

UN Human Rights Council unanimously approves China’s 4th UPR report

By Liu Xin

Published: Jul 05, 2024 12:53 PM Updated: Jul 06, 2024 12:20 AM

"China on Thursday completed its 4th United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process, with the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, unanimously approving its report.

Ambassador Chen Xu, Permanent Representative of China to the UN Office at Geneva and other international organizations in Switzerland, led the Chinese government delegation to attend the Thursday meeting.

Representatives from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Supreme People's Court, as well as delegates from the Xizang Autonomous Region, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Hong Kong, and Macao Special Administrative Regions also attended as members of the Chinese government delegation.

Ambassador Chen introduced China's stance on suggestions made by other countries during the UPR and highlighted the phased progress of 30 new measures for human rights protection. He further elaborated on China's path, principles, and achievements in human rights development.

China will uphold people-centered approach, promote new quality productive forces, ensure that the benefits of modernization are more equally distributed among all people, steadily improve the level of human rights protection during the process of Chinese modernization, and continue contributing to the healthy development of the world's human rights cause, Chen said.

Russia, Venezuela, Uzbekistan, Gambia, Vietnam, and many other countries at the meeting positively assessed China's efforts and achievements in human rights development. They praised China for its open and candid participation in the fourth round of the UPR and affirmed China's acceptance of the majority of recommendations based on its national conditions and the will of its people. They also supported the Council's approval of China's participation in the UPR report.

After the Human Rights Council approved China's report, the venue resounded with warm applause, and many representatives from other countries congratulated the Chinese delegation.

Ambassador Chen said that the vast majority of countries and organizations reviewed China's report based on the principles of fairness, objectivity, non-selectivity, non-confrontation, and non-politicization and made constructive comments.

China's participation in this round of the UPR has strengthened its exchanges and mutual learning with various countries on the paths and concepts of human rights, Chen said, noting that there is no universally applicable model for human rights protection worldwide and the paths chosen independently by countries in their human rights development are not about superiority or inferiority, but about distinctive features.

Ambassador Chen noted that China firmly opposes the politicization, instrumentalization, and weaponization of human rights issues, and firmly opposes using human rights issues as an excuse to interfere in China's internal affairs. China will continue to resolutely follow its own path of human rights development, promoting the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese modernization.

The UPR is an important platform within the UN framework for countries to engage in equal and candid exchanges on human rights issues, promoting constructive dialogue and cooperation. China previously participated in the first three rounds of reviews in 2009, 2013, and 2018.

In January this year, the Chinese government delegation attended the fourth round of the UPR meeting and engaged in constructive dialogue with representatives from various countries in an open and candid manner. More than 120 countries praised China's progress in human rights and fully affirmed China's unremitting efforts in promoting and protecting human rights"

UN Human Rights Council unanimously approves China’s 4th UPR report - Global Times

14m trips made by foreign tourists in China in first half; growing appeal dispels erroneous Western portrayals

By GT staff reporters

Published: Jul 05, 2024 10:24 PM Updated: Jul 05, 2024 11:17 PM

"Inbound travel to China has surged in the first half of 2024, driven by the benefits of an expanding visa-free policy for travelers from foreign countries.
Observers said the growing appeal of China as a tourism, business, and exchange destination has exposed international travelers to the authentic contemporary Chinese lifestyle, dispelling the erroneous portrayals by certain Western media outlets that depict China as an isolated nation.

China's welcoming and inclusive gesture to international tourists stands in stark contrast to the actions of certain Western countries like the US, which often talk about freedom but are seen to consistently promote camp confrontation and decoupling, observers said.

In the first half of the year, 14.635 million foreign national entries to China through various ports were recorded, a year-on-year increase of 152.7 percent, according to data released by the National Immigration Administration (NIA) on Friday.

Among them, 8.542 million entries were made under the visa-free policy, accounting for 52 percent, a year-on-year increase of 190.1 percent. The administration predicts that foreigners' enthusiasm for coming to China in the second half of this year will continue to rise.

China has successively implemented unilateral visa-free policies for 15 countries including France, Germany, and Australia since last year, Lin Yongsheng, a spokesperson of the administration told the press conference.

Nationals from these countries holding ordinary passports can enter China for business, tourism, visiting relatives, and transit without a visa for up to 15 days. Additionally, China has reached mutual visa exemption with another seven countries including Singapore and Thailand.

The implementation of these policies has played a positive role in enhancing mutual trust between countries, promoting economic and trade exchanges, and facilitating personnel exchanges, Lin said.

Data released by Ctrip on Friday shows that the visa-free transit policy continues to drive growth in inbound tourism. In the second quarter of 2024, inbound tourism orders to China from overseas travelers from 54 countries enjoying the 72/144-hour visa-free transit policy increased by 28 percent compared with the first quarter.

Among them, there are more tourists from countries such as South Korea, Singapore, Japan, Australia, the UK, the US, Russia, Germany, Spain, and France. Among the main inbound tourism countries, Greece, Brazil, Hungary, Russia, and Canada saw higher increases compared with the first quarter, data from Ctrip showed.

American vlogger Paul Mike Ashton, known as "Bao Bao Xiong" in Chinese, who lives in Shanghai, recently shot to fame on Chinese social media and even attracted the interest of celebrities with his "city or not city" travel meme - a Chinese-English catchphrase that asks whether a place has the atmosphere of a big city or an activity is stylish.

Ashton went viral with a vlog during his visit to the Great Wall in Beijing in May with his sister, garnering hundreds of thousands of likes on different social media platforms.

Many other elements of contemporary Chinese lifestyle have exceeded the previous understanding of China by most foreign tourists, such as Northeast China's Guobaorou (fried pork), the orderly subway systems, mobile payments and ubiquitous delivery robots.

When foreign tourists can easily enter China and genuinely immerse themselves in the vibrant, diverse, and multifaceted modern country, they are able to observe a China that starkly contrasts with the portrayal by Western mainstream media. Many foreign tourists find that their concerns prior to visiting China vanish upon experiencing the country. The real China is an open and inclusive country, Li Haidong, a professor at the China Foreign Affairs University, told the Global Times on Friday.

Danny Casale, an animator from the US with millions of followers on social media platforms, previously told the Global Times that the food in Beijing is delicious, especially the dumplings. "And when I walk in Beijing, everyone is very kind and sweet," he said, adding that he will bring more friends to visit the country in the future.

China's increasing popularity as a destination for tourism, business, and various exchanges contradicts claims by certain Western media outlets that portray China as isolated. In contrast, the facts fly in the face of some Western countries like the US, which often labels itself as freedom-loving but in reality, consistently promotes confrontation and division, Li further said.

"The governance and environment of China is not decided by certain distorted Western media, narrow-minded thinking, and subjective conjectures imposed on the international public," he said.

Some forces claiming that the opinions shared by international tourists are no more than propaganda is due to the fact that it has shaken their deeply ingrained political biases. It will take time for them to process and acknowledge the reality that the facts overturned their preconceived notions of China, Miao Lü, secretary general of the Center for China and Globalization, told the Global Times on Friday."

14m trips made by foreign tourists in China in first half; growing appeal dispels erroneous Western portrayals - Global Times

China’s foreign trade in H1 up 6.1%, showing positive momentum of economy, denying ‘decoupling’ noise.


Better-than-expected performance indicates steady advance of Chinese modernization


By Liu Yang


Published: Jul 12, 2024 10:23 PM

"China set a new record for foreign trade in goods in the first half of 2024, representing a year-on-year increase of 6.1 percent to 21.17 trillion yuan ($2.9 trillion), data released by the General Administration of Customs (GAC) showed on Friday.

The data was released ahead of the third plenary session of the 20th Communist Party of China Central Committee, which will be held from July 15 to 18 in Beijing. Chinese experts noted that the better-than-expected trade performance indicated that despite geopolitical uncertainties, Chinese modernization is steadily advancing with the continuous improvement in its industrial structure.

Over the past years, China has continued to open its doors to the world, greatly contributing to the stability of the global industrial chain and supply chain, injecting more growth momentum into the world's economy, analysts said.

Data also showed that the world increasingly needs China's high value-added products, strongly denying the US-led "decoupling" attempts, they noted.

According to the GAC, the country's foreign trade for the first time in the same period in history exceeded 21 trillion yuan. Moreover, the growth rate of the country's foreign trade accelerated quarter by quarter, growing 7.4 percent in the second quarter, 2.5 percentage points higher than the first quarter and 5.7 percentage points higher than the fourth quarter of last year.

In June, the country reported a 5.8 percent of growth in its foreign trade, continuing to maintain good momentum of stable development, according to the GAC.

"The data not only showed the steady growth of China's foreign trade, but also reflected the country's resilience and adaptability against global economic fluctuations," Wang Peng, an associate research fellow at the Beijing Academy of Social Sciences, told the Global Times on Friday.

Moreover, the better-than-expected performance showed that Chinese modernization is steadily advancing, and the country's products have become more competitive in the global market thanks to its industrial upgrading, said Tian Yun, a veteran economist based in Beijing.

"Boosted by foreign trade, the country's economic growth in the first six months will reach about 5 percent," Tian said, predicting that the total value of China's imports and exports for the whole year will also set a new high.

Exports of China-made electromechanical products have become one of the highlights of the country's foreign trade from January to June. The GAC said that during the period, China's exports of electromechanical products reached 7.14 trillion yuan, an increase of 8.2 percent, accounting for 58.9 percent of the total value of exports.

Among them, exports of automatic data-processing equipment and its parts and components totaled 683.77 billion yuan, representing an increase of 10.3 percent. Exports of integrated circuits rose 25.6 percent to 542.74 billion yuan, and exports of automobiles stood at 391.76 billion yuan, soaring 22.2 percent compared with the same period last year.

Wang noted that the significant growth of electromechanical product exports is further proof of China's solid position in the global industrial chain, especially in the field of high-tech products.

"Behind this growth are the nation's continued efforts in scientific and technological innovation, industrial upgrading and brand building," Wang said.

Exports in both the electronic information industry and automobile and ship manufacturing saw strong increases in the first six months, further confirming that China's industrial upgrading is progressing smoothly, and its competitiveness in the emerging industries continues to strengthen, Tian told the Global Times on Friday.

Moreover, the fact that China's share of trade in services and goods in the world is still growing shows that the country has not been affected by the "decoupling" efforts of the US and some Western countries, Tian noted.

As the country's exports in June recorded an 8.6 percent growth from a year earlier in dollar terms, some foreign media outlets reported that China's trade surplus soared to the highest since at least 1990 in June, alleging that the increase in manufacturing and shipments and the increasingly unbalanced nature of Chinese trade has rung alarm bells around the world.

Tian blasted the above-mentioned remarks, noting that the allegation reflects the concern of some countries that China's high value-added products will have an impact on local enterprises when they enter their markets.

"The excellent performance of China's exports was based on the competitiveness of domestic industries and the recognition of international markets. The popularity of Chinese products in the global market is due to their advantages of cost-effectiveness and reliable quality. Protectionist practices will only undermine the fairness and transparency of international trade," Wang noted.

The Chinese government has been strengthening its support and services for its opening-up policy, providing both domestic and foreign-funded enterprises with a broader space for development and a fairer competitive environment.

Four Chinese government departments including the Ministry of Commerce and the People's Bank of China on Friday jointly issued opinions on strengthening the coordination of commerce and finance to support the high-quality development of cross-border trade and investment.

The opinions cover 11 measures including optimizing comprehensive financial services for foreign trade, facilitating the development of cross-border trade and investment, and optimizing the payment and settlement environment."

China’s foreign trade in H1 up 6.1%, showing positive momentum of economy, denying ‘decoupling’ noise - Global Times

IMF raises GDP growth forecast for China in show of growing confidence

By Wang Cong and Zhang Yiyi

Published: Jul 17, 2024 01:01 AM

"The IMF on Tuesday raised China’s GDP growth forecast for 2024 to 5 percent in its latest World Economic Outlook (WEO), pointing to a steady rebound in domestic consumption and a surge in exports. The move also indicates growing global confidence in the outlook for the world’s second-largest economy.

Coming a day after China reported robust 5 percent GDP growth for the first half of 2024, the IMF’s upward revision of its forecast showed improving expectations for a stable and sound rebound in the Chinese economy, despite lingering challenges, experts said. And expectations will likely further improve as the ongoing third plenary session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China is expected to map out reforms that will propel China’s high-quality development, they noted.

In its WEO update for July, the IMF projected China’s GDP will grow by 5 percent in 2024, which represents an upward revision of 0.4 percentage points compared with the April WEO report.

“In China, resurgent domestic consumption propelled the positive upside in the first quarter, aided by what looked to be a temporary surge in exports belatedly reconnecting with last year’s rise in global demand,” the WEO said.
The revised projection is also in line with a 5 percent growth forecast announced by IMF officials in May, as well as China’s growth target of around 5 percent for 2024.

“For the outlook in the second half, both domestic and international views are very confident about 5 percent growth. This is also what the IMF’s assessment is based on,” Bian Yongzu, executive deputy editor-in-chief of Modernization of Management magazine, told the Global Times on Tuesday, noting that the IMF’s latest revision is more accurate than its previous projection given recent economic data from China.

The IMF’s move came just a day after Chinese official data showed on Monday that China’s GDP expanded by 5 percent in the first half of 2024 to 61.68 trillion yuan ($8.49 trillion), thanks to robust 5.3 percent growth in the first quarter and a slightly lower growth rate of 4.7 percent in the second quarter.

Notably, even as the IMF raised China’s growth forecast, it left its projections for 3.2 percent global growth unchanged, while noting that the global economy is “in a sticky spot.” It also painted a gloomier outlook for major economies, including the US. In the US, “after a sustained period of strong outperformance, a sharper-than-expected slowdown in growth reflected moderating consumption and a negative contribution from net trade,” the IMF said.

The contrast also showed that China’s 5 percent growth is hard-won given the persistent challenges in the global economy as a whole, experts said. Robust growth in exports, rising 6.9 percent year-on-year in the first half, were a highlight in China’s economic recovery during the period, they noted.

“The external environment was not so peaceful and there is growing trade protectionism. However, China’s foreign trade achieved a relatively good result, which is directly linked to China’s economic competitiveness. And this is also a source of growing confidence in China’s economy,” Bian said.

Bian further noted that many people are expecting more proactive economic policies and reform measures from the ongoing third plenary session.

The session, which kicked off on Monday and will run through Thursday, plays a critical role in China's reform and opening-up and is expected to focus on further deepening reform and expanding high-level opening-up, in order to promote high-quality development and advance Chinese modernization."

IMF raises GDP growth forecast for China in show of growing confidence - Global Times

Different strokes from different folks.

Does this mean the chinkies are going stop being aggressive wankers to their neighbours?

Of course not, it's all just chinky bullshit.

China to raise retirement age as population gets older

China will gradually raise its statutory retirement age in the next five years to try to cope with its ageing population and buckling pension system.
Life expectancy in the country has now risen above the United States, to 78 years, from just 36 years at the time of the Communist revolution in 1949.
But China's retirement age remains one of the lowest in the world - at 60 for men, 55 for women in white-collar jobs and 50 for working-class women.
The plan to raise retirement ages is part of a series of resolutions adopted last week at a five-yearly top-level Communist party meeting, known as the Third Plenum.

"In line with the principle of voluntary participation with appropriate flexibility, we will advance reform to gradually raise the statutory retirement age in a prudent and orderly manner," the party's central committee said in a key policy document highlighting the reforms.


It did not specify how much the age of retirement would be raised and by when, but a China Pension Development Report released at the end of 2023 wrote that "65 years old may be the final result after adjustment".


The plan has been on the cards for a few years, as China's pension budget dwindles.


The state-run Chinese Academy of Social Sciences said in 2019 that the country's main state pension fund will run out of money by 2035 - and that was an estimate before the Covid-19 pandemic, which hit China's economy hard.


At the same time, the country's huge population has fallen for a second consecutive year in 2023 as the birth rate continues to decline.


The state-run Global Times newspaper quoted demographers in China saying that the plan to raise the age of retirement highlights "voluntariness" and "flexibility", which shows that the authorities acknowledge there is no one-size-fits-all policy when it comes to retirement.


However the plan has drawn some scepticism on the Chinese internet.


"Those who wish to retire early are burnt out from their laborious jobs, but those who are in comfortable, lucrative roles will not choose to retire. What kind of jobs will the younger generation end up with?" one user wrote on Weibo, an X-like platform.


Some said a delayed retirement would only mean delayed access to their pensions. "There is no guarantee that you would still have a job before the statutory retrement age," one user wrote.

China to raise retirement age in next five years

The state-run Chinese Academy of Social Sciences said in 2019 that the country's main state pension fund will run out of money by 2035 - and that was an estimate before the Covid-19 pandemic, which hit China's economy hard.

Yeah, but it did kill a lot pensioners, so there's that.

So when did the chinkies condemn the Hamas atrocities that started this latest round of carnage?

Ah. It never happened.

Terrorist supporting scum then.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Terrorist supporting scum then.

A reference to U.S. maintenance of Israel?

Originally Posted by HuangLao

A reference to U.S. maintenance of Israel?

I don't think the chinkies support the US do they?

Are you especially retarded today?

Protest in China's Hunan calls for democracy, end of Xi Jinping's rule

An unidentified protester slung a banner from a pedestrian footbridge in the central Chinese province of Hunan this week, calling for democratic government, while a loudspeaker blared calls for the ouster of Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping, according to social media footage of the incident.


The banner bore a series of slogans very similar to the Oct. 13, 2022 Sitong Bridge protest in Beijing by Peng Lifa, who was detained immediately afterwards and hailed as a hero by democracy activists.


The Hunan banner read: "Equality, not privilege. Freedom, not control. Reforms, not the Cultural Revolution. Elections not leaders."


"Only when we cease being slaves will we become citizens," read the banner, which appeared on July 30, according to an anonymous citizen journalist.


Slogans also blared from a loudspeaker, calling for strikes by students and workers.


"We want democracy! We want to vote! Oust Xi Jinping!" the speaker said.

People in China frequently challenge those in power, despite pervasive surveillance, a "grid" system of law enforcement at the neighborhood level and a targeted "stability maintenance" system aimed at controlling critics of the ruling Chinese Communist Party before they take action.


Yet those who take part in public shows of peaceful dissent like the November 2022 “white paper” movement risk detention, imprisonment, and the harassment of their loved ones, even if they are overseas.


Planting 'seeds'


The banners were shown in two video clips of 26 seconds each posted to the X account "Mr Li is not your teacher."


The loudspeaker slogans were clearly audible on both clips.


According to online accounts, the banners were hung from a pedestrian footbridge on Tianhua Road in Loudi, a city of 3.7 million people in the center of Hunan province just one kilometer (0.62 miles) from the county police department and three kilometers (1.8 miles) from the local Xinhua county seat.


Some online comments praised the courage of the unknown protesters, while others expressed concerns for their safety, pointing to surveillance cameras at the scene.

Influential blogger Toronto Square Face commented: "If you protest, the dictator is likely to step down. There will be more and more rebels like this as China's economy declines."


Japan-based social media commentator Wild Dog, who gave only their online handle for fear of reprisals, said Peng's daring protest had planted "seeds" among the Chinese people.


"It's a continuation of the Sitong Bridge protest by hero Peng Lifa," Wild Dog said. "The slogans are very similar."


"I think the seeds were planted back then, and now the flowers are blooming."


Sitong Bridge


Paris-based artist and activist Jiang Bu said Peng's protest was just the beginning, echoing calls for peaceful change from former Communist Party ideologue Cai Xia.


"Everyone saw that banner on Sitong Bridge, and came out of their political hibernation," Jiang said. "Peng's protest and the one in Xinhua will ... make other people think that they could do the same thing."


Jiang said one of the things that has changed in recent years in China is the growing collaboration between activists in China and those overseas.


"Such things will continue to happen in future," Jiang said. "Everyone may think that the SkyNet system with its facial recognition [is a barrier] but there is still room for action."


"Maybe very small acts of resistance will eventually become the straw that breaks the camel's back," he said.

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