The View, from China

**David48atTD** · 05-04-2022, 10:45 AM

Don't know where else to put this, so I'll dump here.

The view from (a half built) China (highrise/condo/office in PNG)

Chinese investors promised PNG a 'gorgeous and glistening' skyscraper. Now it stands 'dangerous' and vacant

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One building rises above the others on Port Moresby's skyline.

But the Noble Centre, built by a Chinese state-owned enterprise to be the tallest building in the country, sits empty.
The 23-storey tower has been deemed uninhabitable after the discovery of more than 70 defects, which regulators say are a threat to the building and to people's safety.

Documents obtained by the ABC outline dozens of serious issues including mechanical, electrical and fire safety concerns.

The faults are at various times described as "highly illegal", "non-compliant", "poorly installed" and "dangerous".

HERE

**HermantheGerman** · 05-04-2022, 12:09 PM

Originally Posted by sabang

Chinese President Xi Jinping has expressed his willingness to provide further humanitarian assistance...

Where do you find this BS?

I think he meant his willingness to provide further massacre assistance. EXPERTS !

The View, from China

**Switch** · 05-04-2022, 03:28 PM

Originally Posted by sabang

Probably both. But this is not just to do with Putin or Russia- it's a Global Times Op-Ed, or 'View from China'. The premise is true- Trade is a facilitator of global peace. Russian and Europe are much better off trading for mutual benefit than fighting, ditto China and India and so on.

If the premise is true and derived from a Chinese viewpoint, why did the madman choose to ignore this sage advice, risk the ire of Europe and NATO, while putting the Chinese leadership in such an awkward position. They refuse to support him, but are still obliged to vote against UN admonition, for the sake of Putins illness!

**sabang** · 05-04-2022, 03:45 PM

Ask 1-Nato/ 2-Zelensky regime & 3-Putin. Or better still, save yourself the trouble and refer back to some of the numerous articles, links and quotes I have provided on this very topic in the Ukraine megathread. Read what some of the greatest strategic thinkers and foreign policy experts of the current era have to say on the topic. Like, yawwn.

**Switch** · 06-04-2022, 09:09 AM

Originally Posted by sabang

Ask 1-Nato/ 2-Zelensky regime & 3-Putin. Or better still, save yourself the trouble and refer back to some of the numerous articles, links and quotes I have provided on this very topic in the Ukraine megathread. Read what some of the greatest strategic thinkers and foreign policy experts of the current era have to say on the topic. Like, yawwn.

I have read enough propaganda and biased paid for reporting by so called experts thank you. Once is more than enough.

It boils down to our respective opinions on great strategic thinkers, and experts. We differ considerably and my opinion is based on critical thinking. Yours, not so much.

**sabang** · 07-04-2022, 07:27 AM

Li Pengii

More abrasive than sharp sand17h

Evil Chinese corporation driven to bankruptcy by US sanctions distributes 9.6bn in dividends to its staff.

BUT BUT the USA killed Huawei and Chinese corporations are evil for sharing their profits with their staff members! They should follow America where employees get almost nothing!

Huawei just distributed out $9.65Bn in dividends to its 131K employees, which means that on average folks got $73K. I don't have the median but many folks who joined close to two decades ago are apparently seeing payouts north of a quarter mil. Pretty good for an embattled co.

https://twitter.com/ruima/status/1511110509138898944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5 Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1511110509138898944%7Ctwgr% 5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fthewumaoclu b.quora.com%2F

How them sanctions werkin' out fellas?

**harrybarracuda** · 07-04-2022, 08:01 AM

Company pays dividends to shareholders.

Well fucking hell, who does that?

P.S. I wonder who got most of it?

**sabang** · 07-04-2022, 08:12 AM

I suppose a mere $73K is chump change to Oligarchs like you 'arry.

**Switch** · 07-04-2022, 08:37 AM

Originally Posted by sabang

Li Pengii

More abrasive than sharp sand17h

Evil Chinese corporation driven to bankruptcy by US sanctions distributes 9.6bn in dividends to its staff.

BUT BUT the USA killed Huawei and Chinese corporations are evil for sharing their profits with their staff members! They should follow America where employees get almost nothing!

Huawei just distributed out $9.65Bn in dividends to its 131K employees, which means that on average folks got $73K. I don't have the median but many folks who joined close to two decades ago are apparently seeing payouts north of a quarter mil. Pretty good for an embattled co.

https://twitter.com/ruima/status/1511110509138898944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5 Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1511110509138898944%7Ctwgr% 5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fthewumaoclu b.quora.com%2F

How them sanctions werkin' out fellas?

Was the corporation targeted by sanctions, or by the purge on foreign businesses? If it’s the latter, it has little connection to sanctions. You can calm down now with your self declared, but failed victory.

**sabang** · 07-04-2022, 08:47 AM

Unfortunately, I received absolutely no financial benefit Swish- but the employees of Huawei, who own most of the corporation, most certainly did- $9.65bn. Enlightened Capitalism? From commie China? In spite of US sanctions and accompanying propaganda? my my.

Are they, perhaps, doing something right- and reaping the benefits?

**harrybarracuda** · 07-04-2022, 09:49 AM

Originally Posted by sabang

I suppose a mere $73K is chump change to Oligarchs like you 'arry.

Well according to my records, dividends are paid according to shareholdings, not shareholder numbers.

But, you know.

**Switch** · 07-04-2022, 10:09 AM

Originally Posted by sabang

Unfortunately, I received absolutely no financial benefit Swish- but the employees of Huawei, who own most of the corporation, most certainly did- $9.65bn. Enlightened Capitalism? From commie China? In spite of US sanctions and accompanying propaganda? my my.

Are they, perhaps, doing something right- and reaping the benefits?

Off topic much? No one mentioned any benefit to you. Why make shit up. If you don’t know the answer just say so instead of faking irrelevant points about you.

Hint, this is not about you, as much as you would love it to be. No answers so I will assume you don’t know. The rest of your reply, meh.

**sabang** · 07-04-2022, 10:16 AM

So back to the point. Huawei paid out US$9,650.000,000 to it's own employees as Dividends. Dontcha wish you had a boss like that, TEFLers?

Frickin' commies

**harrybarracuda** · 07-04-2022, 10:56 AM

Originally Posted by sabang

So back to the point. Huawei paid out US$9,650.000,000 to it's own employees as Dividends. Dontcha wish you had a boss like that, TEFLers?

Frickin' commies

And I'm sure the chinky spy that owns it got exactly the same as the cleaning staff.

You really are a fucking imbecile.

**sabang** · 07-04-2022, 09:32 PM

Oh dear.

**sabang** · 08-04-2022, 04:54 AM

Could Hong Kong - once one of the world's busiest aviation hubs - really lose its prestigious position due to its extreme Covid quarantine actions that have decimated inbound passenger flights?

In the opinion of International Air Transport Association director-general Willie Walsh, this has already occurred.

As far as passenger figures are concerned, Walsh may be correct as passenger throughput at Chek Lap Kok airport has been lagging way behind others that have begun opening up not only to fellow nationals but also international travelers.

That being said, cargo throughput has been better.

Last year, the airport saw its cargo volumes increase by a double-digit percentage to reach five million tonnes - even higher than the 4.8 million tonnes in 2019 before the pandemic.

Along with the increase in cargo volumes was a surge in cargo flights that reached an all-time high of almost 83,000 sorties during the period, with a number of the extra flights converted from passenger ones.

Clearly, the SAR and its new administration to be headed by John Lee Ka-chiu face a mixed situation.

Unless aviation traffic is able to return to normal for passengers, the city cannot truly claim to be an international aviation hub by merely handling more cargo.

The warning by IATA may be dire and unpleasant but it is timely, serving as a caution for policymakers here and across the border in the north.

In particular, IATA pointed to the so-called circuit-breaker mechanism that, according to the association, has already slapped week-long bans on a number of airlines - namely Singapore Airlines, Emirates, Cathay Pacific Airways, Qatar Airways, Korean Air Lines and Malaysia Airlines - since a blanket ban on flights from nine countries including the US, UK and Australia was lifted on April 1.
The week-long bans were imposed after some passengers tested positive to Covid upon landing here.

It is only to be expected that, as the gap in Covid tolerance continues to widen between the SAR and the rest of the world, incidents of arriving passengers testing positive will occur more often and airlines will continue to face increased uncertainty of flying to Hong Kong.

Maybe it's only a matter of time before aviation eventually returns to normal, but the problem facing Hong Kong is the increased urgency for it to unclip its wings.

If Hong Kong is waiting for the pandemic to disappear, other places are not.

Once the wings have been damaged, it will require twice the effort to spread them to fly as high as before.

Although IATA's comments may be an overstatement, its concern is valid and bodes ill for the newly expanded Chek Lap Kok airport, where flight tests have been underway to certify the third runway before it becomes operational later this year.

Lying ahead of the future Lee administration are not only questions of national security and the pandemic but also an urgent need to preempt post-pandemic economic doldrums.

https://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news/section/17/240584/Clipped-wings-ground-high-flying-image

They are not enjoying Chinas 'Zero Covid' policy in HK one little bit- although of course there are many that staunchly defend it. I suspect it will be the same in Shanghai too. You can't just put 'cities that never sleep' into a coma!

**Switch** · 08-04-2022, 05:25 AM

^You do realise that the shift to cargo use was not confined to HK? It’s a bit like online shopping. Some users will go back to normal jogging, and others will hang on to new found uses for aircraft.

Its a global thing, but you are so hung up and desperate to offer your support to China, you forgot that fact.

Good luck persuading the authoritarian, communist behemoth to change its backward decision.

**sabang** · 08-04-2022, 05:30 AM

It's pretty bloody amazing, anyway. Just ask Jeremy Clarkson:-

I would like to find something similar on China's high speed rail network too. We'll see.

**sabang** · 08-04-2022, 08:11 AM

And I did- this is from DW, it is not propaganda- even some snide in there. Fascinating-

Aren't you just a wee bit, grudgingly impressed?

600Kmh Maglev, ffs.

**OhOh** · 09-04-2022, 10:12 AM

New intl rail-sea freight train to Indo-China Peninsula launched

Xinhua | Updated: 2022-04-08 11:14

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"The first outbound international rail-sea freight train from China's Yangtze River to Indo-China Peninsula left Guoyuan Port in Southwest China's Chongqing municipality for Myanmar's Yangon on Thursday.

The new route from the inland port along the Yangtze River to Yangon also links Chongqing with the Indian Ocean. It comes under the framework of the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor, a trade and logistics passage jointly built by western Chinese provinces and Singapore.

Compared with traditional logistics routes that extend to eastern coastal cities via the Yangtze River and then to the sea, the new route can save over 20 days on the way.

By the end of 2021, destinations that can be reached via the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor had been expanded to 315 ports in 107 countries and regions worldwide."

New intl rail-sea freight train to Indo-China Peninsula launched - Chinadaily.com.cn

Central China to the Indian Ocean, bypassing the Malacca Strait, see the factory in the distance.

Contrast with the third world NaGastan railways:

**harrybarracuda** · 09-04-2022, 10:31 AM

Good opportunity for the chinkies to dump yet more crap on other countries and suck up what they want.

Chinky parasites at it again.

**DrWilly** · 09-04-2022, 10:54 AM

Originally Posted by oh woe[/quote

As for China not being able to produce "world-class +++" goods for sale, I suggest you examine current Chinese exports to world-wide markets, as well as those that China produces for its domestic market only.

**harrybarracuda** · 09-04-2022, 03:24 PM

Originally Posted by panama hat

Most got sweet fuck all and the top 1000 received tens of millions - you really are that ignorant?

Of course, he's as thick as fucking shit. All the four wanketeers have single digit IQs.

**OhOh** · 09-04-2022, 09:01 PM

It appears tlat the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman knows more about The BBC than a BBC Producer.

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**cyrille** · 09-04-2022, 09:09 PM

OK, I watched that and the video and her response made no sense whatsoever

It was pointed out that contrary to her assertion the BBC was regulated.

She made no response that made any sense.

Like you often do she relied on some shyte video that was completely lacking in credibility.

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