Businesses Should Not Be Shocked By China’s Aggressive Decoupling Offensive
"China has made little secret about its intention to pursue a defensive decoupling strategy. Is it any wonder why the Chinese are proud of the fact that their country has become the “world’s factory?”"
--- Is it defensive, if it's in preparation for a war of aggression?
Goodbye Covid: tourists mob China’s most popular attractions during Labor Day
"Due to the high demand, according to state media, many Chinese tourists who had booked their accommodations early at low prices were later told to cancel their reservations, forcing them to have to book again at higher prices.
[...] One user said on Xiaohongshu, an Instagram-like app, that she booked a place in Tianjin, a coastal city in northern China, for 1,777 yuan ($257) for five days.
Not long after she saw online that the price had soared by almost double, she was told by the owner that her booking had been canceled because of a Covid outbreak.
“But later that night, I went on to Meituan to check,” she wrote, referring to a online booking platform. “The place is still available.” "
--- Welcome to China! (Well, interestingly, this happened to me almost never, perhaps because I always booked the cheapest medium class hotels. $50 per night is way above that.)
China factory activity unexpectedly cools in April
"China’s manufacturing activity unexpectedly [blabla...]"
--- Same procedure as every month.
UN rights expert raises concern over training programs, forced labor in Tibet
"Tibetans frequently complain of discrimination and human rights abuses by Chinese authorities and policies they say are aimed at wiping out their national and cultural identity."
--- & now the UN essentially confirms this. But will there be consequences?
Military construction on Myanmar’s Great Coco island prompts fears of Chinese involvement
"“With the Coco Island developments, India may soon face a new airbase close by in a country increasingly tied to Beijing,” said the report by Chatham House, which analysed satellite images released by Maxar Technologies.
Delhi has reportedly been monitoring developments closely. It recently confronted Myanmar with intelligence showing that Beijing was providing assistance in building a surveillance post on the island, according to Bloomberg. China dismissed the claims."
--- China also dismissed claims that it was building military bases on 'islands' in the South China Sea. Guess, what happened...
Italy signed up to China’s Belt and Road Initiative. Now it’s having second thoughts
Want to “run”? TikTok tutors teach Chinese how to sneak into the U.S. from Mexico
--- China Uncensored: "China is TERRIFIED Of Its Youth"
--- CNN: "Never-before-seen images of Chinese military blimp" (Yawn...)
--- WION: Gravitas: Is China building a spy base in Myanmar's Great Coco Island?
Das geplante Wunder
"So endet diese akribische Darlegung mit einer Art Rehabilitierung. Man erfährt, dass die Anhänger der neoliberalen Schocktherapie nach dem Tian’anmen-Massaker 1989 in China teils steile Karrieren machten. Die Pragmatiker, in westlicher Lesart eher KP-nah, landeten hingegen im Off oder im Exil und wurden von der historischen Forschung eher wenig beachtet."
--- Die TAZ mal wieder in Hochform: die Neoliberalen sind schuld am Tiananmen-Massaker.
Leider ist der Schwachsinn aber auch der einzige nennenswerte Artikel heute in der deutschen Presse.
