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Palestinians don't have indoor plumbing because Israel turns off the water, Russians don't have indoor plumbing because it's just not there.

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well, with more mud and less israeli-funded sanitation, not far off the mark

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What breaks my heart is.

1. Draconian Covid law which is happening in Shanghai now ( But I know why they are doing this if you wish I can elaborate )
2. Arrogance from the Noveauv Riche in China who has " conenctions" to the government.
3. Freedom of information from common folks to the Central Government in Beijing ( This is slowly changing )
4. Jailing / Punishment of individuals who provide factual information to the government.
5. Corruption ( But this have been tackled quite well so far )
6. Trying to " encourage " or slowly trying to get rid of local dialects. ( But they have not been successful so far and are slowly phasing it out ).

I am not sure if the above is considered " Human Rights ".
We can't change the fact on Organ Harvesting, it is over , past and dealt with.
We cannot change Xinjiang, most have been released but there are still a sizable number.

And last but not least I am not the best person to criticize the Chinese government because my government is similar, minus the corruption and organ harvesting of course.

Quote (Saucisson6000 @ 24 Apr 2022 01:10)

For Shanghai i discussed with a chinese who confirmed the phenomena was structural: mostly coming from a crushing hierarchy so no one would take the risk of
- Taking initiatives or report problems
- Doing everything to cover themselves
- Trying to keep their priviledges at any cost
And this even if people are rotting in terrible conditions.

The point above point out that the lack of freedom is a threat to performance, even creativity.
So what is worrying you is lack of performance coupled with nepotism, and a big touch of acculturation because of ccp uniformization ? The last one may be a problem for Russia, I am not sure they had a major cultural gain or evolution in the last 100 years.
One system may allow evolution to another. Thats an important advantage but also a weakness.

Quote (Hamsterbaby @ Apr 23 2022 01:17pm)

yes.

But the shanghai part has to do with the current situation in USA kind of Geopolitical. I was speaking and drinking with my private banking friends from Julius Baer yesterday night.
What if the Chinese Government in Shanghai is purposely doing what they do, and because of the "Covid" issue ships cannot load and unload goods , and they shipment is being delayed to the USA.
They are willing to sacrifice the freedom of the Shanghainese for something that will give the Chinese government more leverage on USA.

Quote (ofthevoid @ 24 Apr 2022 01:21)

Heard of this tbh. Basically China hurting the west but using Covid as a veil to fuck western supply chains. I posted a graphic few weeks back of average wait times in Shanghai port. TBH I think there's some truth to it.

Quote (Hamsterbaby @ 23 Apr 2022 17:17)

yes.

But the shanghai part has to do with the current situation in USA kind of Geopolitical. I was speaking and drinking with my private banking friends from Julius Baer yesterday night.
What if the Chinese Government in Shanghai is purposely doing what they do, and because of the "Covid" issue ships cannot load and unload goods , and they shipment is being delayed to the USA.
They are willing to sacrifice the freedom of the Shanghainese for something that will give the Chinese government more leverage on USA.

Quote (chopstickz777 @ 23 Apr 2022 17:27)

MORE AMERICAN WEAPONS DOWN THE TOILET:

High-precision missiles of the Russian Aerospace Forces this afternoon disabled a logistics terminal at a military airfield near Odessa, where a large batch of foreign weapons received from the United States and European countries was stored, the Russian Defense Ministry reports