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balola

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    The problem is, modern Chinese food rely too much on MSG(or its alternatives, along with chilies), it has its justification that Chinese are only relative rich recently, that peopl…

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    Is it "recruiting"? If so it starts at higher education, "good" students can apply for party membership, which is a prerequisite for lush and comfy gov jobs. And any org that emplo…

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    Any person with Chinese lineage is considered "our guy" obligated to do good to the homeland, or else they are traitors even if they never touch on Chinese soil. This sentiment is …

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    ISPs in China is almost exclusively NAT now, you have to specifically ask for "public network IP" and provide a reason.

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    Comment #25356883

    I think the difference here is that is this of "everyday people" or just high-earners, Costco only has several stores in China and remains a high-end exotic market, drones are stil…

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    Comment #25356264

    Americans just love to spend, I heard drone makers in China say Americans have money and leisure, they buy anything.

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    Comment #25356243

    I recently learned that Etsy actively terminates sellers based in China, seemingly indiscriminately, the message is quite clear that they just don't want to do this kind of busines…

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    Comment #24986567

    You simply can't do that, Yuan is nowhere near a freely convertible currency, it's a fundamental difference. Once foreign money enters China, it's very hard to get it out, the CCP …

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    Comment #24983631

    It's not uncommon, there are various scams esp around e-commerce review boosting gigs that trick you into paying upfront but into different accounts/scan alternate QR codes, once t…

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    Comment #24982671

    You don't have to, it's just the way banking is done in China, sounds ridiculous? Well, having banks blocking you transaction, and asking what it's for is it legitmate, or Paypal t…

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    The big diffrence is debit card-based and credit card-based, Ant and Chinese banks take no responsibility of these one-off domestic transations and offer no consumer protection, wh…

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    Comment #24982179

    It's not, the banks lend their excessive cash to a big tech company, Ant then use that money to make small/short-term loans with "big data" credit ratings to individuals unqualifie…

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    Americans markets have been booming for the past 10 years, relatively robust and "policed", it also has something to do with the dollar dominance, so they kind of can take these be…

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    Its gigantic valuation most likely will face a harsh test, one that the fragile domestic market can hardly afford, a risk that worries the administration who has been desperately p…

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    Comment #24980040

    It's an unusual move, but the whole IPO is odd. IPO at its relative late stage with a gigantic valuation, leaving little for retail investors to gain from. And its whole IPO proces…

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    Comment #24798771

    This reads like slut-shaming.

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    Comment #24798766

    Try find something negative about CCP leaders on any Chinese website.

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    Comment #24587476

    Form my experience, mostly government and state-owned companies, which account for a big part of China's paid software market. Even some Shanghai government systems support only IE…

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