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kitschshrine

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    Comment #13962171

    well, then you probably need reading comprehension classes. the world isn't black and white, it's shades of grey

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    Comment #13962120

    uh, this is 2017, not 1930s. let's judge China by today's standard. You can't absolve a sin from someone today because someone else "used to do it" 100 years ago

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    Comment #13962076

    i was wondering when a 'whataboutism' person was gonna show up. why don't we stay on topic and talk about China. Btw, I'm not American "I'm not here to spark a tally of which count…

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    Comment #13961875

    so China is - lead by a billionnaire dictator and son of veteran communist party member, who has shown to purge his enemies, jail innocents/reporters without trial, disappear other…

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    Comment #13854529

    > miracle of transformation that is modern China There's no miracle. It's merely the communist party stopping 40 years of criminal abuse of its own citizens, and deciding to rent t…

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    Comment #13794268

    China's economy is crashing. no free lunch anymore. just look at their reserve and debt ratio

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    Comment #13794264

    > And they do not have subpar education you seem to be wanting to argue about something which I did not even bring up. internet is not a place you start arguing with yourself. > it…

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    Comment #13794168

    Why would any foreigner want to start a company in a country that - requires you to give up 50% to a local partner - blocks internet access to foreign websites (thus foreign custom…

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    Comment #13794152

    it's a lie, much like the government's made up 7% gdp growth. "China's liaoning province admitted that it inflated GDP figures from 2011 to 2014" https://qz.com/887709/chinas-liaon…

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    Comment #13794071

    They've been saying that since the Chinese economy opened up in the 80s, really opened up in the 90s, really really opened up in the 2000s. so far, nothing in 35 years. Japan had s…

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    Comment #13793951

    And yet just today... "China’s sprawling Internet censorship regime is harming the country’s economic and scientific progress, a senior official has said in a rare public rebuke of…

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    Comment #13635660

    Highly doubtful on both points. As for open up political system - Xi Jinping is consolidating his power to be the dictator of China. He is removing rivals using routing out corrupt…

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    Comment #13608314

    The Chinese communist party (CCP) tortured its own citizens for 40 years. Then it stopped beating them and then rented them out to foreign corporations for pennies on the dollar, f…

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    Comment #13464466

    There are still other issues in China like - censorship - bad access to world internet - corruption - zenophobia/racism - bad manners/behaviors from locals - no weed - food delicac…

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    Comment #13462956

    he's trying to not die 15-20 years earlier due to the cancerous air/food/water in China

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    Comment #13462832

    their private valuation is probably somewhere around 4 to 6B now

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    Comment #13462804

    He was talking about things in China like Poisonous air - "pollution levels hovering over 12 times the level recommended by the World Health Organization" http://theweek.com/articl…

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    Comment #13291541

    China won't be able to afford this; China's pretty broke already in 2016. It's approaching 300% debt ratio in combined corporate + government + individual. Its gross reserve is dow…