EVs have no central planning in China?

You have a good point.

I am doubting myself on this after your comment. I don’t know much about the domestic purchase volume but if EVs in China.

Hmm, Chinese are a target for EVs, but the production capacity clearly exceeds Chinese civilian purchasing power.

I am refering to the massive drop in real estate value that happen as over the last 2 years. Real estate is a primary wealth vehicle for urban Chinese.

Which “this”. Kalas saying the the EU will never agree to annexation may have low impact, but it isn’t capitulation.

You’re absolutely correct on the US topic, but one comment on the Chinese side: China does suffer from an excess of export focused production. Their excess of production capacity is artificial (created by Goverent investment) and has resulted in the need for continued Government cash injections.

The Chinese government investment injection has resulted in significant leads in at least two international markets (EV, and solar panels perhaps batteries by volume.) The cost has been a parge amount for waste and loss of public money (there were a lot of of losses in their recent tech/chip investment for example.)

These losses came at a hard time when the general popilation was suffering from significant equity loss, mainly real estate. There is an argument to make that trying to spur the domestic market would be better than investing in overcapacity.

F u man… It’s 2AM and I just finished cleaning my kitchen. Ech, I forgot the sink, brb.

Cowards. Unwilling to follow their duty as congress to impeach them.

That was yesterday. It doubled since then IIRC

Americans have a history of the most insidious manipulations in the politics of other nations - did you see their Sec. of state try commemorate the CIA backed coup of Cuba.

About “crying” over foreign interference, you are wrong. In the last 4 years France, Canada, Germany, Romania, Sri-Lanka, Australia, all of the Baltic nations andore have a had credible complaints of attempts from foreign nations trying to use propaganda and more to influence elections.

Let’s not try to convince ourselves than only the Americans are misbehaving.

Can we not bother deciding who was the biggest nightmare, and instead focus on finding models for the best countries.

I am so sick of the “at least the USSR had…” or “at least China does…” conversation. Can’t we have a “Finland has high happiness, broad socialist protections, and a fast moving economy” kind of conversations.

When you’ve lost the Aussie travelers, you know yer in trouble. Who will keep the ski and surf towns running?

Wo’, propa’ facked? Yes Tommee, Propa’ facked

Tariffs have doubled the cost of red-lines, as they were sourced in S. E. Asia, processed in a small barely-know penguin island, and packaged in Denmark.

For this number, is it related to the Chinese government GDP numbers, or independently measured? My understanding is that the CCP use GDP differently that the West, in that they release numbers which are prescriptive estimates and goals, as opposed to statistical results.

If I was Germany, Poland or Japan, I would probavly let the Amer cans run their bases as their power dwindles, unless there is a domestic threat. It gives you more time to build native defenses, avoids any unnecessary political conflict, and keeps the active threat to enemies.

This is up there with “the Libya model”

Without outing yourself, can you give us some numbers on the impact? Which materials /tooling is most impacted?