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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-18-09 09:23 PM
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So, anyone following this China bitching about the USA defense report thing?
How they're all pissed cause the USA considers them a military threat... China told the USA to drop its "cold war mentality."

However, just down the street from my apartment in Beijing last night I was watching truckloads of missiles and warheads being paraded by on trucks in preparation for their big parade in October. So you guys should tell China to shut the fuck up. Like the US isn't gonna consider a country doing that a threat.
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anigbrowl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-18-09 09:31 PM
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1. Zzzz...every year...and this year is the 60th anniversary fo the PRC
China only holds a military parade once per decade. I'm not losing any sleep over it.
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-18-09 09:35 PM
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2. It's just the point that they piss and moan the way they do
Living here I've discovered good and bad about china. I've discovered the west is fed lots of bullshit about the place. But one thing is certain, this country is a fucking petulant child.
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FreakinDJ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-18-09 09:40 PM
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4. Worked well for the Japanese during trade negotiations for over 20 years
Hell they are just going with what works
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lib2DaBone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-18-09 09:38 PM
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3. I think the U.S is wrong..putting our whole society in the care of China..
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-18-09 09:49 PM
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6. ? dont' follow
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anigbrowl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-18-09 10:05 PM
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8. $$$ OMG scary chinese people own our loans :-)
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-18-09 10:36 PM
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10. Valid concern, the government is a corporation, not a representation of the people
The thing is too many outside the country (and inside) don't realize the people and the government are two different things.
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lib2DaBone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-18-09 10:55 PM
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12. Manufacturing....jobs.. engineering...computers....
Edited on Fri Sep-18-09 10:55 PM by lib2DaBone
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LuvNewcastle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-18-09 09:47 PM
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5. I thought they've always been a threat.
I know we borrow money from them and buy our stuff from them, but that doesn't make them friends.
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-18-09 10:39 PM
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11. Well, as I said above, the thing to remember
Edited on Fri Sep-18-09 10:40 PM by HEyHEY
Is what this country is. It's not a country so much as a land mass that was taken over by a ruling party. That party owns a stake in everything and collect money from everyone. The people can't vote for them, and are basically used as cheap labour because they have no other choice but to risk life and limb in some factory or die. There's no free healthcare here, no welfare system. Sound communist to you? HELL NO. It's a bunch of basically CEOs at the top manipulating the people for their own benefit. And if you object you get "fired."

Frankly, any fortune 500 company would KILL to be in this position. They're all a bunch of sociopaths.
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DHub999 Donating Member (33 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-18-09 09:54 PM
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7. Xie Xie
... for the heads up, hey hey ;-)
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-18-09 10:35 PM
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9. you're welcome
不必客气
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Pavulon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-18-09 10:58 PM
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13. You can hit this site in china?
when I was there a few years ago I was to chicken to open anything..
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-18-09 11:05 PM
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14. No sweat... if you can access it, it isn't illegal, right?
Plus, they don't give a fuck what some white guy is reading. They know I already know all about their BS. They're concerned with what chinese people are reading. And to get on blocked sites I use a proxy. I can access anything. And basically if you're not posting shit that is advocating violent rebellion you're okay.
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Pavulon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-18-09 11:11 PM
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15. That was my first business trip at work..
I was all paranoid about the internet. I had some irrational fear of being locked up or deported or generally embarrassing myself or my company. I loved taipei though.
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Frank Booth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-18-09 11:34 PM
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16. Is there still a place to get Uighur food in Beijing?
Last I heard, they'd torn down 新疆村。
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-19-09 12:35 AM
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19. Well the chuar stands where all over the place
But the other night the fuzz came an just took all their chuar machines. Anything that isn't officially licensed is being shut down for the anniversary. It was awful, the pulled up and just grabbed everything these people own and threw them into the van. People were running with their food carts trying to save their equipment. I was in the pub downstairs and when this all happened, the owner, a guy fro, Denver blasted "Fuck the police" on his stereo. It was the only solace we could get.
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Frank Booth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-19-09 02:05 AM
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20. No chao pian'r, dapanji, and hashish vendors?
That's sad. That place was great.
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Marsala Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-18-09 11:36 PM
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17. They should be flattered!
And they probably are... but they can score political points for complaining about it.
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madrchsod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-18-09 11:55 PM
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18. it won`t be the usa it will be india in this century
billions people fighting over a region that is facing ever decreasing natural resources
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