Why foreign investors were quietly reaping profits from investing in China?

 Anyone heard of foreign investors complaining about unfair practices and bad treatment by China? Anyone heard of foreign investors being fined by ludicrous laws, backed dated laws, forced to change contractual terms along the way? China as a nation has carefully cultivated an image of respecting rules of law and contractual agreements, even Unequal Treaties. China could have taken back Hong Kong and Macau long before the expiry of the terms of the Unequal Treaties. China stayed the course and allowed the Treaties to run their full course before taking back these colonial occupied territories. Since the opening up of China, many investors have happily entered and exited China without facing undue pressure or unfair legal entanglements. And despite all the cries by the American and European imperialists, the private sectors from these countries are forming a beeline to invest in China. Even Japan, China's enemy number one, is thickly invested in China despite all the hostilities and enmities.

China is still the number one choice destination for many investors from America and the West for obvious reasons. Safe, predictable, reliable and profitable. Whatever political nonsense, derisking, decoupling, the big corporations are staying put in China, continue to want to invest in China. They have found value in China and have never been cheated in China. This is the fundamental difference that makes a big difference in FDI, making China a happy and safe place for foreign investors.

Compare to what China is doing and treating the foreign investors, the horror stories are plentiful for investors putting their money in third world countries. Even Chinese investments are victims to silly politicians that think robbing and raping foreign investors are their birthright. The standard playbook, after all the agreements are agreed and signed, the third world low thinking leaders would want more, would want to change the terms, would want to cut prices. And some came out with more devious ways, invoked archaic laws, enact new laws and apply retrospectively, to fine the investors in the millions or billions. Oops, the so called first world leaders, the white men, are no exceptions. All the evidence are there, especially among the Mickey Mouse white men countries. The number culprits are the world's number one terrorist state, the USA.

To many third world politicians, foreign investors are the fat goats coming in to be slaughtered at will and to be sent fleeing with only their pants. They cannot appreciate the capital foreign investors brought in, the technology, knowhow, professional skills, the supply chains, the logistic networks, the jobs they created, the contribution to supporting businesses and their GDP. All this does not matter to the third world tiny brain politicians. All they want is daylight robbery on home ground. Money invested and sunk, cannot be extracted or if extracted, will be at great losses. This is the playbook of low thinking, low education and low IQ third world political leaders. They only know of short term personal interests, not the long term benefits of the country and people.

Why would countries put their good money in sneaky third world countries, called investments, only to be robbed and sent to the cleaners? Many American and western investors took China's safe and rules based system for granted, enjoying the good returns, but not wanting to show their appreciation of the good times they have/had in China.

Third world countries that think short term, to rob and rape their investors, must know that this cannot last and the investors would get wiser. Cheat me once, cheat me twice, but not thrice. China is the role model for foreign investments. This is the model for success and long term investments.

Rare earth is everywhere, even in cowdung. Mining rare earth in space is a sick joke

Mining rare earth in space is a sick joke. They can't be mining and refining them in space, right? Now, even building refining logistics on the ground is a non-starter and have to rely mostly on Chinese expertise. How realistic is the talk about building those processing logistics in space?

So, the USA and its allies can continue with the rhetorics and the fairy tale. It goes nowhere and fools no one. China will just let the roosters crow standing on the heap of cow dungs. Cow dungs are a dime a dozen in India by the way and there is another good use for it.

By the way, Trump said that by this year or next, the USA would have so much rare earth dirt that it does not know what to do with it. He is right, because piling up the dirt is one thing but getting to the bottom of what to do with it to extract the essential elements is another. So, why is there a need to source for rare earth in space, I wonder? The man can coax a bird down from a tree but has no idea how rare earth ores are going to become useful magnets. A pile of dirt is a pile of dirt. What China has achieved is there for all to see. What USA achieved is all only apparent on twits.

Now we are seeing desperation all around, with Japan and India talking about cooperating in rare earth procurement and processing to counter China's dominance, after the recent sanctions by China. The Japanese Yen just collapsed to 162 yen to the US$, really reaching for the banana note status that we are familiar with. Oil imports for Japan are going to be highly expensive, and manufacturing cost are going to soar for Japanese products. This is bad for Japan. Japanese living standards are going to be a pain, but they will continue to have to bear the misery.

One warning though for China. A desperate Japan is dangerous. The USA found out the hard way. China should watch the Japs closely. They are militarizing and have ulterior motives for doing that.


Anonymous

China to stop selling rare earths to Boeing...dual use

Well under the dual-use doctrine, China will ban all rare earths, even for carmakers in the USA if this goes ahead. And any USA entity going into weapons manufacturing for the Trump administration will face the same treatment. China has no fear of losing the USA market, as it is serious about decoupling. Why keep up the link to afford the USA opportunities to target China with sanctions and tariffs. Moreover, trade between USA and China is shrinking year after year. China's priority is now on the Global South market.

Having said that, Boeing is also a major weapons manufacturer, but China has not banned its supply of rare earth elements to the company out of global necessity and their reliance on its planes. When a push becomes a shove, China must not play soft-hearted when its National Security is at risk.

After all, Boeing is not the only source for China and others to get their planes. China is itself making planes for its domestic consumption already, apart from some countries also buying them. Now, even Russia is rising in the commercial jet business. China and Russia have the advantage of their control of raw materials for making them, from rare earth elements to steel, aluminum and tungsten. Even engines are now domestically produced by and in China, while Russia is well known in that field.

In aviation, Russia is no way inferior to the USA or the West. Russia lost out probably in the funding sector, but the Russian economy is progressing. Despite its smaller economy, Russia is still the second or third military power in the world, despite its relatively smaller economy. This is more a case of more bang for the buck in military spending, just like China. The massive military spending by the USA is all sucked up by corruption through the ranks, with military contractors ripping off the Pentagon, selling toilet seats to them at US$10,000 a piece as reported. What a joke!


Anonymous

Having children in Singapore is extremely expensive

How to have Chickens oops apology Children here in SinkiesLAND?

The cost of even one could kill an average income earners!

BTOs priced at nearly reaching a million

Bus travels for even their regular school
Routes costs a bomb!

Hell for the parents from Primary to Secondary School

No connections whats Alma Mater to those socalled prestigious schools had to purposely rent a housing Next to them and them declared close promity in order to have a chance to study there.

Declared falsely goes to Jail!

One-time Kee Cheo said will try to have more chances for non Alma Mater connections but just wayang only

They still have to pamper to the influential and powderful ones unlike China.

Average income earners even with both working also cannot compete and survive to have more children lah!

What's the point be slaves and usually for the family and children sake, even unhappy at workplaces with evil bosses had to bear and swallowed the dignity and pride!

So better be single no married free like a lark and if have enough shown the middle fingers to the Overlords!

These are just part of the problems and why no burdens carry burdens!

Cheers


Virgo49

Malaysia’s Anwar says Norway missile deal cancellation reflects wider Western hypocrisy....to laugh or to cry?

Malaysia’s Anwar says Norway missile deal cancellation reflects wider Western hypocrisy

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim also cited the situation in Gaza, Israel’s “incessant bombardment” of Lebanon, the Russia-Ukraine war, and the civil war in Sudan as signs that pointed toward a greater devaluation of respect for international norms and laws.

KUALA LUMPUR: Norway’s unilateral decision to scrap a missile deal with Malaysia points to a "dangerous trend of double standards" for the rule of law and a worrying erosion of respect for international norms, said Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.

Speaking at the 39th Asia-Pacific Roundtable - which discusses key issues impacting the Asia-Pacific region - in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday (Jul 2), Anwar also blasted the “hypocrisy of those who are conveniently muted on such violations”.

“Is it acceptable for some countries to ignore international laws and norms, while others are subjected to the strictest standard of compliance?” he said, as he questioned whether Western powers are leaning towards a principle of “one rule for me, and another for thee”.

“If this is how partners in the West are going to treat those in the Global South … then it does not bode well for our future as equitable partners and friends. As the old Dutch saying goes, ‘trust arrives on foot and departs on horseback’,” said Anwar.  CNA

Where did Anwar come from? Mars? Whenever a Global South country is being screwed by the white countries, they appeared to be in shock that this could happen to them. They did not know that this has always been the case. This is how the white men treat the coloured people for centuries since the days they conquered and colonised the countries of coloured people. It has never changed. It is always like that. 

You mean Anwar, a well travelled politician did not know this? This is a disease called Stupidity has no cure. And it is very prevalent in the Arab and Muslim states. Also in ASEAN states. They had been screwed and screwed by the white men, cheated and cheated over and over again by the white men, massacred and genocided by the white men, and they still crawled to the white men, begging to kiss their ass, begging to be screwed again and again.

Enough said. After this, the Malaysians will be crawling to another white men country to buy more white men's weapons. It never fails. History will be repeated over and over again. See how the Arab and Muslim states love the Americans and Israelis so much, trusted them so much, and still want them to have military bases in their countries, and joining them to kill the Iranians and the Palestinians and any Arab and Muslim states the Americans and Israelis want to attack and destroy and wipe out from this world....Go, buy more weapons from the Americans, trust the Americans!

Please tell me, to cry or to laugh at the Malaysians, or any of the ASEAN states and the Arab and Muslim states?

PS. Please read the full article in CNA and see how Anwar trusted the white men's words, especially the Americans. As they said, when the fishes are fighting, there is a white man standing around. This evergreen wisdom is very difficult to understand in the minds of dense Global South leaders. They did not know why are they fighting everyday. They choose to trust the white men that are behind their endless fightings....like in the Middle East and Africa.