American authoritative regime is so amazing and so are the American hillbillies

 The Empire of Lies have been spreading the lie that Russia and China have been locking up their citizens, restricting their freedom and controlling them with strict and authoritative rules and laws and keeping them undernourished and deprived within their poor countries. Life in China and Russia are tough and fearful and with little freedom.

The truth that is now revealed and discovered by the Americans through the Xiaohongshu or RedNote app is that the Americans are the real victims, kept poor and deprived and with little freedom by the authoritative American regime, controlling their lives with lies and deceit. The amazing thing is that the Americans that were lied to, and kept in the dark of what is happening in China were not illiterate peasants but well educated Americans, supposedly well informed and intelligent individuals. The other amazing thing is that they have been kept in the dark, in a prison without walls by the Empire of Lies for so many decades, from young to mature adults, without the ability and curiousity to want to find out the truth themselves, willingly believing in the American lies as the truth without question. The other amazing thing is that the internet was invented by the Americans, and they have full access to information around the world. Oops, only fake information provided by their main media.

Why are these amazing things happening to the Americans for so long? The Americans are like the elephant that has been brainwashed to believe the thin piece of rope around their legs is as strong as the previous chain that they were tied to. The Americans have been so conditioned to believe all the lies that the American regime have been telling them, believing in all the fictions and distorted truth fed to them in their main media. And they only found out that they have been lied to for their whole life by accident, by peeping into a Chinese app only to be shocked out of their life. They could not believe that what they saw and heard about life in China were true initially. When the truth was showered on them like cold water, they were literally in shock. How could the American authoritative regime, which they believed were all goodness and champion of truth, democracy and freedom be lying to them with outright lies? And another amazing thing that they found out is that the Chinese govt that was so demonised by the American regime did not lie to the Chinese people.

How are the well educated and naive Americans, supposedly intelligent people, going to take this revelation that the American regime is the real nasty liars that deceived them and cheated them for so long and that the Chinese people are actually living a better life than them and the Chinese govt is working very hard to better the life of the Chinese people? On the other hand, the American regime is robbing them of their hard earned money and making life very expensive, very hard and tough for them to get by?

Even I am amazed by this discovery, that the American people have been lied to by the American regime with fake news and disinformation for several lifetimes. In a way I too cannot believe that the American govt, every day gloating about human rights, about freedom, about freedom of choice, free speech, could go so far to lie to the American people and wrapped them up in a wall of lies and disinformation so effectively and so easily.

Now, after discovering the truth, what are the American people going to do about it? Everything is so amazing when the good guy that the Americans believed wholeheartedly is the real devil in disguise. And some Americans are still in denial, refusing to believe what they see and hear in the RedNote app.

Trump's Stargate returns to Hollywood

 During Trump's inauguration, he lined the first row with the tech billionaires and announced a US$500b AI infrastructure project called Stargate. This project lasted one day when China released the DeepSeek app that cost US$5.5m, yes millions not billions, to develop. This new app makes a mockery of all the billion dollar American AI apps and the multi million dollar salaries of the CEOs of these companies.

China is telling Trump and the Americans that AI apps could be developed very cheaply and Trump needs not waste US$500b to build the infrastructure. At most 10% or less would do the job. Trump should therefore return the script to Hollywood, oops to the tech billionaire with vested interest in spending big money.

For the last few years. the tech CEOs have been playing a game of building a very expensive wall using the most expensive Nvidia chips around the AI industry. They have created a myth that only with plenty of expensive and advanced chips could one succeed in developing high performance AI apps like OpenAI, ChatGPT and so on. It was a lie that they created to con and deter other companies and developers from entering the industry. The multi billion dollar wall is their barrier to entry into the game, keeping small and financially weak participants out of the game. This is how they want to dominate and monopolize the industry for themselves. The hype was to throw in billions after billions to frighten off aspiring developers and companies. Another way of looking at it is that they did not have a clue of what AI is all about, thinking that it is so complex and only billions of dollars can make it work.

DeepSeek called their bluff. It required only a fraction of the billions to develop a comparable app that is just as good and better for the mass market. And DeepSeek even make its app available for free, open source, to undercut what the tech giants were trying to do to monopolise the industry. All the aspiring developers and companies are rushing in to develop their own apps with cheaper and less advanced chips like DeepSeek. The game is now open to all and sundry, and DeepSeek is showing them how to do it. 

With one stroke, the lies of the big tech CEOs were exposed. They might be able to con Trump but not the tech geeks. Now they have nowhere to hide and looking not only stupid but have to answer for the billions they have spent on something that could be so cheap. Trump would have to revise his US$500b budget or he would look foolish. No one would give him that kind of money when the truth is out. Trump must be furious. How dare the tech CEOs lied to him and made a fool of him. US$500b is now looking so ridiculous to talk about. His Stargate should be called Stardust.

The benefits of BRI and BRICS versus useless world organisations created by the AngloSaxons

 Now we should know that the BRI is not a creation of the Whites. BRICS is also not a creation of the Whites. And the Whites have been demonizing these two bodies with fabrication and disinformation, because they are outside their control.

The Anglo-Saxon Whites have been fabricating the narrative that the aid provided by China via the BRI for infrastructure development is a debt trap. However, most recipients of the aid have expressed a totally different perspective, welcoming such aid as a great help for them to progress with infrastructures to show. Who is telling the truth and who is just promoting disinformation? Do we believe the jealous saboteurs', having nothing to do with those aid, but just throwing spanners into the works or the beneficiaries of those infrastructures tied to the aid? Is the USA and the West really that caring and concern, worrying about other country's debt?

BRICS is facing the same Anglo-Saxon demonization. China is the biggest economy in BRICS and the USA, and the West are alleging that all BRICS does is giving China added avenues to influence and benefiting from the bloc. They are not happy with China diverting more trade within and among more BRICS countries at the expense of the USA and EU. The fact that trade within BRICS countries is done outside the US$ is even more profound for the Anglo-Saxon White countries. It is a de-dollarization move pure and simple.

Talking about all the World Bodies, the UN is practically a lame duck in dealing with the Gaza situation, totally brushed aside by Netanyahu. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency or UNRWA have just been given the ultimatum to leave Jerusalem by 30th January, which means it cannot work to bring relief to Palestinian without co-ordination with Israel. They could suffer Israeli attacks at will.

The ICJ and ICC are practically useless entities in the eyes of the world, not daring to do anything about the war crimes committed by USA and UK leaders in Iraq. That it was an illegal war based on fabricated evidence and lies at the UN, dragging the rest of the world into the conflict, is an even bigger crime against humanity.

Anonymous

America is an authoritative regime disguised as a democracy by lying to its people

 That is also what I want to say. The two parties, Democrats and Republicans are just the right and left hands of the Deep State, ruling USA with policies culled from the same playbook.

The USA voters undoubtedly do not know that they are voting for the same Evil hiding behind the throne, controlling the two parties and having them to carry out policies that favor the super-rich and making them richer. The super rich are among those behind the scenes, making up the Deep State and it is just a matter of you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours, taking turns to cannibalize the ordinary USA voters who are none the wiser. It was only after migrating to Rednote from Tik Tok that they realized what they had been missing after all the decades of sacrifices.

How is the USA Government going to explain the differences between the Chinese living standards in China and their own citizen's alarming discomfort upon realizing that they had been lied to all those years? It must come as a great shock for the USA voters to know that they are not really any better than the Chinese in China by a long shot in almost everything, except having the right to vote.

Anonymous

No equipment to fight LA fire but lots of weapons for Israel and Ukraine

 The USA has no firefighting equipment left to fight fires, but lots of weapons for Israel and Ukraine. Are those people in Los Angeles, whose homes have been destroyed, beginning to have an interest in listening to the truth or still content to swallow all the lies?

USA citizens now have to be aware that their interest is inconsequential compared to Israel and Ukraine and all the pampering directed at the top 1%.
What is the use of their vote if they cannot elect a government that have their interest to take care of, instead of caring for more support for Israel and Ukraine and taking care of the top 1%?

What is the use of touting about having 'freedom' when they are not even have any choice to choose what they want to spend their money on, like buying cheap EVs made in China?

What is the use of touting about being able to criticize their own government, when all they get in return is a government turning a deaf ear to their cries, despite being given all the avenues to criticize. There is now a narrative being push out that the Chinese have no avenues to criticize the government. One commentator asked the question of why the Chinese people even need to criticize their government when that government is working all the while to improve their lives - providing great infrastructures like high-speed rails, bridges over difficult terrains, excellent roads for them to have an easier life, providing affordable healthcare and hospitalization, providing cheap education for its citizens, providing cheap groceries and keeping cost of living very low.

Anonymous

Ukraine War - Conman Trump running out of ideas to coerce Putin

 Now we are seeing Trump being cornered with his boasting about settling the Ukraine War within 24 hours of him taking office. Today is his fourth day in office and Trump is having to crack his head to wriggle his way out. We know, and Trump knows that a 24-hour peace settlement is an impossibility and just a fantasy that only Trump can think of. But perhaps with his bullshitting and conman experience, having conned others to believe in his integrity after six bankruptcies, Trump still believes he has what it takes to carry out another massive con job.

Trump is not even aware what Putin wants in Ukraine and goes on to promote himself as if he is Almighty God and able to do a miracle, bringing an end to the three-year war.

Looking at Trump sitting at his table on Channel News American, with dozens of 'Executive Orders' covering his table, waiting for his signature, I would think he might be having a whale of a time signing them and gloating - 'Sign baby sign'. It is just ink and paper only, LOL.

Now it looks like Trump is cooking up another distraction to cover his earlier boast, which is trying to coerce Putin into allowing NATO troops to move closer to Moscow in Ukraine. That is precisely what Putin is against. By threatening more sanctions hoping to make Putin agree, the Russians are practically telling Trump to bring it on. What can the USA do about tariffs when Russia is not selling to the USA? Russia is already decoupled from the USA!

What other more harmful sanctions can Trump think of that have not already been used against Russia? What the USA and the West wanted to seize from Russia have already been seized. And the rest of the world have been given a valuable stark lesson in trusting the USA and the Europeans and the consequence thereof.

The USA and EU are practically scraping the bottom of the barrel to find any more meaningful sanctions left to use against Russia. They probably have now to resort to fabricating measure just like in Iraq to turn global opinion against Russia, which is no longer going to work. The rest of the world have learnt a bitter lesson - Once bitten, twice shy.

Anonymous

Who are the happiest people, European or Chinese?

 Currently, under the Global Happiness Index, the Europeans are the happiest people on the planet, with their higher per capita income and per capita GDP. That was supposed to be the way that the world was supposed to work and behave. And that was the ranking order for many years.

But, just last year we had a ranking survey that puts Chinese as the happiest people in the world, based on several parameters in a happiness survey. How could the Chinese, with their meagre income be happier than the Anglo-Saxon Whites in Europe? That was not supposed to happen, and that survey disappeared right away and have not seen the light of day ever since. The Europeans again took most of the top spots in the happiness index and everyone in the West are now very happy with the sleight of hand adjustment.

The reality has now hit them hard in the groin. USA citizens have discovered that the Chinese are indeed very happy people in their interaction with them on Rednote. This is not a lie after all. What does this lesson teach us? That you cannot live a lie long enough for it to be permanently kept secret.

So, are the Chinese not really the happiest people on the planet and deserve to be listed as the top country in the happiness index? Oh, I know they are going to say that a socialist country under a dictator cannot qualify to be the happiest country in the world. I rest my case.

Anonymous

PS. Allow me to add this clip to this post by Anonymous.

Watch this 45 minute clip of the Chinese celebrating the Chinese New Year. The full show was 4 hours as China has to many singers and performers that a one or two hour show would not do justice to the artistes, singers and dancers. 

The ask yourself, are they not the happiest people on earth? See their rich costumes, the stage, the number of performers, the AI generated visuals etc etc. It cost a lot of money to put up such a show. And the western media are saying the Chinese economy is collapsing and the people are having a hard time living.

When all the dollars return to America to roost

 The dedollarisation high speed train is running at full speed. Are the Americans afraid? Nay, Trump is challenging the BRICS' countries and threatening to impose more tariffs against them if they dare to try to dedollarise. Trump is playing brinkmanship or telling the BRICS countries not to go against the American Empire or else....

The possibility of BRICS countries and the rest of the world to stop dedollarisation is nil. More and more countries are reducing trade with the Americans out of necessity and self preservation. There is practically nothing to buy from the Americans that needs the American dollars. And more and more countries have nothing to sell to the Americans. Tariffs or no tariffs does not mean anything to them. The decoupling from the American economy is becoming a natural phenomenon. When trade with the Americans drops to an insignificant level, there will be less demand for the dollar, and less need to hold them. Who is still thinking of buying American legacy cars or Boeing aircraft or iPhones?

The second point is the vicious cycle of banks, institutions and nation states finding it riskier to hold the dollar as a reserve. They will start to downsize their dollar holdings, and a little drizzle could end up turning into a storm.

International trade would go on but without the need for the dollar. All trades would be using their own currencies or BRICS' currency, or new currency being developed. China, the biggest exporters would not be accepting the dollar for their goods and services. So would be the rest of the world.

What would happen to those holding the dollars? The only place they can spend it is to buy whatever they could from the Americans. They need to dispose of their dollars before they become worthless. Another way to dispose the dollars is to buy other currencies if they could in the exchange market. This would prove difficult by the day when no one is accepting the dollar. Maybe they could change into some European currencies as an intermediary.  The USA would be the dumping ground for the dollar with Europe as a secondary market.

What would happen when all the dollars printed return to the USA? Every country, every institution would be dumping the dollar into the American market, buy whatever they could lay their hands on, maybe properties and land. The years of reckless printing of the dollar will pay proportionally with the dollar coming home to roost. The Americans would be very rich with plenty of dollars flooding the streets of America, or maybe Europe.

Trump can raise all the tariffs by 100s or 1,000 times, who cares? No one is going to sell to the Americans. It would be a one way traffic, to dump the dollar quickly before it is too late. There will be no place for the dollar outside America and Europe. The two can trade among themselves.

This could be the scenario going forward when dedollarisation hits full steam. Would the Americans be pointing a gun at everyone to use or accept the dollar? It would be futile when there is nothing to buy from the Americans...while the dollar is not accepted by countries around the world.

Empire of Lies fabricating more silly lies

 Now the USA is floating the narrative that DeepSeek is following the model of OpenAI or something to that effect and they are investigating. What model are they talking about when the USA is so tight in controlling its technological model and so-called edge that China had no way to breathe? If DeepSeek had been following the model of OpenAI, how is it possible for DeepSeek to even better the performance of OpenAI in some parameters being tested?

If the USA had a Space Station to boast about, I think they will accuse the Chinese of using their model and try to prevent the Chinese from having their own Tiangong Space Station. If the USA had high-speed railways before China did, would they also be saying that China is following their model and using their patents, which should not be allowed? If the USA had real 5G mobile technology and infrastructures, they would undoubtedly claim that Huawei had used their 5G technology model and must be stopped, instead of using their 'National Security Reason' threat that cannot be proven.

Do we remember that the USA had wanted to target DJI by claiming it used a technology that had been used by the USA military drone maker and therefore is an infringement. DJI's drone technology had little to do with or correspond with the USA's drone technology, and is even more advanced, but they tried to make the accusation stick.

Now that China came out with its 6th generation fighter jet that is way more advance in design, without the usual tail flaps, but with wing tip flaps for control, is the USA going to come up with claims that it is their model that the Chinese have tried to copy? The USA might even claim that they are the first to talk and breathe and the Chinese are following their model, five thousand years before them.

The situation is now so ridiculous, atrocious and skewed with the USA even claiming that China has no right to have any influence anywhere in the world, with Marco Rubio now going around the world trying to counter Chinese influence by telling countries that China must not be allowed to have any influence anywhere in the world.

Why is the USA not accusing China that it is just following 'USA's model' of trying to gain more global influence?

Anonymous

PS. The American gangsters and liars are pulling out their playbook of lies and smear campaign and now accusing DeepSeek of intellectual properties. It is as good as alleging BYD of copying from American automobile companies because BYD cars have 4 wheels, stealing the idea from the Americans which also have 4 wheels cars. The shameful American losers would keep making a fool of themselves when someone comes out with a better product than them.

Americans in the RedNote are envious and jealous of the Chinese people's affordable lifestyle

 So many USA citizens on Rednote are jealous of the Chinese people being able to live comfortably and needing only one job, while they need two and sometimes three jobs. One job to put food on the table, the second job to pay rent for their shelter and needing a third job to have enough for kids schooling and medical treatment.

We honestly could not fathom the amount of money that the USA voters are paying for basic things like dental care, education costs for kids in college, groceries, with some chocking up debts that are unpayable. Same as the USA Government being unable to pay its debts of US$35 trillion and rising.

The USA voters are even more sore that most Chinese owned their homes, while in the USA the poor have to pay exorbitant rents to super rich property owners to have a roof over their heads. Ever wonder how the rich in USA gets richer, with blessings from the USA Government. It is a system of the 1%, by the 1% and for the 1%. 

Anonymous

Is Trump going to use force or blackmail to buy TikTok?

 Trump is talking to himself about allowing Elon Musk to buy over Tik Tok. It is not for him to decide, whatever threat he can come up with against China. Imagine using a threat to force China to give the go ahead to sell Tik Tok to a USA entity. That is no more than blackmailing, whatever way you want to define it.

On day, Trump may even use a threat to nuke China if he cannot have his way to make China comply. This is ridiculous and atrocious.

When USA companies moved into China, was there any threat of any kind made by China against the USA if the USA Government does not agree?

China is of course more civilized, unlike the Mafia mentality of the Anglo-Saxon Whites. Bullying, stealing, threatening is all in their DNA for centuries and this evil nature cannot be exorcised out of their behavior, even after generations down the line. As they say, once a thief, always a thief.

Anonymous

USA is a global terrorist, a rogue state, nothing less

 Delusional leaders think that the USA's role in using its military might is acting as a policeman keeping the peace around the world. How long has the USA existed compared to India and China among others. With a short history of a few hundred years and suddenly with them around, countries needed a policeman to keep the peace. The Anglo-Saxon Whites have been stealing land and continents from others and suddenly they say the world needs a policeman to maintain peace. What a load of rubbish!

For thousands of years preceding the existence of the USA, does the world need a global policeman to protect them? The only protection they actually need today is ironically from the USA itself, with its war mongering threat and no one else.

Of course, most countries are not buying into the policeman nonsense, but when the USA issued the threat - You are either with the US or against the US - many countries have little choice but to swallow their pride and allow itself to be colonized and controlled by the USA, the so-called Global Policeman.

For me, the USA is a global terrorist, a rogue state, nothing less.

Anonymous

Trump stunned the Arab and Muslim leaders about driving evil terrorists out of their countries when the terrorists are the Americans

 

In this 33 minute clip, Trump had the audacity to lecture the Arab leaders on terrorism in their countries, how the terrorists were killing thousands of civilians, destroying their land and why they should drive the terrorists out of their countries, without knowing that in the minds of the Arab and Muslim leaders, the evil American terrorists are in their countries, terrorising them and killing the Arab and Muslim people. 

The Arab and Muslim leaders listened in stony silence, stunned by the deluded Trump. All the Arab and Muslim leaders knew that the American terrorists are their greatest enemy, invading their countries, killing Arabs and now genociding the Palestinians and it is the objective of all Arab and Muslim leaders to drive the American terrorists from the Middle East and Africa and every corner of the world.

Yes, the American terrorists are all over the world as Trump said. And Trump got the cheek to ask the Arab and Muslim leaders to buy American weapons to fight Arab and Muslim terrorists that were actually freedom fighters fighting to defend their countries against the American and Israeli terrorists.

You hear it all from the greatest conman on earth that thought the Arab and Muslim leaders were stupid and not knowing what was happening and who were the real terrorists? It is so unbelievable. Watch the expression of scorn and disbelief in the faces of the Arab and Muslim leaders. The images of Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and Syria must have flashed through their minds throughout this ridiculous speech, because the terrorists that Trump spoke about were Arab and Muslim freedom fighters.

Oops, maybe Trump was right, the Arab and Muslim leaders clapped after his speech, short of a standing ovation. Maybe my perception is wrong, and the Arab and Muslim leaders were convinced by Trump that the Americans were there to fight the Arab and Muslim terrorists to save the Arab and Muslim countries.

By the way, this speech happened 7 years ago, before the Gaza Genocide, but after the invasion of Iraq, Libya, Syria and Afghanistan and the murdering of Saddam Hussein and Muammar Gaddafi.

What do you think? I want to add, stupidity has no cure, but not sure if it was Trump or the Arab and Muslim leaders. Now, with what is happening in Gaza, would the Arab and Muslim leaders still be willing to sit and listen to this conman, the leader of the world's number one terrorist state and aiding the number two terrorist state Israel in massacring the Palestinians and flattening their land?

And listen to this latest clip on the Gaza Genocide and Trump's plan to evict all the Palestinians from Gaza. 13 min.

CHINESE LUNAR NEW YEAR: GREETINGS TO ALL FELLOW CHINESE BRETHRENS AND SISTERS

On these auspicious days of the Chinese Lunar New Year also known as The Spring Festival Chinese all over the world will be celebrating the occasion with joy and vibrancy. May I take this opportunity to greet all my fellow Chinese brethrens and sisters a very Happy Spring Festival and wish everyone Good Health, Good Luck, Happiness and Prosperity in every way. SOUTHERNGLORY1 Wednesday, 29th January, 2025.

DeepSeek R1 - The game changer from China in AI. China's hongbao for the whole world

 The Americans think they have it all, with the most advanced AI chips and stopping export to China would cripple or slow down the development of AI in China. Big AI chips, expensive AI chips from Nvidia would rule the world. All the top American AI companies poured in trillions to get hold of these very expensive chips and think they are up there, and China would be years behind, chasing but never catching up...without the big and expensive chips. Biden and Trump have a success formula to slow down China's growth in AI. So they thought.

Immediately after Trump's inauguration, China sent him a gift that he would not forget, the DeepSeek R1. This AI model came out of the blue, not from well established Chinese AI players, but from a hedge fund CEO that has excess computer machine to work on. And the machine was not the top notch models, and the chips were also not the top notch A100 from Nvidia. He used the lower grade H800 that was not banned and permitted to be exported to China by Nvidia.

Boom, with 2 months effort, this fund manager by the name of Liang Wenfeng, delivered this game changing DeepSeek R1 that blew up the whole Silicon Valley. The cost of developing this app was only US$5.5 million, not hundreds of millions or billions that the American big boys have thrown into the ring. The Americans believe that money would rule the world, the more money, the more expensive chips, mean success. This US$5.5m cheap app could beat all the big boys and their multi billion dollar AI apps. Holy cow, the CEOs of these big companies would have a lot of explanation to do for throwing away billions and still wanting to throw more billions thinking that more money is the way to go.

The bombshell is just exploding with more to come. Liang is giving away this high performing and intelligent app for free. Not only that, it is open source which means everything about the app and its source codes are available to all users and developers to further improve on the app and make money from the app with their own adaptations for commercial use. This would immediately kill all the American big boys' app that charged a fee for usage. The billions and trillions spent by these big boys would turn to dust when their revenue flow is choked off.

And more, the DeepSeek R1 is not only giving the American big boys a run for their money, it is energy efficient, and using relative cheaper chips. Amazon and the gang were investing big in acquiring independent energy equipment to support their high energy consumption chips, thousands of the chips drinking energy like water. DeepSeek R1 is energy efficient and could operate under the normal power grid system.

DeepSeek R1 is now the most loaded app in America and the world. Like the TikTok refugees, all AI users and developers are migrating to DeepSeek R1 in droves, for free. No need for Trump to send them away. They are voting with their feet. The new champion has arrived and knocking stars into all its rivals. Performance, efficiency, effectiveness and low energy cost and for free. It is too good to be true. But this one is real!

What, China is a few years behind the Americans in AI and would slow further without Nvidia chips? It is like the Lamborghinis and Ferraris, costing millions but outrun by a Xiaomi or Zeeker EV costing a fraction of their prices. Who needs or wants to throw millions, in the case of AI, billions when they can get something better and cheaper, very much cheaper, a fraction of the cost to work on?

Chinese New Year celebration in Marina Bay Sands, Singapore

 

Chinese New Year celebration in Marina Bay Sands, Singapore to welcome the Year of the Snake. 27 min clip.

Wishing everyone a Happy Chinese New Year.

Cost of living, per capita income for better understanding of wellbeing

 Not that easy for Trump now to sell his snake oil. USA citizens are finding out that they had been lied to for decades about China. Trying to reverse this mentality is going to be impossible.

Another thing we need to take note of is the narrative about GDP per capita to distinguish a rich country from a poor country. The USA has a per capita nominal GDP of about 7 times that of China, while based on purchasing power parity basis is about 3 times that of China. However, comparing GDP per capita to determine the standard of living of a country is hogwash. 

The cost of living in China pertaining to everything is much lower than in the USA and this alone cancels the perceived higher standard of living that the USA likes to tout about its citizens enjoying superior living standards compared to China. Everything in the USA is a couple of times more expensive, with healthcare and hospitalization real shockers. This explains why the Chinese are living so well or even better than the normal USA citizens. 

Now, we are beginning to see the true picture and ought to judge a country not just on per capita GDP to determine the standard of life in a particular country.

Anonymous

The biggest victims of the Empire of Lies are the Americans

 The USA is using National Security reasons to make itself sound more 'principled' in its move against Tik Tok in the eyes of the unwary, but the reality is it is trying realistically to steal Tik Tok, to control its coverage of news about genocide in Gaza that are not beneficial to the USA and Israel.

The USA is famous for inventing word salads to fool those not seeing the reality, like the use of 'de-risking' instead of 'de-coupling', calling terrorists as 'rebels' or 'freedom fighters' where it suits their agenda.

The fabrication, misinformation and disinformation are so unabashed and sometimes based largely on fantasy rather than facts. No factual genocide happened in Xinjiang, but they fabricated such an event against the Uyghur Muslims, while an actual genocide is happening clearly and openly in Gaza, and they breathed not a word about it officially and on their MSM.

Anonymous

Trump will conquer, oops, unite the world for peace

 I am being blown away by Trump's grand plans these few weeks. Canada can almost be confirmed as the 51st state of the USA, which Emperor Trump already mandated. If Sinkieland becomes the 52nd state, what about Mexico, Greenland and Panama. Not to forget about the whole EU plus Japan, Taiwan, South Korea and the land of Mickey Marcos.

Trump is going to bring all the doggies together to form one big doggone country that will surround Russia and China like an octopus. The number of USA states could run to, shall I say, more than a hundred at least.

Moreover, if Russia and China collapse due to being surrounded, the whole world becomes one and no more wars, no need to quarrel, no trade deficits and all surpluses, no threats, no sanctions, no tariffs and everyone will enjoy life like the USA citizens, and the USA can just continue with printing money as its main economic activity and citizens no longer need to work. Printing money can then really become the USA's productive over-capacity, and USA's GDP will be incomparable, because there will not be anyone one left to compare. Trump can then honestly shout - 'Print baby print'.

Sorry, I am getting delusional like Trump.

Anonymous

Tariffs - Trump is openly delusional

 If Trump thinks imposing tariffs on China is going to sway the decision of China in allowing Tik Tok to be sold to a USA entity, he is delusional. If I may say so, Trump is openly delusional.

Trump is still trying to fool his base that tariffs will hurt China. Either he is pretending not to know, or he is indeed ignorant about how tariffs actually work. It is an added tax on USA consumers, nothing more. China does not have to foot the tariffs added to USA import of Chinese products but may lose a segment of the USA market. That is all.

If China had no other choice but to rely on the USA market, then tariffs are going to hurt China badly. China already has a big domestic market, has already cultivated an even bigger market inside BRICS and the Global South. This is a market that dwarfs the USA and the EU combined. So, what is the problem with tariffs imposed by the USA? At most China will be deprived of a market of a few hundred million consumers, but there is a bigger market growing outside the USA.

China is not selling highly expensive military toys to USA. China is selling everyday consumer goods to the USA, which is the same commodity needed by BRICS countries and the Global South. What price China sells to the USA is what China sells to BRICS and the Global South countries.

Trump can gloat about increasing tariffs to 1,000%, but I think China is not too worried. It is the USA public that should do the worrying. Chinese manufacturing will still make EVs for US$10,000 and sell it outside the USA. The same with making all other things the same way, at the same cost, and selling at the same price. Are the tariffs imposed by the USA going to make BRICS and Global South countries worried? Think about it!

Anonymous

Thank you Jews, for destroying the evil American Empire

 Not only the Washington clowns are destroying America, the Jews are working very hard as well to end the American Empire. What has happened and still happening in the Middle East is a classic example of the prowess of the Jews over stupid Americans. The Jews have outwitted the Americans for decades to make the Americans to do their bidding, fighting their wars and helping the Jews to genocide the Arabs and Palestinians with the grand plan of taking over the whole of the Middle East and turning it into the Greater Israel according to their Bible.

And the Americans are more than willing to do so, partly because the Americans needed the Jews to be the sheriff of the region to rule the Middle East on their behalf, like the Australians to rule South East Asia and NATO to rule over Europe. And the Jews made it very clear to the world that they were just doing the work of the Americans in the massacring of the Palestinians. The Jews are not hiding anything, exposing the Americans' weapons supply to do the killing. The blame would be on the Americans or at least half of the blame.

There was hope that Trump would break free from being led by the nose by the Jews. No way, Trump is as good as Biden in this Middle East saga. Trump stupidly, but he thought he was clever and the Arabs and Eygptians were stupid, told Jordan and Egypt to take in all the Palestinians, to vacate Gaza for the Jews to take over the Palestinian land. This treacherous act by Trump completely exposed his position and the evil Americans grand plan to hand over Palestine to the Jews. There can no longer be any doubt in the minds of the Arab leaders of the real devil behind their ordeal and the bigger plan to take over the whole of the Middle East by Israel.

22 Arab nations have protested against this plan of Trump, which is nothing new, which some Arab states were hoping against all hope that the next American president could be different. There is no hope for the Palestinians to have their land back. The Americans are fully complicit with the Jews, selling them out to the Jews. This American plan has been there and consistently being implemented by the American presidents, one after another without fail. Only the stupidest of the Arab leaders would still harbour the idea that the Americans would save them from being taken over by the Jews.

Would this be the final nail in the destruction of all trust and hope in the Americans as their saviour in the Arab states? Fortunately, or unfortunately, the Arab states, or at least a big number of them, would never stop believing or hoping to be saved by the evil Americans. It is like hoping to be saved by the devil.

The combination of the futile Arab hope and the trust in the Americans, the evil intent of the Americans to assist the Jews to take over and rule the region, and the Jews grand plan for a Greater Israel, would see the demise of the Arab states and civilisation, if they still persist to be treated like fools by the Americans and the Jews.

One thing is sure, the Arabs have lost all faith in the Americans to save them. The smarter Arab leaders must be embarking on another option to save themselves from the Jews. But the pretence and the show must go on as the Arabs did not have a viable option to free themselves from the vice grip of the Americans and the Jews. They can only pray to Allah to help them.

Those countries that are able, and seeing the whole picture clearly from afar would be in a hurry to join the BRICS camp to keep the evil American terrorists at bay. How many sillies are still out there believing in the American terrorist lies? Even the Americans have awakened and turning against the gangsters and rogues in Washington, feeling cheated and calling out the lies. Europe is aroused and the spark of rebellion against the evil Americans has ignited.

China - Come see it yourself, no need for propaganda, lies or disinformation

 Not for long that the USA voters are believing their Government and MSM that the USA is the center of the world and that they are enjoying wonderful life way better than other countries. The worse is yet to come for the USA citizens with the onset of all the tariffs being implemented.

Sorry for repeating, but the banning of Tik Tok and the migration of users to Rednote is giving USA citizens a glimpse and a shocking wake-up realization that the rest of the world, particularly China, has moved even further ahead than their frog-in-the-well thinking. They could hardly believe in the low cost of living, affordable healthcare, cheap housing, even cheaper EVs and interacting with the happy and friendly people in China, as opposed to the scenario painted by their Government and the MSM. Where is the supposed unhappiness of the Chinese people they interacted with, the fabricated cruelty that the Chinese people are going through under the CCP, where are the homeless people, the drug problem, the concentration camps in Xinjiang, the discrimination against the Uyghur Muslims. In fact, the Uyghurs are having a better life in China than the Muslims in the Middle East by a long stretch.

The visa free travel extended to selected foreign visitors and the migration of Tik Tok users to Rednote have killed off the propaganda machine of the USA and the West. All the investments of billions into the propaganda manufacturing machine have been destroyed in just a matter of days.

I believe all this is Karma ripening and heaven has eyes. China does not have to spend billions to fight against the USA in propaganda manufacturing and fabrication. Foreigners and Tik Tok refugees are doing a fantastic job on behalf of China. Man created might can never win over nature. As the saying goes - Man proposes, God disposes.

Anonymous

Everything in America is Made In China, except American lies

 That is perhaps why the USA is so keen to force Tik Tok to be sold to a USA entity under its control or face banning in the USA, apart from the political reason of acquiescing to the demands of Israel over the apps catering to the pro-Palestinian stance of its users. The USA is thinking that taking over of Tik Tok in such a manner may be one way of 'taking hold' of Chinese technology which it would otherwise be accused of 'stealing'.

One USA vlogger was shown to be telling everyone that practically everything in USA homes is made in China - the sofas, TVs, furniture, clothes, sundries and even medicines. Trump's MAGA hats are also made in China. The USA flag is also made in China. Why is the USA Congress and Government not taking issue with the manufacturers?

Anonymous

China should tell Trump, no TikTok, no visit to China

 Trump on his first day signed an executive order giving Tik Tok 75 days (or 90 days?) to agree with Trump's 50% venture or be sold to a USA entity, or else he warned he will use tariffs to punish Beijing if it does not approve the deal. Tik Tok should just stop operation in USA after the end of its 90 days reprieve rather than drag this fiasco on and on.

Everything is now tied to tariffs, a problem-solving tool that Trump is using to punish those who do not follow his wishes. Trump thinks that the threat of tariff is going to make China bend on its knees and allow Tik Tok to be sold or be controlled by the USA Government. Let us wait and see how those tariffs that he gloated about will do to the USA's own citizens first. Moreover, many Tik Tok refugees are saying they will not go back to Tik Tok, perhaps knowing that the reprieve is just a temporary stance and is not doing anything positive.

China seems more eager to de-decouple from the USA than the other way round. China is no longer fooling around and has worked out its strategy to counter the USA's actions. China's long term strategic priority is leveraging on BRICS and the Global South, distancing its relations with the USA, which is becoming more and more apparent.

Anonymous

Trump is still planning to take over TikTok

 Trump is giving Tik Tok a 90-day reprieve which is just putting a nice show and spin for his supporters. Read between the lines about what is Trump's real agenda. Trump was the prime mover of the Tik Tok ban during his first term, a ban that Biden removed when he came to office. Trump is still anti-Tik Tok to the core, clear and simple and still wants the USA to have a 50% control in a joint venture. Will Tik Tok take the bait? I hope not, which means Tik Tok has to be censored and not talking anymore about Israel's genocide in Gaza, which is the main reason for the ban, and has nothing to do with National Security or civilian security as was touted.

For those Tik Tok refugees now enjoying the eye-opening education and seeing the truth about China, my advice is to them is to stay grounded on Rednote and not moving back to Tik Tok, which will be under the control of the USA Government if Tik Tok accepts the 50% control or be banned anyway by the USA Government. This is no different from forcing Tik Tok to be sold to a USA entity to remain in operation. This will also make Tik Tok just like Meta and Twitter, having to participate in the fabrication of lies about the real China and participating in the USA's brainwashing agenda. The irony is that now Tik Tok refugees are aware of such brainwashing technique by the USA Government and the MSM and will not swallow such brainwashing in ignorance.

Anonymous

PS. The only thing holding Trump back is the 170 million voters and their livelihood.

ASEAN must support Trump's takeover of Greenland, Canada, Mexico and more

 Emperor Trump is firmly installed and secured in his throne and American colonies and cronies are all sending their best wishes to the emperor. No one wants to be seen to be left out in this ass licking ritual. They must all be comparing notes, to see who is first in their greetings to the emperor. Never mind if they have been snubbed by Trump without being invited to his inauguration. Currying favour is the order of the day. 

Emperor Trump is not only good for the Americans but also the best thing to have happened for the free world. Every country is now free for the Americans to take, just like taking the land of native Americans for free, taking slaves from Africa to work in cotton fields for free, and printing free money. America is the land of the free, free to take anything from anyone.

Not only that, no one dares to criticise or condemn Trump for wanting to grab Greenland, Canada, Mexico etc. The Americans have created this sense of fear, that they can do anything under their Rules Based Order, and no leader would dare to breathe a word about it. Some nitwits would even say it is a good thing for small states. It is expected that the western media would behave accordingly, keep their mouths shut. Whatever the Americans do is good and for peace and security of the world. It is not aggression, it is not expansionism, it is simply imperialism, it is Americans' way of making love and making peace.

There are so many big mouths in ASEAN but not one would say anything about a violation of international laws, about a bad precedent, about principles. The Americans can take over any country they like, and it is a good thing, according to American Rules Based Order.

Given this kind of interpretation or obeyance to the Emperor Trump, I would suggest that ASEAN should openly support Trump's land grab to be on his good book. By siding with Trump, Trump may be grateful and leave them alone. Even if Trump decides to take over ASEAN countries, call it a blessing. The Philippines is already on the queue to be the 52nd state of the USA. Instead of being taken over, it would look better to beg Trump to take over ASEAN to be part of the American Empire.

According to some nitwit survey, ASEAN leaders and people are still adoring the Americans as the leader of the world, with a lot of political goodwill. It is understandable that the TikTokers were kept in the dark about the world by American propaganda and censorship and believing that America is the best country to live in. The American regime fed them with lies and fake news without them knowing it. But for ASEAN people to think and believe the same fiction of how great America is, how loving and caring America is, is quite astounding. It only shows how powerful and how deep the American propaganda has been sunk into the heads of unthinking numbskulls, or how stupid the ASEAN people are.

With Emperor Trump in the seat, no country can escape his lusting roving eyes. It is only a matter of time for Trump to turn his attention to the Malacca Strait and the South China Sea. These are all vital to America's national security and interests and have to be secured sooner or later as part of the American Empire.

Long live the American Empire. ASEAN is longing and begging to be part of the American Empire.

Virgo49's Morning Bread

 UAssA may scorned India as insignificant just a HOT Air Country but Sinking Land aka SinkiesLand seemed to like to grovel and licked India's feet and balls.

President and others held their breaths in their damn polluted country.

Even White Spolit Bedminton, oops BADminton players lost and complained due to the environment.

SinkiesLand kay kiang jumped across board and be the first to want to show the World their efficiency in Climate Challenges and Change.

Whereas Dotard Donald Duck Trump poohed poohed and laughed at these dafts going to pollute the environment more with their drilling for oil and more WARs.

Invasions and killings with their Bombs for their pockets and banks.

Thus now Heavens so fed up with them going to have MAJOR disasters of Earthquakes, Tornados, Fires and All Castrophes on them.

Somemore can preached must believed in GOD.

What's Hypocrites!

Soon, very soon

Virgo49

Los Angeles is still burning - American govt no money to help the victims but got money to give to Zelensky and Netanyahu

 Los Angeles is still burning after more than two weeks or since January 7th. Lots of funny things are happening. Looters masquerading as firemen. Untrained Incarcerated people employed as firemen to help in firefighting and being paid 'slave wages'. Where is Human Rights Watch hiding under and pretending to be mutes? If this were to happen in China, they and the West will be the first to be screaming their heads off.

Now there is a site set up for donations to help those affected. Laughable really as most of the homes of stars and millionaires have been burnt to the ground, and they need donations? It was reported that landlords are increasing rentals and hotels upping their rates to accommodate those affected temporarily. The rich can afford being slaughtered by those benefitting from the misery of others, but not the poor. Where is the role of the USA Government or State in all this? Don't they have a duty to at least provide temporary alternative housing for the victims?

I understand, from watching videos and listening to the comments on Youtube, by people who migrated to Rednote from Tik Tok and having interacted with Chinese users, that in China they were told that whenever a fire destroyed homes, the Chinese Government will provide temporary free shelter for the victims, together will food and other necessities. This is basic human rights under a democratic Government, is it not? What are the USA voters voting for under a democracy if this is not the least they can expect?

It is time for USA citizens to wake up. They are voting for a government more interested in starting wars, antagonizing China and Russia, spreading fabricated news, seizing sovereign states, forcing them to buy expensive things like EVs and groceries and keeping the voters ignorant and naive about what is happening around the world. That USA citizens, now using Rednote, are shocked and felt terribly lied to and shortchanged by their own Government is, to say the least, totally unwarranted.

Anonymous

India - Fact or fantasy is now clearly exposed

 The USA and the West have now discovered the reality about India and are now not as positive about India becoming the next China, which they can then invest in to take advantage of the cheap labor harping on India's Population Dividend. The Western world trumpeting on this gives India an added reason to keep gloating about its rise as a manufacturing power to take over from China. Fact or fantasy is now clearly exposed.

Had their confidence in investing in India not been deflated, USA companies will have started moving to India en masse. No, they are not going to call such cheap labor in India as 'slave wages' for now, so long as they can continue to benefit from it. 'Slave wages' will only become the ammunition to demonize India when India starts to have huge trade surpluses with the USA, like China. And India will likewise be accused of stealing jobs from USA citizens. This is in their playbook and will not be any different from what China went through.

Just look at what the USA is doing against the top four countries that the USA is trying to erect high tariffs against - China, Japan, EU (with Germany the main target) and Mexico. The USA does not produce much consumer needs domestically and have to import products from these countries, and it is a no brainer that the USA will suffer trade deficits with these countries. Unless the USA can really go back to manufacturing, there is no way those deficits will shrink. Trump is trying to reverse the trend by using tariffs to cut down on USA trade deficits, which is not going to work and will only be punishing USA citizens. The fact that the Hillbillies are ignorant about countries outside the USA gives the Government leeway to steal from them under stealth.

Anonymous

Trump is a big fan of fossil fuel

 As I have said all along, Trump is a big fan of fossil fuel, and a big dissident, if I may use the word, of renewables. Trump probably has huge interest in oil exploration majors or have huge donors from oil industry players. That basically is diametrically opposed to huge donors to Trump's campaign like Elon Musk. Musk is fighting a losing battle looking at events unfolding. If it does come to Canada and Greenland being seized, Trump will continue to shout 'Drill baby drill' for more oil from his two new additional territories.

There is much hyping about China still collapsing mantra, with its oil demand shrinking, its property sector unravelling, all without looking or considering its trade surplus still rising to the heavens at almost US$1 trillion last year. Is this a sign that China is collapsing which is just a fantasy or a fact. China's demand for oil will keep falling due to its electrification moves in almost every direction - EVs, Public Transport, rural outreach in electrification, which will all result in China cutting its dependence on fossil fuel usage. Now with more gas reaching China from Russia's 'Power of Siberia 2' pipeline in 2030, less usage of oil will be the outcome.

The USA under Trump can continue to promote fossil fuel and keeping its car manufacturers alive and hooked on ICE vehicle output, while the rest of the world moves on with renewables adoption like EVs, wind turbines and solar panels.

Anonymous