America is a lying thief, stealing technology from countries outside the USA

They did that to Toshiba of Japan. They did that to Alstom of France. They did that to Huawei. Now they are doing it to TikTok.

Why? Because they could not compete with all these companies. TikTok, with 150 million followers in the USA, is competing well with the likes of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram etc. Meta is falling apart. Twitter under Elon Musk is facing trouble with his revelations about Biden and his son, and for putting Trump back into twittering mode again before 2024.

Likewise, in the chip manufacturing business, USA manufacturers are not in the forefront of high end chip innovation and manufacturing. TSMC and Samsung have overshadowed them. So, what to do? Lure them to the USA, steal their technology, kill them from competing by putting a leash over them for good.

TSMC's Morris Chang is already deeply regreting his move to Arisona and building a plant there. His fellow Taiwanese workers, seconded to the USA, are facing problems with the work attitudes of non-Taiwanese workers, who are not used to the same working environment as in Taiwan. Taiwanese are used to working long hours, but not the Whites and other non-Taiwanese, thus creating friction between them. Despite being paid double what they get in Taiwan to lure them over, some Taiwanese workers are regreting their move to Arizona. Too late to regret.

Moreover, TSMC now realises that the subsidies given by the USA Government favours the USA chip makers like Intel, Micron, Nvidia etc more than TSMC and Samsung. TSMC should have heeded the warning given by Trump earlier of his 'America First' policy and now equally applied by Biden as well. Remember, the whole USA administration, whether Republicans or Democrats are basically the right and left hand of the Deep State. Both Parties cannot vary their policies too far apart. Moreover, it is USA big oil, big pharma, big tech that provided big funding for the campaigns of USA Presidents, and they invariably control the one sitting in the White House.

Anonymous 

TikTok Chew Shou Zi versus American gangsters in Congress

Photo credit to Bloomberg

Commentary: How well did TikTok CEO Chew Shou Zi hold out against US Congress grilling?

Chew Shou Zi’s performance at a hostile congressional hearing was a missed opportunity for TikTok, says NTU’s Mark Cenite.   CNA headlines.

The above are the headlines in CNA of a critique on the performance of Chew Shou Zi in the American Congress by an armchair academic. It is so easy to make condescending comments from a distance, and not in the hot seat. The world has come to know what happened in this theatre concocted by, and with script written by the mafia of American lawmakers. The world was given a front row seat to witness the fake democracy of America where a bunch of technically ignorant and incompetent lawmakers pretending to know what they did not know and lashing out at the CEO of TikTok in a set up to literally grill him alive.

What happened in Congress on that day, for 5 hours, came out as nothing but a farce. 52 old hacks, some could be the grandpa or grandma by age to the young TikTok CEO, went about mercilessly to demolish him based on a plate of lies, disinformation, presumptions and bullying, hiding behind strength in numbers. They asked many silly questions and made many silly comments all with one purpose, TikTok was guilty of spying, if not today, would be sometime in the future, and because its parent company is from China, it must take orders from China under Chinese laws. They conveniently forgot that the USA is the biggest spy in the world and spying even on their own people and leaders of their allies, and caught red handed. It is not that TikTok had done it, they had no proof that TikTok had committed an unlawful act. It was all based on a presumption that TikTok would do it in the future. This is as good as guilty before a crime is committed, a presumption of guilt.

And Chew was not given a chance to make a decent reply or explanation. They shut him up, cut him off, did not let him speak. They only wanted to prove how clever they were in their allegations and silly questions. This is making a mockery of American democracy. It is American democrazy. It is gangsterism, with the privilege of being lawmakers, with the power behind them, abusing their power as lawmakers, to fix up their victim without giving the victim the right to defend himself. And the almost senile men and women thought they were very clever.

And armchair critics could think that Chew stood a chance, could make a case for TikTok. And he failed and it was his fault. Bull. No one stand a chance in a house of hooligans and mafias. It was modern day Inquisition. The gangsters and mafias had already decided that TikTok was guilty and inviting TikTok's CEO to Congress was to give the impression that they were fair, with the fake presumption that he was given a chance to make his case. It was all a charade.

This is the most shameful face of American hooliganism on display to the whole world. TikTok was guilty without committing any crime. The gangsters and mafias in Congress said so. They were hellbent to get rid of TikTok at all costs. Chew did not stand a chance to defend TikTok. He was set up to be the punching bag, to make silly old men and old women looked clever. There was no contest. It was not a contest, and never a missed opportunity. It was wishful thinking that the gangsters and mafias would give Chew a fair hearing, give TikTok a chance to make its case. You cannot reason with the unreasonable.

Would TikTok survive in the USA? This would now depend on the 150m American users. Would they march on the streets to save TikTok from being unfairly crucified by the gangsters and mafias in Congress? Would they let the gangsters and mafias rob TikTok from them, forbidding them the freedom to use an innocent software that is useful to them socially and in their businesses?

American freedom of choice, freedom of expression and democracy are on trial, being compromised by the gangsters and mafias that called themselves lawmakers. These gangsters and mafias in Congress are such a contemptuous lot, disgusting. This is a showcase of fake American democracy. It is American gangsterism, a kangaroo court.

PS. On a one to one basis, the old hacks in Congress would look like infantiles against the technically superior TikTok CEO Chew.

US has lost the Global South

 Actually the Europeans are also afraid of losing their global standing without riding on the coat-tails of the USA. This is also their only chance at self preservation, using the USA's unipolar hegemony to maintain the Anglo Saxon Whites dominance. But like Little Britain, the decline cannot be stopped.

Therefore, whatever the USA tells them to do, they have to follow. The downfall of the US$ hegemony, and with it the USA military power, means the fall of the Anglo Saxon global domination will deflate going forward. And they are petrified of that happening. They therefore have to support the USA's agenda, whatever it takes, even to the extent of sacrificing themselves. What have the Europeans gained so far in Ukraine? Nothing other than cutting their noses to spite their faces to please the USA.

However, it may be an exercise in futility trying to prevent the changing of the global geopolitical order from a unipolar to a multipolar world. The West already lost the Global South, after years of blatant neglect in Latin America, Africa, Middle East and Central Asia. Now Central America is slowly moving away from USA's sphere of influence as well. Mexico just joined BRICS and Honduras just dumped Taiwan for China.

The USA and the West are trying desperately to regain their influence in the Global South. But it is too little too late. The Africans can no longer be fooled, with many wise leaders rising through the ranks to take over. Those leaders learned their lesson from the past and refused to be lured into demonising China, the usual narrative touched upon by Western leaders each and every time they visited any African country.

Anonymous

China is now a ‘safe haven’ for international capital

 

China is now a ‘safe haven’ as international capital flee from Western markets to Asia amid banking turmoil

The unfolding banking crisis in the US and Europe, which has shattered investor confidence in the Western financial system, could highlight China as a “relative safe haven,” economists at Citi said in a note.

The Chinese economy could see accelerated expansion this year, giving the country a “hedge” for growth while economies in the US and Europe face heightened risk of financial disruption, according to the note.

“We have long been discussing our view that China can be a major growth hedge this year – if anything, recent global banking stresses perhaps have strengthened this thesis,” a team led by Citi’s Chief China economist Xiangrong Yu reportedly stated.

“China could at least be a relative ‘safe haven’ given its growth premium, financial soundness, policy discipline and the new political economy cycle,” the economists argued.

Citi also expects to see the onshore yuan strengthening against the US dollar as soon as September, which would bring the renminbi to its strongest levels since April last year.

Anonymous 

Condemn the bombing of Nord Stream pipelines to protect and save the world

 The western media is playing down this horrendous crime against humanity like it was just pricking and bursting a balloon. And they are not interested in knowing the truth, not wanting to find out who did it and not wanting to hang the culprit.

Even before any sign of evidence was out, the finger was pointed at Russia. Russia was so stupid to blow up their expensive pipelines that were making millions and billions for them selling gas to Europe. Only stupid people would believe in this kind of silly logic. But it must be Russia. But when more evidence appeared, investigation done, no one wants to say anything. No one wants to know the findings of the investigation. Obviously it was not Russia or the western media and the American terrorists would blow up the roof demanding prosecution and compensation from Russia.

Why they did not want to tell the truth and now so happy and vigorous to promote a fake truth, that it was pro Ukrainian hobbyists that did the job? But of course every thinking and well informed individual would know the answer and would know a lie when they see one.

No matter how hard they are trying to cover up this crime, it must not be allowed to fade off and be forgotten. This is a very serious precedent set and could see many gas or oil pipelines and even communication lines be blown up if no action or punishment is taken against the perpetrators, the criminals against humanity. This is not simply a matter of sabotage.

The blowing of gas or oil pipelines is an environmental hazard of immense proportion. Think of how many marine lives would be destroyed and how the environment in the immediate vicinity and subsequently all the oceans be affected. Marine lives and seafood would be the first casualties and the whole food chain would be affected. The scale of destruction is waiting to be experienced, but no, the evil culprits would not want to do anything or say anything, and pretending that nothing serious had happened.

Breaking the marine food chain has very serious consequences on the marine livestocks. How bad is the damage, anyone want to know, want to investigate when hundreds of millions of toxic gas seep into the sea water? Collateral damages?

Bring the culprit to task and punish severely. Where is the UN, where are the moral policemen of the west, the western media? Not interested, never mind, small matters? Why no outcry for crimes against humanity and crimes against marine lives?

Another incident of western hypocrisy? Would there be pipelines along the coasts of the USA be about to be blown up, if such a crime is taken so lightly?