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0x815 OP , vor 20 Tagen

Done, thanks.

0x815 OP , vor 20 Tagen

If you don't want your payments to be tracked, then it really is.

0x815 , vor 23 Tagen

Shenzhen and Hong Kong and many other Chinese cities are really great, I have been there too. The point is that what we see and what you describe is the surface. China is a deeply autocratic regime. It's a shame what the CCP is doing to the Chinese people and their culture.

0x815 , vor 23 Tagen (Bearbeitet vor 23 Tagen)

This is not about EV cars, but it is a perfect real-life example what happens if and when you pursue an economic policy like China's:

China solar panel manufacturers seek government action to halt freefall in prices

Chinese solar panel manufacturers said they are seeking immediate government intervention to curb investment and industry collaboration to arrest a plunge in prices of solar cells and modules, as the industry faces overcapacity.

Financial incentives and a government push have helped China become the solar panel factory of the world, accounting for about 80% of global module capacity. Analysts expect Chinese manufacturers to add up to 600 gigawatts (GW) this year, enough to meet global demand through 2032.

However, with no end in sight for the plunge in prices, industry officials and analysts said intense competition was threatening to drive smaller producers into bankruptcy. Rapid capacity additions drove down prices of China's finished solar panels by 42% last year.

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0x815 , vor 22 Tagen

Vielleicht passt das hier:

The climate crisis is solvable, but human rights must trump profits (Archivierter Link)

Huge planetary problems were fixed in the past, yielding lessons for the current climate crisis — yet this time a solution is justice.

0x815 , vor 26 Tagen

This may help: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/about-parliament/en/organisation-and-rules/organisation/political-groups

But it may also help if you'd say which country you will be immigrating to.

0x815 , vor 26 Tagen

Good. But European firms must also stop putting European intellectual property and national security at risk by outsourcing the making of sensitive technology to China or other countries, and Chinese and other foreign companies shouldn't be allowed to take over European companies (the latter being a corresponding rule in China for foreign companies btw).

0x815 , vor 26 Tagen

Tariffs make us all poorer in the long run. Did we learn nothing in the 20th century?

A bold statement without any economic or political context. It is Tthngs like that which make the foundation of misinformation and disinformation imo, and, in that case, play into the hands of Chinese disinformation campaigns.

0x815 , vor 26 Tagen

@makeasnek, this may be fine if and when all countries apply to the same rules, but this is not the case. China is heavily protecting its market, and they do so much more than the EU or the US. In China, foreign companies can't even run a subsidiary in the country, they need a Chinese parther firm to create a joint venture. Recent Chinese 'security laws' even make simple market research almost impossible as it may be seen as 'espionage' by China, which made many consulting firms close their Chinese offices. And these are just two examples.

0x815 , vor 25 Tagen

@makeasnek, it's not only that you are using a lot of words to say nothing, it doesn't address the issue either (because China, among other things, close its own markets, they don't play by the rules they want others to follow, see my other post in this thread).

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0x815 OP , vor 27 Tagen

@Amoxtli, do yourself a favour a stay away from wherever you receive this stuff.

0x815 OP , vor 28 Tagen

This somehow on topic as someone mentioned 'lobbying':

Pfizergate: Belgian court postpones case to December taking pressure off von der Leyen --- (Archived version)

The latest hearing in the Pfizergate scandal has been postponed until 6 December by a Belgian court to give parties additional time to examine certain aspects of the case, a decision likely to be a relief for European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, who is currently busy on the campaign trail ahead of the June EU elections.

In April 2021, the New York Times broke the ‘Pfizergate’ story, revealing that von der Leyen had negotiated a contract for 1.8 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses during the pandemic with Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla through mobile phone texts that remain undisclosed to this day.

In June 2022, the European Ombudsman concluded that the contract negotiation was a case of ‘maladministration’.

0x815 OP , vor 28 Tagen

Doesn't it make more sense for people to have the option to move ....

Certainly. The most important outcome of this study imho is that there is a significant gap between the public/political debate and the peoples' sentiment.