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China canceled 94 interest free loans to Africa between 2000 and 2019
https://redd.it/1hcvu52
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Russia Nears Deal With New Syria Leaders to Keep Army Bases (once again reality speaks for itself, antagonizing Russia with Ukraine's trend is just stupid)
https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/international/2024/12/12/russia-nears-deal-with-new-syria-leaders-to-keep-military-bases/
https://redd.it/1hczyn3
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More Russia supermarkets opening across China
https://redd.it/1hcpdpu
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Repeating the History: the American Cultural Revolution, the talk of Purge and Deportations, and the Trickery of the Selfish Demon
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/living-a-lie-we-deceive-ourselves-to-better-deceive-others/
“What’s so interesting is that we seem to intuitively understand that if we can get ourselves to believe something first, we’ll be more effective at getting others to believe it,” says William von Hippel, a psychologist at The University of Queensland, who co-authored the study. “So we process information in a biased fashion, we convince ourselves, and we convince others."
https://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/guest-blog/how-the-science-of-blue-lies-may-explain-trumps-support/
Children start to tell selfish lies at about age three, when they discover adults cannot read their minds: I didn’t steal that toy. Daddy said I could. He hit me first. At around age seven, they begin to tell white lies motivated by feelings of empathy and compassion: That’s a good drawing. I love socks for Christmas. You’re funny.
Blue lies are a different category altogether, simultaneously selfish and beneficial to others—but only to those who belong to your group. As University of Toronto psychologist Kang Lee explains, blue lies fall in between generous white lies and selfish “black” ones. “You can tell a blue lie against another group,” he says, which makes it simultaneously selfless and self-serving. “For example, you can lie about your team’s cheating in a game, which is antisocial but helps your team.”
These studies have long told us something we knew deep down about our human nature: We are selfish by natural tendencies, and we lie to ourselves and to others for variety of reasons.
Repetition of history, regardless of differences of Capitalism vs. Communism, Long term vs. short term thinkings, converge upon our own selfishness.
We see it in Trump's strategy: To con the voters even his own supporters, with promises of selfish gains (usually appeal of ideological spiritual similarity), with the price of usually "throwing others under the bus". It's definitely not that different than how Hitler got into power: support me because I will take from the "others" and give to you!
In those simple strategies of corrupting power, is the Con or Trickery of the Selfish Demon in all of us: The GAIN to us seems almost ABSOLUTE certain as a Mountain of Gold! Because the PRICE is nothing to us personally (except hurting those we didn't like). It's a DOUBLE-WIN (at least a single win). Everyone has someone (or a group) that we don't like. Even better is we don't have to do anything to hurt the "others" we don't like!
If you draw an analogy to this: Imagine yourself in your office, and you see Donald setting up a contraption that will dump water on the next person who walked in through the back door. Donald says "It's for Phil". and you know Phil uses that back door, and you dislike Phil. You shrug and pretend that you didn't see anything, while secretly waiting for the humiliation awaiting Phil.
But here is the rub: If tomorrow you were the victim of a prank in the office, WHO do you suspect did it? Donald or Phil? It's in all probability Donald, because he has a history of doing the same kind of prank in the office. But why would Donald do it to you? Because he wins by pranking everyone. YOU and PHIL are among all of his victims!
But if you knew that tendency, would you have done things differently in the first place? Would you have warned Phil? or Told everyone about Donald's nature?
Well, that would come down to your own tendencies, whether you are more selfish, or less. If you are MORE selfish inclined, you might not care that Donald pranks everyone. You might decide to take your own
[ENG]Chinese farmers: US elections? Nothing new. Three powers in one! Liu becomes the square dance park director with the most rights in 40 years!
https://redd.it/1gve34l
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How China Can Win the Cold War with the U.S., Here are Four Suggestions | Yanis Varoufakis
https://youtu.be/8BsAa_94dao?si=kxg3bfZCZMcS-ouj
https://redd.it/1gvdj52
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John Mearsheimer: Why is Ukraine the West's Fault? (1 hour video from 2015). Now watched 29 million times!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrMiSQAGOS4
https://redd.it/1gv7zok
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Construction of China-Russia east-route natural gas pipeline complete, to shore up energy supply in East China
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202411/1323279.shtml
https://redd.it/1guzzq6
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few Americans remembered what happened before when they tried to go anti-immigrant
https://redd.it/1guzpzw
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The Best EV You Can't Buy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMowPNqMPac
https://redd.it/1gupf07
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Around 285.6 billion yuan ($39.7 billion) worth of deals were signed at the 15th #AirshowChina, in Zhuhai, South China's Guangdong province
https://x.com/ChinaDaily/status/1858159411707166765
https://redd.it/1guijw5
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“Human Cat Treat” Takes China by Storm: Konjac Jelly Snack Hits $2 Billion in Sales in Six Months
https://pandayoo.com/post/human-cat-treat-takes-china-by-storm-konjac-jelly-snack-hits-2-billion-in-sales-in-six-months/
https://redd.it/1gua225
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China or the US? Can you tell which country is respected by the Global South?
https://x.com/Johncodemode/status/1858157665249272202
https://redd.it/1gu6s1j
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The 2024 Salem Prize, awarded each year to young researchers for outstanding contributions to the field of mathematical analysis overseen by the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) in Princeton, was won by Shanghai-born international maths star Yilin Wang
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3286949/shanghai-born-international-maths-star-curiosity-what-counts?module=latest_china_science&pgtype=section
https://redd.it/1gu5jad
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JOKE OF THE DAY: Lai compares himself to Zelensky: “The busiest president in the world is Zelensky, and after that, me”
https://archive.ph/oCF0O
https://redd.it/1gu243a
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The Chip War is nearing its end: By 2028, China will emerge as the dominant force in the global chip industry. In contrast, the prospects for the U.S., Japan, and South Korea seem far less promising.
https://thechinaacademy.org/the-chip-war-is-nearing-its-end-as-china-chips-in/
https://redd.it/1hd0r0k
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Speechless over how bad this propaganda is, tsunami of mocking for CNN...Western tabloids should be on their knees thanking China as literally the ONE thing that some people still believe them on
https://x.com/LConeCNN/status/1866981482801061980
https://redd.it/1hcz61f
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chances, because YOUR knowledge gives you the advantage that you can beware of Donald's pranks (and check for it when you get in the office). You don't mind, you can take the risks, but you know you benefit by Phil NOT knowing and fall victim.
But in reality, the Selfishness is in its own right Short-sighted by consequence. Your knowledge will not prevent Donald from making continuous attempts to prank you, he will get better at it, and eventually you will fall victim to it. And because you didn't warn others, no one else will likely warn you, especially if they all fall victim to Donald but you somehow didn't. (They would also likely assume that you either know at ahead of time, or you don't mind being pranked by Donald).
If you think about it, Short-sightedness is a kind of selfishness. When one is not willing to make sacrifices today (for one's future or others' future), others will not likely sacrifice for your future either. And when one sacrifices others for one's own selfishness, others will likely do the same in the future. (It's the Golden rule afterall).
So, in the context of China and US, we are witnessing the repeat of history reaching for another epic climax of selfishness in self-deception and self-sabotage. It's so much simpler than some grand ideological struggles, or decline of institutions and educations, ignorance vs. enlightenment.
The West is simply reaching an Age of Unbridled Selfishness. We are watching them burning their own houses for warmth. It is not something we can cure them of. The Selfish have their own gods and morals, and they are not the better nature of our angels.
https://redd.it/1gvilxb
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American automotive design expert: Harvard and McKinsey told me to go to China, so I did, and now they're calling me a traitor? No one even listens to my classes in the U.S., but in China, I have 2,500 people in one class who are eager to hear what I have to say.
https://youtu.be/v3-PQ3TdUHI?si=GrJ5B8yurQL-Zlzw&t=910
https://redd.it/1gvffrs
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Winning Photos of AVIC's 14th Airshow China Photo Contest
https://redd.it/1gvdh49
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The EU demands technology transfers from Chinese companies. How the tables have turned!
https://www.ft.com/content/f4fd3ccb-ebc4-4aae-9832-25497df559c8
https://redd.it/1gv8nn8
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No, I don't think the jail terms are "lengthy" enough
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/11/18/world/hong-kong-democracy-leaders-sentencing-intl-hnk/index.html
Even 10 years is a far cry from "life imprisonment" the fear-mongering Western medias kept parroting; and most of them received way less than that.
Joshua Wong, the most dangerous out of the bunch, only received a measly 4 years and I'm sure he will be released early as Hong Kong court seems to have a propensity for reducing jail terms for criminals, and here is another example
https://redd.it/1guqo9m
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America's new secretary of defense: "The Pentagon has a perfect record in all of its war games against China... we lose every time"
global_impulse/video/7436738334682090808" rel="nofollow">https://www.tiktok.com/@global_impulse/video/7436738334682090808
https://redd.it/1gv07ae
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China's economy grows in October, with manufacturing and retail accelerating
https://news.cgtn.com/news/2024-11-15/Economy-grows-in-October-with-manufacturing-and-retail-accelerating-1yy3zTmdxK0/p.html
https://redd.it/1guu88i
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“China’s story is proof that developing countries can eliminate poverty, that a weaker bird can start early and fly high, when there is the endurance, perseverance, and striving spirit that enables water drops to penetrate rocks over time and turns blueprints into reality.” -President Xi at G20.
https://redd.it/1guoly9
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China's grain output is set to hit a record 700 million tonnes, continuing nine years above 650 million, thanks to effective disaster relief and modern farming techniques
https://x.com/XHNews/status/1850136926512365934
https://redd.it/1guik7q
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China's Xi sets boundaries for Trump with 4 'red lines' at a meeting with Biden, the messenger: Taiwan, democracy and human rights, China's path and system, and the country's rights to development
https://www.businessinsider.com/us-china-relations-red-lines-xi-trump-biden-taiwan-tariffs-2024-11
https://redd.it/1gu7fkp
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Thousands of people gather in Khan Younis from early morning to obtain a loaf of bread. The crisis is worsening in both South and North Gaza. This is due to the lack of flour for bread. Even when its available. The price is exorbitant.
https://redd.it/1gu7t4d
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Extreme Off-Road | Chinese company DEEPRobotics Lynx All-Terrian Robot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iL833P0Vino
https://redd.it/1gu5dqo
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China Daily: Xi: 'Tear down the walls' impeding trade, tech
http://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202411/17/WS6738eb94a310f1265a1cdcc8.html
https://redd.it/1gto1cy
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