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Xi reprimanded by CCP elders

The Nomad — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 20:43:12 +0800

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The turmoil has worried many of the elders who ran the party during China's economic ascent.
Sources said that ahead of Beidaihe, party elders convened their own meeting to summarize their opinions before conveying them to the current leaders. The meeting was likely held in the suburbs of Beijing.

Afterward, only several of these elders traveled to Beidaihe to convey their consensus to the current leaders. The face-to-face meeting with the current leaders, including Xi, took place on a single day, the sources said.

The gist of the message was that if the political, economic and social turmoil continues without any effective countermeasures being taken, the party could lose public support, posing a threat to its rule.

We cannot have more turmoil, the elders pointed out.

Sauce pedas
https://asia.nikkei.com/Editor-s-Picks/Chin...ction-of-nation

#in b4 wumous say this is a Japanese conspiracy
## in b4 wumous say but ...but...China make chip breakthru woh.

Many Ukrainians can't find jobs, homes in Europe

The Nomad — Mon, 10 Oct 2022 20:39:20 +0800

Source:
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/after-...ope-2022-10-10/

I believe the males are not allowed to leave Ukraine .... only females allowed to flee.

Allowing them here will make our society more diverse since we already have Arabs, Rohingya, etc.

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Ukrainian psychologist Tatyana Bogkova was on a birthday trip in Poland with her mother and four-year-old daughter when Russian troops invaded her homeland earlier this year.
With shells raining on Kharkiv city and her policeman husband staying to fight, the 32-year-old chose to take refuge in Spain, where she quickly translated her CV and took language lessons in hope of a job.
She is still searching.
"I am not afraid of any job but I would like to do what I learned," Bogkova said in a Madrid cafe near a Catholic Church aid centre, which together with a family offered them a free house until December.
"Every day I look for ideas on how to work while my daughter is at school," added the Ukrainian, who at least cleans a cafeteria fortnightly with her mother and also volunteers on social media content for a charity.
Bogkova and her family are among 7.6 million Ukrainian refugees scattered around Europe since Russian President Vladimir Putin sent troops over the border and heavily bombarded cities like Kharkiv.

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Katherine, 34, a model and clothes designer, was recovering from breast cancer surgery when Odessa came under attack. Now she lives in a refugee centre on Spain's Gran Canaria island with her 12-year-old son and is receiving medical assistance.
Despite suffering depression, she is working on her Spanish and trying to find a job in tourism, so far without success.
"I had a dream life," she said, strolling on a nearby beach.
"Now I do not have a home."

Half of China hit by drought in worst heatwave

The Nomad — Thu, 25 Aug 2022 19:22:21 +0800

From draught to floods .... to stock market crash, lost jobs due to tech crackdown ... to China deeply unpopular in most of the world during Xi's reign ... to stubbornly sticking to zero Covid policy no matter the cost .... to grabbing power and seeking 3rd term ... Winnie is probably the most disasterous CCP leader since Mao.

from www.pbslearningmedia.org
The 'Mandate of Heaven' established the idea that a ruler must be just to keep the approval of the gods. It was believed that natural disasters, famines, and astrological signs were signals that the emperor and the dynasty were losing the Mandate of Heaven.

From Wiki:
The Mandate of Heaven is a Chinese political philosophy that was used in ancient and imperial China to legitimize the rule of the King or Emperor of China. According to this doctrine, heaven – which embodies the natural order and will of the universe – bestows the mandate on a just ruler of China

from:
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/half-c...-record-2899581

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Chongqing, China, Aug 25, 2022 (AFP) - A crippling drought exacerbated by a record heatwave has spread across half of China and reached the normally frigid Tibetan Plateau, according to official data released ahead of more searing temperatures on Thursday.
The world's second-largest economy has experienced over 70 days of heatwaves, flash floods and droughts -- phenomena that scientists say are becoming more frequent and intense due to climate change.
Southern China has recorded its longest continuous period of high temperatures since records began more than 60 years ago, the agriculture ministry said this week.
Experts have said the intensity, scope and duration of the heatwave could make it one of the worst recorded in global history.
A chart from the National Climate Centre showed Wednesday that swathes of southern China -- including the Tibetan Plateau -- were experiencing "severe" to "extraordinary" drought conditions.

Taiwan reservists unprepared for China war

The Nomad — Thu, 25 Aug 2022 19:12:41 +0800

extracts from 'Not ready': Taiwan reservists stoic but unprepared for China threat' article by AFP

(my take: Like that, surrender saje lar!)

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Taipei, Aug 25, 2022 (AFP) -
Sitting pensively in a pew at a Taipei church, army reservist Henry Cheng is nonchalant about the Chinese warships and jets circling his island -- but he also feels ill-prepared for war.
China's massive military drills this month pushed tensions in the Taiwan Strait to their highest point in years, deepening fears Beijing could forcibly take control of the self-ruled democracy it claims as its own.
Coming on the heels of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the crisis has revived debate within Taiwan and among key Western allies about the readiness of the island's vastly outnumbered military.
But Cheng said he was unconcerned.
"It was like 'Oh, they're at it again,'" the 25-year-old insurance sales agent told AFP. "They've been talking about a war since I was little but there still hasn't been one."
Cheng completed his mandatory four-month military service last year, placing him in the ranks of some 2.5 million reservists who could be called up to battle if an invasion took place.
Yet conflict feels like a distant reality for Cheng compared to his usual routine of meeting clients and rehearsing Christian worship songs as a drummer for his church band.
"I'm definitely not ready (for war), because four months to me is more like going there to play," he said, referencing his training.
"I'd probably die very quickly. I'll face it when it comes."

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Mandatory service used to be deeply unpopular in Taiwan, which was once a brutal military dictatorship but has since morphed into a progressive democracy.

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Peter Yang, an engineer who plays wargames in his spare time, remembers much of his compulsory military service was mostly "spent doing paperwork".
"There was not a lot of time spent on training, just basic physical training and shooting practice," the 24-year-old told AFP
"Our job is really just to die on the battlefield... so it's enough for us to know how to fire a gun," he said, adding reservists were given only 12 bullets for each shooting practice.
Last month, former US army chief Mark Esper called for Taiwan to triple its mandatory service to a year and extend its enrolment to women.

You need just RM2.3 million

The Nomad — Wed, 29 Dec 2021 04:24:36 +0800

Not I say want ... but research from international real estate consultant Knight Frank.

I can't post link cause under probation. Just Google 'bloomberg world's richest 1%' and click on top article.

Look for Malaysia at the Wealth Split graphic.
US$1 = RM4.18
US$540k = RM2.3 million

Net worth ya, so should include own stay property.

In Singapore, US$2.9 million will let you join the ranks of the city-state's top 1%. It's US$4.4 million in US.