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        <title>Lowyat.NET: Latest topics by titanmelvin</title>
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            <title>New project at Bandar Sunway</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5529036</link>
            <description>&lt;b&gt;New project at Bandar Sunway&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• Walking distance to Taylor&amp;#39;s lakeside and to BRT SunMed station&lt;br /&gt;• Swimming Pool, Jacuzzi, Sauna, Mini Theater, Multi Sport Courts, Gym and more&amp;#33;&lt;br /&gt;• Total 5 lifts&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;550 Sq Ft (Type A) . SAMM&lt;br /&gt;• 2 Bedrooms, 1 Bathroom with wet/dry separated, 1 Car Park&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;• Price RM265,000&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• RM482 per square foot only&amp;#33;&lt;br /&gt;• Monthly instalment from approx. RM1,100&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='https://maps.app.goo.gl/aSj5dSABQKkzau657' target='_blank'&gt;https://maps.app.goo.gl/aSj5dSABQKkzau657&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Location is at Bandar Sunway. Nearby to D7. There will be a new road constructed underneath LDP. Linking to Taylor&amp;#39;s, near D&amp;#39;Latour&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='https://pictr.com/images/2025/06/30/xuKSMA.jpg' target='_blank'&gt;&lt;img src='https://pictr.com/images/2025/06/30/xuKSMA.md.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are other sizes as well.</description>
            <author>titanmelvin</author>
            <category>Property Talk</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2025 10:02:32 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Kyliez Suites @ KLCC</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5386322</link>
            <description>Exsim New Project beside Avenue K&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Developer: Exsim&lt;br /&gt;Tenure: Freehold&lt;br /&gt;Land area : 0.3769 acres&lt;br /&gt;Total unit: 346 units&lt;br /&gt;Sizes: &lt;br /&gt;323 sqft (Studio) Non-HDA. Partially Furnished&lt;br /&gt;Level 6 to 20&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;484 sqft (2 rooms) HDA. Partially Furnished&lt;br /&gt;Level 21 to 33A&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;657 sqft (Dual key) HDA. Fully Furnished&lt;br /&gt;Level 21 to 33A&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sky Lounge &amp;amp; Facilities, Level 35&lt;br /&gt;Sky Gym &amp;amp; Sky Pool, Level 36&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5 Lift + 1 Service Lift&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='https://goo.gl/maps/Cs8cvZtBf1Qtx2LB6' target='_blank'&gt;https://goo.gl/maps/Cs8cvZtBf1Qtx2LB6&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Note: de King Boutique Hotel KLCC (3 star boutique hotel) right beside.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Updated info as of 22 September 2023.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='https://pictr.com/image/EjJ3N9' target='_blank'&gt;&lt;img src='https://pictr.com/images/2023/09/22/EjJ3N9.md.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
            <author>titanmelvin</author>
            <category>Property Talk</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jun 2023 14:17:04 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>How Come This Doggy So Happy?</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5373818</link>
            <description>&lt;img src='https://pictr.com/images/2023/04/20/En4BUB.md.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Potentially NSFW&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER BEGIN--&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;spoilertop&quot; onClick=&quot;openClose('0925a1adf93cc0911d57bb6d75bd8a11')&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;&amp;raquo; Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... &amp;laquo;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;spoilermain&quot; id=&quot;0925a1adf93cc0911d57bb6d75bd8a11&quot; style=&quot;display:none&quot;&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER END--&gt;[ig]CrJPteYv3N4[/ig]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Can you spot the doggy?&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;</description>
            <author>titanmelvin</author>
            <category>Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2023 12:41:42 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>How Is Retail Sector Doing?</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5369528</link>
            <description>What do you think?&lt;br /&gt;Discuss.</description>
            <author>titanmelvin</author>
            <category>Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 03 Apr 2023 12:01:03 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>China Funny Marketing</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5347575</link>
            <description>[tiktok]7187346185160576299[/tiktok]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[tiktok]7186538421651918123[/tiktok]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[tiktok]7186868443394805038[/tiktok]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Looks like a good product</description>
            <author>titanmelvin</author>
            <category>Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2023 20:05:06 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Which Type of Drivers Do You Hate Most?</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5338849</link>
            <description>What do you think? Vote and Discuss.&lt;br /&gt;-MaybachS600</description>
            <author>titanmelvin</author>
            <category>Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2022 12:56:16 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Why ayanami_tard Everyday Post India Rape News?</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5336871</link>
            <description>&lt;img src='https://pictr.com/images/2022/12/07/ErrmCv.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src='https://i.imgur.com/ScJu4zn.gif' border='0' alt='user posted image' /&gt;</description>
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            <category>Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2022 19:59:23 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>China Zero-COVID Is Working Successfully</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5327898</link>
            <description>&lt;span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'&gt;&lt;b&gt;China Zero-COVID Is Working Successfully&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src='https://pictr.com/images/2022/11/16/Eaw8p2.md.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Update #1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--QuoteBegin-titanmelvin+Nov 22 2022, 12:21 PM--&gt;&lt;div class='quotetop'&gt;QUOTE(titanmelvin &amp;#064; Nov 22 2022, 12:21 PM)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class='quotemain'&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEBegin--&gt;Update&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src='https://pictr.com/images/2022/11/22/EgGjZZ.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Will it be more than April 2022? Or 0 cases?&lt;br /&gt;[right][snapback]105933486[/snapback][/right]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEnd--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEEnd--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</description>
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            <category>Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2022 11:45:46 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>China Woman Look Down on Kakwen&amp;#33;</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5322137</link>
            <description>&lt;span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'&gt;Woman From China Surprised To See That People In Malaysia Aren’t “Dirty &amp;amp; Poor”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src='https://hype.my/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/collage-4-21.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At that time, the lady had been living in Shenzhen, China. She had been pretty happy living there, however, her friend’s lifestyle in Malaysia soon attracted her attention. “I had a friend three years ago. He brought his kids to live and study in Kuala Lumpur,” she explained. “I thought his life (in KL) was very good.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The lady added that she would often ask him questions about living in Kuala Lumpur. “It was so good, and (his) kids also took English classes, (their) English was good. And (they) also learned the piano and other talents,” she said. After a year of her asking questions, her friend finally reached the end of his rope. “You keep asking me (questions) every single day. Can’t you buy a ticket and come (to KL) yourself?” he asked her.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Actually, I didn’t have (a clue) about Kuala Lumpur before. &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'&gt;My impression of Malaysia was that it seemed to be dirty, messy, (with many) poor (people), and (you) can’t get enough to eat (here)&lt;/span&gt;,” the lady admitted. “I thought there was nowhere better than Shenzhen. So, I thought at the time, “Malaysia must be very bad. I can’t go there”.”&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;However, a year later, her friend convinced her to visit. And to her surprise, Malaysia was not like she had imagined. “The greenery was good and the climate is actually similar to Shenzhen’s,” she stated, adding that she felt Malaysia was actually less humid as well. “So, I fell in love with this city at once.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;She also felt like she hadn’t actually gone abroad, since the living conditions were similar to her hometown.&lt;/b&gt; Also, there was no real language barrier as she could use Mandarin to communicate with the local Chinese here. In fact, she felt it was such a nice place, she decided to make Malaysia her second home with the Malaysia My Second Home programme.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To her Malaysia was also the best place to bring up her kids, especially in terms of international education. She felt that international schools in Kuala Lumpur were extremely inclusive &lt;b&gt;as they had a Western education system, but maintained their Chinese cultural education.&lt;/b&gt; “It’s a good place for Asians, especially Chinese people, to come for studies,” she stated.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;However, not everyone back home agreed with her views. She shared that she had friends who often questioned her choice of location and suggested other countries like Australia, Singapore, the US and the UK. She admitted she had considered moving to Singapore.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But, as it was notoriously difficult to gain a visa in Singapore, she decided against it, especially when she factored in her elderly parents. Thailand had also been a country she considered. However, language had been the deciding factor there as she wanted her kids to learn English well.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Her favourite change in Malaysia however is that her children are much happier and more self-confident now. “I didn’t expect (my child) to come home (from school) after the first week to tell me, “Mom, I’m really happy” she shared.&lt;/b&gt; “And in the second week, he said, “Mom, I joined the school’s debate team”.” She ended the video with: “I think if you want your child to have international education, or want them to study happily, you can confidently bring your child to Kuala Lumpur. You can’t go wrong&amp;#33;”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[YOUTUBE]gtnTD7sv7i0[/YOUTUBE]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TLDR: China lady thought Malaysia dirty and Poor, but after visiting, change her impression and decided to make Malaysia her second home.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Source: &lt;a href='https://hype.my/2022/299250/woman-china-malaysia-dirty-poor/' target='_blank'&gt;https://hype.my/2022/299250/woman-china-malaysia-dirty-poor/&lt;/a&gt;</description>
            <author>titanmelvin</author>
            <category>Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2022 11:39:31 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Mad Max 2 Out liao? Virgin Road</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5318782</link>
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            <author>titanmelvin</author>
            <category>Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2022 14:05:17 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Watch China Movies For Free</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5318102</link>
            <description>Can watch China movies for free on Youtube. Full movies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tencent Video-MOVIE&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCURj-jQd2vi6_BmY6vUrdpg/featured' target='_blank'&gt;https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCURj-jQd2v...vUrdpg/featured&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src='https://pictr.com/images/2022/10/14/EEv4fO.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'&gt;&lt;b&gt;Q1Q2 Movie Channel Official&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU5qmd5NvJljDBeM1sD-D1A/featured' target='_blank'&gt;https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU5qmd5NvJ...sD-D1A/featured&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src='https://pictr.com/images/2022/10/17/EEsFHX.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'&gt;&lt;b&gt;爱奇艺大电影 iQIYI MOVIE THEATER&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.youtube.com/c/%E7%88%B1%E5%A5%87%E8%89%BA%E5%A4%A7%E7%94%B5%E5%BD%B1iQIYIMOVIETHEATER/featured' target='_blank'&gt;https://www.youtube.com/c/%E7%88%B1%E5%A5%8...HEATER/featured&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src='https://pictr.com/images/2022/10/17/EEsJn8.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'&gt;&lt;b&gt;YOUKU MOVIE-Get APP now&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE2UHXGOlqotRJgEWl_tiMw/featured' target='_blank'&gt;https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE2UHXGOlq...l_tiMw/featured&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src='https://pictr.com/images/2022/10/17/EEs9tQ.png' border='0' alt='user posted image' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tiger Pictures Entertainment&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzpruUu3vOsVpmYRYpSh1WQ/featured' target='_blank'&gt;https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzpruUu3vO...pSh1WQ/featured&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src='https://pictr.com/images/2022/10/17/EEstuD.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /&gt;</description>
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            <category>Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2022 20:10:36 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Baby Eat Shit</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5299882</link>
            <description>&lt;b&gt;Poop-eating baby ‘takes a bite and shivers’ in video that amuses and enrages millions in China as clip shows dad distracted by phone nearby&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src='https://pictr.com/images/2022/08/13/BDLsjB.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A video of a father in China distracted by his phone while caring for his baby son not noticing his child had been playing with his faeces has had more than 220 million views on Weibo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“The baby was pooping, playing with, and even eating his own faeces right next to him, but he didn’t notice it until five minutes later,” she said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“The baby kept looking at him the entire time, but he didn’t sense anything was wrong.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One commenter noticed the baby’s reaction in the video said: “The child took a bite, frowned and shivered.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While many who watched the video found it amusing, a lot of people were outraged, with many accusing the father of being “careless and irresponsible”.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src='https://www.asiaone.com/sites/default/files/inline-images/weib2.JPG' border='0' alt='user posted image' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Video link: &lt;a href='https://m.sohu.com/a/575972826_121278223/?pvid=000115_3w_a&amp;scm=9010.8000.0.0.1501' target='_blank'&gt;https://m.sohu.com/a/575972826_121278223/?p...0.8000.0.0.1501&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Source: &lt;a href='https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/trending-china/article/3188524/poop-eating-baby-takes-bite-and-shivers-video' target='_blank'&gt;https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/tr...d-shivers-video&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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            <category>Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Sat, 13 Aug 2022 14:06:55 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Why China behave like Coward Bully?</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/0</link>
            <description></description>
            <category>Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 1970 07:30:00 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Betting Zone - China Dare To Attack?</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5296411</link>
            <description>&lt;b&gt;Betting Zone&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='https://flightaware.com/live/flight/SPAR19' target='_blank'&gt;https://flightaware.com/live/flight/SPAR19&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Anti-China/AMDK Betting Corner&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--QuoteBegin-Raddus+Aug 1 2022, 10:57 PM--&gt;&lt;div class='quotetop'&gt;QUOTE(Raddus &amp;#064; Aug 1 2022, 10:57 PM)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class='quotemain'&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEBegin--&gt;If China invade Taiwan I will run naked and jump at klcc&lt;br /&gt;[right][snapback]105022476[/snapback][/right]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEnd--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEEnd--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--QuoteBegin-MPKL+Aug 2 2022, 11:15 AM--&gt;&lt;div class='quotetop'&gt;QUOTE(MPKL &amp;#064; Aug 2 2022, 11:15 AM)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class='quotemain'&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEBegin--&gt;If tongsan got guts to shoot down I lari bertelanjang&lt;br /&gt;[right][snapback]105025359[/snapback][/right]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEnd--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEEnd--&gt;</description>
            <author>titanmelvin</author>
            <category>Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2022 14:22:00 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Simple Investment... R</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5292842</link>
            <description>[YOUTUBE]vHuE9x-mv00[/YOUTUBE]</description>
            <author>titanmelvin</author>
            <category>Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2022 13:03:02 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>🇺🇲America FIRST.</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5252216</link>
            <description>&lt;img src='https://i.redd.it/yapnvdbp9xm81.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /&gt;</description>
            <author>titanmelvin</author>
            <category>Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Sat, 12 Mar 2022 20:36:09 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Ukraine will get sanctioned?</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5250172</link>
            <description>Ukraine will get sanctioned? After Russia takeover</description>
            <author>titanmelvin</author>
            <category>Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2022 14:15:52 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>China Blood Slave</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5244174</link>
            <description>&lt;b&gt;‘Blood slave’ kidnapped by Chinese crime gang in Cambodia drained for months and threatened with organ harvesting&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-The man was held in a bed surrounded by 4 guards with 7 other victims and threatened with organ harvesting if he could not provide blood&lt;br /&gt;-He managed to escape with the help of a member of the operation and is now recovering in hospital&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src='https://img.i-scmp.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=contain,width=1098,format=auto/sites/default/files/styles/1200x800/public/d8/images/canvas/2022/02/17/a5cc2220-63fa-42c6-96b4-5f6a75929e19_6f2814c5.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to Cambodia-based Chinese-language newspaper Asia Pacific Times, Li, a 31-year-old from eastern Jiangsu province in China, had 800ml of blood taken from him every month since August last year. The blood was most likely sold to private buyers online, reported the paper.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As a result of the ordeal Li’s arms are covered with bruises and marks from needles. So much blood had been drained from Li that on the last occasion of drawing blood the nurse had to take blood from his head after the veins in his arms failed to yield sufficient blood.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When he was admitted to hospital on February 12, Li was on the verge of death with multiple organ failures, the paper’s report said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Li said one of the gang members threatened him by saying that if they could not take blood from his body, he would be sold to organ harvesters, the Asia Pacific Times reported. He said gang members often used electric prods to beat him and other captives.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He said he saw at least seven other men detained in a large room. Li said the other men didn’t have their blood taken as much as he did because his blood is type O, a universal blood type. He said the “doctor” who first tested his blood remarked: “Your type O blood is quite valuable&amp;#33;”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Li had worked as a security guard in Shenzhen and Beijing before being lured to the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region in southern China by a fake job advertisement. Once there he was abducted by a gang who took him to the China-Vietnam border and forced him to cross at gunpoint.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He was first taken to Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam and then to Sihanoukville in Cambodia by ship. He was then sold to another gang running an online fraud company for US&amp;#036;18,500, said Li.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“From top managers to HR staff [of this company] are all Chinese. They treat us coldly,” Li said, adding that they regarded him and other victims as “tools for making money”.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Chinese man operating a social media account that highlights crime affecting Chinese citizens’ in Cambodia told the Chutian Metropolis News that the kidnapping and use of “blood slaves” is not uncommon in Cambodia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src='https://cdn.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/d8/images/canvas/2022/02/17/d46172e8-17fe-4d94-a2ef-75cc4cf359c1_8ddb898f.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/social-welfare/article/3167429/blood-slave-kidnapped-chinese-crime-gang' target='_blank'&gt;https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/so...nese-crime-gang&lt;/a&gt;</description>
            <author>titanmelvin</author>
            <category>Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Sat, 19 Feb 2022 11:12:14 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>HK singer Karen Mok slammed by Chinese netizens</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5157254</link>
            <description>Hong Kong singer Karen Mok has apologised after an outfit she wore in a new music video caused a backlash in China.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mok, 51, held her Karen Mok The Ultimate Grand Slam Show concert in Hong Kong over the weekend. She launched her new album The Voyage last week, which contained Woman For All Seasons, a reissue of her 2001 song of the same name.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the music video for the new song, Mok was seen wearing a bathrobe from Italian luxury brand Dolce &amp;amp; Gabbana (D&amp;amp;G). She also used the photo of her in the robe as her profile picture on Weibo, the Chinese micro-blogging site.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The move caused a backlash in China, where many had been angered by a 2018 D&amp;amp;G campaign they viewed as culturally insensitive. Several Chinese netizens demanded to know why Mok was promoting such a brand, while others even called for a boycott of the singer. The topic trended on Weibo for several hours on Saturday (June 12). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mok has since removed photos of her wearing the D&amp;amp;G outfit from her social media accounts and the music video from all platforms. Her agency and the designer involved in the outfit also apologised on Weibo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;D&amp;amp;G caused outrage in China in late 2018 when clips from its advertising campaign showed a Chinese model in a red D&amp;amp;G dress struggling to eat Italian foods such as spaghetti and cannoli pastry with chopsticks. The backlash escalated after screenshots of messages sent from D&amp;amp;G co-founder Stefano Gabbana&amp;#39;s Instagram account were leaked, in which he allegedly said negative things about China. Several celebrities such as singer Karry Wang and actress Dilraba Dilmurat then ended their ties with the brand. – The Straits Times/Asia News Network&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.thestar.com.my/lifestyle/entertainment/2021/06/13/hk-singer-karen-mok-slammed-by-chinese-netizens-for-wearing-dolce--gabbana' target='_blank'&gt;https://www.thestar.com.my/lifestyle/entert...-dolce--gabbana&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;#cancelculture</description>
            <author>titanmelvin</author>
            <category>Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2021 22:44:00 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Are Taiwan ppl richer than China ppl?</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5154501</link>
            <description>No doubt China as a country is the 2nd richest in terms of Nominal Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Taiwan as a country is around 21st place in terms of GDP. Obviously, Taiwan loses in terms of GDP. It is important to note that China has a population of approximately 1.44 billion while Taiwan has a population of approximately 23.86 million. For easy comparison sake, I have included Malaysia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;b&gt;1) GDP (nominal) - 2021 IMF Estimates&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;China&lt;/b&gt;: No. 2 - US&amp;#036;16.64 Trillion&lt;br /&gt;Taiwan: No. 21 - US&amp;#036;750 Billion&lt;br /&gt;Malaysia: No. 37- US&amp;#036;387 Billion&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;However, when talking about the average wealth/income per person, GDP (nominal) per capita can be used as a guideline.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;b&gt;2) GDP (nominal) per capita - 2021 IMF Estimates&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Taiwan&lt;/b&gt;: No.31 - US&amp;#036;32,123&lt;br /&gt;China: No.61 - US&amp;#036;11,819&lt;br /&gt;Malaysia: No.65 - US&amp;#036;11,604&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;GDP Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) per capita can also be used as a guideline. PPP is a measurement of prices in different countries that uses the prices of specific goods to compare the absolute purchasing power of the countries&amp;#39; currencies. In many cases, PPP produces an inflation rate that is equal to the price of the basket of goods at one location divided by the price of the basket of goods at a different location.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;b&gt;3) GDP (PPP) per capita - 2021 IMF Estimates&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Taiwan&lt;/b&gt;: No.13 / 15 - Int&amp;#036;59,398&lt;br /&gt;Malaysia: No.51 - Int&amp;#036;29,340&lt;br /&gt;China: No.70 - Int&amp;#036;18,931&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;b&gt;4) Nominal Gross National Income (GNI) per capita - 2019/2020 World Bank&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Taiwan&lt;/b&gt;: No.33 - US&amp;#036;26,594 (High-income)&lt;br /&gt;Malaysia: No.63 - US&amp;#036;11,230 (Upper-middle-income)&lt;br /&gt;China: No.64 - US&amp;#036;10,390 (Upper-middle-income)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;b&gt;5) Wealth per Adult - Credit Suisse Global Wealth Databook. Wealth includes both financial and non-financial assets.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Taiwan&lt;/b&gt;: No.20 - Median US&amp;#036;70,191, Mean US&amp;#036;210,525&lt;br /&gt;China: No.44 - Median US&amp;#036;20,942, Mean US&amp;#036;58,544&lt;br /&gt;Malaysia: No.73 - Median US&amp;#036;8,940, Mean US&amp;#036;31,270&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;b&gt;6) House price-to-income ratio&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Taiwan&lt;/b&gt;: 13.9 in Taipei, average 8.6 across Taiwan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2020/08/15/2003741687' target='_blank'&gt;https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archiv...8/15/2003741687&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;China: 50+ in first-tier cities and 30 to 40 in the third- and fourth-tier cities.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1121946.shtml#:~:text=A%20reasonable%20home%20price%20should,-%20and%20fourth-tier%20cities' target='_blank'&gt;https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1121946....h-tier%20cities&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;b&gt;7) Average monthly income (2020) according to government data&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Taiwan&lt;/b&gt;: US&amp;#036;1,649 (NT&amp;#036;45,442)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='https://eng.stat.gov.tw/public/Data/151016278YWQBV689.pdf' target='_blank'&gt;https://eng.stat.gov.tw/public/Data/151016278YWQBV689.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;China: US&amp;#036;645* (¥49,522*/12 months)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.stats.gov.cn/english/PressRelease/202101/t20210119_1812523.html' target='_blank'&gt;http://www.stats.gov.cn/english/PressRelea...19_1812523.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*China government data is for &lt;b&gt;disposable&lt;/b&gt; income. Which is the amount after deducting income tax. For this reason, I have added back an estimated 35% to the amount.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'&gt;&lt;b&gt;TL;DR: Yes&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description>
            <author>titanmelvin</author>
            <category>Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2021 13:13:02 +0800</pubDate>
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