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https://www.reuters.com/world/china/us-embassy-doghouse-china-after-student-visa-post-backfires-2021-05-06/

The resumption of student visa applications at U.S. missions in China got off to an acrimonious start this week when netizens took exception to an American embassy social media post they interpreted as likening Chinese students to dogs.

Former U.S. President Donald Trump, whose time in office was marked by tense relations in Beijing, had in January last year barred nearly all non-U.S. citizens who were in China from entering the United States after the coronavirus outbreak.

On the Twitter-like Weibo service on Wednesday, the visa section of the U.S. embassy in China asked students what they were waiting for after the Biden administration eased restrictions.

"Spring has come and the flowers are in bloom. Are you like this dog who can't wait to go out and play?" said the post in Chinese, which was accompanied by a video of an excited puppy trying to climb over a safety gate.

The post drew an angry backlash from some Weibo users, however, who felt the comparison was inappropriate, and was later deleted.

"Is this American humour? I believe they did it on purpose!" one user wrote.

"Dogs in American culture basically have positive meanings, but in Chinese culture and idioms, they are mostly negative," wrote another user. Others quipped that the students' "master" was now calling them back to the United States.

The Global Times, an English-language tabloid run by the Chinese Communist Party's People's Daily, also cited netizens as saying that the post was "blatant racism".

A U.S. embassy spokesman in Beijing issued an apology on Thursday morning to anyone who had been offended by the comments.

"The social media post in question was meant to be light-hearted and humorous," he said. "We took it down immediately when we saw it was not received in the spirit we intended."

It is not the first time animal-related remarks have sparked a backlash in China. In 2019, a senior economist from UBS was placed on leave after comments about pigs in China were perceived by some as a racial slur. He was later reinstated.

Put him on blast on social media. Let people know he's a scammer, crook, and all-around scumbag. Then move on.

No normal, healthy male is going to keep harassing a woman who has expressed she's not interested.

And no normal woman is desperate to be chased like a wild animal.

I understand there are people who enjoy the childish nonsense in chasing/being chased, but it's ridiculous.

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/eu-executive-slows-push-china-investment-deal-2021-05-05/

The European Union took steps on Wednesday to guard against economic competition from China that it deems unfair, a sign of growing distrust after Western sanctions over rights abuses and Chinese retaliation.

The bloc's executive arm, the European Commission, unveiled plans to cut dependency on Chinese and other foreign suppliers in six strategic areas, and to limit the ability of companies supported by foreign subsidies to buy EU businesses or take part in public tenders. read more

EU competition chief Margrethe Vestager told a news conference there have been rules controlling state aid from European governments for 60 years, but none to stop foreign subsidies being used to buy up firms inside the 27-nation bloc.

"Europe is open for business, but come and do it in a fair and transparent manner," she said was the message.

The Commission is also pausing efforts to promote the China comprehensive agreement on investment (CAI), recognising that it will struggle to secure backing from EU lawmakers while Beijing maintains sanctions on five of their colleagues.

The EU executive still believes the deal, struck at the very end of 2020, will help redress unbalanced economic ties. But its prospects have dimmed.

"The ratification process cannot be separated from evolving dynamics of the wider EU-China relationship and in this context Chinese retaliatory sanctions," EU trade chief Valdis Dombrovskis told a news conference

For now, the Commission is giving the agreement a legal review and translating it into EU languages, but the European Parliament is only likely to evaluate it in 2022.

China's rights record in Xianjiang had already cast doubt on the deal even before China's tit-for-tat sanctions, with Social Democrats and Greens in the EU assembly sceptical.

"The Chinese side has badly miscalculated," German Greens lawmaker Reinhard Buetikofer, one of five blacklisted members of parliament, told a news conference, adding he did not expect ratification for at least two years.

Bernd Lange, chair of parliament's trade committee, said the deal was "in the freezer" and would stay there for a long time.

French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel support the deal, but the CAI will only be ratified after Germany's election in September, when Merkel will have stepped down.

This could make a difference, particularly if the Greens are part of the next government in Berlin.

China still has strong EU allies, however.

Hungary blocked for a second time an EU statement criticising China's new security law in Hong Kong, diplomats said, in a move likely to undermine efforts to confront curbing of freedoms in the former British colony.

The EU, which aims to support Britain and the United States in upholding human rights in Hong Kong, had been due to issue the formal statement on Monday at a meeting of EU foreign ministers.

The "girlfriend" who hit her is most likely someone who crossdresses and believes themselves to be a man. She has mental health issues.

The woman dating her is not a lesbian. Lesbians do not want someone who looks and acts male. This woman is heterosexual and has issues with men. She has mental health issues as well.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0u9vPW2974

Happy for you, bro.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgPTkRynPrg

Next level recipe.

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Mariangeles:
1. Pure cocoa 70grms
2. Flour 245grms
3. Baking powder 1 1/2 teaspoon
4. Baking soda 1 1/2 teaspoon
5. Salt 1/2
6. Black coffee 1teaspoon
7. Full cream milk 1cup
8. Hot water 1cup
9. Sugar 350grms
10.:Eggs 2 (big)
11.Vanilla flavour 2teaspoon
12. Oil half cup

This reminds me. The countryside of New Zealand is gorgeous. It really is.

How does this fight insecurity and improve economic conditions?

Cute family.

Angolan music

Keep an open mind because you might be wrong. lol

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Cheap public university abroad.

Spain probably has some of the cheapest schools in Europe. They're practically giving it away.

Neither. Real estate company.

Cool.

This is interesting considering what the UK did to the Windrush generation. They need to worry about their own mess.

I can't tell if you're trolling or actually sitting here arguing over Canada. It's just not that deep. Who f***ing cares? Really.

Michael Beckley breaks all this down in detail in "Unrivaled."

https://static01.nyt.com/images/2018/11/18/books/review/18-BKS-Short2/18-BKS-Short2-jumbo.jpg

https://news.yahoo.com/backlash-china-weibo-post-mocks-131324139.html

A social media post from an account linked to the Chinese Communist Party has sparked controversy for appearing to mock India over its coronavirus crisis.

The post on Chinese site Weibo showed an image of a rocket launch in China alongside a photo of the bodies of Covid victims being cremated in India.

Text with it read: "Lighting a fire in China VS lighting a fire in India."

The post, which appeared on Saturday afternoon, has since been deleted.

It was reportedly published by an account belonging to an official Chinese law enforcement agency - the Communist Party's Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission - which has millions of followers on Weibo, a popular microblogging site in the country.

Users responding to the post, which was later shared using screenshots of the original, wrote that it was "inappropriate" and that China "should express sympathy for India".

Hu Xijin, the editor-in-chief of China's Global Times media outlet, wrote: "Hold high the banner of humanitarianism at this time, show sympathy for India, and firmly place Chinese society on a moral high ground."

The Weibo post appeared a day after Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a message of condolence to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the country's deepening Covid-19 crisis.

Mr Xi said China was willing to enhance co-operation with India and provide any additional help where needed.

India is struggling to cope with a devastating second wave of coronavirus, with hospitals battling to treat patients amid a chronic shortage of beds and medical oxygen.

On Sunday, India recorded a daily coronavirus death toll of 3,689 - the highest since the pandemic began.

It came a day after the country became the first to record more than 400,000 new cases within a 24-hour period.

Nonsense.

Are we sure he proposed to a female?

finnacle2020:
My wife does not want to leave naija.

You could train as a physician assistant (like nursing, but broader range of options/duties) in Canada or the US.

As hard as it is for some to believe, some people never planned to stay abroad.

The only way I see that working is if you send your wife to the US or Canada to train as a nurse, secure employment, and then get the rest of the family there. But I doubt your wife wants to leave her kids or you, and I question if your marriage can survive it. And you don't sound like your family is suffering enough to make it work. I suppose you could train as a nurse.

Kobojunkie:
So everyone born with a "sickness" is abnormal in your life playbook?

I didn't say that.

"Error" can protect them in the right conditions?

Yeah, like sickle cell (malaria resistance) or something.

So when oyinbo born albinos, is that a right enough condition is which said "error" can protect them in?

Yes. But arguably all oyinbos are albinos.

solonubinho:
And nobody is asking who the real father of those kids are lmao okay.

I found the father:

























Lonzo Ball
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I'm kidding.























Here's the dad:
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Sabiman:
Albinism is not an abnormality!

It's fair to say it is though. They have health problems.

However, they likely exist because this error can protect them in the right conditions.

There's a good thread on this topic.

Nursing is something she shouldn't have too much difficulty accessing. I hope she succeeds. Her work will be appreciated and she'll earn a good living.