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‼️This is insane.

🇧🇪Belgian politician Dries Van Langenhove was sentenced to 1 YEAR in prison for being in a group chat with offensive memes.

Europea :the most Freedom of speech continent

WrriterNg:
⚡Hungary summoned the US ambassador after Biden said Prime Minister Viktor Orban was out to build a “dictatorship" - Bloomberg

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 pro-west pls do you have something to say on this

WriiterNg:
⚡The settlement of Nevelskoye has been liberated in the DPR, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.

@ Okeysonivv,😁😁😁😁😁

Tiopii:
Preparation by who?

don't be lazy to Google it

Tiopii:
Russia started the war, they prepared for it, The EU wasn't preparing for war. And it is called "reserves" for a reason.

There was a circulating video about there preparation for this war, you can Google for it

DystopianMuse:
It reported that a single F-35 could potentially annihilate over 310,000 residents of Moscow, the capital of Russia, in one sweep. The fatalities could escalate to over 360,000 if the bomb were to be dropped in the densely populated central St Petersburg

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😜

lazy girl
The world most secure underground nuclear bunker is in Moscow , don't c*ying🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Tiopii:
They didn't say the Patriot couldn't intercept or destroy the iskander, it didn't fight back.

Ukraine is low on ammunitions and it's biting hard.

okayyy na catapult den take shots down Russia jet last week?

DystopianMuse:
Nuclear bomb on stealth fighter

The F35 is designed with cutting-edge stealth technologies to evade air defence systems and can carry 2 B61-12 bombs in its internal bay. Given that in preemptive strikes, air defence threats are complex and dynamic, integrating nuclear bombs on the F35 allows stealth attack capability in nuclear strikes, making it a more credible nuclear deterrent.

Deployment of nuclear weapons on F35 stealth fighters is a significant achievement for the United States, enhancing the US nuclear deterrent. It is likely that this capability will also be deployed on European F35 jets.

upgraded flying coffin

DystopianMuse:
Another lame comment. Firstly usa has been intervening in haiti since time immemorial. They just feel there are more pressing issue than one tiny village. Even before now before the crisis escalate there have been talks of a peace keeping mission carried out by kenya and funded by usa . an

when last did US says :"we do not interfere in other countries internal affairs

DystopianMuse:
its high time i stop engaging your dumb ass on this issue china buying? smh. including giant like apple? you nor get sense

e pain am 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
U can Google it ,lazy girl

Allthelight:
funny people

😁😁😁😁😁😁😁hope you have acknowledged the fact

DystopianMuse:
Are you not ashamed of yourself. Look at the countries you mentioned. Countries in the same quagmire as russia. Countries that have been sanctioned to death. Why won't they love russia. Misrey loves companies. You self see your list which better country dey. Smh

China with it's gigantic power unko

WriiterNg:
⚡The U.S. Special Forces conducted an operation to secure the embassy in Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti, plagued by lawlessness and banditry.

The entire secondary staff was evacuated from the diplomatic representation. The Pentagon emphasized that there is no intervention in the country's internal affairs, only embassy protection, and ensuring the safety of U.S. personnel and citizens.

"The Pentagon emphasized that there is no intervention in the country's internal affairs," Russia and Putin! e go better for you! this is the reason we are seeking for the multipolar world, there will be checkmate, USA no dey talk all this thing before den go just enter the war kill as many as dey want,den go just dey there they form superpower anyhow

DystopianMuse:
story!story! Shot me up onchina us issue? lmao. As ill informed as you are. You even had to google search to support your claims. Even the forbes you quote is as dumb as you are. Yes american companies moved to china in drove. Just because of the money regardless of the evil there but guess what. china screw them over and still d6oing. EVEN CHINA'S GREATEST CHEERLEADERS IN WALL STREET ESPECIALLY BLACKROCK ARE NOW MAKING U-TURN.[b] AMERICAN COMPANIES ARE NOW ALSO LEAVING IN DROVE. 1 IN 4 ARE LEAVING. BIG GIANTS LIKE APPLE ARE DIVERSYFING. They are now moving to likes of india. Vietnam. Philipines etc. Your eyez go soon clear[/b]

dey play! China has been buying some of the Americans companies that intends to leave china

Allthelight:
"Rafael stockpile has been depleted" funny people

is not funny all

See: American Companies: China Unfair, But They Don't Care — Forbes

From a corporate perspective, here is what makes China better than the rest.

Taxes:
The corporate tax rate in China is 25%.

It’s 35% in India, 34% in Brazil, and 30% in Mexico. Right off the bat, China is at least 5% cheaper.

Five percent won’t be the deciding factor in deciding whether to set up a factory in China. But these issues sure will ...

Labor:
China is a communist country, so one would expect their workers would have collective bargaining and other rights. While labor rights are stricter now in China than they were even five years ago and wages are rising, China wages are still cheaper than Brazil’s and Mexico’s.


In terms of labor rights, China ranks 5 on a scale of 1 to 5 as one of the world’s worst countries for workers, according to the International Trade Union Confederation. India is just as bad, meaning it’s a place where businesses can more easily exploit workers.

Mexico is a 4 and Brazil is a 3.

Brazil has some of the toughest labor laws around. Good luck firing someone in Brazil or beating a union lawsuit in a court.

Strong labor rights that favor unions tend to be unattractive to global capital looking for cheap inputs and little drama. China has comparatively weak labor protections on one hand, and a diverse pool of talent on the other—from stitch-and-sew factory workers to scientists and other high tech, advanced machine tool operators are all at the ready. There are hundreds of thousands of them. No country has this

Moreover, even though India has a similar workforce situation in terms of rights and size, the government long ago decided to focus on being a software developer and IT service exporter.

As an economy, India is known for its IT firms and maybe a generic drug manufacturer. China is surpassing them on the generic drugs side.

China is known for producing everything. Need a photovoltaic cell panel for a drone? China can make that. Need a float for your swimming pool? China’s got it. It’s a wonder that Alibaba or Tencent haven’t spun off their own IT outsourcing unit to compete with Infosys yet.

India also changes governments every few years and only recently unified its cross-state tax code. China has none of these problems. Continuity makes life easier for businesses. It’s one less headache.

Logistics:
There are hidden costs involved in doing business in any country. Taxes can be written off. But countries like Brazil have hidden taxes hard to avoid. A simple corporate cellphone account is taxed nearly as much as the corporate tax rate.


In addition to the tax cost, there is a logistical cost of moving goods from one state to another, one country to the next.

Brazil is notorious for being a logistical mess. It has maybe three decent ports. China dominates on the port side. Its seaports are world class. There is nothing like them anywhere in Latin America or India.

Mexico’s ports are governed by cartels, as Mexico’s president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador recently said about corruption at two of the country’s ports and customs stations.

India could be a good solution for its location, but its port infrastructure is nowhere near China’s, so logistical costs could be higher depending on product and destination.

Then there is corruption and crime which makes doing business in these countries more complicated.

China is corrupt. But not as corrupt as any other major emerging market.

According to Transparency International’s 2018 Corruption P

DystopianMuse:
Which one be 5K investment 🤡🤡🤣
Yes China growth depends on the USA. After Mao's death comes Den Xao Ping (pardon my spelling) who opened China and bring in a little bit of capitalism. Something Mao detest. Then USA helps China join the WTO. Later we have American companies moving to China in droves. Billions of America FDI poured in. Did you know Evergrande, China's largest real estate firms owes billions to American investors. What about the tech Provided, consultation to the CCP by the likes of McKinsey and Company. What of china's copy and paste of American technology that save them fortunes in terms of R&. Boy! You have a lot to learn. Stop being naive, ignorant and foolish

I need to give you shot up on this issue
MONEY
Why American Companies Choose China Over Everyone Else
Kenneth Rapoza
Former Contributor
I write about global business and investing in emerging markets.
Sep 3, 2019,11:58am EDT
This article is more than 4 years old.

Shanghai from above. Once a poor man's town, it [+]
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For all-around emerging market manufacturing know-how, for reliability, for currency stability, for safety and for domestic market growth, China is No. 1. The rest are more like No. 100.

No one comes close in the developing world to China. And that is why U.S. companies are so headstrong about staying there. The trade war will have to get much worse before they are forced to source elsewhere.


Last week, one of the biggest lobby groups for American multinationals in China, the U.S. China Business Council, put out their annual member survey. China was still as profitable or more so than other emerging markets where they have set up shop or source supply.


Only 3% said they were relocating to the U.S. because of tariffs. Under 7% said they were leaving China.

Why do American companies love China so much? It can’t be just because of its size. India is comparably large and friendlier to the U.S. Brazil is pretty big—and closer. Mexico, even closer.


What’s so great about China?


Why not source out of Mexico? It's closer to the [+]
SUSANA GONZALEZ/© 2016 BLOOMBERG FINANCE LP
Forget the politics. Forget that it is a one-party state that censors its population and now has religious minorities in so-called “reeducation camps” in far Western China.

Honestly, does any of that matter to a transnational corporation? Unless they run afoul of the Communist leaders or are doing business with the parties deemed responsible for a human rights violation, then it arguably matters little to them. Where is the company that has stopped doing business with China because of human rights matters?


In fact, many companies that source from China, like Apple, are part of so-called ESG mutual funds that invest in what that acronym stands for: companies good on the environment, good on social responsibilities, and with good corporate governance.

For portfolio investors, many top-rated impact investment funds, like the five-star Morningstar-rated Calvert Emerging Markets Equity (CVMIX) that invests in companies considered good environmental stewards who pay women as much as men, hold top China corporations like Alibaba and Mengniu Dairy.

Beat up on China all you want—the truth is that companies overwhelmingly want to be there. Portfolio managers want to as well.
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Tiopii:
Atleast you're open enough to admit Russia attacked UKraine for it's own interest, not cos Russia/UKraine are brothers or "Nazism", but rather the economic advantage it would give them.

You know little bout economy, so I'd pass on your claim that Russia's economy is growing, more resilient and diversified. Cos you won't be able to prove it.

But kindly explain how Russia's influence is growing around the World.

do you need to be asking this f**king question? Ok Ask your FM what makes them come there

Within 2 yrs of war see the high level of Russia influence
. Despite deteriorating relations with most of the international community since the invasion of Ukraine, Russia still maintains support and strong relations with certain countries, such as China,[9] Belarus,[9] Iran,[9] Cuba,[9] Venezuela,[9] Nicaragua,[9] Syria,[9] North Korea,[9] Myanmar,[9] Eritrea,[9] Mali,[9] Zimbabwe,[10] Central African Republic,[10] Afghanistan,[11] Burkina Faso,[12] Burundi,[13] and Niger.[14]

Russia also maintains positive relations with countries that have been described as "Russia-leaning" according to The Economist. These countries include Algeria, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan,[15] Laos, Pakistan, Ethiopia, Sudan, and Uganda.[16] Russia also maintains positive relations with countries considered neutral on the world stage such as India and Vietnam. With countries traditionally considered Western aligned, Russia maintains positive relations with Hungary,[17] Serbia,[18] Azerbaijan, Turkey,[17] Qatar,[17] Egypt,[19] Saudi Arabia,[20] and the United Arab Emirates.[20]

Tiopii:
😂😂😂😂😂😂.

Atleast you admit China has overtaken Russia.

I guess that was why Xi left China and went to the US to beg for foreign investments in China. I hope by this action of Xi you can atleast stop lying to yourself and admit the truth to yourself.

The US is still the World's biggest economy and most powerful nation.

sad for you but it's true.

can you proof yourself?
China also have over 5k investment in USA don't just be talking as if China growth depends on only Americans company in china

DystopianMuse:
almighy USA is dependent on china. Stop playing! You need to start seeing beyond your anti-western rhetorics. The same china that has been signalling to the usa that it is ready for business. After the disastrous and botched zero covid policy. The they (america) should start coming back. Even xi ji ping has to come to the usa and even meet with the american chamber of commerce. China world factory! Yes but powered by western especially usa money, fdi, r&d expertriate, consultations and so on. Thank goodness western companies are wising up. Let see what happens when all this no longer happen. And a country like india takes over .But till then i leave you to your ignorance delulu

the future of USA are made in china