Somebody better tell the Donald So first Boeing moved its headquarters from Seattle to Chicago. And it was good cuz Chicago as more political clout than Seattle. Then Boeing moved is 777 work to a new plant in South Carolina where there ain’t no unions! And the Trumpies touted this too as [...]
Posts Tagged ‘China’
December 19th, 2018 - 1:08 am § in Donald Trump, The Ave Scene
Boeing .. first South Carolina now China
December 12th, 2018 - 12:00 pm § in Misc.
Buy a radio from China? ooops!
If you’re on the market for a new radio, you’re probably going to want to look at this review on the best handheld ham radio because buying the first one you see off Amazon probably isn’t the best move. These radios from China seem like a great deal. Way cheaper then the usual FRS/[...]
November 27th, 2018 - 11:26 am § in Donald Trump, Hypocrisy
Is Trump Destroying Detroit?
As GM drops the Volt, Trump’s damage to GM is part of a bigger and sadder picture. The two remaining major American car companies .. Ford and FM .. are either getting out of the small car and EV world or exporting those activities to Asia and Europe. Even John Deere and Trump’s beloved H[...]
China to Edit Babies
S GENETIC CURE FOR AIDS: MAKE BETTER BABIES A team led by Prof He Jiankui says the twin girls, born a few weeks ago, had their DNA altered as embryos to prevent them from contracting HIV. The team at the Southern University of Science and Technology, in Shenzhen, has been recruiting couples to[...]
FREE SPEECH … not so much in China
A Beijing Bookstore Where George Washington Is on the Shelves By JANE PERLEZMARCH 20, 2018 The All Sages Bookstore in Beijing “is a way to express our longing for freedom and our hope for the establishment of a free society,” its owner says.CreditBryan Denton for The New York Times BEIJING — [...]
October 14th, 2018 - 9:33 pm § in Foreign Affairs
A new age of sea power?
Le Monde Discusses Where WWIII will ignite! A new age of sea power? by Alfred W. McCoy, 10 April 2018 Amid the intense coverage of Russian cyber-maneuvering and North Korean missile threats, another kind of great-power rivalry has been playing out quietly in the Indian and Pacific oceans. The U.S. a[...]
Can China Replace Hollywood?
China’s Qingdao Movie Metropolis, dubbed “Chinawood”, aims to become the global capital of film production. © Wang Zhao, AFP | The Qingdao Movie Metropolis was inaugurated on Saturday, April 28, on China’s east coast. Text by Guillaume GUGUEN In the field of new technologie[...]
MAGA vs Imperial China
Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters writes about the rise of China as a traditional imperial power. Meanwhile Trump tweets away any promise of a two power 21st century While the ongoing trade war between China and the United States makes headlines, periodically roiling the markets, another Sino-America[...]
September 18th, 2018 - 1:47 am § in Foreign Affairs
Will Jack Ma run for President of China?
Jack Ma co-founded Alibaba, China’s internet behmoth .. worth $500 billion. He rose to that role from poverty, the fulfillment of the Chiness Dream. Now Ma’s own wealth is estimated at $40 billion but his power rivals all but President Xi. In a letter to shareholders and emp[...]