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  • Harvard Slips on a Global Ranking List, as Chinese Schools Surge Ahead

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  • Rafael Reif has also been a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering since 2017 and a long-standing promoter of pro-China talking points.

  • Israel sees spike in PTSD and suicide among troops as war persists

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  • Israel sees spike in PTSD and suicide among troops as war persists

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  • Electric Vehicles @slrpnk.net
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    China threatens penalties for carmakers amid price war crackdown

    seekingalpha.com /news/4539706-china-threatens-penalties-for-carmakers-amid-price-war-crackdown

  • Japan and the Philippines sign a new defense pact as they face growing China aggression

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  • The same what I thought. Sometimes I feel you could post one of Grimms' Fairy Tales and someone would comment on the US. It's sort of a standard response.

  • World News @lemmy.world
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    Through the meat grinder: 20 dead per square kilometer and the other Russian military takeaways of 2025

    theins.ru /en/politics/288477
  • United Kingdom @feddit.uk
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    We need to back ‘patriotic’ winners to build the UK’s first £1tn tech giant, British AI expert says

    www.thetimes.com /sunday-times-100-tech/tech-feature/article/ian-hogarth-interview-ai-tech-sector-innovation-jld3drc3l
  • Global News @lemmy.zip
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    The dragon in the grid: Limiting China’s influence in Europe’s energy system

    www.iss.europa.eu /publications/briefs/dragon-grid-limiting-chinas-influence-europes-energy-system
  • World News @lemmy.world
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    The dragon in the grid: Limiting China’s influence in Europe’s energy system

    www.iss.europa.eu /publications/briefs/dragon-grid-limiting-chinas-influence-europes-energy-system
  • World News @quokk.au
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    Japan and the Philippines sign a new defense pact as they face growing China aggression

    apnews.com /article/philippines-japan-defense-pact-china-7835402a0a3b9b108cd4e1edf0051bcf
  • World News @lemmy.world
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    Japan and the Philippines sign a new defense pact as they face growing China aggression

    apnews.com /article/philippines-japan-defense-pact-china-7835402a0a3b9b108cd4e1edf0051bcf
  • World News @quokk.au
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    Australia making defence investments on the expected frontline of a China conflict - including infrastructure projects at five military bases in the Philippines

    www.abc.net.au /news/2026-01-15/australia-defence-investment-bases-philippines-us-china/106220666
  • Australia @aussie.zone
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    Australia making defence investments on the expected frontline of a China conflict - including infrastructure projects at five military bases in the Philippines

    www.abc.net.au /news/2026-01-15/australia-defence-investment-bases-philippines-us-china/106220666
  • DACH - Deutschsprachige Community für Deutschland, Österreich, Schweiz @feddit.org
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    Iranische Community in Deutschland voller Sorge: Demonstranten im Iran "werden einfach abgeschlachtet"

    www.zdfheute.de /politik/deutschland/iran-community-sorge-demonstranten-100.html
  • DACH - Deutschsprachige Community für Deutschland, Österreich, Schweiz @feddit.org
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    Russland versucht, mithilfe deutscher Technik sein Militär aufzurüsten, warnt der Verfassungsschutz

    www.handelsblatt.com /politik/deutschland/aufruestung-neue-geheimdienst-warnung-vor-russland-alarmiert-die-politik/100189930.html
  • DACH - Deutschsprachige Community für Deutschland, Österreich, Schweiz @feddit.org
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    Härtere Gangart gegen russische Schattenflotte: Deutschland verwehrt mehreren Schiffen die Fahrt durch das deutsche Küstenmeer

    www.tagesschau.de /investigativ/ndr-wdr/schattenflotte-vorgehen-100.html

  • Vermögensverteilung in Deutschland

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  • Klick auf den Link von @brainwashed ... Im deutschen Durchschnitt ist man ab 777.200 Euro bei den oberen 10% dabei, ja nach Altersgruppe gibt es dann nochmals Unterschiede. Wenn Du unter 35 Jahre alt bist, schaffts Du den Sprung in die Top-10% schon ab 200.400 Euro, und diese Zahl steigt dann mit dem Alter an (siehe Grafik im Link).

  • Vermögensverteilung in Deutschland

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  • Deutschland steht mit diesen Zahlen im internationalen Vergleich sogar noch gut da. Laut Daten aus dem Jahr 2024 bestizen die reichsten 10% in Deutschland - ähnlich wie in Frankreich und Großbritannien - um die 59% des gesamten Vermögens.

    In China und den USA sind es fast 70%.

    Weltweit liegt der Durschnitt bei kaufkraftbereinigten Zahlen bei 74%.

    Quelle

  • World News @quokk.au
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    Workers at Chinese factory that makes Labubu toys are being exploited, says rights group

    chinalaborwatch.org /labubu-unboxed-the-labor-behind-the-global-toy-phenomenon/
  • China @sopuli.xyz
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    Workers at Chinese factory that makes Labubu toys are being exploited, says rights group

    chinalaborwatch.org /labubu-unboxed-the-labor-behind-the-global-toy-phenomenon/

  • The child labour and dangerous mines powering the electric car revolution

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  • Probably. The environmental laws and workers' rights are much stronger in Australia than in Congo I would assume.

  • World News @quokk.au
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    By mining rare earth metals at an unprecedented scale, green technologies are quietly destroying ecosystems far from public view

    www.damascusbite.co.uk /15-167465-by-mining-rare-earth-metals-at-an-unprecedented-scale-green-technologies-are-quietly-destroying-ecosystems-far-from-public-view/
  • World News @quokk.au
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    The child labour and dangerous mines powering the electric car revolution

    www.thetimes.com /culture/books/article/the-elements-of-power-by-nicolas-niarchos-review-3gtcmhc06
  • Electric Vehicles @slrpnk.net
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    The child labour and dangerous mines powering the electric car revolution

    www.thetimes.com /culture/books/article/the-elements-of-power-by-nicolas-niarchos-review-3gtcmhc06

  • Greenland and Denmark unite against US advances before White House talks

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  • World News @quokk.au
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    UK could use oil from shadow fleet to fund Ukraine war effort

    www.thetimes.com /uk/defence/article/oil-tankers-seized-uk-ukraine-war-fnrzlz5wx
  • World News @lemmy.world
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    UK could use oil from shadow fleet to fund Ukraine war effort

    www.thetimes.com /uk/defence/article/oil-tankers-seized-uk-ukraine-war-fnrzlz5wx

  • China blames US for trade imbalances as surplus hits record $1.2tn in 2025

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  • The huge surplus will heighten concerns among China’s trading partners, particularly the EU, which has complained that its markets have been inundated by low-cost Chinese goods.

    Yes, and with a domestic consumption sttruggling, consumer confidence that has been sharply decreasing in China for almost 4 years now, investments going down with no recover in sight according to independent analysts, and little room for high government spending due to excessive public debt (>300% of GDP), China will increasingly become dependent on its export markets to maintain its output.

  • Canadian rights group joins international community calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney to place human rights at the core of Canada–China relations

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  • Go and make the same whataboutisms to call out China, Iran, Russia. You don't do that. It's you who is making excuses, not others.

    If you don't bring up new arguments, I end this discussion.

  • Canadian rights group joins international community calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney to place human rights at the core of Canada–China relations

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  • I am among the -supposedly most- here on Lemmy who don't defend UAE and any other crimes.

    Comments like yours always work in one direction here on Lemmy: defending China, or at least distracting from the Chinese government's crimes by just shouting out "Gaza" or "Israel" or "UAE" or anything like that.

    It never goes the other way, though. There are many posts here calling out Israel and the US and the UAE, for example (and you are free to post on your own, btw), but there you don't see such comments saying, "But China's genocide ... "

    What you are doing is widespread here in the Lemmyverse. It's some sort of "the West bad, China bad okay" stance. I call this whataboutism. It shows your hypocrisy.

  • Canadian rights group joins international community calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney to place human rights at the core of Canada–China relations

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  • Call it whatever you want, but these kinds of comments always work in one direction: defending China, or at least distracting from the Chinese government's crimes by just shouting out "Gaza" or "Israel" or "UAE" or anything that.

    It never goes the other way, though. There are many posts here calling out Israel and the US, for example, but there you don't see such comments saying, "But China's genocide ... "

    What you are doing is widespread here in the Lemmyverse. It's some sort of "the West bad, China bad okay" stance. I call this whataboutism. It shows your hypocrisy.

  • Canadian rights group joins international community calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney to place human rights at the core of Canada–China relations

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  • What an absurdly weird whataboutism. As if one crime would justify another.

  • Chile's Gabriel Boric, a moment of reflection: ‘The left that only blames its adversary is doomed to fade away’

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  • That‘s never the case, fortunately!

    Gabriel Boric is also citing his press advisor Nicole Vergara: “The people I distrust most are those who never doubt.”

  • China's annual trade surplus hits a record $1.2 trillion as December exports sharply beat estimates

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  • Yes, exports is China's last lifeline for now. It's economy has been highly dependent on foreign markets, and this might continue as an analysis based on newly released data by China's Statistics Office, but the researchers look a bit closer. They conclude that China’s “New” Strategic Industries Will Not Produce 5% GDP Growth -- (here is an archived link):

    • China’s high-technology industries will not generate investment sufficient to power 5% GDP growth in the years ahead
    • The reason is that the country's technology sector is too small relative to the property and infrastructure investment that are in sharp decline
    • China will become even more dependent upon gaining market share in export markets, in both new and traditional industries
    • China’s past economic performance has clearly been overstated, particularly since the decline of the property sector starting in 2022

    It's time for the Europe, Canada, Australia et al to diversify away a bit faster from Chinese supply chains and their ChEaP pRoDuCtS mAdE bY sLaVe LaBoUr. These diversification is already under way, and the long-term outlook isn't too good for China as domestic markets are down, consumer confidence is sharply down since the start of the pandemic.

  • China's annual trade surplus hits a record $1.2 trillion as December exports sharply beat estimates

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  • Yes, exports is China's last lifeline for now. It's economy has been highly dependent on foreign markets, and this might continue as an analysis based on newly released data by China's Statistics Office, but the researchers look a bit closer. They conclude that China’s “New” Strategic Industries Will Not Produce 5% GDP Growth -- (here is an archived link):

    • China’s high-technology industries will not generate investment sufficient to power 5% GDP growth in the years ahead
    • The reason is that the country's technology sector is too small relative to the property and infrastructure investment that are in sharp decline
    • China will become even more dependent upon gaining market share in export markets, in both new and traditional industries
    • China’s past economic performance has clearly been overstated, particularly since the decline of the property sector starting in 2022

    It's time for the Europe, Canada, Australia et al to diversify away a bit faster from Chinese supply chains and their ChEaP pRoDuCtS mAdE bY sLaVe LaBoUr. These diversification is already under way, and the long-term outlook isn't too good for China as domestic markets are down, consumer confidence is sharply down since the start of the pandemic.

  • China's Economy is Expected to Grow 4.8% in 2026 Amid Surging Exports

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  • This is a report published by a bank with considerable business in China that uses official data and Chinese Communist Party narratives.

    There is an analysis based on newly released data by China's Statistics Office, but the researchers look a bit closer. They conclude that China’s “New” Strategic Industries Will Not Produce 5% GDP Growth -- (here is an archived link):

    • China’s high-technology industries will not generate investment sufficient to power 5% GDP growth in the years ahead
    • The reason is that the country's technology sector is too small relative to the property and infrastructure investment that are in sharp decline
    • China will become even more dependent upon gaining market share in export markets, in both new and traditional industries
    • China’s past economic performance has clearly been overstated, particularly since the decline of the property sector starting in 2022

    [Edit typo.]

  • China's Economy is Expected to Grow 4.8% in 2026 Amid Surging Exports

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  • This is a report published by a bank with considerable business in China that uses official data and Chinese Communist Party narratives.

    There is an analysis based on newly released data by China's Statistics Office, but the researchers look a bit closer. They conclude that China’s “New” Strategic Industries Will Not Produce 5% GDP Growth -- (here is an archived link):

    • China’s high-technology industries will not generate investment sufficient to power 5% GDP growth in the years ahead
    • The reason is that the country's technology sector is too small relative to the property and infrastructure investment that are in sharp decline
    • China will become even more dependent upon gaining market share in export markets, in both new and traditional industries
    • China’s past economic performance has clearly been overstated, particularly since the decline of the property sector starting in 2022

    [Edit typo.]

  • The long shadow of the one-child policy: China pays for its biggest social experiment with a demographic crisis

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  • @fishos@lemmy.world

    Your comment misses a lot of points. The catastrophic consequences for are seen, and they were foreseeable. It's just that the dictatorial government didn't listen to researchers. As you say that "ideally you’d have a 2 child policy to actually replace parents 1:1 with kids": No, ideally, you have no 'child policy'. It's not a government's role to say how many kids everyone should have.

    I wrote in another threat that China's one-child policy has many issue caused by the government, and there are many consequences unique to this Chinese policy and that the article doesn't contain, such as unrecognised children in China’s post one-child policy landscape:

    ... Although gender may seem to be a less obvious element of China’s one-child policy, it was a crucial component. Not only did this cultural gender preference cause a large demographic imbalance between boys and girls, but it also led to phenomena like mass adoptions and even infanticides of baby girls. The government has also occasionally contributed to unethical and extreme measures by carrying out forced abortions and sterilisations in order to make families comply with the policy ...

    The one-child policy, which reigned in the country for more than 30 years, has also resulted in the development of an entire generation of children—who are now also adults —that do not appear in Chinese state records. People who fall into this group are popularly called “Heihaizi“, China’s “black children” who could not obtain a hukou— an official household registration. Such children were primarily second-born or later children who, upon birth, had no recognized right to exist due to this family planning policy ...

    Even in the case that families would want to regularize their Heihaizi’s administrative status and obtain a hukou registration, the cost to do so is often too prohibitive for them. This aspect has additionally highlighted economic and social disparities, as wealthier and more affluent families have been able to circumvent the norm by paying the fee for a hukou.

    Not registered Heihaizi, therefore, end up being forced to stay away from society and even public spaces, spending most of their time confined to exclusively familiar spaces ...

    This is devastating and absolutely incomparable in its cruelty to any other country afaik.

    @nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com