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  • UK: Labour party ‘failing to tackle Chinese influence on British universities’

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  • Oppose their main sales channel for boycotting them?

    The UK has a trade deficit with China of ~300 billion USD*.

    Addition: * in 2024

  • At least three nations 'willing to kill' on Australian soil, spy chief says

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  • As an addition:

    Mr. Burgess also criticizes China for IP theft and political meddling

    ... “We all spy on each other, but we don’t conduct wholesale intellectual property theft. We don’t actually interfere with political systems and we don’t undertake high-harm activity,” Burgess told the Lowy Institute international policy think tank in Sydney ...

  • At least three nations 'willing to kill' on Australian soil, spy chief says

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  • As an addition:

    Mr. Burgess also criticizes China for IP theft and political meddling

    ... “We all spy on each other, but we don’t conduct wholesale intellectual property theft. We don’t actually interfere with political systems and we don’t undertake high-harm activity,” Burgess told the Lowy Institute international policy think tank in Sydney ...

  • At least three nations 'willing to kill' on Australian soil, spy chief says

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  • As an addition:

    Mr. Burgess also criticizes China for IP theft and political meddling

    ... “We all spy on each other, but we don’t conduct wholesale intellectual property theft. We don’t actually interfere with political systems and we don’t undertake high-harm activity,” Burgess told the Lowy Institute international policy think tank in Sydney ...

  • Germany faces record trade deficit with China

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  • @einkorn@feddit.org

    Yeah, and because of that, I've said it time and time again: China is not a trusted partner.

  • Australia's spy chief warns anti-immigration rallies are being exploited by neo-Nazi groups and "Russian operatives" to sow discord, spread disinformation

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  • As I said, I agree with your view. I am firmly convinced that autocracies like Russia and China will nevertheless try to exploit social vulnerabilities and spread disinformation and misinformation seeking to sow discord. And even we had a 'perfect' social system, there will be people who fall for it.

  • Australia's spy chief warns anti-immigration rallies are being exploited by neo-Nazi groups and "Russian operatives" to sow discord, spread disinformation

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  • I agree in principle. But we must nevertheless identify the bad actors.

  • EU in last-minute talks to set new climate goal for COP30

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  • Ah, yeah. That's because no country was on track with its climate actions, and countries like China and Russia performed even worse than most of the rest of the world.

  • Germany faces record trade deficit with China

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  • Sure, Europe and others outsourced voluntarily. The flip side is that for those who considered China a huge market for their own products never reached their goals. The government in Beijing has no interest in foreign competition (apparently never had) but only in Western know-how. China has been playing this game very good, and it'll take some time to re-industrialize Europe and its democratic allies.

    [Edit typo.]

  • EU in last-minute talks to set new climate goal for COP30

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  • Countries including China, Britain and Australia have already submitted new climate targets ahead of COP30.

    Yeah, and especially China lags far behind of what they are supposed to do.

    Here is where the world stands: https://climateactiontracker.org/countries/

  • EU in last-minute talks to set new climate goal for COP30

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  • Countries including China, Britain and Australia have already submitted new climate targets ahead of COP30.

    Yeah, and especially China lags far behind of what they are supposed to do.

    Here is where the world stands: https://climateactiontracker.org/countries/

  • digital sovereignty now!

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  • Ah, thanks. Haven't found that.

  • digital sovereignty now!

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  • I have read this. But neither Francesca Bria nor any of the claimed supporters (Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung, etc.) mention 'authoritarian stack' on their sites, and xof-research just links back to authoritarian-stack. There is no information available.

    Addition: I personally also find the information is not really new (maybe even incomplete, there is more and not everything is related to the U.S. alone). I don't question the information in general, but it's a bit sensationalist. But that's just my opinion. It's also a bit funny that they warn of 'authoritarian stack' and explicitly mention Xitter, but their only social media account (with no message sent so far) is then on Xitter.

  • Germany faces record trade deficit with China

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  • What a surprise? /s

    Every country has been facing record trade deficits with China, that's simply the result of Beijing's mercantilism. The country produces state-supported overcapacities flooding the world with products while at the same time closing its own borders.

    We can see some developments for 'de-coupling' or 'de-rsiking.' Maybe I'm too impatient but I hope Europe and all others will speed up this process as I personally find the process too slow in many areas.

  • digital sovereignty now!

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  • What is this website? And what is this xof-research.org apparently founded two weeks ago?

  • German central bank: Lift retirement age to boost competitiveness

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  • Yes. According to the study I posted in this thread, the costs will slightly rise (unlike in the U.S. and China, where the issue is much more severe).

  • German central bank: Lift retirement age to boost competitiveness

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  • The primary issue isn't the shrinking but the aging population and the associated costs with it, e..g, health care, elderly care, pensions will costs more, but'll be paid for by a shrinking workforce.

  • German central bank: Lift retirement age to boost competitiveness

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  • Many countries are going to face this choice in the foreseeable future giving their aging populations (African countries might among the few exemptions in this respect), with China and the U.S. are being hit harder than Europe, according to a recent report (opens pdf) on the rising cost to the public from Europe's ageing population, Brussels-based think Breugel outlined the trajectory through 2070, using the latest country-by-country data from European Commission.

    The report deals with familiar problems: pressure on budgets due to longer life spans, the need to raise retirement ages gradually and for better-funded pension and care systems, and more targeted employment-based inward migration. On major conclusion made is that the baby-boomer generation -usually those born from 1946 to 1964- will likely enjoy a generally more favourable retirement than either their parents or children. However, diverging life expectancies across the income distribution makes it complicated to raise average retirement ages in many EU countries, the report says.

    Key summary:

    • Breugel's report calculates that on average the 27 EU members' ageing-related costs - with categories such as pensions, long-term care, healthcare and education- will rise by just over 1% of GDP over the next 45 years.
    • For the two other large global economies United States and China, the burden of an aging population is much more severe: Bruegel used the latest long-term U.S. estimates from the Congressional Budget office to show Federal government and healthcare expenditures in the U.S. will be rising about 4-5% of GDP through 2055. And it used the International Monetary Fund's annual economic surveillance estimates for China where ageing-related spending is expected to rise by about five to more than nine times as much as in Europe.
    • While projected cost increases in age-related public spending in the EU are manageable in all members, there are substantial differences between countries, ranging from a hike of over 10 percentage points of GDP in less populated countries like Luxembourg, to an expected decline of over two percent of GDP in Italy over the next five decades.
    • Most of the variation between projected ageing-related spending increases in EU countries originates with pensions and long-term care. In contrast, projected expenditure increases in healthcare costs are quite uniform across countries, as are expected declines in education expenditure from fewer children.
    • The budgetary implications for at least the more comprehensive European welfare states vary greatly, depending on who entering migrants are. According to the report, the EU migration policy design must strive to ensure a composition of employment-based inward migration that will most likely contribute positively to the fiscal outlooks of EU countries.
    • The report also suggests to continue the already ongoing gradual shift towards a greater share of funded pension benefits in total retirement income. Carefully designed given their higher risks, more funded pensions in the EU could also unlock capital for productive investment, as EU households tend to keep a large share of their savings in currency and deposits and financial markets remain small in the EU relative to the U.S.

  • ‘No restrictions’ and a secret ‘wink’: Inside Israel’s deal with Google, Amazon

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  • The 972mag may fill an important gap in its country, they are critical of Israel and its allies with factual reporting, but they are by no means unbiased. I feel as many (all?) left-wing media outlet they don't research independently but rather seek information that support their narratives, which includes that some topics are never touched at all. This is their bias. It is a selective approach what to report on, whom to criticize, and whom not. It's not independent media.