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  1. UberIguana

    China ChiCom News Thread

    I'm mostly getting this from online anecdotes. You can see the arrse wiki on the SA80 and judge for yourself. Most of it is complaints about the original, but the last few paragraphs say the latest versions aren't bad. Yes, I know it's a wiki, but it's run by people who use the thing, rather...
  2. UberIguana

    China ChiCom News Thread

    The A1 was shit. The A2 and A3 are pretty decent and fixed most of the problems. Supposedly later versions are more reliable than the M4.
  3. UberIguana

    China ChiCom News Thread

    Turns out you can keep people going along with things for a while if you just lie and crack down on anyone who points out those lies. Of course, reality still gets its say eventually. The more things you build that rely on your lies, the harder everything falls once the truth can no-longer be...
  4. UberIguana

    China ChiCom News Thread

    According to someone on SB who works with Chinese suppliers, one thing you never trust the Chinese for is steel. Quality control is basically non-existent, to the point some parts from an otherwise perfectly okay batch can be bent by hand.
  5. UberIguana

    China ChiCom News Thread

    People talk about how woke will be a problem once something kicks off but I don't agree. A poor country can't afford bread and circuses. Once those stop and the population at large suddenly finds they're personally suffering, they're going to start following anyone who looks like they can put...
  6. UberIguana

    China ChiCom News Thread

    That means they'll launch on any outsider getting actively involved. Will they fire on another Chinese city if it refuses to acknowledge Beijing's orders? That's an entirely different question. Especially since nuking your own people will destroy much of the legitimacy of the regime you're...
  7. UberIguana

    China ChiCom News Thread

    I'd differentiate between confidence (or maybe dignity would be a better word in this context) and pride. One is protection of one's self-image that's justified and kept to a reasonable level. The other is not and actively interferes with life (yours and other people's). Like how a healthy...
  8. UberIguana

    China ChiCom News Thread

    Given there are zero technical reasons it hasn't been shot down yet, clearly something else is in play. Collateral damage (seems unlikely given how much space there is), observing its behaviour while still transmitting, waiting for it to crash so whatever's on board can be recovered in better...
  9. UberIguana

    China ChiCom News Thread

    China's property market might have become the largest Ponzi scheme in history. Synopsis: When the rules for property ownership were relaxed in the 80s and 90s there was a huge surge of property developers springing up. Due to the popularity of owning property they have been able to ask for...
  10. UberIguana

    China ChiCom News Thread

    The title is clickbaity. He talks about recession, rather than outright collapse. Synopsis: Exports for August are half of what was anticipated and didn't hit last year's peak. Recent imports are also down, indicating reduced purchase of raw materials used in manufacturing. Future exports...
  11. UberIguana

    China ChiCom News Thread

    The paranoid part of me wants to say this is preparation for release of a bioweapon. The rest of the world would be unprepared for something truly nasty, but China would already have the infrastructure for lockdown-on-steroids. I very much doubt it is anything like that, but it would make more...
  12. UberIguana

    China ChiCom News Thread

    And the CCP is now handing over money held in escrow. Handing it to Evergrande, that is.
  13. UberIguana

    China ChiCom News Thread

    This guy goes into some detail about China's development bubble (and has a bunch of other videos besides). TL;DR, Xi might find himself getting the boot if the house of cards isn't dismantled in a less chaotic fashion.
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