China warns EU over ‘Made in Europe’ plan, vows countermeasures
"Beijing's commerce ministry said on Monday that it had submitted comments to the European Commission on Friday, expressing China's "serious concerns" regarding the act it called "systemic discrimination"."
--- Translation: "You are giving us some of our own medicine? That is so unfair!"
Beijing lashes out at EU after Chinese firms included in latest Russia sanctions
"In a statement issued late Saturday, China's commerce ministry said it was “strongly dissatisfied” and “firmly opposes” the inclusion of Chinese businesses in the Russia sanctions, accusing the EU of acting “brazenly” despite repeated objections."
--- "How dare you do something we don't like? You are so mean!"
China blocks Meta's $2bn acquisition of AI start-up Manus
"A Meta spokesperson told the BBC "the transaction complied fully with applicable law"."
--- Laws, which laws? Emperor Xi is the law, and Emperor Xi doesn't like your acquisition.
China industrial profits jump 15.8% in March, fueled by AI and chip boom despite oil shock risks
"China's producer price growth turned positive in March, driven by higher oil prices, marking the first expansion in more than three years and ending the longest deflationary streak in decades."
--- Essentially deflation persists, only some prices are rising because of the higher oil prices. But how, then, is it possible that industrial profits are rising that much? Dubious!
The tortoise and the hare: will China beat the US in the race back to the moon?
"With space being an area with opaque legal consensus, the first country to establish a presence on the resource-rich lunar surface will probably have a head start in defining the rules."
--- Well, there are already rules. But we know China. Just like in the South China Sea, China will try to establish facts on the ground. Laws and rules be damned.
"In China, their space mission is not framed so much as a race with the US, but instead focuses on achieving domestic aims. “We are not setting a goal of comprehensively overtaking the US,”"
--- That's only the outward propaganda. Inside China, the message is very different.
TIBETAN RELIGIOUS LEADER DISAPPEARED
Torrential rain in southern China leads to flooding fears
--- China Uncensored: "China's Desperate Attempt To Save Its Economy"
EU-Industriegesetz: China droht mit Gegenmaßnahmen
"China hat die Pläne der EU zur Stärkung der eigenen Industrie durch ein neues Gesetz scharf kritisiert. Der Gesetzesentwurf enthalte ernstzunehmende Hemmnisse für Investitionen und institutionelle Diskriminierung in den vier strategischen Wachstumsbranchen Batterien, Elektroautos, Photovoltaikanlagen und bei wichtigen Rohstoffen, teilte das Handelsministerium in Peking heute mit.
[...] Chinas Handelsministerium beklagt, chinesische Investoren würden diskriminiert. Peking fordert daher unter anderem Anforderungen für Auslandsinvestoren oder die Übertragung von geistigem Eigentum aus dem Entwurf zu streichen."
--- Ist ja auch wirklich ungeheuerlich, dass die EU jetzt endlich mal mit gleichen Mitteln zurückschlägt.
China rüstet Tausende Fischerboote zur geheimen Miliz auf
"Sie bilden eine geheime Miliz aus Tausenden Schiffen im inoffiziellen Dienst für die Volksarmee."
--- So geheim ist das nur auch wieder nicht. Es ist lange bekannt, dass China diese Marine-Miliz hat und teilweise wurden diese Schiffe auch öffentlich als Milizenschiffe eingeweiht.
China blockiert Milliarden-Übernahme durch Meta
