On 5/25/2020 at 8:31 AM, phetphet said:

I think the Chinese will come with their wallets ready, looking to buy businesses at bottom rate prices. They want to get their money out of China and can spot a desperate business a mile off.

 

Economic takeover first. Then the hordes will come.

I must say you are very insightful.  

Why would a European go to Thailand? We have much better places in Europe, Spain  , Italy, Greece, Kroatia and so on.....much cheaper than Thailand (600 euro for 7 days 4 star hotel on Mallorca, flight and food and transfer included) and really really nice there.

 

I think thailand better goes for the chinese...Europeans have better options.

On ‎5‎/‎25‎/‎2020 at 1:17 PM, Walker88 said:

Not sure what I got for free. Did the US get Canada? Saudi Arabia? Am I the Burgermeister of Koh Samui? Where's my decorative stationary?

 

Yes, the US has made some bad mistakes, but on balance has also done a lot of good things, and if you think the BRI is without fault, you are deluding yourself or engaging in your own 'stupid propaganda'.

 

I have personally seen the Belt and Road Initiative at work in Myanmar. Pay off the generals and then abuse the locals and the environment purely for China. China has engaged in slash and burn timber harvesting in Kachin State, open pit mining of a variety of resources, damming the confluence of the two rivers meeting at Myitsone (which resulted in the forced movement of 15,000 Kachin people and provided a total of 2 jobs to Myanmars---Lo Hsing Han and his son Steven Law---while China imported 100,000 Chinese laborers to do the work) until the KIA attacked a few Chinese engineers and scared off the dam builders. Oh, and every last kilowatt of generated power was to go to China. For gold mining, Chinese companies used a cyanide leaching process. The cyanide got into the ground water, killing wildlife and people. Other Chinese Govt owned companies used mercury. They did hire a few Myanmar for that, where workers kneaded mercury by hand into a slurry to leach out the gold.  Do you know the genesis of the Mad Hatter? That's the result of Hg exposure.

 

The BRI is hardly noble. Your defense of it might qualify as 'stupid propaganda'.

Can anyone doubt the demonstrators of Hong Kong have a good cause?

folks will sell phones so thay have food to eat but will be covered in tattoos ,but cant sell tattoos

16 minutes ago, 3NUMBAS said:

folks will sell phones so thay have food to eat but will be covered in tattoos ,but cant sell tattoos

Exactly! been trying to sell my in ground swimming pool for two years now, no buyers ????

23 hours ago, Chelseafan said:

That's sarcasm right?

Then why does every country chase them in better times?

 

The popular myth is the group tours. Over 75% of them travel individually. Myth busted.

 

Like it or lump it they've got money, and they like to spend it.

Edited May 28, 20206 yr by Traubert
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