Randy W Posted March 4, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2023 In his eagerness to shill for China, Cyrus is COMPLETELY (and sadly) missing the point - this may be a great business model - for NOW, anyway. Direct from China factory sales. Shipping from China is VERY cheap for even small packages, thanks to China's status as a "developing country" with the Universal Postal Union. Chinese companies sell on Amazon even individual screws at prices, with shipping, that undercut American prices and convenience. We checked on Taobao - of course the shirts are available there. I've ordered a couple to check it out. I've posted before about an app that sells cheap stuff from China, similar to what Cyrus is trying to promote, but I don't remember the name and can't find it right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy W Posted March 8, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2023 (edited) On 3/4/2023 at 1:11 PM, Randy W said: In his eagerness to shill for China, Cyrus is COMPLETELY (and sadly) missing the point - this may be a great business model - for NOW, anyway. Direct from China factory sales. Shipping from China is VERY cheap for even small packages, thanks to China's status as a "developing country" with the Universal Postal Union. Chinese companies sell on Amazon even individual screws at prices, with shipping, that undercut American prices and convenience. . . . I've posted before about an app that sells cheap stuff from China, similar to what Cyrus is trying to promote, but I don't remember the name and can't find it right now. Temu is the name of the site - I had posted about it here back in Sept. on CFL - China’s Pinduoduo Quietly Launches U.S. E-Commerce Site Temu More from the Sixth Tone - The PDD-owned, U.S.-based e-commerce firm Temu has been downloaded more than 24 million times since debuting last September. The app, essentially an international version of Pinduoduo, had been the no. 1 free shopping app on both Apple and Goole's U.S. app stores for most of the past two months. from the Sixth Tone on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/sixthtone/photos/a.1604152706570250/3472935059691996 The shirt I got on Taobao seems to be of VERY good quality, and, at direct from factory prices, coupled with VERY cheap commercial shipping from China, should be attractive, but, generally, cheap merchandise from China doesn't rise to the level of an Amazon killer. Edited March 8, 2023 by Randy W (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy W Posted March 19, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2023 I usually don't like China Uncensored for its off-the-rails sarcasm. This one is no exception, but he seems to be on target here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy W Posted March 26, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2023 Because . . . of course! It's the propaganda that's just TOO MUCH for CGTN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted April 16, 2023 Report Share Posted April 16, 2023 Word on the street is Gweilo is back in Nanning now or almost there. Will be interesting to see if he continues making videos, and what kinds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy W Posted April 17, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2023 4 hours ago, Barfus said: Word on the street is Gweilo is back in Nanning now or almost there. Will be interesting to see if he continues making videos, and what kinds. He's been slacking off for a while now. No output recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy W Posted April 17, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2023 (edited) His Facebook page hasn't been updated since last October, but I did find this tweet from last month https://twitter.com/Gweilo60/status/1633629508233490432 I miss my home in Nanning,China. The safety, food, people, hustle and bustle, making Gweilo 60 Youtube videos, e-bikes and Liquan Beer. If all the stars align we might be able to travel home this summer. Fingers crossed my friends...Fingers crossed. — Gweilo60 (@Gweilo60) March 9, 2023 . . . and just now noticed this one Booked in and traveling to China today. It has been too long since we were at our Nanning home. — Gweilo60 (@Gweilo60) April 14, 2023 He is VERY active on Twitter - averaging around a tweet or two or three every day for as far back as I looked. Mostly political/pro-China/anti-west. That second one was two days ago - probably the only two days where he didn't tweet anything, at least in the last month or so. Edited April 17, 2023 by Randy W (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted April 17, 2023 Report Share Posted April 17, 2023 9 hours ago, Randy W said: His Facebook page hasn't been updated since last October, but I did find this tweet from last month https://twitter.com/Gweilo60/status/1633629508233490432 . . . and just now noticed this one He is VERY active on Twitter - averaging around a tweet or two or three every day for as far back as I looked. Mostly political/pro-China/anti-west. That second one was two days ago - probably the only two days where he didn't tweet anything, at least in the last month or so. His Twitter is a disaster. I'm guessing 80% of the posts (the anti-west/pro-China stuff) is written by someone else - those posts are written in flawless high-level English whereas Gweilo's English is pretty damn rudimentary and filled with grammatical/spelling errors. My guess is there is, of course, money involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy W Posted April 17, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2023 3 hours ago, Barfus said: His Twitter is a disaster. I'm guessing 80% of the posts (the anti-west/pro-China stuff) is written by someone else - those posts are written in flawless high-level English whereas Gweilo's English is pretty damn rudimentary and filled with grammatical/spelling errors. My guess is there is, of course, money involved. LOL - but it's not clear who would pay who for that. I did notice that the tweets stopped 2 days ago when he said he was heading to China. We'll see if he surfaces somewhere in the next few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy W Posted April 19, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2023 HE'S BA-AA-AAA-AA-CK!!?! Finally made it back to Nanning. Computer is up and running after an overhaul at the shop, e-bike has new brakes, batteries and throttle assembly. House is cleaned and now ready to get out the G60 equip and start shooting. It's been a while. — Gweilo60 (@Gweilo60) April 18, 2023 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy W Posted April 22, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2023 This is his SECOND video since arriving - picking straight up from a point where he was about 5 years ago, as if nothing has happened in the meantime . . . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy W Posted April 23, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2023 Lei's Real Talk talks about the pitfalls for foreign companies doing business in China. Yes, the bamboo curtain is a thing again. Did Beijing use BMW’s ice cream meltdown to put out a real fire for the CCP? What are the hidden risks of doing business in China? BMW’s Mini had a PR crisis over ice cream at the Shanghai Auto Show, forcing the brand to apologize repeatedly. But was it the ice cream or the unfortunate timing of a fire in Beijing and CCP politics? If companies like BMW cannot control this hidden risk of doing business in China, they’ll be forced out quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy W Posted April 26, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2023 It's sad to listen to these geopolitically-challenged "geopolitical analysts" "getting their message out" with propaganda that CGTN won't even touch. No links or embedding here, thank you. Geopolitics | UKRAINE TAIWAN What's Next| Brian Berletic | Cyrus Janssen | Alex Reporterfy 4K 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy W Posted May 5, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2023 (edited) Gweilo talks about his Canadian Cheetos I brought a bag of Hawkins Cheezies to China with me just in case I got the urge. It's a Canadian thing most people would just not understand. You can take the Canadian out of Canada but you can't take the Canada out of the Canadian. pic.twitter.com/u2WYi4IYrt — Gweilo60 (@Gweilo60) April 21, 2023 Edited May 5, 2023 by Randy W (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy W Posted May 6, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2023 (edited) Lei discusses China's playing of the "rare earth" card How dependent is the United States on China for rare earth products? China has the most of the world’s rare earth reserves and the largest rare earth production. As U.S. cuts off Beijing’s access to advanced semiconductor chips, China fights back by restricting exports of rare earth technologies and products. This is not the first time China plays the rare earth card. How dependent is the United States on China’s rare earth production? Will China’s countermeasure succeed? Other articles on the rare earth "weapon" - http://candleforlove.com/forums/search/?q="rare earth"&quick=1 Edited May 6, 2023 by Randy W (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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