Posts by mark taslov
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howing leadership and intelligence and thinking about more than just satisfying their immediate, short-term desires. It would also mean NZ finally giving us linguisticky types the respect we deserve
but James they're shackled in democracy...
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i think the naivety that got Fonterra into their mess wasn't that the streets aren't paved with gold. it's that they trusted their their shoes (and whatever came between them and the gold) a little too much and weren't prepared to convert the ideals they have offshore into the way they handle their Chinese projects.
re: what jamil says
In China it is not just unemployment you have to worry about it is social instability (the government's euphemism for riots, protests, revolution) that results from unemployment. According to internal government estimates from earlier this decade, the Communist Party needed to keep the economy growing at 7% a year to ensure its own survival because if growth dropped below that level then it would not be able to manage (read - suppress by any means necessary) the resulting "social instability". I think the red line is now lower - I'm hearing more like 4 or 5% - but it still exists.
in the wake of the olympics, the space walk, the knitting of the nation following the earthquake and tibet fiasco, the country hasn't been as united since probably 1949.
social instability will be quashed, as it always has,who governs china? the chinese communist party, but who owns china and give the CCP mandate to govern?
the PLAthe chinese army are pure capitalism
any resistance results in extermination
their business interests are vast
their business ethics invulnerable to the sway of the system designed for the average chinese,
the usefulness of the CCP as an umbrella is incalculable.
the government doesn't own the army, the army owns the government, hence the effortless drift from communism to capitalism
if unemployment results in social instability
then unemployment numbers will be cut (down in the prime of their lives)
facing that barrel
significant social unrest is merely a suicide option for those brave not family oriented enough
the guan xi (network) systems are secured.
while the chinese family system remains strong (read social welfare)
so will the social system.the chinese save money
a major generalisation the average chinese makes about the west is 'they don't save money, while we chinese save money'they have been waiting for such a global event as is happening now, for a long time,
But as others have pointed out, China is absolutely not immune from the global crisis - not only because exports are so important but also because the domestic property market appears to have stalled and could be about to go off a cliff.
facts
but they have lived through worse
they will emerge from this, frontrunners
Jamil tian an men 1989 didn't collapse the government, it merely reinforced their claim.
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haha, laughing all the way to the bank. good luck with those native speakers, they sure gave fonterra a helping hand...
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question is why do they have a televised debate?
instead of a televised decision making exercise
like Risk or chess or backgammon -
personalities
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someone mentioned it on this site something about multiple posts = too much bandwidth or something. and stories from friends back home suddenly reaching their limits, : find these kinds of deals astonishing
https://www.telecom.co.nz/broadband/select/1,10627,205728-204466,00.html
i could look into it, maybe they have some new Zealand style deals deals, i never shopped around just got a standard kind of broadband deal $50(nz) a month, unlimited GB incl phone line. I'm sure there's probably cheaper around.
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personalities
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You mean the chinese charge by the word? :)
no, but i've heard urban legends about New Zealanders paying by the hour or GB or something, having thresholds and the like after which their connections revert to alt pay scales. someone mentioned something on this site at an earlier date about bandwidth for double up posts i was echoing a sentiment.
the Chinese charge by the month.
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i'd guess the people who pay for the extra bandwidth of doubled up posts and whatnot.
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