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TexasTowelie

(128,150 posts)
Thu Oct 16, 2025, 11:58 AM Oct 2025

The End: China Just Hit A 50 Year Low; Shocking 'Scam Empire'; Chinese Economy; Trade War - China Update



00:00 Introduction + 6 Years
00:12 Chinese Economy: Deflation & Profitability Crash
03:54 Trade War Updates
07:31 Cambodian ‘Pig Butchering’ Empire
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The End: China Just Hit A 50 Year Low; Shocking 'Scam Empire'; Chinese Economy; Trade War - China Update (Original Post) TexasTowelie Oct 2025 OP
Please save me eleven minutes PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2025 #1
Don't count on it today. TexasTowelie Oct 2025 #2
By topic: TexasTowelie Oct 2025 #4
Thank you very much. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2025 #5
Chinese billionaires getting away w/ crap... SWBTATTReg Oct 2025 #3

TexasTowelie

(128,150 posts)
4. By topic:
Thu Oct 16, 2025, 04:51 PM
Oct 2025

Deflation subsided, but new deflationary pressures may emerge next year. Over 20% of businesses are unprofitable.

Nothing new on the trade war that isn't repeated elsewhere.

The Cambodia story is about a criminal organization that lures Chinese citizens, but forces them to work instead. Considering that the story is not receiving much coverage elsewhere, you might want to listen to this portion of the video.

Sorry that I didn't respond earlier, but I've been short of breath and considering the 3 ER visits during this summer for heart failure it's been rough.

SWBTATTReg

(26,399 posts)
3. Chinese billionaires getting away w/ crap...
Thu Oct 16, 2025, 01:41 PM
Oct 2025

If you got a chunk of money in your pocket, you can literally get away w/ anything.

It's pathetic and horrifying that such wealth has created a separate class of society far above the rest of us, where there are no rules.

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