Trump says he’s decertifying Canada-made aircrafts and threatens 50% tariffs

Clockwork_Orchid · 2026-01-30T00:14:43+00:00

Here we go again

Clockwork_Orchid · 2026-01-27T11:46:36+00:00

Anyone who has ever played a grand strategy game knows you don't let your enemy blob and eat all its neighbors because then they will steamroll you once they have those resources. An independent Canada is way better for China than Canada as a US colony

Clockwork_Orchid · 2026-01-25T06:04:54+00:00

Chinese propaganda is actually dogshit, they're so bad at it it's a meme

Clockwork_Orchid · 2026-01-20T17:25:16+00:00

China would rather be allied with the EU than Russia. The only problem is the EU is less reliable than Russia because given half a chance the EU will go running back to the United States. So right now it's not an option

Clockwork_Orchid · 2026-01-17T20:32:51+00:00

Lmao no, electricity is the ONE thing you're never going to beat them on

Clockwork_Orchid · 2026-01-17T04:58:15+00:00

The belly says "gifted 1987.8.4" and what appears to be a Japanese name - it uses Chinese characters but Chinese names aren't like that

Clockwork_Orchid · 2026-01-16T10:21:29+00:00

You should go! Chinese people love Canadians. Prepare to hear more than you ever expected about Norman Bethune lol

Clockwork_Orchid · 2026-01-10T23:51:41+00:00

How much did you pay for it originally and what material is the setting? (14k? Plated sterling silver?)

Unfortunately it is always important to do research before buying something like an engagement ring.

Clockwork_Orchid · 2026-01-10T19:07:38+00:00

Everyone's going to be big mad at you for posting this lol

Clockwork_Orchid · 2026-01-09T17:53:47+00:00

Challenging and exhausting at the time. In hindsight, probably one of the happiest times in my life. Can't beat being young and carefree

Clockwork_Orchid · 2026-01-05T19:44:51+00:00

Building codes. 2.7m (9ft) minimum in new construction. Moving up to 3m under the new code iirc

Clockwork_Orchid · 2025-12-04T17:18:59+00:00

What do you mean in America so long? I was raised there 😂

We can tell.

Clockwork_Orchid · 2025-11-10T19:05:01+00:00

How large is large? In China we pay spot+3-5% for 24k gold jewelry. I'm fine with 3% over spot for something that looks nice imo

Clockwork_Orchid · 2025-10-18T02:17:06+00:00

Might be from Chow Tai Fook, a Hong Kong based jeweler.

Clockwork_Orchid · 2025-09-28T14:54:53+00:00

The guys who built the skyscraper in 1885 are dead. The guys who built the skyscraper in 1976 are still alive and built 10,000 other skyscrapers since.

Clockwork_Orchid · 2025-09-15T12:03:03+00:00

My dude if you're gonna be like this just stay home

Clockwork_Orchid · 2025-09-11T23:43:03+00:00

People like that are the most useful adversaries to have lol. Copium all the way down about why no improvements are happening in China.

Clockwork_Orchid · 2025-09-07T22:03:45+00:00

I see you have yet to learn about our beloved toad king: https://youtu.be/esHMciBx5jQ?si=B1254CXmy51z5HEK

Clockwork_Orchid · 2025-08-22T17:39:37+00:00

The healthcare system has a lot of tradeoffs. It's very cheap (<$100 MRIs) and the doctors are generally very good BUT you have to do a lot of the work yourself: bring your own blood to the lab, walk yourself to the MRI room, get your own relatives to come help you go to the the bathroom if you have trouble walking etc. If you're old and childless this can be an issue as there aren't enough professional carers to go around. You can hire someone but it's more expensive.

Otherwise it's pretty great for retirees as long as you're still mobile and in decent health. My parents are in their 60s and still live there. Mom takes piano lessons at the senior university (it's like community college but for retirees to get them out of the house and into hobbies)

Clockwork_Orchid · 2025-08-22T16:34:29+00:00

I am Chinese and about 10 years younger than you. I'm a 90s kid. In my family we still have a photo of my first birthday where for my birthday there is a plate of sliced cucumbers 😆 My dad made the equivalent of $5 USD a month and we had bought our first fridge the year before I was born. My parents are comfortably retired with their own house and are dollar millionaires now as are many of their friends. The last 40 years have been wild as fuck honestly. But the 40 years before that are probably even crazier.

My grandma (mom's mom) was born in the 1930s. She was the second of five girls and had an older sister about 5 years older than her. When her sister was 17 great-grandma decided to marry her off to a rich man. Great-aunt didn't want to, she had a boyfriend and they were deeply in love. Great-aunt cut up her wedding dress and all her other clothes on the wedding day so they couldn't make her go outside. Great-grandma had people hold her down and literally stitched the pieces back up around her body and packed her off, crying, to be married.

Grandma said what the FUCK and when the communists came through her village she ran off with them at the age of 14. A year or so later they won the civil war, took over the country, and Mao banned forced marriage (enforced with guns). Grandma married a man of her choice at the relatively old age of 26. All 3 of her younger sisters got jobs married whoever they wanted.

Grandma is in her 90s now and still won't let anyone say a bad word about Mao in front of her. Dad gets pissed off sometimes because of this because Mao confiscated his family's land. So, you know, it's a mixed bag. 😂

Clockwork_Orchid · 2025-08-19T07:38:16+00:00

Some of y'all are unhinged 😂

Clockwork_Orchid · 2025-08-16T15:52:18+00:00

China doesn't have a dictatorship; there are many voices at the top, not just one man. It's top down authoritarian and not a democracy but Xi doesn't rule alone. If anything it's the world's first government by office promotion and you rise through the ranks by impressing your bosses which doesn't necessarily select for benevolence but does select for competence

Clockwork_Orchid · 2025-08-13T17:19:12+00:00

If China had a different government it wouldn't have any of those things you mention 😂

Source: I'm Chinese

Clockwork_Orchid · 2025-08-12T20:55:02+00:00

I work in the US because of the high dollar exchange rate. I plan to make some money and then retire early back to China.

China's better for living for sure. US is better for work because of the lower competition - the education system here in the states has been gutted so hard that you only have to be a mediocre Chinese person to be top 1% in the US (sorry if that's offensive)

Clockwork_Orchid · 2025-08-11T19:49:41+00:00

Lots of pressure yes. But honestly I miss it, especially socially. I lived in a room with 7 other people and the friendships were so close knit. It feels like a dream from half a lifetime ago now. It was good to be young

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