China being further isolated as Microsoft to shut down LinkedIn social media service in China.

@Northwest It is hilarious how ideologues and propagandists like you can do mental gymnastics to equate the US having an economic competitor for the first time in almost 30 years = China is going conquer the world.

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow You must be the world’s fastest reader. Not only did you read through 3 hours worth of analysts in 2 minutes flat, but you countered it as well.

The discussion is about world domination, not the strength of China’s economy.

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow you’re projecting dude. But you’re a rebel without a clue. Try visiting China sometime, or doing business with a Chinese company. At some point, when you consider revising your demagoguery, you will realize that the Chinese military is in charge of China’s economy.

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow Right?

I’ve lived in the Silicon Valley and this was v obvious. Also, did you know that if as a Chinese you invest 1 million dollars in Cali or any other state, you can get US citizenship instantly? The same cannot be possible for other Asians/ethnicities.

All they do is send their college aged kids here to buy a home! And those kids live in it by themselves!!!!

@Vivaci There are definitely problems that arise from foreign investment. I am in Canada and Vancouver and Toronto have sky high property values and that is in part because of Chinese investors buying entire apartment/condo blocks that are essentially empty. Both cities were proposing occupancy requirements than covid happened and I am not sure if that has been much of a priority since.

It is not just the Chinese though either. The kids of Nigerian oil oligarchs have similar going on here too.

Not sure what the solution is but it does play havoc with local property values.

As for the citizenship thing that I would not know much about but many countries have "incentives" that allow oligarchs to jump the queue.

It’s really eating at our economy like termites. The govt should look at the long term damage of such lucrative investments.

Also, I think our countries should have a law which states that these outsiders will be treated the same way that our citizens are treated in their countries. @PicturesOfABetterTomorrow

@cherokeepatti That does seem to be the norm.
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@MarkPaul No more than they deserve.
Sure, they have supplied the world with an enormous range of commodities, but at what cost to their own citizens?
At what cost to other countries citizens who bought the cheap stuff instead of looking after their own workers.
Slowly Slowly, we could be watching China's demise.

@Gusman I believe you are right. Sadly, the developed world encouraged China to supply those range of commodities, but as you say, China's ruling class has done it in a way that was intended to only enrich themselves. As, their workers now demand higher wages, the world reconsiders their value in the global supply chain, and other developing countries offer cheaper alternatives (which could be a whole other problem) their slow demise seems on track. We have seen this play out before.

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow OMG. This is outrageously insulting. I'm not a corporate simp.

@MarkPaul 🤦‍♂️ And of course you assume everything is about you personally.

LinkedIn is a bunch of corporate cringe reels and corporate simps.

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow Oh... well, I thought you were referring to me... personally.