Showing posts with label China. Show all posts
Showing posts with label China. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 29, 2024

Not So Crap Stuff from China: Generic "F9" True Wireless Bluetooth Earbuds with Charging case (and acts as battery bank for other stuff)

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This is only Bluetooth 5.0, so it's being sold as low as $4.99... with free shipping by Amazon via their outlet, Woot.com. They sold out...
Tuesday, May 14, 2024

More Crap from China: A Quick Review of Xiaomi E17 ANC

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One of the items I picked up on Aliexpress was a Xiaomi E17 ANC "airpod-like" wireless earbuds. The whole design is obviously a ...
Friday, May 10, 2024

Crap I Ordered From China; i.e. Bargain Hunting Stationery and Fountain Pen Stuff

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 My Aliexpress order is finally here... Only took them 8 days.  Anyway, adding another fountain pen and and 2 bottles of ink to my collectio...
Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Darn it, Aliexpress, TAKE MY MONEY!!!!!

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 Aliexpress.us is basically the international website of China's Alibaba group, sort of their international Amazon that long predates si...
Saturday, February 20, 2021

Today I Learned: The War with No Guns Between China and the World

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In recent months, China and India have skirmished with casualties on both sides. Yes, I mean deaths and serious injuries, deep in the Himala...
Sunday, March 6, 2011

Proof that China is an Oligarchy, not a Communist Nation

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Someone did a tally of the National People's Congress , which has 2987 members. Taking the richest 70 people out of that group... Gues...
Monday, February 14, 2011

Shark Fin Ban is Much Ado About Nothing (and may even be racist)

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Image via Wikipedia Just today, there's news that a couple state reps want to ban "shark fins" in California . Assemblyman Pau...
Saturday, January 29, 2011

More embarrassment on Chinese News TV

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Image via CrunchBase Chinese News CCTV 13 allegedly played a footage of the Chinese J-10 fighter conducting an exercise on 23-JAN-2011 and d...
Thursday, January 20, 2011

Cultural Baggage and Entrepreneurship... continued

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AdroitAlien and I have a little discussion on Cultural Baggage and Entrepreneurship ... This is his reply where we were discussion on China ...
Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Wikileaks: really making government more accountable?

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Image via Wikipedia Wikileaks supporters are claiming world-wide conspiracy to shut down Wikileaks for embarrassing governments worldwide. ...
Monday, November 8, 2010

Pharmanex scanner... money making machine or just a scam?

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Image via Wikipedia Just the other day I got an offer that some body is bring some sort of machine from UC (that's University of Califo...
Monday, June 21, 2010

China's labor class: doom for the existing government?

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The labor class is supposed to be the backbone of any communist society , such as China . Yet, it seems that the labor class has always been...
Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Do you know the terms KIRF and Shanzhai?

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Let this article explain what is KIRF, shanzhai, and how they are affecting the Chinese economy. China , with the recent Foxconn suicides,...
Thursday, August 6, 2009

Don't let your babies be satellite babies...

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Image via Wikipedia What are satellite babies? It's a term believed to be coined by Yvonne Bohr, a chilinical psychologist at York Unive...