Jim Stone, Freelance Journalist

It looks like someone else gets it.

My China bust is OBVIOUS. It is OBVIOUS NO ONE is chatting with anyone in China even if they think they are. An AI could handle that job . . . . . AAAAND, a great insight from someone else who gets it. I don't usually post other people's stuff, but this absolutely nailed it:

THINK THE UNTHINKABLE: China Faced A Domestic Disaster Months Ago If Something Wasn't Done...
By George Eaton

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In typical research on the economic health of nations, their political situations and possible military options I noticed a few months ago that China factories were starting to cut back. In addition to this downturn in China, due to the global slow down, I heard a comment made by a official that China needed to provide millions of new jobs every year, for the fresh new workers pouring in from the countryside. This meant that not only did they have to get their factories started for those being laid off, they needed to provide tens of millions of additional jobs each year, or else they would face a human catastrophe.