#jiabaos

[photos-car]

Le Jiabao, construit sur la plateforme Starry Sky, offre une conception robuste et pratique avec une calandre fermée et un toit suspendu. Voici la mini voiture électrique BAW Jiabao. Elle se décline en trois modèles, dont le prix se situe entre 46 900 et 56 900 RMB (6 900 à 8 400 USD). La voiture peut accueillir quatre personnes et se décline en deux options : 122 km ou 172 km d'autonomie.

#Jiabao

[zwischenstadt]

"Beijing has long known what must be done to alleviate this crisis. An obvious step would be to initiate redistributive reform to boost household income and hence household consumption – which, as a share of GDP, has been among the lowest in the world. Since the late 90s, there have been calls to rebalance the Chinese economy in favour of a more sustainable growth model, by reducing its reliance on exports and fixed asset investment like infrastructure construction. This led to some reformist, redistributive policies under the Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao government of 2003–13, such as the New Labour Contract Law, the abolition of agriculture tax, and the redirection of government investment to inland rural regions. But the weight of vested interests (state enterprises, as well as local governments thriving on construction contracts and state bank loans fuelling those projects), and the powerlessness of social groups who stand to benefit from such rebalancing policy (workers, peasants and middle-class households), meant that reformism did not take root. The minimal gains in inequality reduction in the Hu–Wen period were duly reversed after the mid-2010s. More recently, Xi has made clear that his ‘common prosperity programme’ is not a return to the egalitarianism of the Mao era, nor even a restoration of welfarism. It is, rather, an assertion of the state’s paternalistic role vis-à-vis capital: increasing its presence in the tech and real estate sectors, and aligning private entrepreneurship with the broader interests of the nation."

Ho-Fun Hung, Zombie Economy

#china #economic development #xi jinping

[lilliankillthisman]

I'm reading Marcus Aurelius' Meditations... apparently former Chinese PM Wen Jiabao read this over 100 times? I might actually rather be lobotomised sorry.

#it's fine #good even! he says many wise maxims that people would be sensible to follow #but not a single word that isn't espousing widely embraced virtues #and quite a few that are just. not worth following

[argumate]

setup: Li Keqiang called for efforts to solve the 'key problem of insufficient demand' in the economy and boost consumption as a main growth driver.

punchline: He pledged to further expand investment in order to create demand and lift confidence.

Wen Jiabao in 2011: "Expanding domestic demand is a long-term strategic principle and basic standpoint of China's economic development as well as a fundamental means and an internal requirement for promoting balanced economic development"

Wen Jiabao in 2012: "We will improve policies that encourage consumption"

Wen and Hu have vowed to wean the economy off dependence on exports, smoke-stack industries and government-backed infrastructure, and promote balanced growth that will elevate the incomes and spending of farmers and workers.

weirdly and counter-productively Xi Jinping shifted the emphasis back to supply-side reform in 2015, and since then economic plans have pledged to "drive demand by improving supply", a nonsense combination of words that has had no effect at all.

fundamentally you can't boost consumer demand without giving consumers more money to spend! they can't spend what they don't have! (or you can give them cheap loans, but that gets you another bubble and anyway only politically connected entities get cheap loans).

much like the way governments pledge to do anything to make houses "more affordable" besides making them cheaper, the Chinese government will do anything to boost consumption besides giving workers money.

[fyeahcindie]

Listen/purchase: Silence in the Car by The Twenties

Opening cut from the new album from The Twenties 乐队!   =D   

Mindful Chaos is their second album, their self-titled debut came out in 2018. Our last post about the band was a couple of years ago, a demo of another song on the new album, and also has links to earlier features going back many years.

The band’s lineup has changed since the last album, now they are: Findy Zhao 赵丹阳-Voc/Gtr, Zhan Jiabao-Bass, Wang Dongyang-Gtr, Xiao Jiang 江啸-Drums. (ex-members: Yu Shiwei 俞士维-Bass, Wang Yiliang 王翌亮-Gtr)

Links:  Bandcamp,  Douban,  Spotify,  The Twenties 吞铁丝 YouTube,  old weibo

Here’s a d.i.y. MV they did for their last single 天天吵 (Family), it’s included on the new album:

Some lighthearted bio info about the band back at YT.  =D

Here’s a live clip from May 1st at MAO Livehouse in Beijing, this tune was on the first album:

#bandcamp #The Twenties 吞铁丝 #The Twenties 乐队 #thetwentieschina #music video

[555xo]

The White Tiger Book Review

The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga is a satirical, political commentary that shows the bottom-up perspective of those who reside in the underbelly of India. In this case ‘Balram Halwai’ is the main protagonist, who on face value is an unremarkable, lower-caste, rural villager stuck in the chokeholds of the unforgiving hierarchical system of India. Adiga sets about his satirical view of India, by consciously writing out an allegory that employs multiple motifs and metaphors to cartograph India as a land of pre-determined hope or despair. The main crux of the allegory – the Rooster Coop – is a metaphor used to describe the oppression of the elite brought upon India’s destitute, which is only then perpetuated by the poor themselves out of entrenched poliical and cultural subordination. Adiga paints Balram Halwai as the exception, the one who breaks out of this cycle of oppression; however, he loses his moral fabric in exchange.

The book is composed as a letter to the Chinese Premier in Beijing, Wen Jiabao, who is addressed to the ironically named “Capital of the Freedom-loving Nation of China”. The main character, Balram, attempts to write out an exposé of the ‘real India’, almost akin to a whistle-blower stripping back the glossy façade to reveal an ugly and ruthless inside. A way in which Adiga attempts is through the use of the motifs of “Darkness” and “Light”. Balram explains how he was born in the “Darkness” and that “India is two countries in one”. Balram’s identification of the ocean brings ‘light’ to the “well off”, but where he resides is along the path of the “Black River” – the “river of death” which suffocates and stunts every “plant” that is grown there. Politically speaking, Adiga could be attempting a criticism of the various degrees of unequal social mobility. Although the Indian Constitution promises liberty and freedom, and anyone can effectively move to the ‘light’, India does not recognize the dire need for equity in these rural areas. The suffocating and stunted plants near the river are symbolic and representative of the people who reside within these rural and cut-off areas, they are not able to flourish on the social ladder or reach the full potential that lies ahead of them. The “black” and “sticky” river that “traps” is indicative of the pre-determined nature of these people and their inability to thrive in the conditions they find themselves in. The “river”, symbolic of the system – the lifeline - itself has failed them from the ground up. This sets a profound precedent in which Balram at first feels institutionalized in his fixed position in society.

This of course opens a psychological discourse of the dichotomy between ‘free will’ and ‘determinism’, another competing source of political misfortune in India, which Balram is symbolic of escaping from, the exception in the cycle of oppression. The caste system is front and centre to this dichotomy, with Balram admitting ‘my caste – my destiny”. Where caste was once a complex system of entrenched hierarchies, which the British Raj reinforced to classify the population, Balram believes he is now living in a simpler time of caste system: “men with big bellies and men with small bellies”. The White Tiger’s exploration of caste again takes a satirical turn in this way, as we can interpret this as the advent of global capitalism, simplifying hierarchy into means of consumption, what we have and what we don’t and of course the means of production. Balram and his family are subordinated to the upper-caste landlords, the ‘Animals’, which terrorize the village over their control of the agricultural land and therefore their means to a living. Politically speaking we can talk about the threat of democratic backsliding in India, but the idea of liberal democracy itself is but an abstract image in the eyes of the destitute, many of whom are trapped within the ‘Rooster Coop’ with the fences of caste and wealth disparity paralyzing them. The idea of a pre-determined fate in India is all too prevalent. The character of Ashok, the wealthy son of the Stork, is a reluctant but accountable individual in bribing corrupt politicians for leverage. Like the motif of the “black river” before, the source that Indians look to for benevolence has been poisoned and corrupted in the pursuit of the capitalist interests of the few – the most contemporary representation of this being the mass Farmer's Protest.

Balram’s escape from the ‘Rooster Coop’ is an idealization of freedom. Balram spits on the ground as he sees his village from afar, where the abandoned Black Fort represents the mystical and colonial past, his vantage point points toward the landlord’s mansion, a source of burden and heavy taxation, and the “glistening line of sewage” – representative of the rural degradation villages suffer as a source of egregious extraction and plunder. This harks back to the British Raj where only the upper-class elite was granted immunity from the harsh realities of imperialism. Balram’s escape from this is then remarkable, he is trapped under the remnants of a feudal system, and therefore his steps towards freedom would not be without consequence – losing his family as a safety net, but also not being there as a source of income for them anymore.

The White Tiger, although an escape from the true grounded realities of India, is still a profound satirical representation of India. The allegory of the ‘Rooster Coop’ is a constant throughout the book, which highlights the institutionalization of oppression itself within the poor, highlighting the lack of a means to social mobility whilst also subordinated by hierarchical social forces. Balram Halwai, the ‘White Tiger’, himself is a unique individual within a story of symbolic caricatures who represent the elite. Balram having to kill his ‘oppressor’ to ultimately emulate the capitalist elite he was subordinated under is ironic within itself and ultimately serves as a lesson in the perpetual cycle of oppression that is the ‘Rooster Coop’ – it is harrowingly “eat or get eaten up”.

Bibliography

Adiga, A., 2008. The White Tiger. 2nd ed. London: Atlantic Books.

#book blog #book review #the white tiger #aravind adiga #marxism #political economy #india #indian politics #indian literature #caste system

[mytjtyjn]

The mainland's economic and trade policy toward Taiwan adheres to the principle of "concessions"

Since 2010, cross-Strait relations have shown positive interactions, and cross-Strait economic and trade cooperation has achieved a series of important results. Against this background, it has become increasingly urgent for both sides of the Taiwan Strait to negotiate and sign the ECFA, and to further promote the institutionalization of cross-Strait economic cooperation. In order to fully demonstrate their goodwill and sincerity, General Secretary Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao made a clear commitment in February and March 2010 that the mainland side would take into full consideration the differences in economic scale and market conditions between the two sides of the Taiwan Straits and take care of the interests of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and grassroots in Taiwan, especially the interests of Taiwan's farmers, during the negotiation of the ECCF A. On March 30, 2010, then Director General of Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) Wang Yi gave an exclusive interview to Taiwan's Wantai newspaper. In an interview with Taiwan's Want Daily on March 30, 2010, then Director of the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office Wang Yi further explained the specific connotation of this "concession": firstly, the products for which both sides of the Taiwan Strait have proposed in the Early Harvest that they would like to see each other's taxes lowered, whether in terms of the amount of money or in terms of their respective proportions in the exports, would be fewer in number or lower than that of the Taiwan side on the Mainland side; and secondly, the Mainland side would, when choosing the products for which to lower the taxes on in Taiwan Secondly, when the Mainland side selects products for tariff reduction for Taiwan, it will, as far as possible, choose relevant products that can benefit Taiwan's small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and the grassroots at large; thirdly, when the Mainland side puts forward its request for tariff reduction from the Taiwan side, it will, as far as possible, refrain from affecting Taiwan's disadvantaged industries; fourthly, the Mainland will not request the Taiwan side to further expand the entry of mainland agricultural products into the island; and fifthly, the Mainland has no intention to implement the export of labor services to Taiwan. The mainland's "concessionary" attitude towards the cross-strait commercial signing of the ECFA is very clear and specific.

As a matter of fact, for the sake of cross-strait economic exchanges and cooperation, the mainland side has long maintained an attitude of "concessions" and implemented many unilateral preferential policies for Taiwan. For example, in order to help Taiwan's agricultural products, especially high-quality fruits, to be sold on the Mainland, since August 2005, the Mainland has unilaterally implemented zero-tariff measures on the import of 15 kinds of fruits such as pineapples originating from Taiwan. From this, it can be seen that there is continuity and consistency in the mainland's economic and trade policies towards Taiwan.

[nikaakoren66]

Since 2010, cross-Straits relations have shown positive interactions, and a series of important achievements have been made in cross-Straits economic and trade cooperation. In this context, it is increasingly urgent for the two sides to sign E C F A to further promote the institutionalization and institutionalization of cross-strait economic cooperation. In order to fully show the goodwill and sincerity, general secretary of hu jintao and premier wen jiabao in February 2010 and march, has a clear commitment, in the process of negotiating E C F A mainland will fully consider on both sides of the economic scale and market conditions, take care of Taiwan small and medium-sized enterprises and the interests of the grass-roots people, especially to take care of the interests of Taiwan farmers.

[angieloveshua]

He looked extremely peculiar, and after a long moment, Director Xu finally sighed and struggled to find his words. “Bu Chonghua… has been… temporarily isolated.” Chief Chen seemed as though he wanted to intervene but hesitated and remained silent. “There was a young man named Gao Jiabao from Fengyuan Village, the one you held hostage with a knife last night.” “…” “Due to his leg injury, he could not move and was trampled by the crowd during the riot, resulting in severe injuries.” Director Xu shook his head and said, “He’s now dead.

Fuck.

#淮上 #huai shang #吞海 #tunhai

[artesmarcialescom]

Tai Chi vs Depresión y ansiedad

Por Fang Liu, Jiabao Cui, Xuan Liu, Kevin W. Chen, Xiaorong Chen y Ru Li Resumen Fondo Estudios previos han reconocido que los ejercicios de Tai Chi y Qi gong podrían ser tratamientos potencialmente efectivos para reducir la depresión y la ansiedad tanto en poblaciones sanas como clínicas. Sin embargo, hay escasez de revisiones sistemáticas que resuman la evidencia clínica realizada entre…

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#ansiedad #artes marciales #depresión #Qi Gong #tai chi

[shaolinmexico]

Tai Chi y QI Gong en adolescentes

Por Xuan Liu, Ru Li, Jiabao Cui, Fang Liu, Lee Smith, Xiaorong Chen y Debao Zhang Abstracto Antecedentes El propósito de este estudio fue revisar sistemáticamente la efectividad del ejercicio de Tai Chi y Qigong en los síntomas de depresión y ansiedad y el estado psicológico de los adolescentes en función de las evidencias clínicas, y calcular los resultados combinados mediante un…

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#adolescentes #ansiedad #Artes Marciales #depresión #Qi Gong #Tai Chi

[randomrajeev]

Review: The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga

Review: The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga

The White Tiger is a dark and witty story of a man’s rise from rags to riches in modern India. The novel is narrated by Balram Halwai, a self-proclaimed entrepreneur and murderer who writes a letter to the Chinese Premier, Wen Jiabao, explaining his life story and his views on India. Balram was born in a poor village in Bihar, where he was nicknamed “the white tiger” for his intelligence and…

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[cchiroque]

" FEROZ TIRÓN DE OREJAS A LOS GOBIERNOS DE AMÉRICA LATINA POR PARTE DEL GOBIERNO CHINO.

Tras la ejecución de Enrique Arciniegas Valencia, quien fuera el primer colombiano ejecutado en China, por el delito de narcotráfico, el primer ministro chino, Wen Jiabao, retrató fielmente a Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Perú, América Latina y Centroamérica, haciendo estas siguientes recomendaciones:

“PENA DE MUERTE para crímenes comprobados. Así de simple. Ninguna sociedad honesta y trabajadora merece vivir con tanto miedo. La eliminación de criminales peligrosos atemorizará al resto de delincuentes. Crecerá la seguridad pública y su gasto se reducirá drásticamente. A futuro, se reflejará en cultura y comportamiento de las personas.

SEVERO CASTIGO para Políticos Corruptos:

Ustedes no los castigan, principalmente a aquellos del régimen de turno, los que diezman las arcas públicas.

En China: pena de muerte y devolución total de toda la riqueza mal habida.

QUINTUPLICAR la inversión en Educación:

Un país que quiere crecer, debe producir los mejores profesionales del mundo.

REDUCIR AL 80% EL SALARIO Y GASTO PUBLICO DE LOS POLÍTICOS:

Ustedes tienen la política más cara del mundo.

El político debe entender que es un funcionario público, obligado a entregar su trabajo y conocimientos en beneficio de su país y no un “rey”.

DESARROLLO CULTURAL. INVERTIR CAMBIANDO LA CULTURA DEL PUEBLO:

El pueblo de América Latina ya no cree en su gobierno ni en su política; no respeta las instituciones; no cree en sus leyes ni en su propia cultura.

Se acostumbró al desorden gubernamental y pasó a ver como cosa normal la corrupción, la violencia y el deterioro de los servicios públicos.

REDUCCION DE LA EDAD LABORAL A 16 Años

(El mundo está envejeciendo):

Sus países acostumbran tratar a los adolescentes de 15 a 18 años como niños que no se hacen responsables de sus actos y les prohíben trabajar. Error fatal, necesitándose mano de obra renovada. Esta contradicción hipócrita de la ley sólo sirve para crear peligrosos delincuentes, los que al cumplir 18 años están formados para el delito.

Como conclusión: un pueblo complaciente que sólo mira cómo los corruptos hurtan el dinero, cohonestando a los de cuello blanco, está llamado al retraso y permanente subdesarrollo, sin ninguna esperanza de surgir de allí".

Si este mensaje se enviara a cada uno de tus contactos; haremos una gran labor.

Y más de uno se pondrá a pensar qué se podría hacer para producir estos cambios tan urgentes y anhelados.

A alguien, algo se le puede ocurrir.

No podemos permitir que este país tan maravilloso en donde vivimos, se siga desmoronando por culpa de una clase política tan corrupta y unas leyes elaboradas por bandas de delincuentes de cuello blanco que no sirven para nada.

Nuestra clase política corrupta nos sigue robando desde el poder y no pasa nada.

Nos atropellan y no pasa nada.

Nos pisotean, engañan y mienten y no pasa nada.

Nos robaron los pocos centavos que honestamente habiamos ganado y no pasa nada, solo se van a otro país a disfrutar de nuestro esfuerzo, sudor y lagrimas.

Y sin embargo seguimos como borregos 🐑🐑🐑 hacia el matadero y no pasa nada...

Ya mucha gente está pidiendo que es hora de reaccionar, de hacer devolver todo lo robado....

Hagamos algo. Ya es hora de no dejarnos maltratar más...

Por amor a PERÚ, a nuestros antepasados y por el futuro de nuestras familias, hagamos viral este mensaje.

Que se reparta, crezca y llegue al mayor número de personas.

Pidan esto a todos sus contactos.

Que tu conciencia ciudadana y generosa quede en paz si lo reenvías,

Pero si POCO TE IMPORTA, no lo hagas y no llores después, cuando todo sea DEMASIADO Tarde. …"

[jolyuh]

Jiabao Li's TedTalk:

Jiabao's conceptual projects reveals how technology mediates reality

At first I was thinking about her reference about the lens of her glasses and how it frames what she sees in the world, then to creating a project that amplifies the color red as perceptions of an "allergy" was really interesting to me.

I haven't really thought about just how much media was transforming the ways I was thinking. Most of the time we think about comparison, mental health, news coverage on war and global affairs but even down to the nitty gritty of a simple red notification was affecting my behaviors

I'm still trying to grasp how media can be used for something good and bad depending on how it is used- Whether we realize it or not, in the smallest of ways we're being transformed

[moviesharkd]

#BTLRadioShow

[snowyunxuefu]

Exiland AI Metaverse Exhibition Walk Through from Snow Yunxue Fu on Vimeo.

“EXILAND” Metaverse AI exhibition Today, thousands of artists have been forced to leave their hometowns for various reasons - wars, discrimination, censorship, repressions and so on. Many of them are forced to start life from scratch. EXILAND is the exhibition to express not only loss, but also hope. Hope for changing our future using the power and synergy of the global art community. Exiland is also an initiative that brings together artists, creators and producers around the world. This artistic union provides a platform and a club to engage with a global audience. Exiland members are united by the desire to push the boundaries of art and technology beyond censorship and political restrictions in order to explore new ways of creating and sharing digital art. Project Producers: Yana Kuzmina / Denis Semionov / Julia Gromova.

“The idea of the exhibition is in line with the difficult times we are all going through right now. Every day, communicating with creators, I feel their loss and pain of censorship. I believe that today we must support all artists around the world fighting for their rights and freedoms right now”. - Yana Kuzmina, founder design studio ArtCats.de

"The expression 'A birthplace determines a walk of life' describes the idea of the main barrier in the life of people - physical territory. Your birth place will determine which apps will be available in your store, which currency and language will you use and which type of censorship you will face. Moving to a new country is a hard process and not even a total solution to achieving freedom. You just choose which type of regulation is more suitable for you. The Internet and new creative economy are not totally decentralized, but it gives much more opportunities. After emigration my great grandfather was living as an artist in exile and was forced to change his paintings for food on a market. I feel privileged to be able to travel, work as an artist and collaborate with people around the world. Making the "Exiland" exhibition we wanted to interchange artists who are trying to break the barriers that surround them. We all have our own walls and we are trying to achieve freedom.” - Denis Semionov, new media artist & “Exiland” co-founder. Exhibition opening and launch of the Exiland NFT collection drop will take place on December 18 in VOIC HUB metaverse space and project website. Collected funds from NFT sales will be donated to support AI Cyber Grant. The crypto-grant for artists / creators who have been forced to leave their homes but continue to create art and develop connections within the communities. Open call within AI Cyber Grant will start in February 2023. Participating Artists: Lev Manovich / Peter Theremin / Snow Yunxue Fu / Jiabao Li / S1ntdns / Inverse / Genesis Kai / Pauline Marcelle / Julia Gromova / Yana Kuzmina / Anna Matiets / Veroduplex