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2025年4月14日 星期一
Who Falls First in the Trade War Ring between the eagle and panda
The US-China tariff trade
war is like a battle between a madman and a fool: the madman strikes
recklessly, the fool blindly endures without understanding, and the result is
mutual destruction. Victory depends on who falls first, with neither side
holding any real advantage—just a test of who can stubbornly hold out longer.
Global manufacturing
shifts have been US policy since World War II, spanning over 70 years.
Manufacturing moved from the US to Japan, then to the Asian Tigers, and later
to China. The US itself set this in motion, creating China’s manufacturing
dominance. Now, a sudden shift toward conservatism, hoping to force
manufacturing back through political means, isn’t impossible. But objectively,
the US lacks the conditions to reshape industry—whether in labor, technology,
costs, scale, logistics, resources, supply chains, raw materials, or
infrastructure. Since WWII, the US has gradually stopped producing goods,
onlyyou only produces dollars. The stability of the dollar is the foundation of
US global dominance. Producing dollars is the most cost-effective industry,
irreplaceable by any other. Rebuilding a manufacturing platform would take
decades, and any attempt to change the status quo will fail, even with a
“crazy” president in charge.
China is a politics-first
nation. To maintain the ruling party’s grip, no cost is too high—even reverting
to Mao-era isolation or adopting a North Korean model is acceptable. Losing
power means liquidation and death, so when core interests are at stake, China
will fight to the end without compromise, regardless of tariff pressures or
costs. Even losing a third of exports pales compared to the post-Cultural
Revolution economic collapse. China has prepared for escalated trade wars for
years; the three-year nationwide lockdown was a rehearsal for wartime
conditions. At worst, a trade war means another lockdown or a return to
Cultural Revolution economics.
China also has extreme
options: restarting pandemic measures, orchestrating precise assassinations,
devaluing the yuan massively, renegotiating currency swap agreements, scrapping
import tariffs, launching military action against Taiwan, supporting North
Korea’s attack on South Korea, targeting US bases in Okinawa, or sponsoring
terror attacks in the Middle East, Central Asia, or South America. These have
occurred recently, albeit less intensely, with the same major power and
manipulator behind them. Historically, tariff wars escalate into hot wars, and
Trump’s four-year term can’t handle a third world war. He’s a failed
businessman and Soviet spy, launching a global trade war to distract from
Russia’s war-mongering and enrich the Trump family. Tariff policy flip-flops
are just financial manipulation for profit and to satisfy the dark forces
behind him.
The question is whether
China can outlast. Fighting to the end at all costs makes defeat unlikely.
Though Trump paused trade actions against others, targeting only China, he’ll
move to other nations once China’s “solved.” By openly aiding Russia and undermining
NATO, Trump has lost Europe’s trust. If other nations must abandon trade
surpluses and return profits to the US, what’s the point of trade? The US
becomes the pariah, while China, fighting to the end, oddly emerges as the
defender of global trade.
2025年4月11日 星期五
中美關稅貿易戰傻子和瘋子的戰爭最後誰能贏
美中關稅貿易戰如同是瘋子和傻子的戰爭,瘋子隨心所欲亂打,傻子不知所以硬扛,最後的結果自然是兩敗俱傷,勝負就看誰先倒下,雙方都沒有所謂優勢可言,就看誰能夠蠻橫死撐到底。
全球化製造業轉移是美國二戰後的國策,實行行已經70多年,製造業從本土轉向日本,再到亞洲四小龍,然後是中國。可以說始作俑者就是美國,中國的製造業絕對優勢就是美國打造的,現在突然一句話走向保守希望通過政治手段,迫使製造業業回歸不是不可能,但從現在的客觀條件看,無論從勞工,技術,成本,規模,物流,資源,供應鏈,原材料,基礎設施等等,無論任何方面美國都不具備重塑產業的條件。美國自二戰後已逐步不生產任何東西,只生產美元,美國在國際上占據主導地位的前提就是美元的穩定。生產美元才是最具成本效益的製造業,其他任何行業都無法取代。美國必須先花費數十年時間重新打造製造業平臺,否則任何試圖改變現狀的嘗試都將失敗,即便是現在出現了一位瘋狂的總統。
中國是以政治優先的國家,只要能夠維護統治執政黨不會考慮任何代價,即便回歸封閉的毛時代,甚至發展成朝鮮金正恩模式也在所不惜,否則失去政權就意味著人頭落地被清算,因此無論是在國內國際事務上,一旦觸及底綫必然鬥爭到底不容妥協,不會顧及任何程度的關稅打壓,至於付出多少代價是忽略不計的。即便整體出口失去1/3,相比與經濟崩潰的文革後年代簡直不值一提。而且中國針對更高程度的貿易戰已經準備多年了,所謂的3年封控全國閉鎖,其實就是戰時體制的預演,面對貿易戰最多就是再次封控,最壞就是重回文革經濟。
況且還有很多特殊選項可以重啓,疫情戰可以再次開打,總統槍擊事件可以更精準,人民幣可以無限制大幅貶值,他國的貨幣交換協議可以重簽,可以完全取消對外進口關稅,對台灣發動軍事行動,支持朝鮮進攻韓國,攻擊冲繩的美軍基地,在中東,中亞,南美發動恐怖攻擊等等,這些選項近年都已經發生過,只是程度不算激烈,背後的大金主和操縱者都是同一國,歷史上的關稅貿易戰最後都發展成熱戰,4年任期的特朗普根本沒有能力應付第三次世界大戰。他只是一個蹩腳的商人蘇聯間諜,發動全球貿易戰的目的是幫助俄羅斯轉移視綫,不再成爲發動戰爭的衆矢之的。其次是為特朗普家族撈取經濟利益,所謂關稅政策的反復,無非就是爲了從金融暗箱操控中獲取利益,還有滿足隱藏在他背後暗黑勢力的貪欲和胃口。
現在的問題是中國是否能夠堅持到最後,如果不惜代價打到底失敗的機率很小,特朗普雖然暫緩了對其他國家的貿易行動,中國成了唯一攻擊的目標,但只要中國問題解決後仍會針對其他國家,而且從公開幫助俄羅斯解散北約中,歐洲已經失去對特朗普政府的信任,其他國家在今後的對美貿易中要放棄逆差不能賺錢,那國際貿易本身還有何意義,按照特朗普的要求還要將對美貿易中的所有利潤退還,如此美國就成了被剔除的反制對象。而與美國戰鬥到底的中國則,居然還真成了世界貿易的所謂捍衛者。
印度人發明的除神油和咖喱以外油漱法是否有效

2025年2月21日油漱法(oil pulling therapy)是一種古老的印度保健方法,源自阿育吠陀醫學,已有數千年的歷史。這種方法通過使用油來清潔口腔,幫助排除體內的毒素,從而促進整體健康。「以油漱口」助排毒,真的有用嗎?其為源於印度的古老秘方,研究發現,牙齦炎患者每天以椰子油漱口一周,牙菌斑指數和牙齦炎指數明顯下降,顯示有助於抗炎、排毒,不過他也提醒,以油漱口只是輔助,平時還是要用刷牙和牙線清潔牙齒。
油漱法就是用油來漱口,大多數人會選擇椰子油,味道比較溫和,裡面含具抗菌特性的「月桂酸」,早上起床後、未刷牙前,拿1大匙(約10到15 mL)椰子油含在嘴裡,慢慢漱口10到20分鐘,時間到了吐掉後,再正常刷牙、漱口就好。李思賢指出,油漱法可能有助於「排毒」,油的質地能吸附脂溶性物質,加上在口腔中和唾液混合、乳化,幫助帶走口腔裡的細菌、代謝廢物,減少口腔內的毒素負荷,再來是「微生態調節」,口腔有自己的菌叢平衡,壞菌如果太多,恐出現牙周病、蛀牙、口臭等問題,椰子油中的月桂酸能抑制如Streptococcus mutans的壞菌,這類細菌和蛀牙、牙菌斑、發炎反應有關。
2015年刊登在《Nigerian Medical Journal》的研究,找來60位牙齦炎患者,讓他們每天用椰子油漱口,一周後牙菌斑指數和牙齦炎指數明顯下降,顯示椰子油具抗菌和抗炎潛力。2020年一篇刊登於期刊Heliyon的系統性回顧,分析12項研究,發現椰子油漱口可在一定程度上,減少牙菌斑與改善牙齦發炎狀況,但整體研究規模小、方法異質性高,仍需更嚴謹實驗驗證。
國外不少權威醫師或專家推廣油漱法,例如美國自然療法醫師Joseph Mercola,認為這是一種簡單、低成本的護牙方式,減少口腔細菌、維持牙齦健康,而油漱法雖好處多,但並非刷牙的替代品,別因漱了油就跳過牙刷跟牙線,漱完後油要吐在垃圾桶,千萬別吐到水槽中,以免造成水管堵塞問題。