In addition, trade policies have introduced new cost pressures, with a 10% tariff on Chinese imports raising prices on certain goods, though tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports remain suspended until March.

Toxic paint et al.Would you want your family living in house remodeled with cheap Chinese s**t?

.🥡 Las Vegas’ Chinese Food Scene Shines!

While I was living in San Francisco, many of the rental properties were owned by Chinese investors.

I've lived and worked in China and at one time had quite a few Chinese nationals as investor clients in my Florida based firm. 

The Chinese got a little smarter and have tried to overlay capitalism on top of it, unsuccessfully.

We allowed ne'er do well politicians to sell a lot of the country down the river by convincing us that we were just going to serve each other appletinis and let the Chinese make all our stuff, and we'd all be the better for it.

Often people set too many goals which always reminds me of the Chinese proverb, “If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one.”

There was a glut in wineries not long back when The Australian dollar was high and people who once couldn't get enough of Australian wine suddenly turned back to relatively cheaper and more fancy sounding French and Italian plonk, combined with the change in regulation in the Chinese wine market that killed it as a business drink.

Portugal offers a clearer path to citizenship (as opposed to simple permanent residency) that other countries in the EU with a cheaper golden visa program, such as Greece, which is very frequently the choice of Chinese and Russians simply looking to do long-term business in the EU.