刁主席語錄：我從小就是一個俄羅斯仠細，我要在中國實施仨光政策，把中國的財富全部轉移到俄羅斯去。
刁主席語錄：我是普京總統的一個小兵，我只服從普京總統的命令。
刁主席語錄：今年5月1號，我就要發兵台灣，並且要在臺北舉行閱兵儀式。
刁主席語錄：我是一個天才，我的智商全世界最高，達到了250。
刁主席語錄：為了加強管控，我在所有中國人身上植入晶元，早晚都要掃行程碼
彭麗媛同志語錄：我馬上就要加入政治局，成為歷史上第二個江青同志。
2024-04-01
中共國的末日景象 讓美商避之不及(圖) - 顏純鉤
中共國的末日景象 讓美商避之不及(圖) - 新聞 美國 - 看中國新聞網 - 海外華人 歷史秘聞 爭鳴 - 顏純鉤 :: Reader View
https://www.secretchina.com/news/b5/2024/04/01/1058656.html
中國經濟越來越慘淡（圖片來源：STR /Getty Images）
【看中國2024年4月01日訊】除了美中戰略對抗因素之外，美商放棄投資中國，還基於中國的末日景象。
中國周邊都在醞釀軍事衝突，中共艦機日日出沒台海，南海的中菲衝突正在升級，美菲有共同防禦條約，一旦中菲打起來，美國一定要介入。再加上朝鮮金三胖隨時失控，引發朝日和南北韓的軍事衝突，那時美中兩國將成為交戰雙方。
美國商人到中國投資，不來則罷，一來投資都不是小數，花費大量人力物力，剛到收成期，突然美中爆發衝突，那時美商就裡外不是人。投資的工廠公司不能說走就走，人有幸走脫，生意便要留下給中共，所有投資化為烏有，多年心血付諸東流。商人要作投資之前，先要衡量得失，考慮最惡劣的情況，在此世局多難的年月，寧肯保守觀望，不可盲目樂觀。
考慮到戰爭爆發的因素，美商對中國投資持觀望態度便很正常，君子不立於危牆之下，將中國從他們的投資版圖上抹去，便是理性選擇。
此外，中共國當前的經濟形勢，正是沒有最慘淡，只有更慘淡。社會政治氣氛肅殺，經濟全盤失調無生機，社會隱伏大量尖銳矛盾，政治動亂將成未來常態。在這種內部形勢下，有什麼生意會有前景？大陸陷入長期通縮人人皆知，大陸人生意都一落千丈，一個外人到陌生地頭，兩眼一抹黑，要在「萬家墨面沒蒿萊」的中國發財，真比登天還難。
外商投資不是拿錢來玩，是期望錢滾錢大收成，既然中國經濟形勢越來越不妙，那就絕對不是投資的好時機。寧肯少賺，也不要多賠，這是商人的本能。
中共四十年改革，其本性早已被外商看穿，需要你時叫你老爸，不需要時當你鞋底泥。今日以一點蠅頭小利誘你拿錢來，明日即可以各種理由「收歸國有」。總之我的是我的，你的也是我的，奪人私產不需要理由。在沒有市場經濟的法治保護之下，外商根本沒有安全感，既然如此，何必自投羅網？
外商到中國投資，一是貪圖供應鏈便宜，二是貪圖中國市場大，供應鏈已經無望，美國正全力封鎖高科技，保護供應鏈安全。外商從中國撤走，益了東南亞、印度和墨西哥。這些國傢俬有經濟是主體，法治日益完備，人工便宜，基礎設施急速發展，產品運輸更省成本，無論從什麼角度看，落腳東南亞和印度墨西哥，有百利而無一害，既如此，又何必舍易而就難？
供應鏈既無望，只剩下消費市場的吸引，但今日中國，內循環正在失去動力，通縮成常態，失業率高企，國民收入降低，中產返貧，大多數人的消費都在降級，如此形勢非以十年為期無法改善，如此看來，貪圖中國消費市場呢支歌仔也唱不響。再加上中國本土的廠商，都正為生存而掙扎，打價格戰不計工本。外商到中國來，人生地不熟，沒有政府支持，與大陸廠商競爭沒有優勢，要佔領消費市場只是發夢，外商不來，這也是考慮因素。
最近推出的「吸引外資行動方案」中，列入一大堆瑣碎的措施，大多是把先前嚴苛的管制稍微鬆綁，算作大恩大德，其實那些都是細枝末節，從前不准，現今准了，如此而已。但你準是你的事，人家來不來是人家的事，人家來不來，不是因為你准不准，而是看是否有利可圖。
從國家戰略層面考慮，美商不會幫中共脫困，從企業經營層面考慮，美商不會拿自己的錢去冒險。習近平釋放再多的好意，也繞不過自己多年來挖的那麼多坑，反間諜法和保密法不能取消，黨管一切不能改變，多年來一門心思趕外商走，現在面臨絕境，又想憑一點花言巧語把他們騙回來，你很無恥，可惜人家也不笨。
今年的博鰲論壇小貓三四只，場面之冷清反映了今日世界的人情冷暖。民主國家一片榮景，獨裁國家都在叫救命，最近古巴開始內亂，歐盟最親共的匈牙利，也面臨政治危機。東升西降云云，早已不知從何說起，而中共末日在望，已成為全世界的共識。
去到最極端處，假設習近平突然發神經，宣布廢除所有排外法律，再次轉向市場經濟，保護私產，官員財產公開，開放黨禁報禁，實行全盤西化，那時美商就會來嗎？我看也不會，因為去到這一步，中國有排大亂，美商不如等你亂完，局勢底定了再來。所以習近平期望美商來救命，根本是做白日夢而已，他做什麼事都缺一根筋，所以做什麼都爛尾。
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2024-03-24
The Weather Network - How Canada's widespread drought this winter may fuel the upcoming wildfire season
Canada's widespread drought may fuel the upcoming wildfire season :: Reader View
https://www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/weather/forecasts/canadas-widespread-drought-may-fuel-the-upcoming-wildfire-seasonPublished on Mar. 23, 2024, 4:10 PM
This winter ended with widespread drought across Canada, a worse position than we saw ahead of last year's unprecedented wildfire season
How much drier has this winter been compared to last winter?
Meteorologist Rhythm Reet compares the moisture of winter in 2023 with this year's to give an idea of how the spring may shape up.
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The dry and historically warm winter we just experienced across Canada puts the country in a bad spot heading into wildfire season over the weeks and months ahead.
Canada's lengthy fire season heavily depends on patterns we see across the country during the winter and spring.
Widespread drought blanketed the country from British Columbia to Labrador as February drew to a close—even worse than we saw ahead of the unprecedented blazes that raged in 2023, which consumed 18.5 million hectares of land across the country.
Conditions through the remainder of spring will dictate just how favourable the environment will be to support the spark and spread of wildfires heading into the warm season.
Visit The Weather Network's wildfire hub to keep up with the latest on the wildfire season across Canada.
This winter was drier, hotter than last winter
When we're looking for clues about this year's upcoming wildfire season, it's helpful to compare this past winter to the winter of 2022-23 to pick out similarities and differences.
RELATED: What we can learn from Canada's record wildfire season as a new one approaches
Below-normal precipitation has been the norm across Western Canada for the past couple of years. Last winter saw less rain and snow than average across much of British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan. Northern sections of these provinces were hardest-hit by the lack of winter precipitation.
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As a result of those warmer and drier patterns, we entered the spring of 2023 with widespread drought across the western half of the country. Moderate to severe drought covered much of the West Coast and the western Prairies, even stretching deep into the heart of the Northwest Territories.
How does that compare to this past winter?
DON'T MISS: Warmest winter ever: Canada's record season reaches new heights
We just endured our warmest winter on record across Canada. Seasonal temperatures were far above average for nearly every square kilometre of the country, with the most unseasonable warmth targeting the northern and eastern Prairies, as well as northern sections of Ontario and Quebec.
That warmth had a significant impact on precipitation throughout the season.
Many communities across the country saw significantly below-seasonal precipitation totals this past winter. A significant factor was a relative lack of meaningful snows across much of the country.
Only a few spots managed to exceed their usual snowfall numbers through this point in the season, including Vancouver, Calgary, and Halifax. A healthy snowpack is important for keeping soils and vegetation saturated before spring's rains arrive.
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Subpar precipitation and persistently warm temperatures have done a number on the ground across the country. We ended this winter with much worse and more widespread drought than we saw at the same time last year.
MUST SEE: Historic El Niño has weakened, but its impacts hang on
Drought conditions are entrenched from coast to coast, with nearly three-fourths of the country enduring abnormally dry conditions or full-blown drought.
The sheer nationwide extent and severity of the drought is concerning. Wide swaths of B.C., the Prairies, and northern Ontario have fallen into severe drought, with pockets of 'extreme' and 'exceptional'—the two worst categories on the Canadian Drought Monitor's monthly analysis—found throughout B.C., Alberta, and the Northwest Territories.
Spring could turn things around—or make conditions worse
Patterns are changing with the seasons, and there's an opportunity for springtime rain and snow to help reverse some of the thirst the ground incurred this past winter.
The Weather Network's spring forecast holds tough news for the hardest-hit areas across Western Canada.
We're likely to see an active storm track deflected far to the north for much of the season, bringing below-seasonal precipitation to B.C. and Alberta as storms bypass the region.
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A similar situation may play out for Ontario and Quebec as prevailing patterns suggest that storms with beneficial rains will largely miss the region to the west and to the east, leaving below-seasonal precipitation for a significant swath of the two provinces.
Header image courtesy of NASA, showing wildfire smoke on May 15, 2023.
WATCH: A drier spring forecast raises concerns for droughts and wildfires
We're concerned about drought
A drier spring forecast raises concerns for droughts and wildfires
Warm spring weather brings a downside as the warmer temperatures melt away the snow pack built throughout the winter season causing flooding risks. But this year is different. Doug Gilham explains why.
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2024-03-22
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