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To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (160844)	8/2/2020 7:39:18 PM
From: zamboz	1 Recommendation Recommended By ggersh Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 217944

The country is craving decency. IMO.

To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (160844)	8/3/2020 6:16:06 AM
From: Pogeu Mahone	Respond to of 217944

Is He your drunk family member?

To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (160844)	9/28/2020 10:49:13 PM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217944

Does <<BLM>> and such matter in Canada? Did not see any such signs when I was in Vancouver in August. In Canada does ethnic grouping give anyone an edge in university applications? Scholarships at the UBC? Job placement? Cut in front of the line at amusement parks? Free flights? Higher UBI bracket? Anything? The way Team USA folks are doing it, seems to make the Coconut able to claim blackness more so than most zerohedge.com UW-Madison Grad Student Resigns Leadership Roles After Falsely 'Identfying' As Black Authored by Leo Thuman via Campus Reform, A University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate student stepped down from leadership roles in the university’s graduate student union after admitting that she had dishonestly presented herself as a “person of color.” In a letter published on the website Medium on September 6, University of Wisconsin graduate student CV Vitolo-Haddad apologized and admitted that she had been dishonest about her racial and ethnic background. “I am so deeply sorry for the ways you are hurting right now because of me.” She also admitted that the feelings of betrayal people felt because of her were caused by her dishonest presentation of her racial-ethnic identity: “all of those things are a consequence of how I have navigated our relationships and the spaces we share.” Vitolo-Haddad announced that she is trying to repair the damage her deceit caused, and that “the first step towards that, however, is to resign my position as co-president of the Teaching Assistants’ Association.” The Teaching Assistant’s Association is a labor union at UW-Madison representing graduate students who are employed in various capacities at the university, but mainly in teaching positions. As of the time of publication, Vitolo-Haddad was not listed on the ‘Officers’ section of the union’s website. Vitolo-Haddad also announced in her letter that she would resign from her position as a graduate teaching assistant at the university. In a second letter, published on September 8 on Medium, Vitolo-Haddad confessed that she was not at all of Black ancestry, and was in fact Italian and Sicilian. She acknowledged that she “should have never entered Black organizing spaces” and continued, saying: “they are not my place.” She attempted to portray her guilt as the cause of her admission, writing that “once realizing this, it wasn’t sufficient to just leave; I should have explained that directly to the people who invited me and clarified my identity.” Further, Vitolo-Haddad admitted that she had identified herself as Black on multiple occasions. "When asked if I identify as Black, my answer should have always been 'No.' There were three separate instances I said otherwise," she wrote in the letter. Vitolo-Haddad is a doctoral student at the University of Wisconsin’s School of Journalism and Mass Communications. CNN reported that Vitolo-Haddad was previously offered a tenure-track position at Fresno State University in California. The university told the network that she would not be receiving the position. Vitolo-Haddad isn’t the first major public case of a white woman impersonating someone from a minority group. Campus Reform recently reported on a George Washington University professor who had similarly pretended to be black. That professor, Jessica Krug, also resigned from her teaching position.Campus Reform was unable to reach Vitolo-Haddad for comment.

To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (160844)	9/29/2020 4:17:37 AM
From: TobagoJack	1 Recommendation Recommended By marcher Respond to of 217944

when we were in Cape Town, an unfamiliar city of a foreign nation on a faraway continent, we were able to wire into the local scene very quickly from standing start, because (i) the coconut was doing charity work with the local whites and blacks focused on the townships and together w/ local and asia donors, (ii) the local Team China folks were on board, (iii) Team HK folks were supportive, and (iv) local Chinese diaspora enthusiastic Else we would have had a hard time because I did not have my international driver's license w/ me, Uber was locked down, and we lived on top of a hill w/ 33% grade we were literally adopted by many and helped out big time, from transport to hospital visit to entertainment to meeting folks, and of course regular grocery shopping win win cooperation the kids learned that a smile went a long way, and a sense of humour helped looks like re-up time before year-end we shall return at some juncture once the danger of lockdown is no more, and I shall bring driver's license (I normally do, but as the trip was only for 30-days and Uber was to be plentiful, I got lazy and did not last-minute renew my int'l drivers license. mistake but thankfully did not matter. belt & road going well. bloomberg.com South Africa, China to Revamp 10-Year Strategic Cooperation Plan Monique Vanek 28 September 2020, 22:53 GMT+8 South Africa and China are working on a new 10-year strategic program for cooperation, as the current one nears its end. The new plan will focus on collaboration in areas including higher education, skills transfer, health, the digital economy, science and technology, Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan said at an online briefing hosted by the Chinese Embassy on Monday. “We hope to sign this before the end of the year,” he said. South Africa has been China’s biggest trading partner in Africa for 10 years and China the largest recipient of South African goods and services for 11 years, Chen Xiaodong, China’s recently appointed ambassador to South Africa, said at the briefing. In 2019, total trade was $43.2 billion between the two nations. An initial five- to 10-year strategic program was adopted at the end of 2014, during a visit by former South African President Jacob Zuma to China. Before it's here, it's on the Bloomberg Terminal. LEARN MORE

To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (160844)

9/29/2020 4:22:45 AM

From: TobagoJack

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Subject: Letter From Shanghai No 554 - The regulatory glacier falls away

For China watchers, and if you are reading this note you are, there was a major shift in the political and economic tectonic plates below Beijing yesterday. Firstly, following a decision made yesterday at a meeting of the Politbureau, the fifth plenary session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) will be held in Beijing from October 26th to 29th. As expected, the meeting will discuss and no doubt approve “proposals for formulating the 14th Five-Year (2021-2025) Plan for Economic and Social Development and future targets for 2035.” The process of the Five-Year Plan is a key element of China's governance system. Delivered every five years since 1953 it sets the direction and importantly the pace of change. Various government departments and state-owned industries will then attempt to act cohesively to deliver the policies. However the “future targets for 2035” have yet to be revealed and importantly where they will lie within the previous commitments to build a moderately prosperous society by 2021, and a modern socialist country by 2049, the 100th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic.

Yet, for those watching China, sometimes it can appear to be moving glacially slow. However, published last weekend, the “The Measures for the Administration of Domestic Securities and Futures Investment by Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors and RMB Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors (“Measures”) and the Provisions on Issues Concerning the Implementation of the Measures for the Administration of Domestic Securities and Futures Investment by Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors and RMB Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors,” published jointly by the CSRC, the PBOC and SAFE, believe me, you are watching a very large part of that glacier fall away.

I have already seen various reports jump to conclusions and make assumptions that are well-intentioned but have lost sight of the document itself. So let me make a massive generalisation for you, the regulations regarding quotas and prohibitions on buying financial instruments in China as of 1st November have been significantly relaxed, and the access to RMB with which to buy these assets has been significantly increased.

Now, this is not yet all things for all men. Clearly, this would suit a foreign equity buyer, who using his newly found freedom could go to the appropriate Chinese bank, buy RMB denominated shares in say Ping An and pay in USD. In this sense, the new regulations provide an alternative to the HKEX sponsored Stock Connect and Bond Connect. But these are essentially cash transactions, there is no ongoing commitment between buyer and seller, and it is, for this reason, there has never been a Futures Connect. Although the new regulations allow futures to be bought and sold under the new regime it says nothing to the following on-going commitment between the broker/bank and the client. These regulations and their regulatory oversight have yet to be clarified. For the moment, the only way a client can participate directly on a Chinese commodity exchange is to open their own company in China, a WFOE, a wholly-owned foreign enterprise or trade via the fully transparent and regulated Overseas Intermediary route via brokers such as ourselves

Have a good day

John