OPINION: Nvidia must prove to China that there are no so-called βback doorsβ in its products. Or, in lieu of such proof, offer substantial discounts on its products and unlimited use of Jensenβs Ferrari 458 Italia next time we visit our nephews at Stanford. www.globaltimes.cn/page/202508/...
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One weird trick for economic management: If you hold a piece of paper with glittering harvest statistics in front of your face, you canβt see the starving people!
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Under the Partyβs leadership and with firm guidance from the Center, 100% of people who report being employed are working. A golden age dawns!
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Plus, anyone without a job isnβt part of the productive forces and probably shouldnβt be measured.
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Excellent move, comrade! Why even have statistics if they donβt support Party ideology?
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Regrettably, he was executed for corruption. Related: we have a line on some gilded banquet chairs we can sell at a bargain price! Fax us!
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Our uncle in the coal business had a banquet hall in his villa in Taiyuan that looked just like this!
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokescadre: βNo opinion on the matter.β
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US NEWS: Adequacy of actress Sidney Sweeneyβs jeans questioned.
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Comrade Rubio, is there any spare room in CECOT? Asking for a friend.
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βHot Girls of Communismβ suitable for audiences of all ages.
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National Radio and Television Administration: βHot Girls of Capitalismβ show unsuited for broadcast in China due to risks of spiritual pollution, smut.
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Comrade Xi Jinping does not get sand kicked in his face at the beach.
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POLITICS: U.S. Democrat party pledges to not get sand kicked in face at beach anymore.
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CORRECTION: Mr. Hogan was Secretary of Education. We regret the error.
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OFFICIAL: Condolences offered upon death of U.S. Secretary of Commerce Hulk Hogan.
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*Pubic hair. The translation intern has been sent for re-education in Party work camp in Ningxia.
18.07.2025 01:46 β π 9 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Excellent move. Strong and confident regimes have no need for so-called βcomedy,β which serves only to undermine socialist spiritual civilization.
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For comrade Xi Jinping, every day is a another wonderful secret.
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Using comrade Xiβs signature to render the public hair in an illustration of a naked woman without the written authorization of the Secretariat of the Central Committee is unlawful.
17.07.2025 23:46 β π 11 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0
Comrade Xi Jinping not among signers of Jeffrey Epsteinβs birthday book.
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Taking a very long time. Is this thing even working?
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Asking Chinaβs indigenously-innovated DeepSeek AI for a word for βKremlinologyβ when everyone involved is stupid.
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Just going to use that money to buy Wuliangye and tell our bosses we spent it on sabotage.
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Honestly no idea why we even still have a sabotage budget. Americans will do it to themselves for free.
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Next, we recommend rectifying your political cartoonists and firmly guiding them toward hilarity in the service of the Party.
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OPINION: A sad day for powerless, rubber-stamping apparatchiks everywhere.
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Comrade Xi Jinping does not have a βbranded fragrance.β However, if he did, it would subtle but unmistakable, warm but unyielding, evocative of a blossoming new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and confounding to anti-Party and reactionary elements. With a hint of sandalwood.
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UNSIGNED EDITORIAL: Government Must Crack Down On Croissant Craze Gripping New York Cityβs Bakeries
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