Contributing Member fredk Posted July 16, 2023 Contributing Member Report Posted July 16, 2023 Have you ever heard of the 'Silk Road'? it was the way, the routes, used by the ancient Chinese to export silk, tea and other goods to the Middle East, where European traders bought them, then got the goods to old Europe and even to the American colonies About 2010/2012 the Chinese started the 'Silk Train'. Its a very long train, much longer than even US or Australian trains. It travels from China across upper Asia through Russia, through Poland and on to Belgium. It brings goods from China directly to Europe. This train has some unusual features. It has cars dedicated to ebay sales (and other on-line sites). Using modern technology, whenever a sale is made of certain popular products the sales info is sent to the train car where an operative picks the pre-packaged item, prints out the address label and drops the package into the mail bag. These are off-loaded at certain intervals. One reason the Chinese sellers do not offer combined postage on certain items A Silk Train leaves China every day of the week. It takes roughly 8 to 12 days for it to arrive in Belgium. It travels fairly slowly and is self-contained I was informed of all this by a friend who worked in European Customs and was part of the EU team who worked on the system to make it work, that is, getting through EU customs Anyone who knows of the UK's Royal Mail travelling postal sorting office night trains will know that this Chinese Silk Train can do this Very old film of the TPO Night Train, but afaik they still run, they certainly did when I was a Postie - I did a few shifts on them Al speling misteaks aer all mi own werk..
Members Klara Posted July 16, 2023 Members Report Posted July 16, 2023 What I dislike about Yangzhi tools is not their location or nationality, but the fact that they don't have a website. But then, I am not an Instagram user and have no idea how it works. If you are happy buying there and can't find a local manufacturer (!), go ahead. I figure the Chinese people must fix their government themselves if they are unhappy with it. I buy from China if I need to (a Seagull watch only available from the manufacturer), if things are very much cheaper (usually I get what I paid for) and recently because I forgot to check the seller's address on Amazon (but then it was the only one for this exact product). Mostly I avoid Aliexpress because of the horrible search engine and the awful descriptions...
CFM chuck123wapati Posted July 16, 2023 CFM Report Posted July 16, 2023 16 hours ago, Tugadude said: Regarding "fearing the Chinaman", as stated above, that misses the entire point. I have nothing against the Chinese people, it is their government I have an issue with. They have no power and when they try to speak up, we all know all too well what happens to them. And then there are the human rights abuses with forced labor and interment camps. They also have no respect for copyright or any other intellectual property laws. They copy everything and they are very good at it. In one of my other hobbies, creators will write books or publish videos which sell for anywhere from tens to hundreds of dollars. You can get them a month later from Chinese sites for $1.99. Need I say more? I think not. We all buy things made in China because sadly we sometimes have no option. Many of the drugs we are taking come from there. But when I have a choice, I choose not to. And I hope others begin to follow suit. But if they insist, not much I can do about it. Don't fear the China man? Wow what blissful ignorance. c'mon say it like it really is, the UN gave China the monopoly on manufacturing via the climate change accord. Biden sold us out and sealed the deal by destroying our economy during the covid lockdown and the rest of the world quietly followed suit too. The Chinese control the global economy now and will for a long time because our governments willingly gave it to them. BUT i can see this thread getting taken down if we discuss this anymore, to many people have been conditioned to ignore reality or are just plain being lied to. So I'll end my comments with, yay Chinese products very very good, they can even get you a kidney when ever you want one. Worked in a prison for 30 years if I aint shiny every time I comment its no big deal, I just don't wave pompoms. “I won’t be wronged, I won’t be insulted, and I won’t be laid a hand on. I don’t do these things to other people, and I require the same from them.” THE DUKE!
Northmount Posted July 16, 2023 Report Posted July 16, 2023 Thread is locked due to straying too far into politics.
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