Stereotypes that all Chinese are poor and live on several dozen yuan a month have long been debunked. Compare the standard of living in Moscow and Shanghai. Kochetov Alexey Publication in CHAT: Russia Stereotypes that all Chinese are poor and live on a few dozen yuan a month have long been debunked. In fact, China's major industrial cities are home to millions of jobs and trillions of yuan. Where is the best place to live? In Shanghai, the world's largest city by population, or in Moscow, the capital of Russia. Moscow, Russia Let's start with the most obvious - the average salary, which in Moscow after taxes is 118,000 rubles, and in Shanghai - 13,500 yuan, which in rubles is 164,000 rubles. That is, the average resident of Shanghai earns 40% more than a resident of Moscow. You can be happy for the Chinese and sad for the Russians, but there is no need to rush. The main thing here is to understand what you can buy for this money. In other words, let's estimate the purchasing power of wages in Moscow and Shanghai. We will evaluate using the "free" global database "Numbeo", where the residents of these cities themselves provide data on prices for consumer goods, real estate and the general quality of life. China has a cult of food and some of the cheapest restaurants in the world, so the average resident of Shanghai can afford many more trips to a restaurant than the average resident of Moscow. Comparative statistics (PP - purchasing power). On average, a Chinese worker can eat in a cheap restaurant 439 times for a monthly salary, while a Russian worker can eat only 131 times. As for food, oddly enough, some products are cheaper in Russia than in China, even when converted to purchasing power. For example, a worker in Moscow can buy 1,325 liters of milk or 1,017 kg of bread, and a worker in Shanghai - 781 liters of milk and 471 kg of bread. Moscow Shanghai But it gets even more interesting: the "Transport" category. It is known that China builds more roads and railways than all the countries in the world combined, so it is logical that for such a large-scale construction they should be cheap. And this is true. Public transport in Shanghai is cheaper than in Moscow, including in terms of purchasing power. At the same time, Shanghai residents can travel 4432 km by taxi on an average salary, and Muscovites - 2950 km. The PV of wages for cars is expressed in the number of months of work. But at the same time, gasoline and fuel in Moscow are much cheaper: a Muscovite can afford to buy 2070 liters of gasoline, and a resident of Shanghai - 1592 liters. But a Muscovite will have to save up for a golf-class car for 25-27 months, and a worker in Shanghai can afford a Toyota Corolla in just 10 months. We do not take into account the fact that you will also have to pay 800 thousand rubles to get license plates in Shanghai. Next, we will compare the cost of utilities. It is worth noting that in China, utility rates are among the lowest in the world. True, mobile phone and Internet rates in China are much higher. And if we limit ourselves to this comparison, we can conclude that the Chinese live better than Russians, because salaries are higher and food is generally more affordable. But, as they say, the devil is in the details... Let's move on to more interesting aspects of life and start with childcare. In China, as in Russia, there are state kindergartens, but "state" does not mean free. The cost of staying in a group starts from 550 yuan (6,660 rubles) and reaches a maximum of 900 yuan, or 10,900 rubles per month in Shanghai. But it is not so easy to get there even for a native resident of Shanghai. Therefore, in parallel with state kindergartens, there are also public kindergartens (with state support), which accept everyone, including foreigners. The cost of living in such a group for the whole day with meals in Shanghai is 1,500 yuan, or 18,166 rubles per month. For comparison: in Moscow, the cost of attending a state kindergarten with full-time care and three meals a day is 4,000 rubles per month. That is, with an average salary, a Muscovite can pay for almost 30 months of a child's stay in kindergarten, while in Shanghai - only 15 months. And if it is a state kindergarten, then even less - 9 months. A place where you will be fed, watered and put to bed. Ah, those were the good old days ... But what if you send your child to a private kindergarten and an international school. How much will it cost? According to Numbeo, the average monthly cost of a private preschool (or kindergarten) for a full day for one child in Moscow is 46,294 rubles, in Shanghai - 112,053 rubles. The annual cost of education at the International Primary School in Moscow will cost 1,067,123 rubles, in Shanghai - 2,722,263 rubles. As for purchasing power, we see that Muscovites can pay for 76 days of stay in a private kindergarten, while a resident of Shanghai will only need 44 days of salary. And to send a child to an international school for the academic year, a Muscovite will have to work for 9 months, and a resident of Shanghai - 17 months. As a result, preschool, school and even international education in Moscow is much more affordable than in Shanghai. Let's move on. Monthly rent and the cost of buying an apartment. And then Shanghai will simply beat Moscow. It would seem that China is building ghost towns in which no one lives. Therefore, prices should be much lower due to the large volume of construction and the housing commission. But this was not the case. Cities in China are empty not because no one wants to move there, but because apartment prices there are comparable to prices in industrialized areas of China. Here, people are waiting for their house to be finished, and here, houses are waiting to be moved into. Since 2021, China has been experiencing a liquidity crisis. In 2023, China's largest developer, China Evergrande Group, went bankrupt, leaving behind a debt of $300 billion. It would seem that the housing issue is the most important criterion for the well-being of the population, and in China, apartments should be given out to everyone left and right. But the situation is just the opposite. As for the rental market: it is known that renting an apartment in Shanghai is not that expensive. Living in a rented apartment in Moscow is more expensive than in Shanghai. But what if we decide to buy an apartment? Then something wonderful awaits us. The average price per square meter of an apartment in the center of Moscow is 549,121 rubles, and in Shanghai - 1,442,454 rubles. The average price per square meter when buying an apartment outside the center of Moscow is 307,693 rubles, and in Shanghai - 800,599 rubles. In terms of purchasing power, we see that a Muscovite will have to work 186 months (fifteen and a half years) for an apartment of 40 m2, and a resident of Shanghai - almost 352 months, or 29 years! But if you buy an apartment somewhere on the outskirts of the city, a Muscovite will have to work 104 months (about eight and a half years), and a Shanghai resident - 195 months, and after 16 years they can afford a one-room apartment. And yes, medicine in China is not free, as in Russia. Surprise! Over the past 10 years, government spending on it has significantly decreased, and many Chinese have to pay for treatment entirely at their own expense. However, basic health insurance is still available to the vast majority of Chinese citizens. True, it covers about 50% (in some cases - 60%) of medical expenses, and the rest the Chinese pay from their own pocket. In China, medicine was conditionally free until the 1970s, as it is now in Russia. But today the Chinese healthcare system is increasingly moving towards the American style. So, since 2015, Chinese hospitals even stopped providing food. Now you have to provide yourself with food, fortunately almost all clinics have paid canteens and cafeterias, and where there are none, relatives bring food; And here, of course, to each his own. But what is better: to have cheaper housing, education and medicine, but at the same time expensive cars and clothes, or, conversely, cheap cars and clothes, but at the same time expensive education and housing (for whom, as it turns out). Look, a resident of China has to work all his life) and constantly growing medical expenses? 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The State Duma has dealt a blow to the wallets of foreign agents. You can forget about the events in Russia. Kochetov Alexey Posting in CHAT: Russia He was recognized as a foreign agent on May 6, on the eve of Victory Day. Recently, many who received the status of a foreign agent laughed at it, and some even perceived it as an honor, they say, it is like a “medal of honor.” “When the news broke that I was included in the list of foreign agents, I received such a (large) number of congratulatory messages. To be honest, I don't receive birthday wishes very often. People with whom I had not communicated for many years started writing to me,” said foreign agent Ilya Varlamov. “It’s like a medal,” Maxim Katz said about recognizing himself as a foreign agent. And at first, to tell the truth, few people emphasized the meaning of all this; the matter was limited to the mandatory placement of a sign in front of the materials informing the public that the presented material was created and distributed by a person recognized as a foreigner. agent An example of such implementation And then, those who continued to work in Russia did so, and those who successfully moved did not do so either. Artemy Lebedev spoke unequivocally about foreign agents: the law in this interpretation causes more damage to Russia than to foreign agents. “The foreign agency label only increases their popularity, and in fact they are not subject to any restrictions outside of Russia.” And then someone begins to consider them the best people in Russia. Despite the fact that this marking is required by law and a fine will be imposed for its absence, the transferred inogens ignored the fines assigned to them and any requirements of Russian legislation. And as they say, why? And so everything is not bad, there is money from advertising, but in Russia they do not plan to return, as they themselves say, to the “Putin regime.” And here the key parameter is income. And they love money more than anything else. When the mandatory law on advertising labeling appeared, many foreign expatriate agents (and not only them) initially refused to engage in advertising labeling, transfer anything to Russia, indicate their income from advertising, etc. However, their main audience is in Russia. , like all their advertisers, and already advertisers, under the pretext of refusal to cooperate, forced immigrants to follow Russian legislation and label advertising. An example of advertising integration from foreign agent Ilya Varlamov, everything is indicated as needed. For lack of marking, from September 2023, a fine of up to 100,000 rubles for individuals, up to 200,000 rubles for officials and up to 500,000 rubles for legal entities is provided. Recently, however, Russia appears to have radically rethought the concept of a foreign agent and other adversaries of Russia. Thus, a law was signed on the confiscation of property of individuals and legal entities in Russia for falsifications about the army and calls for activities directed against the security of the country. Signed on February 14, 2024. It can be said that thanks to this law, the most brutal counterfeiters and enemies of the state lost their property in Russia. The law, in my opinion, is late, because most of those included in the register have already managed to sell their movable and immovable property and settle in the West. In any case, now this law will not allow its opponents to profit at the expense of Russia. But the State Duma went further and on February 15, 2024, introduced a bill prohibiting Russian citizens and companies from placing advertisements on the resources of people recognized as foreign agents. The initiators were almost all representatives of the State Duma. Such an extensive list of candidates is very rare for one law. The authors of the bill were 395 deputies led by President Vyacheslav Volodin and the leaders of almost all parliamentary factions. The deputies left their signatures on page 21. Already at the end of February, the law passed the first, second and third readings and was submitted to the Federation Council for consideration - in fact, it decides the fate of this law. And now the decisive day has come... The approval was not long in coming, and on March 6, 2024, by unanimous decision, the Federation Council approved a law prohibiting advertising of foreign agents in the media, including a ban on the promotion of information resources of foreign agents. There are quite interesting fines, for example, for violating the ban, an individual will be fined up to 50 thousand rubles, and a legal entity – up to 500 thousand rubles. And unlike the advertising label law, after being prosecuted (well) twice within a year, you will be subject to criminal charges of up to two years in prison. This will not allow the vast majority of advertisers to include in the budget “forced expenses” for fines of foreign agents, thereby extracting from them a discount on advertising (this practice also took place). A fair question arises: how effective will this law be? Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Viktorovich Volodin predicts that due to the entry into force of the law, foreign agents will lose from 50 to 80% of total advertising income. According to experts, over the past year the advertising income of foreign agents of Russian individuals amounted to about 5 billion rubles. And here a comparison is needed: “Zen” paid its authors about 4 billion rubles last year, including all Russian media. The list of TOP channels on Zen is mainly occupied by “media”. The total number of verified (with a tick) channels on Zen is 4862, and the total number of registered active channels is more than 850 thousand. And in total, all channels on Zen earned a billion rubles from the monetization of less than 664 registered foreign agents from advertising by Russian advertisers. The question arises, what is the price list for these foreign resettlement agents? For example, how much money did Varlamov ask for placement on the above advertising integration? The official price list of foreign agent Ilya will answer this question without undue modesty: Millions and millions of rubles... According to your accounts, you see... Please note, this price list is in rubles, not in currency, and it is addressed to. Russian advertisers. Now it's effectively reset to zero. The price is stated because he is a foreign agent. Ilya Varlamov recently left a stake in the Author's Media agency, through which popular bloggers are promoted. He did this before the entry into force of a new law banning advertising of foreign agents. Therefore, the price list is no longer relevant. Another previously mentioned foreign agent, Maxim Katz, organized a fundraiser, arguing that it was “the defeat of the new law.” And by the way, he successfully collected his monthly income of 3.1 million rubles. Yes, the blow to their wallets was the worst result for them, because Russian companies were not shy about advertising with them, because the audience was from Russia. How they will use this money is a secondary issue, and legal entities chose to ignore it. As an example of advertising integration. The legal address of BUMAGA MEDIA GROUP LLC is registered in St. Petersburg. Now you understand the scale of financial losses for foreign agents of all stripes, and it will not work to discredit Russia by financing Russia (through individuals and legal entities), lo and behold, they closed down. But the State Duma went further to fulfill the wishes of the majority of Russians, and attention, they are discussing a ban on the payment of royalties for copyright and related rights to foreign agents - artists, musicians, writers - all those who are engaged in discrediting our Armed Forces, distorting the country, as a rule, living abroad. In general, financial flows from Russia to persons recognized as foreign agents began to be blocked on all fronts. Of course, to be fair, you need to understand that the US Foreign Agents Registration Act, adopted in 1938, differs from the Russian law adopted in 2012. And there is much more information about individuals there. foreign agents in the United States, including why, for what reason, what connections he had with which foreign entities, etc. That is, more detailed information about why exactly this or that person was recognized. as a foreign agent. There is still no such thing in Russia; a person is recognized as a foreign agent by the very fact of receiving money from abroad, for example, YouTube monetization; for a blogger smearing Russia, that might be enough to get him on the list. in the register of foreign agents. And this, of course, may seem like a problem, but it is also an objective reality, when the list of foreign agents includes only those individuals who have caused damage to Russia both politically and socially. Department of Justice: List of Foreign Agents. But poke any person registered there, and you will discover his sabotage activities directed against the political and social foundations of Russian society. A striking example is the rapper Morgenstern, who is included in the list of foreign agents. At number 385, there is still ongoing debate about why he was included there, and he himself asked the question in a recent interview. This is the next position. It's official: Morgenstern…
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Biden began gas blackmail from the EU by officially suspending LNG exports to Europe. Now the European Union must beg and make all concessions. Kochetov Alexey Posting in CHAT: Russia On January 26, 2024, an official statement from the Biden-Harris Administration was released announcing a "temporary" suspension pending Energy and Environment Commission approval of liquefied natural gas exports. Finished the comedy! And it would seem that the Europeans have gone into a puddle by relying on American LNG, but in reality everything is worse than it seems. Here's why: The ban follows a major report by Cornell University scientists who say they have conducted years of research into accounting for the life-cycle greenhouse gas emission intensity of U.S. LNG production and supply. And unexpectedly they found out that the total carbon dioxide emissions from using LNG exceed those from burning coal! However, the Biden-Harris Order states that President Biden has made it clear to the world that climate change is the existential threat of our time, and we must act with the urgency necessary to protect the future for future generations. And period! However, not all so simple! Cornell University is the largest research and most commercial university in the United States, and at the same time very reputable (part of the Ivy League). That is, scientists will research anything for you with grants and other “money transfers,” but for the presidential administration, I think, you can get various conclusions and generously season them with evidence. This conclusion suggests itself based on the research of the scientists themselves and the subsequent reaction of the White House to the ban on LNG exports in the name of the environment. But there are nuances here too. The first thing that catches your eye is the difference between the calculation methods and the standards accepted in Europe. Thus, in the “healthy times”, when Nord Stream 1 was operating and Nord Stream 2 was being built, German environmentalists fought for the active exploitation of Nord Streams, citing a study of the carbon intensity of Nord Stream, which, in their opinion, , is about 6.3 tons of CO₂ per 1 megajoule of energy released, while shipping LNG from the US costs the environment 22.3 tons of CO₂ per 1 megajoule. However, the United States refuted such estimates of carbon intensity, underestimating them by 2 times, insisting on incorrect assessments of the environmental friendliness of its LNG. The case ended with the explosion of the Nord Stream. These long-term studies began in the USA, which “proved” the fact of the extreme environmental danger of greenhouse gases due to the use of LNG. Excerpt from a study by Cornell University scientists: “Life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions of LNG under four different tanker transport scenarios using global averages and longest transit times.” Average transit time Longest transit time Statistics show that even the cleanest ships with the shortest LNG delivery routes produce 24% more greenhouse gas emissions than burning coal. And during long voyages on regular class ships, greenhouse gas emissions exceed emissions from burning coal by 274%. In fact, the scientists wrote: “Although some proponents of LNG argue that it benefits the climate by replacing coal, the analysis presented here completely refutes this. In all scenarios considered, total greenhouse gas emissions from LNG exceed emissions from coal, ranging from 24% to 274%. The scientists' conclusion is clear: coal is cleaner than LNG, no matter how it is delivered to the consumer. The study was published on November 23, 2023, and the Biden ban followed in ultimately from January 2024. , which, of course, was agreed upon by the US Environment and Energy Commission. The new environmental aspects of LNG allow environmental criteria to be manipulated in any way: from a non-existent threat (24% increase) to a dangerous (274%) environmental problem for all of America, Europe and all over the world. And they worked quickly! However, the ruling states are quoted as saying: “The United States is already the number one exporter of LNG in the world. U.S. LNG exports are expected to double by the end.” this decade. At the same time, the United States remains steadfast in its commitment to supporting our allies around the world. Today's announcement will not impact our ability to continue supplying LNG to our allies in the near future.” In fact, it turns out that you can supply LNG to your allies, despite the problems and associated environmental risks. relax, but this is not the case. The EU in this document is not an ally of the United States. It turns out that the “temporary” suspension of liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports only applies to those countries that are not part of the Free Trade Area. And the ban will remain in effect until the Energy Department can update its baseline permitting analyses. They put it in bold. Which countries are included in this free trade area? According to American Wikipedia, the European Union is not included there. The Biden-Harris decree is related to the FTA, so that’s what it is. It’s strange why the United States did not finalize this agreement with the EU? And they tried, but the initiative was with the European Union, and after assessing all the risks they rejected US proposals for EU free trade agreements with other countries. For the USA – “Negotiations on the agreement are suspended.” The fact is that previously the United States tried to impose a “Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership” on the European Union, negotiations on which were actively underway in 2013-2016, but failed to reach an agreement; at the last moment. Brussels realized what the signing of this agreement would mean for Europe, namely the outflow of technologies and companies from the EU to the United States, and the EU market would be completely open to American corporations. The Council of the European Union finally terminated this agreement, issuing a special order in 2019 and recognizing previous directives related to the TTIP negotiations as “outdated and no longer relevant”, but despite this “irrelevance”, the EU signed a similar agreement with Canada and other countries shown in the figure above, and the United States signed the same “FTA” with countries in the Asia-Pacific region. Thus arose two free trade schemes, American and European, each of which closes the lid on itself. With his ruling, Biden made it clear to the EU that they are not really allies of the United States until they sign the American version of the treaty, thereby opening up full access to American companies to the EU market, as well as economic expansion. technology companies in the European Union. Well, what other questions could there be? Indeed, having lost access to the Russian gas pipeline, the EU found itself in a dead end, which the US is taking full advantage of to achieve its economic dominance. Sign the agreement - you will receive LNG, if you do not sign it, we will continue to build economic intrigues until the agreement with the signatures of European politicians is on Biden's desk. Even without this agreement, European companies have already begun to actively transfer production to the United States and China, so Biden is only using the current situation with gas blackmail to force the EU to sign an agreement that is extremely beneficial for the United States. For the EU this is economic self-liquidation; No wonder they were shocked by large-scale protests and rallies against TTIP. Then the people of the EU won… …. they had a gas pipe from Russia. And now she's gone! Kochetov Alexeyhttps://dzen.ru Source link Source link