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    4 hours ago

    China tech stocks are back to March this year, and AI stocks are still almost half their stock index.

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    some context, first of all, the -40% collapse only brought the STAR50 index back to its March 2026 levels.

    and the Chinese stock market is heavily moderated by the government which is very different from the US market. if the stock rallies too quickly, the government generally speaking will try to slow it down. Sometimes through explicit policies 1, sometimes through a kind of “scare tactic” 2. Conversely, when the stock drops too sharply, the government also intervenes to prop it up 3. Honestly I feel more countries should do the same.

    The Chinese stock market is also much smaller relative to its GDP (101.5%) compared to the US (227%) 4. All this is to say, if you look at China and think, “huh, their AI bubble burst and they still seem to be fine?”, think again. If and when the AI bubble bursts for the US, it’s going to be much much worse.

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      They did beat America in the race towards oppressive authoritarianism, but under Trump, the U.S. has caught up a great deal. So much winning!

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        Oppressive authoritarianism? But tankies told me that China is a place of unbridled liberty. A land of milk and honey. Unlike the evil West which is always horrible and terrible.

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          I’m sure you’ll get similar results if you ask people in North Korea.

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          People who have never experienced democracy and have only been fed lies by their authoritarian government think their country is democratic and equal. Shocker.

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            There’s also been a certain “Soviet democracy”, the democracy perception of which in the polls would be sky high especially under dear Stalin and Voroshilov leading it with iron hand, and less when dissent stopped getting you executed.

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            So then why did Russians in the same study claim abysmal democracy? Aren’t they afraid of the KGB?

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              The Russian psyche is one of pessimistic resignation. Its also true that Russia has never experienced free democracy. There are many who believe the fall of the USSR was a terrible thing and they blame “democracy” for their current circumstances. This is part of why Putin gets away with authoritarianism.

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                Non sequitur that has absolutely nothing to do with the validity of the graph.

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          Chinese who don’t say these opinions are labeled a dissonant and oppressed by their government. Just like how elections are completely staged in dictatorships.

          This graph is completely useless.

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          7 hours ago

          Using personal opinion of crowds is notoriously very bad and people are easily misguided. ALL this says is the Chinese BELIEVE they’re democratic and all equal. Not that they actually are.

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            You’re right, and I see that opinion poll as a indicator of the direction that America has been going: a place where many people think they are in a democracy, while actually living in a country that is more authoritarian than it was in the past.

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            Also, westerners like myself tend to complain about trump/etc without acknowledging the continuum of raising fascism. We should focus on the lies we have been fed, it’s not easy, nor late ;)

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          These are great proof of China’s superiority! Until you see the Chinese questionnaires:

          Choose an option:
          [ ] My government serves the people
          [ ] I want my social credit score to take a nosedive. No more bank loans, government permits, study or career opportunities for me, please!

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    Interesting. I think this is the first time I’ve seen the word “bubble” explicitly acknowledged as a reality and not a question in a headline of a major news outlet.

    So I searched for '“bubble” in the past month from Reuters, and found several headlines raising the concern, but none actually using the word “bubble”, with the exception of one investors meeting in Singapore.

    It seems that editors don’t want to scare/anger Western investors with the truth, but the Chinese are under no such burden.

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        Just going by headline grammar, the first one is a good example: it acknowledges the bubble exist. The second makes it seem like it’s just a fear, but not necessarily a reality.

        Edit: It’s this bubble is really bizarre. I hope all the pundits saying, “Nobody could have predicted” get laughed out of their careers, but I know it will never happen. Accountability is for the poor.

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          I hope all the pundits saying, “Nobody could have predicted” get laughed out of their careers

          Lol, that would be nice, but i doubt it. Its akin to the crypto bubble…some people just get tired of the drum beating and by the time the accountability phase rolls around, theres another crisis happening lol. Never ending doom cycle.

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    Seems to have more to do with China than AI per-se considering that TSMC, Samsung and SK Hynix are unaffected.