Great Wall (cars)
Haval (cars)
LDV (cars)
Huawei (electronics)
Lenovoa (electronics)
Alibaba
Hisense (electronics)
Haier (white goods)

Sweet and sour chicken.

cods wrote on May 16^th, 2020 at 4:25pm:

cods wrote on May 16^th, 2020 at 4:25pm:



weren't you yesterday telling me you always buy Australian if you have a choice? 

freediver wrote on May 16^th, 2020 at 6:39pm:




I will do that if we can boycott john smiff at the same time..Gnads wrote on May 16^th, 2020 at 6:26pm:




yes I am aware of that  cept my washing machine has made in NZ on it..I checked..

we can only believe the labels.....if we are being lied too how the hell do we find that out?

as for fried rice I usually buy mine when we have takeout  from Vietnamese

.my daughter worked in Immigration  in Sydney and would go on hunts for  illegal immigrants who mostly worked in Asian takeaways./restaurants...she said what she saw in Chinese restaurants....would make you sick... she said never ever  eat in a Chinese..

greggerypeccary wrote on May 16^th, 2020 at 8:41pm:


China has already started banning our products. I am not suggesting that Australia do the same.

Endless threats from the CCP... The slightest issue and it's on!

From the Dalai Lama visiting Australia in 2007, 2009 and an Australian delegation meeting him in India in 2013... To a reasonable request to investigate how the virus originated and spread...

Everything angers the CCP... being the insecure, paranoid and psychopathic entity that it is.

Consumer boycotts can be very effective, and have been in the past. They have changed corporate culture in many companies, to the extent that some companies care just as much about their 'social licences to operate' as they do about complying with the law. The Chinese could learn this lesson very easily. Just last year Brunei announced that it would not impose the death penalty for those convicted of having anal sex, following boycott calls. It did not even require an actual boycott, just the threat of one.

There are plenty of other cheap products on the market.

I am not suggesting we boycott the Chinese government.

Victor Sunny wrote on May 17^th, 2020 at 3:06pm:


Chinese exports down 17% compared to this time last year.

I reckon more people will stop buying crap from China and Chinese exports will fall much further.

62 Nations support the Australian call for an inquiry into the Kung Flu

I have a Hisense and a Lenovo product in my possession. When I go to replace them, they won't be of those brands.

China is a nation of Replicants.

Time to bring in the Blade Runners.

freediver wrote on May 18^th, 2020 at 7:53am:


Yeah? How many Hills Hoists do they have?

Victor Sunny wrote on May 17^th, 2020 at 3:06pm:


You not help either Charwee... you big mouth CCP stooge.

Mattyfisk wrote on May 19^th, 2020 at 10:34am:


More pertinent a question .... how many do we have now?

It's now owned by US company AMES.

Victor Sunny wrote on May 17^th, 2020 at 3:06pm:

Victor Sunny makes no Victa lawnmowers , the Yanks do using US Vegemite fuel made from barley .

freediver wrote on May 19^th, 2020 at 3:09pm:



great wall, foton and haval for starters.

Then there are car companies that have been sold to Chinese companies (Geely and SAIC) like MG, Lotus and volvo.  Although these may not necessarily be produced in China.

Victor Sunny wrote on Jun 10^th, 2020 at 7:44pm:


They only benefit the ruling elite.

Mattyfisk wrote on May 19^th, 2020 at 2:46pm:


Too late, we already leased most of it out to the chinese.

India pulling tech rug out from under China!

https://m.economictimes.com/tech/software/india-bans-59-chinese-apps-including-t...

Noticed that here in the States Pakistanis sell Chinese-made junk 4-wheelers to dumb Mexicans. I feel sorry for the Mexicans and contempt for the Pakis.

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Make Australia make again...
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I bought a Lenovo computer over a week ago for $700. I do not consider that I was funding the Chinese company with my purchase, as it was already purchased by the company in Australia. Had the particular brand of computer not been available and at a good price, I would not have bought the computer.

It is the world we live in. We might protest a country by not buying their products. But, in the end, we just harm ourselves with businesses being left holding the product until someone comes along to score a bargain.

Johnnie wrote on Jun 17^th, 2020 at 5:16pm:



Of course it's junk. Everything made under Chinese know-how (ie stolen intellectual property) is crap. Only goods made in China by Western companies, under Western control, watched by Westerners is ok.

Except silk and.... er.... Chinese calligraphy brushes.

Kat wrote on Jun 28^th, 2021 at 2:33pm:
Most people dont use them responsibly, they should be banned, there is zero legitimate civilian use for them. If I use a blocker you will never know 

Kat wrote on Jun 28^th, 2021 at 2:33pm:
This comment from you says it all. You would be quite happy with spying on people in their own backyard just because you legally can.

Frank wrote on Jun 22^nd, 2021 at 10:37pm:



And your shoes, of course.

jeep land rover , mg, jag, volvo are now run out of china.

american brands are rolling piles of junk, often made in mexico or assembled in the USA out of parts made in china.

japan still takes pride in its fleet and honda and toyota are the standout brands
mazda are reasonable.

look for the made in japan on the plate in the drivers door.
then youre sweet.

having said that , we will be moving to electric vehicles and they will tend to be fairly generic. its a simpler technology .
a lot of people will use cars they way they use those e scooters now.
just get around in one, using an app and pay per journey.

the days of big heavy vehicles and long trips are coming to an end
fossil fuels are gone and with them cheap energy.

people will be increasingly confined to their own homes.
covid lockdowns revealed that most chodes are perfectly happy with that

yeah, i'm probably wrong about jeep

but fiat was boke as was chrysler so two broke companies joined up. peugeot are close to broke, so is nissan.

when they get low on capital they are tempted to pump out the cars and stuff the after sales service.

they dont really care about reputation.

honda and toyota do.

even when they stuff up, they try to rectify the situation.

australia is a hot joint and the roads arent like the autobahns in europe.

you need a pretty tough vehicle.

so look to people who need tough stuff.

the taliban, ISIS, bull catchers in the NT, safari vehicles on the serengetti...usually toyotas.

peugeots and renaults and jeeps are better suited to ferrying the contestants of master chef back and forth to the set

aquascoot wrote on Sep 26^th, 2022 at 2:58pm:


Just so. Ivanka likes to travel by Jeep when she's attending her various fashion events or Goya beans promotions. She's made in Chi-na all the way, but she likes to be seen stepping out of a good old American ve-hi-cle.

Same with Sloppy Steve. You always see him get into a Jeep during his  perp walks for his various arraignments. One should always get arrested in style, no? I believe Roger Stone said that.

The scum go down in some godawful armoured school bus or whatever, but the Superior Man has taste: a discrete, American-badged ve-hi-cle. Ivanka should pen a self-help book about it.

We will make America great again, no?