Maybe this is a language issue or maybe you have a vendetta

Just chalk it up to the fact that I live in a combat zone. It’s easier that way, comrade!

Everything is absolutely driving me up the wall right now... and those two in the photo—they’re driving me crazy, too! Exploiters and soulless bastards! Just think about it: Marx must have turned in his grave when he saw that pair in the photo—a communist-oligarch and a ghoul who sold his soul to the devil. Lenin probably bolted out of the Mausoleum and ran to the pharmacy to get some sedatives... ))))

Sorry, comrade—I mean you no harm... and I wish China nothing but prosperity and a peaceful sky overhead!

You said Chinese people work 16 hours a day (implying this is normal)"

That’s just a figure of speech meant to illustrate that Chinese people work a lot of overtime. I don't know exactly how many hours the Chinese work—sorry about that. But I do know for a fact that they work overtime. You can see this in the Russian Far East, where they work like robots—day and night. The locals are absolutely shocked by their productivity. I’m telling you this as a matter of fact, though I don't know exactly how many hours a day one would need to work to achieve that level of output—Russians certainly aren't capable of working like that.

While some people definitely do it is not an accurate representation to say “Chinese people work 12 hours a day” as 90+% work between 6 and 10 hours.

In the USSR even if technically not allowed some workers definitely worked 11+ hours be it to account for the extra labour necessary for rural upkeep or due to uneven enforcement.

Would it then be fair to say soviet workers worked 11+ hours? Obviously not. Do you understand what I’m trying to say now?

Товарищ, let's put an end to this conversation, please. It's going nowhere!

I apologize once again; I meant you no harm—nothing but good. Peace be upon your home!