cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/43954112

China ended the first half of 2025 with a record trade surplus of about US$586 billion

Exports rose 5.8 per cent in June from a year earlier to US$325 billion

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[+] 32 points 1 year ago (3 children)
  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    *Napoleon Bonaparte

    But it does sound like Sun Tzu! Which reminds me, got a new copy of The Art of War and I haven't read it in 10 or 20 years.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    In my late teens and early 20's I got really into Napoleonic history, I still attribute that quote to Sun Tzu. It just sounds so much like some of the prose from Tzu, I sometimes wonder if Napoleon read it since it translated into French two years after his birth.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago

    Sorry, off topic, but that 10 - 20 year range is wild and I notice myself using it more often now as I turn 40 like, "oh I haven't seen this movie in 10 or 20 years!"

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