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  1. You may use cloud storage. Backup everything to the cloud (better two: manufacturer's cloud + Google cloud), then wipe gadget to factory setup - like it was at time when you bought it, then cross border and restore phone data from cloud.
  2. 23,5 millions of tourists visited Moscow in 2023 (local and foreigners). I keep myself out of these hordes and places they visiting. The only place where I can't avoid them is Moscow metro. Fortunately, it is forbidden for groups to make excursions to metro during peak time, so they are tolerable. Mostly...
  3. Year ago it was Blued (Hesay), Hornet is OK too Such bars doesn't exists. In most bars you will be politely tolerated, some bars are for Koreans only, and places where you (foreigner) will be really welcome doesn't exists in Seoul - Koreans prefer Koreans. And be ready - everywhere you'll be white monkey for them - in meaning they will starring on you and discuss you. Everything in these phrases is about gay bars for meeting and hook up. In regular bars you'll be fine. You'll be also fine in gay bars if you will visit bar with Korean friends. Nope See note above about gay bars. Summary: Koreans are quite nationalistic in preferences. Commercial sex exists, use apps and boys will find you, or talk with managers in massage shops "for males". Koreans do not hunting for foreign sponsors as much as Vietnamese, or Thai, or Cambodians. Country is more conservative than most of SE Asia countries. Korea isn't country for sex tourism. Oh, and be ready: Seoul is quite expensive.
  4. China on par with Taiwan didn't recognize that "international court" (Permanent Court of Arbitration) and its jurisdiction, as well as rights of Philippines. China and Taiwan didn't participated in so called "China vs Philippines" case. Court decided it will not “rule on any issues of sovereignty... and will not delimit any maritime boundary”. China has rejected the ruling, as has Taiwan. This decision of the arbitral tribunal is not binding on either China or Taiwan, since under international law, in order for the decision to become binding, the parties to the dispute must voluntarily accept the right of the court to consider the disputed issue before the start of the trial, but neither China nor Taiwan has this right admitted.
  5. Well, then you very easy may find who are sponsors of "liberation" gangs, because gangs can't fight without weapon, and they have weapon. Now you know source.
  6. It is just western propaganda. Myanmar (Burma) got independence in 1948. And all these nationalistic elites from Burmese states started to fight for control of local resources just few months after. In each Burmese state exists at least two, but mostly 3 or 4 different "Liberation Armies" which over 80 years already fighting each other. And all these "liberation forces" existed 70 years before "the most treacherous and corrupt junta in Asia" appeared on the political scene of Myanmar... Each "army" has own sponsors - some sponsors are Chinese origin, some are CIA origin, some have links to Thailand and Vietnam. And each sponsor dreams to control ruby, jade, and even opium. It is just war for resources in Golden triangle for interests of different elites under cover of "liberation", "democratization" and other "-tions"... In Thailand army successfully controls situation and keeps civil order. In Burma state army isn't that successful. That's all. To support these "liberation" gangs is the same as to support radicals from Southern Thai provinces.
  7. Again? They declared that 3 times already: at past summer, autumn, and spring. The group was formed on 12 March 1989, after the local head of the local Communist Party of Burma, Pheung Kya-shin (also spelt Peng Jia Sheng or Phone Kyar Shin), dissatisfied with the communist government, broke away and formed the MNDAA. MNDAA has held multiple public executions. The European Union condemned the executions "in the strongest term", calling them "an inhuman and degrading punishment that represents an ultimate denial of human dignity". - WIKI These are fighting for control over opium region Kokang. Situation as of May 2024. The most predictable future of this conflict on the territory of the North of Shan state: all these parts of "brotherhood of the Ring" will forget "liberation" and will start to fight each over for to control over opium fields and jade and ruby mines in region if they will have success in pushing Myanmar national army out of region.
  8. Not China. Chinese. They buying real estate everywhere. It is another side of the medal: 1.5 biln of people became more reach and now have money to buy.
  9. There's no water to pump. The nearest water in sufficient quantities is in the Mekong 100 km away. But if it is pumped from the Mekong, then the electricity costs for pumping will exceed the electricity received from night releases of water.
  10. They called hydroaccumulating power plants and for them you need that reservoir to be very high located - at night pumps move water up and and day water flow down and powering turbines, but a) they are not possible in flat Cambodia, b) they are below 30MW of power
  11. How normal independent voters (gays) see situation. Typical discussion on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/askgaybros/comments/1ebsnd2/why_kamala_as_someone_who_is_not_a_natural_blue/
  12. One of 56 hydroPP in Laos: one of 18 hydroPP in Vietnam:
  13. do you know any hydropower plant without dam? (I'm not talking now about micro hydropower plant below 30Mw)
  14. Speculation, as usual. You can check all my answers here on the forum from the past almost 15 years. I never start talking about Russia or Putin on the forum. These words appear here when another user does not find facts to contrast with my opinion, and proceeds to discuss my personality. Exactly the same as in the post above - I also did not bring these words to this topic.
  15. Because of fish migration, most dangerous for ecology are downstream dams: than more close to delta, then is more dangerous. And there Vietnam has 18 dams. And when you talking about "yet another" Chinese dams, you should not forget about 56 existing dams in Mekong basin on the territory of Laos.
  16. Vietnam has 18 existing hydropower plants in Mekong basin.
  17. Right now good tactic for reps is just sit and wait: Harris will fail herself... As soon as the invigorating effect of the novelty of Biden’s resignation, which everyone was waiting for and finally received, wears off, everyone will expect active and smart actions from Harris. Everyone knows how good she is at them (no)... so all that’s left is to just sit and wait for failure... First of all, as early as this week, she will fall into a trap between pro-Palestinian youth and pro-Israeli older generations. Then, one after another, other points of international politics will come to which she will need to respond, and her knowledge and skills in international politics are close to zero. And so it will go - without the effect of novelty, but with mistake after mistake, she will bury herself. And Blinken will not help - he has already announced that even if Harris wins, he will still resign.
  18. Sure. Sihanoukville still has a lot of signs of formerly French "influence". Now it is time for China. That why I wrote:
  19. As a general rule: if you have both flight in one ticket, and/or your luggage is registered from the start till the end of your final flight, then it is possible. But if your luggage is registered only till airport of transit, then usually they will ask to cross border, pickup luggage and then again to register to flight in main hall. In many airports also exists rule, if your transit time is longer than 8 hours and you don't need local visa for to leave transit zone, then they will push you to leave transit zone and register as regular passenger, esp. if 8 hours are night hours.
  20. Well, if anyone will look at the list of military conflicts in Xxi century, this person will easy find, that China started or participated in zero military conflicts in XXI century (if not count permanent conflict with India, which UK cooked few decades ago at time of leaving India, in a pair with permanent conflict India-Pakistan), while "most democratic country in world" - US - spend no one day in current century without participating in military conflict or war... so looks like Cambodia should afraid not China...
  21. Well, it depends... Currently Cambodia imports electricity, oil, coal and gas from Vietnam and Thailand. If dam will be constructed, TH and VN will lose money. And if speak from ecological point of view, Cambodia will burn less coal, oil and gas and produce less CO2 emission. If speak from geopolitical point of view - China is world economical leader (at least - #2) and neighborhood of small and weak Cambodia, do we have reason to wonder about Chinese influence?
  22. Personally, I see the following: Western countries are trying to prevent the growth of Chinese influence in Cambodia and prevent a large project to build a power plant on the Mekong - a river in the basin of which there are already 26 power plants in China, 56 (!!!) power plants in Laos, 1 power plant in Myanmar, 5 power plants in Thailand, 18 power plants in Vietnam, and only one (1) power plant in Cambodia. Currently, more than 50% of Cambodia's electricity is generated by burning coal or oil. And these “activists” are protesting against the construction of a hydroelectric power station on the river, where there are already 97 other power stations. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydropower_in_the_Mekong_River_Basin They are protesting in one of the poorest countries, which is forced to constantly import electricity, which critically slows down the country's development. They are protesting against a hydroelectric dam in the country that, due to electricity shortages, has increased the burning of coal and oil to generate it by 40% over the past 10 years. Why am I not surprised that Mother Nature Cambodia is a foreign NGO, supported by foreign funds, and the leader of this organization is a 35-year-old foreigner (Spanish) who fled Cambodia before trial? And one more thing: I wonder why CNN didn’t mention that among the accusations was insulting the king? Therefore, my opinion is that these children are victims of global geopolitics, in which it is beneficial for politicians to keep Cambodia weak and dependent on Western loans and grants and away from Chinese influence.
  23. Are we talking about "peaceful" Greta Thunberg, who been arrested and detained for public disorders and disobeying a police order 6 times in past 12 months in UK, Netherland, Sweden (twice) and Norway (twice)? Well, then we have list of 4 not free countries by version of Cambodian ‘fearless young activists’...
  24. IMHO: "90/180" rule is implemented by MFA, but border guards aren't part of MFA and their computer system doesn't control "cumulative duration" yet, and guys on the border have no time to manually count "cumulative days", they just check overstay by latest stamp in the passport and maybe "no more than 2 border crossing by land or sea per year" rule.
  25. Me? Please read my post again: "major Biden donor and supporter John Morgan said"
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