Porsche panic in Russia

[Inbox]

This popped on the The Register.

https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/09/porsche_bri...

[Jeremy-75qq8]

And they worry th Chinese can control cars remotely !

[Discombobulate]

I couldn't get past the headline: "Porsche panic in Russia as pricey status symbols forget how to car"

[peterdent]

[quote=Jeremy-75qq8]And they worry th Chinese can control cars remotely ! [/quote In Shanghai now . we need to spy on the Chinese to see how to run a country properly and have amazing infrastructure rather than run a welfare state like we do

[Ed.Neumann]

peterdent said:

In Shanghai now . we need to spy on the Chinese to see how to run a country properly and have amazing infrastructure rather than run a welfare state like we do

To be fair, I think that is what Starmer et al are doing.




Friends got back from Shanghai last year, been there since 2019, they can't believe how backwards the UK feels compared to China. They really wanted to get home, they are not trying to get a permanent appointment out there again.

[peterdent]

Just taken high speed train from Nanjing to Beijing , yes we in UK are not in the 1st world

[Shinysideup]

peterdent said:

Just taken high speed train from Nanjing to Beijing , yes we in UK are not in the 1st world

Your social credit score is improving with every post.

[DodgyGeezer]

peterdent said:

Just taken high speed train from Nanjing to Beijing , yes we in UK are not in the 1st world

absolutely this ^^^ As an aside, all the big cities we were in in China felt totally safe compared to, say, Brum/Londinium/Manchester