CHAT China Locking Down Again

et2

Has No Life - Lives on TB
Many of my customers ( manufacturing industry) were just starting to come out of the Covid crush from last year. Unless it was manufacturing for Covid related “ everyone“ had a terrible year. My region was down 25% from 2019.

October, November started to see a better trend. Dec was another turning point and it’s heading south again. The election was a killer for many being hopeful for 2021. Right out the shoot things are down from 2020. If this new virus locks us up again ... many big manufactures won’t survive this time.

On another note my wife and I went to buy a LG washer and dryer last weekend. What We wanted was back ordered until May 2021, subject to change.
 

Old Gray Mare

TB Fanatic
Amen.

I am scrambling to finish up my fixer upper house. Truthfully, I’ve had crying jags almost daily from frustration and exhaustion.

Parts and materials are becoming increasingly difficult to find. Contractors are so busy that they just don’t care about getting your little $4,500 job. Hardware stores have gaps in weird places. And insurance here in Illinois keeps going up and up. Gotta pay for the looting I guess.

I sold my stocks in late 2020 after my electrician told me that he was scrambling to find supplies for basic repairs.

Meanwhile, they paper over a rotting economy with helicopter dollars that, historically, can not end in any way except hyperinflation.

My house can be sold when it’s finished but then what do I do with my money? Move to an expat-rich city in Mexico?
We're finishing up a remodel. DH and I bought almost all the needed components and supplies ahead of the work. We had to wait on some appliances and some electrical as well.
 

Sterling

Contributing Member
I wonder if they're really locking down, or having issues with their populous? It is a communist country and the spin is great with this one.
Could also be the tariffs?
Just speculating...
 

NCGirl

Veteran Member
Sterling, it's Covid. Several guys who go from factory to factory got trapped and are now stuck away from home again, they emailed pics to the hubby today of the roads being blocked again (they just bring in huge rocks and earth blocking the roads) and guards are standing watch so no one passes. They may be there awhile.
 

Burrito

Veteran Member
Sterling, it's Covid. Several guys who go from factory to factory got trapped and are now stuck away from home again, they emailed pics to the hubby today of the roads being blocked again (they just bring in huge rocks and earth blocking the roads) and guards are standing watch so no one passes. They may be there awhile.
What part of the country? You can PM me if you don't want to post. Thanks!!
 

Burrito

Veteran Member
This was Hebei ( sorry spelling it like it sounds, probably wrong)
No that is correct. They built a 1,500 room isolation hospital in 5 days there this week. They are supposed to build 5,000 more next week. Here is the article talking about it. Thanks for the reply!! My wife is currently in Tianjin with her parents. This is really close. Lots of workers commute from Tianjin to that area. The news in China isn't talking about it much.

 

NCGirl

Veteran Member
No that is correct. They built a 1,500 room isolation hospital in 5 days there this week. They are supposed to build 5,000 more next week. Here is the article talking about it. Thanks for the reply!! My wife is currently in Tianjin with her parents. This is really close. Lots of workers commute from Tianjin to that area. The news in China isn't talking about it much.

One of the guys caught there is from Tianjin. Had not heard that about the hospital. WoW
 

Burrito

Veteran Member
One of the guys caught there is from Tianjin. Had not heard that about the hospital. WoW
Yeah.....I'm thinking it must be much worse than they are saying if they are building things like that. Trying to get the truth out of there is tough.
 
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