>>4534208 (notables) "Why does NYE Ball drop say CHINA CHONGQING?
It doesn't. Methinks that is shopped unless somebody posts a link. The only one I can find with the switch from 2018 is on AOL and says "Phillips".
Still can't find an image but did find this on the schedule of events for tonite (that lends credence):
6:07 p.m. to 6:21 p.m. SAFA Chinese Cultural Performance The Sino-American Friendship Association (“SAFA”) presents a spectacular Chinese cultural performance from Chongqing China to begin the Times Square New Year’s Eve celebration. The performance is on the Countdown Stage at Duffy Island between 46th and 47th Streets. The Chinese cultural performance will conclude with red and gold pyrotechnic effects atop One Times Square.
https://t2conline.com/new-years-eve-schedule-for-times-square-2018-2019/
Q copied this anon's post re Chongqing:
Anonymous ID: 65b2f8 No.978080 📁
Apr 9 2018 23:23:44 (EST)
>>978017
>.nytimes.com/2014/04/09/business/international/chinas-embrace-of-foreign-cars.html
First word in the article is
CHONGQING, viz.:
CHONGQING, China — For more than a decade, Chinese automakers have been talking about starting large-scale exports to North America and Europe, prompting periodic worries in the West that companies like General Motors, Ford and Volkswagen might be crippled by Chinese competition the way they were by Japanese imports a generation ago….
Are we starting the clock on opening the auto industry imports/exports with China? Would this be why Chinese representatives are starting the countdown? Maybe this is good news regarding reduction in Chinese tarriffs that will be a windfall to American automakers and American autoworkers?