Do any US politicians not realize this song is a rebuke of the American political establishment?
I guess it is pretty much a microcosm of US political engagement
"It's got a catchy chrorus, that's all I need to know"
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Do any US politicians not realize this song is a rebuke of the American political establishment?
I guess it is pretty much a microcosm of US political engagement
"It's got a catchy chrorus, that's all I need to know"
Because Xi isn't going to waste going to waste time making announcements on 100% tariffs on cars not sold in China.
Imagine him holding a press conference announcing that all Chrysler 200's are now subject to a 100% tariff, everyone in attendance is clapping and cheering.
All western commentators would (rightly) call it a stupid propaganda stunt by Xi because the Chrysler 200 is no longer being manufactured and never sold in China. When Biden does it, it's protecting the US economy and taking a hard line against China.
Is anyone still wondering why there is no high speed rail in California yet?
No need to worry about China. It has war-gamed such scenarios probably dozens of times already.
People said the same thing when Trade War was initiated. SDF was like a collective funeral at that time lol
Blinken's impostor syndrome is always on the back of his mind. Even when playing an instrument and singing, he can't escape it - and he looks on the verge of tears.
China stole it.
I don't think you understood the idea of existing ports at Bandar Abbas, with an existing rail connection.
The new rail to Chabahar is being completed by Iran alone after it evicted India, the original builder, after it failed to deliver due to US sanctions.
Karachi cannot simply expand without issue. It did undergo several smaller expansions while Gwadar Port was being built, but it is too congested with it's own and other maritime traffic. That is why they've been moving the expansions out of the city. Besides Gwadar, the closer ports at Ormara and Pasni were also considered for major expansions. Current draught at KP is only 13.5m with an expansion planned to increase it to 16.5m, while Gwadar has an existing natural draught of 18m.
SRC at Bandar Abbas already has an existing 17m draught while Chabahar Port is only 9.3m currently with a yet to be built 16m expansion. There's really no reason for Iran to build a new port other than to develop it's eastern region.
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An apt depiction of US' trade war against China:
Maiden voyage on the eve of the launch of BYD's Shark pickup truck in Mexico and globally:
Most "China scholars" just don't know better.
The same clown: promoting oral hygiene = colonialism
Culture Revolution is well underway in the US.
Maiden voyage on the eve of the launch of BYD's Shark pickup truck in Mexico and globally:
Most "China scholars" just don't know better.
The same clown: promoting oral hygiene = colonialism
Culture Revolution is well underway in the US.
The key point is that a full blockade of the Malacca Straits would result in serious damage for ASEAN states.
If an exemption is made for ASEAN trade, well, the China-ASEAN trade is already intermixed by the time it reaches the Malacca Straits...
If you look at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute surveys or the polls of the public, ASEAN states will be neutral, with the possible exception of the Philippines which could join the US. But if the US is blockading the Malacca Straits, those neutral ASEAN states will be leaning towards China.
The key point is that in the Gaza war, there is minimal economic damage to the Middle East because Gaza is poor and barely has any trade because the Israeli military blockades the Gaza coastline and controls the land borders.
But if the Middle Eastern countries can't sell hydrocarbons to China, nor import Chinese goods, that has a serious effect on them.
If China is being blockaded by the US, then we can expect China to supply large amounts of weapons for a full-scale proxy war in the Middle East. My guess is that we would see US destroyers in the Arabian Gulf being targeted by ASBMs, launched from Iran or even Western China. US bases in the region would be targeted. So would Israel.
And if India joins in, then I can see Indian aircraft carriers being targeted as well.
Always look at things from Arab perspective as in this part of world hardly anything can succeed if so many countries involved without Arab support. there is no shortage of money to develop it and i would think Arabs will prefer Afghan trade goes through Iran. transport networks on both sides of Caspian going to develop.
Not just "China scholars", but a significant number of all scholars in the West, involved in studying foreign countries, are biased and look at subjects only through a Western, colonial lense. This played an important role in colonialism; to dissuade colonial subjects from revolting, by altering their histories. Colonialism ended (arguable) on paper only - the psyche is still the same, from that age, in politicians and "experts". Pretty much any subject you can find from around the globe that caught the interest of these scholars will portray only their own logic and disregard every other perception, especially one that contradicts their own.