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Colonel
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Forget recession, WSJ favorite asian reporters are calling Depression in China now

America is in death spiral levels of coping "we have vibecession at home" (meaning the economy is in recession and everyone is feeling it, but the government claims it not) meanwhile China has "reverse vibecession" where the economy is booming and everyone is feeling it, but the American government randomly claims its not.
 

Skye_ZTZ_113

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"Experts say Abrams tanks will bolster Taiwan's ability to repel PLA landings
M1A2T tanks and AH-64E Apache helicopters could strengthen Taiwan's defenses" by Keoni Everington

"[...]the first 38 M1A2T Abrams tanks out of 108 purchased from the US arrived at Hsinchu County's Hukou Township. The Army plans to keep 10 tanks at the Armor Training Command and Armor School in Hukou Township, while the remaining 98 will be deployed to the Army's 269th Brigade in New Taipei's Linkou District and the 584th Brigade in Hukou, per CNA.[...]"

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Some of the experts cited in article:
Ying-Yu Lin
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Chieh Chung
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Huang En-hao
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Su Tzu-yun
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Keoni everington
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Ah so is it finally time for War Thunder to add the Abrams to the Chinese ground tree then? I can’t wait to see the reactions to that lol.
 

manqiangrexue

Brigadier
The failure in security and intelligence is evident.
They need to do better.
It's tragic, but at this point Russia starts to resemble Hezbollah and Iran, losing generals and scientists without the ability to provide any response to reestablish deterrence.
No. Russia is taking land and killing Ukrainians on the battlefield; the opposite is true in regards to Hezbollah and Iran. Israel does these acts as outright domination; Ukraine sneaks these in out of desperation from losing. Also, defense is much harder for Russia as Ukrainians mix much more easily into the Russia population than Israelis into the Iranian population.
Ukrainian and Western leaders are intact and feel safe to dare more and more, while being able to send the message that they can kill whoever they want in Russia with impunity.
If that were true, Putin would be dead. There is no "impunity." They are just trying to sneak in some shots at whomever they can get but nothing can reverse the course on the battlefield.

There's not really any targets for Russia. Russia has generals and scientists but Ukraine is just a mess propped up by Western donations. They have no scientists and no labs worth hitting and all their "generals" are just crazy people (I think one of them said they'll invade Beijing after they're done with Moscow?) who get randomly replaced all the time. The only one with a face is Zelensky and the value of killing him is questionable.
 
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vincent

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Another bloomberg narrative:

"Assad’s Fall Should Be a Teachable Moment for China​

Beijing’s fondness for fellow autocracies has one big downside: They can be much more fragile than it wants to believe. "
By: Pei Minxin

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Author Mei Pinxin, he has written similarly vibed articles before too.
Like this:

"Biden’s China Policy Deserves a Second Life​

The incoming Trump administration should build on and improve the multi-pronged strategy rather than scrap it. "

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He is fellow/affiliate of US fubded think tank?

Wiki: "Minxin Pei (Chinese: 裴敏欣; pinyin: Péi Mǐnxīn; born December 10, 1957) is a Chinese-American political scientist. He is the current editor of the China Leadership Monitor.[1] He is a specialist on governance in China, U.S.–East Asia relations, mass surveillance in China, as well as democratization in developing nations. He is currently the Tom and Margot Pritzker '72 Professor of Government and George R. Roberts Fellow at Claremont McKenna College[2] and a non-resident senior fellow in the Asia program at the German Marshall Fund of the United States.[3] He was formerly a senior associate in the Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace."

They love labels:
"Tom and Margot Pritzker '72 Professor of Government and George R. Roberts Fellow"
"Edward Teller National Fellow, the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, 1994-1995"

He also write books abt china , simalr to Gordon chang...
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Expert on governance with zero experience of actual governing.
 

pmc

Major
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How many Russian generals and scientists have been killed this way so far? I remember this admin military sign building was bombed and the daughter of a Russian nationalist was killed. Who else?
This indirectly confirm who has more importance in Russian society. Putin didnot consult publicly or any one challenge him on why Zelenski was let it go on advice of former Israeli PM. I am sure this kicking out Assad all of sudden without telling his government Putin idea as Assad escape there.
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Fidan told Saudi Arabia’s Al Hadath television channel in an interview.
"They told us about it that day. However, I don't have information about who directly spoke with him or at what level. What I know is that a message was conveyed," he said.
Fidan also emphasized that claims suggesting Türkiye facilitated Assad's exit from Syria through cooperation with certain parties are false.
 

FairAndUnbiased

Brigadier
Registered Member
Forget recession, WSJ favorite asian reporters are calling Depression in China now

Bond yields being low is good. It means the cost of borrowing is low. The lower the bond yield the better.

It is like saying someone is poor because they have low interest rates.

Governments with high credit have lower bond yields.

People with high credit have lower interest rates.

Governments with low credit have high bond yields.

People with low credit have high interest rates.

If high bond yields is good then high interest rates are good and Zimbabwe has a booming economy.
 

quim

Junior Member
Registered Member
They need to do better.

No. Russia is taking land and killing Ukrainians on the battlefield; the opposite is true in regards to Hezbollah and Iran. Israel does these acts as outright domination; Ukraine sneaks these in out of desperation from losing. Also, defense is much harder for Russia as Ukrainians mix much more easily into the Russia population than Israelis into the Iranian population.

If that were true, Putin would be dead. There is no "impunity." They are just trying to sneak in some shots at whomever they can get but nothing can reverse the course on the battlefield.

There's not really any targets for Russia. Russia has generals and scientists but Ukraine is just a mess propped up by Western donations. They have no scientists and no labs worth hitting and all their "generals" are just crazy people (I think one of them said they'll invade Beijing after they're done with Moscow?) who get randomly replaced all the time. The only one with a face is Zelensky and the value of killing him is questionable.
Zelensky, Budanov and Yermak have been in charge since the beginning, they openly threaten and take credit for terrorist attacks and continue with impunity, parading around the world enjoying all the luxuries in exchange for killing Russians.

Regardless of the military battlefields, Ukraine's commanders and leaders should have been hunted as terrorists a long time ago, but Russia does not do this. As if the crime paid off.

Dugina, Crocus City Hall attack, scientists, generals, hundreds of missile and drone attacks against Russian cities already with hundreds of civilian casualties. All with the Ukrainian and Western masterminds going unpunished.

Attacking the same broken power plant transformers or taking uninhabited villages is not an answer nor does it scare any enemy supported by NATO.

I bet the US strategy is to make Putin lose credibility until he is deposed and needs to flee like Assad. All of Syria's gains since 2015 were lost in just 1 week.

And with the generals' lives at risk, it is not unreasonable to think that Putin could be deposed in the future. That's if he doesn't suffer the same fate as Nasrallah, because what's the point of having missiles if you don't use them against your enemies? It is just the most dramatic result of losing deterrence.
 
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