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[sndef888]

Those Japanese people are trully naive, there are no productivity at all for Japanese government to go for a WTO arbitration. What China is doing only hurts itself. /s

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Today's flagship editorial publication of Nikkei news: the export control will only backfire on China, listing the following reasons as main argument.
1. Chinese government has not specified which products will be targeted. It is believed that the target will be on a wide range of products including rare earth, but by leaving the details vague.
2. China is using the accusation of a revival of militarism to criticize Japan, however Japan has no such intentions or capabilities. The United States, Europe, and other major Asian countries know this. Such unfounded slander only serves to tarnish China's dignity.
3. XJP's pressure on Japan increases anxious about the threat posed by China, resulting further rising support for the Takaichi administration. The measurement itself will only lead to strengthening unity of Japanese people.


I don't know what to say anymore, heck even simply translating this article feels foolish and gave me mental illness. You cannot persuade a brainwashed fanatic psychopath.

I love to see the Japanese whining going on. Especially when you know they're really scared shitless behind the facade they put on.

 

[MortyandRick]

Looking at the conflicts starting now, what are the chances that Iran is over thrown and Pakistan suffer huge losses from their conflict with Afghanistan? Issues is probably salivating.

I can only see this benefiting the US and India. I have no idea how the Taliban allied with India of all countries.

If both scenarios occur, would it decrease Chinas security to a large degree? I imagine Pakistan would affect China more

 

[plawolf]

Looking at the conflicts starting now, what are the chances that Iran is over thrown and Pakistan suffer huge losses from their conflict with Afghanistan? Issues is probably salivating.

I can only see this benefiting the US and India. I have no idea how the Taliban allied with India of all countries.

If both scenarios occur, would it decrease Chinas security to a large degree? I imagine Pakistan would affect China more

Hard to see how Afghanistan can inflict major losses on Pakistan conventionally.

Personally I think it was way past time Pakistan sorted out its soft underbelly of the Afghan tribal areas, as that has been a major source of instability and avenue for terrorist attacks directed by India, sapping at Pakistani strength and national unity. Lucky for them, they have an iron brother with a real world workable playbook on how to pacify just such a lawless region infiltrated by foreign jihadists.

The problem have always been a lack of willpower on the part of Pakistan to properly face up to this daunting task and sort it out once and for war.

A major war with Afghanistan may well force their hand. And if I’m being brutally honest, a fierce and devastating boarder war might actually help, because if the tribal areas have already been bombed to rubble, you bypass many of the hardest parts of the pacification process.

 

[bsdnf]

Looking at the conflicts starting now, what are the chances that Iran is over thrown and Pakistan suffer huge losses from their conflict with Afghanistan? Issues is probably salivating.

I can only see this benefiting the US and India. I have no idea how the Taliban allied with India of all countries.

If both scenarios occur, would it decrease Chinas security to a large degree? I imagine Pakistan would affect China more

The Afghan Taliban and the Pakistani Taliban still maintain close ties, and the Taliban has forged alliances with India based on the principle of "the enemy of my enemy is my friend."

 

[Thecore]

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The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner, the Japan Innovation Party, on Friday agreed to allow the establishment of secondary capitals in multiple regions.

So, do the Japanese realize their current geopolitical posture is leading them down a path of getting hit with a countervalue level nuclear strike at some point in the future or something?…

 

[GulfLander]

NASA scraps 2027 Artemis III moon landing in favor of 2028 mission​

The announcement that NASA will rejigger Artemis III not to land on the moon in 2027 came after the agency’s Artemis II mission encountered problems, delaying its launch

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NASA's Artemis 3 astronauts won't land on the moon after all. 'This is just not the right pathway forward.'​

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[iewgnem]

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I like how they went from pretending they can land in with Artemis 3 in 2027 to pretend they can do 2 landings in 2028
It's like a person who failed 2nd year high school claiming they're going to skip both 3rd and 4th year after they retake 2nd year.

 

[siegecrossbow]

Only reason they are adamant about 2028 is because they have to get it done within the Trump presidency.

 

[plawolf]

Only reason they are adamant about 2028 is because they have to get it done within the Trump presidency.

Can they send Trump to the moon? I don’t think many people would be sad if it was a one-way trip, so that should massively reduce the cost and complexity of the whole programme.

 

[jiajia99]

Looking at the conflicts starting now, what are the chances that Iran is over thrown and Pakistan suffer huge losses from their conflict with Afghanistan? Issues is probably salivating.

I can only see this benefiting the US and India. I have no idea how the Taliban allied with India of all countries.

If both scenarios occur, would it decrease Chinas security to a large degree? I imagine Pakistan would affect China more

If Iran and Pakistan still stands despite all the back stabbing, I think Indias standing in BRICS will ultimately be greatly reduced. I honestly see a far greater benefit of having Iran in BRICS then india that keeps on flip flopping all the time, especially under Modi who I believe is deeply unsuited for any resembling leadership