Never gets old watching that one. It is from when Obama was president.
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None of those little threads seem to be moving, even slightly, so tree seeds seem to be a satisfying explanation. Not that rain of animals is impossible as it has been documented in different places, but highly unlikely.
China can just meet with an armed group to oppose America meeting with an armed group. I'm of course speaking of hosting Prigozhin, and inking a juicy deal of weapons and ammo alike. Ought to shut him up regarding shortages, and the weapons will be fired at the allies of NATO or NATO itself and cost real lives for them, a fitting repayment for their own attempts to invade China and in the future take lives there.
At the same time, with few exceptions once an empire loses its status as a super power of sorts, unless the nation is inherently strong (like China), they may never get that power back and will resort to tagging along with the next great power to maintain relevance (like Japan and the UK). Karl’s statement may appear intelligent in a world where the USA has unchecked dominance but in an increasingly mutlipolar world, his statements begin to lose value and in the end, should the USA lose its relevance and ability to project like before, it doesn’t hold value anymore. And all those victims that would normal go unavenged, will suddenly become valid reasons for other nations to take some real pot shots at a nation no longer as capable as it once was.
Power that is well used can create lasting legacys that will be forever remembered with respect while power squandered can end up destroying themselves once they run out of cards and going out as a complete disgrace (like Rome). The USA could’ve been the former if they have good leadership (no matter how evil they are might I add) but is increasingly and definitively looking like the later with people like Blinken and Biden in the drivers seat. Let’s how this turns out
Remember people doomposting and spamming videos of Chinese lining up outside a rural bank? How the turn tables lmao
So what do you guys think of this?
My opinion is that I agree with this. Having a decent proficiency in English to pursue higher education is already a necessity for a lot of universities across the world (and/or working in English-speaking countries), so why not for Chinese?
The thing is - You are going to study and/or work in China, not in the UK, US, Australia or Canada. What can you even do in China without being able to understand and utilize Chinese on a daily basis, at the very least?
Besides, Chinese is one of the 6 official langauges of the UN - The status and prestige of the Chinese language needs to be lifted even higher on the international stage than it is at present. Furthermore, with the steadily increasing Chinese soft power across the Global South, its prime time that the Chinese language become one of the lingua francas of the world too.
My opinion is that I agree with this. Having a decent proficiency in English to pursue higher education is already a necessity for a lot of universities across the world (and/or working in English-speaking countries), so why not for Chinese?
The thing is - You are going to study and/or work in China, not in the UK, US, Australia or Canada. What can you even do in China without being able to understand and utilize Chinese on a daily basis, at the very least?
Besides, Chinese is one of the 6 official langauges of the UN - The status and prestige of the Chinese language needs to be lifted even higher on the international stage than it is at present. Furthermore, with the steadily increasing Chinese soft power across the Global South, its prime time that the Chinese language become one of the lingua francas of the world too.
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2008 GFC redux, only this time, you won’t have china bailing out ungrateful Americans like last time.
massive bank run leading to hundreds if not thousands of startups failing to make payroll. You’re looking at the death of Anglo American tech dominance from slow motion contagion from China and the arabs refusing to invest further into US treasuries
massive bank run leading to hundreds if not thousands of startups failing to make payroll. You’re looking at the death of Anglo American tech dominance from slow motion contagion from China and the arabs refusing to invest further into US treasuries
The absolute cheek that the largest colonial empire in the world (before Cold War 1.0) has to say this.
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I think too many people here believe the western narrative of Iranian backed groups attacking the poor, innocent Saudi Arabia. The fact is that Saudi Arabia only has itself to blame for the cross border missile and drone attacks from Yemen. If you're going to bomb and invade your neighbour, you better win quickly or be prepared for them fighting back. The Saudi and Emirati performance in Yemen has been a complete disaster. This makes investments into Saudi Arabia much less safe - any Chinese built infrastructure that's in range from Yemen just becomes another juicy target.
But Saudi Arabia has now given up hope of military victory in Yemen, that's why they're negotiating. As they continue to end their war there, obviously the frequency of counterattacks will decrease. Making the deal with Iran could give them some leverage to get the Houthis to agree to a deal, but Iran won't stop giving them weapons if Saudi Arabia doesn't stop bombing them. I believe MBS has finally accepted that he can't change Yemen and that he has bigger tasks at home rather than foreign adventures