I just want to comment on how factual and lack of sensationalism the global times headlines are. They wouldn't even hint at racial motives here. On one hand I applaud the journalistic professionalism, but on the other hand, I don't think this brand of journalism would be well-received by an American audience.
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US sending B1 bombers to train with India and base it 700km away from the Chinese border is an escalation. Even though the B1 is not most cutting edge US aircraft, it sends a serious message. The JASDF have sent observers for this exercise, so this is definitely a QUAD move. Let's see if the joint US-India exercises, do any ALCM launch exercise facing China.
The US is probably assessing to setup a base in India. Maybe also considering putting nukes on Indian soil. India is probably considering having at least a US base to have some one-up over China. The US would love to encourage India to confront and attack China. And India would expect to use a US base to send it's own warplanes against China, with confidence that China would not strike that US base for fear of greater escalation. A dangerous game to play. But not impossible, considering what the US is already doing in Ukraine and Asia Pacific today.
Some might argue that India will never join the American Axis and abandon it's friendship Russia. Or India will not do it because it wants to become it's own Superpowa. I would argue that India has no such concept as loyalty, friendship, and integrity. India will think that it can use and play with Russia or the US to its own benefit. The US, like the British Empire of old will use this to it's advantage and trick India into joining it's empire of vassals. The Russians will be the poor fools, believing that the many decades of friendship with India actually means something.
I think China should send it's H-6 fleet to train with the Pakistan Air force. And start some exercise involving joint ALCM deployment with Pakistan. Then further strengthen the PLAAF facing India.
Yes, Wagyu beef is kinda disgusting if you ever had any, waaaaayy too much fat. It feels like you're eating a block of meat coated with a shitton of butter.
BTW I highly suggest people try making Yemeni Beef Haneeth at home. Tastes way better and just as soft.
Man the Americans have been awfully leaky recently eh?
... while literally anyone in the US can easily get their hands on Karl Marx's Communist Manifesto and Mao Zedong's Little Red Book from Amazon?
Comrade Ma Yilong would giggle at that from his Texas HQ.
Fvcking amateurs.
Who needs a factory when China is already using sewer manholes to store and launch ICBMs?
Try harder, America.
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Did they really name this exercise as "Cope India"...
The bad news is that this is fake news and Putin isn't going to attack...
The sobering truth is that our potential adversaries, Russia in the West and China in the East, are gearing up for wider conflict. That does not mean that conflict will happen –preparation makes it less likely – but we must urgently recognise the extent of the threat to the current order. Our world is becoming markedly more dangerous. And Britain is not ready.
Our collective response over too much of the past 15 years was one of denial, oiled and encouraged by Russian money and influence in the US, UK and EU. War opened our eyes – just this week Cabinet Office Secretary Oliver Dowden gave an “unprecedented” warning of cyber threats to our national infrastructure; and Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has been consistently robust – but there is much more we can do.
Some of our closest allies, such as Poland, are re-arming on land at an unprecedented rate. Were the worst to happen, they will be ready to defend European soil. But the Nato alliance remains dangerously exposed at sea.
Blah blah...
The sobering truth is that our potential adversaries, Russia in the West and China in the East, are gearing up for wider conflict. That does not mean that conflict will happen –preparation makes it less likely – but we must urgently recognise the extent of the threat to the current order. Our world is becoming markedly more dangerous. And Britain is not ready.
Our collective response over too much of the past 15 years was one of denial, oiled and encouraged by Russian money and influence in the US, UK and EU. War opened our eyes – just this week Cabinet Office Secretary Oliver Dowden gave an “unprecedented” warning of cyber threats to our national infrastructure; and Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has been consistently robust – but there is much more we can do.
Some of our closest allies, such as Poland, are re-arming on land at an unprecedented rate. Were the worst to happen, they will be ready to defend European soil. But the Nato alliance remains dangerously exposed at sea.
Blah blah...
Chinese Taipei is a WTO member, so they probably do get IP protection, assuming they've followed the relevant procedures to protect their IP on the mainland. Of course, following the American example, any WTO rule can now be ignored in the name of national security, so any IP can be seized to protect the free flow of pineapple to Chinese consumers