They will reach an agreement at the last second, and then the whole of the United States will become great again.I still think it's just the two parties trying to get a good deal from other other by playing chicken, but even so there's the distinct risk of none of them swivel and we end up in a car crash in a week.

No, assumed support in this case means there's no point asking if they will support or not because they are involved regardless.Taiwan will only have assumed support in the event of a Taiwan conflict? They gonna defect or something?
This is what a “all of society” response by the west against china looks like. It’s not just the big genocidal massacres these white anglos wish for China and by extension the entirety of east Asia, they also will not budge on the minorCalling @AssassinsMace you can add this to your list
Can it not be firing for common decency not to demean people? If they were making fun of Ukrainian refugees and got canned, would it be to “please Washington DC”? That is a ridiculous take. I don’t think the employee training includes “How to be rude to passengers”.
This narrative essentially says that Chinese people naturally deserve to be treated badly and if someone is nice to them, then it is because of government pressure. Pure dehumanization and then these liberal cockroaches will scream that "we are against the government, not the people". Westoids are truly deranged.Calling @AssassinsMace you can add this to your list
Can it not be firing for common decency not to demean people? If they were making fun of Ukrainian refugees and got canned, would it be to “please Washington DC”? That is a ridiculous take. I don’t think the employee training includes “How to be rude to passengers”.
The wording of this CNN article is atrocious and insulting. They basically insinuate that the firing is due to pressure on HK to keep Beijing happy. Sure cause discrimination of mainland Chinese is ok. So if an air flight attendant was racist to an American person of color than their firing is not to keep Washington happy but because they were racist. This is why I feel trying to increase soft power in the west is a fools errand, they can turn anything into something negative.Cathay fires 3 flight attendants for discrimination against mainland passengers.
They have a better military than some of the countries on that list, but believing they would give any support in a conflict against China is delusional.Can Singapore afford to provide even limited support? It would be an extremely stupid for them to piss off China considering their dependency on Chinese wealth, trade and investments.