When your life is dodging Israeli Hellfires and daily necessities are often at the mercy of smugglers, you don’t have a lot of time to contemplate the true nature of Chinese cuisine…
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There is a huge difference between not knowing Chinese cuisine and believing Chinese cuisine is full of bugs and insects. The later is plain stupidity. And Israel should not be used as an convenient excuse for their stupidity about the rest of the world.
Note, I will continue supporting Palestinian's struggle to have their state within the border designated by UN, even after knowing this bigotry exist in some of their population. This is what I am talking about "one do no wrong because of being wronged".
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Yes, definitely.
Ukraine is attempting to JOIN a US-led NATO alliance, whereas AUS/JPN/KOREA are ALREADY in a US-alliance.
How are they even comparable? We can't expect AUS/JPN/KOREA to be BFFs with China by virtue of economics alone, because of an existing US-alliance structure that dates back to Cold War era and predates establishment of PRC ties.
No, strong economic ties cannot OVERRIDE an pre-existing US alliance (e.g., Aus/Kor/Jpn), but a strong economic ties can PRE-EMPT joining US-led NATO alliance (e.g, Ukraine). Those two are not comparable - Context matters.
For example, Vietnam and Mongolia by virtue of strong economic ties with China, will never join a US-led alliance or Russia-led alliance. China doesn't need to wield a huge Stick to threaten Mongolia, by virtue of strong economic ties and economic benefits. Atleast use comparable examples to Ukraine, not literal US allies. Also, strong economic ties is the reason Japan/Korea did not diplomatically boycott the 2022 Beijing Olympics, whereas Australia is an outlier because it's an Anglo-Saxon white supremacist vassal state of US.
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Schrodinger's Chinese cuisine
Snowboarder Tessa Maud says Chinese food in the Winter Olympic bubble is 'hands down' the best she's ever had
A dystopian wasteland and the food's so bad that athletes are wasting away
If they continue like this Africans should petition for change in black sea name and similar geo-"real estate"
Largest Countries in the World (by area) -- WORLDOMETER
TOTAL AREA
#3 China 9,706,961 km2
#7 India 3,287,590 km2
#109 South Korea 100,210 km2
Total Area = land area + water bodies (lakes, reservoirs, and rivers)
FIFY: One needs to divide China by 96.8 times to come to the South Korea's total area size.
And 2.95 times to equal to India.
It's really not the Chinese fault if some countries maintain some level of deep-seated envy to the China's size! It's their problem, not the Chinese one!
Just some words from a fool / ignorant / low-information person -- not necessarily representing those people in Palestine. I won't be in hurry to judge anything.
Some say this economic 'weakness' is 'temporary', and Russia is 'entitled' to her 'sphere of influence' by virtue of geography, history, and ethnic/racial kinship. The problem with this argument is it dehumanizes Ukrainians' capacity for independent critical thinking, as if they need Russian guidance and overlordship because they are 'Incapable' or a 'US-puppet state' or simply 'Illegitimate' state with incredulous comparison with Taiwan. It ignores Ukraine's capacity to decide it's fate and future, whether it's for better economic opportunities with EU, or even sovereign territorial integrity.
It's not mutually exclusive, it's possible to be anti-NATO expansionism using diplomacy/peaceful means, and not support use of threat or force in Eastern Europe. Otherwise, it's just "Might Makes Right"-era of politics, which is not good for the world.
Yes, agreed.
Quick question, why did Russia accept NATO presence in Baltic-states next to Kaliningrad and directly bordering Russian land , but Ukraine is too far? Or was Russia too weak to push back against Baltic-states in 2004, but now is strong enough to assert on Ukraine?
Opinion : Chinese fans huge support to Hanyu, a die-hard Winnie the Pooh fan is yet another silent but strong resistance again pooh-phobic Xi Jinping
Published by NYT
Probably a combination of the above. Maybe there are members here who have better memory than me and remember how it was back then who can explain it.
Anyway, in 2004, the US was far too powerful for Russia to handle. Don't forget that Russian military reforms began in 2008.
And China was obviously not going to back Russia against the US. It was far too weak back then.
Today, the geopolitics are more favourable to Russia to go against the US than 20 years ago