Chinese Internal Politics

ACuriousPLAFan

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Perhaps China's next war will be more ground-centric than most here expect?

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Only when Russia has been totally nuclear-disarmed that China would ever consider such possibility of grabbing Siberia and the Russian Far East from Russia.

However, even if China really do want to retribute against Russia for their participation in the Eight-Nation Alliance 122 years ago, there's literally little natural resources and agricultural land that could be offered to China - Apart from expanded land for China to manage, and expanded coastline for China to guard.
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China might as well annex Outer Mongolia and reforest their portion of the Gobi Desert for climate improvement and agriculture, plus fully securing the supply of coal for the next few decades.

Which is why there are so few population centers i.e. cities across most of Siberia and the Russian Far East, simply because there isn't enough aerable land + suitable weather and climate that could sustain permanent living on a large scale.
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Even if further climate change results in those permafrost lands in Siberia and Russian Far East to become suitable for agriculture again, how long should China wait till then?

Apart from, say, Khabarovsk and Vladivostok regions plus Sakhalin Islands that historically do belong to China's Qing Dynasty before being forcefully ceeded to Russia, I don't see how China taking over Siberia and the Russian Far East would be benificial to China's cause and interests.
 

SanWenYu

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I dislike this comparison very much. History is not comparable.
Many contents in the list have no similarity at all.

We have to face a much more dangerous enemy than a backward civilization like the Huns,you have to admit that the United States is still a country with a dominant position in economy, military, culture and technology, although this position is already in jeopardy.
You might have missed my message when I said that it's for fun therefore not a serious and scientific comparison.

Of course history is comparable. Otherwise we should not have been trying to learn from history.

And even the most bullish members in this forum wouldn't think the US as the Huns.
 

tygyg1111

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Funny you say that, because the comments that triggered my post were made by Chinese names in hanyu pinyin accusing CNA of covering up for CCP.

And pray tell why do you have a penchant for insulting entire countries?
Tbh I saw some indians commenting along the lines of "thank you for telling the truth" and can't tell if they recognised the scene of an unwell, elderly man being helped out, or they are just doing JH things as usual.

Fyi, he lived in SG for a while and I believe the experience scarred him. SG not based enough
 

ficker22

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Why didn't the CNA release this earlier? I'm sure China could have also released this but follows protocols to ignore fake news. SCMP could have helped China and released this but choose not to. :mad:
You have a quarter million people watching an old man struggling with his age ......


Then again, I think I replayed Biden falling from a bicycle at least 5 times, sooo.
 

NiuBiDaRen

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In any case I predict Singapore will be a very conflicted place to live in in ten to twenty years.

Singaporeans who are pro China will start questioning their Singaporean identity since they are ethnic Chinese.

Singaporeans are who anti China will get very resentful of China's rise, bitter and jealous. Including and maybe especially non Chinese Singaporeans such as Indian Singaporeans and Malay Singaporeans.

It's what you call "culture war".

Personally I think Singaporeans should have a back up country, but that's just my opinion. I feel the culture wars are going to be especially nasty and brutal.

I mean, in neighboring Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines etc, there's so much resentment of ethnic Chinese people living there (because ethnic Chinese in those countries are supposedly overly rich and successful businessmen). Thankfully Singapore is majority Chinese (kicked out of Malaysia in the 1960s for being too Chinese), but yeah the fact that Singapore is majority Chinese could spell trouble for national unity in Singapore in the future.

I mean just look at Hong Kong and Taiwan. There's so much culture wars over Chineseness in those two territories. It hasn't spread to the same extent in Singapore, but I'm sure eventually Singapore will be enveloped in a cauldron of Chinese-questioningness.
 

reservior dogs

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Perhaps China's next war will be more ground-centric than most here expect?

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This is the wet dream from the West, Russia and China fighting each other. China is able to get all the resources it needs from Russia. Russia provides an alliance of sorts for China against the West. It is the best setup for both countries. If one is weakened too much, the other is in trouble. Why would they fight each other?
 

FairAndUnbiased

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One thing that Xi 100% deserves credit for is crushing corruption. Corruption is a nation destroying disease, ask anyone from a developing country how corrosive corruption can become. For this alone, he deserves and in fact needs 3 terms. Hu tried and failed to control this monster. Jiang, haha. 2 terms is not enough to totally crush corruption. So in this, I am not surprised that Xi got the 3rd term.

It's just the PBSC choices that make me concerned. I would think that you'd crush the corrupts and then make sure that a successor is lined up to secure your legacy and ensure political stability and continuity. After all if you don't, then everything you work for might be for nothing if an unknown successor gets into office.
 

SanWenYu

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One thing that Xi 100% deserves credit for is crushing corruption. Corruption is a nation destroying disease, ask anyone from a developing country how corrosive corruption can become. For this alone, he deserves and in fact needs 3 terms. Hu tried and failed to control this monster. Jiang, haha. 2 terms is not enough to totally crush corruption. So in this, I am not surprised that Xi got the 3rd term.
Agreed.

It's just the PBSC choices that make me concerned. I would think that you'd crush the corrupts and then make sure that a successor is lined up to secure your legacy and ensure political stability and continuity. After all if you don't, then everything you work for might be for nothing if an unknown successor gets into office.
I am with you on this. On the other hand, the result of this 20th party congress so far has been disruptive so to speak to some of the existing traditions and conventions within CPC. Perhaps the selection of the next leader will be something new, too? We will have to wait and see.
 
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