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I mean Taiwan is essentially Fujian culture that has no cultural revolution. Everyone talks about stuff that was lost during it but that was assuming all of it was good. I'm pretty sure theres a lot of bad traditions too and here they were no thrown out.
French Navy’s Carrier Strike Group about to set sail for Indo-Pacific deployment
The French Navy’s Carrier Strike Group (CSG) is set to depart for a major and long deployment to the Indo-Pacific, Naval News learned at an IFRI conference. Dubbed “Clemenceau 25”, the mission is expected to set sail this month.
The French Navy’s Carrier Strike Group (CSG) is set to depart for a major and long deployment to the Indo-Pacific, Naval News learned at an IFRI conference. Dubbed “Clemenceau 25”, the mission is expected to set sail this month.
Stop posting random youtube videos without commentary
The Ukraine War. Their Ukraine proxies tried to light up the Zaporozhye NPP and the Kursk NPP. The Ukrainian Kursk assault was planned to capture and threaten the Kursk NPP. It was planned with the help of British intelligence. Nobody doubts that Russia has nukes, and they are not as restrained as China. Despite Russia's warnings, the Anglos still did what they did.
The Anglos think that they could get away with the unthinkable using Ukrainian hands, so they would definitely think about trying the same thing with Taiwanese hands. Now will the Taiwanese be that foolish to go along, that is another discussion.
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Will Maccaron have the balls to sail through the Red Sea?
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If I'm not mistaken, that is actually a re-enactment performance for tourists to watch. And guess who is the biggest contributor of tourism to Kinmen.
China is less or even much less restrained as Russia, none of China's civilians expect to get hit in any conflict, if the illusion of invincibility in the homeland is shattered, they will respond with near psychotic rage.
What's stopping China from levelling every building in Luzon, putting the forests on fire and hunting every adult with drones? Surely not a lack of industrial capability. Nor is it that any country could deliver enough air defenses there to make a noticeable difference in the face of 10 000s of daily arrivals (without giving up on everywhere else). What's stopping China is just a veneer of compassion by Chinese citizens and you can bet that goes away in a nanosecond if any civilian on the mainland gets hit.
Any country 300-2000km from the mainland thinking they'll attack the mainland is essentially gambling that Chinese industry will be able to produce less missiles and bombs than that nation can produce humans and buildings. I think that's the most stacked gamble in the history of gambles.
Besides, China is fighting a defensive war unlike Russia. They are morally justified to do anything in order to defend themselves.
The Chinese are more restrained than Russia, because they are not as desperate as Russia. That doesn't mean that they are cowards. Like Russia, China would seek to conduct warfare responsibly. I doubt that they'll go on an unhinged genocidal rampage if the enemy only did limited damage. But China would nevertheless be ruthless in punishing the enemy. They must warn the enemy not to cross certain red lines, and if they do, then China would unleash maximum punishment on them.
If a conflict between China and the PH is restricted to naval skirmishes in the SCS, then there is no need to level all of Luzon. Just sink the PH Navy and blow their marines to hell. However, if the PH dares to use foreign-supplied long-ranged conventional missiles to attempt to hit Chinese NPPs or Dams, then yes, China could have a case to level Manila.
Russia is fighting a defensive war in Ukraine against NATO expansionism. Do not let the Western media fool you. If the Anglos provokes an Armed Reunification, they will tell you that mainland China is the aggressor.
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Overall drop in expatriates working in Beijing, here are the number breakdowns.
Americans and Europeans went from 16% of foreign expats to 12%, Africans went up from 26% to 31%, and Russians went up from 11% to 16%. Ie. China's economy is not the only thing in a transition stage right now.
Society is transitioning as well, where Americans and Europeans who previously made up the unsavory community of English teaching adventure seekers are declining and seeking greener pastures in Vietnam and Laos. Meanwhile, expats from friendlier countries, as well as Americans and Europeans who actually respect China and Chinese culture, are increasing.