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Randomuser

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I think China should cut ties with Singapore. They seem to be more and more anti-China. They’re dependent on being a gateway to China for the West and more than ever favoring the West. I heard Singapore is siding with Japan in their dispute with China. Then you have Indians claiming Singapore. Singapore is hoping on it’s fake neutrality to keep its access to China. It’s not like Singapore is known to be a utopia for freedom. They’re the opposite known for their extreme control. And yet you don’t see it being used to favor Singapore’s China interests.

China should help Mark Zuckerberg and Alexandr Wang by banning Chinese technology, i.e. Manus, to the US. China funds these technology companies therefore should have the final say on their fate.
All those rich guys from China who ran away to Singapore to evade taxes or whatever are gonna be in big trouble now.
 

CMP

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Taiwan KMT vice chair: Not afraid about Xi catches Lai, following the example of what Trump did to Maduro, cause he believes Xi has feelings for Taiwan. :eek::rolleyes:

I'm actually not surprised this kind of language is used by a Taiwan politician. It is also not the first time I have heard someone use sentimental explanations in place of other analogy such as that China is like an unwanted suitor. Most people struggle to grasp realpolitik, game theory, and the power dynamics behind global or even regional geopolitics, so they use poor real-life analogies or sentiment-based reasons that they can better understand like examples from interpersonal relations. These analogies of course make no sense and don't at all match the real power dynamics at play.
 

A potato

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All those rich guys from China who ran away to Singapore to evade taxes or whatever are gonna be in big trouble now.
Maybe Mao right this whole time.
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The Rich people during ROC era were literal parasites as they basically were the middle men for foreigners sucking money out of the country. Anyone who says that China was better under KMT rule literally forget that the wealth was concentrated on the coastal areas mainly the concessions where it was literally an aparthied state runned by foreigners.
 
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FriedButter

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STC in Yemen has completely collapsed. Saudi-backed forces won against UAE-backed forces
Genuinely what was UAE's plan? Attack the Saudi backed forces and lose? UAE is the dumbest country ever that does nothing but to sow chaos.

UAE backed STC was winning a couple weeks ago. I thought the Saudi intervention was an attempt to keep the PLC alive since I didn’t pay it any attention. But the PLC launched a counter attack with the imminent total defeat of STC. The STC Capital was reportedly abandoned by STC troops fleeing the area before the PLC forces arrive. Now the UAE is facing a crushing defeat.

Red is the PLC, Yellow is the STC, and Green are the Houthis.
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CMP

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UAE backed STC was winning a couple weeks ago. I thought the Saudi intervention was an attempt to keep the PLC alive since I didn’t pay it any attention. But the PLC launched a counter attack with the imminent total defeat of STC. The STC Capital was reportedly abandoned by STC troops fleeing the area before the PLC forces arrive. Now the UAE is facing a crushing defeat.

Red is the PLC, Yellow is the STC, and Green are the Houthis.
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Who are the blue guys and why is no one messing with them? Also, who supports the Houthis and why are the red and yellow groups seemingly unable or unwilling to take them on?
 

Temstar

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It's hard for me to believe that they're really this slow. This looks like a full sanction of all industrially, medically, chemically, and technologically useful inputs. This makes US sanctions on China from earlier years looks like a walk in the park.
It's deliberate, recall Japan tried to cover up the Hiroshima bomb too at first by not reporting about it.
 

Temstar

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Shit guys, have you seen the list of goods banned? It's 147 pages and it's crazy!

Here's a sample:
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That's not "well it's like the RE ban but a bit stronger", this is some "Japan, you are now banned from chemistry" type thing. Look at that list, even common chemicals like iodine, activated carbon, mercury, ethonol, red phosphorus etc etc are banned on account of "could be used in the manufacturing of illicit drugs". Elsewhere in the list, even things like table sugar is banned because it could be used in making explosives. The best part is has a catch-all clause at the end that says anything further that could be used to strengthen Japan's military could be added to the ban list at a moment's notice.

To even start to make their own RE Japan would first need to rebuild back up their own set of modern industrial scale chemical production.
Wait I missed the best one in that list:
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Acetic acid - banned for potential use in the manufacturing of illicit drugs, and possibly also for making dumplings taste better than they have any right to be
(acetic acid is the active ingredient in vinegar that gives it the sour taste)

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You see this? Banned
 
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