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Overbom

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Appix said:
It has it romantic charms. Engaging with foreigners brings a lot of problems and disaster.
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Engaging with foreigners also brings technological + cultural exchanges.
This demonization of foreigners itself is (one part) why the Qing dynasty collapsed

Let it be clear, whoever closes the doors and windows, will inevitably collapse/decline. Instead we should follow Deng's teachings about opening our windows even if some flies also get in
 
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taxiya said:
At 1:52 I mistaken "Timur Muhamediarov" as a Chinese from northwest or northeast before his name and title were shown on the screen. Not intended to restart the debate of "typical Chinese" vs. so called "Altaic" type, but must take the opportunity to show the example which is quite common among Han Chinese in the northwest and northeast.
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Uhh he is Russian?? There are a lot of Asian looking Russians. Doesn't mean he's Han Chinese. Lol.
 
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Good article and analysis from the normally hawkish national interest.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1470104523897069568
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Taiwan is “a critical node within the first island chain (in the Western Pacific), anchoring a network of U.S. allies and partners … that is critical to the region’s security and critical to the defense of vital U.S. interests in the Indo-Pacific.”
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That was a long article to say something that we have all known for decades

China isnt stupid. It always knew what Taiwan is to the US. And especially now, China knows that to succeed in reunifying with Taiwan would have broader regional and global implications

I don't know why western "analysts" keep thinking that the US somehow "surprised" Chiba and found another trump card to use against it
 
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Overbom said:
Excellent. The sooner the US uses the SWIFT trump card the quicker the dollar will be dethroned from its hegemonic status

The US already used the trade and tech trump cards against China. If it also uses the SWIFT card then the US in a few years would be left without ammo.
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Biden should use them as surprised moves instead using them as warnings against Russia. This inadvertent warn every other countries of America willingness to weaponize SWIFT giving them time and urgency to find alternatives. Even US allies would be foolish not to have other options just in case the US dollars or payment system failed.
 
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antiterror13 said:
so difficult to read the main point from the poor written article

So India is behind what countries in Asia ... My guess is China-Japan-????-India ... what country is the third ?
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Besides that this sentence :

"The country has boosted its resilience and military capability in 2021, yet the world’s third-largest economy has also been one of the hardest hit in comparison to its growth path prior to the pandemic."

When did India economy surpasses the economies of Japan and Germany?
 
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WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (Reuters) - A video feed of a Taiwanese minister was cut during U.S. President Joe Biden's Summit for Democracy last week after a map in her slide presentation showed Taiwan in a different color to China, which claims the island as its own.

The sources, who did not want to be identified due to the sensitivity of the matter, said the video feed showing Tang was cut during an ongoing panel discussion and replaced with audio only - at the behest of the White House.

The White House was concerned that differentiating Taiwan and China on a map in a U.S.-hosted conference - to which Taiwan had been invited in a show of support at a time when it is under intense pressure from Beijing - could be seen as being at odds with Washington's "one-China" policy, which avoids taking a position as to whether Taiwan is part of China, the sources said.

When the moderator returned to Tang a few minutes later, there was no video of her, just audio, and a screenshot captioned: "Minister Audrey Tang Taiwan." An onscreen disclaimer later declared: "Any opinions expressed by individuals on this panel are those of the individual, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States government."

One source told Reuters the map generated an instant email flurry among U.S. officials and the White House National Security Council angrily contacted the State Department, concerned it appeared to show Taiwan as a distinct country.

Washington complained to Taiwan's government, which in turn was angry that Tang's video had been cut.
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Lol, are you guys actually trying to prevent reunification like you're saying you're doing or are you actually on CPC's side after all?
 
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