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Appix said:

They point to a diplomatic tussle between China and Thailand over the construction of the new $300 million U.S. consulate in Chiang Mai, which Beijing sees as an attempt to reinforce existing U.S. intelligence gathering capacity in northern Thailand, less than 500 km from the Chinese border.

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In that article, it had the above paragraph from that writer.

This is quite laughable.

The Americans just want a front row seat to see how the RCEP will integrate the region, and how Huawei 5G hospitals in Thailand is transforming health care.

The writer of the article is an old dog, and we cannot teach them new tricks.

That is what happens to old people. The world passes by them.

xypher said:

A bit on the topic of Kazakhstan if people are still interested:

After talking to some acquaintances from Kazakhstan, it seems that those riots could very well be more of an internal power struggle between Tokaev (current president) and Nazarbaev (ex-president, who created a special post for himself called "Elbasy" which was essentially "above" president). As you know, Nazarbaev fled the country as soon as the riots in Almaty began, and Tokaev assumed the position as the head of the security council, cementing his power. Nazarbaev's loyalists in the military and police tried to obstruct Tokaev, which explains why Kazakhstan's security forces were not doing anything at the start and even went as far as to "surrender" while giving away the weapons to rioters. That is the reason why Tokaev went to CSTO to gain support and legitimacy from other countries. Seems that this has worked out well for him as rioters are getting pushed back now. Most of the shooting was between those two parties. If all of this is true, then we can expect the purges soon after the whole mess is finished as it looks like Tokaev won and basically ousted Nazarbaev & his family from power.

The Western-paid "freedom fighters" and other clowns were actually in the minority the whole time but of course, the Western media gave all the spotlight to them, lol.

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It's is also an internal struggle because people are struggling especially after covid hit the country, foreign corporations are controlling large parts of the oil and gas industry, same applies to minerals. Communist and socialist parties are banned (!) workers unions are oppressed and a forced de-Russification effort is going on especially after converting Kazakh language writing to the latin alphabet. Despite 10% of population being Russian and of the many Kazakhi tribes that have Cyrillic writing for their native languages. The situation is complex

2handedswordsman said:

It's is also an internal struggle because people are struggling especially after covid hit the country, foreign corporations are controlling large parts of the oil and gas industry, same applies to minerals. Communist and socialist parties are banned (!) workers unions are oppressed and a forced de-Russification effort is going on especially after converting Kazakh language writing to the latin alphabet. Despite 10% of population being Russian and of the many Kazakhi tribes that have Cyrillic writing for their native languages. The situation is complex

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Whatever the reason. Whoever decided that in a gas-export country, to double gas prices overnight during winter is the biggest idiot in the planet. Just for this alone, the whole government should be brought down and then everyone should be thrown to prison for corruption

Strangelove said:

Lukashenko has some tips for Tokayev.

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I want to see that video!

emblem21 said:

Seems like China buying as much food as possible to protect there citizens while scaling up their own production while depleting the food resources of the USA until the people will starve while China has what it needs to survive for a good while. This hilariously ensures that food stocks are low in the USA, thus increasing the likelihood of people in the USA engaging in riots/civil war demanding the government an answer as to why their is no food for them to eat while China can simply stare at how on earth the leadership of the USA can fail so damn badly to know how without food, a war is almost pointless to fight when the vast majority of the so called home of the free cannot eat the food they produce and has in fact sold it overseas for well, profits that ultimately mean nothing when there is nothing to eat for everyone else.
Honestly, if those rich people can sell all the food overseas while making a get away to foreign lands while the rest of the USA tears itself apart, what is going to stop multiple governments around the world from hunting these parasites down given that they ultimately are worth nothing.

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Actually China was buying more agricultural products from the US, just to satisfy the so-called trade agreement. China was forced to sign the trade agreement after the US imposed tariffs on Chinese products.

Overbom said:

Whatever the reason. Whoever decided that in a gas-export country, to double gas prices overnight during winter is the biggest idiot in the planet. Just for this alone, the whole government should be brought down and then everyone should be thrown to prison for corruption

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I think their gas prices were subsidized, something like 30 cents a gallon. Double means 60 cents a gallon. Doesn't exactly break the bank.

solarz said:

I think their gas prices were subsidized, something like 30 cents a gallon. Double means 60 cents a gallon. Doesn't exactly break the bank.

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They are a poor country. Surely they are not Saudi Arabia swimming in oil. Imagine waking up one day and seeing gas price double from yesterday.

AFAIK the protests started with the gas increases. If even in rich developed countries people would go to the streets, then what did the government in Kazakhstan expect to happen in their country. That the people would behave like sheep and celebrate their disposable income getting heavily reduced?

Now about the subsidies, I am aware of that. However surely a competent government should be more politically aware that suddenly doubling gas prices would cause a disaster. Why not gradually phase out subsidies over a 2-years period? Did they really have to do this change in just a single day? Its plain stupidity/maliciousness/corruption. There is no excuse for their shambolic policy making

Was the corruption this bad in China pre-Xi? Holy s..t, if even half of what was expressed on this Twitter feed is true then no wonder the CPC was about to discombobulate, disintegrate, and ultimately die from within.

I hope the system is able to select another Xi like leader(s) so that the country wouldn't succumb to the sets of circumstances that ended prior dynasties. The mission of the party must never be set aside for the greed and ambitions of stupid people. Otherwise, what's the point in all of the struggle, sacrifice when at the end all will be turned asunder by the scoundrels and avarice of the eternal idiots.

2handedswordsman said:

It's is also an internal struggle because people are struggling especially after covid hit the country, foreign corporations are controlling large parts of the oil and gas industry, same applies to minerals. Communist and socialist parties are banned (!) workers unions are oppressed and a forced de-Russification effort is going on especially after converting Kazakh language writing to the latin alphabet. Despite 10% of population being Russian and of the many Kazakhi tribes that have Cyrillic writing for their native languages. The situation is complex

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Like I said or have expressed on a couple of my posts. NGO's that are in the county have done a stupendous job in cultivating the counter narrative that created the environment ripe enough for people to be aggrieved and cause this strife. Coupled that with the sheer lunacy and corruption of the preceding and succeeding government and you have created the perfect molotov that have ignited the volatie situation in Kazakhstan.

NGO's must all be rooted out because I can think of no other country where an NGO who's sole and mission objectives most often than not countermanned and works opposite every countries sovereign objectives. They do nothing but sow and create decisions. The freedom and democratization are just buzzwords created to ensure that American and western corporations can come in untouched, with unfettered access to the countries minerals and resources.

The entire west then collectively rewards the sell outs, the Quislings, the Benedict Arnold's, the Hanjians/Wang Jingweis, with Human rights awards, Nobel Peace Prize, honorary doctorates from prestigious western universities, not to mention providing these surrender apes with board seats, concert tickets, sports etc...ensuring their kids will reap the rewards by being accepted in their universities etc..

The appeal to sell out one's country is very strong and intoxicating. The Americans and the west have mastered the psychological weaknesses of people regardless of your race or ethnicity. We all deep down at our core desire the almost the same things. Money, power, sex, fame, recognition, influence.

The Chinese maybe able to churn out gazillion of STEM students more than the collective west but China is easily beaten asymmetrically by the collective west through it's mass graduates of Liberal Arts that dabble in propaganda, psychological warfare students of the SJW variety, the right wing libertarian nut jobs etc..can all coaxed any Chinese individuals that have their own overriding ambitions unhindered by their love of country. With a pop of 1.4 Billion there bound to have a sizable defectors and that's just a given.