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Anyone who hasn't seen this should watch it. People will focus on him describing himself as a "radical" catholic, but I think that is due to his unfamiliarity with English. Devout would be the more appropriate term.
He brings up a number of points: European concern that China is "dividing" Europe, the willingness of Germany to compromise/work with Russia (to the chagrin of America). The possibility of ASEAN becoming a military alliance.
He also mentions a German robotics company being purchased by China. He alleges that the technology acquired is being used for military purposes. Apparently that won't be the case anymore.
Very rare to get this sort of insight into high level talks.
Also, he mentions how India has a unique smell, even in the room he's in. LOL, we all know what he's talking about.
When did Jack "senile" Welch made the statement that India will beat China?
AssassinsMace
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It was after he left GE and he was in India and I saw a news article about him saying India was going to beat China.
Australia went from exporting "high-tech unique irreplaceable" beef, coal, and wine to exporting Covid?
Well, he also says Russia should be given a pass because it is a Christian country.
And he said this to a room full of non-Christians in India.
That feels very, very colonial.
That sounds like "US helping Taiwan to get submarines".
AssassinsMace
Lieutenant General
Taiwanese are found to be spying for China more than Chinese. Australians are more trustworthy to the US than Taiwanese.
With ASKUS Australia wasn't going to get its first sub for like a generation later. It sounded odd from the beginning because anti-submarine tech can change a lot in that time. Really it seems the deal was more just to scare China into submission which is really the only thing the West has without the risk of losing a lot.
With ASKUS Australia wasn't going to get its first sub for like a generation later. It sounded odd from the beginning because anti-submarine tech can change a lot in that time. Really it seems the deal was more just to scare China into submission which is really the only thing the West has without the risk of losing a lot.
I take it that you are joking because Lithuania is not made of Lithium.
Quote from the article
Sales of hi-tech lasers, the No 2 export in December 2020, fell by 95 per cent to just US$308,418, diagnostic reagents by 98 per cent, while peat shipments – important to Lithuania’s agricultural sector – tumbled by 92 per cent.
This reminds me of some noise that China is dependent on Lithuanian's laser equipment making China vulnerable. Apparently Lithuania's value was overly estimated.