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US admiral ready to ‘fight and win’ if China deterrence fails​

The US Navy commander accused China of the ‘largest military buildup since World War II’

A US Navy commander has warned that the US will be prepared to “fight and win” in a war against China should “deterrence” prove unsuccessful in the Indo-Pacific amid claims Beijing is “militarizing” in the region.

US Indo-Pacific commander Adm. John C. Aquilino said in an interview with the Associated Press published on Sunday that over the past two decades China had been conducting “the largest military buildup since World War II” and that their “buildup of weaponization is destabilizing to the region.”

Aquilino claimed that while the US military’s mission is to allegedly “prevent war” in the region – the Pentagon would be ready to fight and win in a conflict against China.

Aquilino has accused China of militarizing islands in the disputed South China Sea and turning them into fortresses with anti-aircraft and anti-naval weaponry. The admiral called it a part of China’s wider effort to “expand the offensive capability of the PRC beyond their continental shores,” and claimed Beijing would use the islands to fly fighter jets and bombers during a potential conflict.
 

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Your foundation is wrong. And it is not your fault. In fact, the people who went through formal education in curriculums based on the narrative of the Western Academia are all misled by their own bias, and thus unable to understand why this happens.

The truth is, communism is against "capitalism", but "capitalism" does NOT mean capitalism (as understood by the West). The West understood every modern currency-based economic activity/behavior as capitalist. But Communism in the Eastern Tradition have a much much narrower and specific definition for "capitalism".

In fact, Elon Musk is NOT a "capitalist" by Chinese standard. He is viewed as an "Industrialist". "Capitalist" by Chinese communist standards are bankers and financiers. In this respect, China has always been very very cautious, suspicious and untrusting with what they really consider as "capitalists", giving them much much more restrictions. You don't hear nearly as much stories of foreign investment bank's huge success in China. In fact, the only foreign person/entity of the "capitalist" (bankers and financiers) category who can be considered to have a little bit of success in China is James Beeland Rogers Jr. and Warren Buffett.

As the saying goes, in China the government is above capital.

In the west, capital is above the government.

Special interest rules the Western politician and does his biding.

As for China today, it is a capitalist society, even though the communist are in charge.

Everyone knows it. All Chinese know that China is a capitalist country in how it operates. It is too obvious. The lao ba sing will all say China is a capitalist country because that is how it works, but the communist government runs China.

Long live Chairman Mao!

The point is, Chinese people are peasants. Who are the peasants? They are the people who grow stuff in the country side.

Was is a farmer? A farmer is a capitalist through and through.

The farmer plants their seeds, tend to the crops, give sacrifice to the gods for good weather, and then hope for a bountiful harvest. Then the farmer sells their production in the village markets. This capitalistic system has been in place for centuries.

That is the essence of capitalism. You invest, and hope to reap rewards from that investment, such as the simple Chinese peasant.

But in China, today, capitalism can exist, just that the capital is not above the government.

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The satirical site The Babylon Bee's official Twitter account was suspended from the Big Tech platform on Sunday for "hateful content" after posting a joke making fun of US Assistant Health Secretary Rachel Levine, a biological male who identifies as transgender. The joke called Levine the satire website's "Man of the Year".

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The Babylon Bee's Man Of The Year Is Rachel Levine | The Babylon Bee (2022-03-15)

The Babylon Bee has selected Rachel Levine as its first annual Man of the Year.

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Levine is the U.S. assistant secretary for health for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, where he serves proudly as the first man in that position to dress like a western cultural stereotype of a woman. He is also an admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. What a boss!
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How Biden lost Saudi Arabia

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- March 18, 2022

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“Saudi Arabia is moving closer to accepting the yuan as payment for oil supplies to China." This is another and very significant price to pay for the Biden administration's mishandling of a strategically important ally.

Riyadh is reconsidering its positions, as they have realized that they should not rely on Washington. They saw the hostility of the Biden administration and the horrendous withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan. The crown prince has rebuffed Biden's calls to increase oil production, and if reports are to be believed, he even refused to take a phone call from the US president. Beijing is glad to be able to fill the void, and if the negotiations succeed, it will be able to reap a lot of benefits.”

In this new era of Great Power competition, the U.S. can’t afford to alienate allies that can help deter authoritarian aggressors bent on harming U.S. interests and values. The U.S. is paying the price in the Ukraine crisis for having lost the Saudis.

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What the mainstream media didn't mention at the slightest, of course every sane nation having sizeable FX reserves is now afraid of the blatant "stealing" / seizure / freezing of wealth by the US/G-7 as seen on Russian central bank FX assets... all the sovereign central bank's FX reserves in the G-7 even Switzerland are no longer immune from the sudden takeover if geopolitical situation changes adversely! Read
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