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The UK thought they would be insulated from the conflict because they weren't buying much gas from Russia.
Except they were buying gas from the Netherlands. And the Netherlands were buying gas from Russia.
Morons.

The Netherlands long ago stopped being a major gas producer. In fact anyone who read the Nord Stream 2 website would know that. The closure of Groningen was one of the reasons to build the pipeline in the first place.

Now you have the EU talk about all that wonderful gas storage they have. Storage for what? Where is the supply. Then you have the Polish miracle plan to save Europe by being a gas hub. Siphon Norwegian gas that would have gone to Germany, siphon Russian gas which went to Germany via Nord Stream, and siphon Russian gas which went to the Czech Republic via the Ukrainian pipelines. Oh and maybe some LNG. Genius. Shuffling the deck chairs on the Titanic.

Something funny just happened, but first a joke:

And God said, Let there be light
The Politburo had a meeting to discuss and approved the proposal
and there was light.

This morning:

Now, after some sort of meeting it was agreed we can now talk about it:


Next time they really ought to have that meeting earlier to avoid embarrassing the MFA.

Oh well, how about the IPEF then? Checkmate 50centers!

Anyone here read this book? Am asking because I came across this guy's talk on YouTube conducted by ORF (Indian supposed premiere think tank) discussing the rising "threat" of China focusing on China's alliance and support for Russian war against Ukraine. I can't help but think that a lot of China's negative perception has been heavily pushed, and influence by it's erstwhile neighbor that's India.

From it's vocal opposition to the BRI project, accusing China's effort as string of pearls theory among other things. It seems that India by and large is determined to scuttle China's lead, success, and most especially to discresit its political system perhaps it sees the CPC as a threat to their own country's legitimacy more than the other way around.

How can China approach this country who's firm desire is for China to fail?




Here's the YouTube link from the China threat talk workshop.

Bellum_Romanum said:

Anyone here read this book? Am asking because I came across this guy's talk on YouTube conducted by ORF (Indian supposed premiere think tank) discussing the rising "threat" of China focusing on China's alliance and support for Russian war against Ukraine. I can't help but think that a lot of China's negative perception has been heavily pushed, and influence by it's erstwhile neighbor that's India.

From it's vocal opposition to the BRI project, accusing China's effort as string of pearls theory among other things. It seems that India by and large is determined to scuttle China's lead, success, and most especially to discresit its political system perhaps it sees the CPC as a threat to their own country's legitimacy more than the other way around.

How can China approach this country who's firm desire is for China to fail?

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Here's the YouTube link from the China threat talk workshop.

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You are on the money w.r.t. Indian propaganda against Chinese interests. Yet this is one of the top dilemmas the Chinese leadership are facing. Here is my read on the current attitude from Chinese strategists toward India.

India is becoming a more important country in the broader context of "east is rising while west is declining". China does not have significant grudges against India. All things considered, the existing LAC will become official border. It is India that cannot overcome mental and psychological barriers on accepting the status quo along the LAC. It is India that cannot accept Pakistan as it is today. It is India that cannot get out of the shadow of 1962. At the same time, India suffers 60B+ trade deficit each year and it is growing. Barring black swan types of events, there is no practical chance that India would catch up with China in industrialization as well as technological advancements.

Therefore, it is not really profitable for China to retaliate or antagonize India, even though India keeps poking dragon's eyes. China is capable of "teaching a lesson", but really that famous British line applies here, i.e., "at what cost?"

And now we see something that is beyond amazing "奇葩"：India is in SCO/BRICS and QUAD at the same time. And China is not going to try to expel India out of those two China-centric groups.

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So much for "international community solidarity" when at least two-fifths of the world population don't give a frick to what you say about Russia.

Plus the rest of the Global South who continues diplomatic, trading and economic relations with Russia, mostly as usual, and you have more than four-fifths of the world population that cares jackshit about your "Evil Russia, Evil Putin" agenda.

The leaderships of the less-than-one-fifth portion of the world population can go suck a bag of their own d*cks.

Bellum_Romanum said:

Anyone here read this book? Am asking because I came across this guy's talk on YouTube conducted by ORF (Indian supposed premiere think tank) discussing the rising "threat" of China focusing on China's alliance and support for Russian war against Ukraine. I can't help but think that a lot of China's negative perception has been heavily pushed, and influence by it's erstwhile neighbor that's India.

From it's vocal opposition to the BRI project, accusing China's effort as string of pearls theory among other things. It seems that India by and large is determined to scuttle China's lead, success, and most especially to discresit its political system perhaps it sees the CPC as a threat to their own country's legitimacy more than the other way around.

How can China approach this country who's firm desire is for China to fail?

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I'm starting to see some similarities between India and the US with their propaganda narrative with China and how they portray themselves. I think they may have hegemonic ambitions and China is standing in the way of that goal. Look at how they see other South Asian countries as their "vassals" within their sphere of influence, and their interest in annexing more land to fulfill that Akhand Bharat goal.

Coalescence said:

I'm starting to see some similarities between India and the US with their propaganda narrative with China and how they portray themselves. I think they may have hegemonic ambitions and China is standing in the way of that goal. Look at how they see other South Asian countries as their "vassals" within their sphere of influence, and their interest in annexing more land to fulfill that Akhand Bharat goal.

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That would mean China is actually fighting against a two-front war, not just one.

You have the usual US+Japan+South Korea+Australia+UK to the east, plus India to the south-southwest.

That means China must be prepared for direct, full-out confrontations on both fronts. More so when both fronts choose to attack China simultaneously.

In this regard, only Russia can become the solid mountain for China to rely upon. When time comes, China must solidify her blood alliance with Russia in order to guarantee the very survival for both China and Russia.

I would say this is probably one of those hardest, most challenging and most brutal trying times for the 5000-year old civilization state.

4Runner said:

And now we see something that is beyond amazing "奇葩"：India is in SCO/BRICS and QUAD at the same time. And China is not going to try to expel India out of those two China-centric groups.

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Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.