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They can always fly it through Russia or Pakistan. I'm sure the Russians value sticking it to the US.

KenC said:

But Israel has no qualm in exporting top grade weapons to India in standoff against China while also banning Huawai 5G.
Also, China export weapon to many of the Arab states including Saudi Arabia, and therefore why should it discriminate against Iran if UN ban is lifted. Infact, Iran is China's strategic partner in the Middle East.

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So is Qatar, Saudi and UAE. China is everyone's friend.

H2O said:

Everyone is expecting China to do so after mid-October when the UN sanctions is set to expire. Both China and Iran are set to sign a 25-year security and trade deal. Pompeo mentioned that China would likely provide J-10 while Russia provide the S-400.

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Well, that could be a ground for "October surprise", there's speculation that the naval ramp up in the SCS is a distraction for Iran.

Larry Wilkerson


I think we probably are in for an October surprise that would involve Iran more than it would involve China. So that’s where I differ with Kevin Rudd between now and November if there is an October surprise, so to speak, it’s probably going to involve Iran, not China. It might involve China because China makes it involve China, but I think the US is going to seek to make it with Iran.

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Larry is a former chief of staff to Colin Powell btw.
P.S.
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taxiya said:

I briefly went through her Facebook posts, it is no surprise that she is removed. Her posts ever since the beginning of 2020 are basically echoing or hinting "cover-ups" and "conspiracy theories". It is not surprise if she is detained because there are many other Internet personalities in China have been charged for it especially since she is a foreigner with a strong link to a major "enemy" state whose intelligence agency is known to fabricate anti-China propaganda materials. I am talking about the Australian think-tank financed by Australian intelligence agency to produce reports on China which is then used by politicians to act upon.

Check one of her post on Febuary 27th for example.

She is the kind of person who is good at (of course as a journalist) stuffing things unnoticed to the audiences in every conversation. In Chinese 带节奏.

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I would just like to highlight this section from the above BBC BS puff piece on her

Geoff Raby, a longtime friend of Ms Cheng's and former Australian ambassador to China

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Funny how the one person they went to to get a glowing personal character reference is the former Australian ambassador to China.

I wonder how many other Chinese journalists former and current Australian ambassadors to China are best buds with?

If she was just lowkey spreading western MSM fake news on China, I think a quiet word would have sufficed with no one else any the wiser. To detain her would suggest Chinese security services have some actionable intelligence on her of some actual criminal or even treasonous activities on her part.

It’s no surprise if Australian intelligence targeted her because of her self professed loyalty to Australia and her position within the Chinese state news network, which means she might have easy access to information that could be of great interest and value of foreign powers hostile to Chinese interests.

I find it interesting that this happened not long after the US closed the Houston Chinese embassy.

Many have attributed that to political games by Trump, but that seems to have been at least partly driven by intelligence on what the Chinese were doing in Houston. The Trump regime claimed it was spying related, but that seemed silly considering it’s pretty much an open secret that embassies are all bases for intelligence gathering activities.

It is significant that the US state department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus specially mentioned that part of the reason was that diplomats ‘have a duty to not interfer in the internal affairs of that state’ when commenting on the closure.

That stuck in the mind as it was almost a Chinese style response, and could only be aimed at the continuing and growing racial protests in America.

Now, given the inherent hostility ingrained in the minds of most Americans towards China from tireless western MSM brainwashing, you are not going to get Joshua Wong like sockpupets becoming leading figures in true grassroots movements like BLM to turn that organisation into a political tool for a China like the HK protest movement is for America. BLM will probably shun any official Chinese government offers of support like the plague as that would be the one thing guaranteed to completely implode that movement. And Chinese diplomats and intelligence officers would know that.

The best way for China to use BLM is to not get involved directly and instead just shine a big spotlight on it. It seems entirely possible CCTV was planning to do just that, and Cheng would have been in a position to possible find out about those plans in advance. She could have leaked those plans to her Australian diplomat/spy buddies who in turn passed that information onto the Americans.

I think this is a likely cause of her detention, and the fact she is under house arrest rather than being in prison could either mean they are still investigating her, or that she disclose that sensitive information inadvertently instead of deliberately, or that she is co-operating with Chinese intelligence.

I think if there are any expulsion of Australian or American diplomats from China in the near future, that might elevate this theory a little from a fun mental connection to a possible reason for her detention.

Title makes it look like a bloodbath will ensue but reading the article, these gangs have far more honor than the American police. These guys want video evidence of a cop drawing his weapon on the public before they kill him. Cops on the other hand, will kill anyone and claim self-defense as long as there's no determining evidence that it wasn't... I think these guys can train American cops on protocol: Do not shoot anyone unless you have evidence of him drawing a weapon.
FBI Reports Chicago Gangs Have Formed Pact to Shoot Cops ‘On Sight’

A federal intelligence alert from the FBI field office in Chicago, Ill., warned that about 30 gangs in the city have made a pact to shoot police officers if they draw their weapons in public, ABC 7 reported on Monday.

The alert that Chicago gangs have agreed to “shoot on-sight any cop that has a weapon drawn on any subject in public.”

“Members of these gang factions have been actively searching for, and filming, police officers in performance of their official duties,” the alert continues. “The purpose of which is to catch on film an officer drawing his/her weapon on any subject and the subsequent ‘shoot on-sight’ of said officer, in order to garner national media attention.”

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Can we lie, we cheat we steal Pompeo prevent China from selling arms to Iran?


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As some smart man says, if the only tool you have is a hammer, then every problem looks like a nail. The U.S. only has a hammer, so all it can do is to bomb other countries back to stone age, or intimidate and sanction those countries it cannot bomb.

China, on the other hand, has many tools. Instead of selling weapons only, it is aiming to conclude a slew of trade deals with Iran worth $400 billion.

In other news, flood warning has been cancelled in the Yangtze River basin, sorry for those Falun Gong members, supporters of Taiwan independence and Hong Kong "democracy", and idiots who think CPC and Chinese people are "separate entities"

China lifts flood control emergency response in Yangtze River basin

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caudaceus said:

Having said that, I am wary of Chinese to enter weapons trade with Iran, specifically offensive and strategic weapons. The reason is that it will surely burn good-will relationships with the other middle eastern countries. Remember that currently, China has a quite good relationship with Israel and Saudi Arabia, weapon deals can jeopardize that.
In fact, I'm thinking that China can pitch the recently announced Iran-China deal as a deal in which China can somewhat mellow Iran's clandestine activity abroad, to gain a better trust with other middle eastern states.

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China sold to both sides during the Iran-Iraq war and there was not a peep from either side.

j17wang said:

Is China actually even selling weapons to Iran? I thought Russia is selling weapons, whearas china would be investing in refineries, infrastructure, ports... At this stage, not a good idea to sell direct weapons, may also anger saudi arabia who has purchased arms from china in the past. China needs to trade with both nations.

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China has sold weapons to Iran in the past during and after Iraqi and Iranian war. C-802? and C701? and assisting local production. China stopped doing so after it joined the UN sanction. Iran is a Chinese customer as old as SA.

It is a good idea to sell weapon directly after UN sanction expires. Why should SA be angry? They got their share (the ballistic missile and drone factory) from China, why should Iran not? Considering SA is US ally while Iran is Chinese ally (semi-openly). If SA was willing to forge a Petro-Yuan alliance with China, accepting Chinese military visit and joint exercise, China may think twice, before that SA has to suck it up.

caudaceus said:

Having said that, I am wary of Chinese to enter weapons trade with Iran, specifically offensive and strategic weapons. The reason is that it will surely burn good-will relationships with the other middle eastern countries. Remember that currently, China has a quite good relationship with Israel and Saudi Arabia, weapon deals can jeopardize that.
In fact, I'm thinking that China can pitch the recently announced Iran-China deal as a deal in which China can somewhat mellow Iran's clandestine activity abroad, to gain a better trust with other middle eastern states.

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China sold Ballistic Missile to SA long long time ago. I am not saying China should such weapons today to Iran or to anybody. I am saying that it should not be used as an argument in Chinese considaration

And yet Israel sold the AWAC (Chinese spec and paid for) to India. The good relation with Israel was just as good as strangers or worse.
SA is a US ally bound by petro-dollar alliance, essentially they wear the same pants. China was and is to improve relation with SA. That is not going to be achieved by abandoning Iran who is everything but US ally. Besides, OBOR is a road building work. As road building, one has to build and extend from door step that is the closer neighbor first, Iran is, SA is not.

Just what is wrong with the US foreign policy at the moment? Having this 'The worse Secretary of state' ever in charge. Is there no end to his belligerent and ham-fisted diplomacy?


US imposes sanctions on International Criminal Court chief prosecutor, aide over investigations into Americans’ crimes

• Human rights groups condemned the move as a ‘stunning perversion’ of measures meant to hold ‘rights abusers and kleptocrats’ to account
• US Secretary of State earlier imposed travel bans on tribunal employees over an investigation into allegations of torture by Americans in Afghanistan

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Updated: 11:47pm, 2 Sep, 2020

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