Sure, but China could counter that with requesting Yuan for exports to unfriendly countries. Let's see how long the US could survive with empty Walmart shelves.
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I absolutely agree. It's true that long-term, China has it in the bag no contest. However, I think we should realize that it's becoming clearer and clearer that the US is preparing to risk it all this decade. It's going to be a classic Hail Mary from the American football they love so much. Not even nuclear is off the table for them. If they lose and freak out, they're going to try and take the rest of the world down with them.
I understand that this might sound alarmist, but the US has acted remarkably sociopathic lately. They've left EU to fend for themselves and don't seem to care. They're already over the war in Ukraine and are cutting down the aid going there. Through this whole year, the administration has stayed unwaveringly focused on China. They provoke, sanction and fail again and again, and they don't hesitate to continue plotting in the least. You can't talk to them or reason with them, as we saw at the Xi-Biden summit. It's just like Putin said: "not agreement capable". Even to their allies, the mask of sanity is barely staying on.
Sounds like Biden's reprisals against FLG for their overt support for Trump, more than a favour for China.
Yep, the US theft of Russian holdings of US debt was a clearcut sign that the days of the USD as the reserve currency were numbered. Even if the US effectively defaulted on their debt by stealing Chinese US Treasuries (and how would they know which holders were from the PRC? they'd effectively be defaulting on all US debt), noone's going to trust the "FedCoin"/USDC that the USG has on the sidelines. the smoothbrains in the NSC probably thought devaluing the USD would also mean they could bring all them factories back to the CONUS and be another China (little realising the americans who knew how to build anything are dead and/or retired and are useless when it comes to modern fabrication which China is the undisputed master).
Meaningless words when China already is ensuring the systematic non impact of sanctions in Russia.
I mean, do you seriously believe 1 Russia alone can make sanctions hurt more for NATO than for itself? Russia is being plied with most favored trading privileges, ensuring access to all modern products as well as access to the world's largest market to freely sell their goods in. China has also intervened and stopped private actors from pressing Russian companies for any type of major discount, making sure Russians are paid a fair, pre-war price for their labor.
So, where are the promised consequences for this from the United States? Is it the chip sanctions which have been circumvented for almost a decade already by government contractors and where civilian contractors have only expanded since their inception? If so, US should have the balls to straight up tell us the reasons for the chip sanctions, that we get them because we are helping Russians denazify the Ukraine and NATO.
In terms of military equipment, Russians are doing fine alone. Why waste our own stockpiles? For now they only need dual use items and not heavy equipment from the PLA. If the situation radically changes, such options are always open.
Essentially, we should realize that the US is already at total war with China. There's no long game, there's no development strategy. The US is already cutting its ties left and right and calling in all its favors. No more pretending to follow its own rules. It's just like what they said: the stage of war, the date of attack has already been set.
China should try to complicate things- create so many distracting external and internal issues the US physically can no longer focus on China. It might not be their MO but they need to. Set up the petroyuan, go full economic warfare and force US inflation. Fan protests in SK, Japan, Taiwan. Ask NK to increase their militarization. Exploit SK and Japan tensions, exploit US-NATO tensions. False flag operation a Japan-Russian war over the northern islands. See if Iran can stir up something. Support a US terrorist attack, insurgency or civil war, etc. These are probably bad suggestions, not to mention reprehensible actions, but you get the idea. It won't stop them, but it'll buy precious time to prepare.
China should try to complicate things- create so many distracting external and internal issues the US physically can no longer focus on China. It might not be their MO but they need to. Set up the petroyuan, go full economic warfare and force US inflation. Fan protests in SK, Japan, Taiwan. Ask NK to increase their militarization. Exploit SK and Japan tensions, exploit US-NATO tensions. False flag operation a Japan-Russian war over the northern islands. See if Iran can stir up something. Support a US terrorist attack, insurgency or civil war, etc. These are probably bad suggestions, not to mention reprehensible actions, but you get the idea. It won't stop them, but it'll buy precious time to prepare.
I still remember the last time I travel to Taiwan more than 5 years ago, when you go to the toilet or just sit on the bench for a rest after several hours of tours with your eyes fulfilled with the beauty of nature, there will be some middle age women wondering around, keep asking you to "quit the party for your own happiness". If you listen to them and sign your name on a piece of paper(even if you are not a party member), soon FLG will claim one more CCP quitter on their website without checking whether the name is real or not. According to what I saw, some signed Chang Kai-shek, and some signed a name of a random famous star, just for fun or to keep them away.
I think this is already the direction China is moving at. You have seen the sudden Russian disruption of NATO plans to take over Ukraine. Such things are not a coincidence.
US thinks if they can do graceful exit in Ukraine, there might still be a chance to storm into China's eastern border and achieve something crazy. But is there any guarantee that China won't call in more stuff to cuck them just like the Ukraine war is currently cucking them? It will be a never ending cycle until they run out of money.
The next major from China will probably be in the middle east. Iran, Saudis. Or both.
Cutting off tourists deprives the host country of tourism money, though. I think China should respond more creatively with measures focused on hurting the economies of countries imposing these China specific restrictions. For example, for any country that imposed China specific restrictions after the lifting of COVID zero, their affiliated businesses in China (only the ones deemed non-essential) will be placed back under COVID zero conditions, which means complete shutdown under the current state of COVID spread. After all, if these countries are so worried about the lifting of COVID zero, China is just being helpful by putting their businesses back under COVID zero.
Ditto scenario for the basket case that is "Supapoowah India"
Actually, once they resurrect the Yamato, we're all screwed.... LOL
After going through a bleak 2022 with no successful space launch, a situation unseen in 18 years, Japan said on Monday that it aims to become the second country only after the US to land astronauts on the moon, adding it will strengthen cooperation with the US to counter China's space endeavors.
Experts pointed out on Tuesday that Japan's putting its astronauts on the moon via another country's spacecraft, while calling itself "second in history" is laughable, warning that if Japan continues to rely heavily on the US, it will eventually lose the ability to walk on its own, thus becoming a puppet of the US.
After going through a bleak 2022 with no successful space launch, a situation unseen in 18 years, Japan said on Monday that it aims to become the second country only after the US to land astronauts on the moon, adding it will strengthen cooperation with the US to counter China's space endeavors.
Experts pointed out on Tuesday that Japan's putting its astronauts on the moon via another country's spacecraft, while calling itself "second in history" is laughable, warning that if Japan continues to rely heavily on the US, it will eventually lose the ability to walk on its own, thus becoming a puppet of the US.