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Breadbox said:

Hopefully never, an independent Mongolia is a necessary reality check for ethnic separatists who believe they can make it out-there on their own. It's also helpful reminder to those who unironically believe chanting Western buzzwords will magically solve all their problems, and somehow westerners will make it rain if they chant them loud enough.

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China has no need for outer Mongolia, even the most backwards provinces which are headaches for the government are not as backwards as outer Mongolia.

Just because the country can become larger doesn't mean it should become larger.

When Mongolia is its own country but dependent on China/Russia, Mongolia will send resources to China as well as what little useful talent they can occasionally make, all this is paid for by Mongolia itself. Whereas if Mongolia was reincorporated into China, the living standards, resource development and education of them must be paid from China's pockets.

Inner Mongolia is the part that is rather industrialized and has skilled workforce.

baykalov said:

NBC: China would like 'prolonged' war in Ukraine to keep U.S. 'tied down':

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Typical projection. We all know its the masters of NBC who truly wanted a prolonged war in Ukraine. If they can have it their way, they want Russia and China to be tied down in prolonged wars.

Anti-War and Anti-NATO protests in Berlin, Paris and London. Protesters brandished signs that read "Negotiate, not escalate", "If you want peace, don’t supply weapons", "Immediate ceasefire and peace negotiations", "Americans, go home" and "Stop War, Stop NATO".

baykalov said:

Anti-War and Anti-NATO protests in Berlin, Paris and London. Protesters brandished signs that read "Negotiate, not escalate", "If you want peace, don’t supply weapons", "Immediate ceasefire and peace negotiations", "Americans, go home" and "Stop War, Stop NATO".

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1629898217914507264

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https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1629880139352875012

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Of course, as the pro Ukrainian tells us, all these protesters are merely paid for by the little man in Kremlin, who is finding himself increasingly isolated.

What does that then show us about the men in Washington and Warsaw, who even after a year of sanctions and censorship was unable to excise the influence of 1 isolated small man from the Kremlin...

Eventine said:

Mongolia has historically played Russia against China. Now that Russia and China are moving closer together, they've had to adapt.

The basic issue is... Mongolia is entirely geographically surrounded by Russia and China. Even if the US wanted to help them - and the US certainly does try, having made Mongolia a strategic partner in 2019 - geographically it is very difficult for the US to send any support in case of a conflict. Mongolia knows this.

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Mongolia has played everyone they can find against China. Due to historical events , they have a chip on their shoulders. there is extreme anti Chinese sentiment among the population, not sure how pervasive. Might be minority but definitely present such that even western media has reported on sinophobic nazi elements in Mongolia, for example targeting their women who have Han Chinese boyfriend for abuse etc. However because they are so dependent on China for their economy, the government has to temper it for pragmatic reasons. That means ranting against China during election and then cooperating after getting elected.

Biscuits said:

Of course, as the pro Ukrainian tells us, all these protesters are merely paid for by the little man in Kremlin, who is finding himself increasingly isolated...

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Republicans are just a bunch of big mouth, do nothing, sissy, ranting, childish bullies. I don't know which is worst, hypocrites such as Democrats or White Supremacist redneck ultra Christian nutjob Republicans.

ACuriousPLAFan said:

No, Carl Zha is great, I do suggest you guys to follow him.

The "cHiNeSe hIsToRy eXpErT" which I referred to is this mothafuka right here:
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Go have a read at his tweets - Your blood is gonna boil.

Oh, and this guy is based in Taiwan, a renegade province known for rewriting their history textbooks. So, no surprise there.

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This is textbook fascism at work basically, it's the same sort of ideological historical manipulation that Nazis and Japanese right-wingers use but on other people's history and not just their own.

MarKoz81 said:

It's about freedom from debt you never intended to pay back.

Btw that's one of the symptomatic behaviours of psychopaths. Borrowing without intention to repay.

If US repaid it it would lose wealth which would affect the poorest but then reform would address that. Oligarchy doesn't want reform. Here's another psychopathic trait - predation on weak.

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Taxation the rich is not the only way to repay debt.

Selling assets is another way to repay debt. There is over $220 Trillion in assets the US govt can sell or privatize to repay debt.

So neither China nor US is concerned about debt repayment. Certainly not to start nuclear WW3 over debt and lose world reserve currency status over debt repayment.