Any Japanese reactions?Three BASED Chinese students stand in front of the Yasukuni Shrine in WW2 Chinese military uniforms....causing a massive sensation in Japan.
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Exports from Taiwan dropped 13.3% year-on-year to USD 35.96 billion in April 2023, cooling from a 19.1% plunge in the previous month and less than market forecasts of an 18.15% fall. Most leading commodities continued to decline, namely parts of electronic products (-8.6%), base metals (-25.2%), machinery (-13%) and plastics & rubbers (-28.6%). On the other hand, shipments for information, communication and audio-video products grew (5.4%). Among major destinations, exports decreased the most to China & Hong Kong (-22%), followed by the USA (-10.3%), ASEAN countries (-7.1%) and Europe (-3.6%); while demand went up from Japan (19.8%). For the first four months of the year, exports were 17.7% lower than the same period last year.
Imports to Taiwan slipped 20.2% year-on-year to USD 29.2 billion in April 2023, edging lower from a 20.1% slump in the previous month and more than market estimates of an 18% fall. It was the largest drop since February 2019 due to lower purchases for all leading commodities, particularly chemicals (-33.2%), base metals (-31.7%) and parts of electronic products (-26%). On trade partners, arrivals declined the most to ASEAN countries (-26.1%), followed by Japan (-25.3%), China & Hong Kong (-23.4%), the Middle East (-17.1%), USA (-12.8%) and Europe (-7.6%). Considering the first four months of the year, imports went down by 16.9% compared to the same period a year earlier.
source: Ministry of Finance, R.O.C.
Imports to Taiwan slipped 20.2% year-on-year to USD 29.2 billion in April 2023, edging lower from a 20.1% slump in the previous month and more than market estimates of an 18% fall. It was the largest drop since February 2019 due to lower purchases for all leading commodities, particularly chemicals (-33.2%), base metals (-31.7%) and parts of electronic products (-26%). On trade partners, arrivals declined the most to ASEAN countries (-26.1%), followed by Japan (-25.3%), China & Hong Kong (-23.4%), the Middle East (-17.1%), USA (-12.8%) and Europe (-7.6%). Considering the first four months of the year, imports went down by 16.9% compared to the same period a year earlier.
source: Ministry of Finance, R.O.C.
AssassinsMace
Lieutenant General
Since when? From the start I only saw Western articles scoffing the call between Xi and Zelensky. That's why I don't see the SCMP as anything unbiased. They want to be seen as serious journalism when all they do is try to have one foot on both sides. They have to write stories that perpetuate the Western narrative because they want the West to recognize them because that's what the West expects. There's nothing neutral about it.
It does raise the chances of an US-China war, though. The American public is being trained to expect it, even, so that when the missiles start flying, they'll be like "China deserves it."
All the more reason for China to speed up nuclear modernization.
plawolf
Lieutenant General
That’s the result of prolonged and deliberate programming by western MSM and Hollywood, which teaches non-Chinese Asians that the only correct and acceptable response to anti-Chinese racism is to proudly announce that they are Korea/Japanese/whatever; while Chinese can only answer back with quotes from their little red-white-blue book about how their ancestors escaped China because of blah blah lazy bad CCP fan fiction, and how they hate the CCP more than the racists. At no point is it acceptable to challenge the racist on their anti-Chinese racism.
Actually, the most pragmatic, realistic thing for Philippines is to align itself with the US as China's interest is to dominate Asia/SCS.
As everyone's favorite Realist, Mearsheimer, once said, you do not want to be a small, weaker country living under the shadow of a powerful neighbor. You better get strong fast or align yourself with some strong friends.
Or you align with that stronger neighbor, which is something that say Laos is doing, but also what Mexico and Canada is doing in relation to their neighbor, the US.
Ofc, as it currently stands, the Philippines have a longer history of alignment with the US (willing or unwillingly) not to mention it's 'elite' has lots of relations with US (military officers graduating in schools etc. in the US, similarly with a lot of wealthy individuals and their kids going to prestigious universities in the US).
Worked so well for Vietnam. Maybe Canada should try the same?
Friendly relations between two close countries of different power levels are rare because of that reason. It usually only happens if another bigger threat unites them (post-WW2 Europe) or there are ethnic ties (US-Canada, Turkey-Azerbaijan).
manqiangrexue
Brigadier
That analysis has at least 2 things wrong with it.
1. If it fails, and draws China's ire, it means that China will be walking all over the Philippines, raming fishing ships, taking/building islands, etc... On the other hand, if they aligned with China, the US would do very little other than talk trash against the Philippines.
2. If it succeeds in helping the US suppress China, it is a short-sighted victory for a long term defeat. Filipinos are Asians; maintaining a Western-dominated world in the long term is extremely detrimental to Asians on a global scale as it means that all over the world, Asians will be considered inferior to Westerners and especially Western Caucasians. South Korea and Japan are the kings of Asian people keeping each other down, AKA crabs. If China attains its goal of displacing Western power, all of these Asian countries can orbit Chinese power like Western Europeans orbit American power and the status of all Asians will be elevated. As we see in Europe, just looking like a similar people to the "hegemon" brings points even when your actual country itself isn't worth jack squat. But democracies have very short-term plans; one can't expect everyone to be like China and plan to shape the world decades in advance and that's why China has to deal with goddamn Sebastian and Mr. Krabbs all the time.
That only works when you pick the right "strong friend." If you pick the wrong one, and you end up supported by a strong friend 10,000 miles away against his very strong enemy at your doorstep, that's setting yourself up to be cannon fodder.
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