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Yup agree with your point, like us here, we're still looking for our own national identity and identifying with the west for cultural reference (both Spanish and American influence) make it hard for us to develop indigenously.
Chinese leaders are master at these things. You show the US the stick, but when the moment comes you show a bit of carrot as well
It is necessary to keep some sort of balance because after all, China doesn't want war as well. But that doesn't mean that it is a soft persimmon for the US to humiliate every time with its pathetic signalling and games.
In any case, all these back and forths, actions or counteractions, serve China number 1 strategic priority. To buy more time on its rivalry with the US. One extra year of development is, one extra year that China chips away at Western Hegemony, one extra year that the PLA is expanding even more.
I see this as a positive thing.
It doesn't mention China/Taiwan much and mostly focuses on Russia and Germany's own military.
Could be a plan by Scholz trying to rein Baerbock in from provoking China too much by setting an agreed upon "strategy document"
But I'll continue to wait and see. Scholz seems to have turned anti-China from neutral
It's good news for me. This is a wake up call for Chinese smartphone makers who still wanna do business in India. I know that their presence there is mainly for making money. But if India is making it harder for them to do that, then it is only a matter of time before they run out of business patience.
So India is forcing foreign companies to give equity, appoint local top executives, forced JV with selected local companies, and forced contract with selected local suppliers. I've seen it all before in Malaysia for decades. The result? 30 years of FDI and technology transfers, and Malaysia still cannot produce any complex finished goods without relying on foreign imports. Innovation is at a standstill. Competitiveness of local companies in the global market is remains poor. That is the future that awaits India. Good for you India. Please continue.
New Czech President, well known US puppet is supposedly "sharing a stage" with Taiwan FM
However, they could argue its not exactly a violation of One China principle since Joseph Wu was only attending as a guest of the NGO summit
What do you guys think? Should China retaliate?
The answer is always: More fentanyl.
Ye it's strange how India can start off with access to British tech and moved on to Soviet tech in the 70s to 10s and gain access to American and Israeli tech more recently yet never manage to make anything truly their own yet expect something different with more tech transfers.
At some point it NATO wants to actually have real control over Chinese areas, they have to attack with armed force. Words and photo ops won't help against Chinese fortifications and weapons.
If that happens, China has more than enough stored up to stop a NATO offensive in its tracks. But China won't pick a direct fight with NATO, not as long as it can fight at a safe distance using proxy conflicts such as the Ukraine war.
The bottom line for NATO is that they need to break through, land AND be able to supply a signficant invasion force inside Taiwan. And this force would have to be sustained long enough for China to believe NATO control over Taiwan is a fait accompli, which might mean years or decades. Whereas China just needs to shoot everything that is forced to rush into the area, and they have tools which are the best at that particular type of action.
I do think eventually that because there is a threat of not just US but all of NATO invading China, China should station large amounts of troops in western Russia, so that the demilitarization of NATO home country electric grids can immediately start the very moment a NATO country joins the war. But quite frankly, most of the NATO cannot make their way all the way to Asia.