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Joke, or Secret Wumao?
I'll not stand by while you badmouth a fellow comrade serving in silence.
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Somehow reminds me of this graph:
I think Andy Boreham has one of the best take:
So says the one who lives in her own world:
Exclusive: US government agencies hit in global cyberattack
Looks like the west is tired of fighting Russia, so a new psyop needed to be just dropped. The level of Psyop is getting more and more absurd. NAFO and "Anonymous" are literally laugh stocks on twitter.
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So CNN also thinks the expectation from both China and the US is extremely low. I think there is a zero chance of breakthrough so it is a complete waste of time.
As US Secretary of State Antony Blinken prepares for his this weekend aimed at stabilizing tense relations between the world’s two superpowers, the mood in Beijing is hardly welcoming.
Days before his departure, the top US diplomat received from his Chinese host, who squarely blamed Washington for the recent spike in tensions after Blinken in February over that flew over the US.
In a with Blinken, Foreign Minister Qin Gang urged the US to “show respect” on Beijing’s core concerns and stop interfering in its internal affairs, according to a Chinese readout.
Chinese state media has stayed largely muted in recent days for what will be the most senior visit by an American official in five years.
“The coverage of Blinken’s visit in China is not nearly as extensive or enthusiastic as it has been in the West,” said Yun Sun, director of the China Program at the Stimson Center, a think tank in Washington.
“After the earlier postponement due to the balloon incident, the Chinese are worried about another potential embarrassment. The expectations are low and carefully managed,” she said.
“We’re not going to Beijing with the intent of having some sort of breakthrough or transformation in the way that we deal with one another,” Daniel Kritenbrink, the State Department’s top diplomat for East Asia, told reporters in a Wednesday.
“We’re coming to Beijing with a realistic, confident approach and a sincere desire to manage our competition in the most responsible way possible. We do hope at a minimum that we will achieve that goal,” he said.
But even that will be a tall order given the deep suspicion in Beijing, due to a major breakdown of political trust between the two superpowers that began during the Trump administration.
“The dominant view in China is that the words and deeds of the US are inconsistent – they don’t do what they say,” said Wang Yong, an international relations professor at Peking University in Beijing.
In recent months, while pushing to resume high-level diplomatic talks, the US has on Chinese companies, pushed allies to to China, rallied other advanced economies to counter Beijing’s and signed a new trade deal with – a self-ruling democracy Beijing views as its own.
These actions have drawn the ire of Beijing, prompting it to question the “sincerity” of the Biden administration.
“The US side asks for communication on the one side, yet on the other, suppresses and contains China by every possible means,” a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said last month, a day after US President Joe Biden predicted a “thaw” in relations.
“The mixed signals sent by the US side are very confusing. This makes the Chinese side have no particularly high hopes for Blinken’s visit,” Wang said.
Chinese experts say the key issues at the top of Beijing’s agenda include Taiwan and US technology export controls, especially curbs on the supply of advanced semiconductors and chipmaking equipment to China.
The result is a stark contrast in attitudes. While the US has appeared eager to repair ties, China has reacted passively and done little to hide its displeasure.
China recently a US proposal for Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to meet his Chinese counterpart Li Shangfu, questioning the “sincerity” of the invitation. (Chinese experts say it was because the US failed to lift sanctions on Li, imposed in 2018 over China’s purchase of Russian weapons.)
China with US military commanders following former US House Speaker last August. The lack of communication between the world’s two most powerful militaries has fueled fears of miscalculation and conflict.
The two sides have seen multiple dangerous military interactions in recent months, including a of warships in the Taiwan Strait and a of military jets over the South China Sea.
Zhao said China has adopted “a brinkmanship policy” to highlight the risk of military confrontation to the US.
Despite anger over what it sees as recent US efforts to contain China, Beijing has agreed to Blinken’s rescheduled visit after a four-month delay.
Part of the reason is practical – experts say the Blinken trip appears to be blocking visits by other US cabinet members that China deems important, including Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and climate envoy John Kerry.
Beijing might also be concerned about the optics, especially for countries caught in the intensifying US-China rivalry.
“It is important for China not to appear to be the one rejecting dialogue, especially when the US has been pushing for it,” said Sun at the Stimson Center.
But there is also a sense of necessity, given China’s since emerging from strict “zero-Covid” lockdowns late last year.
The may have clouded China’s optimistic view on the balance of power between it and the US, Zhao said. To maintain economic growth, it is all the more important for China to seek a stable relationship with the US, especially in trade, he added.
But none of these reasons is likely to change Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s long-term strategic concerns about the US.
Countering the US has increasingly been a focal point in China’s foreign and security policies, including efforts to weaken American influence in the developing world, Zhao said.
Last month, Xi delivered a blunt assessment of how he views the world, his top national security officials to think about “worst case” scenarios and prepare for “stormy seas,” amid a hardening effort to counter any perceived internal and external threats.
To some experts, these remarks are meant to prepare China for an eventual showdown with the US in the foreseeable future.
China is also very much aware the US is headed into a presidential election cycle, where hawkish rhetoric against Beijing may intensify further.
Wang, the expert at Peking University, said Blinken’s long-delayed visit is the “last chance” to repair ties with China before the US election next year.
“There is not much time left,” he said. “The political polarization in the US is so severe that if it is delayed further, it will be very difficult for the Biden administration to find another suitable opportunity to improve relations in the remaining year.”
As US Secretary of State Antony Blinken prepares for his this weekend aimed at stabilizing tense relations between the world’s two superpowers, the mood in Beijing is hardly welcoming.
Days before his departure, the top US diplomat received from his Chinese host, who squarely blamed Washington for the recent spike in tensions after Blinken in February over that flew over the US.
In a with Blinken, Foreign Minister Qin Gang urged the US to “show respect” on Beijing’s core concerns and stop interfering in its internal affairs, according to a Chinese readout.
Chinese state media has stayed largely muted in recent days for what will be the most senior visit by an American official in five years.
“The coverage of Blinken’s visit in China is not nearly as extensive or enthusiastic as it has been in the West,” said Yun Sun, director of the China Program at the Stimson Center, a think tank in Washington.
“After the earlier postponement due to the balloon incident, the Chinese are worried about another potential embarrassment. The expectations are low and carefully managed,” she said.
Low expectations
While the US has been driving recent outreach, it has also played down expectations.“We’re not going to Beijing with the intent of having some sort of breakthrough or transformation in the way that we deal with one another,” Daniel Kritenbrink, the State Department’s top diplomat for East Asia, told reporters in a Wednesday.
“We’re coming to Beijing with a realistic, confident approach and a sincere desire to manage our competition in the most responsible way possible. We do hope at a minimum that we will achieve that goal,” he said.
But even that will be a tall order given the deep suspicion in Beijing, due to a major breakdown of political trust between the two superpowers that began during the Trump administration.
“The dominant view in China is that the words and deeds of the US are inconsistent – they don’t do what they say,” said Wang Yong, an international relations professor at Peking University in Beijing.
In recent months, while pushing to resume high-level diplomatic talks, the US has on Chinese companies, pushed allies to to China, rallied other advanced economies to counter Beijing’s and signed a new trade deal with – a self-ruling democracy Beijing views as its own.
These actions have drawn the ire of Beijing, prompting it to question the “sincerity” of the Biden administration.
“The US side asks for communication on the one side, yet on the other, suppresses and contains China by every possible means,” a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said last month, a day after US President Joe Biden predicted a “thaw” in relations.
“The mixed signals sent by the US side are very confusing. This makes the Chinese side have no particularly high hopes for Blinken’s visit,” Wang said.
Chinese experts say the key issues at the top of Beijing’s agenda include Taiwan and US technology export controls, especially curbs on the supply of advanced semiconductors and chipmaking equipment to China.
Cold shoulder
At the heart of Beijing’s complaint is its rejection of a central premise of the Biden administration’s China strategy – that the two superpowers can compete aggressively with each other while keeping communication lines open to avoid veering into conflict.The result is a stark contrast in attitudes. While the US has appeared eager to repair ties, China has reacted passively and done little to hide its displeasure.
China recently a US proposal for Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to meet his Chinese counterpart Li Shangfu, questioning the “sincerity” of the invitation. (Chinese experts say it was because the US failed to lift sanctions on Li, imposed in 2018 over China’s purchase of Russian weapons.)
China with US military commanders following former US House Speaker last August. The lack of communication between the world’s two most powerful militaries has fueled fears of miscalculation and conflict.
The two sides have seen multiple dangerous military interactions in recent months, including a of warships in the Taiwan Strait and a of military jets over the South China Sea.
Zhao said China has adopted “a brinkmanship policy” to highlight the risk of military confrontation to the US.
Despite anger over what it sees as recent US efforts to contain China, Beijing has agreed to Blinken’s rescheduled visit after a four-month delay.
Part of the reason is practical – experts say the Blinken trip appears to be blocking visits by other US cabinet members that China deems important, including Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and climate envoy John Kerry.
Beijing might also be concerned about the optics, especially for countries caught in the intensifying US-China rivalry.
“It is important for China not to appear to be the one rejecting dialogue, especially when the US has been pushing for it,” said Sun at the Stimson Center.
But there is also a sense of necessity, given China’s since emerging from strict “zero-Covid” lockdowns late last year.
The may have clouded China’s optimistic view on the balance of power between it and the US, Zhao said. To maintain economic growth, it is all the more important for China to seek a stable relationship with the US, especially in trade, he added.
But none of these reasons is likely to change Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s long-term strategic concerns about the US.
Countering the US has increasingly been a focal point in China’s foreign and security policies, including efforts to weaken American influence in the developing world, Zhao said.
Last month, Xi delivered a blunt assessment of how he views the world, his top national security officials to think about “worst case” scenarios and prepare for “stormy seas,” amid a hardening effort to counter any perceived internal and external threats.
To some experts, these remarks are meant to prepare China for an eventual showdown with the US in the foreseeable future.
China is also very much aware the US is headed into a presidential election cycle, where hawkish rhetoric against Beijing may intensify further.
Wang, the expert at Peking University, said Blinken’s long-delayed visit is the “last chance” to repair ties with China before the US election next year.
“There is not much time left,” he said. “The political polarization in the US is so severe that if it is delayed further, it will be very difficult for the Biden administration to find another suitable opportunity to improve relations in the remaining year.”
This is a defining feature of white anglo insecurities and entities. Hire an ethnic mouthpiece to repeat platitudes to the insecure white supremacist collective to make them feel better: why would the Chinese be 'worried about another potential embarrassment', like they give a rat's arse what a bunch of WASP Atlanticist mouth breathers think?
If the Chinese were so 'worried about another potential embarrassment', they would never have bothered with the trade war and allowed white anglos key positions in their companies as Trump initially demanded.
Holy shit, the insecurity and neediness of the white anglo regime is only accentuated by their SSRI fuelled neuroticisms exemplified by their failsons and fail daughters who can't get through life without mind altering drugs.
VinFast just opened their second dealership in the Toronto area in a tony suburb within a luxury dealership area with BMW, JLR, Lotus, Porsche
Their cars might be bad, but I really admire the moxie.
People used to make fun of BYD, calling them low-rent Toyota copies, now Toyota is buying from them.
That being said, BYD didn’t try so hard to push those half-baked Fauxyotas outside China. Time will tell