because times change and politics change? just because something was a decent idea 20 years ago doesn't mean it is today or would be in the future.
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because times change and politics change? just because something was a decent idea 20 years ago doesn't mean it is today or would be in the future.
What happens to that Cymer and Biden's CHIPS Act without ASML machines?
That poor flightsuit.
Largely correct, but there are some small additional details.
1. Although there were some hawks, most of the government officials did not realistically believe there was anything they could do because Kowloon and New Territories were land linked to mainland China.
2. There were some ideas floated that the British could try to force an international incident to hold onto HK island as per the Opium war “treaty”, but again they did not think they would get support on this.
Thatcher’s hade gone into the Great Hall of the People with these in mind to try to suggest a British Administration for Chinese Territory idea, and that’s what push DXP to say that.
Britain did want to grant independence to HK (a la Singapore/Malaya) to wash their hands of most of their colonial possessions, but Premier Zhou warned against it. This is cited by many Western publications as clear evidence that PRC was the reason that HK democracy was stifled. However they don’t mention that he believed KMT and USA would use HK as a base to destabilize PRC. He had good reason to feel this way since KMT and CIA tried to assassinate him in HK by blowing up the Kashmir Princess just a few years before.
With the appointment of MacLehose, he was pragmatic and believed HK would be better off with a content PRC, so he never implemented major political changes.
With the appointment of Patten, he made it a point of priority to piss off the PRC. Chris Patten was also a member of the Conservative Party of course. MacLehose was Labour Party. He implemented various last minute political reforms that were basically for the sole purpose of mucking around.
Or Iran. Turn the BRICS into an oil and gas cartel along with the saudis and emirates.
i think they meant 56 inch pot belly.
American capitalist ruling class trying to portray fully stocked excess with fake deals. This is seriously up there with all the essentials being locked behind glass counters and barriers.
escalation from hijacking of Israeli cargo to outright attacks.
Man, the insurance rates for Israeli cargo is going to skyrocket.
Just when I didn't think the EU's subservience to the US empire could get any worse, they still managed to surprise me.
AssassinsMace
Lieutenant General
Today I wake up and turned on the TV to CNN and their reporter is explaining what IDF soldiers are saying to Hamas' hostage children that have been released crying for mommy when their parents are dead. Really? From what I read "Red Cross" workers are there at the hostage exchange but then they say soldiers don't do that because they aren't trained to handle those situations. Why mention something that doesn't happen in the first place? Yes they have to up the dramatics by telling their viewers to imagine a soldier trained to kill having to explain to a 3 year old that mommy and daddy ain't home because their dead.
Notice how the Western media didn't mention how many foreign workers were being held hostage? By the media coverage they make it look all the hostages are Israeli. Maybe they didn't know because whoever was employing them didn't bother to report it. It's not like they came from an important country. So far it seems that half the hostages being released at a time are non-Western foreigners. I also read Biden was a part of the hostage negotiations pushing for Americans to be released at the start. Does anyone think they were pushing for non-Western hostages to be released first? The Western media didn't even mention them. They were released because it makes sense that they serve no real value to Hamas to hold them because the West doesn't care about them.
One of the first hostages they advertised was that half-Chinese/half-Israeli women seen being carried off by motorcycle. The Israeli ambassador to China used her to try to get China to act on their side when she wasn't a Chinese citizen. Then when China didn't do what they wanted, all of the sudden no mention of her ever again. You see in the Western media the parade of families of hostages being interviewed but you don't see her family being interviewed.
Notice how the Western media didn't mention how many foreign workers were being held hostage? By the media coverage they make it look all the hostages are Israeli. Maybe they didn't know because whoever was employing them didn't bother to report it. It's not like they came from an important country. So far it seems that half the hostages being released at a time are non-Western foreigners. I also read Biden was a part of the hostage negotiations pushing for Americans to be released at the start. Does anyone think they were pushing for non-Western hostages to be released first? The Western media didn't even mention them. They were released because it makes sense that they serve no real value to Hamas to hold them because the West doesn't care about them.
One of the first hostages they advertised was that half-Chinese/half-Israeli women seen being carried off by motorcycle. The Israeli ambassador to China used her to try to get China to act on their side when she wasn't a Chinese citizen. Then when China didn't do what they wanted, all of the sudden no mention of her ever again. You see in the Western media the parade of families of hostages being interviewed but you don't see her family being interviewed.
SinoSoldier
Colonel
What's with the snide commentary? It's a well put together publicity stunt and there wasn't anything odd or disappointing about the flight.
And I haven't seen the Chinese "Paramount Leader" or any other Politburo member take their chances in a Chinese-built J-series fighter.
"J-series" lol okay dude.
AssassinsMace
Lieutenant General
Well that's because in China there's no dildo culture to look like you're more than you really are.