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voyager1 said:
There is nothing bad about talking and diplomacy.

I mean, you know what they say, "talk is cheap". If Xi wants to, he can send his foreign minister in Alaska, build a house there and then stay there for 4 years talking all day long. Thats their job to talk. And after 4 years passed maybe he can talk with a new foreign minister from the US side!

Talks dont matter a lot but it is useful if you can find the differences and then set some rules on how you will manage these differences.

However if the US at any point tries to say anything about Taiwan independence or anything similar (previously Blinken said Taiwan is a country, not a province) the meeting should be called off
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True, diplomacy is a good thing, but this situation is different. The US and the Chinese have been talking for years, and the only thing the US has done is escalate the tensions. The US is literally calling the shots and the Chinese are just following them. Some conflicts can be done without war (economic and military ones), and this is one of them: forcing the US to cool down and truly be diplomatic. However, if you continue to be soft and allow the opposition to call the shots, something bad will occur.
 
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LawLeadsToPeace said:
True, diplomacy is a good thing, but this situation is different. The US and the Chinese have been talking for years, and the only thing the US has done is escalate the tensions. The US is literally calling the shots and the Chinese are just following them. Some conflicts can be done without war (economic and military ones), and this is one of them: forcing the US to cool down and truly be diplomatic. However, if you continue to be soft and allow the opposition to call the shots, something bad will occur.
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What does it matter. What China wants is time, so as long they spend their time sweet talking the Americans that they are the best, all is good.
As long China secures a ceasefire with the US then thats a win. If not, pressure them until they are forced to as the US is already under heavy economic pressure and China is fresh and ready for action
 
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Wrt the discussion on returning to China, I've actually been applying for jobs in the APAC region - mainly Singapore and Hong Kong. I'm a software engineer with substantial experience in Silicon Valley.

It's tough. I've noticed that the vast majority of companies don't respond, even when I directly message recruiters or directors. The few that do respond ask if I require work sponsorship; then they usually reject me.

Singapore has this nice message on sg.indeed.com which says "[CANDIDATES WHO REQUIRE WORK PASSES NEED NOT APPLY]." Thanks Singapore.

Although it's not my main focus, I've sent a few applications to mainland China. Some descriptions are in English. Do those companies consider foreigners with basic conversational Mandarin? Does anybody know? I've never gotten a mainland response to an application.

I was able to have a long conversation with a Hong Kong start-up that seemed interested. The founder had worked in California before. My only worry is about its financial viability. I'm having another call with a Hong Kong company today; hope it goes well.

Anyways, returning to Asia is tough. I have a technical skill and experience, but even then it doesn't seem enough.
 
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Hadoren said:
Wrt the discussion on returning to China, I've actually been applying for jobs in the APAC region - mainly Singapore and Hong Kong. I'm a software engineer with substantial experience in Silicon Valley.

It's tough. I've noticed that the vast majority of companies don't respond, even when I directly message recruiters or directors. The few that do respond ask if I require work sponsorship; then they usually reject me.

Singapore has this nice message on sg.indeed.com which says "[CANDIDATES WHO REQUIRE WORK PASSES NEED NOT APPLY]." Thanks Singapore.

Although it's not my main focus, I've sent a few applications to mainland China. Some descriptions are in English. Do those companies consider foreigners with basic conversational Mandarin? Does anybody know? I've never gotten a mainland response to an application.

I was able to have a long conversation with a Hong Kong start-up that seemed interested. The founder had worked in California before. My only worry is about its financial viability. I'm having another call with a Hong Kong company today; hope it goes well.

Anyways, returning to Asia is tough. I have a technical skill and experience, but even then it doesn't seem enough.
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Some technical skills are relatively common.

But business owners or entrepreneurs are much rarer and therefore sought after.
 
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voyager1 said:
What does it matter. What China wants is time, so as long they spend their time sweet talking the Americans that they are the best, all is good.
As long China secures a ceasefire with the US then thats a win. If not, pressure them until they are forced to as the US is already under heavy economic pressure and China is fresh and ready for action
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Yes, China does need time, but getting punched around and allowing the enemy to gain more and more confidence will only get them more trouble instead of the extra time they want. Plus, sweet-talking or the "bidding one's time" strategy are no longer useful as China is now the elephant in the room. So, punching the US (that is already heavily weakened) with a hit that will make them reel long enough for China to finish setting things up is possibly the best way to buy time.
 
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With biden and democrats visceral hatred against putin and they are dead set on a revenge mission against russia
As a consequence China and russia strategic cooperation bound to get stronger and can only be described as de facto alliance
Thus there is not a chance in hell that the us and its vassal states can contain China
They have truly lost the game
 
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That is what I have noticed about the Americans for like a year or two.

It is that expression, "You either put up or shut up."

But the Americans lately, when it comes to China, will not do neither.

Americans will not put up, and they definitely will not shut up.

After a while, they just seem like clowns.

That is why they had to go around to South Korea and Japan last week, just to state the obvious, that there is a treaty agreement in those countries regarding defense. Clowns have a problem with credibility, and here they are trying to restore credibility.

Enough talking. More doing, that is what the Americans should be doing, such as building out their 5G network. Or help their friends in Saudi Arabia with that war.

But nothing gets done. There is some sort of malaise affecting the Americans, and that is very hard to say what that is. They should stop the money printing, that is my opinion. Jerome today said they will keep on dancing to the sounds of printing press disco.

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