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Not even that. Japan and SK are not allowed nukes under non-proliferation rules, these are laws necessary to preserve peace in the world, since otherwise there is no way to stop Japanese resurgent fascism and SK which has a legacy of Imperial Japanese collaboration.
So nuclearization of China's close neighbors whose fate China is legally required to observe as part of post-ww2 responsibilities (to determine sovereignty of Japan as the allies see fit) would be threatened by a nuclear Japan. Hence the answer will not be nukes on Cuba or anywhere else, but interdiction of the Japanese nukes and if necessary preemptive strike on Japan.
Extremely provoking and concerning article in Foreign Affairs. The hegemonic empire spirals down the abyss even further, and seems intent to drag the rest of the world with it
Time for Houthis and Palestinians to get nuclear weapons.
And, 10000 nuclear warheads, when?
Time for Houthis and Palestinians to get nuclear weapons.
And, 10000 nuclear warheads, when?
China’s Dangerous Nuclear Push
"It is a known historical fact that when the state starts using its reinforced military forces and armaments to suppress its own populace and invade the nearby nations, neglecting to right the social injustices within itself, it is on its way to unpreventable downfall." -Yang Wenli
Why is the US so desperate to have a nuclear arms control deal?
Is it because
a) the US can't afford a nuclear arms race with China, or
b) the endgame for US planners is nuclear war with China, and they want to ensure that China has a limited arsenal of missiles
plawolf
Lieutenant General
It would be a colossal own goal for the US to do that as SK and Japanese nukes will be rendered worse than useless by a single announcement from China: any use of nukes by SK or Japan will be treated as a nuclear attack by America.
That will mean the US will have to keep SK/Japanese nukes under tighter control than their own, and entirely removes the plausible deniability they so desperately crave to be able to use nukes against China without getting nuked right back in return.
In turn, you are not looking big enough for Chinese retaliation against such a move.
Nukes for Iran/Cuba are weak and ineffective responses. Instead China can and should impose excessive levels of sanctions on SK and Japan, up to and including Madeleine Albright hundreds-of-thousands-of-dead-children-is-a-price-worth-paying levels.
Such an affront to the world legal order will also be the perfect pretext for China to introduce secondary sanctions and long-arm jurisdictions itself by threatening severe sanctions on any 3rd parties that trades with SK or Japan (the inevitable America Vote at the UN against UN sanctions will give China perfect diplomatic cover). To offset the economic pain, China can push for its own semi-conductor and car exports at discount prices to affected countries while also using its vast market to absorb 3rd party exports to SK and Japan.
Even if all of that costs China money overall, it’s a price worth paying to economically obliterate America’s chief henchmen in the region and make it impossible for them to effectively contribute to America war plans against China. Hell, the economic costs to America for trying to prop the two up alone would make any economic costs to China a great investment.
China can only dream that America will be so stupid as to play such an easily countered move that will then give China a free hand to remove America’s most valuable pieces in Asia from the board without much cost or direct war.
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bajingan
Senior Member
I am not sure the u.s realize they don't have any leverage to force China on arms control. They already have nuke submarines capable of striking China from first island chain. Nukes in Japan and SK won't make any difference
They could have put nukes in SK the day NK tested nukes decades ago but they didn't. That tells you a lot
twist the knife
Both.
The US can't afford a nuclear arms race against China where it is appearing more like 80s era Soviet Union but they have long harbored a Jack London style desire to exterminate Chinese and Asians so that white anglo uber alles remains the order of the day. The US was founded on genocide, and so their every action is tainted by genocide.
In4ser
Junior Member
If Europe does nationalize Chinese assets, China should respond asymmetrically. The EU is expecting retaliatory tariffs so give them something unexpected like banning exports of Chinese goods paid in Euros. It will hurt them a lot as the Euro is already great under pressure from its growing debt levels and general unproductively.
This will push them to either adopt Yuans or more likely Dollars which will further undermine their competitiveness similarly to Japan at the moment. More jobs and companies will migrate abroad to US or China as the domestic consumption will be destroyed and people be able to afford less and less and ironically buy more Chinese goods which are the best value for your Euros.
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How do you go about measuring creativity? How how does one come to the conclusion that a US person is, in general, more creative than a Chinese person. Would the same apply the comparison between a US person and a, say UK or a German person?