I think what China is doing is setting rules for future relationship with the west "立规矩". In the pre-Xi time, China did not have the strength, so China rarely push harder than the west. Xi's era started by adding "有所为" to "韬光养晦", that is "do something whenever able to". This is a big change that is enabled by the huge growth in Hu Jintao's era and US' downturn in the 2008 crisis. It is not coincident. Note, the change is not a change of strategy, but rather an integral step/phase of the pre-determined strategy.
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One thing is sure that China does not voice any objections these years when Kim launched missiles or blast SK/US. Tide is changing.
I think China should target BCI "Better Cotton Initiative" who is behind all the acts of H&M, Nike, ZARA etc. This BCI is like international certification agency. However its major paymaster is USAID. With such government sponsorship BCI has lost its status as a trade organization. BCI's recent act is political, which is nothing a trade organization should do.
China should
The fact is that China is the number 1 cotton consumer, but only the 2nd producer. China import cotton rather than making profit from exporting. Anybody in the world who want to export cotton to China has to dump BCI.
China should
- Ban BCI certification work in China.
- Ban any product sales in China with BCI certification. That is no import of raw cotton certified by BCI.
- Ban any product import that has BCI certification. That is shirt made of BCI certified cotton should be banned.
- Take legal action against BCI for misinformation, misconduct and discrimination. Sanction BCI employees.
- Label BCI as foreign government agency.
The fact is that China is the number 1 cotton consumer, but only the 2nd producer. China import cotton rather than making profit from exporting. Anybody in the world who want to export cotton to China has to dump BCI.
MUJI has launched its Xinjiang Cotton collection. You see, some people are just terribly smart
Wtf is @hullopilllw doing there?
Wrong, they have done it in the past.
“lawmakers in oil states such as Texas, Louisiana, North Dakota, and Alaska accuse Saudi Arabia of waging “””
“This isn’t how friends behave toward other friends,”
Didn't NIKE or ADIDAS say that they won't recruit Xinjiang workers? Dilraba is from Xinjiang...
Wow!
Biden is seriously deluded. How exactly does he plan to "prevent" China from getting stronger?
Biden better go back and retire and live the rest of his life peacefully without imposing his delusions to the rest of the world..
Edit: I give him credit though that he can at least see this from China's perspective
Let all nations of the world be put on notice: white supremacy is the guiding principle of the atlanticist west
While sending goods via rail will never replace shipping, China have been aggressively expanding the rail system for several years now. I'm not sure on the progress at the moment but China planned for rail to replace 30% of shipping by 2020 which is a significant amount.
Perhaps a maintenance issue with the Ever Given vessel but it would be surprising as the vessel is only a few years old.