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SanWenYu

Captain
Registered Member
I'm saying the MSS or other agencies should've known and curtailed the sudden explosion of violence and riots etc. that we now know did not just materialized out of the ether; rather had foreign infuence and even involvement of foreign state actors.
It's hard to believe that the central government did not know or did not pay attention to what had been brewing in HK before the riot in 2019.

IIRC, there had been anti-establishment and anti-government protests on many 6.4 and 7.1 anniversaries. That's a clear sign of organized and coordinated covert operations. It's just impossible for the central government to have ignored all these. The authority actually had taken actions where and when it can. For example, Jimmy Lai had been sanctioned in mainland since late 90s. I have seen the retail stores of his apparel brand Giodano all closed down overnight in mainland.

Knowing what's going on is one thing. Having a solution is another. I believe the central government had, and still has, its hands tied up by 1C2S. It had been expecting the SAR government to take the initiative and had tried to provide support to the latter within 1C2S, such as the directives and law intepretations issued by the national congress.

For whatever reasons, CPC seemed to have determined that it would be a failure of 1C2S if the central governement intervened in HK openly, let alone by force.
 

supercat

Colonel
Nah. India will never become like China. India is just not China. When China was rising fast, nobody said that China will become a much larger Japan. India is a South Asian nation, while China is an East Asian nation. Comparing India and China is like comparing Nigeria and Brazil. Two developing countries of roughly similar populations, but with very different geographical, cultural, historical, and economic circumstances.

You're right. Demographics is not everything. Indonesia has the 4th largest population in the world, but is only no.16 in economy. India is no.2 in population, but is no.5 in economy. Even China, before it took off, was already more populous than Japan and the US for a long time. Nobody before the 2000s even entertained the idea that China's economy is gonna surpass Japan's, let alone compete with the US.

So yes, India is gonna overtake the population of China. But that doesn't mean that India will become a bigger economy than China. That doesn't mean that India will become a superpower. India may have nukes and a space program. But those are still not the quality of a superpower. Israel and North Korea have better nukes and rockets than India. Nobody considers them superpowers.

Knowing how Indian culture works, I understand that India is a nation of hype. It'll get somewhere for sure, but it won't achieve anything near the hype. Indian culture is missing a key quality to become a great nation: integrity. Without integrity, there is not enough trust. When there is not enough trust, shit don't get done. When shit don't get done, then nothing great can happen. India is the only nation in history to hype itself up as a superpower before doing anything. The other true superpowers in history only realized they were superpowers when they did great things.
One problem with India: too much spending on military, not enough for development:


That the anglos are intent on nuclear Armageddon just because China works harder and as a result, has more advanced technology leaving the anglos to feel inferior, highlights the spiritual weakness of the Anglo soul.

On a pedestrian level, you’ll see this behaviour from Caucasians in western society who purposefully exclude and block aspiring Chinese students and applicants so as to protect the caucasoid‘s mediocre offspring.
What the tweeter said is typical false dichotomy - in reality, the 3rd possibility is the most likely: it's too late to contain China, and China will develop its IT technologies and reunite with Taiwan peacefully.

Sheesh - don't let SerpentZA see it. His lungs will explode in anger and jealousy if he does.

Now and then: If you let the US dictate your life, you might have a miserable one.
 

zbb

Junior Member
Registered Member
Qin Gang apparently caught Covid. Still it's great seeing Wang Yi on the world stage again. The legend doesn't disappoint.
How did he get covid? What type of vaccines did he receive?
Chinese officials were still wearing masks in public, and yet he has disappeared for weeks. China has these anti-viral treatments.
There are rumors that Qin Gang is under investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection in regards to an affair with a woman who was arrested as a spy. Allegedly, Qin has a 3-year old child with the woman. These are rumors from Twitter, so take it with a giant boulder of salt.

 

coolgod

Brigadier
Registered Member

emblem21

Major
Registered Member
One problem with India: too much spending on military, not enough for development:


What the tweeter said is typical false dichotomy - in reality, the 3rd possibility is the most likely: it's too late to contain China, and China will develop its IT technologies and reunite with Taiwan peacefully.

Sheesh - don't let SerpentZA see it. His lungs will explode in anger and jealousy if he does.

Now and then: If you let the US dictate your life, you might have a miserable one.
Who honestly care about that serpent (appropriate name for that son of a b$&ch). His life expectancy in the US literally hinges on the value of the garbage he sells which like his come compatriot and secret comrade Chang, seems to really demonstrate the point, if they say one thing, they must mean that the reverse is truly but the majority of the fools will believe it anyway…. Contributing to what us Chinese will call, a valuable
distraction.
 

Phead128

Major
Staff member
Moderator - World Affairs
A growing population and economy have no fear of being contained; the spill over of its influence and power is a mathematical inevitability, short of total war, which nuclear states have protection from. If China can fix its demographics, I’d be confident with China going up against all of NATO and India.

But if it cannot, 1.8 billion Indians in the future could become a major problem backed by NATO weapons and technology.
CAATSA sanctions prevents Indian backed by most advanced NATO weapons and tech (except obsolete F-16-era tech), see Turkish example. India won't even subscribe to Russian sanctions over Ukraine, so the notion that India backed by NATO weapons is not realistic.
 
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