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Virtup said:

This is such a good opportiunity for the Saudis to leave a massive mark on history, and they're throwing it. Sigh...

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I think the Saudis will leave an audacious mark on history. MBS has been playing Biden ever since that fist bump at the palace (the next day MBS met his guests at the airport). For instance, easing the oil price up to $100 now that Biden has drained the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. There are other examples, not least of which is 2024 elections. Biden wants (needs) this agreement much more than MBS and MBS knows this better than Biden does. Patience...

siegecrossbow said:

Apparently someone doesn’t understand sarcasm.

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And why are you wasting our time with sarcasm in this thread? Isn't sarcasm more appropriate in the Funny Stuff Thread?

Why would you publicly say something like that. Doesn’t really help your imagine when you are eyeing potential entry into the US market.

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DeSantis directed the Florida Department of Education (FDOE) to suspend the availability of school choice scholarships to four schools that have direct ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

FDOE has determined that Lower and Upper Sagemont Preparatory Schools in Weston, Parke House Academy in Winter Park, and Park Maitland School in Winter Park have direct ties to the CCP and their connections constitute an imminent threat to the health, safety, and welfare of these school’s students and the public.

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Over the past year, the country has been debating the risks of using China-made CCTV and facial recognition systems, such as those from

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from state and federal buildings across Australia, admitting a potential security problem.

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A categorical ban on Chinese-made technologies, however, may come with high economic costs, Ausma Bernot and Marcus Smith from the Charles Sturt University in Canberra argue in a new

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published in the Australian Journal of International Affairs.

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LDP appoints their own version of Baerbock:

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Yoko Kamikawa, who became Japan's first female foreign minister in around two decades in early September, succeeded pro-China Yoshimasa Hayashi in a cabinet reshuffle.

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Kamikawa's diplomatic abilities and positions are not widely recognized, but she received a master's degree in public administration from Harvard University and afterward worked as a policy staffer for a U.S. senator.

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Kamikawa is seen as a "surprise appointment" that would worsen ties with Beijing.

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"I wonder why" Hayashi, who "had become internationally well-known as foreign minister," was replaced, said economist Hiroko Ogiwara. "I do not have the impression [that Kamikawa is] skilled in diplomacy or in the right position."

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A government source close to Kishida said, "I believed Kamikawa was a dovish female politician, but her actual remarks have sounded more hawkish than I thought," adding, "She may not pursue a balanced diplomatic strategy toward China, which Hayashi did."

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Virtup said:

What I mean is that Saudi Arabia threw a precious opportunity to permanently get the rest of the muslim world (again, outside of gulf) on it's side in the constant power play between it and Iran, because breaking news: they don't really care about Shia and Wahabi flavors of Islam, the core tenets are still the same for every sect. In fact, they're far more weary of wahabism because it leans alot more towards extremism (and in case you didn't already know, muslim countries are the first and biggest victim of terrorism).
Besides, due to their history of dealing with the US, and their lavish lifestyle that runs contrary to the Islam's core tenet of avoiding useless luxuries and living a simple life, gulf arabs are deeply mistrusted in the rest of the arab world. This usually manifest in the failure of most projects they try to invest in (the first reaction is usually: what are they up to? do they seek to buy out our lands and throw us out? are they trying to enslave us?)
MBS and the rest of his clan could've eliminated many of these doubts had they sought to look out more for Palestine than themselves in this deal. Always remember, the Palestine question concerns the ENTIRE muslim world. It was a big opportunity for them and yet they threw it away and instead, made decisions that reinforced the stereotypes.
But for me, personally, that's not even their biggest blunder. It is the fact that they're choosing to believe in what the US and Israel are saying. The zionists have been non-stop lying since before 1948, while the US just recently threw their supposed "allies" under the bus and cannibalized them. How could they miss that?

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Most of muslim world is bankrupt and irrelevant. some have backdoor to west to keep them afloat.
MBS spent his vacations in Oman recently. i guess he will know what has Baloch done for Oman for centuries. There are some others who are even more deserving. MBS have very little tolerance for Levant. you can already see his tough love for Lebanon that Macron is not forgetting. There is no need to use the word ENTIRE as you dont have any data. and there is nothing Useless either. Gulf Arabs have hugely benefited and invested in Aviation industry and thanks to that Aviation industry they have so much Soft Power. so whats wrong if they spend some extra on European luxury products. Gulf Arabs represent certain culture and values that are not easy to replicate but those who did are very successful.

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Macron told reporters in Dubai, the first stop on his tour:
“Who would think for a second that we can help Lebanon and maintain peace and stability in the Middle East if we say that we will not talk to Saudi Arabia, the most powerful country in the Gulf in terms of population?”

He added: "This does not mean that I support everything, or that I have forgotten," pointing out that he is working for the sake of his country and for the interests of the region.

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luminary said:

LDP appoints their own version of Baerbock:

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The previous Japanese FM was supposedly China friendly, in the end China-Japan relations reached the lowest point. At this point Japan doesn't matter at all to China anymore, not a priority at all.

I can't think of anything Japan can offer to China anymore, is Japan going to go against US sanctions and sell semiconductor components to China? Is Japan going to stop moving companies away from China and into other countries? Japan is a sad dying country who has stagenated for over three decades and is about to become a third rate country very soon.

Petrolicious88 said:

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Why would you publicly say something like that. Doesn’t really help your imagine when you are eyeing potential entry into the US market.

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Did you even read the article?

“All of the auto companies are facing a challenge from electric vehicles. It’s already very hard for them,” said Li in an interview in Mexico City on Friday. “On the one hand, the US is putting a lot of money toward this, and on the other, this strike is scaring everybody away.”

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BYD has no plans to enter the US passenger-car market but it’s selling electric buses in the country.

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Wow! Chinese automaker shares the same opinion as American automakers regarding auto unions. What a surprise?

RobertC said:

And why are you wasting our time with sarcasm in this thread? Isn't sarcasm more appropriate in the Funny Stuff Thread?

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The line separating the tone in this thread from the ”Funny Stuff” thread, and any “Indian” thread is so thin as to be imperceptible!

coolgod said:

Are you suggesting Modi should send HAL Tejas Multirole Fighter Aircraft to Khalistan, I mean Canada?

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Nah.... that's primitive technology....Chandrayaan-3 should be able to shoot laser weapon from the moon by now.................

What is it with Chinese CEOs? It must be something cultural because they always have a conciliatory tone after Western accusations making them look weak and guilty. Do they think it garners them sympathy? No, it just tells them they can do it more doing the exact opposite of what Chinese think is suppose to happen. It's like the running joke when you see in the Western media saying everything the West does against China might hurt the Chinese people's feelings. All that does is encourage them to do it more because in Western culture it makes them look like they're ones in power and control. Their people like that.


I remember when Huawei was being first attacked by the US, Ren Zhengfei was doing the same even after when his daughter was kidnapped by Canada and the US. Now Huawei is making the US look like fools with its semiconductor breakthrough. No sucking up to the West necessary because they didn't relent and look at what Huawei accomplished. I even know the US will never ease up until you beat them. That's why this Asian acceptance of a lesser position just as long as they're higher than everyone else doesn't work, i.e. being a sycophant and teacher's pet. Even Westerners know that Asians sucking up to them can change on a dime depending whose wind blows stronger hence why they'll always pull out the loyalty card against Asians.

I know to weak Chinese it's counter intuitive to seek to upset Westerners when they want to be accepted by them. The fact is if you give an inch making them feel like they're in a superior position, they want to take it all. The only way you make people who think like that to think twice is by making it clear how much they alone are going to lose. That's why you're seeing Westerners thinking twice over their technological Cold War because of Huawei's breakthrough. They're going to lose it all if they keep trying to stifle China's technological advancement. China will have its own standard that will takeover because everything the West does cost more than for China to do. And then they'll be ones that have to pay for their technology to work on China's standard. And on top of that China will be able to tell countries not to do business with the West because they're using Chinese technology like the West is doing to China right now.