Sure they have. The Chinese let Bongbong come visit and have a nice meal, didn't they? They surely didn't tell him to then turn around and go: "Imma let the Yanks come squat here, here, here, and here".
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The U.S. thinks it's a high-altitude balloon from China that entered domestic airspace a few days ago, according to a senior defense official. This is not the first time a surveillance balloon has come into domestic airspace. It is appearing to "hangout for a longer period" than in previous instances, the senior defense official said. The balloon drifted into the US ADIZ from outside and then floated over Canada into CONUS.
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NK is awesome. Among all the pig allies a country can have, NK is certainly the kind of an ally that every big country would love to have.
Yes, their economy is non-existent, their tech is also bad but who cares. NK is a military-focused ally and it is doing far more than what other such allies would do.
I want to see a hypersonic missile circle the world twice and hit Guam from the other side
.About the Philippines:
The truth is the existing international system has been based on imperialism for the past few hundred years. Most nations are not able to operate without it. That's the reason you see Russia and other countries extremely frustrated that China will not accept becoming the next global hegemon. Sovereignty is a huge responsibility that corrupted and faux governments are not competent enough to undertake. If they have no overseer then they would, for once, actually be forced to take accountability for their own actions. These vassal countries deeply despise China to the core for not talking down to them, for not properly colonizing and dominating them. In their minds, both sides know that China is the superior and more enlightened country, so why does it insist on treating them as equals, other than to publicly and internally humiliate them? The Chinese insistence on politeness and respect in front of and behind closed doors comes off as backhanded and untrustworthy, as opposed to the US, which is very transparent about what it really thinks about you and its real agenda.
If China truly wants to build a multipolar world, it should take a moderate and paternalistic attitude towards these types of countries. It needs to treat these countries how they secretly desire to be treated, and forcefully dictate to them how reforms and competent government should be made. The vassal states will be extremely grateful while they bend over. Not to mention China is the world's expert on national political reform.
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Well, one way to curtail the US is obvious: make them turn their bloodlust on themselves. The US needs an external enemy because of their internal dynamics. Split the crowd into racial, class, political blocks and let them tear each other to shreds. An irrationally individualistic society will be significantly more vulnerable to these tactics than one that is collectivistic.
Calling Iraq and Afghanistan wars a British failure is an understatement. Both wars overall were failures, but even by the standards of the American and other coalition partners it was bad.
In Iraq the British were in charge of Basra, a fiercely anti Saddam Shi'ite city so it was probably considered to be an easy job. Under British control rule was so bad even the Shi'ites locals turned against them. The likes of al-Sadr wouldn't have been created and popularised if it wasn't for the British.
In Afghanistan they did even worse. They were deployed to Helmand, which was in the Taliban heartland. Unlike Basra it was a much tougher deployment. They were so shit the ANA begged the Americans for anyone but the British to take over.
I don't know how a country can go from controlling the half the world to not being able to control a small territory populated by some of the most primitive people in the timeframe of a human life. It really is one of the biggest falls from grace in history.
How could China provide a counter narrative during the preceding years when it was busy trying to lift, improve it's own people and country from the isolation that Western countries including then Soviet Union (then two superpowers) imposed against her? Then Chinese leaders had to be pragmatic and less ideological to gain foothold and control it's destiny because it learned throughout it's long history that economic power married with hard power can ensure stability and peace for it's people and the world for that matter.
I mean, when did One Road, One Belt (BRI) came to fruition? it was not until 2012-2013 introduced by GenSec Xi Jinping (the ground work was already undertaken by GenSec Hu Jintao) when China's economic rise could no longer be hidden in plain sight. We're talking what just a decade ago? while the American all society propaganda in countries like the Philippines has been ongoing since the country was bought and paid for the by the U.S. for $20 Million to Spain at the conclusion of the American-Spanish War of 1895 if my date is correct. If we do the math that's 128 years and that's over a century of total influence.
Therefore, we can't and should not expect the countries like the Philippines to just fully embrace China like it's long lost brother/older brother when the foundational/structural friendship isn't that strong. The PRC-Philippines diplomatic recognition only happened back in 1978 which is less than 50 years old and during that time the Chinese influence to the Philippines in terms of economic trade, technology, political etc...was almost non-existent or anemic.
Some of us can feel frustrated or feel annoyed of the actions made by the current administration citing a sense of betrayal when the Philippines is simply acting on it's own self-interest and is acting out of loyalty to their former colonizer, the U.S. whom they felt strong allegiance with because of the sacrifices it made during the occupation and invasion by Imperial Japan. When did China shed blood for the Filipinos? Only historians, or history nut understands the context and reality of why Japan had to invade and attack the Philippines which was for military and strategic reasons since the Philippines was used/colonial post of the U.S.
China does not need to be baited nor it's required to lash out against the Philippines because that would simply fall into the desired outcome American strategists wish and is looking forward with glee to happen. China must respect and understand the dilemma countries like the Philippines faces when dealing with America. I mean if countries in Europe that are far more developed economically, societally, like Germany, France can bend the knee to the U.S. what chances do smaller countries with meagre military strength and developing economies like the Philippines can do against the U.S. might?
Things would deteriorate but both countries want to show the world that they are willing to negotiate and deescalate. Of course, the truth is opposite.
But for the US and especially Biden, they want to do everything and throw everything at China but pretend that everything is ok. China just wants to buy a few months or more to focus on its economy and other priorities before confronting the US for its aggression.
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NORAD apparently didn't catch it (initially) -- people spotted it from an airplane!
The more I look at it, the more I think there must soon be a war to oust the US faction from global politics.
And this idea is seemingly shared by China as well. If China didn't want war, even if their military was much worse than it is now, they can still deter war by just threatening mass tactical nuke use. Or by publicly making a spending road map aimed at deterring the west.
Instead, weapons are built in an opaque manner, USA is being baited into war, Russia has been fully secured.
For too long has America spread their negative influence in the world. Those under USA bloc languish, suffering from oppression reminiscent of those under the colonies of fascism in ww2 and ww1. If you think this is an exaggeration, just look at how things are in the parts of Africa or Latin America ruled by the West. The poverty, the child labor, the crimes, the sexual exploitation and the fact that these nations have been like this for decades, with no light in the end of the tunnel.
Only a hard defeat of America and their most diehard collaborator nations can free the world at large, both physically and mentally.