They help each other out when it comes to earthquakes iirc, no matter the circumstances
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That's when you know this sh*t was bad. Mother Earth cares not for your petty, municipal dispute.
While everyone here knows the extent of tragedy in Turkey, I am very concerned about things in Syria. There has been very little coverage about it and given that it is a war torn nation, I worry that they may not get enough rescue resources.
From what I've seen on (social) media, the whole world is rushing to help Turkey but Syria not so much. A tragedy because natural disasters shouldn't be politicized.
UNICEF NZ has a dedicated appeal for the Syria earthquake. Checked Red Cross NZ, no dedicated appeal yet.
Not sure about their branches in other countries.
Put the reply on the next ballon.
Returning (or not) of the wreckage is NOT the concern of China, nor is China pressing for its return. What the US is doing so far is deflect. What China demanded to hear is "forcefully intercepting (American) civilian object in the future is alright with US.", basically that was what China's MoD has said.
Nobody ever expects US to respond to that demand, therefor China's pressing isn't aiming at getting a reply but to make it loud and clear to the world that China will do the same when she wants.
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Did this whole balloon thing end up being an elaborate salame slicing operation by the prc?
The Chinese are scared of the slippery slope effect. Answer for weather balloon today and a decade later they’ll have to answer calls about crappy Mickey Mouse balloons sold by Temu, which can easily number in the millions.
I still think it's a genuine accident and not planned because who could have predicted that reaction.
However once it was clear that the US was spitting the dummy the CPC quickly decided to take advantage of the situation. The decision to very publicly notify Latin American countries to express regrate is part of it and Costa Rica playing along and answering back with "sure no problem, it's just a drifting weather balloon, thanks for the heads up" earns it some brownie points, as does Venezuela's condemnation of the shot down.
It kind of reminds me of that one time when Zhao Lijian posted that drawing of an Australian soldier slitting the throat of an Afghan child and it made Scott Morrison blow his top, only it's even less intentional this time. Once you get a disproportional and irrational response out of the other guy they make themselves look like a clown on the international stage.
The call for returning the balloon debris is like an international diplomacy equivalent of rubbing it in by saying "you mad bro?"
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