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coolgod said:

Looks like this issue has escalated to South Korean President level.

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South Korea pivots to ‘hard-line stance’ on China as Yoon questions envoy’s comments​

• The South Korean president reportedly said on Tuesday that he doubted whether China’s ambassador, Xing Haiming, ‘has an attitude of mutual respect’
• It comes as local media reported that Seoul was pivoting to a ‘hard-line stance’ in its China ties in response to Beijing’s ‘high-handed’ rhetoric

Hu Xijin in response wrote a few scathing commentaries of Korea under Yoon recently. Turns out the Chinese netizens are also displeased at Yoon wrote their own responses.

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The problem is deeper here. South Koreans don't like China. Therefore anything China does other than just shutting up will be made a hysteria by the ruling party and will be used for more escalation. This is what happens in a democracy.

The stories of China's relations with countries like South Korea and Australia are tragedies. They are stories about how you can be a great trading partner (some problems happened but there was consistent exponential growth which is what matters) and politically passive but still disliked for ideological or ethnic reasons. And how that dislike can easily determine government policy.

KYli said:

Never understand why people still think it is a good idea to invest in India. China never forced foreign companies to appoint key executive positions as local, selling shares, giving out contracts to local inferior suppliers, using local components that don't meet the standard, or forming joint venture for no particular purpose.

Oppo, Vivo, and Xiaomi are just the worst type of companies that don't even have any backbone to make a stand.

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China-based companies like Oppo, Vivo, and Xiaomi, among others, have been asked to induct Indian equity partners,

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reported today (June 13). They are being asked to appoint Indians in key roles, it said citing three unnamed people who were present when company executives and Indian government representatives met to discuss the matter.

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This is actually good news. Modi's India is the ideal testing ground for companies. Garbage countries who participate in this scheme deserve to be bankrupted.

Btw note the names:
"Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo". All garbage.

Take these 3, multiply them by 10, and they still wouldnt be enough to compete with a single Huawei's finger. That's how much of a garbage they are

BoraTas said:

The problem is deeper here. South Koreans don't like China. Therefore anything China does other than just shutting up will be made a hysteria by the ruling party and will be used for more escalation. This is what happens in a democracy.

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The stories of China's relations with countries like South Korea and Australia are tragedies. They are stories about how you can be a great trading partner (some problems happened but there was consistent exponential growth which is what matters) and politically passive but still disliked for ideological or ethnic reasons. And how that dislike can easily determine government policy.

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South Korea, like Hong Kong and Taiwan, have long been used to look down on Chinese/Mainlanders, so the current attitude is just them working through their own psychological issues.

TK3600 said:

This is the problem of hard power theorists. Sometimes humans are straight up irrational and will do stupid things. China holds a lot of military leverage and economic leverage, as well as gigantic economic incentives, yet human mind can ignore all of it

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No, that's not the problem of hard power theorists. South Koreans worship hard power, they worship the U.S. because the U.S. is No. 1 hard power. South Korea is an error by birth and only needs to be removed with hard power.

Buisness is booming with trade going from 18 billion to 450 billion the past 20 years between China and South/Central America. Boomer Hawks likely preparing to attempt same tired game deck in the South/Central America. Hopefully everyone would have wise up this time around

daifo said:

Buisness is booming with trade going from 18 billion to 450 billion the past 20 years between China and South/Central America. Boomer Hawks likely preparing to attempt same tired game deck in the South/Central America. Hopefully everyone would have wise up this time around

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These adversaries threaten the U.S. with their moves into Latin America.

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Get used to being threatened.

TK3600 said:

This is the problem of hard power theorists. Sometimes humans are straight up irrational and will do stupid things. China holds a lot of military leverage and economic leverage, as well as gigantic economic incentives, yet human mind can ignore all of it

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The idea of perfect information is a insidious myth that is encouraged and propagated by capitalism and also neoliberalism. Consumers, the general populace, their leaders, are not perceptive or rational actors. They are influenced by the most readily accessible information and easily deceived and deluded by English-language media. Psychological issues also contribute.

China's hard power is used for deterrence. You cannot deter somebody if they can't be convinced you have it.




This year's Back to School sale:

I hear they've gotten super popular in the US lately.

daifo said:

Buisness is booming with trade going from 18 billion to 450 billion the past 20 years between China and South/Central America. Boomer Hawks likely preparing to attempt same tired game deck in the South/Central America. Hopefully everyone would have wise up this time around

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Cuba recently helped host peace negotiations and broker an end to Colombian Civil War. Proof that the nations of the LAC can actively work together and govern themselves.

Cuba is once again a stage for Colombia’s pursuit of peace, as

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shook hands with top National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrilla commander Antonio García in Havana on June 9. The scene evoked memories of when former President Juan Manuel Santos and FARC commander-in-chief Rodrigo Timochenko Londoño shook hands towards the end of their peace negotiations. Both handshakes took place in front of their hosts, a Cuban president. Back then it was Raúl Castro and last week it was President Miguel Díaz-Canel.

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was announced in the Cuban government’s El Laguito mansion, the site of many milestones in the long FARC negotiations. The June 9 “Cuba accords” lay the groundwork for an initial six-month ceasefire with the ELN and its integration into civil society. The accords are the first substantive sign of progress with the ELN, Colombia’s last remaining guerrilla group. The talks will resume in Venezuela, where they first began.

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Petro thanked Cuba for decades of “hospitality” in Colombia’s peace process. Negotiators for the government and the guerrillas both thanked the Cubans profusely for their role and the high cost it has exacted.

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solarz said:

South Korea, like Hong Kong and Taiwan, have long been used to look down on Chinese/Mainlanders, so the current attitude is just them working through their own psychological issues.

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Nothing less than their benefactor going through a true collapse is going to change their tunes. Mark my words, when the USA loses its dominance, these Sth Koreans, Japs and Aussies will sing a different tune. It’s the problem with the USA, they love having weak vassals that do whatever they want but the moment the USA loses its primacy in the world, these vassals are not only equally weak enough for the taking so to speak, they will utilize the age old strategy of run away as fast as possible. In the coming decade, the so call western democracy of governance will eventually become a pariah to the world and the USA will become a historical example to what is going to happen to nations that use this method of government. I mean with the way it is handling the whole dollar crisis and the rainbow ideology vs what China is going to safe guard its nation, they are already demonstrating to Africa, the Middle East and Latin America and soon the rest of the world just how much of a failure the US is as a nation and nobody is going to want a continuation of that once the USA falls. Even now, I don’t see Biden doing anything to correct its issues

Bank of China to start operations in Riyadh this year, says official​

Updated 13 June 2023
Arab News

June 13, 2023 18:16
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RIYADH: In yet another sign of increasing cooperation between the world’s second-largest economy and the Arab world, the Bank of China is set to open its first branch in Riyadh later in 2023, reported Asharq.
It quoted Jun Tian, head of the team for the launch, as saying that the bank’s branch in the Saudi capital is expected to begin operations by the end of October or at the beginning of November.
Jun told Asharq that the bank aims to introduce Chinese currency to the world and hoped yuan would be used in commercial financial transactions between China and Saudi Arabia as well as the entire Arab region.
The development comes on the heels of the 10th Arab-China Business Conference that concluded in Riyadh on Monday. The event aimed at boosting economic cooperation between the Arab world and China.
The bank official said as many Chinese companies are entering the regional markets, using the yuan in their financial dealings with regional partners will further encourage them to invest in the region.