No wonder their per capita GDP is higher than Japan… I guess this is direct proof that Chinese people overinflated GDP figures.
PLA Strategy in a Taiwan Contingency
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No wonder their per capita GDP is higher than Japan… I guess this is direct proof that Chinese people overinflated GDP figures.
The nuclear power plant referendum had 3 votes in favor of nuclear vs 1 against. It is just it did not get enough votes to be enforced.
But I think the people's opinion is clear.
I donno by which standard you're saying this is unbiased. To my eyes the wordings are biased already. I'm sure most if not all "China" found in quotes in this article are translations of 大陆 (Mainland), and this is intentional mistranslation. In Taiwan one can't call PRC "China" in formal texts, it must be Mainland. In daily conversation, in the past, if you call PRC "China", you're diehard pro-independence. Today Mainland and China are more interchangable but still Mainland is the more everyday name and China carries a more political (pro-independence) undertone. It's just not possible that people casually keep calling PRC China like in this article.
The is a very typical wording of Anglo Saxon off shore balancing realism. They want to provoke unease and tensions to the point of keeping a rival continental power in check. However, they don’t like to be forced into a situation which could be completely out of their control, leading to an unwanted or un-winnable war. Lai has clearly pushed the envelope too far with his provocative wording and actions. That’s why you see Mr. Orange trying to whip him back in line by not allowing his plane to stop in New York. It is very similar to how Bush Jr. dealt with Chen Shui-bien back in 2007-2008.
one of the west's key advantages is in their mastery of a language that happens to be scalable and agile, affording them insidious and persistent influence over perception. the concept of 'unbiased' is one of these masterstrokes of thought shaping; its real role is to disarm critical inspection of their objectives. we should always be wary of thought-terminating cliches like that.
It has nothing to do with the west. Every country is capable of propaganda. The difference is 200 years of dominance and colonialism that has allowed english to become the lingua franca and thus everyone understands it.
Naturally, English media from the west is influential because of that. There is also the fact that western media orgs are very old and thus well known around the world.
Look at Indian propaganda news outlets having subtle impact across the world in shaping opinions because they also operate in English and have invested heavily to promote their channels and outlets.
RT from Russia also has a huge impact these days in the global south.
Anybody attempting to understand the seemingly obvious and seemingly easily fixable grift culture of the US MIC needs to read
TLDR the point of the US military isn't to defend the US or even attack its adversaries, but rather to simply be the US military and to project the image of a credible US military.