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10-08-2020, 04:48 PM
#111
"Wolf warrior diplomacy might appease Chinese nationalists at home, but it will limit China's appeal abroad.
Much of the wolf warrior rubbish is strictly for internal consumption or for consumption by Xi himself and is more accurately understood as internal weakness. The problem with authoritarian echo chambers is you can start to believe your own hype and do real damage externally like getting Somalia to recognise Taiwan! Or worse blunder into a major mistake ala Argentina in the 80s.
China's floods are adding to Xi's problems, he even left his bubble to meet some farmers. More reliant on the US for food now than they ever have been.
Chinese people are always quick to attack and ridicule Trump but try to get one to say a bad word about Xi. The fear is real.
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10-08-2020, 04:52 PM
#112
Originally Posted by Davexl
Excellent article - I wonder however how much longer the SCMP can maintain credible independence from the CCP.
In what way is the SCMP independent now?!? Their coverage of the HK protests was laughable. They are already simply a more refined mouthpiece for CCP propaganda, that article included.
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10-08-2020, 08:22 PM
#113
Hong Kong police raid major news organisation, arrest billionaire owner (Jimmy Lai)
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/08/09/m...hnk/index.html
Lai, 71, is the highest profile person to be charged under the new national security laws imposed by Beijing, which punish dissent
with sentences of up to life in prison. Apple Daily said two of Lai's sons and several other executives were also arrested on Monday.
"Jimmy Lai is being arrested for collusion with foreign powers at this time," Mark Simon, a senior executive at
Lai's media company Next Digital, which publishes Apple Daily, said.
Opinion: Jimmy Lai
Do My Tweets Really Threaten China’s National Security?
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/29/opinion/hong-kong-china-national-security-law.html
Last edited by Davexl; 10-08-2020 at 09:06 PM.
All science is either Physics or stamp collecting - Ernest Rutherford
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10-08-2020, 08:49 PM
#114
Book Review
TO START A WAR
How the Bush Administration Took America Into Iraq
By Robert Draper
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/28/b...rt-draper.html
...Drawing on their years of warnings about threats from abroad, Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz teamed up
with Vice President Dick Cheney to push for war and isolate the reluctant Powell...
Last edited by Davexl; 10-08-2020 at 08:52 PM.
All science is either Physics or stamp collecting - Ernest Rutherford
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11-08-2020, 11:47 AM
#115
Originally Posted by Davexl
Book Review
TO START A WAR
How the Bush Administration Took America Into Iraq
By Robert Draper
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/28/b...rt-draper.html
...Drawing on their years of warnings about threats from abroad, Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz teamed up
with Vice President Dick Cheney to push for war and isolate the reluctant Powell...
I smell something of a beat-up in that link ( and quote ).
Powell was Chair Joint Chiefs of Staff, a military man, not a politician.
This book from Woodward paints Powell as careful, rather than reluctant, and that he served Potus well in that role. YMMV.
https://www.sharetrader.co.nz/showth...l=1#post825529
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11-08-2020, 12:11 PM
#116
Originally Posted by greater fool
I smell something of a beat-up in that link ( and quote ).
Powell was Chair Joint Chiefs of Staff, a military man, not a politician.
This book from Woodward paints Powell as careful, rather than reluctant, and that he served Potus well in that role. YMMV.
https://www.sharetrader.co.nz/showth...l=1#post825529
Your nuance is appreciated...I was emphasizing the dangers of military "hawks' being able to politicise the decision to go to war,
compared against Powell, a military man with the measured approach he took in his own recommendations to POTUS.
Wish i had the time to read it personally BTW. Never knew about the Recommended-Read section until now. Thank You!
All science is either Physics or stamp collecting - Ernest Rutherford
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11-08-2020, 02:22 PM
#117
Right in our own back yard, Biggest future "donors"?
Pacific states face instability, hunger and slow road to Covid recovery: Dame Meg Taylor
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/11/pacific-states-face-instability-hunger-and-slow-road-to-covid-recovery-dame-meg-taylor
All science is either Physics or stamp collecting - Ernest Rutherford
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11-08-2020, 02:47 PM
#118
US, China in last-ditch try to avoid war at sea by Richard Javad Heydarian
US, Chinese defense chiefs talk one-on-one on South China Sea and Taiwan Strait but there are no signs either side will back down
Somewhat speculative, but investors draw your own conclusions...
https://asiatimes.com/2020/08/us-china-in-last-ditch-try-to-avoid-war-at-sea/
Last edited by Davexl; 11-08-2020 at 02:53 PM.
All science is either Physics or stamp collecting - Ernest Rutherford
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13-08-2020, 03:26 PM
#119
Bifurcation of Global Manufacturing continues eg Foxconn with Apple
"China's days as 'world's factory' are over, iPhone maker says"
https://www.smh.com.au/business/the-...13-p55l6s.html
All science is either Physics or stamp collecting - Ernest Rutherford
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14-08-2020, 10:35 AM
#120
There are plenty of other low cost centres, but I think the longer term solution would be for the death of consumerism. That would help shift the power-balance significantly. Do we really need to buy $1-$2k phones or other every year?
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