Geo Political Risk

[Davexl]

Internal dissent made public:

China's Xi Jinping facing widespread opposition in his own party, insider claims


https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/18/china-xi-jinping-facing-widespread-opposition-in-his-own-party-claims-insider

Exclusive: Cai Xia, who has been expelled from the elite Central Party School, says president’s ‘unchecked power’ has made China ‘the enemy of the world’

[Davexl]

Arrest of Agnes Chow in may stir up anti Chinese feeling among Japanese:

Arrest of Hong Kong's 'Goddess of Democracy' may complicate Japan-China ties


https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/08/16/national/politics-diplomacy/hong-kong-agnes-chow-japan-china

[Davexl]

In my personal opinion China actually is right on this matter...

China Calls U.S. Rules on Huawei ‘Nothing Short of Bullying’


https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...lying-kdzobtga

[Davexl]

Belarus president hints at fresh repression to keep grip on power


https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...iot-police-kgb

'However, on Tuesday there were signs that the resolve of striking workers may be weakening in the face of threats from management,
and the fighting talk to his security council suggested Lukashenko is seeking to shore up support among the security services and army.'

[Davexl]

China ups ante as US support bolsters Taiwan


Beijing likely fears Taipei's ultimate goal is to gain US and wider Western recognition as a sovereign state

by Richard Javad Heydarian

https://asiatimes.com/2020/08/china-...lsters-taiwan/

The Chinese state-backed Global Times described the large-scale exercises as a “clear and unprecedented deterrence toward secessionists of the island as well as the US, as the Trump administration has increased its links with the Taiwan secessionist authority, and the possibility of peaceful reunification is decreasing sharply.”

[Davexl]

Internal dissent made public:

China's Xi Jinping facing widespread opposition in his own party, insider claims

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/18/china-xi-jinping-facing-widespread-opposition-in-his-own-party-claims-insider

Exclusive: Cai Xia, who has been expelled from the elite Central Party School, says president’s ‘unchecked power’ has made China ‘the enemy of the world’

She was a Communist Party insider in China. Then she denounced Xi

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/20...r-denounced-xi

NY Times

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Davexl going for a new record in consecutive posts here.

oops I blew it for ya .

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Davexl going for a new record in consecutive posts here.

oops I blew it for ya .

Don't think anybody reads this stuff anyway Peat, missing my old Time magazines.
Maybe I should run a short course in getting round pay wall restrictions by deleting the cookies of the Web page.
Firefox works best of the browsers, or just clear the browser cookies when closing the browser to reset them...

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Davexl going for a new record in consecutive posts here.

oops I blew it for ya .

Naughty naughty. . . that was unkind.

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Belarus president hints at fresh repression to keep grip on power


https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...iot-police-kgb

'However, on Tuesday there were signs that the resolve of striking workers may be weakening in the face of threats from management,
and the fighting talk to his security council suggested Lukashenko is seeking to shore up support among the security services and army.'

Strongmen autocrat dictators rely on support from the security services and the military to retain their position. Since Lukashenko hasn't gone full-mental-Assad, it's only a matter of time now.

After the rebuff to President Putin over the "amalgamation" proposal, there's not likely to be much support coming from the east. but what might come from the west?

Perhaps Russia's preferred option might be a second Ukraine. Permanent political paralysis preventing closer relations with the EU and NATO? Which, of course, begs the question what might Russia's least preferred future for Belarus look like?