China losing patience with conceited India

By failing to turn up for the G20 summit, Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a clear signal that China has little enthusiasm for stabilising relations with India, say researchers from a New Delhi think tank.

NEW DELHI: When it became clear that China’s President Xi Jinping had decided to skip the Group of 20 summit in Delhi this week, it was the final blow to the opportunity that the forum presented to restore “normalcy” in India-China relations.

In the three years since border tensions have flared up between the neighbours, a protracted military standoff has become the defining thorn in bilateral relations. Consequently, the trust deficit between the two countries has steadily increased to levels perhaps last seen during the 1962 border war.  CNA

China has been negotiating with the Indians on the border issues for nearly a century, from the time of Nehru till now but with no results. There were several times when China was willing to concede most of the land under dispute to India but as a Chinese initiative, given away by China, not as carved away by the British during the peak of British Colonialism. Chinese land can only be given away by China diplomatically, not as decided by foreign powers, not by two white men from England taking their pens to draw the lines on a map saying which belonged to the British Empire and which belonged to China. Accepting the lines drawn by the British Empire is like accepting Colonialism and might is right.

China was willing to do a bit of horse trading with India to settle the dispute and has been very courteous and patience with the Indians. Unfortunately, the highly conceited and cocky Indians would not move an inch. Whatever the British carved out from China belongs to India and not negotiable. China has given enough time to persuade the Indians to settle the dispute amicably but to no avail. The Indians take the Chinese willingness to compromise as a sign of weakness and have hardened their position.

China has had enough of the Indians and would henceforth take a firm stand in its claim of the Chinese land stolen by the Brits. Not an inch would be conceded to the Indians. Period. The new map issued by China is the latest and clearest position and statement by the Chinese. They are telling the Indians not to have wet dreams that they can claim Chinese land by being stubborn and recalcitrant. They would have to face the full might of the PLA if they dare. More forces have been deployed to the border region with India and this would be the situation going forward.

China could easily take back all the lands if it intends to by force but would like to settle the dispute amicably and diplomatically. For the movement the status quo shall remain unless the drunken Indians dare to push for a fight. No more graces to be given to the Indians, no more generosity to appease the highly strung Indians.

Ukraine joining the Americans to make war a business

 Kiev was reportedly willing to conduct missile attacks on both nations if its Western backers supplied “the necessary means of destruction”

The Ukrainian government urged its Western backers last month to conduct missile strikes on drone factories in Iran and Syria, even offering to launch the attacks itself if given the weapons to do so, according to a document seen by The Guardian.

The document in question was handed to G7 governments by Ukrainian officials in August, the British newspaper reported on Wednesday. In it, the Ukrainians claimed that kamikaze drones used by Russian forces are built by Iranian manufacturers in Iran and Syria, and contain Western components.  RT

The Ukraine war is exposing all the warmongering tribes in Europe to the world. The American terrorists are top on the list with all the other European states in the same basket. But a few stand up starkly as highly charged savages that think war is great and a way to show their machoism. The Ukrainians are a given, thinking they are up to it to fight and defeat Russia. This is naivety. Then there are the Poles. They were butchered in WW2 but now standing up like eager beavers to support the Ukraine War against Russia. And there were the 3 micky mouse states of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, walking around with a pistol in their hips. Not to forget the sneaky Brits, hiding in the dark corners doing all the damages but pretending to be innocent. Their finger prints are all over the Nord Stream  and Crimea Bridge bombings. 

What is astonishing is that the Ukrainians think that war is a good business, no need to work, just go to war and demand money from the warmongering Americans and Europeans. They must have learnt from the Americans. Now they even volunteered to attack Iran and Syria when they are cornered inside their homeland. Can you imagine that they have appetite to fight a war in the Middle East when they are depending on the Americans and Europeans to provide them with all the war machine and bullets?

Taking on someone that is ten or hundreds time more powerful, like a super power with nuclear weapons is not bravery, but pure stupidity. The Russians could crush Ukraine to bits if Putin decides to do so. And the Ukrainians still think they are great fighters and have a chance to defeat Russia when the Americans are staying clear, not wanting to go head on with the Russians.

Such samples of stupid leaders are also found in East and South East Asia. Yoon Suk Yeol is a good example. While Kishida is quieting down, this Yoon is still growling, threatening North Korea and China. And the few jokers in Taipei, thinking that the Americans would fight China and die for them, when the stark realities are staring them in the eyes, that they are just pawns for the Americans to irritate China. Taiwan returning to the motherland is a forgone conclusion, a matter of when.

Further south, with the Americans occupying their bases with foot soldiers, the Philippines think they are now as powerful as the Americans and can irritate China, even go to war with China. Would the Americans die for the Pinoys? At best, Phililppines would become another Ukraine, with all the western countries offering military aids, weapons of war, for the Pinoys to fight to the last Pinoy in a war that has no reason to begin with. This is like tired of living in peace. 

The Malaysians used to be like the Pinoys. But once they saw the awaken dragon, Mahathir openly expressed that it was a futile and foolish thing to do to want to take on China. Better be friends than be enemies. Indonesia is the most mature in its relations with China and the USA. Despite all the agitation by the Americans to push Indonesia to be a thorn against China, the Indons coveniently made it a passe, a non issue. There is no need for Indonesia to be hostile to China under the behest of the evil warmongering Americans, to become a pawn of the Americans. And there is so much to gain in economic development and cooperation with China and keeping the region peaceful. Indonesia is the stabilising force in Asean, acting in the role of big brother to Asean states and not allowing mischievous little states in Asean to hijack Asean to become a pawn of the Americans.

Asean is blessed to have Indonesia holding the fort and keeping an even keel. Just be peaceful and don't become smart Alecs or the point man for the Americans to destabilise the region. Why turn the region into a war zone for the interest of the Americans and to become colonies of the evil American Empire?

Modi thinks too highly of himself and must go

 The USA is trying for a 'deviously engineered' regime change in India, using Canada to start the ball rolling. Earlier, we saw the economic attack initiated to destablise India, to soften the underbelly of India, with George Soros adding his vile attacks. Modi was also a target of those attacks.

You see, agitating the Sikh issue is going to start another front for ethnic conflict in Punjab against Hindu rule, sooner or later. Antony Blinken is taking up the issue with the Indian Foreign Minister, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, possibly going to add more fuel to the fire. And Justin Trudeau is applauding the move. Where and when the USA gets involved, we know the issue will never be resolved.

We also know that there is still baggage leftover between Sikhs and the Hindu Government ever since the assassination of Indira Gandhi. All is not that cordial and peaceful under the surface, between Sikhs and India's Hindu Government, and is an opening for the USA to capitalise upon.

Not that India is now peacful with the already hot potato in Manipur still festering. Did the Indians see any indication of the Western hands manipulating the situation in Manipur, or are just intent on blaming Myanmar and trying to drag China into their mess. China is not interested in any regime change happening in India. What benefit will China get in return and ostensibly to counter which other country?

Modi is not following the dictates of the USA, certainly not in the case of its relationship with Russia. In fact India is even more cordial with Russia, as India is benefitting from the cheap energy from Russia, which is enabling it to make a pile reselling the mixed cocktail of oil it sells to the EU. Why would India want to kill the goose that is still laying the golden eggs? And the USA had even told India earlier that it can continue to import Russian oil, but not others which it sees as violating its sanctions on Russia. See the hubris?

India is openly violating the USA's and EU's sanctions on Russia oil, and here we see the West unable to want to do anything about it. When Putin gifted Kim with drones, military uniforms and bullet proof vests, it was touted loudly as against United Nations Security Council sanctions. But India buying Russian oil is suddenly no more an issue about violating sanctions against Russia. See the hypocrisy?

India would be even more assertive and provocative than China is now touted to be, and preventing India's rise is also on the cards. The rise of China had given the USA much to think about regarding India, and the USA is not waiting for another kick in the butt. China's rise was touted by Antony Blinken as an attempt to dominate the world. What is wrong with that? Is the USA given the mandate of Heaven that only it can dominate the world?

Anonymous

China no longer believes in the lying and cheating Americans

 China is following the Buddhist saying - "those that come are not holy, and those that are holy would not come". How true!

Why would China want to talk to USA leaders, knowing face to face they say one thing, and change their stance upon stepping down from the plane taking them home? Moreover, even before visiting China, they already advocate a confrontational stance, trying to indicate that they are coming to talk from a position of strength. China knows all the dirty tricks employed by the USA leaders. Fool China once shame on USA, and fool China twice shame on China. It, is not going to work going forward.

Hell, the lessons in the past taught China more than enough what it needed to learn - the opium war, the eight nations attempt to tear China apart, the century of humiliation, the isolation of China in various fields of technology eg space exploration, the trade war, the Chips war, all are not ever going to be repeated.

China us now recalibrating its economic direction, prioritising its move towards self sufficiency, leveraging on its strengths and correcting its mistakes. A time for consolidation, within which no one, not even Ministers are indispensible to be changed. The property sector needs consolidating, the same mistake that was to criple Japan for more than three decades. This sector is also coming to a head in the USA and UK, with interest rate hikes still not over. When the dam breaks, home prices will also plunge into the abyss for them. Let not the USA and UK laugh at China's property fiasco. Who is going to laugh last is not yet known.

That brings to me to what we are seeing today in Singapore. The economy is suffering a short circuit, with manufacturing in the doldrums. The only bright spark seems to be in the 'bricks and mortar' sector, but beware of the cliff. If it can happen to Japan and now China, it can also happen to us. Everywhere we look around, it is nothing but knocking down, rebuilding, building, digging, and redoing. How long will it last?

Anonymous

Terrorism a disguise for military intervention and occupation

 The American soldiers are in many countries in the Middle East and Africa fighting 'terrorism' as the terrorist American state called it. They invented 'terrorism' not only to frighten countries, but using terrorism as an excuse to invade countries in the name of fighting 'terrorism'. Who allowed them to invade Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, and many states in Africa under the excuse of fighting terrorism? Who gave the Americans the right to send their soldiers into sovereign independent states to fight terrorism without the permission of these states?

In the name of terrorism, they have been in the Philippines for decades, supposedly fighting terrorism. But the terrorism in the Philippines would not go away. For once the threat of terrorism in the Philippines is over, there is no more reason to justify the presence of American soldiers in the Philippines. The caveat, the Philippines volunteers to have American forces in their own soil. This is the mentality of a third world state, giving up their independence by openly inviting foreign forces to occupy their land. The Africans are chasing out all the fake fighters of terrorisms, the French, the Americans and Brits, in their homeland.

Why should countries be so incapable of fighting terrorism in their own lands and needing the American and western forces to fight the terrorists on their behalf? In many cases the state terrorists, ie foreign forces, actually invaded these victim countries, claiming that there were terrorists in the states which were really herdsmen and villagers minding their own business, living their own way of life.

The big farce is that most of the so called terrorists were sponsored, bred and trained by the American terrorists to indulge in terrorism in these states. And the Americans used these as reason to send in the soldiers of the evil Empire, to put down terrorism without the consent of the country invaded. Terrorism is just an American concocted scheme to justify invasion and occupation of a country by soldiers of the evil American Empire.

And who are the so called terrorists? Islamic deviant cults branded as terrorists by the anti Islamic American and westerners. They used Islam as a scarecrow to brow beat states, to invade states. Another group of so called terrorists are actually freedom fighters, nationalists fighting for the independence of their mother land. The treacherous Americans even demonised the Iranian National Guards and Iranian military commanders as terrorists. Every Palestinian leader fighting for the liberation of Palestine and the Palestinians are called terrorists when the real terrorists are the Israelis and Americans forcefully seizing and occupying their land.

Do not be misled by the American propaganda and western media printing fake news about terrorism. The Americans are the real terrorists, the masterminds behind most of the the terrorist groups funded by them. Many of NGOs are actually terrorist organisations organising uprising and riots to destabilise countries in the name of fake democracy and human rights.

Stop the real terrorists. Do not be misguided by the American terrorists starting and fighting wars to support their war industries and controlling the world with their fake claims to democracy and human rights and protecting the world from terrorism. The world's number one terrorist state, the USA, is shouting terrorism and exporting terrorism to destabilise and control the world.

Troublemaker American terrorists accused China of being assertive and provocative

 The accusation that the Chinese are more assertive and provocative started to gain traction since the trade war, when China started retaliating against Donald Trump's tariff war. Trump even warned, unashamedly and illogically, that China must not retaliate. China must turn the other cheek for the USA to slap. China retaliated anyway.

And so the assertive and provocative narrative accusation against China gained ground over the South China Sea islands dispute as well. Taking advantage of the standing dispute, the USA hyped up the issue to support its agenda. Those claims were already there long before, while China was still on the same wavelength as the USA.

When China started building up its military program, improving its economic strength and overtook the USA in GDP using the Purchasing Power Parity comparison, and was touted to be overtaking the USA in nominal GDP within this decade, it was then that all hell broke lose within the USA Government, both Democrats and Republicans, propelled by the neo-Cons. It was to be an all out demonisation of China ever since.

As former Greek Finance Minister, Yanis Varoufakis answered in reply to a question from an ignorant Journalist about China's military buildup - 'What is wrong with that? China is a big country and it needs a big military to protect itself'.

The USA sees the problem of China upgrading its military, unlike the situation with the former Soviet Union that went bankrupt, trying to outspend the USA militarily, with a fraction of the USA's GDP then. China is not in the same situation as the former Soviet Union. China has more than US$3.2 trillion in reserves to call upon when needed. And the USA knows more military spending by China is not going to make it another Soviet Union bankruptcy. The USA is thus paranoid, hysterical, and fearful, watching like a hawk over China's military expansion. 

Anonymous

America dumping Maui for Ukraine and the Pacific Islands

 When Maui residents resorted to self help through donations, knowing the USA Government is not making attempts to help them, the Hawaiian Government is now trying to deal a blow even to that, by attempting to shut down mutual aid, claiming such help could be used by unscrupulous people running Maui fund raising scams. The real reason, I believe, stems from the fear that such mutual aid could enable the fire victims to have the financial means to wage court battles against those land grabbers. Would the USA Government now come up with 'Executive Orders' to grab those money already raised? I would not want to bet against that.

Put it in another way, it seems that the Hawaiian Government just wanted to get rid of even those survivors in any way possible, so that rich elites could move in to grab their land. Now that there are so many survivors fighting for their rights, it is going to be a battle looming to prevent such land grabs. This attempt to prevent mutual aid from increasing its fund raising activities is getting preposterous. First they were reported to be denying water for fire fighting, presumably to let the fire burn uncontrollably, and possibly to kill off even those now surviving as well.

And what is the USA Congress doing all this time for Maui? A miserly US$3.8 million or US$700 for each Maui fire victim household. Is that it? Oh, they have been too busy sending Senators to visit Ukraine looking for more money laundering loopholes, and have to do more for Ukraine. Hosting Zelenskyy in the house with his begging bowl is turning out to be such a meaningful activity for the Senators.

Meanwhile, Joe Biden has been going around building castles all over the world, such as the IME Corridor and infrastuctures for the Pacific Islanders to be 'free, prosperous and secure'. 'Free, prosperous and secure' makes me puke. Rather than caring for his own citizens, Sleepy Joe and his administration is doing more for others like Ukraine.

Suffice to say, both Democrats and Reppublicans obviously have forgotten the saying that 'charity begins at home'. Oops never talk about charity from the USA. They have been beset with the exploitation mentality since its birth, and that is still deeply ingrained in their sick minds.

Anonymous

The American terrorists planning WW3!!! Be warned of the agenda of these evil savages!!!

 Perhaps more to come from Joe Biden, to perk up his 2024 attempt. Joe Biden does not want to talk about issues at home - the homeless situation, the drug infestation, the train mishaps, the deadly fire in Maui, and of course the perennial debt issue problems to provide support for his campaign. He knows it is a disaster to do that and digging his own grave. So, expect even more 'super-duper' projects from Joe Biden, imaginery or not. And both parties will meanwhile be using Russia and China as their punching bags.

And I am talking about the 'pettest pet' project of Joe Biden, which is starting the war in East Asia against China. The USA is abandoning a lost cause in Ukraine, though it does not openly say so directly. That gives Russia the impetus to go East, as they are doing now, evidenced by their latest military exercise in the Bering and Chukchi Seas, where their economic interest lies and needs protection. And that gives China the kind of support that is important, morally and militarily.

You see, the USA will then still be fighting two nuclear superpowers, like it or not, with North Korea solidly behind the duo. It was basically Russia alone in Ukraine, but Russia, China and North Korea are closing together in the East. Now, what could Putin be doing in Bejing next month? Will it be loudly spinned off again as 'worrying' for the USA?

Putin, Xi and Kim are having a busy time visiting each other, I believe not just exchanging T shirts as LKY used to say. Russia just gifted Kim with drones, military uniforms and bullet proof vests, which is pronounced as violating United Nations Security Council sanctions. What sanctions are they talking about when all three are under sanctions by the USA iself, one way or another. In fact Russia is now the most sanctioned country in the world. Incidentally, does that gifting of military hardware by Russia to North Korea indicate that Russia is running out of drones and other weapons as reported by the Western media? 

Anonymous

Democracy is an American lie to cripple emerging economies

 The Americans did not become rich and powerful due to democracy. This also applies to the European and British Empires. They became rich and powerful from exploitation of the weak, from invasion and plundering of countries, from violation of human rights and war crimes, including massacres and genocides. They only pretend to champion democracy after they became rich and comfortable, with a big economy to cushion the destructive nature of democracy. 

China, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea did not become rich because of democracy. Did Singapore become rich because of democracy in the western mold? The Indonesia used the term guided democracy to describe democracy under a strong man like Suharto.

The Russians tried democracy but broke apart and almost slipped into the third world. Many ex colonies are still struggling to be functional and stable countries while practising democracy or so called democracy. The more democratic they become, the more unstable were their countries and the more dysfunctional were their economies. This is the truth about democracy in poor and developing countries, like an infant wanting to behave like an adult but really behaving like the ill disciplined and rather wild adolescents. 

Democracy is destructive in the sense that it unleashes the factional forces of all interest groups to compete against each other, pitting one group against another for their own selfish interests. When the pie is small, when a country is divided, the liberating of competing forces would only destroy the little pie and make the country and people poorer. In the early stages of a country's development, there is a critical need to unite the people as one, with a common interest to bring unity and prosperity for the country and people. This is basic. A poor and developing country cannot have the luxury of division in the name of democracy. They need to be one people with one common goal, to bring progress and development to their country to raise the standard of living of the people. A hungry people, a disorganised country and economy has to put democracy on the back burner, get the house in order first. The basic needs of the people is about food, security and a roof over the head. Democracy is a luxury when a country is rich and secured. It is like getting rich first and then talking about having more life style choices. 

China is a good example of getting the priorities right. Feed the people well, give them proper housing and education, jobs etc, alleviate poverty. Once these have been attained, there will be room and time to play with democratic ideals. Many countries are being lured and lied to about putting democracies above all, never mind if the people are hungry, the country poor and in distress. Democracy is not the cure all or the first priority to live a better life.  This is just a western myth, to keep the poor developing countries in trouble, to destabilise poor countries and keep their countries dysfunctional with infighting among the different interest groups on a little piece of pie and pretending to be happy without the basic needs to live as dignified human beans?

Democracy is about self, the interest of individuals and groups. Where these interests are diversed, it would lead to factionalism and infighting and destruction. Many poor countries cannot afford such divisiveness within the country. There is a bigger common good that must be attained first. Build the nation first, on a surer and stronger foundation before releasing the destructive forces of democracy to allow everyone and every group to fight for themselves against the common good. However, some prefer to have liberalism and democratic values while going hungry. This is a case of choosing the right priorities.

The Americans would like every poor country to be democratic and in chaos, forever fighting among themselves instead of uniting for a common greater goal. The difference in development between India, the biggest democracy in the world, and China is for all to see. China is getting richer and attaining all the basic needs of its people. China will move along to be more and more democratic in the long run, benefiting the people of the country. China will develop a democracy based on a sound economy and a higher standard of living of its people. Such a democratic development would be more stable and lasting as the foundation is strong. India will continue its democratic system with divisive forces dragging its feet and preventing it from running at full speed. 

Who would be the winner? Which is a better model?

Gangster Americans lie, lie and lie

 Rest assured they will continue to put the USA oncoming financial train wreck on ICU. The debt ceiling had already been raised multiple times in the past, so what is the problem? That show in Congress is just, well a show, much ado about nothing, put up by the senators to make it problematic. It is nothing more than creating an imaginery threat we saw many times before.

The 5G threat of Huawei, first about the relay stations built by Huawei being dangerous to humans and emitting waves of 'death' and must be taken down, LOL, then to full fledged unsubstantiated, no holds barred, National Security Threat, that was later to extend to allies as well. Later the USA was reported to be struggling with new relay stations using a different set of 5G wavelengths for transmission, that was to interfere with aviation communication. But keep this embarassment under wraps, as it is a shameful fiasco and the USA is now into 6G, leaping a hurdle they could not overcome.

The weather balloon threat was also hype up to high heaven as a spy balloon, but that obviously failed to be convincing. The USA could not find credible evidence to stick, after shooting it down, so they resorted to trying to cover up the embarrassment by claiming that the spying equipment on the balloone was not even turned on according to sources. It was further admitted that what the Chinese side told them was factual, relayed once only without further rambling, and that the balloon was supposed to fly over Hawaii and had been blown off course due to strong winds. But from the start this was brushed aside arrogantly and they refused to listen and insisted it was a spy balloon all along. After failing to find the evidence after sieving through the debris, they sheepishly admitted their incompetence.

The spy balloon incident even allowed Antony Blinken to have an excuse to put off his, then uninvited, visit to Beijing. After that, no invitation was to come from Beijing again, not even to Sleepy Joe, who is still waiting. But rest assured Sleepy Joe, even sleepwalking, will crash the party sooner or later, even uninvited. Joe was hoping to talk to Xi at the G20 in New Delhi weeks ago, but was disappointed that Xi was not interested in attending.

Oh, by the way Joe Biden had the whole G20 circus to himself, making some game changing announcements like the IME Corridor project, all to counter China's BRI, and not serving any strategic or useful purpose. As they are saying, when Joe Biden talks, people just laugh it off. When Putin talks people listen. When Zelenskyy talks, people hide their wallets.

Anonymous

Can China steal technology that the Americans did not have? Aren't the Americans embarrass by their stupid lies?

 With all the claims that Huawei is stealing USA technology, Zen Rengfei puts it in perfect perspective. Put simply, how could Huawei be stealing technology that the USA has not yet succeeded in mastering or implementing, like 5G. In fact Huawei and Chinese companies in general, leads even the USA in technology patents in many fields. In other words, the USA is trying to cover its future technology grounds than existing in reality today, by claiming Huawei is stealing USA's 'tomorrow technology'. That is how preposterous the USA is, making such claims.

China is doing the right thing to slowly get over its dependence on USA's and its Allies' equipment like iphones and computer programes like Windows, initially in official Government circles and Government linked entities. The next step is sanctioning the use of USA made chips from companies like Micron, that have proven to be a 'National Security Risk'. The term 'National Security Risk' is such a wide and useful tool against all threats proven or unproven, and China is taking a leaf from the USA by using this useful 'National Security Risk' argument to its advantage. The sword cuts both ways.

Yes, there are obvious pros and cons to de-coupling and both sides will suffer the consequences. It is a zero sum game that neither side will gain any advantage. But since the USA wants to engage in such a move, China cannot just continue to remain its punching bag forever. There has to come a time when the victim is strong enough to retaliate, and then retaliation can no longer be avoided.

Because China is starting to retaliate, the USA and the West is calling China assertive or provocative and advocating such hubris, using fear mongering and fabricating imaginery threats to demonise China. China should not be worried too much about such sabre rattling, but be aware and be ready to face any eventualities. My guess is that China knows what the USA and the West is up to. The fact that Russia, North Korea and now Iran is in its corner is an added bonus.

Anonymous

Sleepy Joe throwing US$40 billion to the Pacific Islanders!!! Wow, where is he going to find the money?

 Well, the game changing move has been revealed and Sleepy Joe is talking about investing US$40 billion in the Pacific Island's infrastructure for a free, prosperous and secure Indo-Pacific region. Reading that phrase 'free, prosperous and secure Indo-Pacific Region' I just LMAO (laugh my ass off). Who is enslaving or trying to invade the Pacific Islanders all those centuries, when it was only the Whites doing that, even using them as backyards for their nuclear device testing ground. Further, just wonder what kind of investment is Joe Biden talking about, but I guess building military bases is one of them and on top of its sick agenda. So, Pacific Islanders better not be too happy too soon.

But reading between the lines, and knowing such investments have still to be thrash out in Congress, which is now still wrangling over the debt ceiling, and Sleepy Joe himself just came out howling about how millions will suffer from hunger if the debt ceiling is not resolved and the USA shuts down, the question remains whether Congress will just approve the US$40 billion that easily? Perhaps US$4 billion might just do. Fear mongering works all the time, just as money talks and bullshit walks.

I just wonder what those fire victims in Maui are going to say, knowing that all the money is being siphoned towards Ukraine, IME Corridor and now the Pacific Islands, with nothing for Maui fire victims to rebuild their homes, with the rich in Maui now engaging in a land grab. Can I also say that being citizens of USA means suffering even more fatalistic consequences than being just its friend. The best position to be seems just remaining its enemy, which Henry Kissinger already knew long ago.

Oh, not to forget that for the whole of Africa, Sleepy Joe promised a US$350 billion bribe for digital transformation of the whole of Continental Africa, which was then immediately given a Mohican style haircut, even before going through Congress, to just 10% of the original bribe, ie a mere US$350 million, or just US$7.5 million for each African country. Just been wondering whether that has even been disbursed. As a matter of interest, how much the US$40 billion will eventually be given another Mohican style haircut going through Congress in time to come, is left to be seen.

But just take it as hot air, expended on the spur of the moment, through the arse hole, with Sleepy Joe knowing he may not be around to complete his term, not to speak of 2024. So, what is there to fear by making all those unattainable promises that will eventually meant to be broken or will die of old age without being fulfilled. 

Anonymous

Ukraine War is a theatre

 We are so lucky to be sitting behind our computers drinking coffee or tea and commenting happily about the happenings in Ukraine, how many died, how many got wounded, now many tanks were destroyed and how many targets were hit in Ukraine and in Russia. And many western analysts too have a good time reporting to the world, full time, about the combatants and their exploits and how they are going to die tomorrow. Some enjoying themselves as fortune tellers, some doing it as a talkshow hosts and being paid for it.

And in Washington, the rogues and scoundrels are thumping their chests acting like brave men and women, send more weapons, more funds, must win this war, like it is a football match. And so were the Nato countries, throwing money into the pool to encourage their Team Ukraine to go on fighting to the last Ukrainian. It is so surreal to all the outsiders, the rogues and gangsters and to every one of us. None of us have to risk a scratch on our fingers, who cares which side win or lose, it is just a game.

And the combatants, especially the Ukrainians, fighting and dying everyday when they could also be like everyone else, enjoying a peaceful life, go for holidays and have a good dinner or a good beer in the clubs. Apparently the Ukrainians are enjoying every moment of it to prove that they are brave men, brave and macho soldiers out there to prove they could win a war. None of them even got the time to step back and ask, what the hell were they doing and what were they trying to prove.

And Zelensky is having a great time getting all the attention from his supporters and admirers in Washington, feasting him and making him feel important and giving him all the attention he coveted, and money, and more money. This is the best and lucrative job for an actor.

What is going on and for the benefits of whom? But never mind, let the savages continue with what is basic instinct to them, fighting, killing and dying. We shall all continue to enjoy the spectre of this bizarre game of death whenever we are free and have nothing to do. We can take sides like a football match and cheer or curse at whichever side or player.

This is getting so ridiculous. But some people are making a lot of money from it. Some are feeling very important because of it but not in harms way. Thank you Ukrainians, for the great show. And also thank the gangsters and terrorists in Washington for setting this up and funding and keeping it alive. Without this theatre, the gangsters and terrorists would be dragging some other countries or convincing some silly Asian or Asean leaders to be like Zelensky and throw their people under the bus.

To the gangsters and terrorists in Washington and Nato, great job. Keep the war going forever, keep the killings and dying going on forever. Just keep it in Ukraine, in Europe. We will continue to write about it when we are bore and have nothing better to do. Thank you for the entertainment.

And blame Russia for the war, oops, for a great live show. With this Ukraine theatre, the rest of the world can live peace. Caveat, if they don't have stupid leaders to be coerced by the Americans, or volunteer to send their own soldiers to die in this theatre that has nothing to do with them.

The USA's financial system collapse is real is also inevitable.

That is why countries like China, Russia, Saudi Arabia among others have seen the oncoming train wreck and are moving seriously forward with de-dollarisation. Such a move will temper the effect of the collapse of the US$ hegemony to a certain extent, rather than facing the full force of the blow.

That is also why China is now more confident of retaliating against the USA's technological squeeze. China is fast catching up in its high end chip research and development, which is why China is taking a more forceful retaliative action in controlling its rare earth exports, moving away from reliance on foreign chipmakers, even banning chips from Micron, which it was not able to do, not until it found its direction in realising its 7 nm chip mass production capabilities. Most of all, it is reported than 90% of what is inside the Huawei mate 60 is all Chinese components, that will be 100% soon.

The days of foreign chip makers dominating the Chinese market is ending for good. 

Anonymous

China unwilling to lend to an empire that prints money; Singapore forewarned

China is a significant creditor of the US.

The US possesses the power to "print money," which it uses to sustain Washington's audacious habit of borrowing and spending recklessly, exemplifying its dominant "style" of hegemony.

US debt has now reached an alarming height - $33 trillion! That amounts to $100,000 per American across the nation! What's even more concerning is its growth rate, with an increase of $10 trillion in three years! That means $833 million is being added to the debt every hour since it crossed the $33 trillion mark.

The US' containment of China, particularly through creating military tensions in China's neighborhood, as well as the overall restriction on Chinese manufacturing and its impact on the livelihoods of the Chinese people, has heightened China's worry about the US reneging on its debts.

China's National Day, which falls on October 1, is just around the corner. For the Chinese people, September 30 marks the start of a seven-day holiday following the Mid-Autumn Festival.

The hardworking Chinese people, who are about to enjoy a wonderful holiday, know that they work hard for the well-being of their families. If their hard-earned money were to be used to prop up an empire's hegemonic and brutal actions, as well as an unsympathetic political struggle, and then they were to be paid back in the form of "printed money," they would definitely say "no."

China cuts its holdings of US Treasury bonds for a fourth consecutive month in July to $821.8 billion, a 14-year low. Singapore still holds $186.1 billion of US Treasury bonds, a not insignificant amount, and ranked 15th largest holder of US Treasury bonds.

Anonymous

IME is perhaps the 'pettest' of all the pet projects of Joe Biden

 Yes, IME is perhaps the 'pettest' of all the pet projects of Joe Biden.

The other pet projects are the 'Build Back Better' project, the 'Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment' project, the 'Digital Transformation of Africa' project, the now touted as imaginery 'Railroad across the Pacific Ocean' project, and now the infrastructure projects Joe Biden has in mind for the Pacific Islands. Will it be a project involving building railroads joining up those islands I wonder, LOL? Never has a White country so involved in so many global projects after centuries of purposeful neglect. Just hot air perhaps. Funny isn't it?

By the way, another freight train crashing into a SUV, killing six just happened in Plant City, Florida. With all the infrastructure development that Joe Biden is talking about, why is the rail system in the USA full of mishaps lately. Between USA and India, which is the train accident hub of the world I wonder? And Joe Biden and Modi are talking about building the IME outside of both countries. Unbelievable but true!

I cannot wait to hear the game changing good news after the 'charm offensive' meeting in Washington. Those Pacific Island leaders may indeed be charmed, seeing stars in front of their eyes.

Anonymous

19th Asian Games Opening Ceremony

 

This is the complete version of the 19th Asian Games Opening Ceremony, all 2hrs 23 min, for those who want to see the glamour and digi technology being put into full display. Even the fireworks were digital.

China is going fully into AI and everything digital in the new automated world of the future. Enjoy the visual effects of lights and choreography and thousands of people enjoying themselves in the best way in a peaceful world, making friends instead of making enemies and wars. It was all about friendship and celebrating life and being fellow human beans. Enjoy.

The real reason why Huawei was banned - The Americans cannot spy on you

 

4 minutes explaining why Qualcomm chips allowed the Americans to have a back door to spy on you and to cripple your communication devices.

The Americans have many reasons to want to kill Huawei. Top on the list is that Huawei is one of the first Chinese company that has proven to have the capability and technology to beat the Americans in their own game. Huawei's 5G is unbeatable, the best in the market. After so many years of hostile persecution of Huawei and struggling to come up with their own 5G, the Americans and the West have failed miserably to beat Huawei. All they could come up with is fake 5G, not the real 5G Huawei is using and without the same power as Huawei. 

The Americans have in a way given up trying to come up with a 5G and wanting to leapfrog to 6G. This is how desperate they are to want to be better than Huawei but more a midsummer night's dream, fat hope. Huawei should have been the main provider of 5G for the whole world and the whole world would be benefiting from the super fast 5G technology. Fortunately, or unfortunately, Huawei is now available outside the US and the West, while Europe and UK are salivating for Huawei's 5G but coerced by the Americans, like the Nordstream pipeline, not allowed to use.

So Huawei is now flourishing in Russia, Saudi Arabia and the Middle East, in Brazil, Venezuela and Latin America as well as Africa. In China alone, Huawei have nearly 1 billion users happily using 5G. 5G is now the standard in China and the rest of the world, leaving backward USA and Europe behind in their slow snail pace 4G environment.

Then there is the element of spying and tapping on the communication of users. The Americans have passed a law for all Qualcomm and TSMC chips, all American made chips to have a backdoor to spy on the users. This is not available or possible in Huawei's phones. The Americans are really pissed by this handicap. So, in order to monitor and spy on everyone, they pressurised their allies and cronies and the rest of the world to use their compromised mobile phones and chips. They did not want anyone else to use Huawei phones. Wish they might, but all the sensible leaders in EU and the rest of the world are using Huawei phones to escape from being listened in by the Americans.

In a way, this devious American legislation would kill all American chips and mobile phones now that Huawei is up and selling better phones than Apple. And it is likely that all Chinese Made mobile phone makers would use Huawei chips to keep the Americans away. This American legislation is as good as weaponising the mobile phones.

Who wants to be monitored by the Americans and lose their privacy?

Sleepy Joe pretending to be Santa Claus to the Pacific Islanders

 Sleepy eye 'Snake Charmer' Joe Biden is said to be now hosting another Pacific Islands 'charm offensive' in Washington, and you perhaps already guessed it, all to counter China's influence. He is promising infrastructure and internet connectivity, promising undersea cables for those islands. And all this when the USA is facing shutdown due to the debt ceiling. Unbelievable!

But not all Pacific Island leaders are interested in attending the circus. Soloman Islands Prime Minister Mannaseh Sogavare is skipping the event, having had deep ties with Beijing. Smart leader he is, but he will soon be threatened with consequences, which is the norm. He does not want to go to Washington ostensibly to be talked down to, threatened, dictated to and insulted like those African leaders, being given no platform to talk and allowed only five miserable minutes to introduce themselves.

To put it in another way, they will probably be in the USA for a photoshoot, just the same thing that the almost 50 African leaders did a year ago. After having their dose of snake oil dished out by Joe Biden, some chicken wings were thrown, a grand US$350 million (depreciated from the original US$350 billion) which works out to a US$7.5 million dollar digital transformation help for each African country, plus a group photo of them to take home to show they were there to meet the Snake Charmer. Many are reliving the insult they faced, treated like slaves. Oh yes, Africa after all is a 'shithole' as some USA leaders claimed and deserves no better.

After using those Pacific Islands as testing ground for their nuclear experiments decades ago, with nuclear radiation leaks now threatening the region, the USA is so caring that it wants to foster closer links with them. The Africans, after centuries of exploitation by the Whites and deprived of developments and called a 'shithole' by the Whites, are already telling the Whites, please spare us the agony of reliving the past. Please leave Africa for good.

If the Pacific Islanders fall for the 'charm offensive', they really deserve no sympathy and are obviously lagging far behind the Africans in wisdom and mentality. They better remember what happened to the Native American Indians and their fate.

Anonymous 

PS. Santa Claus comes once a year. But this is just a myth. China was and is there all the time to help to rebuild the Pacific Islands. China did not come and go and reappear again once in a blue moon.

Ukraine War - The liars in Washington and Nato cannot hide their lies anymore

 It appears World War 3 has officially begun.

Saturday morning the Russian Army engaged a German-supplied Leopard Tank operating for the Ukraine army in Zaporozhye. The Russians hit the tank with an anti-tank guided missile. The tank blew up. The tank crew evacuated and were captured. The crew identified themselves as ACTIVE DUTY GERMAN ARMY TROOPS.

Thus, the actual Army of Germany has now been caught waging actual war against Russia inside official Russian territory, Zaporozhye.

It appears, on its face, NATO has just started World War 3; using the active-duty German Army to attack Russians.

Anonymous

 Ukraine does not have the trained personnel to operate those missile launchers and tanks supplied by the USA and Nato. Untrained or under trained Ukrainian soldiers probably were responsible for a missile landing in a farm in Poland last year, just before the G20 meeting in Bali, that almost started a direct escalation involving Nato. As what is espoused by people like Brian Belectic and Scott Ritter, knowledgeable people who served with the army, training Ukrainian soldiers to operate effectively those missile launchers and tanks will take months just for basic familiarity, stretching to years, or even longer to be efficiently capable.

That Nato is already involved directly had already been determined early during the war, when the Russians were trying to weed out those hidding inside a steel plant in Eastern Ukraine, which Kyiv tried so desperately to evacuate and losing several helicopters in the process, as well as many air crews. That so much effort was expanded to save those inside the steel plant indicates that personnel from other Western countries were among them, hidden underground and orchestrating the war in Donbass. Some were mercenaries actually, but claims were even made of important USA, UK and Nato military experts being among them, thus necessitating the daring failed rescue efforts.

With the F16s being said to be joining the war, they claimed they are training Ukrainian pilots to fly the F16s, which is all pulling wool over unsuspecting eyes. Either USA or Nato pilots have the skill and will be flying those birds. If Russia shoots down one bird and confirms that USA or Nato pilots are flying them, that will mean really serious escalation is on the cards. 

Anonymous

Desperate evil American's last ditch for supremacy is war

 USA is pushing for war, knowing it still has 'unlimited money printing privileges' to support those 800 military bases and keep up its spending on military logistics and manpower.

China, Russia, Iran and the Global South among others are pushing for de-dollarisation, which hits at the 'Achilles Heel' of the USA's military power. The USA Military's global spread is to protect the sanctity of the US$ hegemony. The USA knows that the end of US$ hegemony means the end of its military power as well. It will then have to behave like the Brits, just posturing and pretending to be still a global superpower that everyone ignores.

What the USA's military existed for is to take down any rising power, big or small, competing against or trying to change the status quo of the US$ hegemony. Iraq and Libya are perfect examples of what the USA's military power stood for. Having bases in host countries, professing to protect them against imaginery enemies, is just pulling wool over unsuspecting eyes.

Now, Russia and China are not like the former Soviet Union, which lacks a strong leader and strategically was not on the same wavelength as China then. Diplomatic relations only resumed after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, then under Mikhail Gorbachev. The Ukraine War was the result of Gorbachev's naive trust of the West.

Relations between Russia and China resumed after the fall of the Soviet Union and really improved during Putin's watch, thanks to the USA's help in pushing Russia into China's corner. Two nuclear superpower, in their own right, coming together is no pushover for the USA. That is also why North Korea is still standing even with its minute stockpile of nuclear deterrents, and that is why Iran is so keen to join the nuclear club.

The USA cannot continue its war mongering without the support of the US$ hegemony. Therefore, getting rid of the US$ hegemony is the only way to stop the USA's ability to fund its war mongering activities.

This coming war, if it starts, and that is now almost a certainty, is to protect the US$ hegemony, which is a do or die mission for the USA. There is no other choice for the USA to avoid, if it is to remain the unipolar superpower. The only question is will it be a war of human annihilation, or will the USA choose to avoid total annihilation and settle for a multipolar existence.

It is common knowledger that fighting this war means the USA mainland is no longer safe, unlike the two previous wars. The USA mainland will face equal destruction as any other combatants. There may not even be winners or losers, but only ashes with everything turned into fossil fuel for the next human cycle. 

Anonymous

China Diplomacy 3.0

 China is rolling out its Diplomacy 3.0 and this is best seen in its invitation to President Assad of Syria to China. China even sent a special state aircraft to fetch Assad to fly him and his entourage to Hangzhou and then to Beijing, offering Assad a protective umbrella. This is not small feat for China as it would antagonise the world's number one terrorist state, the USA. Assad is enemy number one or among the top three to the American terrorists. For China to go all out to lay the red carpet for Assad is like delivering a blue black eye to the Americans, and the Americans would surely want to hit back. And China is prepared for it, and is telling the Americans, please throw your punches if you dare. It is an affront by China against the world's number one bully, to stand up to show full support for a state being bullied by the Americans.

China's Diplomacy 3.0 is all about standing out to defend the victims of American aggression and oppression. States that have been oppressed, sanctioned and isolated by the evil Americans can now look to China to stand up for them. This is one big upgrade from the Wolf Warrior Diplomacy 2.0.

China's Diplomacy 2.0 was all about defending China against the attacks of the American gangsters. Under this Diplomacy 2.0, China was still cautious, only to fight back when provoked or attacked by the Americans but at the same time staying away and not getting directly involved when other states were attacked. It was primarily defending only China and China's interests.

China's Diplomacy 2.0 was still a big departure from Diplomacy 1.0 initiated by Deng Xiaoping at a time when China was still poor and weak. Diplomacy 1.0 was very defensive and dismissive, put the head down, work hard to grow the Chinese economy and to transform China from a poor agrarian economy to a modern economy. China would not be involved in any controversy, would not talk back even if bullied by the Americans, or even by little silly countries in Asean. Just kept quiet and stayed out of trouble, out of the spotlight, unnoticed, unseen, unheard, for survival.

China's Diplomacy 1.0 lasted more than 20 years. By the time Xi assumed the Presidency, China's economy was on firmer ground, but still militarily weak vis a vis the Americans. On his second term. Xi gained more confidence about China's ability to take on the Americans and started to talk back, not to the point of hitting back. Now this has changed mainly because China is now on par with the Americans and even surpassed the Americans in many fields, especially in high tech and the military. 

China is now not only in a position to defend its own national interests, but also confident enough to protect countries that are victims of the evil American Empire. The Americans had been accusing and lying that China was an aggressive country. The Americans have not seen anything yet. When China is really aggressive, the Americans would not have a free hand to throw punches all over the world. China has taken a decisive stand to take on the evil American terrorists in Diplomacy 3.0. Silly little Asian, Asean and Nato countries better be wise and stop their petty foolish acts against China. When China is prepared and ready to take on the evil Americans, the silly little countries would be like the grasses under the feet of elephants, be stomped and flattened.

All the victims of American bullying, sanctions and oppression would now be able to count on a more aggressive and confident China to speak out for them, to stand up for them, to fight for them against the evil American Empire and the Nato gangsters. China would no longer shy away from a direct confrontation with the American terrorists and gangsters. Any little asses still want to sail their antique bath tubs into the territorial waters to provoke China? You want to start a war with China, you are welcome. But make sure you are up to it. Hiding behind the skirts of the American gangsters would not save you.

IME Corridor is Biden and Modi's pet project

 No, they will not give the IME Corridor project to China. It is too big a project for China's standard to undertake. Remember it is meant to counter the BRI, so it must be so grand in scale that Xi will fall to his knees in admiration. Such a project is only reserved for Allies and obedient followers of the USA. Never for China, Russia, Iran or North Korea to particpate in, just like telling China it cannot even go near the International Space Station etc.

Perhaps Japan or South Korea might do the construction. But Japan already seems to have lost the 'blue prints' and got stuck in India and Vietnam, asking for help. Lots of blue prints have been reported lost nowadays, the most serious was the first moon landing blue prints. But, please, China did not steal that, having been told to stand far away over the decades in every technological endeavour that the USA and Allies undertake. South Korea can also try for the project, having a 'Blue House' occupant who is so 'gung ho' nowadays. Maybe he has the true 'blue' films oops prints.

If the IME Corridor is meant to be completed within a timeline of say 40 years, maybe India could do it as well. They did high speed rail construction using slow speed construction methods, and they obviously like it that way, still claiming that things are going great guns. Only thing is would Mohammed bin Salman want to wait 40 years for it, by which time Saudi Arabia may aleady be criss-crosed by HSR like China and built by China. So, what is the hurry? Just give it to India.

By the way, have they sat down to study the details yet, or having no details are still just talking and having hallucinations about how grand the project is going to be that China will envy. China's method is working out the details years ahead before announcing it or even having completed projects before announcing it. USA's method is announcing it even before looking at the feasibility and problems to overcome and how to do it. Building across the Arabian Desert is no walk in the park, with sandstorms, unbearable heat and shortage of water. But it must work, even in theory, and even if construction is all carried out up in the air.

Oh, never mind, even if it turns out to be a White elephant. As long as it frightens China, that is all that is to it.

Anonymous

Xi - Snuffing out other's candles does not make one's candle brighter

 Anything that the USA proposed with allies is to counter China. Is there anything that you can think of that is not to counter China? The IME corridor will just die of old age, long after Joe Biden is gone. In the context of USA's foreign policy, all hot airs invariably ends with the change of the Presidency. They will either pass new laws, acts or executive orders to null those agreements, or else just walk away, knowing they do not have to face consequences. Therefore, beware of the 'Empire of Lies'.

During the COVID19 outbreak, even vaccine was used as a weapon to counter China. When Chinese vaccines were sent to help poor countries, vaccine diplomacy as they call it, it was not agreeable to the USA. So the USA coerce India to counter China by using 'Indian Vaccine' diplomacy, which India gleefully carried out. India then was touted as the vaccine hub of the world. The result was that India was producing vaccines not to take care of its domestic market, but exporting them just to counter China.

What happened next was that India was caught with its pants down when a new variant spread so rapidly that it killed many Indians because there was a lack of vaccines. When India pleaded with the USA for help, all kinds of excuses were given. It was not until other countries started to give help to India, that the USA finally saw its position being compromised in the eyes of the world, that it decided to help by allowing the manufacture of its vaccines. By then, hundreds of thousands already lost their lives.

Oops, forgot to mention that this is also in line with Henry Kissinger's quote - To be an enemy of the USA is dangerous, to be its friend is fatal. That I think fits perfectly with what India, a so called friend of the USA went through, after carrying out the USA's vaccine diplomacy to counter China. Have India learnt its lesson. Obviously not! 

Anonymous

Americans hanging themselves and all the chip makers in the US

 The USA is now in the process of finalising rules to prevent China benefiting from the US$52 billion chip subsidies given to chip manufacturers building facilities in Arizona. USA companies and other foreign manufacturers benefiting from the subsidies are not to be allowed to expand their foothold in China or export products to China. Note that the narrative now is just to 'slow down' China's advance in technology sector, realising that the prevention of China's rise is now an exercise in futility. Good for China's domestic chip industry, good for SMIC and perhaps TSMC and Samsung as well.

TSMC already discarded acceptance of those subsidies because of unreasonable terms designed to hijack their high end chip expertise, on top of having to give the USA Government client's information and having to share profits with the USA Government as well, for a miserable US$15 billion subsidy. The accusation that China is stealing Western technology under the terms of its agreements with foreign entities is never more high handed than what the USA tried to steal from TSMC. TSMC already invested US$40 billion in Arizona, with benefits still uncertain, and is between a rock and a hard place.

Looking at it, TSMC is now in no way being tied down by the USA's new rules, due to non acceptance of the subsidies, and needed to expand its operations in mainland China to restore its bottom line. Unless the USA makes use of further high handed measures to stifle TSMC and Samsung, which might even collapse these two chip giants, the failure of the new rules is apparent. Perhaps the intention was to engineer a collapse of TSMC and Samsung, in order for USA chip makers to corner the market.

The indication is that this new ruling will also meet with failure, because Chinese chipmakers are now on the verge of taking a more substantial slice of the market, both in chips production and share of the domestic market demand, decreasing its dependence on foreign chip makers. China will emerge stronger by its determination to overcome the odds. What China is capable of is clear for all to see, in space technology, AI, EVs, infrastructures, Jet propulsion, and catching up on chip expertise which it had a belated start.

The new rules are centred on the chips business right, and the subsidies were given on the condition that chip manufacturers do not expand chip production in China or sell to China. Where can Chinese domestic chip producers have such opportunities to make hay while the sun shines in the absence of foreign firms competing in the Chinese market. It will be a blessing in disguise. The USA can continue to find more ropes to hang itself, not to mention hanging to dry its own chip manufacturers.

Just like the war in Ukraine, the USA is still advocating for more ropes to hang itself and Nato. Now about to send longer range ATACMS to Ukraine, touted as another game changer. Developed in the 1980's, these are probably obsolete missile system destined for the scrapyard. Dumping these to Ukraine is logical and good business for the Military Industrial Complex.

USA's rope is also hanging around the necks of its European Allies. Germany is now in recession, de-industrialisation crippling its manufacturing in the face of expensive energy cost. When Germany suffers, countries like the PIGS are not going to find others to continue to bail them out in case of difficulty. As the war is now expected to be a long haul, these tottering economies in the EU are not going to enjoy good days ahead.

Anonymous

Asian Games, 23 Sep - 8 Oct 2023 - Hangzhou City, China (Pictorial)

 

Xi attending the Opening Ceremony of the 19th Asian Games - 5 min

A 21 min clips on the opening ceremony performance

Hangzhou City

Hangzhou City2

Big Lotus Stadium

Lighting up the sky

View of the stadiums

Closed up of twin towers

 

Big Lotus Stadium where the Opening Ceremony was held.

Main stadium

Hangzhou is a second tier city in Zhejiang, China. Hangzhou has a long history and well known as one of the most beautiful city in China, famous for the West Lake and home to many poets and scholars.

USA - The warring state

 There is no way of knowing what lengths the 'unspeakable' war hawks in Washington will go to to start WW3. It is now clearly apparent that John F. Kennedy was assassinated after he prevented war between USA and Russia over the Cuban missile crisis. That they even assassinated a sitting President just to fulfill their insatiable hunger for war is really atrocious and frightening.

And that assassination also involved the FBI, CIA and organised crime. It is quite suspicious that Lee Oswald, the accused assassin, had to be assassinated by another assassin said to belong to an Organised Crime outfit, in order to kill off the trail leading to the FBI and CIA.

It is good that the world keeps talking about such events and continue to harp on the 911, which most people could not depart from the thinking that it was nothing more than a 'false flag' meticulously planned to kickstart the war in Iraq. The co-incidence were too extreme - the war games and terror exercise, allowing air defences to be circumvented. Here again many people suspected the FBI and CIA were involved, by knowingly not taking action when they obviously knew of the plot. Whether such allegations were meant to tell us the FBI and CIA were up to standard with their intelligence is subject to debate.

How good intelligence may be, the communication to the right person up the heirarchy is just as important. In the case of Pearl Harbour it was reported that intelligence report failed to be communicated to those at the top. True or not, no one can verify and is up to them to claim.

Anonymous

US using Trudeau to take down Modi

The CIA and USA backed and funded NGOs are very busy in Indonesia, Pakistan and India with elections months away. Pakistan is already gone to the dogs with Imran Khan out of contention. Color Revolution in Pakistan succeeded beyond expectation and bloodshed, thanks to the corruption rampant in the Military, Administrative and Executive arm of the Pakistani Government.

That leaves Indonesia and India for the USA to concentrate on. What the USA wants from India is not that clear cut, but prying away the layers, it is no shame to say that destroying its good relations with Russia is at the top of the agenda. Modi is not following the USA by being dictated to in this regard. So you see, even India, the largest democracy in the world, needs a regime change.

India is staring at many issues being targeted by the West. The situation in Manipur is still unresolved and festering, the Sikh assasination issue brought up by Canada and now the whole collective West is barking loudly against Modi. Analysts are comparing Trudeau's accusation of India as comparatively similar to the fiasco against China's Huawei, all under the instigation of the USA. The sacrificial lap dog is out of favour in Canada itself and may not last. Why not let it bear the burden of shame.

Trudeau is the proxy dog that the USA wants to unleash against India, knowing the assassination happened in Canada, which the USA is refusing to get directly involved, as that entails sacrificing its Indian support in countering China. The USA still needs India to counter China, thus using the juvenile deliquent Trudeau to start the ball rolling, with any consequences falling largely on the fall guy. And who else is jumping on the demonising wagon? The perennial echo-chambers, ie UK and Australia, together with the USA are straight away passengers on the wagon. Expect more of the White countries to follow.  

Anonymous

Ukraine War - Russian winter offensive coming

 Russia is going for a second winter offensive and its target is destroying the energy facilities of Ukraine, the Achilles heel of the enemy. Russia is going to bring Zelenskyy on his knees with its assault on Ukraine's energy sector during the Winter, which if it is harsh, will be detrimental. The assault by Russia on Ukraine's energy sector in 2022 was not that damaging in view of the mild winter that year. This may be different this time around.

With oil trading at more than US$90 a barrel, Russian oil is still flowing to the EU despite the sanctions, albeit under different cover after mixing eg with names such as Nigerian crude, of which the EU countries are paying through their noses. China, India, Saudi Arabia are laughing all the way to the bank, getting discounted Russian oil to sell at huge profits. The fact that this is really going on is making Zelenskyy raving mad that the sanctions on Russia is not working. What can he do, but just howl like a rabid dog.

And Zelenskyy is still high on drugs, demanding that Russia must withdraw from every inch of Ukraine before he will negotiate. He does not understand the meaning of 'Beggars can't be choosers'. Russia is not going to give up Crimea. Not even if there is a gun pointed at Putin's head.

Sure the MSM may be right about Russia loosing lots of weapons in Ukraine, but so does the USA, Nato and Ukraine themselves. It is reported that their weapons stockpile are in jeopardy. Destroying those Uranium tainted shells in Ukraine is going to be a long term health hazard, more for ordinary Ukrainians than the Russians. And the use of cluster bombs is going to cause long term issues just like the mines in Vietnam and the legacy of Agent Orange. The USA is not going to suffer those consequences, but Ukraine will.

Anonymous

IME Corridor - Hollow concept and frivolousless economic assumptions

 The big hypes about this supposedly great Biden Modi infrastructure plan to counter the BRI have faded the moment the G20 Meeting ended. It was all noise and meaningless chest thumping and all for nothing. When a plan is build with no tangible objectives and clear economic benefits but just to counter another widely received and carefully conceived plan, who is going to buy it?

The plan has totally no benefit to the Americans, and to the Americans it is just like a fiction movie in Hollywood, good to have, good to see, good for propaganda and entertainment but no practical or substantive benefits, at best some political influence and publicity. In the case of BRI, there is a lot of trades going on between China and Europe and the countries in between that made economic sense to all the participants. What would India be selling to Europe and vice versa? As for Saudi Arabia, it would just be a transit role, allowing a railroad through the Arabian desert. The economic purpose to Saudi Arabia is minimum as all its trades could still be served by the existing trade routes with no significant advantages from the IME Corridor.

Given these considerations, the big question is the cost. Who is going to pay for it for minimal or virtual gains? The Americans have no direct benefits and are unlikely to pay anything unless it is treating the IMEC as an extention of war against Russia and China, like Ukraine. Then pouring in their toilet paper money into this project would make the some sense against using their fiat money to help Maui.

The bulk of the money spent would be on the railroad through the Arabian desert. Would the Saudis be willing to pay for it when their only benefit is to collect toll? Or would the Europeans and Indians be willing to pay for a railway track and train system in Saudi Arabia? The cost benefit equation does not make sense to any party in this IMEC, especially nothing much to be gained for the Saudis. The Saudis would not mind if the Americans, Europeans or the Indians food the bill and they offer the desert land to the project. 

This frivolous plan is looking more frivolous as day goes by. No one would want to food the bill to build a railroad and train system across the Arabian desert for the Saudis. And the Saudis would not find it economical to build it and pay for it if no one else is willing to be the main paymaster.

There will be more meetings and more meetings on this project for the next few years before it dies a natural death. By the way, who is capable to build this railroad across the Arabian desert? Would they be asking China to build it? Would China want to build it when no one can build it?

Corrupt organisations beholden to the Americans must be disbanded

 Those sitting at the top of the world bodies are obviously nothing more than corrupted beings, so much so that non of those world bodies are credible, moral or worthy of existence.

When BRICS increases its quorum of members over the years, it is time to form new world bodies to undertake the functions of those present beholden world bodies. It is not impossible. Just look at the countries taking part in the BRI and those countries eyeing for membership of BRICS, but denied because of some selfish idiot.

Just as countries can put their hearts and minds into de-dollarisation and migrating their trade settlement in currencies other than the US$ in their bilateral trade and prepare to adopt a new settlement system, it is just a question of time that the world can get together too to get rid of the White clique's control of those beholden world bodies that does more harm than good.

The most sinister of all is that bodies like the ICC thinks it is doing the morally right thing to issue a warrant of arrest against Putin, while closing their eyes, plugging their ears and stuffing their mouths with shit, not looking at what happened in Iraq, not even daring to raise a fart to talk about the roles of George W. Bush, Tony Blair, Donald Rumsfeld and the already dead Dick Cheney and Collin Powell.

And fabricating evidence to start the Iraq war killing millions makes them war criminals millions of times over. But not one of them, in the warp minds of the ICC, deserves to be issued an arrest warrant. That is how ridiculous world bodies have become.

If de-dollarisation is important, so does changing the system of running world bodies, necessitating the formation of new ones that are truly independent and beholden to no one, and certainly not existing to serve the interest of just one country.

Anonymous

White men's greed for power and hegemony is the root cause of the world's troubles and wars.

    The white people especially the Anglo-Saxons toxic greed for power, insatiable greed to grab other countries'  territories and resources  and insidious savage ambition for  world hegemony is the root cause of this world's endless troubles and wars. Further their false assumption that they are a superior race and  are the chosen people of God and that their civilization outshines all other civilizations reinforce their fake ego of primacy above all others. 

For the last 500 years white men have brought bloody curse to all non-white countries in Africa, Asia, North and South America, Australia and New Zealand. Wherever they went they brought deaths and destructions, pains and suffering and genocide. They have never shown any remorse for their wanton acts of brutal cruelty and atrocities to people of victimized countries because they claimed they were supported by their 'Doctrine of Christian Discovery' in which their Lord Jesus empowered them to go abroad to seize lands and resources from non-Christians and to kill natives who refused to be converted to Christianity. This 'Doctrine of Christian Discovery' was later reinforced by other more evil doctrines like the 'Doctrine of Manifest Destiny of America' , the Darwin Doctrine of survival of the Fittest' , the Doctrine of Permanent and Perennial Warfare' and the  'Paul Wolfowitz Doctrine of  American Exceptionalism.' 

Armed with these toxic doctrines the white men cabal headed by the Anglo-Saxon United States intend to hold the world in servitude and bondage under Anglo-Saxon American dominance and permanent. hegemony. For as long as these evil doctrines are in place there will never have peace and harmony in this world. No selfrespecting countries and civilizations will ever allow the savage Anglo-Saxon Americans to hold the world in subjugation, servitude and hegemony.

Never trust the Anglo-Saxon Americans and their lackeys in Europe. They will always use peace talks as a stratagem to lull you into confidence while using the interim time as an advantage to plan steps ahead  to destroy you. There are endless examples in history where white men use this ruse to disadvantage the opponents and get them destroyed. That's the reason native Americans keep on reminding the world that 'White men speak with fork tongues and can never be trusted.'

Some latest examples are the end of 'Cold War'  in 1989 where NATO led by US promised Russia that NATO would not extend to Eastern Europe by even a centimeter. But it did and extended NATO's membership to all East European countries which formerly formed parts of Soviet Russia. And in  disregarding Russia's constant warnings not to extend NATO membership to Ukraine and in using the Treaty of Minsk  interim period to arm Ukraine for its secret agenda to attack Russia it triggered the Ukraine War.

Under a treaty signed in Beijing in 1972 the US under President Nixon recognized the 'Peoples Republic of China' as the sole government of China which includes Taiwan  and the treaty was reinforced and strengthened in the three communiques signed by President Jimmy Carter in 1980s. However, subsequent US presidents reneged on the Beijing treaty and carried out pervasive actions which undermined the treaty and cause serious problems in cross strait relations when separatists and secessionists in the Taiwan DPP party with  American support openly called for seceding from mainland China.  The subversive actions of America clearly shows that the US is playing with fire and that it intends to start a war in the Taiwan Strait as China's Ukraine war. 

People do not understand the diabolical agenda of the United States in starting the Ukraine War and the coming Taiwan Straits war. It has to do with the declining status of the West in general and the United States in particular. The United States is a very chaotic state in a tremendous upheaval with no stoppage or possible remedy in sight. The horrible debacles in US are self-inflicted. It is due to the practise of Darwin's extreme one sided capitalism where the nation's wealth is not distributed equitably among the broadbased citizens but where the one to ten percent elites own over 95 percent of the country's wealth and riches and where the rest of the 90 percent population own less than 5 percent and wallow in extreme poverty and sufferance. Wherefore we now see tens of millions of impoverished American citizens who are homeless and and forced to live in horrible squalour of decrepit tents made of cupboards and plastic sheets along major roadsides, in the frontage of shops and shopping malls where they scavenge for food and do their daily routine of urinating and discharging of their faeces. The scenes are really pathetic. How come these types of inhuman scenarios are occurring as per normal in the US which is being touted as the richest country in the world. It has to do with an incompetent irresponsible US type of government which does not take care of its citizens. It has to do with the horrible poor governance of the US government which constantly shouts to high heavens to other countries about human rights and democracy but completely ignores the welfare of its people which indeed is the greatest perversion of human rights and democracy. This pathetic situation is greatly enhanced by US doctrine and policy of creating endless perennial and permanent wars to maintain US supremacy and sustaining US Pentagon Military Industrial Complex so as to keep US economy afloat causing trillions of dollars diverted from civilians welfare to the lawless military. The diversion of funds to the Pentagon has due to corruption enable most American politicians from the president downward to senators, congressmen and House of representatives as well as senior and top military officers like generals, admirals and airforce commanders to grow extremely rich to become millionaires or billionaires. In fact many top generals and admirals on retirement went on to become directors and CEOs of military industrial companies like Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Northrob Grumman, General Dynamics, General Electric and Halliburton just to quote a few more prominent ones. In addition to the problem of millions of poor with homelessness the US is awashed with extreme inter racial strives mainly cause by white supremacists daily killing of other American racial groups like native Americans, African Americans, Mexican Americans and other diverse racial groups from Asia. In these racial issues the white supremacist police and the military do not offer any help for they would not take any action against racial riots whereby the provocateurs and culprits are insane white men going wild on a spree of killing of non-white Americans. In some cases the white police may perfunctorily arrest some white killers and murderers but the white judges in the courts will just release them after a lapse of a few days or a few hours. With such social injustice how can the non-white world believe in the West version of human rights and democracy and in their savage propaganda to demonize China,, Russia, Iran, Cuba, Venezuela, Bolivia, and North Korea. Non-white countries must be so blind and naive to believe in US toxic propaganda and expose themselve to danger in welcoming US and Western hubris propaganda that China, Russia, Iran and North Korea are aggressive and expansionists and therefore they must ally themselves with America and the West to confront Russia and China. 

The truth and the fact is China has never invaded or conquered any other country in its 5,000 years of history. On the contrary China was invaded by a cohort of Western countries , US and Japan in the last over 100 years and when her lands and territories were torn apart like cutting the watermelon to become parts of Western and Japanese colonies. 

How can the US politicians think of ruling the world when they don't even have basic care provisions for its citizens. So do not trust in US politicians propaganda about human rights and democracy. They will export their miseries to the world if allowed to do so.

Why did NATO led by US engineered the Ukraine War. Even before the end of the Second World in 1945, the US had laid broad plans to bring the whole world under its singular hegemony. But it had to contend with Soviet Russia which was a stumbling block to its ambition. With the fall of Soviet Russia in 1989 America proclaimed to the world the end of history, meaning the road ahead for America's unitary rule and world hegemony is at last at hand. But it was not to be when Putin assumed power in Moscow and China rises with god speed as an economic, technological and military power in which US has to contend with.

America is dead against Russia and China for being stumbling blocks to US ambition for world hegemony in establishing a world unitary government under US control and domination. America's rogue politicians at first decided to take down both Russia and China at the same timme. However, Russsia and China realise they are facing a common danger from the United States and so they unite to put up a common front against US and its allies . The United States finally decided to take down Russia first with the ultimate target China after destroying Russia.  

The United States calculates that Russia has a very weak economy and so it engineered the Ukraine war thinking it would quickly weaken Russia and bring it down to its knees. America thinks that after it has gain control of the rich Russian hinterland it will make good use of its resources to attack and conquer China. America has already made plans to start a war across the Taiwan Strait. The United States is so intoxicated with wild ambition to control the whole world that it throws caution to the winds ignoring the danger that it is confronting two highly and well armed nuclear superpowers.

 America is desperate in wanting to start a war with Russia and China due to several reasons.  It has an astronomical national debt of over 35 trillion dollars and other  commercial debt of  hundreds of trillions of dollars. US is unable to service these debts it owes to foreign countries especially to China, Japan, South Korea and Singapore. So it  is using wars to divert its citizens attention from the national debt. Also in creating wars US hope to abscond with the trilllions of dollars in debt and would not have to pay somehow. Also it hopes wars will keep the Pentagon Military Industrial Complex industries churning and will jump start the whole of US economy which has been in the doldrums for a long time. 

SouthernGlory

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After decoupling and derisking from China, where are they going to sell?

 Companies of the USA and its allies can move out of their main market in China, but the market will not collapse, and who can they sell to in the end, conducting their businesses outside of the main market. This is like a fishmonger moving his stall out of a fish market to set up shop far away from the fish market, and hoping that customers will continue to patronise it. No such thing. Customers will still patronise the main fishmarket, where variety and choice is all theirs to choose.

Chinese companies are having a busy time filling the void left by those USA and Western companies moving out of China. Even in Russia, Chinese carmakers are now making headway by taking over the void left by Western car companies. And will those companies that left China or Russia be able to return later to retake their share of the market? Even if they do, the market is already engulfed by Chinese or other friendly foreign companies. This is the same scenario in any open market competition, where if you move out, you cannot regain the edge again, once customers found a better choice.

But as de-coupling or de-listing are so grand an idea that the USA and EU are so deeply embroiled with, let it be. Who gets punished is still left to be seen. Chinese domestic companies never had so much impetus to expand or rise from the ground. This is their opportunity to make hay while the sun shines. Even just producing for the 1.4 billion population is good enough. I used to say that a shoe factory in China producing shoes for the domestic market is enough to survive already, selling a pair to each family in a normal family of three.

Even as I am saying this, Apple is facing serious problems in France and Canada, among other countries over the older iphone 12 model that was reported to emit unacceptable electromagnetic waves aka radiation levels. Released in October 2020, what consequence will result after three years of use is only talked about today. Think about it!

Meanwhile in China, the ban on iphones in Government circles and expanding to employees of Government linked entities, of which there are more than 150,000, employing tens of millions, the damage to iphone sales in China is going to be instrumental. Added to that, Huawei's Mate 60 is reported to be selling like hot cakes, with Huawei said to be unable to cope with demand over the short term.

China, even well before the IMF recent advice, had already been promoting domestic consumption, knowing that moving forward, more sanctions and heavy handed actions are on the line to hype up the demonisation of Chinese companies, operating and competing too well, with Western competitors.

The investigation of subsidies being raised against Chinese EVs is one good example, to put down the Chinese competition, knowing Chinese EVs are competing too well against USA and European car makers. These non Chinese carmakers are doing catch up in EV sales, having taken their eyes off while concentrating on internal combustion engine vehicles, with Japan hedging its bet on hydrogen fuel cell vehicles that is obviously not taking off. China has already been phasing out ICEV, which will add another nail in the coffin of USA, Japanese, South Korean and European carmakers.

Suffice to ask, what about the USA's US$52 billion subsidies thrown at the Chips Alliance congregating in Arizona? Isn't that also a subsidy and needs to be investigated as well? Even the EU is against that move, knowing it is nothing more than unfair trade practices to subsidise USA chip manufacturers to provide an unfair advantage when competing overseas. But the USA clearly plugged their ears, refusing to acknowledge what the EU is complaining against.

Going forward, not only is the USA surrendering areas of influence and markets in China, but is moving into an era of competing with China in markets outside of China itself. Can they compete in markets in Africa, Latin America, Central Asia or even ASEAN that still sees China as their main market for trade.

Anonymous