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.
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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.
ReplyDeleteYou 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?
Modi thinks because the Americans needed India to attack China, he can do anything he likes. Breaking the sanction to buy Russian oil is not forgiveable. It allows other American cronies to quote India as an example, like Japan and some European states, to quietly buy Russian oil. This completely undermines the American effort to strangle Russia, with the Russians laughing to the bank.
ReplyDeleteThe straw that broke the camels back was for India to twist the G20 to admit the African Union, a continent that the Americans and the West want to keep as a backwater, to provide raw material to them. The Americans and the West had kept the Africans from all important organisations, treating the Africans as a shit hole, a basket case. Now India coerced them to let in the Africans. WTF!
Modi is proving too hot a potato for the Americans to handle and must go. Modi thinks too highly of himself.
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ReplyDeleteShits Stirrers to command the Pinoys doggies.
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DeleteThe Western Terrorists warned Malaysia of endangering their National Security in having HuaWei.
Anwar said it's ok as we are going to have lots of investments from China to build up our infrastructures and in time surpassed Sinkieland.
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One thing we must admit is that the help that India had from the former Soviet Union while it was fighting Pakistan, has not yet been forgotten by the Indians. India is not prepared to repay such help with spite and turn against Russia, not when it is still benefitting from the relationship and getting cheap energy from Russia which India needs in large quantities.
ReplyDeleteIn the energy needs sector, the USA is not going to provide India with cheaper energy, not when it is selling oil at several times what Russia used to provide to the EU, and you can bet on that.
The USA did in fact tried to pressurise India by using Pakistan to antagonise India with an arrangement that amounts to forging military upgrade of Pakistan's F16 fighter jets earlier if I remember correctly, which India largely condemned. The USA is no more than a slithering double headed snake, selling arms for others to fight and instigating on the sidelines. They did that with Iran and Iraq in the distant past, benefitting from weapon sales and changing support for whichever side benefits them.
Suffice to say, China helping some countries fighting against their enemies have not been repaid with the same loyalty treatment, and about to be bitten in return instead and largely forgotten. Sad to say. China learned its lesson the hard way, and must be more wary of 'fair weather friends'.
The cocky and arrogant Indians would always need the Americans as they have decided to conveniently take over Chinese lands that the Brits seized from China. The Indians would not want to return an inch to China. China must wake up to this fact.
ReplyDeleteUnless a wise Indian leader appears in the future and has the gut to admit that the lands were stolen from China and must be returned. Given this rare possibility, the Americans would always grab on this Indian obsession and exploit it fully to keep India and China as enemies and with an unending border issue.