The Trump administration is never able to think beyond what they see in front of their noses. Do they honestly have a plan for doing all those things they are setting out to do? Putting the cart before the horse is going to backfire badly against the USA, just like not having the manufacturing base set up yet to produce the consumer products, but already making use of those tariffs to keep out what it needs. Having to backtrack is a bad indication of unsound policies.
The USA is not the only country with high-ranking universities for foreign students. There are equally good high and moderately ranked universities in the UK, Europe, Australia, Japan and now in China as well.
I think Chinese universities would be the biggest beneficiary of the banning by USA of foreign students. Not only does China have hundreds of thousands of Chinese students now studying in the USA to cast its net, but it also has other global foreign students to attract. Did China foresee this action by the USA and had been building universities like no tomorrow? Just think about it.
University ranking bodies have been exposed by Kevin Walmsley for largely ignoring most of the cutting edged research papers written in the Chinese language by Chinese scientists and academics in the past and also at present, though they are realizing it now. This fact has been proven by the rapid development of Chinese innovation in many fields that the West had just ignored until today. For ignoring that, China has quietly surpassed the West in many sectors like EV technology, high-speed rails, bridge construction, space exploration, jet engines, clean energy adoption like building dams, solar energy fields and expanding agriculture and aquaculture.
China has reclaimed deserts to turn them into fertile land for expanding agriculture. China had already also invested much in aquaculture and producing fish on a scale that now baffles the world, not just offshore fish farms, but in desert regions by building huge infrastructures for rearing fish and other seafood, safe from nuclear contamination by Japan's Fukushima waste-water discharge. How the Chinese made use of saltish desert sands mixed with fresh water to produce artificial salt water to rear those fish is already mind boggling. Detractors can call that science fiction, but they should not have failed to notice China's success in many other fields. They are not science fiction just because they have not yet reached the level of Chinese innovation.
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The USA will soon be facing a food security issue, with farmers going out of business due to China migrating its agricultural needs to Brazil, Argentina, Russia and soon Indonesia. From a net exporter of agricultural products, the USA is now moving closer to being a net importer of agricultural produce, or food that it needs. Do not say that this is impossible. Myanmar was at one time called the rice bowl of Southeast Asia but is now a pale shadow as a rice producer dominated now by Thailand and Vietnam.
The desperation of USA farmers can be seen by them trying to enter the Chinese market by falsifying origins of its soya bean shipments (USA consumers do not need) as being from Brazil and Argentina. China is stamping this out in co-operation with Brazil and Argentina.
China, with one fifth of the world's population, is producing two thirds of the world's aquaculture, with fish farms located right in desert areas. And China is also becoming the world leader in production of 'caviar' from their breeding of the sturgeon fish. Call it just science fiction and impossible, but true. Now this is another area that China will soon be accused of having overcapacity in aquaculture. In other words, China should now be self-sufficient in seafood, with no fear of sabotage by countries trying to contaminate the waters around China. It will be karma if they poisoned themselves instead.
China is expanding its agriculture sector as well, with land reclaimed from deserts adding to its arable land for growing crops. USA citizens having access to Rednote are asking why groceries in China are so cheap and plentiful. The reality speaks for itself and no need to counter the propaganda that have been instilled in the minds of USA citizens for decades. Just a matter of opening up their minds to the truth, thanks to Tik Tok and Rednote.
How long has China been planning all this? Not yesterday I believe, but maybe thirty years ago. Did the USA see it coming? Not thirty years ago, but they did, oh yes, just yesterday.
That is what I mean when I say the USA leaders see no further than their noses. Everything beyond the nose is immaterial until the shit hits the fan. Trying to decouple from China with ideas just realized yesterday is a tad too late Donnie. What about going back to prepare for it, before firing the tariff salvo. At least make certain it is workable first before trying.
Now Trump is upping his tariffs on steel and the EU already is talking about retaliation. The show is getting uglier by the day. But even the EU is testing the market in the Global South now. Who cares about two failing steel manufacturers coming together to prop each other up and needing crutches to move ahead?
Trump had earlier vehemently opposed the merger of Nippon Steel with US steel citing National Security Issues, but is now touting how great the wonderful, beautiful, glorious merger will be for Nippon Steel and US Steel and even needing a 50% tariff against imports now. What are manufacturers in USA going to say when steel prices start to rise. Everything made in USA, cars, planes, ships, rockets, consumer products all require steel and when prices rise, things are going to get expensive. MAGA supporters can clap and cheer, but they are going to foot the bill.
China's plan has always been about short term pain and long-term gain. From one to even three-decade planning is the norm. USA policy is short term gain, long term pain. Can you now see the pain arising from their short-term greed of outsourcing manufacturing and now suffering the consequence?
Trump said that he is not attracting manufacturing that produces shoes and T shirts with plenty of job created. Few days ago, it was changed to attracting technology companies making use of robotics and AI. How many jobs are to be created using robots and AI? Today it is about making steel - jobs that are hot, heavy and sweatshop jobs as well that had been avoided decades earlier. Trump's mind and thinking is just like a weather forecast. Just hot air and farting from the other mouth.
After having secured long term plans, China is now resorting to shorter term planning of 5 years and reviewing results. This is to ensure a faster response to counter events happening that much faster in today's geopolitical atmosphere.
Chinese leaders know what they are doing. And Chinese citizens know what to expect.
Trump is not even sure of what he is doing. He cannot make up his mind. Vote for a clown and get a circus.
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