8/13/2025

China does not need snake oil salesmen to sell its technology

Like EVs, let us not talk about how great the plane is. I think the West would want to demonize it and call the jet a piece of junk. The taste of the pudding is always in the eating. The first taste of the Chinese military pudding that the world have tasted so far is in the India/Pakistan conflict. How could that be allowed to happen, they must be wondering, with the J10C putting the world renowned Rafale jet to shame.

Well, people must also wonder how did China progress so fast over the last three or four decades. Didn't the West also said that Chinese can never be better than chefs and laundrymen? Only White men have the ability to produce the best things - go to the moon, produce the best fighter jets, build space stations, produce the best cars, rockets and ships.

But it is good to just let the shock and awe do the talking. What is good does not need to be broadcasted worldwide. As the saying goes, never let your enemy know your strengths. Let them assume you are weak and find out the bitter truth when the time comes. China must never follow the footsteps of India by broadcasting its factory of the world ambitions and the next superpower of the world dream. It does not pay to do so.

Silence is golden and empty vessels make the most noise.


Anonymous

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

It is reported that another F35 jet is now stranded in Japan, due to issues not disclosed and could not land on the British Aircraft Carrier, or royal bathtub, the Prince of Wales.

Most surprising my source for this piece of news, also reported by others, comes from Palki Sharma, who is now in the business of demonizing USA. Modi's mouthpiece is very good at picking up issues with those countries that Modi has a bone to pick with, previously China and now the USA. How times have changed. That, by the way is how Indian mind works.

India is now not going to buy the F35 after the tariff issue gets upgraded to 50% from 25% by Trump for buying Russian oil. Now, do we need to wonder why Palki Sharma suddenly has taken a dislike for the F35 when it was offered to India on a platter by Trump. I think the 180 degree turn does not need any explanation. Germany's foreign minister, Annabela Baerbock, talks about a 360 degree turn, or no turn at all, factually facing the same direction, which makes her into a laughing stock.

The F35 is a plane full of problems, most of which undisclosed and only those that cannot be covered up are reported, but issues never disclosed. Most often talked about is the coating on the plane that needs to be redone after a certain number of flights to preserve its radar evasion properties. Less talked about is the number of planes not in operational mode all at the same time due to all the problems.

Now what happens if Red Dot's F35, stationed in the USA, were to encounter similar problems flying to take part in a conflict happening here? I guess being ignorant is bliss and not to think too much of it.

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Anonymous said...

Mr Redbean, why are you allowing posts promoting some service? It has nothing to do with the article.

Chua Chin Leng蔡镇龍 aka redbean said...

I noticed that. This one is not so disruptive nor offensive. So I closed one eye.
But when it gets rowdy or starts to mess up the blog, I will have to delete them.
Cheers.