The West is screwed - China won't drain food supplies to accomodate West

 Beijing is focused on securing sufficient food supply for China's 1.4 billion population. Some Western critics are accusing China of contributing to global inflation, food price hikes and regional shortages of foodstuffs as the nation keeps importing record levels of grain year after year.

China’s government is not planning to release the country’s massive reserves of grain to provide much-needed relief to Western nations that are bracing for historically high food prices, Chinese local media outlet Xinjiang Daily reported on Friday.

“Some foreign media have recently claimed that the build-up of Chinese grain reserves supposedly 'portended' the [Russian-Ukrainian] conflict by causing a rise in prices in the global grain markets, they even called on China to free up 20% of its grain stocks to save the European market.” the newspaper reported, adding that the demands are “absurd and inadequate.” 

 

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PS. The evil white savages started this war in Ukraine thinking that they could destroy Russia and China and rule the world forever. Now they are writing the narratives and using western media and the media of their stooges to put the blame on China.

 

They started a fire and demanded China to put out the fire. They think they could still push China and the rest of the world to do their bidding. They are still living in their own delusion. The rest of the world have had enough of the bullying and oppression by the white savages and are standing together to take down the evil American Empire together with all the white savages in Europe.

Reckless and empty head Trump versus cool and intense Putin

 The pride of the USA was and still is Donald Trump, the reckless, unpredictable cowboy with nothing in between his ears but brawn and gore. This is why the Americans love him. He is the paragon of American virtues and pride. And he could behave so with all the nuclear weapons and weapons of mass destruction available to him. He does not care a dime about anything or rule of law. He just behave like a brute and would knock the daylight out of anyone in his American way.

The Americans have been behaving in this way, the international gangster way, to say it politely, or the world's number one terrorist way. To the Americans, might is always right. And they could get away with it when there is no one with the same might and backing to fight back. The Americans would slam their way into any country as and when they like, using their so called rule of law or breaking all rules of law, democratic way, respecting human rights, the right to live for the innocent women and children in the Middle East, in countries called Iraq, Syria, Libya, Yemen, Afghanistan. All the rights of these people were respected and NEVER violated by the Americans...that is if you believe in their lies. Many unthinking believe so.

On the other corner of the ring is Putin, a cool cucumber, calculative and firm, very firm when he needs to be. Don't mess around with him. According to the western media and the gangsters in Washington and European capitals, Putin is a rogue, did not believe in human rights and violated all the rights of the innocent people of Ukraine when he invaded that country that was guilty of bombing and killing Russians in Donbass and Lugansk. Putin is guilty of war crimes when he held back from blasting and blowing up everything in Kiev and other Ukrainian cities, all because he did not want to harm the civilians in them. He could have done what the Americans and the Brits did in Iraq, in Syria and in Afghanistan. Sent in the bombs, neutralised and disarmed the cities before sending in the soldiers to clean up the cities after everyone has been killed, war collaterals. 

By not doing so, the Americans and western media are sneering at him, laughing at him, that his invasion is stalled, going on very slowly, and suffering huge casualties. If only he had blasted the Ukrainians to Stone Age like the Americans and the Brits did. If Putin had done so, the Ukrainians or their American and European allies would not even have the chance to cry out Daddy and the war would be over.

The Twains did not meet. I mean Trump and Putin has yet to meet. But this may not be long. Trump is making a strong comeback and seeing what Biden is doing, the red neck Americans are gritting in anger and would want to replace Biden with Trump tomorrow if they could do it.

The world may not have to wait for too long to see how terrorist Trump would measure up when he meets Putin sitting at the other corner of the ring. It would be a good fight when Trump throws everything at Putin and Putin throws everything back at him. 

And the whole world can sing, Hallelujah, Hallelujah!

USA facing unstoppable runaway inflations as sanctions and wars continue

 

Inflation in the USA has gone up to 8.5% in March, the highest in 40 years. And Biden is blaming Putin for all the ills of the USA. China will be next. They never blame themselves.

Inflation in USA was relatively low when Biden came into the White House. It started rising even before the Ukraine War started, so Republicans are not buying into Biden's take on the issue, by trying to push all the blame on inflation to Putin and the Ukraine War.

Earlier in his term, Biden had been talking about adding trillions to the USA debt to fund the fight against COVID and his Build Back Better plan, printing banana money by the trillions, which as anyone knows, will eventually cause massive inflation. This is the exact consequence if any other country does the same. But the USA thinks it is exceptional and can just export the surplus banana notes printed, and together with it, it's inflation, all over the world as they always did.

It works very well over the decades when demand for US$ around the world was instrumental in absorbing their inflation caused by their unrestrained printing of US$. But then the trade war came, and the USA cuts trade with China, so how much lesser US$ would the Chinese side be absorbing out of the surplus fiat money the USA have been printing? That is why now there appears to have been a roll back and more trade seems to have taken place between the USA and China. This also applies to other countries caught by Trump's trade war. Moreover, the higher tariffs imposed on Chinese goods are contributing to inflation as well. China is not paying for the tariffs, but USA consumers are paying for more expensive stuff from China.

On top of that there was the massive trade deals of hundreds of billions done between China, Iran and Russia among others, bypassing the use of the US$. What does all this mean? They are not inconsequential issues for the US$.

If all those US$ fiat money printed year after year, and the bulk remains in the USA, what do you think it will do? Whatever exceptionalism they have cannot defeat the inflation it will create. That is what is happening now. The Russian sanctions and the demand by the Russians to do oil in Rubles is adding one more nail in the US$ coffin by trimming world demand for US$ and boosting demand for Rubles instead. Inflation will get worse in the USA going forward.

In fact the unrestrained printing of more US$ has given the impression that there is only a small fall in the percentage share of the usage of the US$ in world trade. The reality is more severe. The last I know was the US$ had a 59% share of usage among all the major currencies, like the Euro and Yen in world trade.

Of course other countries are facing the same problem as they still need US$ for trade with the USA and is sharing the inflation trap exported by the USA.

Anonymous 

PS. Trillions to fight Covid, trillions to build infrastructure, trillions to fight wars, plus pay more for imports because of higher tariffs, higher oil prices, reduction in petrol dollar trades.....

Ukraine - World War 3 in a cock pit

 In a way the Americans have started WW3 but in a cock pit. That is the nature of this war, contained, limited, but involving many countries all over the world. And the gladiators, Ukraine soldiers versus Russian soldiers, while the rest of the world chip in with their contributions in kind. In a way it is quite fortunate that the fighting is contained in a specific and small area, provided it does not spread out across Europe, though it could happen if not properly handled. This is WW3 because the Americans are dragging and pressuring every country into this war, either or the side of the Americans or be enemies of the Americans. 

The most happy people are the Americans, fighting another war in far away Europe, with them in full control, how many men to put in, how many pieces of hardware to throw in and how long they want it to last.  Even the temperature or velocity of the war is managed by the Americans safely from far across the Atlantic and with the Europeans very willing to do the heavy lifting.  Very neat indeed.

And the biggest beneficiary, the American Military Industrial Complex, now in full production for all kinds of weapons needed by the Ukrainians. Any smaller pieces of weapons or accessories could be subcontracted to American allies and stooges to produce. And who is footing the bill? Ukraine would be paying for everything eventually. But in the meantime all the allies and stooges would have to cough out their shares for the war. European countries would bare the brunt of the initial cost. They have to supply whatever allocated to the Ukrainians. Other allies and stooges too would have to pay their shares. The MIC would be the producer and seller of all the main weapons and the merchant to profit from the sales.

The Americans and their allies would be the non participating contestants or cheering teams watching the gladiators slogging it out in the arena in Ukraine. Russia would have its own team of non participating contestants to provide the backups and supplies and cheering teams. They too would have to pay in some way according to their contributions.

It is a funny kind of world war when the real contestants, the eventual winner or loser, are not doing the real fighting but throwing in their bets or chips from the sideline. It can be called a war in many names, proxy war, protracted war, a war of endurance, a complex war involving a contest in economic prowess and manufacturing power, and control of resources to outlast the opponents. There is only one guaranteed loser, the Ukrainian men or soldiers.  But they would all be decorated as dead war heroes.

This war could only end when Ukraine uses up all its manpower, ie no more healthy men to continue the fighting, unless the Americans and Europeans are willing to chip in with more of their own men. It is not that they are not already in the arena, but the actual numbers are too small at the moment. The Ukrainians are doing all the work, fighting and dying.

Relatively the Russians would not have manpower problem as they easily outmatch the Ukrainians in numbers, probably 10 to 1. When all are the Ukrainian men are dead, there would still be many Russian men standing.

The rest of the world should be very glad that they are not participants in this world war, unless they volunteered to fight or the Americans volunteered them to join the battle. Other than the Ukrainians, there is high hope for the Europeans to become gladiators in the ring as well. After all they are just living next door and could easily be dragged into it with a few false flag incidents, or ordered by the Americans.

Let's hope that this WW3 would last for as long as it could, with the Americans and Europeans bogged down in Europe and don't have the time and resources to stir more conflicts elsewhere. It would be cheaper for the rest of the world in terms of destruction and lost of lives, just contribute happily to this war and don't get dragged in or sucked in for no good reason, not even on grounds of principles.

Let's all cheer the Americans and the Europeans on for their bravery and heroism and fighting skills. Let them show their manhood and their expertise in producing the best weapons of war. And Zelensky would likely be the hero, the richest Ukrainian to live out the war, as the Russians would not want to touch him. Zelensky is the luckiest Ukrainian man that would survive this war and ended with a big fortune fully paid by the Americans for his great role in supplying the Ukrainian gladiators for the war.

Thank you Americans for the creativity to invent such a world war that is limited in nature, in velocity and death and destruction. And also thank the Ukrainians, especially Zelensky, for his great contribution to this war, to make it possible without involving the rest of the world directly. Zelensky is undoubtedly the star actor of this show, the greatest show on earth.

Neither Russia nor the Americans would win, but never mind, that is not important. Let this be the unending WW3.

Ukraine - Frustrated USA unable to pressure India to do its bidding

Biden, Modi in 'candid' Ukraine war talks as Indian stance frustrates US

Biden has been pressuring world leaders to take a hard line against Moscow, although the administration official said there was no "concrete ask and concrete answer" on energy imports during the meeting.

"We've been very clear that we've been able to ban oil and (gas) and coal imports from Russia, but other countries have to make their own choices," she said.

"That said, we don't think India should accelerate or increase imports of Russian energy and the US is ready to support India, remain in a conversation with India, about its diversification of imports."

The above is reported in CNA.

Biden and his team have been pressuring all their allies and stooges to toe the line, to condemn Russia and sanction Russia. While Biden has been successful in influencing and coercing the EU countries and some stooges in East Asia, he is hapless against the up and coming super power India. India would not be cowed or pressured to do the bidding of the Americans.  India has a big reputation not to be pushed around by the Americans. There is a lot of Indian pride involved. How can India stoop so low to allow the Americans to push it around and to be told to sanction its top military partner, Russia? No way.

India's defiance has made many American stooges looking silly, especially the South Koreans and the Japanese. These are two of the strongest economies in East Asia and have a lot of nationalistic pride and would not bow to foreign pressure, But bowed they had do. Being semi colonies of the American Empire, they have to do as told by the Emperor of the American Empire.

India's stand also gives confidence to the Asean states not to be bullied by the Americans and to stand firm in their neutrality in this fight between Russia and the Americans. If India wobbles and gives in to the American pressure, it would put the Asean stand to question. Hopefully Asean is strong enough to hold its ground and remain neutral and not be sucked into a conflict that has got nothing to do with Asean. 

If Asean would to cower in fear of American pressure and go against the Russians, then it would be inviting a rubbing and bashing from the Russians for sure as it would mean they have acted against the Russians. Being neutral does not give the Russians any reason to hit back.

But, would being neutral invite an attack from the Americans? Would the fork tongue Americans and their fake democracy and freedom to choose, allow Asean to choose to be neutral and thus leave Asean alone? Is it real that Asean and for that matter, countries of the world, have the freedom of choice, to choose whatever stance they want? Or would the Americans exposed their evil pretence, that no country can remain neutral or can have the freedom to choose to be neutral or to be on the side of the Russians?

Freedom of choice? Is the American freedom of choice just another American farce, another white men's lie?