ROC, Taiwan - When treason is conducted openly

Historically, the Chinese history had been tainted with traitors and treasons whenever a dynasty fell. The traitors from within would conspire and plot with foreign powers or a new power centre to bring down the incumbent dynasty. The fall of Song to the Mongolians, the fall of Ming, the fall of Qing and the invasion of ROC were due to the acts of traitors from within.

All traitors in Chinese history ended up in disgrace, in shame and some executed. Being a traitor to the Motherland was a most hated and despicable act for a Chinese, and they were called 'han jian' 汉奸. The shame would befall not only the individual, but the families and clans for generations to come. No one wants to be associate with such a person of family.

What is happening in ROC Taiwan is quite strange. The treasonable acts of the traitors, to work with foreign powers to break away a part of China, and probably cripple China by joining forces with foreign powers to attack China, are all unpardonable. But the traitors are doing it openly and with arrogance, without shame or guilt, never think that they are 'han jians'. And they have the support of some sections of the Taiwan Chinese.

China tolerated this development for several decades when it was militarily weaker than the foreign powers working with the traitors to break Taiwan from the Motherland. Also, the ethnicity of many of the traitors have been called to question. Are they really Chinese, or are they mixed blood, or are they Japanese. Their ethnicity may be a key factor in their attempt to break away from China, even becoming a semi colony of Japan or the USA. They did not see anything disgraceful or humiliating for betraying China as traitors of the Motherland.

Breaking away from the Motherland is a major act of treason but could be seen as justifiable for the selfish interests of some individuals with ambitions of grandeur, like the warlords of the Republic of China days. For selfish reasons, some may not even mind being semi colony of Japan or the US. What is most dangerous and totally unacceptable is to work with foreign powers like Japan and the USA to bring down China and the Chinese Civilisation. 

The Chinese Civilisation under the new leadership of PRC has risen to become a respectable superpower, wiping away the century of shame when invaded and almost colonised by the foreigners. This great contribution by the leaders of the new China cannot be ignored as the task was near impossible to many Chinese who have resigned to the fate of being the downtrodden, the despised and pariah race, ridiculed and condemned by the western powers. For China to stand up and wipe away the smears and mud thrown at the Chinese Civilisation, and to stand up as the best among equals over such a short span of time is simply remarkable and a miracle. It is so sad that there is still a minority of the Chinese people in Taiwan and overseas, as well as a very few in China that could not appreciate what the rise of China means to them, their fate and dignity in the world. 

Today, with China's rise and the revitalisation of the Chinese Civilisaton, the Chinese are now a respectable Civilisation, no longer the Sick Man of Asia. It would be an unpardonable sin for any Chinese, especially those in Taiwan, to want to destroy the Motherland and to let the foreigners to despise the Chinese people as a good for nothing, no talent, no pride, and no dignity people again. Should China fall, the fate and well being of the Taiwan Chinese would be no better than the Chinese in the last hundred years. At best they would be a third class people living in a semi colony of Japan or the USA.

China must be resolute and firm to deal with the traitors as traitors, nothing more, nothing less, to ensure that the Motherland is intact, its sovereignty protected and its people continue to enjoy a better life with respect and dignity. The Chinese people in ROC Taiwan must also rise up to the occasion to be recognised as a part of the proud Chinese Civilisation. Their future and good life, to be respected in the whole world as Chinese people, are inseparately tied to the fate of China being a strong and powerful country...not being a semi colony of foreign powers that pretend to support them but despised them as traitors to their Motherland and Civilisation, and only exploiting them temporarily for the selfish interests of foreign powers. No one, not even the Americans or Japanese, would respect the Taiwan Chinese if they are traitors of their Motherland.

Think what is happening to the fate of TSMC. They would face the same fate, and worst, if they don't wake up. TSMC is just a pawn of the Americans and dispensable and would be eaten up or disposed of by the Americans when it is no longer useful to the Americans. TSMC is simply pathetic.

US China tech war - Who needs who more?

 US-China tech war: Without advanced chips, can China’s smartphone industry survive?

This is the headline of an article in South China Morning Post. This is the kind of  questions that the anti China camp likes to ask, with the intent and hope that China would fail, just like Gordon Chang everyday praying that China would collapse. What is the reality today is that many things and issues are interconnected and is not a simple black and white problem. Related to this question is another question, can the American chips companies and industry survive without the biggest consumer market, ie China? Who are the American chips companies going to sell their chips to without China? How are they going to expand their business or even to maintain the present scale of production when the biggest buyer is taken out?

It is like a chicken and egg situation. Which comes first, the manufacturers of chips or the consumers of chips? Can both exist without the other?

China is having a temporary set back at the moment with the American sanctions. There would be some chips that would not be available to China. The good thing is that the mobile phone industry has hit a plateau and would stay at this level for a while. So the demand for higher capacity chips would not be that critical for now. In fact there is now a huge surplus of chips and the inventory is going to kill all the chips manufacturers in America.

The shortage of some high end chips is only transcient and China would work towards producing its own chips and this would be overcome. China also has a lot of patents and could use them when the time comes to take on the Americans, to hit back at the Americans, including rare earth and other parts in the supply chain.

But what would not change is the consumer market. China is still the biggest consumer market for the chips manufacturers and growing. There is no alternative to the Chinese market to dump the excess chips. The chips manufacturers need China more than China needs them. And in a year or two, China would be fully self sufficient in the chips it needs and could say good bye to all the American chips manufacturers and even chips making machine. And this day is coming very soon and the window for American chips manufacturers would be closed for good. Many are now sinking with the unsold inventory and could not find buyers. China is not going to buy even at rock bottom prices.

By then, what would happen to the American chips manufacturers? Who are they going to sell their chips to? The likely scenario, many would have to down scale and some would have to go out of business. China would then take over all their market shares. The odds are against the American chips manufacturers, thinking that they could strangle the Chinese phone makers. And their fate is being determined by the simplistic minds of the clowns in Washington, headed by a demented old President.

Good luck, American chips manufacturers. You have only a couple of years left before the curtain comes down on you. It is looking like a different version of the Ukraine War, trying to win it quickly but as the day passes, the more difficult it becomes, and failure becomes an absolute certainty. China would be the last man standing.

Nuclear waste water is safe, that is if....

A state regulator in Minnesota said hundreds of fish were killed after a nuclear power plant was forced to shut down due to a radioactive leak. A previous breach at the same site caused hundreds of thousands of gallons of contaminated water to spill into the environment.

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) said an estimated 230 fish were killed not by radioactive contamination, but as a result of the shutdown, which was initiated last Friday after another leak was discovered at the Xcel Energy Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant near Minneapolis....

The contaminated water carries the radioactive isotope tritium, 400,000 gallons of which poured into the ground from a broken pipe before the leak was noticed last November. Though the plant operator and local government were aware of the issue for months, the public was not informed until mid-March.
Tritium is a mildly radioactive isotope of hydrogen, often found in water used to cool nuclear reactors. The only way it can affect people is if they breathe it in or drink tritiated water, said Daniel Huff, an assistant commissioner at the Minnesota Department of Health.   RT

The Americans said hundreds of thousands of gallons of contaminated water spill into the environment and only 230 fish were killed. And the fish died because the shut down stopped warm water flowing into the river. The fish were not killed by contaminated water from the nuclear plant. Therefore, therefore, contaminated nuclear waste water is safe. If you believe in this shit, then there is not problem disposing nuclear waste water into the river and into the ocean.

For this reason, if you believe it, then Japan can happily release all their nuclear waste water into the ocean. It is safe.

What do you think? Anyone's nose growing longer?

US ends Iraq War...so easy, it's over

Lawmakers voted by a 66-30 margin on Wednesday to repeal the two authorizations for use of military force (AUMF). The 2003 Iraq War, which was illegal under the UN Charter, was started by then-President George W. Bush’s administration on the false assertion that Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was developing weapons of mass destruction that could be used against the US.

“The United States, Iraq, the entire world has changed dramatically since 2002, and it’s time the laws on the books catch up with those changes,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, said before Wednesday’s vote. “These AUMFs have outlived their use.” He added that keeping the authorizations in force creates the risk that a future administration will abuse them to circumvent congressional authority over war powers.”  RT

Oh, the war in Iraq is over. The civic minded, guilt conscience or kind and compassionate American lawmakers said so. Then what? Pat your backside and walk away as if nothing has happened?

You invaded a country under a fabricated lie. It was a premeditated invasion of a country.

You destroyed a country and the lives of tens of millions of Iraqis.

You killed at least a million Iraqis in the invasion.

You maimed and wounded millions of Iraqis.

You stole their oil and their gold.

You stole their money held in American banks.

You murdered its President Saddam Hussein and his family.

You want to end the war and start a new page? What about the war crimes, crimes against humanity?

It is payback time. The war debt, the debt of human lives, dead and alive, must be paid.

It is time to settle the score.

You cannot walk away just like that.

Where is the UN?

Where is the ICC?

Where is justice? Where is your moral obligation?

Americans and the Brits are no longer calling the shot on OPEC

Everything has a beginning and an end. It could be due to mismanagement, misuse, or due to arrogance, which eventually will lead to the stage that nothing can stop the crash into ignominy.

Even Empires like the British, spanning more than half the globe, came to a sad end. 'Britannia ruled the waves' was what they touted. Now Little Britain could not even have a White man, good or capable enough, to rule over them. They can continue to sing 'God save the King' ruling over a little island, and posturing and pretending they are still an empire. Likely they need God to save the 'Fisher King' guarding the Holy Grail, the last island left in the Empire?

The illusion of perpetual hegemony, with military might giving it protection, and backing it with oil instead of gold did not work either. USA is not the only major oil producer calling all the shots. Now OPEC+ is slowly ditching the pricing of oil in US$, and that means countries do not need to keep vast amounts of US$ to buy oil. Countries are now able to do it in their own currencies, Ruble or Yuan. That is just the first step. Getting right the settlement system as an alternative to SWIFT is the next move being explored by the BRICS. That will start the real tsunami of de-dollarisation. It will take time, no doubt about that.

Janet Yellen's on the spur of the moment suggestion, to have an oil price cap against Russia, plucked from the air, is not even expected to work from the start, and crude oil prices have now moved far above the cap. And Europe in particular is having to buy Russian oil, under cover, far above the cap price of US$60, but still undoubtedly paying cheaper prices than buying from the USA. India, China, Saudi Arabia and OPEC+ are laughing all the way to the banks, making a killing and helping Russia overcome the energy sanctions imposed by the EU and USA. That, by the way is 'weaponisation' of oil to counter the 'weaponisation of US$ hegemony'.

That the West is now accusing China of helping Russia financically is plain horseshit. China can buy cheaper oil from Russia, which are highly discounted, and very much cheaper, and that is basically taking care of its own interest, the same with every country. Why are they not accusing India or the Saudis doing exactly the same thing? Are they not helping Russia in like fashion? The USA can no longer dictate. The more it tries, the more it will accelerate the de-dollarisation move by the rest of the Global South.

On a closing note, can we say that Russia is really isolated as they tried to propagate and pretend at the start of the Ukraine War? Now the USA is trying to flog a dead horse by claiming that Taiwan is not being isloated. Really? Losing recognition from nine countries since 2016 to China after Tsai became President is not material? Denial can never do its work, when reality hits!

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