China Diplomacy 3.0

 China is rolling out its Diplomacy 3.0 and this is best seen in its invitation to President Assad of Syria to China. China even sent a special state aircraft to fetch Assad to fly him and his entourage to Hangzhou and then to Beijing, offering Assad a protective umbrella. This is not small feat for China as it would antagonise the world's number one terrorist state, the USA. Assad is enemy number one or among the top three to the American terrorists. For China to go all out to lay the red carpet for Assad is like delivering a blue black eye to the Americans, and the Americans would surely want to hit back. And China is prepared for it, and is telling the Americans, please throw your punches if you dare. It is an affront by China against the world's number one bully, to stand up to show full support for a state being bullied by the Americans.

China's Diplomacy 3.0 is all about standing out to defend the victims of American aggression and oppression. States that have been oppressed, sanctioned and isolated by the evil Americans can now look to China to stand up for them. This is one big upgrade from the Wolf Warrior Diplomacy 2.0.

China's Diplomacy 2.0 was all about defending China against the attacks of the American gangsters. Under this Diplomacy 2.0, China was still cautious, only to fight back when provoked or attacked by the Americans but at the same time staying away and not getting directly involved when other states were attacked. It was primarily defending only China and China's interests.

China's Diplomacy 2.0 was still a big departure from Diplomacy 1.0 initiated by Deng Xiaoping at a time when China was still poor and weak. Diplomacy 1.0 was very defensive and dismissive, put the head down, work hard to grow the Chinese economy and to transform China from a poor agrarian economy to a modern economy. China would not be involved in any controversy, would not talk back even if bullied by the Americans, or even by little silly countries in Asean. Just kept quiet and stayed out of trouble, out of the spotlight, unnoticed, unseen, unheard, for survival.

China's Diplomacy 1.0 lasted more than 20 years. By the time Xi assumed the Presidency, China's economy was on firmer ground, but still militarily weak vis a vis the Americans. On his second term. Xi gained more confidence about China's ability to take on the Americans and started to talk back, not to the point of hitting back. Now this has changed mainly because China is now on par with the Americans and even surpassed the Americans in many fields, especially in high tech and the military. 

China is now not only in a position to defend its own national interests, but also confident enough to protect countries that are victims of the evil American Empire. The Americans had been accusing and lying that China was an aggressive country. The Americans have not seen anything yet. When China is really aggressive, the Americans would not have a free hand to throw punches all over the world. China has taken a decisive stand to take on the evil American terrorists in Diplomacy 3.0. Silly little Asian, Asean and Nato countries better be wise and stop their petty foolish acts against China. When China is prepared and ready to take on the evil Americans, the silly little countries would be like the grasses under the feet of elephants, be stomped and flattened.

All the victims of American bullying, sanctions and oppression would now be able to count on a more aggressive and confident China to speak out for them, to stand up for them, to fight for them against the evil American Empire and the Nato gangsters. China would no longer shy away from a direct confrontation with the American terrorists and gangsters. Any little asses still want to sail their antique bath tubs into the territorial waters to provoke China? You want to start a war with China, you are welcome. But make sure you are up to it. Hiding behind the skirts of the American gangsters would not save you.

IME Corridor is Biden and Modi's pet project

 No, they will not give the IME Corridor project to China. It is too big a project for China's standard to undertake. Remember it is meant to counter the BRI, so it must be so grand in scale that Xi will fall to his knees in admiration. Such a project is only reserved for Allies and obedient followers of the USA. Never for China, Russia, Iran or North Korea to particpate in, just like telling China it cannot even go near the International Space Station etc.

Perhaps Japan or South Korea might do the construction. But Japan already seems to have lost the 'blue prints' and got stuck in India and Vietnam, asking for help. Lots of blue prints have been reported lost nowadays, the most serious was the first moon landing blue prints. But, please, China did not steal that, having been told to stand far away over the decades in every technological endeavour that the USA and Allies undertake. South Korea can also try for the project, having a 'Blue House' occupant who is so 'gung ho' nowadays. Maybe he has the true 'blue' films oops prints.

If the IME Corridor is meant to be completed within a timeline of say 40 years, maybe India could do it as well. They did high speed rail construction using slow speed construction methods, and they obviously like it that way, still claiming that things are going great guns. Only thing is would Mohammed bin Salman want to wait 40 years for it, by which time Saudi Arabia may aleady be criss-crosed by HSR like China and built by China. So, what is the hurry? Just give it to India.

By the way, have they sat down to study the details yet, or having no details are still just talking and having hallucinations about how grand the project is going to be that China will envy. China's method is working out the details years ahead before announcing it or even having completed projects before announcing it. USA's method is announcing it even before looking at the feasibility and problems to overcome and how to do it. Building across the Arabian Desert is no walk in the park, with sandstorms, unbearable heat and shortage of water. But it must work, even in theory, and even if construction is all carried out up in the air.

Oh, never mind, even if it turns out to be a White elephant. As long as it frightens China, that is all that is to it.

Anonymous

Xi - Snuffing out other's candles does not make one's candle brighter

 Anything that the USA proposed with allies is to counter China. Is there anything that you can think of that is not to counter China? The IME corridor will just die of old age, long after Joe Biden is gone. In the context of USA's foreign policy, all hot airs invariably ends with the change of the Presidency. They will either pass new laws, acts or executive orders to null those agreements, or else just walk away, knowing they do not have to face consequences. Therefore, beware of the 'Empire of Lies'.

During the COVID19 outbreak, even vaccine was used as a weapon to counter China. When Chinese vaccines were sent to help poor countries, vaccine diplomacy as they call it, it was not agreeable to the USA. So the USA coerce India to counter China by using 'Indian Vaccine' diplomacy, which India gleefully carried out. India then was touted as the vaccine hub of the world. The result was that India was producing vaccines not to take care of its domestic market, but exporting them just to counter China.

What happened next was that India was caught with its pants down when a new variant spread so rapidly that it killed many Indians because there was a lack of vaccines. When India pleaded with the USA for help, all kinds of excuses were given. It was not until other countries started to give help to India, that the USA finally saw its position being compromised in the eyes of the world, that it decided to help by allowing the manufacture of its vaccines. By then, hundreds of thousands already lost their lives.

Oops, forgot to mention that this is also in line with Henry Kissinger's quote - To be an enemy of the USA is dangerous, to be its friend is fatal. That I think fits perfectly with what India, a so called friend of the USA went through, after carrying out the USA's vaccine diplomacy to counter China. Have India learnt its lesson. Obviously not! 

Anonymous

Americans hanging themselves and all the chip makers in the US

 The USA is now in the process of finalising rules to prevent China benefiting from the US$52 billion chip subsidies given to chip manufacturers building facilities in Arizona. USA companies and other foreign manufacturers benefiting from the subsidies are not to be allowed to expand their foothold in China or export products to China. Note that the narrative now is just to 'slow down' China's advance in technology sector, realising that the prevention of China's rise is now an exercise in futility. Good for China's domestic chip industry, good for SMIC and perhaps TSMC and Samsung as well.

TSMC already discarded acceptance of those subsidies because of unreasonable terms designed to hijack their high end chip expertise, on top of having to give the USA Government client's information and having to share profits with the USA Government as well, for a miserable US$15 billion subsidy. The accusation that China is stealing Western technology under the terms of its agreements with foreign entities is never more high handed than what the USA tried to steal from TSMC. TSMC already invested US$40 billion in Arizona, with benefits still uncertain, and is between a rock and a hard place.

Looking at it, TSMC is now in no way being tied down by the USA's new rules, due to non acceptance of the subsidies, and needed to expand its operations in mainland China to restore its bottom line. Unless the USA makes use of further high handed measures to stifle TSMC and Samsung, which might even collapse these two chip giants, the failure of the new rules is apparent. Perhaps the intention was to engineer a collapse of TSMC and Samsung, in order for USA chip makers to corner the market.

The indication is that this new ruling will also meet with failure, because Chinese chipmakers are now on the verge of taking a more substantial slice of the market, both in chips production and share of the domestic market demand, decreasing its dependence on foreign chip makers. China will emerge stronger by its determination to overcome the odds. What China is capable of is clear for all to see, in space technology, AI, EVs, infrastructures, Jet propulsion, and catching up on chip expertise which it had a belated start.

The new rules are centred on the chips business right, and the subsidies were given on the condition that chip manufacturers do not expand chip production in China or sell to China. Where can Chinese domestic chip producers have such opportunities to make hay while the sun shines in the absence of foreign firms competing in the Chinese market. It will be a blessing in disguise. The USA can continue to find more ropes to hang itself, not to mention hanging to dry its own chip manufacturers.

Just like the war in Ukraine, the USA is still advocating for more ropes to hang itself and Nato. Now about to send longer range ATACMS to Ukraine, touted as another game changer. Developed in the 1980's, these are probably obsolete missile system destined for the scrapyard. Dumping these to Ukraine is logical and good business for the Military Industrial Complex.

USA's rope is also hanging around the necks of its European Allies. Germany is now in recession, de-industrialisation crippling its manufacturing in the face of expensive energy cost. When Germany suffers, countries like the PIGS are not going to find others to continue to bail them out in case of difficulty. As the war is now expected to be a long haul, these tottering economies in the EU are not going to enjoy good days ahead.

Anonymous

Asian Games, 23 Sep - 8 Oct 2023 - Hangzhou City, China (Pictorial)

 

Xi attending the Opening Ceremony of the 19th Asian Games - 5 min

A 21 min clips on the opening ceremony performance

Hangzhou City

Hangzhou City2

Big Lotus Stadium

Lighting up the sky

View of the stadiums

Closed up of twin towers

 

Big Lotus Stadium where the Opening Ceremony was held.

Main stadium

Hangzhou is a second tier city in Zhejiang, China. Hangzhou has a long history and well known as one of the most beautiful city in China, famous for the West Lake and home to many poets and scholars.