China is not stupid but diplomatic

 If the Chinese leaders are stupid, China would have been like the EU, Japan, South Korea and The Philippines, securely under the thumb of the USA. The Chinese would have ended up like the Native American Indians, living in reservations. Didn't the Chinese chase the Anglo-Saxon Imperialist out of China? They did, did they not?

China is just being diplomatic and not resorting to gangsterism and using Mafia tactics of shooting the messenger before he enters the house. China follows International Law and what it does is nothing more than diplomatic behavior. China did not invite Olaf Scholz or Blinky to visit, nor bribe them to, but just following the norm.

China is fighting back against the USA in areas it deems necessary. As a 'peer competitor' there are so many areas that China has to face the USA. Who else fought back against the USA under suppression? Did the Japs fought back when US troops were stationed in Japan or Toshiba was taken to the cleaners? Did the French fought back when the USA was caught spying on Macron and Alstom was skinned alive? Did the Germans fought back when the USA was caught red handed spying on Angela Merkel or was forced by the USA to stop the Nord Stream pipeline project? They are the real fools. Now the Germans are paying the ultimate price for allowing the USA to dictate policies to their disadvantage and benefiting from it. Now Japan is in deep shit too and trying to fight back wanting the USA to cut interest rates. The USA will never do that as its is against their interest to do so. It is too late for Japan to regret.

Aside from military action to confront the USA head on, China is not lying down in other areas. It is still fighting against the Chips Alliance. TikTok is still fighting against the Biden Administration out to destroy it. China is still not pulling back on industrial overcapacity. On the contrary, China is moving to move further ahead in that position of strength. China will still trade with Russia, whatever the USA demanded.

China knows decoupling is accelerating and unavoidable and is taking measures to increase domestic consumption in the face of USA and EU's clampdown on EVs and other clean energy production sector like solar panels. China is trotting out domestic demand stimulation with the Government using monetary incentives to lure locals to buy EVs and discard their ICE vehicles. This is playing hardball with USA and other ICE vehicle manufacturers trying to ban Chinese EVs. Domestic demand stimulation is China's strategy going forward and is centered and calibrated to support China's clean energy manufacturing sector in the face of Western ban on them.

A country that rose from third world to what it is today, lifting more than 800 million out of poverty cannot have been ruled by fools. It is the West that is stupid and continues to make stupid mistakes. 

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As old civilizations rise, the upstarts are getting nervous, paranoid and fearful.

 As old civilizations rise, the upstarts are getting nervous, paranoid and fearful.

The upstarts are desperate and coming together to help to keep the Hegemon remain relevant. It is all hands to the pump. And who are those doing that? None other than the Anglo-Saxon Imperialist clique and some fake Whites like Japan.

Japan was an Imperialist state without a doubt. Its ambition during WW2 to control Asia was never in doubt. It joined in the eight nations agenda to break China up into spheres of influence. Had it succeeded, Chinese in China will today be living in 'reservations' in the Tibetan desert. The Chinese race would be almost facing extinction due to genocides on the sly, like the Palestinians in Gaza.

Chinese should be thankful to Mao for chasing those barbarians out of China. The Communists should be given all the credit for what China has become today. Forget about political ideology, democracy versus socialism. Which system can deliver is more important. Which system can lift people out of poverty is more important. And Africa understands it better than most. The traitors in Taiwan are the real enemies of the Chinese people. Never forget that!

The USA is now running its money printing presses at warp speed, printing money furiously for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan and making hay while the sun still shines. US$95 billion has be earmarked and approved, mainly for Ukraine and Israel.

Ukraine is already a lost cause and the USA is still flogging a dead horse, hoping it will stand up and run a race it already lost. The USA and the West is terrified of losing to Russia in Ukraine, as it means the end of the Anglo-Saxon hegemony.

More money is to help Israel complete its genocide campaign in Gaza. Even if that is over, will those Israeli settlements in Gaza find peace knowing that Hezbollah and the remnants of Hamas are a perennial threat. More money printing, more aid must be found to carry out a long campaign in Gaza.

Anonymous

Blinken the devious joker aka the liar

 Blinken is now in China, claiming that he was invited by China. The reception he was getting said otherwise. Anyone invited by China as a state guest would received the best of treatment deserving of his position and status. Normally a red carpet would be basic. And the invited guest would be received by his counterpart or someone equal in seniority. And the plane would normally land in Beijing, not in Shanghai or any other city away from the seat of govt in Beijing.

Blinken did not get a red carpet treatment and had to walk down the plane on bare metals and on the barren tarmac of the Shanghai airport. He was received by an administrative staff from the city of Shanghai. That said it all.

And this devious liar got the cheek to allege that China was committing genocide in Xinjiang. China should send him packing immediately and should not waste time talking to such a rude and lying visitor. The truth in the face of the whole world is that the Americans are committing genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza, working hand in hand with the Israelis. How dare he talked about a fictitious American lie in Xinjiang, a fabricated American lie about genocide?

What about the genocide of Iraqis during the fake WMD invasion of Iraq with millions killed, including several hundred of thousands of Iraqi children that evil Magdalene claimed was worth it and Hillary Clinton laughed about it? What about the massacres of innocent Afghans minding their own business in the hills of Afghanistan?  What about Kosovo? Just because they controlled the western media and not allowing them to be reported so the Americans can pretend there were no genocides in these massacres of the innocents? And Blinken and other Americans strutting around pointing fingers at others like they were angels.

When would China learn to boot out such devious and unfriendly liars inviting himself to China? China must not entertain should hooligans let alone meeting him. He came with ill intent.

The world has given up on the Palestinians

 The American and Israeli genocide of the Palestinians continue with full force with no one to stop them. Poor Palestinians are like no body's child. Many were massacred in the hospital raids by the Israelis. Now the Israelis are using their aircraft to bomb indiscriminately in Rafah.

Good luck to the Palestinians. They are in a position when they cry heaven and earth but no one is there to help them.

And the pro American and Israeli believers would probably say the genocide is a good thing, because it is done by the peace loving Americans and the Israelis.

American chip makers downsizing and retrenching...

 Hard times befalling on American chip manufacturers. There is no way out but to downsize and plan for more retrenchment. American workers in these factories are in dire straits, with unemployment staring in their faces. They only have Biden and his clowns like Raimondo, Blinken and old lady Yellen to thank for. 

How can these silly buggers come up with the plan to sanction China, to cut off the biggest chip market and consumer, ie China. China alone easily consumed at least 20% of the sales of American's chip manufacturers. Without China, the alternative is obvious. Sales down, all the over capacity, machinery and manpower must be downsized. No one else can replace the buying power of China. There is no more room for growth and expansion. Profits would turn negative. For their own survival, these manufacturers have to do the necessary.

And China is not taking these sanctions lightly. China is gearing up its own manufacturing capabilities and abilities to produce the chips it needed. And now that China is more or less self sufficient in most of the chips, Xi has announced that China would now only use its domestically manufactured chips for products Made and Used in China. The biggest casualties are Nvidia, AMD, Qualcom, Intel and practically every chip manufacturers in the US, plus those in Japan and South Korea, and also those in Europe. TSMC would not be spared. It can continue to produce chips in the Arizona, US, but with no buyers.

Biden and his clowns have done an incredible job to kill the American and pro American chip manufacturers with their stupidity. There is no turning back once China is self sufficient in chip manufacturing. The American and pro American chip manufacturers would be lucky to stay in business without making losses. There is just no more scope for growth without the Chinese market. Period.

PS. When China starts to sell chips to the world at affordable prices, these American manufacturers would have to fold up. Downsizing and retrenchment would not save them. They simply cannot compete.