Taiwan reunification starts now...when trade with America is cut, no more fear of tariffs and sanctions

 The Americans have unofficially declared war on China. Period. China now has no delusion or apprehension or false hope of dealing with the Americans peacefully or by diplomatic means. It is now forced to play hard ball with the Americans short of open military war. The Americans are also not concealing their animosity against China, openly calling its allies to prepare for war with China, and arming all its allies, including selling more arms to Taiwan.

The clean break between America and China is as good as complete. Both countries are as good as on a war path. No more false hope of peaceful coexistence with the American terrorists. The Americans not only declared war on China but also on the whole world, taking on the whole world including their allies in NATO and colonies in Japan and South Korea.

This break removes all the apprehension and caution in China, no more misgivings on what it should do and must do in its national interests. There are no more fake hopes that they could talk to the Americans to come to their senses. The Americans' anti China position is loud and clear. The Americans want a war with China at all costs, to bring down China. China's foreign policies towards the Americans would take on a new page, of confrontation and assertiveness, no more being meek and trying to appease the Americans.

China's position in BRICS would no longer be restrained and would push strongly for a break with the American controlled world order, dedollarisation would accelerate and China would also be pushing for the rapid expansion of BRICS membership. China would not allow India to be a stumbling block in BRICS expansion and may force an open break with India, to kick out India from BRICS.

China's constraint reaction to Pinoy aggression and provocation in the South China Sea would now be more robust. The Pinoys are going to be kicked real hard on their asses. A confrontation and war with the Americans in the South China Sea are unavoidable and would be put to test. China is now ready. The Americans are outnumbered, outgunned, geographically, logistically and strategically outmaneuvered by China in the South China Sea. China can easily take out every American warship or warplane with air, sea, undersea and anti ship missiles at its disposal.

The most urgent task for China now that the mask is off, the gloves are off, is to reunify Taiwan by force. The rot must stop now as the dissidents are getting bolder, encouraged by the American terrorists with an official delegation led by Joseph Wu in Washington. There is no time to wait, no need to wait. The Americans want a war, bring it on. China cannot avoid a war with the American terrorists. China will now not hesitate to bring Taiwan back to the fold of the motherland. The separatist game in Taiwan is up and would no longer be tolerated a day longer. Reunification starts NOW.

Xi's knockout punch cost the Americans $6.4 trillion!

 'Genius' Trump is still claiming victory, that his tariff war is working and winning. Liberation Day liberated the Americans of $6.4 trillion in two days. Wow, this is big. Only a genius can caused such a wipeout. Trump thought he is the emperor of the world and he can kick everyone around and punch anyone he likes, and no one can hit back. He and his clowns are telling every country not to retaliate. Everyone must come crawling and begging for mercy and Trump would then relent and lower a few tariffs provided the victims kiss his ass.

Everyone, every country is fuming and hitting back. But no one comes near to Xi who gave Trump a knockout punch. This caused the collapse of Wall Street, a meltdown to the tune of $6.4 trillion in two days. How much money is that? Xi did not duck, did not whinge, Xi just retaliates and hits back. This took Trump by surprise. How could Xi hit back? How dare Xi hit back? Xi is such a nice guy, his good friend. This is not the way to play this game. Xi is supposed to cower, to panic and to beg for forgiveness, to come crawling to the White House to kiss Trump's hand. Trump's reply, Xi is not playing it right. Really? To Xi, this is the only right way to kick the ass of a bully, a lunatic.

Would Trump wake up from his folly? He chose to run away, to play golf, not to face the meltdown. No need to think or to worry about the evaporation of $6.4 trillion, and his billionaire friends are the worse hit. Trump does not care.

Wait a minute. This is not the end. The bleeding is still going on. How much more would be lost in Wall Street in the coming days? Recession, depression, 1930 revisited? Chuck Schumer called Trump a menace. The average Americans are losing their savings invested in the stock market. Say thank you to your saviour, Trump, sent by God to save America....or to bring down America and America cannot blame anyone else. Trump did it.

Xi has had enough of American nonsense and bullying. Xi is not going to be polite anymore. Xi is going to hit back, tit for tat. Be warned, the real assertive and aggressive China is just standing up. China is not going to it lying down anymore.

When China strikes back!

PS. Singapore's GDP is about $700b. India's GDP is about $3.9t.

The USA is not just going against China's rise, but the rise of the Global South

 The USA is not just going against China's rise, it is also afraid of Russia's rise. After the success of taking down Germany, Japan and then the Soviet Union, the USA thinks everything is going to work the way they envisioned, with Russia and China going the same route.

The USA vis a vis NATO wanted to collapse Russia first, using the position of Ukraine and all the means at its disposal - economic stifling and sanctions. That move drove Russia towards China, and not only did the Russian economy not collapse, but it was to benefit both China and Russia. Now the die had been cast, and Russia is diving full-fledged into its mission of using BRICS to de-dollarize. If Russia can still survive despite all the odds, that leaves many to think why not others by de-dollarizing.

In the face of easing of sanctions to tempt Putin to de-escalate the war in Ukraine, it takes much more than that loose talk to convince Putin. Putin knows that the lifting of some sanctions will not do anything much, as had happened in the past, where other sanctions will be imposed. Therefore, any talk of ending the Ukraine War is just hot air.

Moreover, it has become necessary to take down Russia in order to break up its alliance with China, which was a move that was to become another catastrophic misstep, rather than trying to kill two birds with one stone - that of collapsing Russia and end its alliance with China, making it easier to confront China directly.

After all that Trump is doing against friends and foe with his tariffs, even allies are finding it difficult to comply with the USA's dictates.

Anonymous

American Empire following the path of the British Empire...down, down and down

 The British Empire, once bigger than the USA, also went down without the financial resources to maintain its bureaucracy and military control over its colonies.

The USA thought that by just maintaining military bases without having to rule their colonies, and yet having control over them, they will be one up on the British system. What brought them down was the misuse of the US$ hegemony, which gave them the privilege of printing as much money as they want.

But the USA failed to control its spending spree, with one administration trying to outdo the other in countering communism, terrorism and rising powers like Germany, Japan, Soviet Union now Russia and China.

It was such a beautiful arrangement just printing more and more money and enjoying the goods that others provided. Life was never so good, and the USA became known as the land of bread and honey, with streets paved in gold. But all good things must come to an end, and the USA is now mired in massive debts, not knowing whether foreign countries will still buy its debts. The so-called streets of gold are now homeless havens, lined with tents and filth, a really shameful stain on the USA Government. The signs are not good, with even allies like Japan now dumping treasuries en masse.

Fighting back against the turn of the wheel is useless. Many things in the USA are beyond redemption. The piling of the debts cannot be sustained, the homeless problem will get worse with more jobless joining the line with all the job cuts, the drug problem will fester and will be blamed on others, particularly China, the jobs are not coming back even if manufacturing returns with automation and robotics taking over. Re-industrialization is just a pipe dream without the control of raw materials, processing logistics and skilled manpower to carry them out.

Which country will most other countries bet on? Be my guest.

Anonymous

Trump has created such a titanic mess in USA

 Trump has created such a titanic mess in USA with his job cuts and around the world with his tariffs, returning to normality is going to be catastrophic.

The Federal job cuts will affect the private sector salaries, as those out of government jobs will now be competing with the private sector employees and will be dragging down salaries for sure. So, more private employees will likewise lose jobs as well, not to talk about lower salaries prevailing all round. Who does all that going to benefit? The top 1% employers of course. It is all of the rich, by the rich and for the rich, of which Trump and Musk are among them. After all, Trump and Musk are going to make hay while the sun still shines over the next four years. After that, it is someone else's business.

Globally, the tariffs are going to affect trade among countries, with new trade relations emerging from the loss of USA import market but benefitting BRICS and the Global South. Take Canada as an example, now doing more business with the EU and closing relations with China. If things are found to be working fine and simpler in newly found business relationships, investors are not rushing to open factories in the USA. Tariffs will then be rendered as ineffective as sanctions in time to come, no matter how beautiful the word is in Trump's delusional mind.

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