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[FairAndUnbiased]

Too much leaded gasoline fumes.

Let's not give leaded gas all the credit.

There's also fetal alcohol syndrome, methylmercury, cadmium, fat soluble persistent organic pollutants (Agent Orange), etc.

 

[AssassinsMace]

Why is the guy so anti-China? Has he lost big on any investment in China? He is Canadian, not even a yankee.

Because "American" sharks don't survive in the Chinese shark tank.

 

[han1289]

Vietnamese are no brothers of Chinese. If they could, the Vietnamese would genocide all Chinese without hesitation.

China should harbour no illusions about Vietnam. Indeed, they are an exponentially bigger threat than India will ever be because they are smart enough to not let their irrational hatred of China stop the from copying everything from China.

This visit isn’t about brotherly friendship, but rather keeping your friends close and enemies closer.

Vietnam is too smart to allow itself be used as an Eastern Ukraine to soak up Chinese munitions, but it would have happily jumped in and stabbed China in the back and opened up new fronts if it looks like the fight isn’t going China’s way. That in turn means China needs to divert significant resources and forces to keep a weary eye on them to make sure they don’t get any stupid ideas.

Trump fucked up being too greedy and arrogant with Vietnam, and needlessly burnt a bridge with a potentially eager ally. China seized the opportunity to further bind Vietnam into its economic system and further mitigate that risk by making China too economically import for Vietnam to backstab.

Vietnam is the biggest threat in Indochina. Don’t forget their first instinct was to bend the knee to Trump. It was only when they were rejected that they pulled out all the stops for Xi.

This tariff business only exposed them for who they are.

 

[GulfLander]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1911837221453246567

 

[AssassinsMace]

Zelensky caught lying about Chinese soldiers fighting for Russia in Ukraine.

 

[pmc]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1911111624208896479

I am surprized these Ex-Soviet People not study Arabic Soft Power and make opinion about fall and rise of countries. This Americanized Russian born girl was expelled at night from Russia for exchange with a Man and UAE ambassador to US release pic with her before CIA Director. Considering UAE wealth relative to indigenous population they are the most sophisticated people in the world and they wont invest this deep in relationship with a country that is falling.

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The incumbent CIA Director was present in Abu Dhabi to receive Ksenia Karelina, taking care to avoid disclosing sensitive details [Exhibit-A].

However, hours earlier, the UAE's Director of Strategic Communications in MoFA had already posted a photo of the Emirati Ambassador to the US standing with Karelina [Exhibit B] which inadvertently revealed the unique registration/ tail number of the Russian government plane that transported her from Moscow and returned with the Kremlin's swap [Exhibit-C].

This detail may seem minor to the public but it constitutes an OPSEC blunder with intelligence implications, including:-

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1910293964449878385

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1910281617244897631

 

[iewgnem]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1911879372107292947

America: this hunger strike is unsustainable, nobody wants me to die.
China: no one?

 

[supercat]

The mental process is fascinating to watch

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1911381955641213023

Sigh. "Since I've known him (Bill Ackman), he's almost never been correct about anything he's said."

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1911402504853594568

Lol. The White House deputy chief is demanding China capitulation.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1911518069253607648

I'm wondering which world Stephen Miller and his ilks live in. China produces almost 100% of the world's rare-earth magnet, which has numerous applications including in EV and MRI scanner.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1911526289535910121

China Halts Critical Exports as Trade War Intensifies​

Beijing has suspended exports of certain rare earth minerals and magnets that are crucial for the world’s car, semiconductor and aerospace industries.

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China can also start to tariff America's service exports.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1911743471834083330

Even some commentators from the Financial Times no longer have any illusion.

China is well positioned to weather Trump’s trade war​

Five years of export controls have helped it get very good at making things without American technology

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Why Xi holds a stronger hand than Trump​

The White House has miscalculated the balance of power in its tariff war with China

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Finally, the US doesn't really have many "allies".

U.S. Allies Are Sitting Out Trump’s Trade War With China​

Imposition of new tariffs on nearly every country adds to concerns in Europe and Asia about relying on America​

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[lych470]

It's so bizarre how much of the west is starting to feel like the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc when it was near the end of its collapse. Complete with name calling and everything.

There are folks who are seeing the writing on the wall and just don't want to go through tension and confrontation just to maintain old empires. Some of these fossils want the world to subordinate itself to a system that just can't hold water anymore. This is why China's rise is important, the world has options on who it can deal with in case hegemon f*cks up. Can you imagine if Trump was President in the 1990s or the early 2000s? We'd be in for a tough time.

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[gk1713]

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Another interesting reading