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taxiya

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FriedRiceNSpice said:
Qing was not the first. Although the implementation may be different, Tang also leveraged the strategy of using nomads to fight nomads (and Han as well, albeit to a significantly lesser extent). After the complete and total destruction of the Turkic Khaganate, the Tang military continued to retain descended generals and soldiers of Turkic descent in its military for generations. An Lushan is believed to have been at least half Turkic.
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I agree that the earlier Han Chinese dynasties are a mixed bag with Tang and Han being on the better side while Ming and maybe others being on the bad side.

FriedRiceNSpice said:
Manchus were not barbarians. The Ming classified them as civilized subjects. Manchus lived in Chinese style cities, derived subsistence almost entirely from agriculture, and their culture lays fully within the Sinosphere. They were not steppe nomads like the Mongols, Turkics, Xianbei, or Xiongnu.
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Also true, the Aisin-Gioro clan has been serving as generals of Ming for generations before rebelling, in a way they are more like An Lushan of Tang dynasty who took opportunity when the ruling dynasty is collapsing just like other ambitious warlords.
 
lych470

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How Trump could potentially stumble into a war is through underestimating China like how the US and MacArthur underestimated and discounted China intervening in the Korean War. After the 1st trade war, he should have known China would retaliate but the fact he apparently was shocked by retaliation in this new 2nd trade war shows he has not learned because he is too cognitively rigid and/or he is being influenced again by his racism or that of his people as they don't seem to take non-whites seriously.

Trump has not banned TikTok because he thinks he can squeeze China for some sort of deal to enrich himself or his rich supporters, and which he can then spin as some sort of fabulous deal making win. He hasn't banned TikTok yet because he also at some level knows that it would alienate all those that use TikTok, and that would be a large number and be across many segments of the population, and because banning would mean there would be no grift deal.
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Trump's whole circle is racist. Bannon, Miller, Navarro - the whole lot.
 
AssassinsMace

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China should ban all these US right-wing tech bros companies showing up. As noted in a video I posted earlier... these guys are taking Chinese technology to develop weapons for the US aiming to get US military contracts so they can get the money to copy Chinese IP and to claim it's as theirs. They did it with DJI drones and now they're doing it with robots. I saw one guy's YouTube video saying he was planning to buy some of these Unitree robots for his military tech company.
 
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Pakistan minister warns of possible Indian military strike in 24-36 hours​

Pakistan’s minister for information and broadcasting says Islamabad has “credible intelligence” that India intends to launch a military strike within the next 24 to 36 hours, as tensions between the two countries escalate following a deadly attack in Indian-administered Kashmir.

In a social media post early on Wednesday, Attaullah Tarar accused India of using last week’s attack in Pahalgam, which killed 26 tourists, “as a false pretext” to potentially strike Pakistan.

The minister did not provide any concrete information to back up his claim, and the Indian government did not immediately comment publicly on the allegations.

“Any act of aggression will be met with a decisive response. India will be fully responsible for any serious consequences in the region,” Tarar said in the post on X.

Pakistani Minister of Defence Khawaja Muhammad Asif also told the Reuters news agency on Monday that a military incursion by India was “imminent”.

Islamabad is on high alert but will only use its nuclear weapons if “there is a direct threat to our existence”, Asif said.

India’s Ministry of External Affairs did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Reuters news agency on the latest remarks from Tarar.


Tensions between the two countries have been rising after India said there were Pakistani elements linked to the attack on April 22 in the mountain resort of Pahalgam.

It was the deadliest attack on tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir in more than two decades, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has promised to pursue the attackers.

A statement issued in the name of The Resistance Front (TRF), which is believed to be an offshoot of the Pakistani-based Lashkar-e-Taiba, claimed responsibility for the attack.

But Islamabad has denied any role in what happened and called for a neutral investigation.

After the attack, the neighbours unleashed a raft of diplomatic measures against each other, including visa revocations and the closure of Pakistani airspace to Indian airlines.

India also suspended its participation in the Indus Waters Treaty, which regulates water-sharing from the Indus River and its tributaries between the two countries.

The move spurred protests in Pakistan, and the Pakistani government has said it is preparing legal action over New Delhi’s decision.

Fire also has been exchanged along the Line of Control (LoC), the 740km (460-mile) de-facto border separating Indian- and Pakistani-controlled areas of Kashmir, prompting international calls to de-escalate tensions

On Tuesday, the United States urged the two countries to work towards a “responsible solution”.

“We are reaching out to both parties, and telling … them to not escalate the situation,” a Department of State spokesperson told reporters, quoting a statement by Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

The spokesperson added that Rubio would speak to the foreign ministers of India and Pakistan on Tuesday or Wednesday and encouraged other foreign ministers to do the same.

The United Nations also said Secretary-General Antonio Guterres spoke with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Indian Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and “underscored the need to avoid a confrontation that could result in tragic consequences”.
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zyklon

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AssassinsMace said:
China should ban all these US right-wing tech bros companies showing up. As noted in a video I posted earlier... these guys are taking Chinese technology to develop weapons for the US aiming to get US military contracts so they can get the money to copy Chinese IP and to claim it's as theirs. They did it with DJI drones and now they're doing it with robots. I saw one guy's YouTube video saying he was planning to buy some of these Unitree robots for his military tech company.
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Why ban them when you can take
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and sabotage the supply chains of these aspirational arms manufacturers and dealers?! :cool:
 
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If it hadn't been for Genocide Joe
I'd been outta bombs long time ago
Where did you come from, where did you go?
Where did you come from, Genocide Joe?
If it hadn't been for Genocide Joe
I'd been locked up long time ago
Where did you come from, where did you go?
Where did you come from, Genocide Joe?
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