Even Xi’s most ardent critics think of him as a very evil man. The rule based disorder, however, are evil beasts by any definition.
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In the past, the tacit understanding between the two sides was that official forces would not land on the island, while the CCG had already established routine patrols at sea for a full year. In the latter half of last year, there were reports that Japanese officials were privately advising fishermen not to approach.
My view is that the tacit understanding will continue for some time, but maritime confrontation will inevitably escalate, developing towards the situation like Sierra Madre, it remains there as a symbol, but the number of CCGs surrounding it will only increase.
Takaichi's militarization of the SDF and the fortification of Okinawa will let to the increase of the PLA's involvement, but I don't think that final push will be taken. Diaoyu Island itself has little military value.
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It's not necessary. Chinese state-run labs and most Chinese AI companies are making their models and research available to everyone, including American universities. The problem lies with the closed and secretive American AI companies, which deny access even to American researchers. Without access to Chinese models, they would be in the dark, and as a consequence, over time, the US could have rapidly bleed AI talent, since most of it is locked away in these secretive companies. It's ironic that these open models are keeping American AI research alive, so that the closed and secretive American AI companies have a pool of new talent that they can box them in their secretive closed labs.
supercat
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The murder of Epstein and the withholding of 2 million pages of his files is a travesty and continued mockery of justice and the rule of law.
Hi Laura, let's hear your thoughts on the Gaza genocide.
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supercat
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Congratulations to China's all-female SWAT team, allegedly from the Sichuan province.
German manufacturing has become an horror show due the high energy costs. Surprising to see the same happening in Japan, they also cut their energy imports from Russia. That only leaved a shrinking pool of suppliers that are charging more. As the US cut more and more suppliers the problem just keep compounding. You know the "friend".
China has been speared because they have a more diversified energy sources, that include imports from most BRICs, central Asia and Iran
My guess is that because Italy manufacture a lot of luxury goods and we are in this gigantic asset bubble offset the energy cost of their goods because are willing to pay more for their products.