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taxiya

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horse said:
2. Chairman Mao would have stormed the airport.
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What you said is what Genghis khan would do, not Mao and CPC.
  1. Mao let Dalai Lama to flee instead of capturing him in 1959.
  2. Mao also let Lin Bio to fly to USSR without shooting him down in 1971.
  3. Mao let more than 60 thousands of Chinese citizens to leave for USSR in 1962. Including two PLA major generals of Uighur and Kazakh ethnicity.
The reason is simple, Mao said "天要下雨，娘要嫁人，随他去吧". There is no point but only a headache to keep somebody who you can never win the heart of. And except in a battle, you can not simply kill them all in broad day light, let them go is the best for your rule.
 
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Agnus said:
Honestly, all of this talk about the way America withdrew from Afghanistan for the greater cause of focusing on China is pure copium of the highest order. First of all, if America is so mighty, we can't do it both? Secondly, the resources gained pulling from Afghanistan aren't enough to make noticeable impact. The way America withdrew has called into question their competence as a great power. Despite what the government is acting like. They have been pretty been in boxed in at the airport. It is the only place in the country that they control. Which means they can't go to Americans or other westerners stranded to help them without entering into a shooting contest with Taliban. Now they're at the total mercy of the Taliban to get their people back. It is a total embarrassing ordeal.
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I don't understand it either. Some seem to go far as to say it was a "win" and that letting the Taliban win was some type of 5D chess.

Americans clearly see this as a defeat, Republican or Democrat. The Russians agree.
 
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taxiya

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Seems an important development. Japan will be having a "2+2" format security dialogue with Taiwan
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Typical coward and nasty Japanese move. Why not hold it in governmental format instead of the proposed "party to party" format? I even doubt if there is an actual meeting to be held besides the publicity in newspaper. Japan is acting "worse" than the Czech republic who at least dared to have its chairman of the senate actually went to Taiwan.

And the bottom line is that China don't complain about such kind of act when the 3rd party participant does not have official position.
 
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Agnus

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I think China wants its supply chains for its semiconductors in full order and get it fully self-sufficient. Plus, integrate itself better with non western nations better to avoid any economic fallout by taking Taiwan.
 
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taxiya

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Agnus said:
Because it would be a formal and official event if they did that. Doing this way allows them the freedom to bypass it.
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If you read carefully, it is not official as governmental.

Here I quote,
The planned talks with Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party – regarded as the ruling party version of the “
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” security dialogue normally convened between governments – will be held online as early as this month, according to The Japan Times.

It remains to be seen if any sitting member of Japanese cabinet participate in the meeting, but from the report it is not official otherwise there won't be a "party version".

I am not saying that it does not bother me a little bit, but it is really not necessary to give Japan the pleasure for every one of their tinny and coward act.
 
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Overbom

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Because it would be a formal and official event if they did that. Doing this way allows them the freedom to bypass it.
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This a salami-slicing move. Irritating yes, but not crossing China red lines

Truly worthy of an East Asian nation. Japan is impressively playing both sides here in order to increase its "value" (and price to court) to the US and China.

However even with all these actions Japan is taking against China, I would still say that China has benefitted more just by having Japan joining RCEP.

IMO RCEP is the big prize. China will ofc respond to this provocation and the US will surely feel pleased by its subordinate actions. Nevertheless, the net balance from Japan is still benefitting China far more than the US
 
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