Miscellaneous News

[Agnus]

I feel like what has happened is the US has threaten China to do XYZ if the Chinese don't buy certain amount of US debt. But, the China has called out the US's bluff.
Biden : "Look,Xi, we are tighting the noose around China with our allies unless you give into at least some of our demands."
Xi: "What noose, you call that a noose, Mr.Biden".

 

[Overbom]

I feel like what has happened is the US has threaten China to do XYZ if the Chinese don't buy certain amount of US debt. But, the China has called out the US's bluff.
Biden : "Look,Xi, we are tighting the noose around China with our allies unless you give into at least some of our demands."
Xi: "What noose, you call that a noose, Mr.Biden".

Why am I getting Trade war 2 vibes?

Does Biden really wants to experience the Trade War 1 vibes that Trump also felt?

China would laugh all the way to bank if the US was idiotic enough to instigate another Trade War

 

[escobar]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1436381756085739524

 

[Overbom]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1436381756085739524

Spicy.

What did Xi deny to Biden that he is now acting as a crazy person?

Anyway, if it is anything economics related then it must surely be for big money.
If Biden thinks that salami-slicing is worth it billions of dollars then he is mistaken

 

[Agnus]

If I was China, I would consider taking China by the end of the year. No point, in allowing the US to build up strength in the Pacific to make the job harder.

 

[siegecrossbow]

Interesting tactics by Biden

Why did he request a phonecall with someone he called a "thug" almost a year ago?..

Biden talking about Xi: "This is a guy who is a thug"

Watch that video. A lot of chest thumping ala India's Modi style. Now see the recent news and compare...

When only a thug can lend you a line of credit, you call the thug.

 

[Overbom]

If I was China, I would consider taking China by the end of the year. No point, in allowing the US to build up strength in the Pacific to make the job harder.

No, China should sit tight and act only if its red lines are breached.

Dont you see that all these moves by the US are from its desperation? The US faces a lot of internal problems now, and surely what he tried to blackmail Xi with failed spectacularly.

These are all diplomatic soft power moves against China's hard power in economics.
Why would China trade hard power with US' soft power? Soft power is much weaker than hard power. So if US wants to compromise with China then it needs to offer a lot of soft power concessions.

 

[Bellum_Romanum]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1436381756085739524

Biden is just as disingenuous and dishonest as he is sleepy. What he's doing with Taiwan is inviting an escalation with China with the One China Policy.

 

[Nobaron]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1436381756085739524

I am still waiting for China to start designating for what it truly & historically is - Native America.

 

[Kaeshmiri]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1436381756085739524

Certainly the Phone call didn't go well at all.
Now if China withdrew ambassador and halted trade with Lithuania over this move what will it do when US and most certainly EU also do the same? These countries are projecting Taiwan as an Independent Nation without officially breaking the OCP.

Lithuania was a test move by US and now they believe that except diplomatic protests China wont do much.