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Overbom

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Based on diplomatic norms, with him saying something like this, here is my conclusion: There is no diplomatic rift or anything like that, its simple actually, Central Asia is getting closer to China and Russia is losing its influence over that region
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Vladimir Putin acknowledges Chinese ‘concerns’ on Ukraine​

Russian leader’s comments are first public admission of differences between Beijing and Moscow
Russian president Vladimir Putin has Chinese “concerns” about the war in Ukraine at his first in-person meeting with President Xi Jinping since the invasion.
Putin’s comments in a meeting with Xi in Uzbekistan on Thursday were the first public admission of differences between Beijing and Moscow over the war in Ukraine.
“We highly value the balanced position of our Chinese friends when it comes to the Ukraine crisis,” Putin told Xi, according to a video shared by the Russian state Zvezda news channel. “We understand your questions and concerns about this. During today’s meeting, we will of course explain our position.”
 

xypher

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Based on diplomatic norms, with him saying something like this, here is my conclusion: There is no diplomatic rift or anything like that, its simple actually, Central Asia is getting closer to China and Russia is losing its influence over that region
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Well, Ukrainian & Western behavior on the Taiwan question is continuing to bridge those differences and I think by now China is definitely far more supportive of Russia than in the beginning. Jingoism of Western regimes is helping at creating a unified block against them.
 

Overbom

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Well, Ukrainian & Western behavior on the Taiwan question is continuing to bridge those differences and I think by now China is definitely far more supportive of Russia than in the beginning. Jingoism of Western regimes is helping at creating a unified block against them.
The message is very clear.
Xi's first visit post-Covid to Kazakhstan, Xi saying to Kazakhstan "will defend and support your territorial integrity and independence" (which btw was in front page of a lot of Kazakhstan's newspapers...) then a day after for SCO, Putin comes out with this statement.

Clear as day imo. Forget about Ukraine, this is about Central Asia
 

siegecrossbow

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The message is very clear.
Xi's first visit post-Covid to Kazakhstan, Xi saying to Kazakhstan "will defend and support your territorial integrity and independence" (which btw was in front page of a lot of Kazakhstan's newspapers...) then a day after for SCO, Putin comes out with this statement.

Clear as day imo. Forget about Ukraine, this is about Central Asia

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Much of Brzezinski's analysis is concerned with
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, focusing on the exercise of power on the Eurasian landmass in a post-Soviet environment. In his chapter dedicated to what he refers to as the "Eurasian Balkans", he uses
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Why American politicians don't read what their strategists have to say? Watching too much Tiktok?
 

pmc

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The message is very clear.
Xi's first visit post-Covid to Kazakhstan, Xi saying to Kazakhstan "will defend and support your territorial integrity and independence" (which btw was in front page of a lot of Kazakhstan's newspapers...) then a day after for SCO, Putin comes out with this statement.

Clear as day imo. Forget about Ukraine, this is about Central Asia
It is about Ukraine. to provide cover to Chinese that there are differences so that Western pressure becomes less.
Look at Kazakhstan trade, students, airline flights. this society cannot function without going westward direction.

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The situation with Russia is obvious. We have Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan in the South but the markets of these countries are not so large, they cannot replace the European Union or even Russian markets for us. Further, if you take a look, even if we trade via Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, there’s Afghanistan, which, as you understand, is not a partner that can predictably trade for a long period of time. Yes, we export to Afghanistan, we are the largest exporter of wheat and flour to Afghanistan, but apart from these products they import almost nothing.
 

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Remains of 88 Chinese soldiers killed in Korean War casketed in S.Korea​

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EditorChen Zhuo Time2022-09-15 14:46:30

INCHEON, South Korea, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- The remains of 88 Chinese soldiers killed in the 1950-53 Korean War were casketed in South Korea on Thursday to be sent back to their homeland.


The ceremony to lay the 88 remains in coffins was held in Incheon, west of the capital Seoul.


The Chinese delegation led by Vice Minister of Veterans Affairs Chang Zhengguo, officials with the Chinese embassy in South Korea, officials with the South Korean defense ministry as well as personnel responsible for the excavation and identification of the remains attended the ceremony.


A flower basket was laid at a temporary settlement for the remains of the Chinese People's Volunteers martyrs.


All members of the Chinese delegation bowed three times to the Chinese People's Volunteers martyrs and presented flowers before the South Korean side placed the remains in coffins.


This year's repatriation ceremony, the ninth of its kind, is scheduled to be held at the Incheon International Airport on Friday.


China and South Korea have successfully carried out the handover of the remains of 825 Chinese People's Volunteers martyrs in South Korea for eight consecutive years from 2014 to 2021, following humanitarian principles and in the spirit of friendship and practical cooperation.

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The remains of Chinese soldiers are returned to their homeland in a ceremony of peace between China and South Korea.
Please tell the USA who is really for peace and prosperity.

North Korean soldiers remained buried away from their home.
 

Appix

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The G7 trade ministers met on on 14 and 15 September. They clearly target China's economic model in their released communique after two days of discussions in Germany. Globalisation is fine but only according to their economical, political and cultural preferences.

1. Level playing field in the white mind: no use of subsidies and no state owned enterprises. When those are present the economic playing field is unfair. Targets China's mixed economic model.

2. We will develop new tools and international rules: they want to change the WTO rules book so that China will be forced to change its economic model more according to their taste: neoliberalism.

"Levelling the playing field and addressing economic coercion
We will sustain and further step up our efforts working toward a level playing field through more effective use of existing tools, as well as developing appropriate new tools and stronger
international rules and norms on nonmarket policies and practices. Our shared concerns Include unfair practices, such as all forms of forced technology transfer, intellectual property
theft, lowering of labour and environmental standards to gain competitive advantage,
market-distorting actions of state-owned enterprises, and harmful industrial subsidies, including those that lead to excess capacity.

We will also promote discussions at the WTO on how to improve transparency to shed light on and reduce challenges posed by non-market policies and practices that harm the global economy, and on modernizing the global trade
rulebook. We thank the OECD for its work in this area."


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siegecrossbow

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The G7 trade ministers met on on 14 and 15 September. They clearly target China's economic model in their released communique after two days of discussions in Germany. Globalisation is fine but only according to their economical, political and cultural preferences.

1. Level playing field in the white mind: no use of subsidies and no state owned enterprises. When those are present the economic playing field is unfair. Targets China's mixed economic model.

2. We will develop new tools and international rules: they want to change the WTO rules book so that China will be forced to change its economic model more according to their taste: neoliberalism.

"Levelling the playing field and addressing economic coercion
We will sustain and further step up our efforts working toward a level playing field through more effective use of existing tools, as well as developing appropriate new tools and stronger
international rules and norms on nonmarket policies and practices. Our shared concerns Include unfair practices, such as all forms of forced technology transfer, intellectual property
theft, lowering of labour and environmental standards to gain competitive advantage,
market-distorting actions of state-owned enterprises, and harmful industrial subsidies, including those that lead to excess capacity.

We will also promote discussions at the WTO on how to improve transparency to shed light on and reduce challenges posed by non-market policies and practices that harm the global economy, and on modernizing the global trade
rulebook. We thank the OECD for its work in this area."


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Isn't CHIPS 4 a textbook example of government subsidization?
 
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