China is simply doing what Australia asked ie Economic decoupling. I don't see why Australians or their Govt should be outraged at this.
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precisely! since you want to decouple, i will help you on my end. dont think you can decouple only those that you want and keep the rest !
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Australians will say one thing and do another. If these individuals truly believe trade war is nothing, then why are they showing their fears with so much emotion? If they are winning/ will not be hurt, why complain about something they started? They want to decouple and offset previous trade equilibrium, then quite the whinging and get on with life.
Australia places serious restrictions to its market and China reacts by doing similarly. Difference is China doesn't need Australia and these assets being mentioned do not belong to these people. They have no power and say in freezing Chinese assets. It's a double edged sword as well even if they do stupidly go that far. Australian assets will get seized too lol not that Australia has any real assets outside of Australia. At the very least, Chinese investment into Australia has benefited and benefits Australia the absolute morons. I for one would be more than happy to see China invest in other places. Australian assets- overpriced and low returns. Chinese investment into Australia aka "owning Australian assets" enriches Australia. I don't think these people are that smart. Then again it's reddit, the home of braindead millenials with degrees in marketing and communications and the odd angry white supremacist.
Don't try to find any logic in those little pathetic imperialist sinophobes, they have a twisted vision of the world. No matter what they do, they are always winning and have the upper hand; no matter what they do, and how horrible it is, they are always good, holy and superior. The opposite applies to China and their enemies: no matter what they do they are always wrong, always losers, always inferior. Honestly, they are no different from little pampered kids: they are always right, they deserve to always win and they won't admit they are responsible for the consequences of their actions. Luckily the world is merciless, no amount of crying will do anything for them, only condem them further.
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Let’s not consider the white supremacist or racism angle for the moment... the calls for nationalising or seizure of Chinese nationals private property is really ironic... they always tell others to respect international law and respect human rights etc... when they themselves call for the seizure of private property... be it from a government body, a corporate body or a private individual.
So what these high-minded people are advocating for is the revoking of the rights to private property and all the related laws, whilst at the same time it calling for others to respect their laws and rights... lol
Additionally... it’s even more funny how they are saying China is making an example out of Australia is wrong... but at the same time, they preach self determination and choice... so it is wrong for China to choose not to do business with Australia anymore... I mean Australia chose not to do business with China first right?
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plawolf
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Not by a long shot. The EU is to Britain what China is to HK. Britain was only as relevant as it was because it offered an English speaking gateway to the EU internal market, with local institutions able to effectively work as intermediaries to facilitate easy trade with languages, legal and other experts on EU trade; much like how HK offered similar for the the Chinese mainland market.
Brexit was about British 0.1%er vested interests getting their panties in a twist because of EU legislation designed to tackle their interests in sleazy offshore financial tax havens and money lauding centres. So they played the British nostalgia, nationalism and racism cards to get the uneducated, racist and delusional parts of the society to vote against their own self interest.
Basically, Brexit was a model for the HK riots, with the only major difference being that the British government itself has in on Brexit, while the HK government was firmly against that BS nonsense.
Had the British government not allowed a referendum, they probably would have seen HK style street riots.
But the end result is that with Brexit, the UK lost is biggest, and arguably only major competitive edge. What is the point in foreign companies setting up shop in the UK post Brexit, when they will not enjoy easy, tariff-free access to the EU single market? Especially when you have English speaking Ireland right next door offering what the UK just threw away?
Just wait for the reality check to sink on. Once the USA goes into chaos mode, Australia will have to see reason, sooner or later, they will realise the hard way, no nation will be there big brother anymore and any stupid moves, could bring an armed military down on there heads. Keep in mind, australia doesn’t have the strength to take on any kind of invasion and pissing off Russia or China mean that Australia could be on the receiving end of a hypersonic missile, a weapon that Australia could only dream of having.
The age of the west is fading, and not only do they have themselves to blame, but this time some real payback is in order. If Australia ends up getting hit by a real terror attack this time, while sad it should be a remote surprise given that Australia has piggy backed on the USA in regards to invading other countries, with out the USA to protect them, well damn they will suddenly have a lot of enemies to deal with just like Europe i.e. France is dealing with lately in regards to muslims.
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These are the same individuals who unirnically called for free trade back in the 90s-2010s and then advocated for TikTok to be force sold to an American company; I hate to comment on Anglos and their piratical tendencies but the temptations is simply too much.
I'd say you have competing factions in the UK ruling elites;
1) Those who want closer euro-integration: they can safely be said to be properly marginalised since the Brexit vote.
2) Those who wanted 'Singapore on the Thames', who tend be Brexiteers but are often seduced by 3).
3) Those who want Anglo Empire Redux out of CANZUK and the US (anyone noticing a lot of weird CANZUK promotional vids on youtube and Australia tikTok lately?) and who think they can have an EU style mass market to rival the EU and China.
I reckon boris Johnson wanted 2) but got hijacked by 3) within his own party and he demonstrated that by banning Huawei. Needless to say, banning Huawei sealed the UK's fate as being another backwater island sidelined by the continental powers until it has learnt to bend the knee to Bruxelles
