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hifisnow said:

Also In my personal experiences at least 60% of Chinese people are reasonable when It comes to politics. That number is rapidly approaching 0 outside of GFW.

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Yes Chinese don't just give their opinion on everything like Westerners do. It's like once when I went to go play billiards with some friends at an establishment. There was one person who was Jewish and I was the only non-white. I forgot what brought the conversation up but the guy who was Jewish made a comment that everyone hated the Jews. I was offended because the Chinese have no history of being antisemitic and never participated so I said, "The Chinese don't hate the Jews." I paused because I knew whites wants to believe that's the case that everyone and not just them hate Jews to relieve themselves of being guilty alone. Then I said, "We just don't care!" Everyone burst out laughing. I wasn't going patronize such a comment because the Chinese had no part and I wasn't going to let him make such a generalized statement. It was true and there's nothing wrong in saying that. I'm sure this Jewish guy was expecting some comforting kissing up in saying it. Or sometimes I'll hear blacks in the US think Asians in the world are plotting against them. And I'll tell them, most Asians aren't even thinking about them. And I know some of them will even be more angry because that's even worse when it's completely okay because for one a lot of African-Americans think the world revolves around blacks and whites only. Everyone else is irrelevant.

supercat said:

But how long can she last? 6 months? Japan is becoming almost irrelevant compared to China's rise. Talking about China's rise, below is Justin Yifu Lin's take. Lin was the former Senior Vice President and Chief Economist of the World Bank. The article addresses the following 3 questions:

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For those who don't know, . He was born in Taiwan and was a captain in the ROC army. While stationed on Kinmen island in 1979, he swam over to the mainland to defect to the PRC. He then earned a PhD in economics from the University of Chicago, became a professor at Peking University, and served a term as the chief economist of the World Bank.

IIRC, Jaishanker is known as one of the most pro-US ministers in the Indian government.

Puss in Boots said:

Excuse me, I'm just curious, "Did you live on Cybertron before?"

Do you think this year's war between India and Pakistan was an act focused on economic development?
A country with one of the lowest per capita GDPs and one of the lowest hunger rates, spending tens of billions of dollars on foreign military equipment without facing any apparent threat of external invasion, do you still think it's focused on economic development?
One day they say they want to wipe Pakistan off the face of the earth, and the next day they're stationing troops in Sri Lanka. What a model of peace!

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You mean “highest”?

4Tran said:

I've been saying for decades that the worst thing that could happen is for China to become a democracy and for the Chinese chauvinists to gain a measure of power. That China might actually do some of the things that the West is constantly fearmongering about.

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Nationalism or chauvanism is good for nation when you are really strong enough. It's also nationalism that bring china together today.

uguduwa said:

Many people are still writing about some imaginary conflicts in South Asia that do not exist in reality. Today’s South Asia outside of islamic dominated regions are just obsessed with economic growth.

Guys it‘s honestly tiring to write the same things over and over again. Please familiarize yourself with the region you are talking about and do some bare minimum research instead of relying on 30 seconds Instagram/Tik Tok reels and memes to talk about geopolitics.

It‘s also crucial to take a break from the internet, talk to young educated people from South Asia and ask them about what they want, how they see things etc. You would have a much better understanding of the region outside of terminally online chest thumping nationalists and how the region would look going forward.

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You know what, with climate change there won't ever be peace nor friendship between china and India. China will need water from Himalayan to dry parts of Xinjiang and northwestern china which will offset china demographics long terms.
China cloud also made water buying deals from Nepal if water from the project isn't enough.

Just went through 30 pages of you guys getting troll baited by posters registered in 2025. Just use the ignore button, guys.

Africablack said:

I'm not interested in Gen Z style debates. Throwing around words like "gaslighting" doesn't mean you have an argument. My point is clear: if China decides on adventurism then it's in for a tough time and it will lose the good will it has spent time building. It is as simple and incontestable as that.

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I don't think so.

This is how it is going to go down, as they use to say on the streets.

It will happen old school style. First isolation, then attack. If required.

The if required part probably is the key part. But first, isolation of the would be enemy is the number one priority.

So under those conditions, an isolated enemy, that offends China, then the PLA and military will throw its weight around.

Under different circumstances, it will not happen.

iewgnem said:

History has a long list of no longer existent groups who mistakes China being peaceful for China being pacifist. China doesn't attack first but China also never forgive. Revenge no matter how long the wait is held as core principle in Chinese culture, and when China takes revenge it tend to be total and merciless.
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Chinese culture is actually very old school, akin to the paterfamilias vendettas of Ancient Rome. The right of vengeance is lauded still in Chinese society compared to the slave morality of western values which inculcates a slave mindset amongst its people to maintain its feudal power structure.


whether true or not, this is realpolitik; as real as soviets dismantling factories in Manchuria to send to Russia.

Chevalier said:

Chinese culture is actually very old school, akin to the paterfamilias vendettas of Ancient Rome. The right of vengeance is lauded still in Chinese society compared to the slave morality of western values which inculcates a slave mindset amongst its people to maintain its feudal power structure.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1974874219310678284

whether true or not, this is realpolitik; as real as soviets dismantling factories in Manchuria to send to Russia.

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Are they trying to wegde the 2?

resistance said:

Nationalism or chauvanism is good for nation when you are really strong enough. It's also nationalism that bring china together today.

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Chauvinism is always a bad idea. It advocates for overreach, and fosters unhealthy attitudes. Hell, it's basically the disease that infected the Americans, and I'd much rather it doesn't happen to China.

GulfLander said:

Are they trying to wegde the 2?

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It feels like there's been a concerted effort to do that but it's pretty useless. Russia absolutely needs China if they want to continue fighting Ukraine, and China is way better off with a strong Russia kicking around. It almost feels like they're just saying things that their audience wants to hear again.