lost
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Post by lost on Nov 25, 2021 23:49:52 GMT 10
This thread is politically charged, maybe relegate it to the secret squirrel area of the forum?
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Post by tactile on Nov 26, 2021 5:54:06 GMT 10
I'm surprised no one commented on Taiwan's response.
Taiwan spits the dummy after the Solomon's establish diplomatic relations with China! Corrupt, money grabbing deal by China not withstanding, it would of been a great opportunity for Taiwan to just sit back and let a country recognise both Taiwan & China but they went and did the stupid shit that the Commies always do!
Maybe Taiwan should invade China and reunite the Chinese people! Madness.
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Post by norseman on Nov 26, 2021 6:08:36 GMT 10
Imagine if China got their "Peacekeepers" there before we did! Scomo would've been shitting himself! I wonder if this is going to escalate?
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Post by Joey on Nov 26, 2021 17:22:45 GMT 10
I'm surprised no one commented on Taiwan's response.
Taiwan spits the dummy after the Solomon's establish diplomatic relations with China! Corrupt, money grabbing deal by China not withstanding, it would of been a great opportunity for Taiwan to just sit back and let a country recognise both Taiwan & China but they went and did the stupid shit that the Commies always do!
Maybe Taiwan should invade China and reunite the Chinese people! Madness.
Taiwan would be annoyed as the Solomons was one of the new nations to publicly recognise Taiwan as an independent nation. China has been going hard after these smaller countries with that stance to use economic pressure to suede their choice to try and remove anyone who still calls Taiwan it's own state. |
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Post by Joey on Dec 5, 2021 21:38:08 GMT 10
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Post by Joey on Dec 5, 2021 21:46:59 GMT 10
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Post by Stealth on Dec 6, 2021 17:42:32 GMT 10
Hmmm. I don't know about Abe in particular, I haven't really had my head in the Japanese space. But given the general national attitude (negative) towards things that seem militaristic or aggressive I don't know what the general Japanese consensus is on someone poking China on their behalf.
I do know that the younger generations seem more inclined towards their defence force stepping up it's game but the older ones seem to be very anti-warfare. With good reason after their last major hammering. It's pretty well driven into their constitution to remain 'self defence only'. That being said I guess there's a point where any major player has to realise that the threat is only going to increase and they are RIGHT next door after all!
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Post by tactile on Dec 6, 2021 17:55:32 GMT 10
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Post by bug on Dec 7, 2021 11:19:29 GMT 10
Hmmm. I don't know about Abe in particular, I haven't really had my head in the Japanese space. But given the general national attitude (negative) towards things that seem militaristic or aggressive I don't know what the general Japanese consensus is on someone poking China on their behalf. I do know that the younger generations seem more inclined towards their defence force stepping up it's game but the older ones seem to be very anti-warfare. With good reason after their last major hammering. It's pretty well driven into their constitution to remain 'self defence only'. That being said I guess there's a point where any major player has to realise that the threat is only going to increase and they are RIGHT next door after all! The Japanese govt is very concerned with the CCP. Like practically every country bordering China, the CCP claims part of Japan's territory and regularly flies military aircraft near it. In this case it's the Senkaku islands. |
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Post by Joey on Dec 7, 2021 18:10:37 GMT 10
China's debt bubble starts to burst with another 2 mega realestate companies going broke.
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Post by Joey on Dec 11, 2021 19:12:22 GMT 10
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Post by Joey on Dec 13, 2021 18:59:35 GMT 10
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Post by bug on Dec 14, 2021 8:07:30 GMT 10
Great article with sold analysis. It's interesting that what was said privately about the CCP is now being said in the open. The mainstream media has always been cautious about losing the China advertising dollar, but they seem to be reading the mood of the Australian public a little better these days. |
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Post by Stealth on Dec 17, 2021 8:12:37 GMT 10
I get the feeling there are actually quite a lot of people who'd have liked to have rung the alarm bells for the general public MUCH sooner. It's becoming more and more common to see those sorts of articles popping up. But also concerning because it means not only is there more appetite for hearing the message, it means there's less appetite for silencing it.
Take from that what you will.
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Post by Joey on Dec 19, 2021 22:27:58 GMT 10
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Post by bushdoc2 on Dec 22, 2021 9:23:11 GMT 10
I get the feeling there are actually quite a lot of people who'd have liked to have rung the alarm bells for the general public MUCH sooner. It's becoming more and more common to see those sorts of articles popping up. But also concerning because it means not only is there more appetite for hearing the message, it means there's less appetite for silencing it. Take from that what you will. It means the advertisers have read the winds of change and swapped sides (or rather placed yet another foot in the other camps to hedge their bets). Ka-ching!
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Post by Jackosaur on Jan 1, 2022 17:34:43 GMT 10
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Post by bug on Jan 3, 2022 15:18:14 GMT 10
The PRC cannot ever take Taiwan back because they never owned it. |
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Post by drjenner on Feb 5, 2022 11:45:58 GMT 10
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Post by Stealth on Feb 5, 2022 15:06:59 GMT 10
Ooof. Even more uncomfortable signalling.
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