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Post by bug on May 28, 2022 17:34:38 GMT 10
Don't forget that China is still classed as a third world country. Correct. Once away from the big cities, most Chinese live the same standard as Vietnam or Laos. |
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Post by bug on May 28, 2022 17:36:24 GMT 10
Resources: The PRC just doesn't have them. A war with Taiwan (or anyone else) would cut them off from everyone except Russia. And who knows if Poutine will still be in charge at that time. Nearby Russia, eg. Vladivostock, is seen as China's quarry. Russia knows this. Lots of Chinese moving into regional towns, slowly... If they decide to help themselves more than just poaching logging resources, it might wreck the alliance.
Interestingly, most of the CCP's ridiculous territorial claims are based on Tang dynasty ownership. Vladivostok and much of the Russian Far East falls into the is basket. If Russia completely fell apart and the CCP had several successful invasions under its belt, I wonder if they'd move on it. |
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Post by Joey on May 28, 2022 18:23:35 GMT 10
Well, as of today we've just lost Somoa to the CCP like we lost the Solomons
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Post by bug on May 28, 2022 19:15:38 GMT 10
Well, as of today we've just lost Somoa to the CCP like we lost the Solomons This should not come as a surprise. There are 13 countries that recognise Taiwan. 4 of them are small pacific nations. The kind of country that the CCP loves buying and bribing their way into influence in. The CCP will be looking to isolate any that still support Taiwan. At a guess, Tuvalu or Nauru will be the next to fall. Palau and the Marshall Islands are probably too closely tied to the US to switch sides just yet. |
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Post by norseman on May 29, 2022 0:24:40 GMT 10
Well, as of today we've just lost Somoa to the CCP like we lost the Solomons This should not come as a surprise. There are 13 countries that recognise Taiwan. 4 of them are small pacific nations. The kind of country that the CCP loves buying and bribing their way into influence in. The CCP will be looking to isolate any that still support Taiwan. At a guess, Tuvalu or Nauru will be the next to fall. Palau and the Marshall Islands are probably too closely tied to the US to switch sides just yet. Don't forget Vanuatu! It looks like these guys are going to form their own alliance some kind of mutual pact. |
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Post by Joey on May 29, 2022 11:13:19 GMT 10
Well, as of today we've just lost Somoa to the CCP like we lost the Solomons This should not come as a surprise. There are 13 countries that recognise Taiwan. 4 of them are small pacific nations. The kind of country that the CCP loves buying and bribing their way into influence in. The CCP will be looking to isolate any that still support Taiwan. At a guess, Tuvalu or Nauru will be the next to fall. Palau and the Marshall Islands are probably too closely tied to the US to switch sides just yet. Well naturally, part of the agreements that china is offering is the condition that they MUST public ally and politically agree that taiwan is part of china and not its own nation. |
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Post by bug on May 30, 2022 10:00:24 GMT 10
Yep. Eswatini is the only country in africa that does not get foreign 'aid' from the CCP. I wonder why...
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Post by SA Hunter on May 30, 2022 22:53:27 GMT 10
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Post by iceage on May 30, 2022 23:57:55 GMT 10
Better the devil you know then perhaps? |
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Post by norseman on May 31, 2022 6:39:50 GMT 10
Better the devil you know then perhaps? So either trust the Chinese Government or trust the Australian Government?.................That's a tough choice! |
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Post by frostbite on May 31, 2022 9:01:06 GMT 10
I wonder if China has ever bugged Govt offices in Pacific Island nations to get an unfair advantage in trade negotiations?
No wonder they don't trust us.
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Post by malewithatail on May 31, 2022 9:17:13 GMT 10
I don't trust them either !!
I parked my hard drive and got booked.
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Post by bug on May 31, 2022 10:11:59 GMT 10
As evil as the CCP is, it's the Victorian government that has done the most damage to my family.
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Post by Joey on May 31, 2022 16:40:28 GMT 10
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Post by Joey on May 31, 2022 16:44:50 GMT 10
A couple of yrs old now, but the dragon doesn't change its ways.
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Post by iceage on May 31, 2022 23:48:16 GMT 10
Better the devil you know then perhaps? So either trust the Chinese Government or trust the Australian Government?.................That's a tough choice! Probably got some sort of sweetener to stay with the "Crown". Either way they are just pauns in a very weird game of globo h o m o chess. |
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Post by bug on Jun 1, 2022 13:23:05 GMT 10
The CCP gets caught spying all the time. But nobody ever really punished them for it until Trump, so they keep doing it. No doubt they've ramped it up again since then.
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