Chomskyan posted:

All you have to do is divide up the communist party and oust Xi, and then the next leader to emerge will be our friend

Bing bong, so simple

Lostconfused posted:

So will the mods finally be the ones to decide what is asia and europe?

Trash Ops posted:

https://twitter.com/globaltimesnews/status/1356067247828004864?s=20

lol

Grapplejack posted:

A big point of the nine dash line is that it goes out of its way to specifically gently caress with Vietnam, something I'm sure the nationalists are big fans of (I assume they're still mad about the sino-vietnamese war that they lost). There aren't any major oil reserves or gas wells or anything like that within the area claimed by China; the only thing that's in that area is shipping (most of it going to one of China's neighbors) and deep-sea fishing. The ability to contest shipping lanes would be a great way to exercise power over southeast asia and turn China's soft power to hard power in dealing with them.

KaptainKrunk posted:

do we have any primary source evidence of the nature of the camps that doesn't come from Zenz, interviews with the same 6 dissidents (that have substantially changed their story) or the very sketch Xinjiang Victims Database?

there's too much smoke. reminds me a lot of the Syria gas stuff

Chomskyan posted:

https://twitter.com/catcontentonly/status/1360731850034053120

lol, this is so cynical even for the NY Times

indigi posted:

this is a meaningless metric

gradenko_2000 posted:

https://twitter.com/dancohen3000/status/1361721482729164810?s=19

Bathtub Cheese posted:

https://twitter.com/Sabina_91521/status/1361954765849042949?s=20

Jose posted:

https://twitter.com/lfx160219/status/1362748150763511810?s=19

Some Guy TT posted:

like the only person in american politics even approaching that level of cringe is andrew yang but last time i checked his speeches werent peppered with references to his favorite anime

Rutibex posted:

seriously? lol they are drinking their own kool-aid. brilliant analysis

gradenko_2000 posted:

https://twitter.com/rapplerdotcom/status/1364480429705814020

gradenko_2000 posted:

One term of six years. 2016 was the last one, so 2022 is next. Official campaign season starts Q1 next year, polls in May, new President takes office June 30.

Yes, Sara Duterte, the daughter, is almost certainly running.

Aquino, before Duterte, was a liberal. Arroyo, before Aquino, was a conservative (think Bush or Thatcher)

I'd say we have one chance in three of getting a liberal president (Leni Robredo) again after next year's elections. There is a back-and-forth nature to politics, but the liberal party is especially weak - think Biden if Trump didn't gently caress up COVID.

Other potential presidential winners besides Duterte the Younger and Robredo include Ferdinand Marcos Junior, and Manny Pacquiao.

stephenthinkpad posted:

That's IndiaPakistan level of dynasty politic.

indigi posted:

for real?

mila kunis posted:

what kind of brain does it require to take any loving news about china including ones where they're making a genuine effort to improve people's lives and pivot immediately to "china bad!!"

Rutibex posted:

if they got rid of poverty who would work at starbucks? if there was no homeless people on the streets than who would i look down on when thinking of my own miserable existence?

no i am afraid the USA already has the correct level of poverty and we shouldn't try to decrease it

shrike82 posted:

my personal anecdote working in a STEMlord field (AI) is that the US still gets the best stem graduates. the fact that top graduates still brave all the immigration bullshit highlights that the US still offers better opportunities, pay, and quality of life. more importantly, an american university education is still better than a chinese or indian university education; not to mention, offers better research opportunities

tsinghua is going to suffer the same issue as tokyo university or the national university of singapore which is they don't get the best (international) faculty, researchers, or students.


i'm arguing that the culture around facetime and hours at the office impacts their productivity, not ranking them against other countries' workers

gradenko_2000 posted:

lollontee posted:

lol americas gonna start another world war, this is so loving cool. the war nerd community is gonna be raking it in

fart simpson posted:

the two that got shot up in atlanta and not in the suburbs, were in the only spot in atlanta which could be vaguely considered a red light district. whether or not they actually were venues for the sex trade, the fact that the shooter drove to this specific neighborhood indicates to me that his actions were sex motivated

gradenko_2000 posted:

the anti-China propagandists can't bring it up because it'll bring up all sorts of uncomfortable questions like "wait so the communist countries weren't just one monolith?" and "we backed Pol Pot?" and "we were fine with working with China when it came to Afghanistan?" and "we sent arms to China in the 70s?"

gradenko_2000 posted:

https://twitter.com/cnni/status/1372712095633043461

if you read the article you'll find that CNN was able to find both the parents AND the kids, and speak to them, and put the kids in contact with the parents.

also, the article makes frequent reference to this earlier article from February: https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2020/02/asia/xinjiang-china-karakax-document-intl-hnk/

which, you guessed it:



and then also this article: https://edition.cnn.com/2020/09/21/asia/xinjiang-china-response-sterilization-intl-hnk/index.html



and then it also links back to the Newlines Institute Report that we've seen earlier

shrike82 posted:

Atrocious Joe posted:

Sweden can't be the most anti-China country in Europe if only because other European countries have literally invaded China before. Until Sweden gets that done I refuse to consider them.

Some Guy TT posted:

https://mobile.twitter.com/AndyKimNJ/status/1373282035633119233

according to this thread the state department bans ethnic korean americans from working on korean adjacent diplomacy

all of a sudden the chronic stupidity of this countrys korea policy makes a lot more sense

BrutalistMcDonalds posted:

container ships will dock in taiwan and suddenly PLA troops will come pouring out. invasion! the clock is ticking... countdown... to checkmate.



but yeah. just a wild guess, but the comments from the U.S. admiral might just be an analysis of chinese shipbuilding and the trajectory of capabilities hence the language of "could." the U.S. "could" invade cuba, doesn't mean it "will," anymore than china will invade taiwan once the clock ticks over to jan. 1, 2027

unfortunately it's mostly paywalled, but i would read proceedings to learn about the PLAN (and the U.S. navy) because it's written by and for U.S. navy commanders. an annual subscription is $35 so i should buy one and read a bunch of articles about pacific war strategy and make some effort posts about it. there's a whole article this month about political commissars on PLAN ships:

https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings

Baykin posted:

Is there historical basis to the idea that China would be willing to sanction and blockade Taiwan if the US wasn't involved? I'm honestly asking as someone that has only relatively recently started learning in depth about China, so I don't want to come off as a big proponent of Chinese propaganda if I've fallen for it, but from the bit that I've dug into I'm unaware of them acting in such a way. If they have, I'd very much appreciate any examples so I can continue educating myself.

Ardennes posted:

A 3 trillion dollar bill is both possible (that’s only 300 billion a year btw) and it will be mostly on highways and random non-sense.

Btw the total cost of a f 35 is closer to 110 million with total costs added and the USAF admits it isn’t useful for any scenario where a dogfight could take place and it is really only a strike fighter.

The f-22, which there are about 120 operational and mostly located in the US, would have to do all the heavy lifting. The best I can tell the f-35 was designed to strike non moving targets in Middle Eastern countries with minimal air defenses.

Cerebral Bore posted:

the us has lost the ability to do even halfway efficient military projects as well, so even if you managed to sell something as military spending what would happen is that all the graft and waste means that you'd get something half-assed about a decade late and at ten+ times the original projected cost

dead gay comedy forums posted:

you gotta be loving kidding me

THS posted:

remember when the US lost $12 billion dollars in iraq, oopsie lol

Some Guy TT posted:

https://twitter.com/BhadraPunchline/status/1375503629248049154

AnimeIsTrash posted:

https://twitter.com/chenweihua/status/1375502015569264648

SSJ_naruto_2003 posted:

Can I report myself as forced labor since it's either work or die