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42 minutes ago, Thongkorn said:

Nostradamus prediction, belive it or not, The  Bear will join  with the Eagle to fight the Yellow Peril.

Nostradamus prediction has a degree of accuracy and against the Japanese. Days of Chinese yellow peril ends after the 1980 in Indo-China. China is not a global military threat and they have undergo dramatic changes in ideology since Deng Xiaoping. They will rather conquer the world with soft powers which is what they doing. 

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-52364797

 

Coronavirus: Missouri sues Chinese government over virus handling

 

The US state of Missouri says it is suing the Chinese government over its handling of the coronavirus which it says has led to severe economic losses.

In the lawsuit, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt alleges China did little to stop the spread of the virus.

Mr Schmitt claims Missouri residents have suffered possibly tens of billions of dollars in economic damages.

 

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8233199/US-lawyers-sue-China-TRILLION

US lawyers sue China for TRILLIONS of dollars as they accuse Beijing of negligence for allowing coronavirus outbreak to erupt before covering it up

  • Lawyers in the US have launched a landmark legal action to sue China 
  • Leaders accused of negligence for COVID-19 outbreak and then covering it up 
  • A second legal case accuses China of hoarding life-saving medical supplies 
  • Pressure is now on President Xi Jinping to account fully for his country’s actions 
  • Learn more about how to help people impacted by COVID

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6 minutes ago, Isaan sailor said:

If China loses their protection from international lawsuits—look out below.  CCP will come crashing down.

... or, they have a final ditched Scorched Earth plan?

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12 minutes ago, Isaan sailor said:

If China loses their protection from international lawsuits—look out below.  CCP will come crashing down.

...or, in that bizarro-world, every country that was invaded, or suffered regime change... could sue the USA...

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13 hours ago, Eric Loh said:

Nostradamus prediction has a degree of accuracy and against the Japanese. Days of Chinese yellow peril ends after the 1980 in Indo-China. China is not a global military threat and they have undergo dramatic changes in ideology since Deng Xiaoping. They will rather conquer the world with soft powers which is what they doing. 

I agree that the ideaology is to use soft power but one must also notice the build up of hardware (hard power) that is occuring in order to enforce the soft power.

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From our unique perspective here in Thailand, we can plainly see the effects of CCP’s Yuan devaluation effort.  Our western currencies are loosely pegged.  So collectively they sunk in value yesterday.  Meanwhile, the unpegged Thai Baht went sailing to a five week high.  Now it’s officially overpriced—compared to its 10-year average.

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Now, I am far from knowing the pros and cons of trying to sue China over the Covid 19 case but my question is who is going to have the authority to do it? Can't be the UN because China could vito any recommendation although I understand there is certain Article which might be applied (can't remember which numbered Article that is). The ICJ would be the right choice although I think China questioned its jurisdiction before (or is presently doing so) over the South China Sea. The WHO has no authority in such matters and in any case they have been partly responsible here. What with the UK, Germany (I think) and the USA (and perhaps Japan) building up cases against China one would hope that more will follow. Whether it will be effective is another question entirely and perhaps withdrawing from China's industrial clutches might be a better course of action. But even the latter would have to be done gradually and so not be effective in the short term...but it might be a start and better than nothing. If China isn't taken to task over this current situation it'll happen again and they will think/declare themselves invincible.

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3 hours ago, car720 said:

I agree that the ideaology is to use soft power but one must also notice the build up of hardware (hard power) that is occuring in order to enforce the soft power.

A lot of the military policies of China can be analyzed from the 2019 White Paper which the US intelligence had their hands on. Briefly the White Paper called for the safeguard of China’s overseas interests and Beijing will never threaten any other country or seek sphere of influence. China will not relent on the Taiwan issue. The soft power strategy is a worrying threat to US as China will have friendly nations with ports facilities that will make the western coalition quite uncomfortable, 

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13 hours ago, mikebike said:

...or, in that bizarro-world, every country that was invaded, or suffered regime change... could sue the USA...

The difference is is that there are sizable CCP assets in the USA/UK/Canada etc. to be seized. I can't say the same for Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran.  Not as though US assets in Cuba seized in the 50s are coming back either.

 

But hey, hope that wumao money is helping to carry you through these challenging times

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On 4/21/2020 at 6:24 PM, smedly said:

China's timing for a military show is rather disturbing, and their Hongkong activities equally so, is it all part of a sinister master plan 

Bushwa and poppycock. Tinfoil hat ideas.

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5 hours ago, Eric Loh said:

A lot of the military policies of China can be analyzed from the 2019 White Paper which the US intelligence had their hands on. Briefly the White Paper called for the safeguard of China’s overseas interests and Beijing will never threaten any other country or seek sphere of influence. China will not relent on the Taiwan issue. The soft power strategy is a worrying threat to US as China will have friendly nations with ports facilities that will make the western coalition quite uncomfortable, 

China's expansionism has never been in question.

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