Popular Post Adumbration Posted June 5, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 5, 2022 (edited) It is no secret I have raised this as the elephant in the room for expats trying to stay here long term. Yesterday Citibank announced that Evergrande has defaulted on it bond commitments. Massive financial turmoil assured. Political situation already red hot in China due to Covid lockdowns. They refuse to licence an effective MrNa vaccine and only 30% of their elderly population is vaccinated. Moving forward the CCP have three options: 1. Keep lockdowns in place indefinitely and (along with the Evergrande fallout) ensure the economy is done for 2. Let covid rip and have a societal meltdown 3. Start a war My money is on option #3. Here is some light reading for you: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/china/explosive-audio-leak-details-chinas-plan-to-invade-taiwan/articleshow/91740273.cms Edited June 5, 2022 by Adumbration 2 2 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Kwasaki Posted June 5, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 5, 2022 1 hour ago, Adumbration said: What is your plan when China invades Taiwan? To carry on living my life in Thailand same as I do with the Ukraine situation there's nowt I can do about it. I'm sure hot air from the world policeman and europe will do something like it always does. ???? 8 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Hummin Posted June 5, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 5, 2022 That's an impossible question to answer, but I have two bases, one in Thailand, and one in Europe, so not to worried yet. I do not believe China will invade, but I didn't believe Putin was Crazy or Stupid enough to invade Ukraine either, so who knows what will happen 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Denim Posted June 5, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 5, 2022 China wont invade Taiwan. Too much to lose not much to gain. Plus that bit of water between the two countries is a more formidable barrier than a barbed wire fence. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post StayinThailand2much Posted June 5, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 5, 2022 (edited) "What is your plan when China invades Taiwan?" Avoid visiting Taiwan for a while... ???? Edited June 5, 2022 by StayinThailand2much 5 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post gearbox Posted June 5, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 5, 2022 Lol... don't you find it strange when such "explosive" world changing news is reported only by a couple of Indian newspapers? 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sqoop Posted June 5, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 5, 2022 Better to ask the question and have a plan B than not. The Chinese are driven by ideology rather than logic or economic sense. 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparktrader Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 3 minutes ago, Sqoop said: Better to ask the question and have a plan B than not. The Chinese are driven by ideology rather than logic or economic sense. Thailand and Taiwan are different countries. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqoop Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 1 minute ago, Sparktrader said: Thailand and Taiwan are different countries. Damn I just realised, you are right ???? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sticky Rice Balls Posted June 5, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 5, 2022 Welcome our new Overlords with Tom Yum Goong Mama cups and shrimp buffet coupons 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Kenny202 Posted June 5, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 5, 2022 13 minutes ago, Sqoop said: Better to ask the question and have a plan B than not. The Chinese are driven by ideology rather than logic or economic sense. I was always under the impression China was driven by $$$$ cloaked in ideology. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GammaGlobulin Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 I will quickly return to Taiwan. I will drink champagne on the return flight. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj230 Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 (edited) China invading Taiwan doesn't really effect Thailand does it? I know Biden did say they would intervene though, which might cause a chain reaction globally. I always have a plane ticket handy and I most likely would return to my home country if the USA or NATO had a war with China (every 2 months I change my flight 2 months further out when I get a covid extension, as it's free). Also I looked into the Citibank news about evergrande and that was from April Edited June 5, 2022 by dj230 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hammer2021 Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 Don't panic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Leaver Posted June 5, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 5, 2022 11 minutes ago, dj230 said: China invading Taiwan doesn't really effect Thailand does it? Russia invading Ukraine effected the world, and that includes Thailand. You think China invading Taiwan will not effect the world, also? 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gottfrid Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 Take another beer. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj230 Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 23 minutes ago, Leaver said: Russia invading Ukraine effected the world, and that includes Thailand. You think China invading Taiwan will not effect the world, also? How was Thailand affected by Ukraine invading Russia? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Airalee Posted June 5, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 5, 2022 Maybe I’ll post a Taiwanese flag as my profile pic. That’ll show ‘em. 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Kenny202 Posted June 5, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 5, 2022 14 minutes ago, dj230 said: How was Thailand affected by Ukraine invading Russia? Bit of a dumb thing to say? You seen fuel prices? You heard of inflation. Thats just for starters.. 5 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunLA Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubascuba3 Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 I'll bet 10 baht they won't invade, the Russian invasion made them see the light, it's just not worth the fallout 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post dj230 Posted June 5, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 5, 2022 (edited) 6 hours ago, Kenny202 said: Bit of a dumb thing to say? You seen fuel prices? You heard of inflation. Thats just for starters.. inflation was already here before the Ukraine war, the extra inflation due to oil spiking for one month barely did anything Incase you were living under a rock the past 2 years the us government printed trillions of dollars of cash and gave it out, that’s why inflation is here. Edited June 5, 2022 by dj230 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny202 Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 26 minutes ago, dj230 said: inflation was already here before the Ukraine war, the extra inflation due to oil spiking for one month barely did anything Incase you were living under a rock the past 2 years the us government printed trillions of dollars of cash and gave it out, that’s why inflation is here. Totally agree things were on a down slide here before covid with inflation, exports, manufacturing and tourism...but a 1 month spike in fuel is just nonsense as is a claim of zero effect. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritManToo Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 8 hours ago, Kwasaki said: To carry on living my life in Thailand same as I do with the Ukraine situation there's nowt I can do about it. I'm sure hot air from the world policeman and europe will do something like it always does. ???? Agree, I don't really care about Chinese killing Chinese, or East Europeans killing East Europeans. I wouldn't do anything about it even if I could, it's not my business. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardColeman Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 Why worry, it will be the end of the world, Sleepy Dementia Joe already said he would declare war on China basically if they did invade Taiwan. Idiot. Well, the puppet said it before his puppeteers corrected him. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritManToo Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 7 hours ago, Kenny202 said: Bit of a dumb thing to say? You seen fuel prices? You heard of inflation. Thats just for starters.. More to do with COVID IMHO. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GammaGlobulin Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 How many of the posters who have commented above know anything about.... 草莓族 ? 草莓族 (The Strawberry Generation/Strawberry Tribe) The Strawberry Generation in Taiwan are milquetoast. How many years, for example, has anyone here spent in Taiwan? 10 years? 20 years? 30 years? How many? Tell me. IF China were to mount an attack against Taiwan, then, the MILQUETOAST Strawberries would fall like the hothouse plants which we know they are. Taiwan is hiding under the US umbrella, at the moment. This is a symbiotic relationship which is good for the world, as well. But, I have never met a man in Taiwan who could stand up to a man from Dongbei. The ONLY way that Taiwan will be able to defend itself is if all weapons are fully robotic, and controlled using AI. The fighting man of Taiwan is nonexistent. Taiwan, these days, is totally undertested, and full of children of dead soldier who retreated to Formosa, decades ago. Anyway, for sure.... Thinking that Taiwan could, in any way, defend itself against a Chinese invasion is just ridiculous. Also, the Taiwanese democracy, and the Taiwanese political situation, is sort of like a cartoon. It is not real. There is no way that Taiwan would exist, today, without the force of the US. The US needs Taiwan, for sure. But, almost everything about Taiwan is a complete JOKE....except...for..... TSMC Long live TSMC. Otherwise, Taiwan is a joke, both politically and militarily, and in most other respects, as well. I need to keep this short. Or, otherwise, I might wish to make a few other valid criticisms here. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamus Yaigh Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 8 hours ago, Kenny202 said: 9 hours ago, dj230 said: How was Thailand affected by Ukraine invading Russia? Bit of a dumb thing to say? You seen fuel prices? You heard of inflation. Thats just for starters.. You seen news about Ukraine invading Russia? I'd start there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PJ71 Posted June 6, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 6, 2022 46 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said: How many of the posters who have commented above know anything about.... 草莓族 ? 草莓族 (The Strawberry Generation/Strawberry Tribe) The Strawberry Generation in Taiwan are milquetoast. How many years, for example, has anyone here spent in Taiwan? 10 years? 20 years? 30 years? How many? Tell me. IF China were to mount an attack against Taiwan, then, the MILQUETOAST Strawberries would fall like the hothouse plants which we know they are. Taiwan is hiding under the US umbrella, at the moment. This is a symbiotic relationship which is good for the world, as well. But, I have never met a man in Taiwan who could stand up to a man from Dongbei. The ONLY way that Taiwan will be able to defend itself is if all weapons are fully robotic, and controlled using AI. The fighting man of Taiwan is nonexistent. Taiwan, these days, is totally undertested, and full of children of dead soldier who retreated to Formosa, decades ago. Anyway, for sure.... Thinking that Taiwan could, in any way, defend itself against a Chinese invasion is just ridiculous. Also, the Taiwanese democracy, and the Taiwanese political situation, is sort of like a cartoon. It is not real. There is no way that Taiwan would exist, today, without the force of the US. The US needs Taiwan, for sure. But, almost everything about Taiwan is a complete JOKE....except...for..... TSMC Long live TSMC. Otherwise, Taiwan is a joke, both politically and militarily, and in most other respects, as well. I need to keep this short. Or, otherwise, I might wish to make a few other valid criticisms here. are you ok? 1 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GammaGlobulin Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 14 minutes ago, PJ71 said: are you ok? I am fine. I feel even finer after having left Betel Nut Island. Please don't misunderstand... Democracy on Formosa is a charade. Enjoy your time in the sun under the protective parasol of American military might, while it lasts. After that, then Taiwan will surely be strawberry jam. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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