I warned you all and was ridiculed for my efforts.

[Adumbration]

"Chinese Missiles Strike Seas Off Taiwan, and Some Land Near Japan"

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/03/world/asia/taiwan-china-military-exercises.html

 

 

[scubascuba3]

China have no interest in a war and causing trouble their economy is too intertwined with the west

[StayinThailand2much]

19 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

China have no interest in a war and causing trouble their economy is too intertwined with the west

So, why risking open war with India, and encroaching on Bhutanese territory (almost 2% of the country), and, this year, onto Nepali* territory? - China under Xi Jinping is on an expansionist course, and, IMHO, they are just waiting for 'the right time' (not unlike Putin's strategy). As for the economy, the recent lockdowns in China have shown that the economy for the CCP is only of secondary importance.

 

 

*https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-60288007

Edited August 5, 2022 by StayinThailand2much

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2 minutes ago, StayinThailand2much said:

So, why risking open war with India, and encroaching on Bhutanese territory (almost 2% of the country)... China under Xi Jinping is on an expansionist course, and, IMHO, they are just waiting for 'the right time'. As for the economy, the recent lockdowns in China have shown that the economy for the CCP is only secondary.

And creating islands in the South China Sea and putting military bases on them. And then harassing all manner of boats and ships of nations whose territories the Chinese have encroached on.

[StayinThailand2much]

22 minutes ago, placeholder said:

And creating islands in the South China Sea and putting military bases on them. And then harassing all manner of boats and ships of nations whose territories thet Chinese have encroached on.

And naval bases, and planned bases in Sri Lanka, Africa, Sihanoukville, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Australia(!): Darwin...

 

Copying Japan's strategy from a hundred years ago, but better planned and much better financed, thanks to wealth-, know-how-, and labour transfers from the West to China over the past 40 years.

 

As Mark Twain said: "History never repeats itself, but it does often rhyme.” -

I think, about 90 to 100 years after the beginning of WW2 (1939) there will be 'much trouble'. 

Edited August 5, 2022 by StayinThailand2much

[LomSak27]

Much ado about nothing, China will froth and howl like a petulant child, then it's the weekend.  

Cheers

[AnnaBanana]

15 minutes ago, LomSak27 said:

Much ado about nothing, China will froth and howl like a petulant child, then it's the weekend.  

Cheers

To each his own.

[KhunLA]

NY times ????

 

Might as well be in DM or Sun.

[heybruce]

9 hours ago, KhunLA said:

NY times ????

 

Might as well be in DM or Sun.

You don't believe the reports of China's military exercises and missile firings are true?

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About the title of this subject. It's nonsense. There have been plenty of people on thaivisa.com who have taken a very dim view of Chinese aggression, In fact, there are or were only a few who consistently defended China. They were definitely outnumbered. Most seem to have evaporated. So get over yourself.

[heybruce]

12 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

China have no interest in a war and causing trouble their economy is too intertwined with the west

Weren't people saying something similar about Russia/Ukraine six months ago?

[Sticky Rice Balls]

11 hours ago, LomSak27 said:

Much ado about nothing, China will froth and howl like a petulant child, then it's the weekend.  

Cheers

sangsom?

[scubascuba3]

5 hours ago, heybruce said:

Weren't people saying something similar about Russia/Ukraine six months ago?

Not really the same, Russia vs China two totally different economies, Putin never expected the west to pull out with all the sanctions