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What's wrong with this video: Can we even count the ways?
I never saw even on crime in Taiwan. -
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What's wrong with this video: Can we even count the ways?
I have never seen this happen. Have you? -
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Why so many conspiracy theorists and what to do about them
Why act at all? Who cares what someone else believes? You might not realise it but many people are completely and utterly incapable of thinking for themselves, they repeat what they hear - like parrots. Don't listen to the parrots and leave them to it. -
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Maha Songkran Splash: Over a Million Revellers Shower Thailand in Cash!
And the moaners in another thread crying about how songrkan is bad for businesses ! Songkran is a great boost to the Thai economy and a decent reduction in road deaths.... Whats not to like. -
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Why so many conspiracy theorists and what to do about them
Credible fact-checked journalism is often behind a paywall. Conspiracy theory websites usually aren't. -
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Kremlin Spy Chief Warns of ‘Preemptive’ Moves Against NATO Amid Rising Tensions
I'm thinking its actually less likely for China to invade Taiwan than it is to snatch bits of lost China from Russia. Taiwan is complex. There are 3 groups on Taiwan. Non-Han aboroiginals, they have no say. Indigenous Han Chinese; historically, as Formosa, Taiwan was a long time part of Nippon, and many people were forced to take Japanese names. They have a different history to the mainlanders, and are the ones pushing for independance. Then there are the KMT Chinese; Chiang Kai Shek's army and their supporters. They are opposed to independence, and are looking for reunification, when the Communists are gone. Companies in both countries have significant investments wth each other. But nationalist Chinese are getting quite agitated about restoring China's imperial boarders. Some are demanding the return of Vladivostock. These calls are not coming from the wumao trolls, who are basically working for the government, but from the zi gan wu, who represent more of the man on the street, China was forced to hand over Vladivostock in 1860. The Chinese call it Haishenwai. The CCP has a policy called "China's Second Rise", which is about restoring national pride following humiliation by other powers. Among the nationalists, they are coming up with a "China First" policy. The Neo-nationalists are less beholden to Russia past as an ideological big brother, These nationalists believe every country is a threat to China, and that China should no longer apologise for being China China has been quietely getting back Chinese territory through leases, and know possession is 9 tenths of the law. Since 2020, about 5 million hectares of Russian land are now Chinese. https://cepa.org/article/goodbye-vladivostok-hello-haishenwai/ China might look at Taiwan, and think,its are full of Chinese people, we are all Chinese people. One day we will reunite. China looks at the lost territories in Russia. There are no Chinese there, because they were driven out. That's a huge hurt to fix. The war in Ukraine is reversing the China-Russia relationshio. Now China is the top dog. Russia has nothing to offer to advance China. It has minerals and dumb people to dig these out of the ground. Putin's escapade has fatally weakened Russia. Whatever happens, after this is done, Russia is broke. Its expended huge amounts of blood and treasure for very little. Its military prowess was a legacy built up during the Soviet era, now severely degraded, and unlikely to ever come back.
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