Asia China's growing influence

[barreness]

Albo,PVL and the NRL v China

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The various actions over the last few years have been about securing a man power pool, the deal is that we'll give 3 million PNG blokes a uniform and an aug. Gotta provide side benefits for that; an NRL team, sure

 

[barreness]

I think the Taiwanese are a mixed bag on the economic benefits of being a part of China. Many companies up stakes and moved across the strait when the KMT pushed that policy. Many did very well, but is seems many did not. Some had their local Chinese partners rip them off, others got their IP stolen including indigenous Taiwanese produce. Other anecdotes have them being pressured and harassed over political things. I think many have been finding out that investing in Vietnam and other SE Asian countries has been less fraught. President Lee had promoted the "Go South" to counter the KMT's work on locking the economy more tightly to China's.
The younger gens will take more convincing, for sure. Unless they do a US thing and tantrum vote against their own interests. The KMT gains last election were more about boredom and restlessness with the DPP which has been in power a while. They didn't vote for China. Their absolute distaste for the KMT candidate was about is ties with and support from China. They like having free access to the world-wide web, not just the China one.
Like I said, it will take a pretty dire situation over a period of time for most Taiwanese to want to switch. So far, China has done more to alienate them than court them.

Appreciate the local insight

 

[rank and file]

The various actions over the last few years have been about securing a man power pool, the deal is that we'll give 3 million PNG blokes a uniform and an aug. Gotta provide side benefits for that; an NRL team, sure

Will end in tears,from an ABC article a couple of months ago.

 

[barreness]

Will end in tears,from an ABC article a couple of months ago.
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Well yeh, always does right.

Fact is most countries are securing man power, looking at draft rules, pumping out small arms. You would be mad not to when everyone else is

I've never been but the hinterland of PNG is like one of the most 'uncivilised'(they actually had agriculture before Rome but I digress) places, pretty wild civil war type situations going on but that also makes good soldiers

 

[rank and file]

Well yeh, always does right.

Fact is most countries are securing man power, looking at draft rules, pumping out small arms. You would be mad not to when everyone else is

I've never been but the hinterland of PNG is like one of the most 'uncivilised'(they actually had agriculture before Rome but I digress) places, pretty wild civil war type situations going on but that also makes good soldiers

Be like having our own Ghurka regiment with
proper headhunters.

 

[Jello_B]

Appreciate the local insight

Same here Spearman really enjoy reading your balanced local views

 

[RedOrWhite]

Same here Spearman really enjoy reading your balanced local views

I'll echo the appreciation shown for Spearman's local insights on Taiwan. Thanks mate.

 

[Aussie in exile]

Xi wants even closer links with russia, which again confirms that china can't be trusted on any level

Xi urges closer, stronger China-Russia strategic coordination to defend interests, uphold Global South unity - Global Times

www.globaltimes.cn

 

[schneebly111]

Xi wants even closer links with russia, which again confirms that china can't be trusted on any level

Xi urges closer, stronger China-Russia strategic coordination to defend interests, uphold Global South unity - Global Times

www.globaltimes.cn

Russia is also increasing its supply energy to India, and most of Asia. It’s likely the fuel you fill up your car in Australia in the near future will have some Russian oil in it,

This is the consequence of the orange clown blocking off the Gulf, and it has nothing to do with China. Did you know Russia continues to supply the EU with energy? Are we going to cut off all relations with them?

 

[steve strange]

Russia is also increasing its supply energy to India, and most of Asia. It’s likely the fuel you fill up your car in Australia in the near future will have some Russian oil in it,

This is the consequence of the orange clown blocking off the Gulf, and it has nothing to do with China. Did you know Russia continues to supply the EU with energy? Are we going to cut off all relations with them?

Aus in exile doesnt think. He has a script

 

[Chicken Treat]

Xi wants even closer links with russia, which again confirms that china can't be trusted on any level

Xi urges closer, stronger China-Russia strategic coordination to defend interests, uphold Global South unity - Global Times

www.globaltimes.cn

The Dragonbear is a real thing and has been for some time.

Support Putin in a team strategy to upturn the world order, and to distract the west from their ambitions in the Asia Pacific and distract Putin from their ambitions to take over a chunk of Siberia.

 

[barreness]

The Dragonbear is a real thing and has been for some time.

Support Putin in a team strategy to upturn the world order, and to distract the west from their ambitions in the Asia Pacific and distract Putin from their ambitions to take over a chunk of Siberia.

Half agree, would be Manchuria if anything

Think it's more about energy security which China can get from Russia, the deal makes sense with the US trying to maintain global dominance

 

[Aussie in exile]

Oh look what we have here. More chinese scamers in a overseas country.
Lets hope they are wasted when they return to china

Sri Lanka arrests nine Chinese over alleged cyberscam equipment

Officers recovered equipment such as used mobile phones, tablet computers and Wi-Fi routers. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

www.straitstimes.com

 

[Spearman]

Decent local article in English.

Cheap drones, costly defenses: Middle East war offers warning for Taiwan​

"While Iran operates at the 'hundreds' scale, Taiwan could face tens of thousands of incoming drones, exponentially increasing pressure on conventional air defense systems," he said.

The PLA could deploy low-cost drones as initial "attrition waves" to exhaust Taiwan's air defenses, paving the way for follow-up strikes by cruise missiles or manned aircraft, Chou said.

So the China has been shown, with the Gulf conflict, how an actual attack could be done successfully. That is without taking the disruption to the global economy into account.

 

[rank and file]

Decent local article in English.

Cheap drones, costly defenses: Middle East war offers warning for Taiwan​

So the China has been shown, with the Gulf conflict, how an actual attack could be done successfully. That is without taking the disruption to the global economy into account.

Apparently China has good guidance systems as well via satellite,ask the Iranians.
2026 warfare,getting sharper with AI.
Still think Taiwan will be fine,China wont be shedding blood to take them under their wing
either way.

 

[rank and file]

The Dragonbear is a real thing and has been for some time.

Support Putin in a team strategy to upturn the world order, and to distract the west from their ambitions in the Asia Pacific and distract Putin from their ambitions to take over a chunk of Siberia.

The Dragonbear is a monster under your bed.
The Pandakoala diplomacy should hold up in the long game.
Slapstick panda v lazy koala,good match.

 

[rank and file]

 

[rank and file]

Take it easy on the bamboo,you'll be fine