Asia China's growing influence

[schneebly111]

Still a bat problem in China.Mate just got back, had to do a run on an iron or ship as part of his training to be a pilot,ship was crawling with them as they entered the port.View attachment 2485289

OMG a bat on a ship the Chinese economy is doooooooooomed!!!!

 

[rank and file]

OMG a bat on a ship the Chinese economy is doooooooooomed!!!!

TBF there was heaps of bats.

 

[Sqotty from office works]

TBF there was heaps of bats.

Not believable.
The Chinese have eaten every animal that's ever moved, swam or flown, including insects, spiders, grasshoppers.
If you can fry it they will eat it.

 

[rank and file]

Not believable.
The Chinese have eaten every animal that's ever moved, swam or flown, including insects, spiders, grasshoppers.
If you can fry it they will eat it.

You don't eat all your good luck charms.

 

[barreness]

As has been pointed out many times the chinese Jews can't be trusted on any level.

How would you feel about this statement?

 

[barreness]

China analysts i speak to suggest gdp growth has been near zero for a couple of years now. In their view the government is making up the numbers.

Lol, larping as an international expert.

This argument has been raised for 40 odd years at this point, it's cope.

 

[barreness]

Why It’s Time to Rename the South China Sea​

Surely the peace-loving and peacefully rising China can accept such peaceful cooperation.

Gulf of America lol, such dumb language wars

 

[Spearman]

Gulf of America lol, such dumb language wars

With you on that one, gets even dumber when it's used as evidence of sovereignty.

 

[barreness]

With you on that one, gets even dumber when it's used as evidence of sovereignty.

This is true, that's also a shit argument.

Sovereignty is what you can make it, but yeh I'm sure we've been through this before.

Have been dating a Taiwanese woman of late, she's cool. We disagree on a few things but I understand her position, good trade union sort too

 

[Spearman]

This is true, that's also a shit argument.

Sovereignty is what you can make it, but yeh I'm sure we've been through this before.

Have been dating a Taiwanese woman of late, she's cool. We disagree on a few things but I understand her position, good trade union sort too

Well they are either well into politics or completely the opposite, in my experience. Just don't get them too fired up, in disagreement that is. Especially if she is Hakka (kejia).
I've made it 35 or so years with mine.

 

[rank and file]

How would you feel about this statement?

Reminds me of that old chestnut 'Death to rhe Infidels!'.
Never resonated first time I heard it in primary school.TBF it was a Catholic school and recall asking what an infidel was.

 

[Seeds]

Lol, larping as an international expert.

This argument has been raised for 40 odd years at this point, it's cope.

What argument? Other then a brief period in 2015 the estimates suggesting gdp growth is near zero is only a recent thing. Go back to the early 2010s and those same estimates suggested GDP was actually higher then the reported numbers.

 

[Aussie in exile]

How would you feel about this statement?

What the same Jews that are still killing innocent adults and children in Gaza despite there's a peace agreement?

 

[barreness]

What argument? Other then a brief period in 2015 the estimates suggesting gdp growth is near zero is only a recent thing. Go back to the early 2010s and those same estimates suggested GDP was actually higher then the reported numbers.

China is faking economic numbers, the growth rates aren't real etc has been going for years. I remember them from the early 2000's.
So if you think the 2010's numbers were conservative why would they be fake now?

It ends up being a thought ending cliché, so numbers can't be trusted and I can insert my own narrative without any evidence.
Never mind these numbers come from a variety of sources, including western institutions like the IMF, Worldbank

 

[barreness]

What the same Jews that are still killing innocent adults and children in Gaza despite there's a peace agreement?

hmmmmmmmmm, you're still not getting it

That would be the Israelis, Israeli govt, Zionists, Netanyahu or something like that. Throwing a entire ethnicity/race under the bus is just straight racism.

Many New York Jews just voted for an anti Zionist for instance.
Penny Wong is Chinese(kinda) and probably the most competent Australian politician going around for the last few years. Would you say 'Chinese are not to be trusted to her face'?

When a term can be used for both a nationality and a ethnicity you should be more specific if you wish to criticise, and even then speaking about leadership and not some entire glob of humanity is a better choice

 

[Aussie in exile]

Making threats to other countries isn't a very intelligent thing to do china.

Japan tempting fate if it interferes in the situation of Taiwan Strait

If Japan refuses to draw profound lessons from its past and dares to take reckless risks, China will deliver a resolute and crushing response.

www.chinadaily.com.cn

 

[Smeg Head]

Making threats to other countries isn't a very intelligent thing to do china.

Japan tempting fate if it interferes in the situation of Taiwan Strait

If Japan refuses to draw profound lessons from its past and dares to take reckless risks, China will deliver a resolute and crushing response.

www.chinadaily.com.cn

Lesson from the past, which one was that, hide and let everyone else fight the Japanese invaders until the Soviet Union sweeps in?

 

[Spearman]

Making threats to other countries isn't a very intelligent thing to do china.

Japan tempting fate if it interferes in the situation of Taiwan Strait

If Japan refuses to draw profound lessons from its past and dares to take reckless risks, China will deliver a resolute and crushing response.

www.chinadaily.com.cn

yep

Japan to deploy missiles on Yonaguni​

The plan to station medium-range surface-to-air missiles on Yonaguni, about 110km east of Taiwan, comes as part of a broader military buildup on its southern island chain. The moves reflect Tokyo’s concerns about China’s growing military power and the potential for a clash over Taiwan.

Not to mention the Chinese' rhetoric about the Ryukyus and Okinawa.

Beijing yesterday slammed Japan’s decision to push ahead with the planned deployment of missiles on the island.
The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that Japan’s missile deployment was a “deliberate attempt to create regional tension and provoke military confrontation.”

 

[Aussie in exile]

Things are getting worse from china with their manufacturing slumping.

China manufacturing is slumping despite boost from US trade truce

A diplomatic spat with Japan in recent weeks has added to trade uncertainty. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

www.straitstimes.com

 

[Aussie in exile]

Another reason why china can't be trusted on any level.

China, Russia hold third joint anti-missile exercise in Russian territory: Chinese Defense Ministry - Global Times

www.globaltimes.cn

 

[schneebly111]

Another reason why china can't be trusted on any level.

China, Russia hold third joint anti-missile exercise in Russian territory: Chinese Defense Ministry - Global Times

www.globaltimes.cn

I guess we certainly should not let any US military in Australia as they can’t be trusted to not use actual missiles to actually murder actual civilian fishers in the Caribbean.

 

[schneebly111]

Things are getting worse from china with their manufacturing slumping.

China manufacturing is slumping despite boost from US trade truce

A diplomatic spat with Japan in recent weeks has added to trade uncertainty. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

www.straitstimes.com

Yeah this country will be shitting their pants by comparison:

US job cuts down 54% in November, but 'forever layoffs' worry workers

Layoffs in November were lower than in October, according to consulting firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, but were higher than in November 2024.

www.usatoday.com

U.S. manufacturing contracts for ninth straight month as orders and employment weaken

U.S. manufacturing activity contracted again in November, marking the ninth consecutive month of decline, according to the latest Manufacturing PMI® from the Institute for Supply Management (ISM).

www.themanufacturer.com

US national debt surpasses a record $38 trillion

The figure amounts to roughly $111,000 of debt for every person in the US, think tank says.

www.aljazeera.com

‘Empty shelves, higher prices’: Americans tell of cost of Trump’s tariffs

US consumers say price rises caused by president’s tariffs contradict his promise to make life more affordable

www.theguardian.com

The tariff war grazed China but has severely wounded the US

 

[Aussie in exile]

I'm sure China would never do anything like this

China’s MSS warns of foreign spy agencies collecting public employees’ data via setting up malicious Wi-Fi connection - Global Times

www.globaltimes.cn

 

[schneebly111]

I'm sure China would never do anything like this

China’s MSS warns of foreign spy agencies collecting public employees’ data via setting up malicious Wi-Fi connection - Global Times

www.globaltimes.cn

Of course they would. Because all countries who have an intelligence service (including this one) spy on people. It’s literally their job description.

 

[Aussie in exile]

Of course they would. Because all countries who have an intelligence service (including this one) spy on people. It’s literally their job description.

So why have they made an issue of it when they do the same thing?