The American blunder goes back decades when they thought militarism would win them the world when economics has won the battle.
They just can't accept that the global majority will ultimately prevail, especially when they only speak for 4% of the world's population.
Trump can never admit that America's industrial base was shipped off to China to take advantage of cheap labor and greater corporate profits, and then the Chinese kicked out the neoliberals and kept their economy sovereign. The "Chinese miracle " is in part testament to America's intransigence.
While the US has squandered trillions of dollars on wars and militarism, other countries have focused on peace, prosperity and progress and now America is eating their dust.
It is staggering and ominous American elites are so blind to the harsh reality they have created for themselves and their peoples.
totally right. A small elite have decided to financialize the US economy as it's far more profitable and easy, compared with making a living making stuff. The elite never cared for the others in foreign countries or their own. it's all profit driven and they believe as long as they have the biggest stick (a militarized bully), the world has to capitulate and live under their rules. But things have a way to work out against arrogant elites all through history. the US is not exceptional after all, despite all the empty talk.
I can't believed they are going ahead with the F-47 when the F-35 was a trillion dollar disaster. Canada is on the hook for 88 of them. Especially so when missiles and drones have come to play such a major part in current wars. The MICC has Washington by the balls totally. There is some faint hope Canada and others might cancel their F-35 orders.
The Yuan's dominace is just a matter of time. The tarrifs are just another step in that direction. The more America flails the worse it gets for the dollar, and more countries will join BRICs+. BRICs+ will determine the fate of the dollar.
China's banks are doing loans in dollars and taking market share from Wall Street. Without Wall Street the dollar is dead. The rise of Hong Kong as the financial capital will determine the dollar's fate.
Meanwhile the US’ fokus is on Iran, and they seem to think about attacking it with nukes. I wonder whether China or Russia regard an eventual attack like this as something that has to be defeated or blocked with all available means?
What does „partnership“ mean to China concerning Iran in this situation?
I think both China and Russia will step up economic, diplomatic, and military support for Iran in the coming months, short of going to war with it.
If Trump really goes to a bombing campaign, the world should collectively sanction it. Unfortunately the global system as designed by the US gives the rest little leverage like what it has over others. As such, I doubt there will be much effect. The hegemon will just do what the hegemon does - same as Israel with the Palestinians. That is why the world order has to change to have equity and fairness for the rest.
Don't forget China controls basically all the earth metals needed for weapons manufacturing. The West can't keep warring without weapons. How many wars can we in the West wage without resupply?
Is glee the best description? China took our advice and opened its markets, then China was forced to give us our own advice, “open your markets”.
Instead of “glee”, perhaps “vindication” is a better word. “O TOLD you but you didn’t listen”
Regarding preparations for war, the U.S. needs to abrogate all promises to defend Taiwan because the Taiwan Independence Movement (DPP) has bastardized our promise to defend into a promise to fight a war for secession.
U.S. policy needs to be that Taiwan restore the 199/ peace agreement which they scuttled in 2017. That agreed gives peace and unchallenged autonomy for an unlimited time for Taiwan.
The government in Taipei is lying to Americans in order to trick us into being their military against China. Their own military will refuse to fight against the PLA. (I served in the ROC military.)
I can't understand the Taiwanese when it comes to the relationship with mainland. Even if they don't want reunification, it's smart to lay low and keep the status quo. They went out of their way to elect a self-confessed separatist in what seems a collective death wish. Are they blind about what's happening to Ukraine? Do they really want to become the cannon fodder for the US regime? China cannot care less about what the US thinks or will do. It's completely untrustworthy and a malicious actor. The fate of Taiwan lies in its own hand - either be a US proxy and get annihilated or negotiate a political settlement with the mainland. I'm not optimistic. I think Taiwan will be the next Ukraine and the separatists will get their death wish.
Taiwanese are about 51% of the population of Taiwan. Post-WWII refugees are about 37%. Polynesian native tribes just over 5%. Hakka are around 10%
I define “Taiwanese” as a person who speaks Taiwanese at home.
Be careful when you call all residents of Taiwan “Taiwanese”. Around 1995 James Soong (who once worked as PR for Chiang Kai Shek) started a “New Taiwan Person” movement to define all residents of Taiwan as Taiwanese. But in the 1999 Presidential campaign Taiwan separatists threw a small pig into a KMT rally, breaking its legs. They call people who don’t speak Taiwanese “pigs”. I have been told “if you don’t speak Taiwanese, then die!”
To understand Taiwan you need to understand irrational hate and anger.
Feb 28, 1947, Nationalist troops murdered around 17,000 Taiwanese protesters. To the troops the Taiwanese were Japanese collaborators who were the enemy.
In December 1979, the human rights day demonstrations, now labeled the Kaohsiung Incident by Taiwan independence activists. I was there by accident.
The lawyer representing the demonstrators who were in jail following the demonstration was Chen Sui Bien who won the Presidency in 2000, and eventually went to prison for stealing.
While demonstrators were in jail, the mother two twin daughters of Legislator Lin Yi Hsiung were murdered. The KMT planted a story that a “bearded foreigner” was a suspect AND POLICE VISITED MY HOME TO QUESTION ME.
Summary: the Taiwan independence extremists blame all Chinese for the excesses of Chiang Kai Shek
Congratulations for your article which I read in unz.com and therefore I am now subscribed to your Substack. I have to admit that I was one of those that couldn’t understand why China was not helping Iran, but definitely, your article is an eye and mind opener! Everything is clear now. Concerning India, well they are lost centuries ago, since the Anglo oligarchs killed around 200 millions of them. They consider themselves inferior to the Anglo and only act as their puppets. Sad, but true. India is just another Germany, Japan and Vietnam, just licking the boots of their oppressors.
thanks for the comment. China's strategic calculations are typically behind the curtain and it doesn't voice grievances or support via megaphone diplomacy. Of course, President Xi would never do a midnight post of whatever is on his mind. The Chinese take politics seriously.
There are many conventional wisdoms that actually don't stand up against a deep analysis - the rise of India is a prime example. Even when you put aside all the inflated hyperbole about the country's economic performance in the past decade (a renowned economics professor at the Nehru University by the name of Arun Kumar wrote a paper stating as much as 42% of India's official GDP is fake; and India counts cow dung in GDP to the tune of $47 billion a year), the country is a pre-modern primitive society that has never been a unified whole and never went through a struggle of blood and fire through revolution. I don't think it will join the ranks of great powers. Western media talk it up as a counterbalance to China but reality has a habit of making fools of such propagandas.
What do you mean Trump cannot admit the industrial base hasbeen shipped off to China? Are you serious. He gas been saying that repeatedly all alomg. You don't know what you are talking about or the reason for the tarffs. All the comments like msm are there to attack Trump. In 2 years America will be turned around after the democrat's attempt to take America down.
"China’s military advancement is forcing the US to spend huge amounts of money to get ready for a war"
China responds to US stated aggression and you perform an Orwellian reversal.
The US spends as much on its military as the next 9 or 10 countries put together, targeting a nation that hasn't fired a shot in over four decades.
China was catching up peacefully by making our stuff and would rather continue stabilising and enriching the world. One concrete example is how they bailed out America from its Great Crash of 2008 and saved the global economy, only for the same US greed to plunge us into an unnecessary, potentially world-destroying confrontation.
I don't think you understand my point. The fact that China is making rapid progress in mil tech, which is totally justified, is forcing the US to spend even more to defend its military hegemony in a fool's errand, which will further stretch its broken finance and therefore bankrupting itself. You seem to have missed the point of the essay completely.
The American blunder goes back decades when they thought militarism would win them the world when economics has won the battle.
They just can't accept that the global majority will ultimately prevail, especially when they only speak for 4% of the world's population.
Trump can never admit that America's industrial base was shipped off to China to take advantage of cheap labor and greater corporate profits, and then the Chinese kicked out the neoliberals and kept their economy sovereign. The "Chinese miracle " is in part testament to America's intransigence.
While the US has squandered trillions of dollars on wars and militarism, other countries have focused on peace, prosperity and progress and now America is eating their dust.
It is staggering and ominous American elites are so blind to the harsh reality they have created for themselves and their peoples.
totally right. A small elite have decided to financialize the US economy as it's far more profitable and easy, compared with making a living making stuff. The elite never cared for the others in foreign countries or their own. it's all profit driven and they believe as long as they have the biggest stick (a militarized bully), the world has to capitulate and live under their rules. But things have a way to work out against arrogant elites all through history. the US is not exceptional after all, despite all the empty talk.
I can't believed they are going ahead with the F-47 when the F-35 was a trillion dollar disaster. Canada is on the hook for 88 of them. Especially so when missiles and drones have come to play such a major part in current wars. The MICC has Washington by the balls totally. There is some faint hope Canada and others might cancel their F-35 orders.
Read democrats and the WEF in place of America
The Apprentice, Final Season is such a hit! Just love it!
Waiting for the dramatic finale!
China should do more to undermine the USD status of global reserve currency. It allows the US to export inflation.
The Yuan's dominace is just a matter of time. The tarrifs are just another step in that direction. The more America flails the worse it gets for the dollar, and more countries will join BRICs+. BRICs+ will determine the fate of the dollar.
China's banks are doing loans in dollars and taking market share from Wall Street. Without Wall Street the dollar is dead. The rise of Hong Kong as the financial capital will determine the dollar's fate.
Thank you. Yes, that’s what it looks like.
Meanwhile the US’ fokus is on Iran, and they seem to think about attacking it with nukes. I wonder whether China or Russia regard an eventual attack like this as something that has to be defeated or blocked with all available means?
What does „partnership“ mean to China concerning Iran in this situation?
I would appreciate your thoughts on that.
I think both China and Russia will step up economic, diplomatic, and military support for Iran in the coming months, short of going to war with it.
If Trump really goes to a bombing campaign, the world should collectively sanction it. Unfortunately the global system as designed by the US gives the rest little leverage like what it has over others. As such, I doubt there will be much effect. The hegemon will just do what the hegemon does - same as Israel with the Palestinians. That is why the world order has to change to have equity and fairness for the rest.
Don't forget China controls basically all the earth metals needed for weapons manufacturing. The West can't keep warring without weapons. How many wars can we in the West wage without resupply?
The King of Debt leading the US into bankruptcy. The US has found the perfect leader for the times
At the 4:30 mark, Col. Macgregor points out why China would win any direct conflict that erupts within the South/East China Seas.
https://www.bitchute.com/video/GUYkxWstmrRE
Ms. Blevins makes similar points as this article.
https://www.bitchute.com/video/uucbatbCsd4
“China watches with glee”
Is glee the best description? China took our advice and opened its markets, then China was forced to give us our own advice, “open your markets”.
Instead of “glee”, perhaps “vindication” is a better word. “O TOLD you but you didn’t listen”
Regarding preparations for war, the U.S. needs to abrogate all promises to defend Taiwan because the Taiwan Independence Movement (DPP) has bastardized our promise to defend into a promise to fight a war for secession.
U.S. policy needs to be that Taiwan restore the 199/ peace agreement which they scuttled in 2017. That agreed gives peace and unchallenged autonomy for an unlimited time for Taiwan.
The government in Taipei is lying to Americans in order to trick us into being their military against China. Their own military will refuse to fight against the PLA. (I served in the ROC military.)
I can't understand the Taiwanese when it comes to the relationship with mainland. Even if they don't want reunification, it's smart to lay low and keep the status quo. They went out of their way to elect a self-confessed separatist in what seems a collective death wish. Are they blind about what's happening to Ukraine? Do they really want to become the cannon fodder for the US regime? China cannot care less about what the US thinks or will do. It's completely untrustworthy and a malicious actor. The fate of Taiwan lies in its own hand - either be a US proxy and get annihilated or negotiate a political settlement with the mainland. I'm not optimistic. I think Taiwan will be the next Ukraine and the separatists will get their death wish.
Taiwanese are about 51% of the population of Taiwan. Post-WWII refugees are about 37%. Polynesian native tribes just over 5%. Hakka are around 10%
I define “Taiwanese” as a person who speaks Taiwanese at home.
Be careful when you call all residents of Taiwan “Taiwanese”. Around 1995 James Soong (who once worked as PR for Chiang Kai Shek) started a “New Taiwan Person” movement to define all residents of Taiwan as Taiwanese. But in the 1999 Presidential campaign Taiwan separatists threw a small pig into a KMT rally, breaking its legs. They call people who don’t speak Taiwanese “pigs”. I have been told “if you don’t speak Taiwanese, then die!”
To understand Taiwan you need to understand irrational hate and anger.
Feb 28, 1947, Nationalist troops murdered around 17,000 Taiwanese protesters. To the troops the Taiwanese were Japanese collaborators who were the enemy.
In December 1979, the human rights day demonstrations, now labeled the Kaohsiung Incident by Taiwan independence activists. I was there by accident.
The lawyer representing the demonstrators who were in jail following the demonstration was Chen Sui Bien who won the Presidency in 2000, and eventually went to prison for stealing.
While demonstrators were in jail, the mother two twin daughters of Legislator Lin Yi Hsiung were murdered. The KMT planted a story that a “bearded foreigner” was a suspect AND POLICE VISITED MY HOME TO QUESTION ME.
Summary: the Taiwan independence extremists blame all Chinese for the excesses of Chiang Kai Shek
Plus, there is opposition to using Mandarin
Brazilians have a saying: ‘May God hear you’. Let's hope that happens in this specific case and that it gives rise to a multipolar world.
The first paragraph alone is worth a Pulitzer. Keep killing it, Hua Bin!
Congratulations for your article which I read in unz.com and therefore I am now subscribed to your Substack. I have to admit that I was one of those that couldn’t understand why China was not helping Iran, but definitely, your article is an eye and mind opener! Everything is clear now. Concerning India, well they are lost centuries ago, since the Anglo oligarchs killed around 200 millions of them. They consider themselves inferior to the Anglo and only act as their puppets. Sad, but true. India is just another Germany, Japan and Vietnam, just licking the boots of their oppressors.
thanks for the comment. China's strategic calculations are typically behind the curtain and it doesn't voice grievances or support via megaphone diplomacy. Of course, President Xi would never do a midnight post of whatever is on his mind. The Chinese take politics seriously.
There are many conventional wisdoms that actually don't stand up against a deep analysis - the rise of India is a prime example. Even when you put aside all the inflated hyperbole about the country's economic performance in the past decade (a renowned economics professor at the Nehru University by the name of Arun Kumar wrote a paper stating as much as 42% of India's official GDP is fake; and India counts cow dung in GDP to the tune of $47 billion a year), the country is a pre-modern primitive society that has never been a unified whole and never went through a struggle of blood and fire through revolution. I don't think it will join the ranks of great powers. Western media talk it up as a counterbalance to China but reality has a habit of making fools of such propagandas.
Yeah you don’t seem to understand Trump nor his negotiating motivator known as Tariffs.
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/uU5hVMiHPKg/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCKgBEF5IWvKriqkDGQgBFQAAiEIYAdgBAeIBCggYEAIYBjgBQAE=&rs=AOn4CLC3Iekdp6gdvb6a8mziNjjcRUEzkQ
What do you mean Trump cannot admit the industrial base hasbeen shipped off to China? Are you serious. He gas been saying that repeatedly all alomg. You don't know what you are talking about or the reason for the tarffs. All the comments like msm are there to attack Trump. In 2 years America will be turned around after the democrat's attempt to take America down.
"China’s military advancement is forcing the US to spend huge amounts of money to get ready for a war"
China responds to US stated aggression and you perform an Orwellian reversal.
The US spends as much on its military as the next 9 or 10 countries put together, targeting a nation that hasn't fired a shot in over four decades.
China was catching up peacefully by making our stuff and would rather continue stabilising and enriching the world. One concrete example is how they bailed out America from its Great Crash of 2008 and saved the global economy, only for the same US greed to plunge us into an unnecessary, potentially world-destroying confrontation.
I don't think you understand my point. The fact that China is making rapid progress in mil tech, which is totally justified, is forcing the US to spend even more to defend its military hegemony in a fool's errand, which will further stretch its broken finance and therefore bankrupting itself. You seem to have missed the point of the essay completely.
BS
I am counting on it.
Please name the 5 oligarchs you reference.
Lockheed, Northrup Grumman, Boeing, General Dynamics and Raytheon. they take away around 70% US military procurement contracts.