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| #Post#: 1405-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: China and United States Relations | |
| By: guest5 Date: October 5, 2020, 11:50 pm | |
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| The U.S. needs an enemy, and it chose China | |
| [quote]China-U.S. trade deficit is the result of the U.S.' | |
| accounting model, not China's trading practices. China's growing | |
| confidence and its rapid development led the U.S. to make it the | |
| enemy to justify its large military spending, says Paul Craig | |
| Roberts, former U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for | |
| Economic Policy under Ronald Reagan.[/quote] | |
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mG1ZaWSgKuE | |
| Great point in bold! | |
| I could easily pick 5 enemies of the top of my head that would | |
| make way better enemies for the U.S., and would restore the | |
| U.S.' prestige instantly if fought honorably and efficiently. A | |
| couple of those enemies are currently U.S. allies too.... | |
| #Post#: 1505-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: China and United States Relations | |
| By: guest5 Date: October 12, 2020, 11:05 pm | |
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| US warns China against Taiwan attack, stresses US �ambiguity� | |
| [quote]Senior official stresses amphibious landings difficult, | |
| but also repeats US calls for Taiwan to boost defence | |
| spending.[/quote] | |
| https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/10/8/us-warns-china-against-taiwan-attack-s… | |
| White House moving forward on arms sales to Taiwan: Report | |
| [quote]Deal covers sale of truck-based rocket launchers, | |
| long-range air-to-ground missiles, and external sensor pods for | |
| F-16 jets.[/quote] | |
| [quote]The White House is moving ahead with three sales of | |
| advanced weaponry to Taiwan, and has sent notification of the | |
| deals to Congress for approval, five sources familiar with the | |
| situation told Reuters news agency. | |
| The move in the run-up to the November 3 US presidential | |
| election is likely to anger China, which considers Taiwan part | |
| of its territory and has not ruled out the use of force to | |
| achieve its aims.[/quote] | |
| https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/10/13/white-house-moving-forward-on-arms-sa… | |
| #Post#: 1535-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: China and United States Relations | |
| By: guest5 Date: October 14, 2020, 8:24 pm | |
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| Chinese President Xi Jinping tells troops to focus on 'preparing | |
| for war' | |
| [quote]Chinese President Xi Jinping has called on troops to "put | |
| all (their) minds and energy on preparing for war" in a visit to | |
| a military base in the southern province of Guangdong on | |
| Tuesday, according to state news agency Xinhua. | |
| During an inspection of the People's Liberation Army Marine | |
| Corps in Chaozhou City, Xinhua said Xi told the soldiers to | |
| "maintain a state of high alert" and called on them to be | |
| "absolutely loyal, absolutely pure, and absolutely reliable." | |
| The main purpose of Xi's visit to Guangdong was to deliver a | |
| speech Wednesday commemorating the 40th anniversary of the | |
| Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, which was established in 1980 to | |
| attract foreign capital and played a vital role in helping | |
| China's economy become the second-largest in the world. | |
| But the military visit comes as tensions between China and the | |
| United States remain at their highest point in decades, with | |
| disagreements over Taiwan and the coronavirus pandemic creating | |
| sharp divisions between Washington and Beijing. | |
| The White House notified US Congress Monday that it was planning | |
| to move ahead with the sale of three advanced weapon systems to | |
| Taiwan, according to a congressional aide, including the | |
| advanced High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS).[/quote] | |
| https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/14/asia/xi-jinping-taiwan-us-esper-intl-hnk/index.h… | |
| It's amazing to me how many Trump supporters are now using the | |
| "FACT" that Trump hasn't started any new wars while in office | |
| and has withdrawn troops from the middle-east. Well, Russia is | |
| filling the vacuum left by Trump in the middle-east currently | |
| and the Trump administration is provoking China. A war with | |
| China would certainly also draw in Russia and Iran. These Trump | |
| supporters don't seem to care that Trump is constantly | |
| attempting to put more sanctions on Iran for Israel's behalf and | |
| he is doing so in the midst of a pandemic which is absolutely | |
| devastating to ordinary Iranian citizens. Atleast with a Biden | |
| presidency war with China is off the table most likely.... | |
| #Post#: 1627-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: China and United States Relations | |
| By: acc9 Date: October 19, 2020, 4:31 am | |
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| https://worldaffairs.blo | |
| g/2020/10/10/chinas-terrible-propaganda-and-journalism/ | |
| Excellent article pointing out that journalism and PR skills of | |
| the Chinese government leaves a lot to be desired.... | |
| #Post#: 1628-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: China and United States Relations | |
| By: guest5 Date: October 19, 2020, 11:18 am | |
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| Good read and excellent points in that blog post. Not just for | |
| China either. | |
| #Post#: 1653-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: China and United States Relations | |
| By: guest5 Date: October 20, 2020, 2:14 pm | |
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| China rejects claims of IP theft, exchange rate manipulation | |
| [quote]China has rejected allegations of intellectual property | |
| theft and exchange rate manipulation to attack the U.S. economy. | |
| Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said on | |
| Tuesday that "China has always fulfilled its responsibilities as | |
| a major trading country. The improvement of its business | |
| environment is obvious to all. As for the issue of exchange rate | |
| manipulation, that's even more nonsensical. Authoritative | |
| institutions such as the International Monetary Fund recognize | |
| that the Renminbi exchange rate is consistent with China's | |
| economic fundamentals, and there is no obvious overestimation or | |
| underestimation."[/quote] | |
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ez52V-KVFc | |
| #Post#: 1679-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: China and United States Relations | |
| By: guest5 Date: October 21, 2020, 11:09 pm | |
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| [quote]Pres. Trump maintains a bank account in China that he has | |
| never publicly disclosed, according to tax documents obtained by | |
| The New York Times. Trump's account in China has remained a | |
| secret because it is held under a corporate name, Trump | |
| International Hotels Management. In 2017, that company 'reported | |
| an unusually large spike in revenue � some $17.5 million, more | |
| than the previous five years� combined,' The Times reported. 'It | |
| was accompanied by a $15.1 million withdrawal by Mr. Trump from | |
| the company�s capital account.' Trump has repeatedly assailed | |
| Joe Biden as 'soft on China.' Tax records show Trump paid | |
| $188,561 in taxes in China through his company from 2013 to | |
| 2015, vastly more than the $750 he paid in federal U.S. income | |
| taxes in 2016 and 2017. A lawyer for the Trump Organization | |
| would not disclose the bank where the president maintains his | |
| account.[/quote] | |
| https://www.youtube.com/post/UgyWLA8mzeybItM78Ut4AaABCQ?lb=UgyWLA8mzeybItM78Ut4… | |
| Just when you think things couldn't possibly get anymore | |
| clownish.... | |
| #Post#: 1698-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: China and United States Relations | |
| By: guest5 Date: October 22, 2020, 9:26 pm | |
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| Beijing urges Washington to stop arms sales to Taiwan | |
| [quote]China urges Washington to stop arms sales to Taiwan and | |
| to consider the serious consequences. This comes after the | |
| United States approved a potential $1.8 billion arms sale to | |
| Taiwan. In another development, U.S. Secretary of State Mike | |
| Pompeo has announced the State Department is designating the | |
| U.S. operations of six more China-based media companies as | |
| foreign missions. Washington required the Chinese media outlets | |
| to register as foreign missions in February and in June, and | |
| announced in March it would cut the number of journalists | |
| working in the U.S. Chinese Foreign Ministry has responded to | |
| the U.S. moves. [/quote] | |
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuWu5oWm1Zw | |
| #Post#: 1720-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: China and United States Relations | |
| By: guest5 Date: October 23, 2020, 10:12 pm | |
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| US to base Coast Guard ships in western Pacific to tackle China | |
| [quote]The United States will deploy Coast Guard patrol ships in | |
| the western Pacific to counter what it described as | |
| �destabilizing and malign� activities in the region by China, | |
| the country�s top security adviser said on Friday. | |
| The US Coast Guard was �strategically homeporting significantly | |
| enhanced Fast Response Cutters � in the western Pacific,� White | |
| House National Security Advisor Robert O�Brien said in a | |
| statement.[/quote] | |
| [quote]Describing the US as a Pacific power, the statement added | |
| that China�s �illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, and | |
| harassment of vessels operating in the exclusive economic zones | |
| of other countries in the Indo-Pacific threatens our | |
| sovereignty, as well as the sovereignty of our Pacific neighbors | |
| and endangers regional stability�. | |
| It said US efforts, including by the Coast Guard, were �critical | |
| to countering these destabilizing and malign actions.� | |
| The Coast Guard did not immediately respond to a request for | |
| comment on the statement, which came just ahead of a planned | |
| visit to Asia by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.[/quote] | |
| [quote] | |
| Pompeo led a meeting of the so-called Quad in Tokyo this month. | |
| Washington hopes the grouping of the US, Japan, India and | |
| Australia can act as a bulwark against China�s growing | |
| assertiveness and extensive maritime claims in the region, | |
| including to nearly all of the South China Sea. | |
| On Sunday, Pompeo will begin a five-day tour of India � where he | |
| will be accompanied by US Defense Secretary Mark Esper � and | |
| then he will continue on to Sri Lanka, Maldives, and Indonesia. | |
| Maritime security and a �free and open Indo-Pacific� will be | |
| high on the agenda, the State Department said.[/quote] | |
| https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/10/24/us-to-base-coast-guard-ships-in-weste… | |
| #Post#: 1776-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: China and United States Relations | |
| By: guest5 Date: October 25, 2020, 4:30 pm | |
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| US election: What would a Biden victory mean for China? | | |
| Counting the Cost | |
| [quote]It is rare to see cross-party support for anything in | |
| Washington but one thing is for certain - both Republicans and | |
| Democrats see China as a major geopolitical threat. | |
| US President Donald Trump has blamed the Democrats for China's | |
| unchecked economic rise. | |
| Between 2001 and 2013, an estimated 3.2 million jobs were lost | |
| in the United States, as the country's trade deficit with China | |
| grew. | |
| In September, Democrats announced a $350bn plan to confront | |
| China. | |
| Plus: We look at Chinese President Xi Jinping's plan to rival | |
| Silicon Valley as Washington restricts the export of | |
| semiconductors. | |
| And, we discuss doing business in Africa during the | |
| pandemic.[/quote] | |
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GC4ETvQIM5w | |
| Senate Democrats present $350 billion strategy to counter China | |
| [quote]Senate Democrats plan Thursday to present their most | |
| comprehensive strategy yet to confront and compete with China, | |
| rolling out sprawling legislation that would provide more than | |
| $350 billion over a decade to build the United States� | |
| industrial capacity and challenge Beijing.[/quote] | |
| https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/senate-democrats… | |
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