The China Thread (Threat)

DA SWO said:
Que?
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This is what I was referring to. It's been happening for a LONG time, and the lid on this has been bubbling for a bit. We will see how much information gets out.

pardus said:
I honestly don’t know, but I doubt it, they lack the equipment that I’d expect for riot cops, they look more like covid enforcers of some description, they are wearing what appears to be hazmat suits.
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Colloquially called "the Big White". They're "medical professionals" in the same way that "antifa" is an ideology and not an actual centralized force of people.
 
amlove21 said:
This is what I was referring to. It's been happening for a LONG time, and the lid on this has been bubbling for a bit. We will see how much information gets out.


Colloquially called "the Big White". They're "medical professionals" in the same way that "antifa" is an ideology and not an actual centralized force of people.
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They're a useful arm of the centralized state, much like antifa is here, just with more transparency and uniformity.
 
A couple of issues have arisen lately. So the Great Withdrawal continues here in Oz as the big hitters folded their tents about 5 years ago & now it's the turn of the hoi polloi. Mainland Chinese have bought apartments in Sydney & Melbourne over time as a hedge against anything untoward occurring in the PRC. The trick was to get someone here to buy it, though everyone knew where the money was coming from. The front person would do the necessary things with the bodies corporate to not draw any heat. There's the realization that due to the real estate market on the mainland is basically shaky, those with an OS asset have been forced to sell, sometimes selling at a loss.
The second & more pressing issue is rare earths. We, along with other nations were quite content to 'dig & ship' minerals such as lithium & cobalt to the PRC for processing into batteries etc. The miners here are now in a scramble to process those rare earth minerals onshore instead of in the glorious PRC. The reason is the stranglehold Russia has on European energy which is an issue blind Freddy could understand. As the PRC not only has a great reserve of rare earths but the processing plants as well, they almost caught us with our collective pants down & the scramble is on to builld processing plants of our own. But our government was quite OK with the relationship we had with China & hats off to them; lazy policy Vs a 30 year strategy. In short, Xi, you should have moved more slowly as Deng advised. :D
 
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War may bring on Beijings collapse.

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/na...k=73770a42a1b80ac11459eebef3c8d748-1670470832

As it’s behind a paywall I’ll go for the quick 5. Scott Morrison, our previous PM was speaking at the Hudson Institute on Wednesday & said that Chinas appetite for detente with the West was a recognition it wasn’t ready for conflict. “Strength on paper when it comes to military capability is very different to what it is on a real theater of conflict. And if anyone ever doubts that, ask the Russians.” He went on to say that Beijing had more to lose than the west over Taiwan if they get it wrong. The effect on supply chains, financial markets & the movement of capital could potentially collapse & seize up. Mr. Morrison estimates that the potential impact of sanctions would reduce Chinese GDP by up to 35% compared to a 5-10% loss in the US.
 
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