Disturbing and dystopian as hell.
More or less. We needed to keep the markets humming by trading with Red China, you know. At all costs. We convinced ourselves they weren't really communist. We lied and lied to ourselves for as long as we could.
Whole situation should, if previous such instances didn't, make people notice how much of a self-serving and aggrandizing line of bullshit 'never again' as a sentiment was towards genocide. Just like with Nazi Germany, if the offender is easy enough to work with and offers the right rewards, they'll see plenty of cooperation and, perhaps even better, very limited aggressive opposition for those which see opposing such a state something which is too damaging or dangerous. 'Appeaser' is, once again, a title many politicians the world over deserve on this topic.
We convinced ourselves they weren't really communist.
One-party republic or dictatorship easily can be "capitalist", especially in the "mixed economy" sense. Fascist Italy was not communist.
Calling a dictatorship with private corporations "communist" sounds like overuse of the term.
They call themselves communists so why not oblige them? If it makes you feel better we can say fascist as they certainly meet the criteria.One-party republic or dictatorship easily can be "capitalist", especially in the "mixed economy" sense. Fascist Italy was not communist.
Calling a dictatorship with private corporations "communist" sounds like overuse of the term.
It's just part of the great game with different hats put on which fucks someone.Honestly, this sounds more like XXI century Great Game than fight of good against evil. Saudi Arabia or Vietnam nice, China bad? Objectiviely? Naah. American geopolitical interests. Fear of competition.
Jesus Christ...Mysterious ‘dark fleet’ linked to Beijing
It’s been a gruesome mystery for years: the wrecks of wooden boats crewed only by skeletons found adrift in the Sea of Japan.www.news.com.au
Chinese 'dark fleets' which are whole fleets of fishing vessels that turn off their transponders have basically stripped the Sea of Japan clean of fish. (80% decline in the most targeted species) they've been outright murdering North Korean fishermen who see too much or get in the way. Over 2000 'ghost ships' with dead crews or no crews have washed up on the coast of Japan.
These dark fleets are organised into militias led by CCP officers and are often escorted by PLN vessels.
They're doing the same (minus any too overt killing so far) in the south off the coasts of Vietnam, Philippines and Indonesia. Chinese vessels basically show up in shifts to relieve eachother, sit on top of a spot to block others using it and if anyone objects they call in ships of the PLN just over the horizon to 'save' them.
They're doing the same (minus any too overt killing so far) in the south off the coasts of Vietnam, Philippines and Indonesia. Chinese vessels basically show up in shifts to relieve eachother, sit on top of a spot to block others using it and if anyone objects they call in ships of the PLN just over the horizon to 'save' them.
And some say the Asian countries are more friendly to China than the US. What if China's been guzzling up the whole world's fish supply?Mysterious ‘dark fleet’ linked to Beijing
It’s been a gruesome mystery for years: the wrecks of wooden boats crewed only by skeletons found adrift in the Sea of Japan.www.news.com.au
Chinese 'dark fleets' which are whole fleets of fishing vessels that turn off their transponders have basically stripped the Sea of Japan clean of fish. (80% decline in the most targeted species) they've been outright murdering North Korean fishermen who see too much or get in the way. Over 2000 'ghost ships' with dead crews or no crews have washed up on the coast of Japan.
These dark fleets are organised into militias led by CCP officers and are often escorted by PLN vessels.
They're doing the same (minus any too overt killing so far) in the south off the coasts of Vietnam, Philippines and Indonesia. Chinese vessels basically show up in shifts to relieve eachother, sit on top of a spot to block others using it and if anyone objects they call in ships of the PLN just over the horizon to 'save' them.