“China – Communist Slave State” – Page 161

Geoff Russ: Putin and Xi were always the real threat to democracy, not Trump-style populists

For the last two decades, we in the democratic world have sought to identify mad-dog, would-be dictators in the form of frothing demagogues. This methodology is doubtlessly informed by the memory of men like Adolf Hitler and Idi Amin, both rabble-rousing populists who shouted their way to the top, and committed sickening acts of butchery once there. It is very likely why every populist of the 2010s like Donald Trump, Rodrigo Duterte, and even Boris Johnson were condemned as dictatorial or fascistic.

by Blazingcatfur•March 24, 2022March 24, 2022•0•"China - Communist Slave State", Russia

American Elites Have Deep Ties To A New Chinese Spy Chief

The new deputy head of a propaganda and espionage agency in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has documented ties with business tycoons, university heads and other elite members of American society.

Chen Xu, former party secretary of one of the PRC’s most prestigious universities, Tsinghua, was promoted to deputy head of the United Front Work Department (UFWD), according to an updated leadership roster on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) portal, which was first reported in Chinese media on Feb. 28.

by Blazingcatfur•March 21, 2022March 21, 2022•0•"China - Communist Slave State", USA

#MU5735

Unreal footage of China Eastern Airlines flight #MU5735 a Boeing 737-89P (B-1791) literally 90 degree nose dive from FL290 into a forest in China causing a forest fire. pic.twitter.com/8hd8b0hro0

— Thenewarea51 (@thenewarea51) March 21, 2022

China Eastern: Plane carrying 132 people crashes in Guangxi hills

by Blazingcatfur•March 21, 2022•0•"China - Communist Slave State", WTF?

‘Don’t be naive’: China refuses to condemn Putin’s invasion of Ukraine

China’s ambassador to the United States defended the Chinese government’s refusal to condemn Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s invasion of neighboring Ukraine, telling a TV anchor not to be “naive” as the U.S. urges China to help stop the Kremlin’s invasion.

While the U.S. criticizes China for its “at least tacit approval” of Russia’s invasion, China has repeatedly sought to lay blame at the feet of the U.S., calling it one of the “culprits of the crisis.”

by Blazingcatfur•March 20, 2022March 20, 2022•0•"China - Communist Slave State", "Ukraine - Russia", USA

Biden seeks China’s help to end Russia’s war in Ukraine

U.S. President Joe Biden sought to prevent Beijing giving new life to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in a video call with his Chinese counterpart on Friday as stalled Russian forces pressed on with bombardments of towns and cities.

With Russia looking to regain the initiative, three missiles landed at an airport near Lviv, a western city where hundreds of thousands thought they had found refuge far from Ukraine’s battlefields.

I doubt China is about to become an enthusiastic ally.

by Blazingcatfur•March 18, 2022March 18, 2022•0•"China - Communist Slave State", "Ukraine - Russia", USA

How globalisation cheated America – The West’s opening up to China came at a big cost

Globalisation is becoming an increasingly dirty word — and for good reason. Over the last two to three decades, the West’s opening up to low-cost, export-oriented economies like China has hurt the working class and made us worryingly dependent on distant and fragile supply chains.

But did all that free movement of labour, capital, goods and services make us as rich as we were promised? A stunning set of charts from American Compass provides part of the answer (and from a US perspective, obviously).

by Blazingcatfur•March 16, 2022March 16, 2022•0•"China - Communist Slave State", "The China Class", Globalization, USA

As China’s military tech dominates, Congress demands science bow to racial ‘justice’

China’s murky intentions regarding its Russian alliance and the Ukraine war are making headlines. Whatever the outcome, the next global conflict could well involve the deployment of Beijing’s growing technological prowess.

China has already surpassed America in several branches of quantum information science, which entails massive computations and nearly instantaneous communications — and in critical areas of artificial intelligence, all of which have military applications.

by Blazingcatfur•March 15, 2022March 15, 2022•0•"China - Communist Slave State", USA

Chinese graphite dominance threatens electric car ambitions

Ripples of last year’s power crunch in China are still being felt by global battery and electric-car makers.

A shortage of coal supplies caused by an Indonesian export ban, a trade war with major supplier Australia and a steep rise in post-COVID-19 domestic demand prompted local Chinese authorities to ration power to energy-intensive industries, including graphite.

The rolling power blackouts as well as the suspension of graphite production in winter further squeezed global graphite supply, already struggling to keep up with strong demand for lithium-ion batteries as global electric vehicle sales went through the roof.

As a result, the mineral, which has often been overlooked when it comes to battery materials, has added to the troubles of battery and car manufacturers, who have been scouring the planet to secure supplies of other battery constituents like lithium, nickel and cobalt.

by Blazingcatfur•March 15, 2022March 15, 2022•0•"China - Communist Slave State", Green-Scam

Why China thinks the West is to blame for Russia’s war in Ukraine

From the beginning of the war in Ukraine, it was clear that China would not condemn Russia’s invasion. On February 25, Beijing abstained from a vote on a UN Security Council draft resolution condemning the attack. China also abstained from a condemnation of the war by 141 countries in the UN General Assembly.

And Beijing’s implicit support of Russia continues despite Moscow’s continued escalation of the war.

Last week, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said China’s friendship with Russia was “solid as a rock,” and constituted the “most important bilateral relationship” in the world contributing to “peace, stability and development.”

by Blazingcatfur•March 15, 2022March 15, 2022•0•"China - Communist Slave State", "Ukraine - Russia"

Will China come to Putin’s rescue?

The scope and strength of western sanctions seem to have surprised Beijing

Joe Biden appears to be trying to force China’s hand over Ukraine. This follows days during which Beijing has tied itself in knots, offering to play a “positive role” for peace, but refusing to criticize Russia — avoiding even calling the invasion an invasion, and echoing Moscow’s justifications.

US officials at the weekend briefed American news outlets that Russia has asked China to provide military equipment, and requested additional economic assistance to help cushion the impact of Western sanctions. The officials, keen to protect their intelligence sources, declined to say precisely what Russia was seeking, nor what China’s response had been. But they said they were watching closely and warned of “consequences” should Beijing come to Russia’s aid.

by Blazingcatfur•March 15, 2022March 14, 2022•0•"China - Communist Slave State", "Ukraine - Russia"

SHANGHAI LOCKDOWN: Once Again, Xi Is Exporting China’s Problems to the Rest of the World

Communist China has put the major trade city of Shanghai under new COVID-19 lockdown restrictions — and that means global supply chains just got tied into new knots.

by Blazingcatfur•March 14, 2022March 14, 2022•0•"China - Communist Slave State", "China eats weird animals disease"

CSIS warned space agency about ex-engineer now facing charges: court documents

Canada’s spy agency sent multiple warnings to the Canadian Space Agency about Wanping Zheng, a former engineer now accused of negotiating on behalf of a Chinese aerospace company — and even refused to give a presentation at the CSA because it knew Zheng would be there, according to new court documents.

The RCMP charged 61-year-old Zheng last December with breach of trust in a case police say is tied to foreign interference.

by Blazingcatfur•March 14, 2022March 14, 2022•0•"Canada's China Class", "China - Communist Slave State", Canada, Espionage

The Perfect Police State

An Undercover Odyssey into China’s Terrifying Surveillance Dystopia of the Future

Prior colonial rulers – the Spanish in Mindanao, the Dutch in Aceh, the French in Algeria, the Russians in Central Asia – have sought to control their Muslim subjects and defang Islamic sentiments, always failing. Can the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the territory historically known as East Turkestan and renamed Xinjiang by its Chinese overlords, succeed in this task?

by Blazingcatfur•March 11, 2022March 10, 2022•0•"China - Communist Slave State"

American elites have squandered our technological and manufacturing advantage over both Russia and China.

Few dispute that the Ukraine crisis brings with it the risk of nuclear escalation. The reverse also might be true: The Ukraine crisis may be the result of a shift in the world’s nuclear balance.

With an economy smaller than the state of Texas, Russia has built strategic weapons superior to many in the American arsenal. These include land as well as submarine-launched hypersonic weapons that can carry nuclear missiles past any American defense, as well as the world’s best air defense system, the S-500. The October 4, 2021, test of Russia’s submarine-launched “Zircon” hypersonic missile was the first-ever underwater firing of a low-altitude weapon that flies at nine times the speed of sound, according to Russian claims. A Russian sub lurking a hundred miles off the American coast could nuke Washington in a flat minute.

by Blazingcatfur•March 10, 2022March 10, 2022•0•"China - Communist Slave State", Russia, USA