This feels self-inflicted to me. People forget that, during the Cold War, the Sino-Soviet split was very much a thing. People also forget that post-war Russia wanted nothing more than to integrate into the broader Western (European) economy, that the US' recognition of Taiwan as the government of China only ended in the 1970s, that the US was single-handedly responsible for propping up the KMT junta for decades, that China's interests have never left their immediate neighborhood, or that in fact Taiwan-China relations were normalizing under Ma.
It would not be remiss for me to mention that the big Western powers are currently complaining about Georgia's foreign agent law that would require organizations which receives significant foreign funding to register themselves... And that foreign ministers of European countries are marching in Tbilisi in protest of the law.
Foreign influence, whether that be direct (through funding) or indirect (through ideology, propaganda) is the foundation of many large social movements. That needs to be acknowledged, and it's perfectly fine. The notion that nations are meant to be entirely independent is one not based in reality: nobody is pretending Canada could align with Russia without getting nuked to high orbit. The world is built on realpolitik, not on lines drawn on a map.
That's not the worry. The worry is that China is accumulating all of this industrial capacity (like the US pre-WW2) and that car factories really aren't that different from APC/tank factories.
The right to resistance does not make occupation illegal. China is simply saying that Ukraine should be allowed to fight back just as Palestine should be allowed to fight back.
If anyone wondered what would have happened in the US if the US had a wave of protests similar to Hong Kong... This is what would have happened. In fact, this protest seems better organized, more structured, and a little awe inspiring to be honest
Now the question is if the students can organize en masse and march on the capital to occupy the Capitol.
This is... Not evidence of coordination, but of network effects. The same reason that hockey fans descending into a riot after losing Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals is not an indication that they organized a riot.
This is the exact shit people were saying for the Hong Kong protests, and the exact shit people were saying for the Tiananmen Square protests. Word for fucking word.
A lot of things are production issues rather than technology issues: semiconductors, cars, artillery shells... IBM had a 2nm chip in 2021. Trevithick had an automotive in 1801.
UN expert calls to remove sanctions against China citing 'illegality' ( news.cgtn.com )
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French Tiktok ban makes VPN usage soar in New Caledonia ( www.techradar.com )
Aid arriving in Gaza via US-made pier but distribution blocked, says US aid chief ( www.theguardian.com )
Intelligence chief warns Canadians that China can use TikTok to spy on them ( www.cbc.ca )
Russia Has Opened Up a New Front. What Comes Next? ( www.nytimes.com )
China is burning all its bridges with Israel ( asia.nikkei.com )
Hezbollah downs Israeli "spy" balloon over Lebanese village ( english.news.cn )
Putin and Xi pledge a new era and condemn the United States ( www.reuters.com )
Germany: Court says far-right AfD is suspected of extremism ( www.bbc.com )
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Biden administration is sending $1 billion more in weapons, ammo to Israel, congressional aides say ( apnews.com )
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Russian firms buy $4 billion worth of India-made arms, pay in Indian rupee ( www.firstpost.com )
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Israeli ambassador Erdan shreds UN charter in protest of General Assembly vote to boost status of Palestinian mission ( www.timesofisrael.com )
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Record-breaking increase in CO2 levels in world’s atmosphere ( www.theguardian.com )
Children ‘piled up and shot’: new details emerge of ethnic cleansing in Darfur, Sudan ( www.theguardian.com )
83% of supply chains fail 24-hour disruption response ( www.manilatimes.net )
Text of the Gaza ceasefire proposal approved by Hamas ( www.aljazeera.com )
Republican US senators sent threatening letter to ICC prosecutor over possible Netanyahu arrest warrant ( www.jurist.org )
Top Secret: In a 2018 letter, Netanyahu asks Qatar to fund Hamas ( www.ynetnews.com )
China's representative points out at the ICJ that armed resistance against occupation is enshrined in international law and is not terrorism. ( media.mas.to )
https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/112/386/280/617/135/463/original/1740b068eeaf7aff.mp4
Biden calls US ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with Russia and China ( www.cnn.com )
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Air China to buy 100 locally made C919 jets in $11 billion deal ( www.japantimes.co.jp )
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EU starting a trade war with their largest trade partner while sliding into a recession has to be one of the most hilarious developments of late.
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Students at prestigious Paris university occupy campus building in pro-Palestinian protest ( apnews.com )
China’s control over a crucial battery material will make it nearly impossible for any electric-vehicle makers to qualify for Biden's subsidy scheme, South Korea has warned. ( www.ft.com )
https://archive.ph/zGiVE
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