kEiThZ
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Yeah. But like imagine a blockade across the Strait of Malacca.
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Yeah. But like imagine a blockade across the Strait of Malacca.
Bjays92
Senior Member
Hu Jintao dragged out of the closing ceremony of the party conference today. There's speculation as to why but I think it's pretty clearly a show of force, since Li Keqiang and Wang Yang were both snubbed of central committee positions. Essentially a complete neutering of Hu's faction and any remaining power he might have as Xi completely consolidates his own power.
Bjays92
Senior Member
Clashes in Shanghai as protests over zero-Covid policy grip China
Beijing, Chengdu and Wuhan see demonstrations as anger over Xi Jinping’s strict Covid policies builds, in a test for the Communist party
www.theguardian.com
Only weeks after Xi secured his third term it seems something may be brewing in China.
Towered
Senior Member
I can only hope this turns into something much bigger...Clashes in Shanghai as protests over zero-Covid policy grip China
Beijing, Chengdu and Wuhan see demonstrations as anger over Xi Jinping’s strict Covid policies builds, in a test for the Communist party
Only weeks after Xi secured his third term it seems something may be brewing in China.
Northern Light
Superstar
Stuff going on in Iran............not sure how significant..........but worth noting:
Towered
Senior Member
Ukraine sending a message?
Northern Light
Superstar
The South Korean government has proposed increasing the maximum work week (inclusive of overtime) to 69 hours, from 52.
Even in a country with a workaholic culture.....this is creating some seriously negative feedback (understandably!)
Even in a country with a workaholic culture.....this is creating some seriously negative feedback (understandably!)
Towered
Senior Member
What a nightmare. So much for work-life balance - just pour every ounce of your energy and soul into pleasing and enriching the elites at the top at your personal expense.
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DirectionNorth
Active Member
And then they'll wonder why their population pyramid looks like this.
Shooting themselves in the foot, really.
Bjays92
Senior Member
Netanyahu just fired his defence minister for speaking out over his judicial reforms.
Rumours of a general strike coming, and ohh yea, the defence minister post is now empty. This is a crisis moment for Israel.
Rumours of a general strike coming, and ohh yea, the defence minister post is now empty. This is a crisis moment for Israel.
Northern Light
Superstar
Mass Israel protests after Netanyahu fires defence minister
Thousands demonstrate after the firing of Yoav Gallant - who spoke out over controversial judicial reforms.
www.bbc.com
Netanyahu is someone of whom I have never been a 'fan'.
The man is currently on trial for corruption, but somehow still in office.
Its a sign of serious dysfunction.
Its not unique to Israel by any means; but it is perhaps more overt there just at the moment.
Bjays92
Senior Member
China likely to rapidly achieve air superiority over Taiwan, US leaks say
Documents among those shared by alleged leaker raise questions over island’s military readiness
www.theguardian.com
This echos some of what's been said here as well as the sentiments of many experts in the field. Despite many internet people's assertions that there is no way China would invade because it is way more difficult than invading Ukraine which has been a spectacular failure, Taiwan is far less prepared than Ukraine was.
They have less operational equipment, no war experience (unlike many Ukrainian soldiers who had years of experience in Donbass) little to no NATO training, and are just in a general state of unpreparedness.
Additionally, the US has virtually no intelligence apparatus in China unlike Russia so there is much less they can do on the intelligence front other than rely on satellite imagery and this article highlights the difficult for the US in assessing a Chinese military buildup for an invasion due to the military's use of civillian vessels.
Then there's also the fact that China's army is significantly more modern and well organized than Russia's and the strength of the Chinese Navy in particular is at the very least competitive with the US in the SCS now, which is a point of serious concern and not something Russia is remotely close to.