China Behaving Badly

[marshun]

I frequently see news items about China being a contrary member of the global neighborhood and thought I'd start a topic on it.

China to build dam that could reduce water to India
https://www.earth.com/news/china-begins-...roduction/
 For many observers, the Yarlung Zangbo project revives a long running question about whether upstream countries can use shared rivers to pressure their neighbors. 
These projects can “threaten to turn internationally shared river-water resources into a Chinese political weapon,” said Brahma Chellaney, a professor, in one commentary.
Chinese officials reject talk of water hegemony, saying projects like the Yarlung Zangbo dam will be run to respect interests and protect plateau ecosystems.
Yet past disputes over flood season data on other shared rivers, including the Brahmaputra, make India and Bangladesh skeptical that transparency will match rhetoric.

this is an ongoing issue in that part of the world.  India needs all the water in can get and is not happy that Beijing will have control over.

[Sky727]

The Mekong River is another river China is building dams and threatening the water supply to a couple of ?billion? people in Asia.

The control of water is one of the reasons they wanted Tibet.  Right now with the economy so bad in China there are big protest and even local government officials being killed for their corruption etc etc... Many many stories and videos even though China tries to spin a different tale or block the news.

The world will be a better place once the CCP is removed from the world stage.

[marshun]

NPR (among others) reports China military surrounding Taiwan

71 aircraft and Navy / Coast Guard vessels.

scare tactics.  shameful.

(NPR won't let me cut/paste anything)

[sahgwa]

NPR (among others) reports China military surrounding Taiwan

71 aircraft and Navy / Coast Guard vessels.

scare tactics.  shameful.

(NPR won't let me cut/paste anything)

Ah I see it is war games/ exercises that China is doing. 
Not really invasion but hey it is posturing.

[Maxmars]

Ah I see it is war games/ exercises that China is doing. 
Not really invasion but hey it is posturing.

As with most legacy dynasties... their main problem is a fixed-perspective on those with whom they choose to be adversarial.

China's attitude and posture are a function of the weakening grip their ideology has in an evolving world.

China... apparently like every other major nation... "concocts and contrives" reasons to posture... and half the time those reasons are pure convenience to the people holding the reigns of power.

A committee runs through it....

The weakest of all constructs... a committee... held together only by personal allegiances and debt obligations...

Sounds an awful lot like exactly the same thing in every one of our countries... committees in perpetual war-time sphincter-clenching turmoil... no different anywhere.... at all.

Cabals... being cabalistic... naturally,... and the 'glow' of evil capitalism seems like a weaker and weaker excuse.
Very similar to how "communism" has lost it's 'fear' appeal here....

Now China is wasting resources to "send" a message which no one is going to waste time and money responding to... except the M.I.C.  ...   you'd almost wonder if they weren't "helping each other out."

[SteamyAmerican]

As with most legacy dynasties... their main problem is a fixed-perspective on those with whom they choose to be adversarial.

China's attitude and posture are a function of the weakening grip their ideology has in an evolving world.

China... apparently like every other major nation... "concocts and contrives" reasons to posture... and half the time those reasons are pure convenience to the people holding the reigns of power.

A committee runs through it....

The weakest of all constructs... a committee... held together only by personal allegiances and debt obligations...

Sounds an awful lot like exactly the same thing in every one of our countries... committees in perpetual war-time sphincter-clenching turmoil... no different anywhere.... at all.

Cabals... being cabalistic... naturally,... and the 'glow' of evil capitalism seems like a weaker and weaker excuse.
Very similar to how "communism" has lost it's 'fear' appeal here....

Now China is wasting resources to "send" a message which no one is going to waste time and money responding to... except the M.I.C.  ...   you'd almost wonder if they weren't "helping each other out."

Maybe their ideology is waning in global eyes, but their influence abroad politically and militarily is still very much felt and will be. In other words, without much of an ideological stick (an a self-important attitude) China has to refer to its sticks probably more that it should.

[Maxmars]

Maybe their ideology is waning in global eyes, but their influence abroad politically and militarily is still very much felt and will be. In other words, without much of an ideological stick (an a self-important attitude) China has to refer to its sticks probably more that it should.

I agree, there is no underestimating how power manifests like an unbreakable thread...

The migration of power between economics, ideology, politics, or religion, (amongst other things,) is easy for me to miss.  And arguments can be made for 'consolidation' of continuity efforts are at least worthy of addressing... I know some here can... 

But your point in and of itself, is thread-worthy! 

[SteamyAmerican]

I agree, there is no underestimating how power manifests like an unbreakable thread...

The migration of power between economics, ideology, politics, or religion, (amongst other things,) is easy for me to miss.  And arguments can be made for 'consolidation' of continuity efforts are at least worthy of addressing... I know some here can... 

But your point in and of itself, is thread-worthy! 

Thanks. I didn’t mean to overlook the economic factor with regards to China. Nor the religious factor with regards to other nations. But yeah, China is going to flex its geopolitical will one way or another somehow. And while other may see (rightly) as this being provocation(s), China undoubtedly will always view in terms of self-interest and longevity of its right to govern itself as it sees fit, it not the world.

I believe China to be playing the long-game, but if they aren’t able to keep control of their own people’s views on governance, methinks they’ll struggle on the world stage even more so. However, I believe not only is their determination to do so noteworthy, but more importantly I think k China smells blood in the water with regards to the West’s hegemony sliding in stature also.