China on Parade

[Kwaka]

China recently had a military parade. In this video a Russian gives a commentary about some of what China has on show. Lazar, microwaves, air, land and sea drones, rockets, hypersonics and a quick overview of the general battle group stuff.

[Astyanax]

Xi trolled Trump by throwing a parade just like the one he'd wanted for himself, but which the US military quite sensibly declined to provide. The whole world got the message, and lordy, how we laughed.

[Kwaka]

An Australian perspective on China, strong grounds that China did sent a few boats to Australia before the British arrived. Not enough to establish a colony, but some of the survivors gotten taken up by the Aboriginal population, more so in the Queensland region.

Once a British colony was setup and gold was found, then a lot more boats from China arrived. They worked hard and cheep. Now all the cities here have a Chinatown section. While China could nuke me, its financial front is more of an realistic threat here. Living on the boarder of China has a more direct offensive threat.




Is a $10B USD debt deal really a bit deal if all done in the Yuan? I know questions of foreign ownership have been ongoing for a while. Last I heard about a decade ago, America was the largest foreign landowner in Australia. I don't know how things are these days. Some of the reputation at the China owned mines are still a bit rough at times. When it cost v$17 AUD for a new toaster, has some benefits.

Then there are also a few police stations in Victoria also flying the China flag. Big cities do have their multicultural aspects. How China generally stick to Chinese problems, IDK? Good they sort out their problems, how some of this does conflict with more western values does raise questions at times.

With how the current PM Albo has been to China twice while communications are strained with Trump, feels like we are getting our Biden treatment. He is not as incapacitated, but still dropping the ball on foreign influence. His job is to look after Australia.

[Shoshanna]

Xi trolled Trump by throwing a parade just like the one he'd wanted for himself, but which the US military quite sensibly declined to provide. The whole world got the message, and lordy, how we laughed.

Yeah. Dictators usually get what they want hehehehehe. I am glad I don't live under a dictatorship I feel like that would be lame.

[Kwaka]

I am glad I don't live under a dictatorship I feel like that would be lame.

It sucked to see what happened to some of the citizen journalists just reporting on what they saw as covid started. It helped promote the fear that life was not going to return to normal until everyone is vaccinated. How these nutjob death cults sacrifice their own don't look good for long term success.