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this is going to completely kill any pro-reunification parties in taiwan right?
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I'd laugh if the Chinese army tried to invade Taiwan, failed, then the ROC takes over the Mainland and realized they don't want that mess and give it back.
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C-SPAN Caller posted:I'd laugh if the Chinese army tried to invade Taiwan, failed, then the ROC takes over the Mainland and realized they don't want that mess and give it back. The ROC already knows that they want no part of that poo poo-show.
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Dec 15, 2016 14:36
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Blistex posted:The ROC already knows that they want no part of that poo poo-show. The logistics of integrating North Korea is nuts enough, I couldn't imagine how you'd turn the Mainland around and make it cool China.
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obviously you install a puppet state in both cases that if you're lucky you keep a tight enough leash on one day it might be culturally and economically sensible enough to finally integrate
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C-SPAN Caller posted:I couldn't imagine how you'd turn the Mainland around and make it cool China. Gasoline is pretty cheap these days, and matches are not, like, super expensive anyways. Plus, you get a nice boost to field yields next harvest season, what with all the ashes and such.
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Haier posted:
Paraguay would be the go to example of a war producing an insane demographic imbalance, if any one wants to do some hosed up reading. The risk to the CCP isn't casualties, which would be relatively low since they'd likely lose the war at sea before it goes any further. But it would be an insanely humiliating failure that undermines the government's legitimacy, Falklands on a grand scale more or less. (armchairstrategist.jpg)
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As bad as a trump presidency might be, gotta say, the Chinese salt is loving great
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C-SPAN Caller posted:The logistics of integrating North Korea is nuts enough, I couldn't imagine how you'd turn the Mainland around and make it cool China. Something substantial should be lost as punishment however, for something so short-sighted as an invasion-perhaps they can annex Hong Hong as a part of Taiwan! Think about it: Good China+Better China=Best China!
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The Taiwanese military really doesn't matter cause China would have to power their lovely rustbuckets through multiple US Navy battle groups (complete with newfangled railguns!) before they ever even meet Taiwan
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Oh man I forgot we have loving railguns now.
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Atlas Hugged posted:Oh man I forgot we have loving railguns now. And loving lasers in testing. The USN ain't nothing to gently caress with, especially when you can avoid it by just building a new Trump branded ghost city in Gansu.
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Let's lighten up the mood by a bunch of guys pounding away at the red hot stuff in the backyard. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXmKHGqfFlc I wonder how many people that hammer killed so far.
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Prokhor Zakharov posted:The Taiwanese military really doesn't matter cause China would have to power their lovely rustbuckets through multiple US Navy battle groups (complete with newfangled railguns!) before they ever even meet Taiwan sailing that close to china right now would be more difficult than it was in the past but yeah any chinese trying to cross would get poo poo on by missiles and air support (i think the channel is a bit too shallow to effectively operate subs?)
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Looks like a danger of hitting the supports on the way down. What... what is this for? Just fun time diving for pigs? Pig punishment?
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pig park
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How else do you think they get all the dead pigs in their rivers?
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basic hitler posted:obviously you install a puppet state in both cases that if you're lucky you keep a tight enough leash on one day it might be culturally and economically sensible enough to finally integrate Well, if we're going all armchair strategist bookstore I favor installing a separate government in each province/territory. It shouldn't take long for a bunch of folks to decide being President of the sovereign state of Shandong or Fujian is better than taking orders from Shanghai. Then turn 'em loose and let them Romance of the Three Kingdoms it out.
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Haier posted:They have 30 million single, unmarried, extra men uselessly breathing in all that precious smog. I don't know of any war where 30 million dudes were wiped out, but that would finally level the male-female ratio for the country. It would save the government tons of money. I have read that this was actually false. They have 30 million more documented men than women, but estimates of 18-30+ million undocumented girl births so the demographics are actually pretty even - or at least more even than everyone thinks. Those 30 million men actually have no-one to blame but themselves, their education, and their lovely, lovely personal hygiene for being single. True/False?
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Private Speech posted:who's conning who though rich ppl conning poor ppl.
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Captain Postal posted:Those 30 million men actually have no-one to blame but themselves, their education, and their lovely, lovely personal hygiene for being single. Girls won't talk to you unless you own a house, and "I can have my parents' home when they die in 30 years" doesn't count as having one
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Captain Postal posted:I have read that this was actually false. They have 30 million more documented men than women, but estimates of 18-30+ million undocumented girl births so the demographics are actually pretty even - or at least more even than everyone thinks. how do you say "register at something awful" in mandarin?
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So I have been feeling like poo poo today with a really bad sinus cold. Stuffed up, sinus pressure, a headache and a bit of soreness in the joints (not the flu). So my wife made me some Ginger and Red Sugar soup when she got back from work and after two bowls I felt much better. Her first reaction was, "HAHA! Chinese medicine works!". I can't deny her that victory since she was so nice, but I didn't tell her that I was also on Tylenol Cold medicine.
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drinking hot liquids to deal with cold symptoms is really common and done everywhere it's literally the chicken soup treatment
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Fojar38 posted:drinking hot liquids to deal with cold symptoms is really common and done everywhere It's marriage diplomacy. 
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Blistex posted:It's marriage diplomacy. Have you considered changing spouses rather than approaches to medical science?
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Baronjutter posted:Looks like a danger of hitting the supports on the way down. What... what is this for? Just fun time diving for pigs? Pig punishment? You buy a ticket for the amazing diving pigs and then you can sit and watch the pigs dive, oh my, diving pigs (*o*), cute (^u^) When your foreign friend asks why people where clapping when the fat hillbilly was shoving pigs off the plank you tell him "China 5,000 year you do not understan" At the tiger "sancuary" near Harbin you can dangle a steak near the 15 foot fence from a platform and the tiger will jump and grab the steak from your hand! Very clever tiger! Also if you are in the Safari Bus the driver will put a chicken on the roof for the tiger to catch! Natrual amazing, power of nature the tiger, symbor China. raton fucked around with this message at 02:12 on Dec 16, 2016 |
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Blistex posted:It's marriage diplomacy. Does she believe in mixing Eastern and Western remedies? It's like when American Christians pray but then also actually do something about their problems.
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The whole, "Chinese medicine wins" was half-sarcastic, as she is only 20-80 on the boat about it. She doesn't believe that the Han Chinese have some sort of magic physiology that makes all western medicine ineffective, or that animal parts give you special powers, but she is of the idea that certain TCM's are more of a "slow burning" treatment rather than a cure-all. Really, her medical beliefs are 90% in line with mine, (she knows that acupuncture is bullshit, that cupping is a joke, etc.) but there are some things that have been ingrained in her that she's not willing to give up. Luckily most of those are pretty harmless and not at all crazy sounding.
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Blistex posted:So I have been feeling like poo poo today with a really bad sinus cold. Stuffed up, sinus pressure, a headache and a bit of soreness in the joints (not the flu). So my wife made me some Ginger and Red Sugar soup when she got back from work and after two bowls I felt much better. Her first reaction was, "HAHA! Chinese medicine works!". I can't deny her that victory since she was so nice, but I didn't tell her that I was also on Tylenol Cold medicine. Oddly, there is effective Chinese medicine for your symptoms but that's not what she gave you. Said medicine is hepatoxic, can lead to heart problems, and the pseudo in your Tylenol is a safer derivative of the active ingredient anyway.
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I dont think any simulation to date of an invasion of Taiwan has China actually being repelled and Taiwan "winning" by any definition.
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Apparently my company is trying to score some contracts with local schools. To do this they arranged for demo lessons to be given at various junior highs. Yet, for some mysterious reason our Cameroonian JHS teacher was not asked to teach these lessons. Instead they brought in white high school teachers. I wonder why.
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Dandywalken posted:I dont think any simulation to date of an invasion of Taiwan has China actually being repelled and Taiwan "winning" by any definition. Simulations had Hillary beating Trump. They likely assume the Chinese military as it exists on paper will perform like a modern military and their poo poo won't break down the second it operates under real world conditions.
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Atlas Hugged posted:Simulations had Hillary beating Trump. Christ I just got owned
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Dandywalken posted:I dont think any simulation to date of an invasion of Taiwan has China actually being repelled and Taiwan "winning" by any definition. I think I found the findings in question? How long will it take to capture Taiwan? 2 days Will Tsai Ing-wen be killed? Yes Total Taiwan civilian casualties: 500 dead Total military casualties Taiwan: 3000 dead Total military casualties China.: 15 dead Will the Taiwanese army regulars hold the lines? No Will the Republic Marines fight to the end? No Will chem/bio weapons be used on invading troops?: Yes Will Taiwanese launch attacks on the Japanese? Yes Will Taiwanese launch attacks on Korea? No -If yes; will Japan retaliate harshly? Yes Will Tsai Ing-wen sacrifice Taipei (gas/nuke it)? No Will the Japanese make a grab for the Senkaku Islands? Yes Will Vietnam do anything silly like try for land? Yes Will Tsai Ing-wen burn the ASUS factories? Yes How long will the China be occupying Taiwan? ~15 years Will the Taiwan war catalyze increased terrorism in America?No In the long run, will this war be good or bad for the world? Good
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Blistex posted:I think I found the findings in question? gently caress!!!!! A combo!!!
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Blistex posted:I think I found the findings in question? Lololol
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Atlas Hugged posted:Simulations had Hillary beating Trump. They likely assume the Chinese military as it exists on paper will perform like a modern military and their poo poo won't break down the second it operates under real world conditions. I can totally see some Washington think tank "running simulations" to push Congress into selling another $1.8b of weapons to Taiwan.
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