crepeface posted:

some stuff about china's housing market from a dec 12 michael hudson Q&A:

https://michael-hudson.com/2022/12/china-the-change-agent-patreon-qa-3/

president xi my people plead for housing controls

fart simpson posted:

remember just a few months ago that the housing crisis was the beginning of the end? i dont hear about it much anymore

mawarannahr posted:

https://twitter.com/cgmeifangzhang/status/1606332147954073600

Spergin Morlock posted:

but only one of those is led by a communist party

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on December 16th, 2022, the Japanese government led by Fumio Kishida issued new “defense guidelines” that will give the country the ability to launch offensive attacks on enemy bases overseas for the first time since its Asian empire was crushed in 1945 by the combined might of the United States and the Soviet Union.

The guidelines, fervently backed by the U.S. government and the DC think tanks representing the military industrial complex, are the last nails in the coffin of Japan’s Peace Constitution, which only allows Japan to take military action in self-defense. That document was imposed by U.S. Occupation forces after the war and has been in the cross-hairs of both the Pentagon and Kishida’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party since the 1970s.

The new “National Security Strategy of Japan” was spelled out in three key defense documents, and departs from the past in three critical areas. First, it declares that China is now Japan’s number one threat and poses “the greatest strategic challenges ever seen” in Tokyo. North Korea, which has traditionally been mentioned first as a hostile state, now represents a “severe and imminent threat.”

Second, it doubles Japan’s spending on its military – already one of the largest in the world – to over $350 billion, two percent of the GNP, over five years. It includes plans to strengthen the firepower of the Japanese Maritime and Air “Self-Defense Forces” (SDF) and upgrade Ground SDF units to prepare for emergency scenarios (meaning war) on Taiwan.

Third, it adopts a “counter attack” ability to hit enemy bases in China, North Korea, and elsewhere that could be applied if Japan is ever attacked.

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The NSS also includes controversial language that would allow Japan’s SDF to take offensive measures against any enemy force that threatened the United States. That change is “especially significant,” South Korea’s progressive Hankyoreh said, noting that the Kishida government has specified that its enemy strike capabilities could be applied not just in cases when Japanese territory is threatened but also in situations “where the U.S. is under attack.” Hankyoreh added:

For example, a North Korean attack on a US warship in the East Sea in an emergency on the Korean Peninsula could be deemed an “existential crisis,” where the JSDF would be able to strike against the North according to its “collective self-defense” rights if the US wishes. This means the possibility that peace on the peninsula could be instantly shattered by the decisions of Washington and Tokyo and Japan’s use of force, as the JSDF comes to insert itself in the peninsula’s affairs.

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Before the ink was dry on the latest counter-strike documents, the Kishida government announced it will purchase hundreds of Tomahawk cruise missiles, the “flying torpedoes” that are among the most powerful and lethal weapons in the U.S. arsenal. The missiles, which are made by Raytheon Missiles and Defense, are launched from ships and submarines and “can strike targets precisely from 1,000 miles away, even in heavily defended airspace.”

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In Tokyo, U.S. Ambassador Rahm Emanuel went even further, telling Kyodo News in an exclusive interview that Kishida’s changes were “momentous” and “very much aligned with our vision.” He added that the Pentagon would fully cooperate with Tokyo in acquiring its counter-strike capabilities. Emanuel, a staunch hawk, told Kyodo that Japan’s moves to shore up its military had “unified” bipartisan and bicameral support inside the United States.

Tankbuster posted:

well footballheads in india either support brazil or argentina, defaulting to the other if one loses.

Ranter posted:

The China watchers are upset that the CCP:

1. Refused mRNA vaccines and spread anti mRNA propaganda so people didn't get vaccinated

2. Allowed traditional medicine to be used so people didn't get vaccinated

3. Didn't use their authority to force vaccination

4. Didn't make their healthcare system better

What was the point of welding people into their apartments and allowing entire buildings starve, if they were going to do nothing else and then open 'er up?

Ranter posted:

The China watchers are upset that the CCP:

1. Refused mRNA vaccines and spread anti mRNA propaganda so people didn't get vaccinated

2. Allowed traditional medicine to be used so people didn't get vaccinated

3. Didn't use their authority to force vaccination

4. Didn't make their healthcare system better

What was the point of welding people into their apartments and allowing entire buildings starve, if they were going to do nothing else and then open 'er up?

CRAZY KNUCKLES FAN posted:

what's up with all the france support up north then?

CRAZY KNUCKLES FAN posted:

what's up with all the france support up north then?

Ranter posted:

The China watchers are upset that the CCP:

1. Refused mRNA vaccines and spread anti mRNA propaganda so people didn't get vaccinated

2. Allowed traditional medicine to be used so people didn't get vaccinated

3. Didn't use their authority to force vaccination

4. Didn't make their healthcare system better

What was the point of welding people into their apartments and allowing entire buildings starve, if they were going to do nothing else and then open 'er up?

Ranter posted:

The China watchers are upset that the CCP:

1. Refused mRNA vaccines and spread anti mRNA propaganda so people didn't get vaccinated

2. Allowed traditional medicine to be used so people didn't get vaccinated

3. Didn't use their authority to force vaccination

4. Didn't make their healthcare system better

What was the point of welding people into their apartments and allowing entire buildings starve, if they were going to do nothing else and then open 'er up?

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It's ok to invade, enslave and genocide people when they're an inferior "race". Romans did it, English did it, therefore Germans doing it (lebensraum) is fine too.

Palladium posted:

this you

Ranter posted:

Yep absolutely. Read that thread for context on why I was explaining what an internet Nazi comic writer's mindset is.

Edit: wait did you think I was posting earlier itt sincerely, and not mocking d&d china watchers?? To the point you got mad and dug into post history? lol

AnimeIsTrash posted:

AnimeIsTrash posted:

Mantis42 posted:

Imagine living in a country where the only popular sports were cricket and soccer. India blows lmao (no racism)

Mantis42 posted:

Imagine living in a country where the only popular sports were cricket and soccer. India blows lmao (no racism)

Mantis42 posted:

5'5''

Tankbuster posted:

much like messi, he left after winning a world cup.