#china border news

[worstloki]

Loki surveilling the skyline of New York from the top of Stark Tower and clocking that his favorite paired set of buildings are gone. sad

[lutnistas]

Chinese side of Khorgos Free Trade Zone ( Kazakhstan - China border )

[zlobonessa]

every other day i remember that one tweet about how american leftists never unlearned american exceptionalism they just changed its direction from "america is Exceptionally Good" to "america is Exceptionally Bad" and every other day it just keeps being unbearably and tiresomely correct

[liu-yu-xin]

Something so uhhh ummmm hmmm about how they only sent the mainland chinese members to this gala thing its like. So are macau and taiwan a part of china or are they not. a lot of conflicting messages here !

[kneedeepincynade]

India must understand that China is stronger,China can defeat it and China will, India must decide if join the prosperity of the multipolar world or become a smoldering ruin of the unipolar one

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⚠️ LA "TATTICA DELL'AFFETTARE IL SALAME" DELL'ESERCITO POPOLARE DI LIBERAZIONE NEI TERRITORI CONTESI CON L'INDIA NAZIONALISTA PORTA I SUOI FRUTTI | L'INDIA PERDE 26 DEI 65 PUNTI DI PATTUGLIAMENTO NEL LADAKH ORIENTALE ⚠️

🇮🇳 L'India ha perso 26 dei 65 Punti di Pattugliamento nel Ladakh Orientale, lungo il confine con la Repubblica Popolare Cinese 🇨🇳

📄 È quanto scaturito da un Rapporto di un Alto Ufficiale di Polizia alla Conferenza Annuale dei Massimi Ufficiali di Polizia dell'India Nazionalista, tenutosi a Delhi - alla presenza del Primo Ministro Narendra Modi, del Ministro dell'Interno e del Consigliere per la Sicurezza Nazionale 🇮🇳

💬 "Attualmente ci sono 65 Punti di Pattugliamento a partire dal Passo di Karakorum fino a Chumur che devono essere pattugliati regolarmente dalle Forze Armate. Su 65, abbiamo perso la presenza in 26 Punti, a causa di un pattugliamento restrittivo o assente", ha affermato l'ufficiale.

⭐️ L'Esercito Popolare di Liberazione, nei Territori Contesi, e al confine con l'India Nazionalista (descritta come un paese-chiave su cui far leva per il sentimento anti-Cinese da Mike Pompeo) ha rafforzato la sua presenza - come si può leggere qui - e conduce una tattica definibile con l'espressione "affettare il salame", ovvero accaparrarsi - senza sparare un colpo - centimetro per centimetro, portando il nemico a perdere il controllo su certe aree 🪖

📟 Inoltre, l'EPL sta costruendo e posizionando sempre più apparecchiature di sorveglianza nelle "zone cuscinetto", con l'obiettivo di monitorare i movimenti delle Forze Armate Indiane 🇮🇳

🇨🇳 La scorsa settimana, Xi Jinping ha tenuto una video-conversazione con i soldati di stanza lungo il Confine Conteso tra Cina e India nel Ladakh Orientale, sottolineando l'importanza della preparazione e della prontezza al combattimento 🔥

📄 Per chi volesse approfondire il Tema dell'India Nazionalista e della Cooperazione Indo-Statunitense in funzione Anti-Cinese, così come i movimenti dell'Esercito Cinese sul confine con l'India, può rifarsi a questi post del Collettivo Shaoshan:

🔺Il Rapporto Indo-Statunitense in funzione anti-Cinese ⚔️

🔺 Tensioni tra la Repubblica Popolare Cinese e l'India Nazionalista - progetto ferroviario indiano al confine, territori contesi, presenza dell'EPL lungo la "linea di controllo effettivo", Pangong, Quartier Generale, Ponti e Stazioni Radar, Supporto Aereo: I, II, III, IV.

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⚠️ THE PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ARMY'S "SALAMI-SLICING TACTICS" IN DISPUTED TERRITORIES WITH NATIONALIST INDIA BRINGS FRUIT | INDIA LOSES 26 OF 65 PATROL POINTS IN EASTERN LADAKH ⚠️

🇮🇳India has lost 26 out of 65 Patrol Points in Eastern Ladakh, along the border with the People's Republic of China 🇨🇳

📄 This is what emerged from a Report by a Senior Police Officer at the Annual Conference of the Chief Police Officers of Nationalist India, held in Delhi - in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister and National Security Advisor 🇮🇳

💬 "Currently there are 65 Patrol Points starting from the Karakoram Pass up to Chumur that need to be patrolled regularly by the Armed Forces. Out of 65, we have lost presence in 26 Points, due to restricted or no patrolling," he said officer.

⭐️ The People's Liberation Army, in the Disputed Territories, and on the border with Nationalist India (described as a key country to leverage anti-China sentiment by Mike Pompeo) has strengthened its presence - how can read here - and carries out a tactic that can be defined with the expression "slicing salami", or rather grabbing - without firing a shot - centimeter by centimetre, leading the enemy to lose control over certain areas 🪖

📟 Also, the PLA is building and placing more and more surveillance equipment in the "buffer zones", aiming to monitor the movements of the Indian Armed Forces 🇮🇳

🇨🇳 Xi Jinping held a video conversation with soldiers stationed along the Sino-Indian Border in Eastern Ladakh last week, emphasizing the importance of preparedness and combat readiness 🔥

📄 For those wishing to learn more about Nationalist India and Indo-US Cooperation in an Anti-Chinese function, as well as the movements of the Chinese Army on the border with India, you can refer to these posts from the Shaoshan Collective:

🔺 The Indo-US Report in anti-Chinese function ⚔️

🔺 Tensions between PRC and Nationalist India - Indian railway project on border, disputed territories, PLA presence along "Line of Effective Control", Pangong, HQ, Bridges and Radar Stations, Air Support: I, II, III, IV.

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[uniqueeval]

The Hindu Morning Digest: August 30, 2024

People Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers and tanks during military disengagement along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) at the India-China border in Ladakh. | Photo Credit: AFP India, China hold 31st border affairs meeting to resolve standoff at LAC India and China had a “frank, constructive and forward-looking exchange of views” on the situation along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) to “narrow…

[pniindia]

India-China border Clashes Tension: क्या फिर से पूर्वी लद्दाख में भारत और चीन के सैनिक LAC पर भिड़े? सामने आई सच्चाई

India-China border Clashes Tension: काफी समय से सीमा विवाद को लेकर भारत और चीन के बीच विवाद होते रहते हैं. साल 2020 के दौरान पूर्वी लद्दाख में दोनों देशों की सेना अब आमने-सामने आ चुकी है. ऐसे में पूर्वी लद्दाख की गलवान घाटी में दोनों देशों की सेनाओं के बीच झड़प भी हुई थी.

[carlocarrasco]

Immigration officials prevent two Chinese nationals from leaving the country

Recently the Bureau of Immigration (BI) intercepted and arrested two Chinese fugitives at the  Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) preventing them from leaving the country, according to a Philippine News Agency (PNA) news article. The apprehensions happened in two separate occasions. To put things in perspective, posted below is an excerpt from PNA news article. Some parts in…

[head-post]

Hong Kong considers tougher security law

A public consultation on Hong Kong’s new national security law concludes on 28 February amid fears that the law will further undermine freedoms in the financial hub.

The law, known as Article 23, aims to address what officials call loopholes in the national security regime, bolstered in 2020 by another national security law introduced directly by China.

It would prosecute offences such as treason, theft of state secrets, espionage, sabotage, sedition and “external interference,” including by foreign governments.

Hong Kong’s legislature is expected to approve it. The law comes amid attempts by the city to improve its image and economy in the wake of international criticism of the Chinese-led crackdown on freedoms and dissent. 

Read more HERE

[truth4ourfreedom]

THINGS NOT IN THE NEWS ANYMORE. VERSION 6.0

Things not in the news anymore….

(Version 6)

-Maui wildfires. -East Palestine, Ohio -Joe Biden classified documents as a Senator. -Fauci working with China to create a bioweapon. -Pete Buttigieg’s best friend in prison for child porn. -Cocaine in the White House. (TWICE NOW) -The BLM and Antifa riots during 2020 causing BILLIONS of dollars of damage. -The data collected from the Chinese spy balloons. -Ukraine intelligence documents released that showed they were suffering massive losses and the American taxpayer was being lied to. -Nancy Pelosi’s “documentary” film crew on J6. -Veterans being kicked out of shelters to make room for illegals. -Pizzagate “debunker” jailed for possession of child pornography. -Gay porn film in Senate hearing room. -Veterans Affairs prioritizing healthcare of illegals over Veterans. -THE SOUTHERN BORDER CRISIS. -Afghanistan drawdown and 13 service members killed in an attack on Kabul International Airport, that they hid the severity of it. -Obama droning an American citizen in the Middle East. -George Bush’s false WMDs. -3 service members killed in Jordan. -Hunter Biden making over $1M for “paintings”. -J6 political prisoners that are still in jail. -85,000 missing children at the southern border. -Epstein’s clients. -Obama coordinating with John Brennan and 4 other countries (5 eyes) to spy on the 2016 Trump campaign. -Mail-in ballots were the cause of the stolen 2020 election. -Jeffrey Epstein mentioning that Bill Clinton liked his girls “really young”. -The (NOW TWO) airline whistleblowers that mysteriously died. -Benghazi (I won’t mention anything more about this because I care about my life.) -Nancy Pelosi’s daughter stating that January 6th wasn’t an insurrection. -The January 6th committee destroying encrypted evidence before the GOP took over the House. -Nancy Pelosi admitting that J6 was “her responsibility”. -House Speaker Mike Johnson claiming there wouldn’t be foreign aid without border security in the bill, which was a lie. -The recent riots from illegal criminal aliens at the southern border and the border in general. -Hunter Biden not complying with a Congressional subpoena and deemed untouchable. Democrat privilege. -Vaccine side effects. -“Lab leak” out of China -The Secret Service having to basically guide Joe Biden everywhere he goes. -Who leaked (Sotomayor) the SCOTUS Alito decision. -Federal instigators inside the Capitol including pipe bomb evidence against them. -Obama’s chef “passing away”. -HRC’s chef “passing away”. -The Sheriff that happened to be in Las Vegas (during the mass shooting) AND the wildfires in Hawaii. -P Diddy sex-trafficking allegations. Where’s Diddy? -Gonzalo Lira (an American journalist) that was killed in Ukraine -Congress approving warrantless spying violating American’s 4th amendment rights while they are exempt. -Americans that were left in foreign countries (Haiti, Palestine, Afghanistan). -The billions of dollars of weaponry left in Afghanistan and the Taliban receiving $40M a week in “humanitarian assistance”. -Biolabs found in California. -Joe Biden’s impeachment. -The scum in the UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES waving the Ukrainian flag. -The over 300k ballot images that could not be found in Fulton County, Georgia; the same county Donald Trump on trial for “election interference”. -Democrats defunding the police causing massive rises in crime. -Kamala Harris’s record as DA in California. -The Transifesto from the school shooting. -Many U.S. Representatives and Congress receiving FTX funds. -They’re already working hard to bury Donald Trump’s àssassination attempt but we won’t let them bury that story. July 13th is never going away.

The distractions are out of control.

Share to show that legacy media is dead and that WE are the media now.

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[daily-current-affairs]

China passes new land border law

India-China Dispute: चीन की नेशनल पीपुल्स कांग्रेस के स्थाई सदस्यों की तरफ से नया भूमि सीमा कानून पास किया गया है. भारत के साथ वास्तविक नियंत्रण रेखा (एलएसी) पर चल रही तनातनी के बीच चीन ने नई चाल चली है. इस कानून के अंतर्गत चीन सीमावर्ती इलाकों में अपनी दखल बढ़ाने जा रहा है. वे इन इलाकों में आम नागरिकों को बसाने की तैयारी कर रहा है, जिससे किसी भी अन्य देश के लिए इन इलाकों में सैन्य कार्रवाई और भी…

[niveditaabaidya]

US Soldier Flees Into North Korea In New Crisis Over The Nuclear Armed S...

[pearwaldorf]

I hate that you can't see a tweet thread anymore if you're not logged into Twitter (as a gesture of disrespect I refuse to call it by its rebranded name). Here is a copypasta of a thread from Dan Olson, a Canadian documentary filmmaker, expanding upon camera quality, the guilt trips Somerton used to goose his Patreon subscriptions, and how the best tools will never make up for lack of dedication or patience. I have added clarifications in [[double brackets]] where I feel it is necessary.

START OF THREAD

Okay, so, back in April I snapped at James in reply to a tweet that was linking to this video (which James has since delisted but not deleted) and I want to talk about the full context of that but I don't want to make a video, put your beatdown memes away. [[The video has since been deleted. I can see the title of the video is "Maybe the end (not an April Fool's Day thing".]]

The first bit of context is that I initially got keyed into James to fact-check his claims about indie filmmaking in Canada. As a filmmaker the entire Telos venture was immediately obvious as a juvenile fantasy dreamed up by someone with no idea how to make a movie.

Just wild claims about their plans that weren't worth debunking because they bordered Not Even Wrong. But in watching one of these pitch videos I noticed that he had a $4000 current-gen camera in the background as a prop, and that seemed both pretentious and weird.

You don't use your best camera as a prop, you use your second best camera as a prop. So being an obsessive weirdo I needed to know, and I watched his BTS stuff until I spotted his main rig, a $6000 camera with about $1000 in accessories.

Now, these in isolation are unremarkable because his Patreon at the time was bringing in ~$8000 per month, his channel was a full on Business business, and so investing in some professional equipment of that level is maybe a bit indulgent but justifiable.

What was weird is that he doesn't shoot multi-cam, doesn't shoot outdoors, doesn't shoot on location, and in a studio the two cameras kinda really step on each others' toes. Basically if you already have one and don't need a B cam there's no reason to get the other.

Again, on its own, this says nothing, it's just indicative of poor financial decisions, maybe impulsive purchasing, Gear Acquisition Syndrome. Biblical sins, but not crimes.

Paired with the constantly inflating fantasy scope of the Telos films it was clearly an expression of a very, very common bad filmmaker habit of "if I just get the right gear then my movie will basically make itself" Buying stuff because it feels like progress.

At the end of February he tweets "I want to start shooting anamorphic" and then three weeks later in March he posts the worst, out of focus, under-exposed "I just got a new lens!" video I've ever seen, showing off his trash-covered bedroom.

Based on what's available for his cameras and the lead time, that's enough time to get a Laowa Nanomorph or Sirui Saturn from B&H but not enough time to get a Great Joy from the UK or a Vazen from China. And with the flaring blah blah blah, $1300 lens.

Again, [gear acquisition syndrome] is not a crime and these lenses are budget options. Bit of a pointless impulse purchase since he only used it for the Showgirls video. But this is what he was doing just a few weeks before that above video came out: effortlessly impulse purchasing lenses.

James has (had?) a habit of regularly, aggressively driving viewers to Patreon by claiming that videos were getting demonetized. While tacky, it is something a lot of queer YouTubers have dealt with, so there's precedent there. But people were noticing he did it a lot.

Mid-March he humble brags about needing to work so hard to make 6 videos in April because he has over-booked sponsorships.

Then March 29th James posts this whole incel screed on Twitter about how sex work should be "subsidized as a mental health service."

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1. "For the majority of people sex (and human contact) can be imperative to a healthy state of mind. A kind and talented sex worker can make someone feel wanted for the first time in their life. I know sex workers who have pulled people back from suicide just by being there for them." 2. "Not only should (sex work) be legal, but it should be subsidized as a mental health service."]

He spends several days getting absolutely *roasted* for this, just dragged across the pavement and read for filth, and doubles down in the replies the whole way.

So this is the context immediately surrounding James waking up on Friday, and posts the above video and the below tweet.

[image description: "We just got the lowest Patreon payout we've gotten in well over a year. Like, a "maybe we need to rethink things" kind of amount... NOT an April Fools Day thing btw. But I don't know if we'll be making videos much longer."]

Now, this unfolds in kinda two directions. The first is that I'm convinced he was just lying about this income shock in the first place.

There's a million theoretical edge cases about what maybe happened and if maybe he just misunderstood the data or saw a glitch and panicked, maybe one of those happened, I don't believe it, I think he just lied because he was salty about getting dragged and felt owed a win.

A big tell to me is that he doesn't blame Patreon. He says he doesn't know what happened, but let's be real, Patreon screws up all the time, they're the first people anyone blames if anything confusing happens, just as a reflex action, even if it's completely not their fault.

The only reason to not blame Patreon is if you already know that it's not their fault and that any investigation on their part might reveal embarrassing details.

Instead he indirectly blames his viewers for not watching enough, not sharing enough, and not turning on auto-renew.

So regardless of the unknowable truth, this segues into the second, far more offensive direction of the messaging itself. "I don't know if we'll be making videos much longer." "Maybe the end" He explicitly framed this as an immediate existential threat to his channel.

In the video he is vague about everything, leaves a ton of hazy room for plausible deniability on how long the channel can keep going, but the messaging is "I need more patrons right this minute or my YouTube channel is over."

He repeatedly evokes all the "fun stuff" they had planned that would never see the light of day if this didn't turn around right away.

And his audience received this message loud and clear. Tons of people making far, far, far less than him left very heartfelt messages about digging a little deeper to subscribe or up their pledge or unsubscribe from other channels to move their pledge to his.

1200 new patrons in one day.

Since I simply don't believe the income shock was real in the first place that would put his post-"Maybe the end" Patreon income at around $10,000 per month. US. Add YouTube income, he's spent the last seven months making around $18,000 per month.

I have seen creators scale back their capabilities to the bone purely to keep making videos for the love of just, like, making stuff even as their funding evaporated and they needed to go back to a desk job to cover their bills.

You'd have to be so outstandingly reckless with your finances as a channel that a one month spook leads immediately to "channel over, sorry about all the fun stuff we won't get to do with you, our patrons, specifically because you, our patrons, aren't giving us enough money"

And not a spook where you then spend a couple weeks crunching numbers. Oh no. A shock so violent where less than two hours later you're weeping on camera about the channel being over.

Three weeks later he brought a brand new Sony FX6v for $8000 CAD to add to his pile of cinema cameras despite the fact that he was, but scant moments earlier, in such a precarious position that a single bad month would kill his channel.

He stole your money, and for that I'm profoundly sad and angry. That's why I snapped at him in April. I'm sorry I couldn't give you the full context then, and I'm sorry if that anger upset you.

END OF THREAD

[kneedeepincynade]

India behavior has been very double faced when dealing with China. As such, there is little hope for the talks that are being held and India absurde requests, don't make anything better

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⚠️ IL GENERALE LI SHANGFU ANDRÀ IN INDIA PER LA RIUNIONE DEI MINISTI DELLA DIFESA DELL'ORGANIZZAZIONEPER LA COOPERAZIONE DI SHANGHAI | PREVISTO UN INCONTRO COL MINISTRO DELLA DIFESA INDIANO PER LA GESTIONE DELLE TENSIONI NEL LADAKH ORIENTALE ⚠️

💬 Il 23/04, si è tenuto sul Confine di Chushul-Moldo, sul lato Cinese della Linea di Controllo Effettivo nel Ladakh Orientale, il 18° Round di Colloqui Sino-Indiani tra i Comandanti dell'Esercito Popolare di Liberazione (EPL) e delle Forze Armate dell'India (FAI)🗣

🤔 I Colloqui si stanno svolgendo in vista della visita del Generale Li Shangfu - Ministro della Difesa Nazionale e Consigliere di Stato della Repubblica Popolare Cinese, in India, dal 27/04 al 28/04, per partecipare alla Riunione dei Ministri della Difesa dei Paesi membri dell'Organizzazione per la Cooperazione di Shanghai ☑️

🇨🇳 Durante la Visita in India, il Generale Li Shangfu terrà colloqui di alto livello con Rajnath Singh, Ministro della Difesa della Repubblica dell'India 🇮🇳

🤔 Durante il Colloquio, è chiaro che sarà affrontato il Tema del Ladakh Orientale, lungo il confine con la Repubblica Popolare Cinese, dove le tensioni tra i due Paesi sono molto forti 🔥

🤔 Ancora non sono usciti i risultati del 18° Round di Colloqui, ma è bene ricordare il comportamento anti-Cinese dell'India, soprattutto in relazione al precedente Colloquio Sino-Indiano:

🤝 Il 08/07 del 2022, venne raggiunto un Consenso tra l'EPL e le FAI. I due Paesi avevano concordato nell'iniziare il disimpegno delle truppe lungo la Linea di Controllo Effettivo nel Ladakh 🕊

😡 Tuttavia, il 28/09, le FAI schierarono obici semoventi, Sistemi MLRS e di artiglieria al confine con la Cina, e annunciarono esercitazioni militari congiunte con gli USA (❗️), che si tennero dal 18/10 al 31/10 a meno di 100km dal Confine Conteso con la Cina ❗️

🤡 Pochi mesi prima, a Giugno 2022, i Leader di USA, Giappone, Australia e India si incontrarono in Giappone, dove Elbridge Colby - Ex Funzionario del Pentagono - affermò che l'India doveva rafforzare la sua posizione nell'Asia Meridionale, in funzione anti-cinese 😡

🇮🇳 Ad Agosto 2022, il Governo Indiano negoziò l'acquisto di 30 UAV da Attacco MQ-9B Predator dagli USA 🇺🇸

🇷🇺 Il 07/12 del 2022, il MFA Russo Lavrov rilasciò alcune dichiarazioni sulla NATO, affermando che l'Alleanza Atlantica - come nuova strategia nella Regione Indo-Pacifica - stava tentando di mettere l'India contro la Cina, facendo leva sui sentimenti anti-cinesi presenti nella Repubblica dell'India per dare inizio ad una serie di scontri con la Repubblica Popolare Cinese:

💬 "Al Vertice NATO di Madrid, nel giugno di quest'anno, sono stati proclamati nuovi approcci: la responsabilità della NATO ora si estende alla Regione Indo-Pacifica, per tentare di mettere l'India contro la Cina" - 📄 Fonte.

⚔️ Il 09/12, si verificarono scontri a Dáwàng Zhèn tra le FAI e l'EPL | Diversi feriti, ma nessuna vittima 🔥

⚔️ Dopo lo "Scontro del 9 Dicembre" a Dáwàng Zhèn tra le Forze Armate dell'India e l'Esercito Popolare di Liberazione, è stato notato - tramite immagini satellitari - il dispiegamento di UAV ed Aerei dell'EPL negli Aeroporti e nelle Basi Aeree della Regina Autonoma del Tibet 🇨🇳

🇺🇸 È stato inoltre confermato che l'India ricevette aiuto dall'Intelligence USA per portare avanti misure avventuriste anti-Cinesi - 📄 Fonte.

🤡 Infine, a Gennaio 2023, si sono tenute esercitazioni militari congiunte tra India e il Giappone Neo-Militarista, in chiara funzione anti-Cinese ❗️

🔍Per chi volesse approfondire:

🔺Tensioni tra la Repubblica Popolare Cinese e l'India Nazionalista - progetto ferroviario indiano al confine, territori contesi, presenza dell'EPL lungo la "linea di controllo effettivo", Pangong, Quartier Generale, Ponti e Stazioni Radar, Supporto Aereo: I, II, III, IV.

🔺Il Rapporto Indo-Statunitense in funzione anti-Cinese ⚔️

🔺L'India perde 26 dei 65 Punti di Pattugliamento nel Ladakh Orientale, Vittoria Cinese 🇨🇳

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⚠️ GENERAL LI SHANGFU WILL GO TO INDIA FOR SHANGHAI CO-OPERATION ORGANIZATION DEFENSE MINISTRY MEETING | PLANNED A MEETING WITH THE INDIAN DEFENSE MINISTER TO MANAGE TENSIONS IN EASTERN LADAKH ⚠️

💬 On 04/23, the 18th Round of Sino-Indian Talks was held on the Chushul-Moldo Border, on the Chinese side of the Line of Effective Control in Eastern Ladakh, between the Commanders of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and of the Armed Forces of India (FAI)🗣

🤔 The Talks are taking place in view of the visit of General Li Shangfu - Minister of National Defense and State Councilor of the People's Republic of China, to India, from 04/27 to 04/28, to participate in the Meeting of the Defense Ministers of the Countries members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization ☑️

🇨🇳 During Visit to India, General Li Shangfu Will Hold High Level Talks With Rajnath Singh, Minister of Defense of the Republic of India 🇮🇳

🤔 During the talks, it is clear that the topic of Eastern Ladakh will be addressed, along the border with the People's Republic of China, where tensions between the two countries are very strong 🔥

🤔 The results of the 18th Round of Talks have not yet come out, but it is good to remember the anti-Chinese behavior of India, especially in relation to the previous Sino-Indian Talk:

🤝 On 08/07 2022, a Consensus was reached between the EPL and the FAI. The two countries had agreed to begin troop disengagement along the Line of Actual Control in Ladakh 🕊

😡 However, on 09/28, the FAI deployed self-propelled howitzers, MLRS and artillery systems to the border with China, and announced joint military exercises with the US (❗️), which were held from 10/18 to 10/31 at less of 100km from the disputed border with China ❗️

🤡 A few months earlier, in June 2022, the leaders of the USA, Japan, Australia and India met in Japan, where Elbridge Colby - Former Pentagon Official - stated that India needed to strengthen its position in South Asia, depending anti-Chinese 😡

🇮🇳In August 2022, the Indian Government negotiated the purchase of 30 MQ-9B Predator Attack UAVs from the USA 🇺🇸

🇷🇺 On 07/12 2022, Russian MFA Lavrov released some statements on NATO, stating that the Atlantic Alliance - as a new strategy in the Indo-Pacific Region - was trying to pit India against China, leveraging sentiments anti-Chinese present in the Republic of India to start a series of clashes with the People's Republic of China:

💬 "New approaches were proclaimed at the NATO Summit in Madrid in June this year: NATO's responsibility now extends to the Indo-Pacific Region, to try to pit India against China" - 📄 Source.

⚔️ On 09/12, Clashes Occurred in Dáwàng Zhèn Between FAI and PLA | Several injured, but no victims 🔥

⚔️ After the "December 9th Clash" in Dáwàng Zhèn between the Armed Forces of India and the People's Liberation Army, the deployment of PLA UAVs and Aircraft in Airports and Air Bases was noted via satellite images of the Autonomous region of Tibet 🇨🇳

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[bopinion]

2023 / 09

Aperçu of the Week:

"The hell is empty and all the devils are here."

(William Shakespeare)

Bad News of the Week:

Last year, I cheered about the fact that an agreement had been reached across the EU that, as of 2035, no more vehicles may be sold that have a fossil fuel engine - the so-called "combustion engine phase-out." It is true that cars registered up to 31.12.2034 may continue to be driven. As long as they can. But at least there will be no more new polluters. After all.

The whole thing had only one small flaw: the decision still had to reach a majority in the relevant Council of Ministers. In form from at least 15 EU members, representing at least 65% of the EU population. Italy, Poland, Bulgaria had already signaled that they would vote against it or abstain - which is taken as a rejection. But the majority seemed to stand. Seemed. Because that has unexpectedly changed. Since Germany, as the most populous country, could no longer vote in favor, tipping the balance. Because the consent of the mentioned majority is factually unattainable with Germany changing sides. What had happened?

Germany is currently governed by a coalition of three parties. Social Democrats, Greens and Liberals. Only when these three agree can they speak with one voice. If they don't agree, there is an automatic abstention. And that is exactly what happened. Since the Liberals insist that vehicles with engines that have been proven to produce no emissions because they burn so-called e-fuels are not considered combustion vehicles.

Stupidly, this is currently a symbolic discussion, since e-fuels are incredibly expensive and therefore inefficient in view of the enormous energy requirements which must also come exclusively from renewable sources. Physicists speak here of a "low degree of efficiency", significantly lower than an electric motor. Since for the same performance a multiple of energy must be spent. And this also against the background that it is completely illusory that there will be energy in abundance in 2035. Which is also much cheaper than today. Sorry when I start laughing...

But that's where we are now. Because of the patronage politics of a party that was elected by just 11.5% of the electorate of a single EU member. And to which the (social democratic) chancellor Olaf Scholz submits - for the sake of peace. So the planned vote was hastily postponed. And everyone blames the other. At whose expense? The future and the planet. Thanks for nothing!

Good News of the Week:

The history of the love-hate relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union is getting a new chapter. And this time a good one: the "Windsor Agreement". A brief review of history: Between the country of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, which share the island of the same name, there have long been sometimes bloody conflicts, keyword IRA. This has already sung U2 with the evergreen "Sunday, Bloody Sunday". Peace was achieved with the Good Friday Agreement, which fortunately continues to this day. The decisive factor was and still is the largely open border between the two states.

As long as the UK was a member of the EU, like Ireland, everything was easy. After Brexit, however, an EU external border now suddenly cut right through the Irish people. A resurgence of conflict was to be feared if it were actually enforced harshly. Therefore, Northern Ireland was given a special role in the negotiations between Brussels, Dublin, London and Belfast, remaining partially within the European single market. Boris "The missing haircut" Johnson, however, torpedoed the deal negotiated by the previous government. After all, it did not fit his catchy Brexiteer slogan of "taking back control." A unilateral termination was announced, corresponding bills were on the table, pacta sunt servanda no longer counted.

But now Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen have managed to find a healthy middle ground, to forge a solid compromise. The Windsor Agreement simplifies imports and exports, especially between Northern Ireland and Great Britain, for example for food and pharmaceuticals. EU monitoring ensures that European standards are respected, as onward transport to Ireland (so the EU) remains possible, since traditional customs controls are largely absent. This is a solution that is especially good for the inhabitants of the island. It's nice when common sense prevails.

Personal happy moment of the week:

Last Wednesday, my new work colleague was at our house for dinner. Because my family was curious about who I was raving about. Because for the first time I was allowed to choose a colleague myself. And I had a good feeling right away. Which was confirmed in reality. And then he's also a nice guy. And he brought along a good wine. Thank you!

I couldn't care less...

...that I had actually once (okay: two weeks ago) placed my hopes in Chinese foreign policy. That was probably an air act. Like China's alleged "peace plan for Ukraine", which was announced at the Munich Security Conference. Now it is on the table. And it is not worth the paper it was written on. Cloudy blah-blah that still does not differentiate between aggressor and victim. Against the background of rumors about arms deliveries and saber rattling against allegedly encroaching influence of the West, this makes a sound that makes me increasingly worried.

As I write this...

...I am saddened that I wasn't able to finish my weekly blog post until today (Wednesday of the following week!). Because I'm just working too much at the moment. 12 hours on Sunday alone. The day before yesterday and yesterday too. So thank you to my regular readers for understanding that sometimes you just can't do like you want to do it. Much appreciated!

Post Scriptum

"What will tip over first - the fossil fuel economy or the climate?" recently asked journalist Jochen Bittner. He hopes for the former. And if, for example, the world's largest institutional investor Blackrock withdraws from financing fossil energies, that is a step in that direction. But as the saying goes, people vote with their feet. The other day, a friend who works at BMW told me that the current trend is toward large engines, for which almost any price will do. A free ride for free citizens. As if there were no tomorrow. As long as it somehow works.

His wife is a scientist, works in the pharmaceutical industry. Studied, smart, interested and recently grandma. And then she seriously asks whether there have not always been cycles of warming and cooling on this planet. And that she's going skiing the next day - in other words, pursuing the sport that has been proven to cause the most environmental damage. As the saying goes, people vote... you know the rest.

Democracy is stupidly no guarantee for a positive development, because for that all voters would have to be ready to inform themselves solidly and then to decide consequently. And without looking out for their own advantage. But that is obviously too much to ask. The very same functionality determines whether capitalism does evil or good in a free society. Joe Manchin or Greta Thunberg.

I believe many politicians that they actually want to do the right thing. But they have to be elected or re-elected. And the voters supposedly can't be expected to accept something being imposed on them. That's exactly the point: humanity - at least in the so-called West - has to say goodbye to cherished habits if it wants to survive. It won't work without giving up comfort.

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