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- grafician-3
"China's Xi Jinping told Biden that If the Taiwan question is not 'handled properly', it will have a 'subversive impact on the relationship between the two countries'."
Here we go
- it would be nice if you would pay a little attention to the rest. there is no "here we go" you just quoted a small part of this conversation.sted
- Damn these dictators and their "questions"...grafician
- rumors are that after biden/ping call, chinese state media strays from propoganda, posts 14k russian losses and civilian death videos/russian losses.sted
- Da, seen that too, interesting "sideeffect"grafician
- Can Biden even remember what a country is?Chimp
- sted0
President Xi Jinping Has a Video Call with US President Joe Biden
2022-03-19 00:21On the evening of 18 March, President Xi Jinping had a video call with US President Joe Biden at the request of the latter. The two Presidents had a candid and in-depth exchange of views on China-US relations, the situation in Ukraine, and other issues of mutual interest.
President Biden said that 50 years ago, the US and China made the important choice of issuing the Shanghai Communiqué. Fifty years on, the US-China relationship has once again come to a critical time. How this relationship develops will shape the world in the 21st century. Biden reiterated that the US does not seek a new Cold War with China; it does not aim to change China’s system; the revitalization of its alliances is not targeted at China; the US does not support “Taiwan independence”; and it has no intention to seek a conflict with China. The US is ready to have candid dialogue and closer cooperation with China, stay committed to the one-China policy, and effectively manage competition and disagreements to ensure the steady growth of the relationship. President Biden expressed readiness to stay in close touch with President Xi to set the direction for the US-China relationship.
President Xi noted the new major developments in the international landscape since their first virtual meeting last November. The prevailing trend of peace and development is facing serious challenges. The world is neither tranquil nor stable. As permanent members of the UN Security Council and the world’s two leading economies, China and the US must not only guide their relations forward along the right track, but also shoulder their share of international responsibilities and work for world peace and tranquility.
President Xi stressed that he and President Biden share the view that China and the US need to respect each other, coexist in peace and avoid confrontation, and that the two sides should increase communication and dialogue at all levels and in all fields. President Biden has just reiterated that the US does not seek to have a new Cold War with China, to change China’s system, or to revitalize alliances against China, and that the US does not support “Taiwan independence” or intend to seek a conflict with China. “I take these remarks very seriously,” said President Xi.
President Xi pointed out that the China-US relationship, instead of getting out of the predicament created by the previous US administration, has encountered a growing number of challenges. What’s worth noting in particular is that some people in the US have sent a wrong signal to “Taiwan independence” forces. This is very dangerous. Mishandling of the Taiwan question will have a disruptive impact on the bilateral ties. China hopes that the US will give due attention to this issue. The direct cause for the current situation in the China-US relationship is that some people on the US side have not followed through on the important common understanding reached by the two Presidents and have not acted on President Biden’s positive statements. The US has misperceived and miscalculated China’s strategic intention.
President Xi underscored that there have been and will continue to be differences between China and the US. What matters is to keep such differences under control. A steadily growing relationship is in the interest of both sides.
The two sides exchanged views on the situation in Ukraine.
President Biden expounded on the US position, and expressed readiness for communication with China to prevent the situation from exacerbating.
President Xi pointed out that China does not want to see the situation in Ukraine to come to this. China stands for peace and opposes war. This is embedded in China’s history and culture. China makes a conclusion independently based on the merits of each matter. China advocates upholding international law and universally recognized norms governing international relations. China adheres to the UN Charter and promotes the vision of common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable security. These are the major principles that underpin China’s approach to the Ukraine crisis. China has put forward a six-point initiative on the humanitarian situation in Ukraine, and is ready to provide further humanitarian assistance to Ukraine and other affected countries. All sides need to jointly support Russia and Ukraine in having dialogue and negotiation that will produce results and lead to peace. The US and NATO should also have dialogue with Russia to address the crux of the Ukraine crisis and ease the security concerns of both Russia and Ukraine.
President Xi stressed that with the need to fight COVID-19 on the one hand and protect the economy and people’s livelihood on the other, things are already very difficult for countries around the world. As leaders of major countries, we need to think about how to properly address global hotspot issues and, more importantly, keep in mind global stability and the work and life of billions of people. Sweeping and indiscriminate sanctions would only make the people suffer. If further escalated, they could trigger serious crises in global economy and trade, finance, energy, food, and industrial and supply chains, crippling the already languishing world economy and causing irrevocable losses. The more complex the situation, the greater the need to remain cool-headed and rational. Whatever the circumstances, there is always a need for political courage to create space for peace and leave room for political settlement. As two Chinese sayings go, “It takes two hands to clap.” “He who tied the bell to the tiger must take it off.” It is imperative that the parties involved demonstrate political will and find a proper settlement in view of both immediate and long-term needs. Other parties can and should create conditions to that end. The pressing priority is to keep the dialogue and negotiation going, avoid civilian casualties, prevent a humanitarian crisis, and cease hostilities as soon as possible. An enduring solution would be for major countries to respect each other, reject the Cold War mentality, refrain from bloc confrontation, and build step by step a balanced, effective and sustainable security architecture for the region and for the world. China has been doing its best for peace and will continue to play a constructive role.
The two Presidents agreed that the video call is constructive. They directed their teams to promptly follow up and take concrete actions to put China-US relations back on the track of steady development, and make respective efforts for the proper settlement of the Ukraine crisis.
Ding Xuexiang, Liu He and Wang Yi were present at the call.
- PioneerDJ3030
China’s ‘artificial sun’ nuclear fusion reactor sets new world record
China’s Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) fusion reactor, or “artificial sun,” has set a new world record by maintaining 70 million degrees Celsius (126 million °F) for 1,056 seconds – more than 17 minutes.- Bye ChinaOBBTKN
- Is this going to be anything like the Wuhan Lab? CCP accidentally leak a mini sun that runs wild around the earth?shapesalad
- Wonder who they stole that fromGnash
- looks like something out of star-trek.
I'm assuming that the heat was contained in a magnetic or energy field of some sort and insulated from contact?_niko - HA! I just took a wild guess at the magnetic field thingy https://therockle.co…_niko
- https://static.tvtro…pango
- I wonder how fast it could cook a pizzascarabin
- Milan-9
- sted1
They are trying to protect Chinese viewers from revealing that Russia has invaded Ukraine and made the world outraged. Andrew Parsons, chairman of the International Paralympic Commission (IPC), began his speech - which was also heard on the spot by the Chinese president - with a stand for peace, but the volume weakened in the broadcast and the sign language interpreter did not translate everything that was said. Parsons said he was horrified by what was happening, drawing attention to the XXI. In the twentieth century, dialogue and diplomacy have a place, not war and hatred. Chinese spectators will have to realize that Russian and Belarusian athletes will not take part in the Paralympics because they have been banned by the international federation. China has so far not condemned the Russian invasion.
- russia will keep the west busy while they eat pop corns and back russia a bit.pango
- yuekit1
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Sunday that it is time for the U.S. to make clear that it would defend Taiwan from a Chinese invasion and ditch its longstanding strategic ambiguity.
https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics…
"It is time to abandon this ambiguity strategy. The people of Taiwan share our universal values, so I think the U.S. should firmly abandon its ambiguity," he said.
Abe added that "a Taiwan contingency is a Japan contingency," explaining that Japan's westernmost inhabited island of Yonaguni is just 110 km from Taiwan's main island. If China were to conduct an operation, it would first seek to establish air and sea superiority around Taiwan, he said.
"If it were to secure wide air superiority, it would also cover Japan's airspace. [China] would conduct operations in and above the waters too, so this would affect Japan's territorial waters, or at least our exclusive economic zone."
On the situation in Ukraine, Abe said: "Japan's stance is clear in that Russia's violent actions cannot be tolerated. Together with the U.S. and G-7, we need to assist Ukraine in various ways."
- war is like candy for opportunistssted
- Of course invasion of Taiwan is not imminent, rather the situation is forcing countries to confront the reality of it.yuekit
- Seems possible that by the end of all this, CCP will be furious at Putin for pissing on their parade with this ill-conceived invasion.yuekit
- Finally. Long overdue. Taiwan should be armed like Israel.instrmntl
- Also time for japan to ditch the soy, grow some balls, and arm themselves. And stop saying sorry! Be direct.shapesalad
- yuekit1
I actually don't think China is 100% happy about this. While it might seem superficially similar to Taiwan, one difference is that China likes to think that their claim over Taiwan is backed by international law. Of course this is highly debatable but there is a case to be made with the "One China Policy" and many countries support them on this.
Putin is now carrying out a similar act but doing it in a totally reckless way, not even pretending to follow the law, being condemned by the United Nations etc. All the African countries that support China on Taiwan are against what Russia is doing.
So China is supporting Russia but not too enthusiastically. In fact they even said this:
“Sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of any country should be respected and safeguarded, because this is a basic norm of international relations. Ukraine is no exception."
https://www.politico.eu/article/…
Another aspect is that if Putin succeeds in pacifying Ukraine fairly quickly then this might provide momentum for annexation of Taiwan. However if it turns into a disaster then what lesson will be drawn from this?
- Could the US and the west still defend Taiwan if it got sucked into a war in eastern Europe?Chimp
- It's difficult to say because no one knows exactly what the USA would do if China invades Taiwan. Clearly Taiwan is much more important than Ukraine,yuekit
- 21st largest economy in the world and #1 producer of semiconductors. Also US has obligation to help Taiwan resist invasion, which is not the case with Ukraine.yuekit
- But some think it will be logistically difficult for the USA to defend Taiwan, esp as China's military power increases. So it's a very complicated situationyuekit
- Diff there is that US is post Asian Pivot and, I believe, there are a lot more invested and pro-active actors locally versus the neutered and feeble EUNairn
- ie. How would Japan, S Korea, Indonesia or even India, etc, respond?Nairn
- Out of those countries Japan would be most threatened and most likely to act. There's a reason Japan is reviving their military.yuekit
- China's strategy will be to try to deny USA and other countries the ability to get anywhere near Taiwan once they have launched an invasion.yuekit
- _niko2
China’s sitting back and licking its chops, what the US and nato does or doesn’t do in Ukraine will embolden them to go into Taiwan.
- Perhaps they want the US to get sucked into a war with Russia so they can take Taiwan.Chimp
- scary_niko
- Are they in cahoots?dbloc
- The hoots seem to be cahooters.ShenanigansTV
- If I were China...I would invade Taiwan now!utopian
- If China invades Taiwan now...Milan will have an aneurysm. He wouldn't now where to post his fake non-sense and mis-leading information.utopian
- Nairn0
- Somthing something horses, something something tribute.Nairn
- just realized idiotically that all these weapons and military might isn't to protect the nation, the nation is canon fodder, it's to protect the leaders._niko
- this goes for every nation, the average citizen is expected. to lay down their lives for the elite, the ruling class and the oligarchy. derp me._niko
- which bit is society?Nairn
- All those exported iPhones and appliances have to pay for something.utopian
- NBQ00-2
- narrator's horror-movie dramatic voice and the music are ruining a potentially better videoKrassy
- Why do they attribute that tech to China. Yolo was coded in the US:
https://github.com/u…
embeded systems hw like jetson are nvidia, also US.uan - https://www.nvidia.c…uan
- westerners love their music videos.PioneerDJ303
- Maybe in the 90stoemaas
- utopian4
- Americans enslave blacks for over 300 years, segregation for another 60, currently profit on billions on black prison labor but cry human rights... hmmm.PioneerDJ303
- The root of the problem is you don't see blacks as Americanhotroddy
- Pioneer... are you being paid, forced or long brainwashed? Meaning, trolled, imprisoned or brainwashed?toemaas
- Nope.PioneerDJ303
- Come on... 8 Chinese propaganda posts to every 1 genuine post. Misinformation 101. Then you go apeshit anytime someone posts any dissent against your beloved red.toemaas
- you consider posts on food, ping pong, and choo choo trains misinforming propaganda? lol. at least there is a balance in terms of anti-chinese rhetoric.PioneerDJ303
- 5 year plan, right?toemaas
- yuekit0
As the Qing dynasty began its slow collapse, thousands of peasants were funneled into port cities to staff the bustling docks and sweatshops fueled by foreign silver. When these migrants died from the grueling work and casual violence of life in the treaty ports, their families often spent the sum of their remittances to ship the bodies home in a practice known as “transporting a corpse over a thousand li” (qian li xing shi), otherwise the souls would be lost and misfortune could befall the entire lineage.
The logistics of this ceremony were complex. After blessings and reanimation rituals by a Taoist priest, “corpse drivers” would string the dead upright in single file along bamboo poles, shouldering the bamboo at either end so that, when they walked, the stiff bodies strung between them would appear to hop of their own accord.
Traveling only at night, the corpse drivers would ring bells to warn off the living, since the sight of the dead migrants was thought to bring bad luck. Though itself somewhat apocryphal, new myths grew out of the practice, as the hopping corpses were transformed into jiangshi, vampire-like creatures driven to feed on the life force of others. Their own blood siphoned out of them by the docks and factories, these migrant workers were transformed into monsters befitting a new reality—one of crumbling empires, civil wars and the insatiable expansion of commodities.
Such death rituals and the myths that surround them have long played a central role in the cultures of the East Asian mainland. Funerals were not a ceremony in which the lost were sealed into their own dismal past, but instead one in which the dead became constituent parts of a history forged in the present. Through extensive rites and careful observances, dead generations were transformed into the roots of the living.
Today, China itself has become such a wandering specter. The rural world is dying, yet hundreds of millions of workers still seem stuck between their peasant past and a future that fails to arrive. Two decades of staggering economic growth built on a series of credit bubbles have left a legacy of “development” defined by wastelands of apartment complexes sitting next to half-empty factory cities, each year filled with fewer workers and more unmanned machines.
While the elite children of the country’s financial and administrative centers collect sports cars and foreign degrees, the children of today’s migrants are guaranteed little more than the fleeting chance to become yet another corpse crushed to pulp in the factory.
This is the character of the present moment, and it is here that we begin. Chuang is a collective of communists who consider the “China question” to be of central relevance to the contradictions of the world’s economic system and the potentials for its overcoming. Our interest has little to do with the professed socialism of a country run by a “Communist Party” left over from the peasant wars of last century. Instead, the question raised by China is founded in the present. As a lynchpin in global production networks, Chinese crises threaten the capitalist system in a way that crises elsewhere do not. A bottoming-out in China would signal a truly systemic crisis in which the overcoming of capitalism may again become the horizon of popular struggles.
- This is a really interesting read, an "alternative history" of China by anti-CCP Chinese leftists.yuekit
- Gardener0
just had this email from China/Mongolia
My name is Mrs. Patricia Chinua from Mongolia,
I know that this message might come to you as a surprise because we
don't know each other nor have we ever met before but accept it with
an open and positive mind. I have a Very important request that made
me to contact you; I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer disease which
doctors have confirmed and announced to me that i have just few days
to leave, Now that I’m ending the race like this, without any family
members and no child, I just came across your email contact from my
personal search.I’m a business woman from Mongolia dealing with gold exportation here
in the Republic of Burkina Faso. I have decided to hand over the sum
of ($10.5 Million Dollar) in my account to you for the help of
orphanage homes/the needy once in your location to fulfill my wish on
earth. But before handing over my data’s to you, kindly assure me that
you will take only 50% of the money and share the rest to orphanage
homes/the needy once in your country, Return to enable me forward to
you the bank contact details now that I have access to Internet in the
hospital to enable you contact the bank, always check your email
always remember me for doing good.Your early response will be appreciated.
Yours Faithfully,
Mrs.Patricia Chinua- seems legitGardener
- Does she have a brother who is a Nigerian prince?Chimp
- not sure mate, will get back to her and ask for youGardener
- China/Mongolia different country thopango
- She lives in a yurt right on the border._niko
- pretty sure china is very sensitive about their borders tho. also mongolia tried to join the USSR cuz that's how much they dont want to be close to china lolpango
