Chinese Tensions
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Chinese investment in Australia plummeted 61% in 2020, the lowest number in six years. The latest figures come against a backdrop of increased diplomatic tensions tensions between Australia and China.
89% of Americans “consider China a competitor or enemy, rather than a partner.”
48% responded that limiting China’s power and influence is a top priority, up from just 32% who felt that way in 2018.
Sabre rattling from the US
Admiral Philip Davidson, head of Indo-Pacific command, said, “The military balance in the Indo-Pacific is becoming more unfavorable for the United States and our allies. With this imbalance, we are accumulating risk that may embolden China to unilaterally change the status quo before our forces may be able to deliver an effective response,” adding that “I cannot for the life of me understand some of the capabilities that they’re putting in the field, unless it is an aggressive posture.” He continued that he is concerned China would invade Taiwan within the next six years. By 2025, China will be able to deploy three aircraft carriers
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-56318576
Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has told the BBC that a clash between the US and China is more likely than it was five years ago. The prime minister said if both nations continue to take a hard line because of domestic considerations, they could easily find themselves at an impasse.
However, he maintained that the odds of military conflict are “not yet high”.
Prime Minister Lee said “The US is still number one but number two [China] is not so far behind,” he said. “That is what is difficult for the US to accept.”
the first-ever meeting of leaders of the so-called “Indo-Pacific Quad” grouping – which includes the US, India, Japan and Australia.
Japan and the United States on Tuesday condemned Chinese “coercion and aggression” in the Indo-Pacific region. In a joint statement the two nations’ foreign and defense ministers said they will not tolerate Beijing’s “destabilizing behavior.”
https://www.dw.com/en/us-japan-and-china-in-indo-pacific/a-56887763
Taiwan has strengthened deployments in the disputed South China Sea and that the United States has approved the export of sensitive technology to equip Taiwan’s new submarine fleet.
Undiplomatic words at the diplomacy table
The United States and China leveled sharp rebukes of each others’ policies in the first high-level, in-person talks
The Party identified the Uyghur persecution well before much of the media so we cannot be accused of joining any band-wagon
And we followed up a few years later
We are well aware that many vested interests possess their own agenda both pro- and anti-Chinese diplomacy in using the Uighur persecution for their own purposes.
Our blog concurred with the legal definition of genocide was applicable.
https://socialismoryourmoneyback.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-attempted-genocide-of-uighur.html
And that the Uyghur were subject to forced labour
https://socialismoryourmoneyback.blogspot.com/2020/12/uighur-slave-labour.html
But what should be highlighted is that there are influences which are not motivated by our concern for our fellow-workers and the tragedy of the Uyghur is being manipulated for nefarious reasons.
Having said that, Ajit Singh, the author, himself is not unbiased or independent.
When Journalism Is not Journalism: The Grayzone’s Faulty Analysis of What is Happening in Xinjiang
China are now officially a military adversary according to UK’s new defence review and accordingly the UK will deploy more resources to the Far East
“By 2030, we will be deeply engaged in the Indo-Pacific as the European partner with the broadest, most integrated presence in support of mutually-beneficial trade, shared security and values.”
The government highlighted a planned British aircraft carrier deployment to the “increasingly the geopolitical centre of the world” region.
While adding to its Trident nuclear warheads, the UK nevertheless tells China to reduce its nuclear weapon capability.
Anecdotally, i just get a feeling of deja vu with pre-WWI arms race and declarations of spheres of influence and the encirclement of Germany that went on up to WW2.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56487162
Our record on detailing the persecution of the Uyghurs is better than most of the media and governments but we should be cautious in regards to the newly-found “concern” for the Uyghurs by various capitalist countries.
Not so long ago, the USA had them imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay. So easily forgotten when it suits them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uyghur_detainees_at_Guantanamo_BayFor the moment the sanctions seem to be targeting individuals but we cannot be sure they will not be extended in the future as part of a larger anti-China campaign. We should recall it was a trade embargo which was significant factor in the reason Japan went to war.
The irony and the hypocrisy shows over the China South Sea dispute and the supposed freedom of navigation and how NATO considers China’s access to the Arctic sea routes as a direct strategic threat to be countered
https://www.dw.com/en/nato-chief-melting-arctic-ice-could-heat-up-geopolitics/a-56954283
The Chinese threat to invade Taiwan is serious and more imminent than many understand, US admiral chosen to lead the Pentagon’s Indo-Pacific region has warned.
China considers recovering control over Taiwan its “No 1 priority”, Adm John Aquilino, nominated to become commander of the US Indo-Pacific Command, told the Senate armed services committee.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/23/taiwan-china-threat-admiral-john-aquilino
Twenty Chinese military aircraft entered Taiwan’s air defence identification zone on Friday in the largest incursion yet reported by the island’s defence ministry, marking a dramatic escalation in tensions across the Taiwan Strait.
A Chinese consumer boycott or government directed?
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