Good on #japan for not stepping down against increasing #chinese #aggression https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/j.. If you don't stand up to #china 's #ccp , they will continue to keep slicing away until there is nothing left to #defend ... I'm surprised #russia was so willing to get into bed with them though, I was really hoping that #putin would pick a different path.
@barray on Tue Aug 03 20:50:52 UTC 2021 said: &eThis is on top of #china 's #ccp robbing #us #investor #funds - specifically #pensions for at least $400 billion USD: https://www.wsj.com/articles/investors-r.. This is is the sort of provoking crap that starts wars... I really hope the #aggression does not continue, but I do not see an easy way out of this now.#china 's #ccp are now mandating that #chinese #companies *100%* #buylocal https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospa.. This breaks their agreement as a member of the #wto ( #worldtradeorganization ) - but as you might guess, nothing will be done about this.