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What a picture, I must say!
Two Japan Coast Guard vessels JCG Muzuki & JCG Nobaru ramming a Chinese Maritime Militia boat whose crew had illegally placed a Chinese flag on Japan's Uotsuri Island!
Chinese militia got the treatment they deserve! @MalayaIrredenta @ChongJaIan
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This image is from 13 years ago, August 15, 2012
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China doesn’t need to invade South Asia. It has a loan for every capital on the map: Islamabad, Colombo, Kathmandu, Malé, Dhaka. Tanks would have been louder and cost more.
In Xi’s China, you don’t strike for a raise. You fight for the money you already earned. That’s not a labour dispute. That’s a government that can’t make its own employers pay.
China’s biggest illusion is that it can act like the king of the world while constantly clashing with its neighbours. Whether it’s the Philippines, Japan, Taiwan or India, Beijing seems unwilling to let others live in peace.
Maldives, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal, still dreaming of Chinese billions? Take a look at Serbia. Beijing promises prosperity, but mega-projects can bring costly surprises. Remember: a shiny bridge is no substitute for accountability.
China wants the world to believe it has achieved an economic miracle. But apparently, a few shiny skyscrapers are enough to convince everyone that poverty has disappeared.
China built its strategy around controlling Hong Kong, but students with microphones seem harder to silence than Beijing expected.
China is exporting AI to Pakistan. Hopefully, the hospital’s AI can diagnose diseases without first checking whether the diagnosis is politically acceptable in Beijing. Imagine needing a medical report and getting a censorship disclaimer instead!
Pakistani university eyes first AI hospital with Chinese firm
🇵🇰🤝🇨🇳
@CathayPak @PakinChina_
@Riphah
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From ports to power projects, China is expanding its footprint across South Asia. Neighbours must look beyond the ribbon-cutting ceremonies and examine the long-term costs.
Even South Korea is pushing back! 🇰🇷 Young Koreans are flooding Seoul with the national flag, protesting communism and the Chinese Communist Party.
China and ASEAN have spent nearly two decades negotiating a South China Sea Code of Conduct. At this rate, the paperwork may be finished before the maritime tensions are.
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A South China Sea Code of Conduct that lacks credible enforcement mechanisms would do little to address security challenges. buff.ly/swqUsPL
China and Pakistan celebrate “all-weather friendship” in Xinjiang. What a beautiful partnership! One brings the military hardware, the other brings the brotherhood slogans. But when Uyghur rights enter the conversation, suddenly everyone forgets the script.
Kim Jong Un crosses into China, and suddenly it’s a grand symbol of friendship! Nothing says regional stability quite like two governments with tightly controlled political systems celebrating deeper ties.
Technology may be advancing at lightning speed, but hygiene standards need to keep pace with the ambition to become a global superpower.
China’s friendship sometimes resembles a gym membership sold with a free contract: the benefits look attractive until you discover the fine print. Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka and the Maldives should ask one question: who really gets the leverage?
Chinese-funded project can build a road through your country while much of the engineering, contracting, and equipment comes from China.
So Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka is simple: are you building your own capacity, or financing someone else’s business?
China calls it socialism with Chinese characteristics. The characteristics: billionaires, party elites, censorship and one leader tightening his grip.
