By US and European standards their cities are absolutely filthy. Their water supply and food are contaminated. The 'Tofu Dreg' (shoddy) construction could as easily as not bring their building down around their ears.
Their government and society is corrupt beyond belief.
I would be far more willing to visit Russia than the PRC. The Russians might have my name on a list but they would acknowledge me as a retired professional and I would know better than to do anything sketchy. I would love to chat with some of their retired Naval Intelligence types. The head of Russian Naval Intelligence serves as the Deputy to the head of the GRU, Russian Military Intelligence.
And before any of you quip, yes, Military Intelligence is a contradiction in term. Naval Intelligence, on the other hand, is redundant.
WWG1WGA
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
The Rothschild banking dynasty personally handled the money laundering for CIA-installed UKR President Poroshenko after the 2014 coup, and had management of an entire trust devoted to the maintenance of the Ukrainian nation’s economy (which amounted to underwriting the entire UKR commercial economic sector).
I wonder why Putin would be so interested in Kyiv these days?
— SGAnon
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So far, Putin delivers the only MIL in town to visibly engage the five senses enough to play the End Game in the where it started. It’s been no small relief to know he didn’t have to have more than the two states (who already voted for return to Russia) until the Elinsky’s firsr agreement for ending hostilities got itself rudely reversed by Boris the Johnson, point man for the West at the time..
Drink.
The West plainly wants the world on a platter, no matter how many heads it takes on the beir.
So basically, China is run by democRATS and RINOs.