Posted on 11/29/2021 4:03:12 AM PST by MtnClimber
His newly aggressive behavior toward domestic entrepreneurs, Taiwan, his neighbors, the South China Sea, and the rest of the world is not without cost to important factions in China. And now he has lost face.
For almost a year and a half, China has been trying to bully Australia for that nation’s insistence on getting to the bottom of the spread of Covid from the Middle Kingdom. From the standpoint of Chairman Xi, Australia must have looked like an excellent target to use as a means of establishing China’s power over lesser nations that are part of the world’s club of advanced nations.
Xi’s ambition for China to be the world’s hegemon requires that other nations fear its power. And getting to that point requires that the Western powers, dominated by their Caucasian majorities and full of hubris (from his perspective) over their adherences to liberal democratic values be humiliated, forced to reconsider their presumptions on the superiority of their way of life.
Australia is an ideal target for Xi because its population of 25 million is about one fifty-sixth of China’s estimated 1.4 billion people, even though Australia’s per capital GDP is much higher. China is also Australia’s biggest trading partner, taking 35% of its exports, giving China a ready means of retaliating. After all, the sheer size of China’s economy means that suffering a little harm for China by blocking certain imports from Australia could have a huge impact on Oz, simply
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China targeted Australian wines for trade restrictions, a shrewd move because of the visibility in Australia of this small but very proud industry. However, Xi made a big boo-boo in targeting Australian coal. That’s a strategic item, and world energy markets can be volatile.
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Totalitarianism over the whole globe seems to be China’s goal. From “Pne Belt, One Road” plans to control of UN organizations...
Xi and Xiden are on the march. Destroy capitalism
and America and Americans for COMMUNISM.
The Pentagram, FDA and CDC and SCOTUS are 110% behind this.
So far china is winning. The Davos crowd thought that they were going to be the masters of the new world order, but when the chicoms are done, they will take away all their toys and likely execute them. Small satisfaction for those of us who have lost our Freedom.
Yep, a full frontal attack..viva la france
We’re looking at possible Armageddon here.
“So far china is winning. The Davos crowd thought that they were going to be the masters of the new world order, but when the chicoms are done, they will take away all their toys and likely execute them. Small satisfaction for those of us who have lost our Freedom.”
Well put...we lose either way, but at least THEY get their asses wiped in the process.
I think it’s funny that the elites all bought up bunker mansions in New Zealand to ride out the world’s collapse that they themselves engineered, all “masque of the red death”-like, but the red death will come to them in the form of filthy maoists armed with weapons that the sellouts in the West paid for.
Xi doesnt’ need to “punish” Australia; Australia is doing a bang-up job all by themselves.
Bkmk
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