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How to rein in China without risking war is the issue Biden must address
Guardian via msn ^ | 2/14/2021 | Simon Tisdall

Posted on 02/15/2021 8:43:13 PM PST by RomanSoldier19

China’s Year of the Ox, which began on Friday, is a fitting metaphor for the most formidable, and potentially dangerous, geopolitical challenge facing Joe Biden and the western democracies. In Chinese mythology, the ox is large, powerful and adept on land and water. It’s determined, stubborn, and takes a lot of stopping.

Biden is well aware he has a fight on his hands that, if mishandled, could swiftly turn physical. Some analysts fear war with China is inevitable, sooner or later. So he is moving fast. In a first phone call to China’s president, Xi Jinping, last week, he raised concerns about trade, Taiwan, Hong Kong and alleged genocide in Xinjiang.

Biden took a tough line. He is also talking policy options with regional allies and western partners. Put simply, he aims to build a great democratic wall around China – and box the ox.

The edgy chat with Xi may have broken the ice – but it also highlighted huge existing differences, suggesting that, if anything, bilateral rivalry would intensify. Speaking afterwards, Biden quipped that if the US did not swiftly raise its game, “they’re going to eat our lunch”. His approach would be “practical, hard-headed, clear-eyed”.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: appeasement; bidenchamberlain; ccp; chinajoe; hisbrainischopsuey; hunterslaptop; nevillebiden; peaceinourtime
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1 posted on 02/15/2021 8:43:13 PM PST by RomanSoldier19
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To: RomanSoldier19

When Xi farts, Jao Xiden’s ears wiggle...


2 posted on 02/15/2021 8:44:31 PM PST by kiryandil (New Movie: The Assassination Of Ashli Babbitt By The Anonymous Coward)
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To: RomanSoldier19

Reining in your boss is always delicate, especially if you’re an imbecile.


3 posted on 02/15/2021 8:48:27 PM PST by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: RomanSoldier19
Biden took a tough line. He is also talking policy options with regional allies and western partners. Put simply, he aims to build a great democratic wall around China – and box the ox.

He wanted the ones with the owl, and dared Papa Xi to talk him out it...


4 posted on 02/15/2021 8:48:59 PM PST by kiryandil (New Movie: The Assassination Of Ashli Babbitt By The Anonymous Coward)
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To: RomanSoldier19
His approach would be “practical, hard-headed, clear-eyed”.


5 posted on 02/15/2021 8:50:01 PM PST by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: RomanSoldier19

Hahahahahahahahah... the Guardian! Hahahaha...Dementia can infect a “news” organization too? Hahahahahaha..


6 posted on 02/15/2021 8:51:43 PM PST by Fungi
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To: RomanSoldier19

War has come to us already...norom


7 posted on 02/15/2021 9:12:20 PM PST by South Dakota (Patriotism is the new terrorism)
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To: RomanSoldier19

Who are they trying to kid?


8 posted on 02/15/2021 9:16:58 PM PST by HighSierra5
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9 posted on 02/15/2021 9:20:31 PM PST by RomanSoldier19 (Game over, man! Game over! ; : rem ad triarios redisse is)
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To: RomanSoldier19

Seriously.

Are the Brits that stupid? (Rhetorical question.)


10 posted on 02/15/2021 9:28:55 PM PST by miserare ( Respect for life--life of all kinds-- is the first principle of civilization.~~A. Schweitzer.)
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11 posted on 02/15/2021 9:30:42 PM PST by RomanSoldier19 (Game over, man! Game over! ; : rem ad triarios redisse is)
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To: RomanSoldier19

Biden is too corrupt and too simple minded to take on China in America’s favor.


12 posted on 02/15/2021 9:32:39 PM PST by Chgogal (Hey Biden, I am a loyal supporter of the Biden's Banana Republic!)
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To: RomanSoldier19

If the Biden family profits from a war with China, we shall have one.


13 posted on 02/15/2021 9:46:57 PM PST by 353FMG
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China will tell Biden where they want the U.S. to go to war and it won’t be with them. The Bidens and the CCP will both profit.


14 posted on 02/15/2021 9:57:09 PM PST by TigersEye (Will the Younger Dryas Impact you? )
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To: RomanSoldier19

There’s just about zero chance of war with China. The criminal usurper has for all intents and purposes already surrendered - for a price. No doubt paid to a simple numbered account at a very discreet bank in the Caymans or somewhere similar. Hunter is no doubt being kept out of sight, but has probably already hoovered a couple hundred K up his nose. The party never stops for Biden Crime Inc. Not for the next four years anyway.


15 posted on 02/15/2021 10:44:56 PM PST by ThunderSleeps (Biden/Harris - illegitimate and everyone knows it.)
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🤣🤣🤣

Unintentionally HILARIOUS article!

How China "reins in" Joe:

💰💰💰

16 posted on 02/15/2021 10:52:26 PM PST by Pajamajan ( PRAY FOR OUR NATION. I will never be a peacful slave in a new Socialist America.)
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Biden isn’t “aware” of many things:

* What state or city he is in
* How to read a teleprompter that doesn’t make him look like he is drug and brain-adled
* That he is a closet pedophile
* He lies like a thousand foot Persian rug
* He’s a crook and his family is a crime syndicate
* That he is a traitor to America and surrender monkey for Red China
* He’s never held an honest job in his life
* “Kameltoe Harris is right now plotting to oust him from office by hook, crook, hooker, or accident


17 posted on 02/15/2021 11:31:07 PM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: RomanSoldier19

Biden cannot address jack. He is a vegetable.


18 posted on 02/16/2021 2:54:09 AM PST by HIDEK6 (F God bless Donald Trump. )
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How to rein in China without risking war is the issue Biden must address

Trick question. We're already at war with Red China. The only question would be which side Sleepy is on. But that's not really in question. The only question is the timetable for getting rid of these people in the messiest, most embarrassing way possible for them.

19 posted on 02/16/2021 3:14:30 AM PST by SamuraiScot
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To: kiryandil

Beijing Joe can’t tune an AM radio...


20 posted on 02/16/2021 4:19:26 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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