Posted on 05/20/2021 10:59:43 AM PDT by RomanSoldier19
The United States and China must find ways to cooperate even if there is no full trust between them because if relations continue to plummet, the possibility of military conflict would have dire consequences for the rest of the world, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has said.
Speaking during an interview at the inaugural Global Forum on Economic Recovery, hosted by the US Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday, Lee said if the two countries clashed, "everything is to be lost".
"You are going to have a state of tension - anxiety at the very least and conflict possibly - all over the world," Lee said, adding: "This is going to be bad, not just for other countries big and small, but for both America and China too."
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War? China just needs to sit back and let Biden do his thing.
China is facing a crisis. The bill for the “One Child” policy is coming due. They have an aging population.
They face a Now or Never situation.
CCP is AZZHOLE
Yes. I think China can win by waiting for us to destroy ourselves.
But I think they have a Plan B. If absolutely necessary, China would probably burn the world down and force everyone to start over from scratch. I suspect that they believe they would win Round 2.
I guess Singapore is poised to be a CCP vassal state.
Define “cooperate.”
You’re not off at all, even though it was meant funny.
Our leaders are for sale, both corporate and political.
China has a centralized government and everyone is lockstep with the communist party agenda. It’s hard to beat that in a country where everyone is out for themselves and no one has a true long term perspective. All China needs to do is keep chipping away at the rock and eventually they will get what they want, on literally everything.
They leverage their massive industrial base where much is manufactured. Their market where much is sold. The huge number of expats they can tap into in the US, their numerical advantage, the US democratic political system where you can use lobbyists, pay for campaigns... and the Chinese firms doing business in the US. Finally, you have a dumb and buyable US media. They have a lot of influence and because they can actually devise a long term plan and stick to it, as well as leverage all their assets in concert (opposition politics, greed etc. in the US cause us not to work together) to achieve some end, they have a HUGE long term advantage if they just stick to it and play their game.
No shot needs fired.
Sad thing is....I wasn’t trying to be funny
Lee states....”You are going to have a state of tension - anxiety at the very least and conflict possibly - all over the world,”.....”This is going to be bad, not just for other countries big and small, but for both America and China too.”
Lees a bit behind the curve as this is aready happening. And once again all eyes are on Israel....But he is right to warn about China.
Also, Russia and China should be carefully watched at this time. Additionally Erdogans relationship with Iran. Those alliances are dangerous.
Why should we worry? The “Big Guy” is in charge and he LOVES his China.
Um, I see a problem right there.
I understand that China’s controlled primarily by five families?
True dat!
The Nazi’s were brute force, if you don’t agree, they fight you.
We can deal with a threat like that.
Just like we can face off with a threat like the Soviets/Warsaw Pact which was similar.
But a threat like China we are at a disadvantage. Our own political system causes us to have no consistency, allows for interests by buy influence, and is a revolving door when it comes to senior heads even in our bureaucracy... What this means is that you simply need to keep massaging the system and be patient and eventually you get what you want. Opposition politics, corporate greed where even US based firms will pressure our government to play along with the Chinese... Who has the upper hand here? They do, not us.
Why do you think big tech in the US was so adamantly anti-Trump? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Tech#:~:text=Big%20Tech%2C%20also%20known%20as,Facebook%2C%20Google%2C%20and%20Microsoft. Where do you think most the crap sold on Amazon is made? Where do you think every Apple phone is made? Who just helped build a massive firewall and allows the Chinese to collect on their citizens so that they can play in China? ...
There are going to win and the American public isn’t even aware of it happening.
In the meantime Biden will talk about the vast Russian conspiracy and once he runs out of steam maybe he can bring up human/gay rights in Russia. Hahahahah, goofy crap.
China is the elephant in the room.
Sg Government have been ChiCom toadies for decades.
What families?
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