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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/13/worl ... ket-newtab

China limits flow of Mekong River causing a drought downstream.

https://nypost.com/2020/04/19/global-ci ... y-for-who/

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The issues with the Mekong were brought up on the last episode of The Grand Tour (the former Top Gear host's new show). Interesting to see it from the surface.

It looks like the USA is finally starting to realize the threat that China is.. the question is whether we have the fortitude to do anything about it. I get the feeling they're about to try something in SCS while they have a chance. Duterte ending the Philippines VFA isn't going to help our position in the area especially with them starting to lean toward China.

ETA: They're trying to take advantage of a lot of western Asia and African as well, and I'm wondering if they're overextending themselves a bit. If their plans work out though they're going to have major footholds across the eastern hemisphere.
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China is a clear and present danger to the free world. 30 years ago the conflict (war) novelists were setting a future conflict between the free world and the ChiCom in their fiction. It might not be fiction.
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https://news.yahoo.com/vietnam-protests ... 57966.html

Vietnam protests China’s expansion in disputed waters.

Yeah, that’s the same two players as back in 1968.

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So, what happens if/when the commies start to call back on loans etc.

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https://news.usni.org/2021/11/07/china- ... ote-desert

China builds shapes of US Aircraft Carriers in their desert.

Kinda like Iran only serious.
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“To destroy a country, you must first eradicate its history,” Mr. Xi has said, quoting a Confucian scholar from the 19th century.
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https://news.yahoo.com/amphtml/taiwan-r ... 32427.html

Large incursion into Taiwan airspace.

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https://www.westernjournal.com/7-sailor ... us-mishap/

Well this is not good at all. We lost an F 35 overboard near China.
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philip964 wrote: Wed Jan 26, 2022 10:40 am https://www.westernjournal.com/7-sailor ... us-mishap/

Well this is not good at all. We lost an F 35 overboard near China.
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China has developed the ability of one satellite to "tow" another.

One of my speculations for years has been future military capability of taking out foreign satellites. I know there are multiple ways to do this but this is one.

https://spacenews.com/chinas-shijian-21 ... satellite/
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