Quote (Black XistenZ @ 7 Aug 2022 18:40)

Imho in the next 10 years, but not anytime soon.

The huge 20th National Congress of the CCP is coming up this fall, so I really doubt that Xi will be willing to take any risks right now - and an invasion gone wrong would be a huge blow to his power and authority. Likewise, the current covid situation in China is still dicey, I don't see how they could sustain their zero covid policy and a war effort at the same time - but giving up zero covid would be a huge risk too since they have almost no natural immunity from previous infection and refused to use the effective Western mRNA vaccines out of ideological/national pride reasons.

The current maneuvers imho serve two goals: appease the nationalists who were calling for a robust response to Pelosi's "provocation", and use the opportunity of having an excuse to conduct a full-scale test of an invasion of Taiwan.

Quote (Hamsterbaby @ 7 Aug 2022 12:44)

I can't wait for someone who is more balance and milder than Xi and someone who is pro business and doesn't regulate banks that much. I just need 6 to 8 years.

Quote (Black XistenZ @ 7 Aug 2022 18:53)

The leaders of China before Xi, Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao, basically fit this bill, didn't they? I think it's no coincidence that China saw it's most rapid rise in terms of economic and diplomatic power during their tenure while China has made a lot more enemies since Xi took over.

If you ask me, Xi dropped the pretense of China being a peaceful, benevolent power too soon. Had China been able to hide its aggressive, imperialist ambitions for just a couple more years, they could have subverted Western societies and economies to the point of no return.

Quote (Black XistenZ @ Aug 7 2022 06:53am)

The leaders of China before Xi, Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao, basically fit this bill, didn't they? I think it's no coincidence that China saw it's most rapid rise in terms of economic and diplomatic power during their tenure while China has made a lot more enemies since Xi took over.

If you ask me, Xi dropped the pretense of China being a peaceful, benevolent power too soon. Had China been able to hide its aggressive, imperialist ambitions for just a couple more years, they could have subverted Western societies and economies to the point of no return.

Quote (EndlessSky @ 7 Aug 2022 20:39)

Xi Jinping's early family life was destroyed by political strife. He's also incredibly intelligent, an engineer background. A scary mix of character traits from someone who also seems to be able to lead a mob organization like the CCP. He's probably exerting his revenge now.

I wouldn't underestimate their situation. They have subverted the west in many ways. What are we doing about tik tok? Or about fentanyl biological warfare? Why are our politicians not doing anything? I think they've already sold out to them in many ways. Trump was the only one in modern times that competed with their deception on even footing, and China succeeded in completely destroying him in 2020.

If America were in their place, we would probably do the same thing. Just look what we did to Iraq, we literally poisoned their water supply.

Quote (babun1024 @ 7 Aug 2022 20:49)

The biggest mistake tard dems and warmongers make is the opinion China needs to attack Taiwan to subjugate them. Taiwan is a small island. China can completely isolate Taiwan from land and see. After a long while they'd surrender themselves without a shot being fired. Attacking Taiwan, a fortified island with hardly any backup would be the most stupid move any Chinese would do. You can be sure their leaders aren't as dumb as corrupt democrat politicians.

Quote (Mondain @ 8 Aug 2022 10:38)

Is the Philippines next?