Changing Politics & Economics of Western Countries vs The Pariah

[Odinson]

Alexei Navalnyis spokeswoman has escaped from house-arrest.



Escaped to Finland.







The Mycenean army wont be far behind.





Not bad... I´d die for her.  



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[Anonymous]

Alexei Navalnyis spokeswoman has escaped from house-arrest.



Escaped to Finland.







The Mycenean army wont be far behind.





Not bad... I´d die for her.  



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What does this have to do with China?

[Odinson]

Alexei Navalnyis spokeswoman has escaped from house-arrest.



Escaped to Finland.







The Mycenean army wont be far behind.





Not bad... I´d die for her.  



https://image.newsru.com/v2/01/2021/04/a/abf30178df35582ef64e75e4dd6c4cbf.jpg">

What does this have to do with China?

China?



About as much as Gorbachev.





And Bush.

[Anonymous]

Alexei Navalnyis spokeswoman has escaped from house-arrest.



Escaped to Finland.







The Mycenean army wont be far behind.





Not bad... I´d die for her.  



https://image.newsru.com/v2/01/2021/04/a/abf30178df35582ef64e75e4dd6c4cbf.jpg">

What does this have to do with China?

China?



About as much as Gorbachev.





And Bush.

That's a little different.....the discussion about the cold war went off on a tangent....this is intentionally off topic.

[Odinson]

Alexei Navalnyis spokeswoman has escaped from house-arrest.



Escaped to Finland.







The Mycenean army wont be far behind.





Not bad... I´d die for her.  



https://image.newsru.com/v2/01/2021/04/a/abf30178df35582ef64e75e4dd6c4cbf.jpg">

What does this have to do with China?

China?



About as much as Gorbachev.





And Bush.

That's a little different.....the discussion about the cold war went off on a tangent....this is intentionally off topic.

The title does not mention China specifically.



The pariah means the outcast which could mean Russia.

[Anonymous]

I think it's understood by anyone what has read this thread the country is China.

[Odinson]

I think it's understood by anyone what has read this thread the country is China.

Yeah well... Nice little chat.

[Anonymous]

I think it's understood by anyone what has read this thread the country is China.

Yeah well... Nice little chat.

It was very nice...next time we chat I'll offer you tea.

 

[Odinson]

I think it's understood by anyone what has read this thread the country is China.

Yeah well... Nice little chat.

It was very nice...next time we chat I'll offer you tea.

 

The title should read vs the China.



I didnt read the thread.

[Anonymous]

I think it's understood by anyone what has read this thread the country is China.

Yeah well... Nice little chat.

It was very nice...next time we chat I'll offer you tea.

 

The title should read vs the China.



I didnt read the thread.

Okay Odi.

 :001_rolleyes:

[Anonymous]

Yes. While it officially ended under Bush, it was Reagan forcing offensive and defensive items hard that put the USSR in a very weak position leading to / speeding up it's ultimate collapse

In fighting the Cold War American presidents subsidized workers in countries like South Korea, Japan, and Singapore and sold out American workers.

[Anonymous]

Yes. While it officially ended under Bush, it was Reagan forcing offensive and defensive items hard that put the USSR in a very weak position leading to / speeding up it's ultimate collapse

In fighting the Cold War American presidents subsidized workers in countries like South Korea, Japan, and Singapore and sold out American workers.

Stop, Odi is claiming foul.....your post is not related to the thread title.

 

[Anonymous]

While the incompetent US administration stumbles from one disaster to the next, China is building it's soft and hard power globally. Though the New Silk Road seems less likely today than it did a decade ago.



China's Belt and Road Faces Pandemic Economy



hina's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is at the center of Xi Jinping's foreign and economic policy, and a significant component of Beijing's push for global expansion.



So far, 139 countries have joined the various components, including the Digital Silk Road, Health Silk Road, and Maritime Silk Road.



The BRI (also known as "One Belt, One Road") consists of a series of linked infrastructure programs, including physical roads and ports, as well as telecommunication and banking. The basic model is that Chinese state-owned banks loan money to developing countries that use the funds to pay Chinese companies to build their infrastructure. BRI membership comes with a vague promise that BRI projects will increase a country's GDP by more than the amount needed to repay its debt. But so far, the vast majority of BRI projects have failed to make other countries rich. In fact, BRI debt is weighing down the economies of some of the world's poorest nations. Twenty-three percent of BRI countries said that BRI debt is increasing their foreign debt to unsustainable levels.



The BRI links 100 economies and 6 economic corridors:



New Eurasia Land Bridge: A rail link through Kazakstan, Russia, Belarus and Poland.

China, Mongolia, Russia Economic Corridor: This includes rail links and the steppe road, connecting with the Eurasia Land Bridge.

China, Central Asia, West Asia Economic Corridor: This links Kazakhstan, Kyrgyztan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Iran, and Turkey.

China, Indochina Peninsula Economic Corridor: This consists of Vietnam, Thailand, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Cambodia, Burma (also known as Myanmar), and Malaysia.

China, Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC): This stretches from China's Xinjiang region to Gwadar Port in Pakistan.

China, Bangladesh, India, Myanmar Economic Corridor



The U.S.-China trade war had already damaged the Chinese economy and the lockdowns caused further retractions. In early 2020 alone, more than 240,000 businesses declared bankruptcy. Consequently, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is focusing so much on reviving China's domestic economy that it may not have the resources nor the motivation to return to the BRI.



The completion of the BRI seems much less likely than it did in 2013 when Xi Jinping, and much of the world, believed that a CCP-led world order was an inevitability. With the BRI unravelling, the CCP's plans of supplanting the United States as the world's dominant power has been dealt a severe setback.

https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_morningbrief/chinas-belt-and-road-faces-pandemic-economy_3986667.html?utm_source=morningbriefnoe&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mb-2021-09-10&mktids=6abe19cb35999bcba2e507074014bee2&est=dT344NN9kHu42v60Z4I4quivjU3%2FetM7wznFRq681AYIV0SpJRqf28kRIGh%2FOUMNAw%3D%3D">https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_morni ... MNAw%3D%3D">https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_morningbrief/chinas-belt-and-road-faces-pandemic-economy_3986667.html?utm_source=morningbriefnoe&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mb-2021-09-10&mktids=6abe19cb35999bcba2e507074014bee2&est=dT344NN9kHu42v60Z4I4quivjU3%2FetM7wznFRq681AYIV0SpJRqf28kRIGh%2FOUMNAw%3D%3D

[Anonymous]

While the incompetent US administration stumbles from one disaster to the next, China is building it's soft and hard power globally. Though the New Silk Road seems less likely today than it did a decade ago.



China's Belt and Road Faces Pandemic Economy



hina's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is at the center of Xi Jinping's foreign and economic policy, and a significant component of Beijing's push for global expansion.



So far, 139 countries have joined the various components, including the Digital Silk Road, Health Silk Road, and Maritime Silk Road.



The BRI (also known as "One Belt, One Road") consists of a series of linked infrastructure programs, including physical roads and ports, as well as telecommunication and banking. The basic model is that Chinese state-owned banks loan money to developing countries that use the funds to pay Chinese companies to build their infrastructure. BRI membership comes with a vague promise that BRI projects will increase a country's GDP by more than the amount needed to repay its debt. But so far, the vast majority of BRI projects have failed to make other countries rich. In fact, BRI debt is weighing down the economies of some of the world's poorest nations. Twenty-three percent of BRI countries said that BRI debt is increasing their foreign debt to unsustainable levels.



The BRI links 100 economies and 6 economic corridors:



New Eurasia Land Bridge: A rail link through Kazakstan, Russia, Belarus and Poland.

China, Mongolia, Russia Economic Corridor: This includes rail links and the steppe road, connecting with the Eurasia Land Bridge.

China, Central Asia, West Asia Economic Corridor: This links Kazakhstan, Kyrgyztan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Iran, and Turkey.

China, Indochina Peninsula Economic Corridor: This consists of Vietnam, Thailand, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Cambodia, Burma (also known as Myanmar), and Malaysia.

China, Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC): This stretches from China's Xinjiang region to Gwadar Port in Pakistan.

China, Bangladesh, India, Myanmar Economic Corridor



The U.S.-China trade war had already damaged the Chinese economy and the lockdowns caused further retractions. In early 2020 alone, more than 240,000 businesses declared bankruptcy. Consequently, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is focusing so much on reviving China's domestic economy that it may not have the resources nor the motivation to return to the BRI.



The completion of the BRI seems much less likely than it did in 2013 when Xi Jinping, and much of the world, believed that a CCP-led world order was an inevitability. With the BRI unravelling, the CCP's plans of supplanting the United States as the world's dominant power has been dealt a severe setback.

https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_morningbrief/chinas-belt-and-road-faces-pandemic-economy_3986667.html?utm_source=morningbriefnoe&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mb-2021-09-10&mktids=6abe19cb35999bcba2e507074014bee2&est=dT344NN9kHu42v60Z4I4quivjU3%2FetM7wznFRq681AYIV0SpJRqf28kRIGh%2FOUMNAw%3D%3D">https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_morni ... MNAw%3D%3D">https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_morningbrief/chinas-belt-and-road-faces-pandemic-economy_3986667.html?utm_source=morningbriefnoe&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mb-2021-09-10&mktids=6abe19cb35999bcba2e507074014bee2&est=dT344NN9kHu42v60Z4I4quivjU3%2FetM7wznFRq681AYIV0SpJRqf28kRIGh%2FOUMNAw%3D%3D

The CCP has dreamt of reviving the Silk Road for the past thirty years.

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............... BRI membership comes with a vague promise that BRI projects will increase a country's GDP by more than the amount needed to repay its debt. But so far,



the vast majority of BRI projects have failed to make other countries rich.



In fact, BRI debt is weighing down the economies of some of the world's poorest nations.

Yes. This has been known for some time but not talked about much.



They are greatly harming many poor countries, but the plan was mainly to control them via dependence and that works