This is from the famously unhinged Hudson Institute "China after Communism" paper.
I just couldn't stop actually laughing when I read that, so I had to share. 😂
In a last-minute move, Biden sanctions what is basically the entire world regarding AI chips. There are now 3 tier countries, with tier 1 with unlimited access, tier 2 with 50.000 AI units limit and tier 3 countries with strictest restrictions. Tier 1 is (shrunk down list of) "always the same map" countries, Tier 3 China, Russia and friends, Tier 2 the rest of the world.
Interestingly enough, Tier 2 includes Portugal, Switzerland, Austria, all the ~~Nazi~~ Baltic states and Poland (heh heh). This could mean even gamers could have a hard time, or more likely no chance at all due to red tape, business demand, or inflated price, getting the upcoming Nvidia's strongest RTX 5090s in those countries.
Bloomberg article on archive link: https://archive.ph/UKYTp
The subject of "unknown" old museum piece Soviet drone carrying unexploded ordnance, striking the capital city of Croatia (small ex-Yugoslav republic, now a NATO member), Zagreb, in March 2022 was again reignited, because a visiting NATO general said Russia definitely didn't launch that drone.
Ukraine keeps denying they launched it, even though literally everyone knows they absolutely did. The very EU/US bootlicking, center-right Croatian government is still trying to cover up the whole incident.
Funnily enough, the ancient Soviet drone a flew a few minutes over Romania, then 40 minutes over Hungary, and another 7 minutes over Croatia...all NATO member countries, without anyone doing anything about it. Hungarians not even bothering to let anyone know about it.
Natopedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Zagreb_Tu-141_crash
They are calling the concentration camp a "humanitarian bubble". I can't...I just can't...
Even with the biggest ancap America fan ever in charge, the US is losing Argentina to China lol.
Frustrated with US, Argentina’s Milei seeks rapprochement with China
In a television interview this week, Milei described China as a "very interesting commercial partner" and said he was "positively surprised by China" - a stark contrast to his earlier rhetoric, in which he referred to China as an "assassin" state while vowing to prioritise relations with Western allies.
Oops sorry for the repost, but topic got locked. Could someone please help me analyze this Foreign Policy article about China allegedly occupying a significant part of Bhutan? There's a lot of stones thrown in this article at China, I can't even find on usually anti-Chinese Wikipedia. Article once misleadingly mentions "Tibetans" but it seems it's talking about the few percent of "free-Tibet" crowd. China and Bhutan don't even have their borders defined, but article suggest that China is invading Bhutan, etc... Thanks.
I used to live in actual socialism and can tell you with 100% accuracy, there's enough resources for everyone to live in a small apartment instead of some "SRO", even in poor countries. SRO or the streets is a false dilemma.
I was watching Mearsheimer at Piers Morgan (I know) the other day and he was criticizing and blaming the US for massive war crimes of intentionally targeting and killing Japanese civilians in WW2.
Piers asks for an example of an army that didn’t target civilians when faced with existential threat and Mearsheimer responds with, and I kid you not, Red Army and the Soviet Union.
I guess it’s “comrade Mearsheimer” now?
From about 28:00… https://youtu.be/vlLubLH5QfE?si=APycA7Xh9rWxfUf1
Ah, so the US says "free market" competition is bad now. It's like the "free market" thing, thrown around by the Collective West for all these decades, and even enforced by brutal methods, was a total scam all along. I am totally shocked...
Also it's totally fine for a white American to fly way over there, to lecture the Chyneese how they are doing "the economy" wrong, while China is outperforming the entire G7...totally acceptable. I swear to god, how the Chinese can go through this, without just returning her head in a box to White House, Shogun style, is amazing in itself.
Dr.Finkelstein with uncut and uncensored reply to Bernie.
"I can barely say that name anymore, without being filled with contempt and disgust".
To Bernie: "If you have nothing constructive to say...SHUT UP".
"Hamas needs to be destroyed?" (quoting Bernie) and then gives us facts why Israel is far worse in every respect, stating that given Bernie's arguments, Israel should be destroyed instead. He is absolutely on fire...
Germans are again pushing the “6 guys in decrepit sailboat did the Nord Stream 2 sabotage” story and the libs are all worked up about it.
There’s a new twist…it’s hinted that otherwise useless and incompetent Russians were able to perfectly stage this incredibly complex and risky operation to blame the Ukrainians…
This is an older article. In the meantime, China did overtake the US in life expectancy.
Also, IIRC, even if you compare it by wealth, the American 10% richest live less than other “developed” countries 10%. It’s like the whole country is cursed.
What a lovely day. First the Derpseek AI grift wipeout, and now Trump bullying the crap out of key vassal.
Here in Switzerland people are already squealing about US AI sanctions about to hit. „But we were such good dogs!“
The Empire is somehow accelerating its downfall and I am all here for it.