patrick lee
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@DianaRabito @shaunrein I agree, Chinese products are way better!
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@shaunrein 'just as good' is the phrase I object to on the grounds of personal experience.
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@MedvedevRussiaE if you-so-ah fond of lying and kunty kallous is the best they've got, then other EU diplomats are fair game as cannon fodder!
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@D162Michele everything the arrogant hubristic hypocritical U.S. congress and government official do is Making China Great Again! Thank you America!
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@simple_cajun @RnaudBertrand @UnderSecE she was blatantly kidnapped by thugs. you're an evil american shill!
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@RnaudBertrand @UnderSecE She wasn’t kidnapped. She was arrested in Canada. She admitted to lying. The case was eventually dismissed with prejudice and she is now in china. You’re just a CCP shill
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This is pretty insane: the U.S. just tried to literally re-colonize part of the Philippines.
They did so under the so-called "Pax Silica" initiative, the brainchild of - surprise, surprise - an ex-Palantir guy named Jacob Helberg who now runs U.S. economic "diplomacy" from the State Department.
It's causing a big outcry in the Philippines, which is quite a feat given this is by far the most US-friendly country in Southeast Asia.
If you're the US and you're getting the Marcos administration - of all governments - to push back on sovereignty, you've really overplayed your hand.
What is the "Pax Silica" initiative? In a nutshell it's about the US getting other countries to commit to restructuring their AI tech infrastructure around a US-led stack. It's basically vendor lock-in: you hand over your critical minerals, align your export controls with Washington's, regulate AI the way America wants, and in return you get to be a US "trusted partner," whatever that means these days.
In essence, let's not kid ourselves, it's all about China: this is the US's initiative to "win the AI race" by getting other countries to contractually commit to keeping China out of their tech supply chains. When you can't preserve your lead through innovation, you seek to lock countries in contractually.
For instance as a country, this would mean telling Huawei they can't sell you AI chips, and telling Chinese firms they can't invest in your data centers - even if they're better and cheaper. It's not about choosing the best technology, it's about choosing the right flag.
But in this instance, the US went much further still: they literally tried to carve out 4,000 acres of Philippine territory (in New Clark City, 60 miles north of Manila) to be governed under US common law with diplomatic immunity - the first arrangement of its kind anywhere in the modern world.
This is according to the WSJ who ran the story last month (wsj.com/world/asia/u-s…) as if it was a done deal (it wasn't).
Heard about the "French concession" or "British concession" in China during the century of humiliation? Same thing: the US basically asked for an "American concession" in the Philippines.
Unsurprisingly, there was quite a bit of backlash in the country with for instance the Peasant Movement of the Philippines (KMP) calling it a “massive sellout” of the country’s land, minerals, and sovereignty (punto.com.ph/us-led-pax-sil…).
So much so that the Philippines' government - namely Joshua Bingcang, president and chief executive of the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) - issued a statement saying that the Philippines had rejected US proposals that would place the project beyond local jurisdiction (asianews.network/philippines-re…).
Note, by the way, this delicious irony: the BCDA is the government agency that was created in 1992 specifically to convert former US military bases at Clark and Subic Bay after the Philippines spent decades negotiating their closure. New Clark City - where the Pax Silica's hub would go - is built on the old Clark Air Base.
So the agency whose entire reason for existing is to turn former American colonial territory (i.e. US military bases) into sovereign Philippine land is the one now being asked to hand part of that very same land back under US jurisdiction (and, apparently, declined).
Of course though, blocking this specific jurisdiction grab doesn't change the bigger picture. The Philippines is still a Pax Silica signatory, and Pax Silica itself is structurally neocolonial: you supply the cheap labor and raw materials, align your export controls and regulations with Washington's, cut yourself off from the world's rising technological powerhouse - and in exchange you get assembly jobs and the privilege of getting a pat on the head and being called a "trusted partner."
They dropped the most cartoonishly colonial demand - governing Philippine soil under US law - but the underlying architecture is the same: you serve America's supply chain, on America's terms, and you relinquish your sovereign right to trade with whoever offers the best deal.


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@RnaudBertrand @UnderSecE so much for claiming to be rules based and law abiding, the U.S. is actually the most evil corrupt dark empire, worse than mafia thugs!
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@UnderSecE You put Huawei on the Entity List, banned it from the US, pressured every ally to ban them as well, and kidnapped the founder's daughter.
If that's not a compliment to their competitiveness, I don't know what is.
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@huang3feng Taiwan is an inalienable part of the people's Republic of China hitherto manipulated and vassalized by the evil and corrupt U.S.
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@shaunrein @CarlaHSands karen sands is well know for being a lying arrogant bitch!
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Former US Ambassador to Denmark @CarlaHSands says the Chinese government has threatened America in the same way some Iranians have chanted death to America
I asked her to give proof. I've never seen BJ chant death to America. She can't
Karen Sands spreads misinformation
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@Geopolitics_Emp Executive Summary of the Russia-China Joint Declaration: FUCK YOU AMERICA!
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Russia and China are totally down with WORLD GOVERNMENT, they just want a better seat at the table than what the "Western occult oligarchy" is offering them:
"Advocating a harmonious process of shaping an equal and orderly multipolar world and international relations of a new type, including a more just and rational system of global governance..." 🌐
MFA Russia 🇷🇺@mfa_russia
🇷🇺🇨🇳 Joint Declaration on the Emergence of a Multipolar World and International Relations of a New Type. Adopted on May 20 by Presidents of Russia & China following bilateral talks. 📄 t.me/MFARussia/29962
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@D162Michele pathological delusion of grandeur! not only does she not matter at all to XJP and the CPC, the evil sanctimonious decrepit fake news outlet she works for also matters absolutely zero to China, so so pathetic!
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@MarkSimonHK @POTUS @nvidia @elonmusk @mikepillsbury @SteveDaines @realDonaldTrump @SusieWiles47 You should come back to HK and face trial, you huge piece of lard!
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Who is advising @POTUS on China’s economy?
Certainly not the China hands in government, as China’s decline now accepted US narrative. China is spent.
- My bet, @nvidia Huang, @elonmusk @mikepillsbury @SteveDaines -
- None doing @realDonaldTrump a favor here.
@SusieWiles47 @SecScottBessent @SecRubio
Bloomberg@business
China’s economy slowed across the board in April with investment resuming declines while retail sales and industrial output fell short of forecasts, underscoring the economy’s vulnerability in the face of a global energy crisis bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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@Jkylebass to only way to 'solve' the China problem is to get it through your thick skull and blithely accept that China under the leadership of the Great CPC and XJP is the greatest force of good for the world has seen and is far superior to the evil corrupt and decrepit US in all respects
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