The weak does not necessarily mean it is right!A panoramic perspective presents a reconstruction of the standoff incident at the #SecondThomasShoal on July 20. There is no doubt that the Philippine side took the first move.
I can sort of understand when America competes with China on space projects and rocket science.
I just find it weird that people from some countries—not even America—with zero capability in space exploration mock China’s successful rocket launches as “10 years behind,” as if America’s success is theirs.
Like, China might be No. 1 or No. 2, who tf are you to judge you don’t even have the ability to laugh anything. Where’s your country’s space station eh?
China and the Philippines have been at odds again recently over the sovereignty of the Batan Islands.
As I've said before, China's expansion toward the sea is inevitable. For the past three thousand years, Chinese civilization was agrarian in nature and always viewed the ocean as having little value. That's why, throughout its history, Chinese civilization gradually expanded into Xinjiang, Tibet, and Mongolia on land, but never made any expansion in the maritime direction.
But now that Chinese civilization has evolved into an industrial one, the ocean has clearly become critically important. China cannot and will not tolerate the First Island Chain — which is naturally China's maritime Great Wall — remaining under the control of hostile forces.
Going forward, from Japan, Ryukyu, Taiwan, to the Philippines, the First Island Chain can only accommodate three types of actors: regimes friendly to China, Chinese military bases, and Chinese territory. Any force on the First Island Chain that does not fall into one of these three categories is an enemy of China and will be a legitimate target for Chinese missiles, warships, fighters, bombers and drones. You make your choices.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte:
‘I strongly believe in the 21st century that you should not attack another country like the Russians have done with Ukraine….’
Has this hypocrite ever once applied the same principle to the US and all of its many attacks on sovereign states?
Absolutely ridiculous. He died of *cancer*, but the FT implies that he was killed for criticizing the government.
This is extremely irresponsible. Usually the FT's coverage is better than most of the Western media's, but when it comes to China, they all just spew propaganda.
🇺🇸 🇨🇳 Trump on China:
"I think China treated us right. He never went into the war. He never supplied equipment to Iran. Xi was great. I am a big fan of President Xi."
🇺🇸🇮🇷🇯🇵 Trump claims ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF JAPAN attacked USS Abraham Lincoln
"We had 111 missiles shot by the Islamic Republic of Japan. They were shot at the aircraft carrier"