Finally got the drywall plastering and painting finished. I never said CIA/US put nuclear weapon into Tibet but as long as the Tibet government was allowing CIA/US to operate covert missions spying upon China from Tibet the risk of Tibet becoming a site for US nuclear weapons was real. I have a lot of sympathy for the Tibetan people and their government in exile but this is the reality of global power play dynamics- very bad if you are caught between the super powers, like Tibet, or Cuba. So you misrepresent what I said and then extrapolate that I 'blow hard' for the Chinese side of this conflict. Well- yes I have some sympathy for China, and for the US- both are human groups full of good and bad characteristics- but the point is these two groups are now the largest most powerful human groups on the planet and they are becoming increasingly into conflict, as China challenges the near global US hegemony that has been established post Berlin Wall. If you read Chinas history esp from Opium Wars onward, it is hard not to have some sympathy or at least understanding for their distrust of western imperialism, as it nearly destroyed their ancient culture and did force huge and brutal changes to the Chinese culture, politics and economy. Now they have adapted to the reality of western power and are facing it demanding true self determination. That they are in a position where they can even dream to demand that is rather unique- achieving that position has not come without huge effort and sacrifice- the size and depth of Chinese culture however has enabled this response- unlike any other nation or culture...none of whom possess the innate potential to respond in such an assertive way. As for Korea there is stome truth in your reference to USSR and Korea and it was with USSR promise of air cover that Mao advanced on the UN/US/imperialist forces, and it was the USSR who failed to deliver air cover- but nevertheless the threat of US/UN occupation of Korea when the US did not recognise the CCP government did strengthen Maos hand by enabling the population to unite in opposition to a perceived external threat- and the USA did not want the CCP to establish in China because the CCP was not likely to be subservient to US corporate and strategic demands and requirements as the Chinese Nationalist government who fled to Taiwan were. Yes China is starting to build the apparatus of empire because it is now the dominant global trading nation and access to trading routes is as important to China today as they were to Britain in its heyday. USA is no longer the dominant manufacturing and trading nations- it has shifted to being a military equipment exporter and provider of fiat debt funding (death and debt are the main exports of USA today) )via its petrodollar hegemony over the tertiary trade protocols and institutions such as World Bank, IMF, BIS and SWIFT. China is building its own independent institutions and protocols in a clear strategy to be free of US institutional dominance. For me living in New Zealand this is hugely interesting as most of our trade in manufactured goods and commodities is now with China- China pays the best price for meat and wool and butter and cheese- just as the UK once did when we were a British colony. The implications for New Zealand and many other western democracies are huge and complex. As the USA now appears to be positioning itself away from its post WW2 role as global leader to a more regional and isolationist hegemony, Europe and other US traditional allies who now often also trade more with China than the US are considering their options. Dominance in trade has always gone with dominance in trade infrastructure and security (banking, shipping, logistics and military power projection) - so many nations could shift their trade payments to Chinese ones and if this happens then the US hegemony over the global monetary and trade payments system could end- loss of its extraordinary privilege would make USA swiftly insolvent. For now the USA retains its legacy dominance over the tertiary structure of trade and trade payments- but that dominance is not likely to remain long term if Chinas increasing economic dominance continues. It is possible the transition could be relatively peaceful, but also probable it will not be. Already we have conflicts in the middle east and eastern Europe, and growing tensions across the Pacific. We have Trump claiming that Latin America will be controlled by USA. We have a growing breakdown in the alliances like NATO as USA Trump also demands Greenland. Some of this is theatrical and some of it is real. Trump is a master of slight of hand and distraction- the majority of US citizens do not seem to even be aware they are already involving in a contest for global hegemony with China.
Finally got the drywall plastering and painting finished.
I never said CIA/US put nuclear weapon into Tibet but as long as the Tibet government was allowing CIA/US to operate covert missions spying upon China from Tibet the risk of Tibet becoming a site for US nuclear weapons was real. I have a lot of sympathy for the Tibetan people and their government in exile but this is the reality of global power play dynamics- very bad if you are caught between the super powers, like Tibet, or Cuba.
So you misrepresent what I said and then extrapolate that I 'blow hard' for the Chinese side of this conflict. Well- yes I have some sympathy for China, and for the US- both are human groups full of good and bad characteristics- but the point is these two groups are now the largest most powerful human groups on the planet and they are becoming increasingly into conflict, as China challenges the near global US hegemony that has been established post Berlin Wall.
If you read Chinas history esp from Opium Wars onward, it is hard not to have some sympathy or at least understanding for their distrust of western imperialism, as it nearly destroyed their ancient culture and did force huge and brutal changes to the Chinese culture, politics and economy.
Now they have adapted to the reality of western power and are facing it demanding true self determination.
That they are in a position where they can even dream to demand that is rather unique- achieving that position has not come without huge effort and sacrifice- the size and depth of Chinese culture however has enabled this response- unlike any other nation or culture...none of whom possess the innate potential to respond in such an assertive way.
As for Korea there is stome truth in your reference to USSR and Korea and it was with USSR promise of air cover that Mao advanced on the UN/US/imperialist forces, and it was the USSR who failed to deliver air cover- but nevertheless the threat of US/UN occupation of Korea when the US did not recognise the CCP government did strengthen Maos hand by enabling the population to unite in opposition to a perceived external threat- and the USA did not want the CCP to establish in China because the CCP was not likely to be subservient to US corporate and strategic demands and requirements as the Chinese Nationalist government who fled to Taiwan were.
Yes China is starting to build the apparatus of empire because it is now the dominant global trading nation and access to trading routes is as important to China today as they were to Britain in its heyday.
USA is no longer the dominant manufacturing and trading nations- it has shifted to being a military equipment exporter and provider of fiat debt funding (death and debt are the main exports of USA today) )via its petrodollar hegemony over the tertiary trade protocols and institutions such as World Bank, IMF, BIS and SWIFT. China is building its own independent institutions and protocols in a clear strategy to be free of US institutional dominance.
For me living in New Zealand this is hugely interesting as most of our trade in manufactured goods and commodities is now with China- China pays the best price for meat and wool and butter and cheese- just as the UK once did when we were a British colony.
The implications for New Zealand and many other western democracies are huge and complex.
As the USA now appears to be positioning itself away from its post WW2 role as global leader to a more regional and isolationist hegemony, Europe and other US traditional allies who now often also trade more with China than the US are considering their options.
Dominance in trade has always gone with dominance in trade infrastructure and security (banking, shipping, logistics and military power projection) - so many nations could shift their trade payments to Chinese ones and if this happens then the US hegemony over the global monetary and trade payments system could end- loss of its extraordinary privilege would make USA swiftly insolvent.
For now the USA retains its legacy dominance over the tertiary structure of trade and trade payments- but that dominance is not likely to remain long term if Chinas increasing economic dominance continues.
It is possible the transition could be relatively peaceful, but also probable it will not be.
Already we have conflicts in the middle east and eastern Europe, and growing tensions across the Pacific. We have Trump claiming that Latin America will be controlled by USA.
We have a growing breakdown in the alliances like NATO as USA Trump also demands Greenland.
Some of this is theatrical and some of it is real. Trump is a master of slight of hand and distraction- the majority of US citizens do not seem to even be aware they are already involving in a contest for global hegemony with China.