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It seems that China is picking fights with everybody....and losing. Against Canada, China threatened Canada for actions taken against huawei's CFO with trade p
by jonathannat 6y ago
It seems that China is picking fights with everybody....and losing.
Against Canada, China threatened Canada for actions taken against huawei's CFO with trade punishment. The case is proceeding, with US clearing a major hurdle to extradite the CFO recently.
Against EU, China has tried to lure countries such as Italy and Spain to its side by delivering mostly faulty masks and machines, in turn for declaration of unity. EU this week won a landmark WTO dispute against China, and allow EU to combat low-price Chinese exports with high tariffs. Germany moves to shield german companies from foreign takeover recently as well.
Against UK, China threatened to punish UK economically for offering citizenships to Hong Kong citizens and denying huawei's involvement with 5G. UK in turn, has decided to ban huawei entirely by 2022. And allowing Ericcson to proceed.
Against Japan, China has been aggressive against Senkaku island, sending two ships to pursue a fishing boat in May. Japan, in term, is pulling its companies out of China by funding $2.2B stimulus package.
Against India, this month they engaged in a deadly border clash where many Indian soldiers were maimed/killed by Chinese soldiers with spiked clubs. #boycottchina went viral in India, and multinationals must be quivering that the largest/fastest growing consumers are boycotting goods made in China. So is China. Even Chinese government's mouthpiece, global times, is subtly suggesting India should 'curb' boycotting china.
Against Taiwan, they sponsored a pro-China presidential candidate who was a mayor. That candidate lost horribly in the presidential election and was subsequently impeached by the people and stripped of his mayorship. Most Taiwanese now favor independence.
Against Australia, China is punishing Australia with barley, beef, and coal ban after Australia called for a 127 countries investigation into coronavirus origin.
- jjcon 6y agoI’ve noticed this series as well, I wonder what they think they will gain with this level of outward animosity.
- nix23 6y ago>It seems that China is picking fights with everybody It's no about fight's, but to see how states react when you pinch them, common tactic before a grand finally. Like Russia, first Crimea checkout reactions, then east-Ukraine.
- blaser-waffle 6y agoI don't know if I'd say they're losing. They're mostly testing to see what the push-backs are. Most of those "losses" in terms of troops or trade deals are fairly trivial compared to the size of the Chinese military, industrial base, and population. Like, it wouldn't be crazy-hard to replace those loses or cut newer deals; losing a couple dozen troops in a border dispute is nothing to the PLA (or the Indians, for that matter). The Nazis didn't just start by invading Poland. There was the Remilitarization of the Rhineland, Anschluss, then the First Vienna Award, the Second Vienna Award, the full-on occupation of Czechoslovakia, then the German Ultimatum to Lithuania, then "Danzig or War!", etc. There were lots of aggressive movements and testing-of-the-waters and escalations. Right now the rest of the world is locked up with Corona, possibly facing economic ruin because of it, and the US is tearing itself apart with internal issues and damaging its international relationships. Now is perfect time for China to make moves and push on things -- and see who pushes back and how hard.