23-1-22 Politics Can Destroy Armies: Factionalism & R-U War - Perun > .
22-7-28 Have Mao and Deng predicted XXP's downfall? Untold history of China - Lei > .
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Monday, July 13, 2020
Tuesday, June 30, 2020
● Geopolitics: Χίna ◊
⧫ Asia - Geopolitics ..
⧫ Asia - Geoeconomics ..
⧫ Asia - Geoeconomics ..
⧫ CCP ..
⧫ China & Imperialism - Geoeconomics ..
⧫ China vs Russia ..
⧫ China vs USA ..
⧫ Global - Geoeconomics ..
⧫ Indo-Pacific - Geoeconomics ..
⧫ China vs Russia ..
⧫ China vs USA ..
⧫ Global - Geoeconomics ..
⧫ Indo-Pacific - Geoeconomics ..
2023
CCP to XiXiP ..Fleeing Xina ..
● NATO vs PLA vs Russia ..
Politics
2022
Fleeing Xina ..
Imperialist Ambitions - ΧΧР, РLА ..Phases - XXP ..ΧίΧίР's Naval Ambitions - РLΑΝ ..中国的内外政策 ..
Friday, June 26, 2020
CCP's Naval Ambitions - PLAN
24-2-16 USN vs PLAN - T&P > .
23-10-20 Xina's PLAN Expansion vs USN's Hegemony - gtbt > . skip > .
23-7-29 Taiwan: Japanese & US Moves | Update > .
23-7-12 Xina prepares for war - Hudson > .
23-7-7 Would America Really Defend Taiwan? > . skip > .
22-11-27 Dragon's Claw: Xina's Next 10 Years - Kamome > . skip > .
22-10-11 Condeleeza Rice - Xina and Taiwan - Hoover > .
22-8-15 How worried is Japan about Xina-Taiwan tensions? - ABC Aus > .
22-8-4 Situation Zoom: Pelosi Visits Taiwan | Goodfellows - Hoover > .
22-8-4 Nancy Peolosi’s trip ⇝ XXP and Xina-Taiwan relations - Lei > .
22-7-21 Xina losing international trust, 10 Pacific nations rebuff joint agreement - CR > .
22-8-4 Situation Zoom: Pelosi Visits Taiwan | Goodfellows - Hoover > .
22-8-4 Nancy Peolosi’s trip ⇝ XXP and Xina-Taiwan relations - Lei > .
22-7-21 Xina losing international trust, 10 Pacific nations rebuff joint agreement - CR > .
WW2 amphibous challenges
Xina's amphbious challenges
χ Xinsanity ..
In 2008, China confirmed plans to operate a small fleet of aircraft carriers in the near future, but for the purpose of regional defence as opposed to "global reach". By 2009, with the advancements in naval technology, the PLAN was recognized to have reached the status of a green-water navy. Chinese military officials have also outlined plans to operate in the first and second island chains, and are working towards blue water capability. Chinese strategists term the development of the PLAN from a green-water navy into "a regional blue-water defensive and offensive navy."
The PLAN continues its expansion into the 2020s, increasing its operational capacity, commissioning new ships, and constructing naval facilities. Observers note that the PLAN's ongoing modernization is intended to build up the Chinese surface fleet and fix existing issues that limit the capability of the PLAN. Observers have noted that the PLAN's expansion will allow it to project Chinese power in the South China Sea and allow for the navy to counter the USN's operations in Asia.
The People's Liberation Army Navy is composed of five branches; the Submarine Force, the Surface Force, the Coastal Defense Force, the Marine Corps and the Naval Air Force. With a personnel strength of 240,000 personnel, including 15,000 marines and 26,000 naval air force personnel, it is the second largest navy in the world in terms of tonnage, only behind the United States Navy, and has the largest number of major combatants of any navy.
The ROC Navy's primary mission is to defend ROC territories and the sea lanes that surround Taiwan against a blockade, attack, or possible invasion by the People's Liberation Army Navy of the People's Republic of China. Operations include maritime patrols in the Taiwan Strait and surrounding waters, as well as counter-strike and counter-invasion operations during wartime. The Republic of China Marine Corps functions as a branch of the Navy.
The ship prefix for ROCN combatants is ROCS (Republic of China Ship); an older usage is CNS (Chinese Navy Ship).
The defence ministry said the aircraft, including nuclear-capable bombers, entered its air defence identification zone (ADIZ) in two waves. Taiwan responded by scrambling its jets and deploying missile systems. China sees democratic Taiwan as a breakaway province, but Taiwan sees itself as a sovereign state. Taiwan has been complaining for more than a year about repeated missions by China's air force near the island.
CCP's pragmatic preparations for global dominance
Remember that, despite his stated ambitions in Mein Kampf (1925), Hitler told [lied to] Chamberlain's appeaser-laden government that he wanted peace ...
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Xinese propaganda regarding question of Thucydides' Trap > .24-9-29 India and Xina on verge of teaming up? | ABC Aus > .
23-10-25 Understanding NoXious World (Dis)Order - Kotkin | Hoover > .
23-10-24 [PooXi, P00ti Secrets at BRI Forum: NoXious World Order - Insight > .
23-10-20 Xina's PLAN Expansion vs USN's Hegemony - gtbt > . skip > .
23-10-15 [NoXious Suppression of Autocratic Regime's Fodder] - serpentza > .
23-9-29 Decoding P00ti-PooXi blueprint for NoXious World Order | DW > .
23-9-28 China's Military History; Why Xina Is Not A Military Power - ModHi > .
23-9-25 Xi's Transforming Xina [for the worse] - Xina's Changing Trajectory - Dig > .
23-9-18 Xina Threat: India Aims to Upgrade Defences | Palki Sharma > .
23-9-16 "Belt & Road to Death" - [XiXiP targeted corrupt governments] - Obs > .
23-8-2 Xi's Anti-Corruption Purge of PLA Rocket Force | PLA structure - Digging > .
23-5-31 Xina is Backstabbing Ruscia - Uncensored > .
23-2-22 US Bases & Philippine Fight Against Xina - T&P > .
23-1-23 Xina’s Two-Year Tech Crackdown Winds Up | WSJ > .
23-1-22 Politics Can Destroy Armies: Factionalism & R-U War - Perun > .
23-1-20 Xi's Biggest Errors - Kevin Rudd | Update > .
22-11-1 "Overreach" | Susan Shirk, Kevin Rudd | Asia Society > .
22-10-18 Xi absolute power through Party Constitution and XXP princelings - Lei > .
22-10-20 XiXiPee Congress Day 3 - Update > .
22-10-18 XiXiPee Congress Day 2 - Update > .
22-10-17 XiXiPee Congress Day 1 - Update > .
22-10-9 "Overreach: How China Derailed Its Peaceful Rise" | Susan Shirk - CU > .
22-10-1 Xina Battles US [Aus] for Control of Pacific Islands - Uncensored > .
22-8-25 Xi vs Li: Xina’s dual-leadership after the 20th Party Congress? - Lei > .
22-8-3 Housing Crisis Pulls Down China’s Huge Steel Industry | Pelosi | Update > .
22-7-28 Have Mao and Deng predicted XXP's downfall? Untold history of China - Lei > .
Thucydides' Trap - Praeparet >> .
Geostrategy of the Peloponnesian War w/CaRe - StSt >> .
Peloponnesian War & Thucydides - Philomath >> .
Up Xit Creak [sic] - Present Tense >> .
"China Global Television Network [China's RT], or CGTN, is a multi-language, multi-platform media grouping (owned and operated by China Central Television (CCTV), a state-controlled media organization in China). It consists of six TV channels – including a 24-hour English-language news channel – a video content provider and a digital media division."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Global_Television_Network .
"China Global Television Network [China's RT], or CGTN, is a multi-language, multi-platform media grouping (owned and operated by China Central Television (CCTV), a state-controlled media organization in China). It consists of six TV channels – including a 24-hour English-language news channel – a video content provider and a digital media division."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Global_Television_Network .
CCP Expansionism ..
2018 Is war between China and the US inevitable? | Graham Allison - TED > .
CCP's pragmatic preparations for global dominance ..
χ Xinsanity ..
NATO & US treaties post-WW2 - Vox > .
Taking lessons from a historical pattern called "Thucydides's Trap," political scientist Graham Allison shows why a rising China and a dominant United States could be headed towards a violent collision no one wants -- and how we can summon the common sense and courage to avoid it.
Thucydides's Trap Case File (Harvard)
Taking lessons from a historical pattern called "Thucydides's Trap," political scientist Graham Allison shows why a rising China and a dominant United States could be headed towards a violent collision no one wants -- and how we can summon the common sense and courage to avoid it.
Thucydides's Trap Case File (Harvard)
"Reviewing the past five hundred years, the Harvard Thucydides’s Trap Project has identified sixteen cases in which a major rising power has threatened to displace a major ruling power. Twelve of these sixteen rivalries ended in war.
The Thucydides’s Trap Case File presents summaries of all sixteen cases, which are featured in Graham Allison's new book Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides's Trap? Using the cases, Allison illustrates how tension between rising and ruling powers has often led to war—while also showing how war was avoided in the four rivalries that did not end in violence."
China's Cracks
22-10-27 Xina is "Pretty Much Screwed" - laowhy86 > .
22-10-18 Xi absolute power through Party Constitution and XXP princelings - Lei > .
22-10-20 XiXiPee Congress Day 3 - Update > .
22-10-18 XiXiPee Congress Day 2 - Update > .
22-10-17 XiXiPee Congress Day 1 - Update > .
Tuesday, June 16, 2020
Thursday, June 11, 2020
Repressive Authoritarianism - China
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China's (not-very-)secret internment camps > .
How China is creating the world’s largest prison | 4Co > .
Surviving China’s Uighur camps > .
How China is creating the world’s largest prison | 4Co > .
Surviving China’s Uighur camps > .
Those whose policies are anathema to society MUST resort to repressive, authoritarian control. Analogous to the negative impacts of authoritarian parenting styles, the result is a dissatisfied society dominated by nervous, creativity-impaired, functionally-incompetent, petty officials. A formula for stagnation or regression, not long-term success.
Beware Dragons ..
Repressive Authoritarianism - China ..
CCP Expansionism ..
Repressive Authoritarianism - China ..
χ Xinsanity ..
Saturday, June 6, 2020
Wumaos - 50 Cent Party
24-3-31 Dark Nature of Online Trolls - Magee > .
21-12-14 XiXiP recruiting, training Wumaos - Focus > .
Societal Manipulation
The name is derived from the allegation that commentators are paid ¥0.50 for every post. They create favourable comments or articles on popular Chinese social media networks that are intended to derail discussions that are unhelpful to the Communist Party and that promote narratives that serve the government's interests, together with disparaging comments and misinformation about political opponents and critics of the Chinese government, both domestic and abroad.
In October 2004, the local CCP Propaganda Department of Changsha started hiring Internet commentators, in one of the earliest known uses of professional Internet commentators.
The Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of China now holds regular training sessions, where participants are required to pass an exam after which they are issued a job certification. As of 2008, the total number of 50-cent operatives was estimated to be in the tens of thousands, and possibly as high as 280,000–300,000. Every large Chinese website is instructed by the Information Office to create a trained team of Internet commentators.
A 2016 Harvard University paper found that in contrast to common assumptions, the 50 Cent Army consists mostly of paid bureaucrats who respond to government directives and rarely defend their government from criticism or engage in direct arguments. Around 80% of the analysed posts involve pro-China cheerleading with inspirational slogans, and 13% involve general praise and suggestions on governmental policies. Despite the common allegation of the commentators getting paid for their posts, the paper suggested there was "no evidence" that they are paid anything for their posts [other than their being "paid bureaucrats, that is], instead being required to do so as a part of their official party duties.
According to Foreign Policy, it indicated that a supposed "massive secretive operation" to fill China's Internet with propaganda has resulted in some 488 million posts carried out by fake social media accounts, representing about 0.6% of the 80 billion posts generated on Chinese social media. To maximize their influence, such pro-government comments are made largely during times of intense online debate, and when online protests have a possibility of transforming into real life actions. The colloquial term wumao has also been used by some English speakers outside of China as an insult or racial epithet against people with perceived pro-CCP or pro-Chinese views, especially those who are of Chinese descent or are perceived to be Chinese.
A 2016 Harvard University paper found that in contrast to common assumptions, the 50 Cent Army consists mostly of paid bureaucrats who respond to government directives and rarely defend their government from criticism or engage in direct arguments. Around 80% of the analysed posts involve pro-China cheerleading with inspirational slogans, and 13% involve general praise and suggestions on governmental policies. Despite the common allegation of the commentators getting paid for their posts, the paper suggested there was "no evidence" that they are paid anything for their posts [other than their being "paid bureaucrats, that is], instead being required to do so as a part of their official party duties.
According to Foreign Policy, it indicated that a supposed "massive secretive operation" to fill China's Internet with propaganda has resulted in some 488 million posts carried out by fake social media accounts, representing about 0.6% of the 80 billion posts generated on Chinese social media. To maximize their influence, such pro-government comments are made largely during times of intense online debate, and when online protests have a possibility of transforming into real life actions. The colloquial term wumao has also been used by some English speakers outside of China as an insult or racial epithet against people with perceived pro-CCP or pro-Chinese views, especially those who are of Chinese descent or are perceived to be Chinese.
Wumaos - 50 Cent Party - 21st C ..
χ Xinsanity ..
Some profiles were created to post original content, while others only shared, liked and commented on those original posts, to help them reach a wider audience. This kind of activity is often referred to as "astroturfing" because it is designed to create the appearance of a grass-roots campaign.
The study, shared with the BBC, found that the network of fake profiles circulated garish cartoons depicting, among others, exiled Chinese tycoon Guo Wengui, an outspoken critic of China. Other controversial figures featured in the cartoons included "whistleblower" scientist Li-Meng Yang, and Steve Bannon, former political strategist for tRUMP. Each of these individuals has themselves been accused of spreading disinformation, including false information about COVID-19.
五毛黨 - Wu Mao Dang - means 50 cent army, or 50 cent party, a term for Internet commentators who are hired by the authorities of the People's Republic of China to manipulate public opinion and disseminate disinformation to the benefit of the governing Chinese Communist Party, CCP. The name is derived from the allegation that such commentators are paid RMB 50 cents for every post. These commentators create comments or articles on popular Chinese social media networks that are intended to derail discussions which are critical of the CCP, promoting narratives that serve the government's interests and insulting or spreading misinformation about political opponents, both domestic and abroad.
Internet manipulation and propaganda | Propaganda in China | Propaganda techniques |
Public relations techniques | Internet trolling | Disinformation operations |
Some of the accounts - spread across Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube - use fake AI-generated profile pictures, while others appear to have been hijacked after previously posting in other languages. There is no concrete evidence that the network is linked to the Chinese government, but according to the CIR, a non-profit group which works to counter disinformation, it resembles pro-China networks previously taken down by Twitter and Facebook. These networks amplified pro-China narratives similar to those promoted by Chinese state representatives and state media. Much of the content shared by the network focuses on the US, and in particular on divisive issues like gun laws and race politics.
The study, shared with the BBC, found that the network of fake profiles circulated garish cartoons depicting, among others, exiled Chinese tycoon Guo Wengui, an outspoken critic of China. Other controversial figures featured in the cartoons included "whistleblower" scientist Li-Meng Yang, and Steve Bannon, former political strategist for tRUMP. Each of these individuals has themselves been accused of spreading disinformation, including false information about COVID-19.
Public relations techniques | Internet trolling | Disinformation operations |
The Great Translation Movement (大翻译运动; Dà Fānyì Yùndòng) is an online anti-war movement launched during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. It seeks to expose perceived pro-Russian, anti-American, anti-Japanese, and anti-Western sentiment and Chinese irredentism over claimed territories such as Taiwan and the South China Sea, as well as racially discriminatory sentiments in China, the life in cities under lockdown due to the zero-COVID policy and the policies of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) by translating government propaganda and policies, anti-Western public opinion and postings on life in the cities during lockdown found on the Chinese internet and public announcements into other languages, including English, Japanese, French, Korean, and Spanish. The Guardian has pointed out that the Great Translation Movement has been a source for English-language speakers to understand the Chinese state media's reaction towards Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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igitur quī dēsīderat pācem praeparet bellum therefore, he who desires peace, let him prepare for war sī vīs pācem, parā bellum if you wan...
