The Native Iowan

Yep,

One mistake and the spark falls into the powder keg.

So Im catching up on newz this morn, Watched a bit over the weekend but was busy, and a good, long blood sport event was on, so I missed a lot. Namely China’s response to it all. They are belligerents. But then so is the USA.

The Aus foreign affairs minister (Penny Wong, an immigrant, Asian) was telling every one “STAY CALM!!!”. 

I dig how China sends a bird into US airspace then Xi calls the shooting “an obvious over reaction and a serious violation of international practice”. And claims that he “reserves the right to take further actions”. 

So, me thinks, we all have our glasses upside down, on back wards, and out of focus… 

China just showed us how they can/ could/ will make a war, when and if they wish. They dont need Taiwan to fart, or the US to smell Taiwan’s fart… Just let another stray weather balloon stray off track. Bingo!

One commentary states that China does not want war, does not want their commercial control and supremacy over the planet to change. Do not want a war over Taiwan, but indeed want Taiwan as their own, like Hong Kong…But they probably need a few more years at the head of the production-line, to cement complete dependancy of the west/ world on Sino industrial output.

We see that Venezuela condemns the action? Wow! Terrible! Frightening!… and it is. The potential is quite frightening. 

But then, from a modern, clear-eyed view point, I wonder what China really wants here… is it world domination/ dependance in the industrial venue? Is it propagation of the Sino-Communist theory as expounded by Mao? Im not so sure. We are dealing with one man, and the mind of one man. Like Stalin, what does Xi want? I thinks it simply to stay in power for as long a possible. 

We have watched as the Sino trade initiatives (that abound) saw China exert control over a lot of a lot all over. China owns agricultural resources all over the globe. Much of the land owned is near to military facilities, like in the US. Or they gain long term leases over important infrastructure like the Port of Darwin here in Aus. Or they loan $$ to a Nation, like PNG, who may well end up being owned by China… https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/chinas-debt-trap-diplomacy-is-about-to-challenge-papua-new-guinea-and-australia/

The Belt and Road Initiative is not new…

It is not newz…. All the Pacific nations, most African nations, along with much of the world, owe China heaps. The State of Victoria here in Aus (Melbourne is in Victoria) is a member of the B&RI… Its an old story…  the “Belt and Road Initiative” is like a financial trap where you borrow more than you can repay, so the bank ends up owning it all  … https://www.chathamhouse.org/2021/09/what-chinas-belt-and-road-initiative-bri

What comes next? 

Time will tell.

More later