Chinese Influence & Expansion

[version]

This isn't good,

India, China troops clash at Himalayan border, 'casualties on both sides'

India's army said on Tuesday 20 of its soldiers had been killed in clashes with Chinese troops at a disputed border site, in a major escalation of a weeks-long standoff between the two Asian giants in the western Himalayas.

uk.reuters.com

 

[Mr. Tea]

I'd go as far as to call it bad, in fact.

 

[luka]

not ones to mince words are you boys!

 

[Mr. Tea]

not ones to mince words are you boys!

I am a hard-nosed geopolitical analyst!

 

[version]

I'd assumed they'd been shooting at each other, but apparently they were fighting with "iron rods and stones" (?!).

 

[Mr. Tea]

Sticks and stones may break my bones, which, it turns out, is jolly painful and not conducive to a positive health outcome.

 

[version]

 

[luka]

 

[luka]

But thanks for reminding me of why I don't visit this place anymore: people who don't care at all about facts or rational debate, but just want to hammer their ignorant and self righteous biases.

 

[luka]

Do you lot like sweet and sour? Unfashionable nowadays but it can hit the spot sometimes.

 

[Pandiculate]

I think Devotion is an an interesting case, China has managed to have a game blacklisted worldwide for daring to have a Xi Jinping Winnie the Pooh meme in it

Devotion disappears from Steam after Chinese Pooh furore

After a reference comparing Chinese president Xi Jinping to Winnie The Pooh was found, horror game Devotion was review bombed and has now been pulled from Steam

www.rockpapershotgun.com

GOG back down from re-releasing Devotion

Red Candle Games announced that their horror game would finally return to sale this week but GOG disagree.

www.rockpapershotgun.com

There's a level of pettiness to it that is quite frightening.

Probably doesn't help that the game is from Taiwan.

 

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[luka]

Gangsters, gamblers and Crown casino: How it all went wrong

Former Crown Resorts employee Jenny Jiang was arrested and jailed for breaking Chinese gambling law. But even she didn't know what her company was really up to.

www.smh.com.au

interesting story. didnt know chinese courts refuse to recognise or enforce gambling debts

 

[luka]

Biden's Indo-Pacific team largest in National Security Council

Adviser Jake Sullivan to lead 'all-government' approach on China

asia.nikkei.com

 

[luka]

vowed to lead an international effort to "pressure, isolate and punish China."

Biden has called Beijing Washington's "most serious competitor", and his administration has indicated it will broadly continue the tough approach taken by Trump.

Biden said in a CBS interview broadcast at the weekend the relationship would be characterized by "extreme competition," and had shown little sign he was in a hurry to engage.

 

[luka]

The Global Times, a tabloid run by Chinese Communist Party paper the People's Daily, said recently it expected the Biden administration keep talking tough while improving cooperation in some areas.

 

[Mr. Tea]

Some seriously fucking grim reading in the current Private Eye:



Still, I'm sure our frequently raised concerns will soon make them reconsider.

 

[version]

Bandcamp blocked in China · News ⟋ RA

It's now only accessible in the country with a VPN.

ra.co

 

[luka]

 

[Pandiculate]

Uyghurs: Xinjiang cotton ban is self-defeating, China tells H&M

Western brands are facing Chinese boycotts for expressing concern over the treatment of Uyghurs.

www.bbc.co.uk

It's quite incredible how easily they can mobilise their public into boycotts