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All laws are man-made and can be changed, as society changes and the rational for the original law no longer remains. E.g. in many feudal societies, polygamy was allowed, but today it's banned. Slavery is another example.

But of course, China has absolutely no desire to take over the US, given the mess the US is in.

They think she's a CCP spy?

Actual joke: What should you do if you meet an Indian and a snake and you have a revolver with 3 bullets in it? Shoot the Indian first, and then pump the other 2 bullets into him to make sure he's dead.

You sure or not? Chinese in China, Taiwan, HK, Singapore all have TFR of around 1, among the world's lowest birth rates.

1. China does not want war. It just wants its rightful territories back, those that were annexed by foreign powers when it was at its weakest. 2. Even if China were to do what Trump did, the US shills would immediately call out China and say: See, we were right, China is a big bully... you can't...

Yes. The petroyuan is a threat to the USD, a further push to the dedollarisation trend... which in the long term will curtail US' ability to spend indefinitely by issuing treasuries and printing money ('QE'). Already BRICs is coming up with a parallel payment system, BRICs Pay, as an alternative...

Spot on.

On the eve of America’s 250th birthday, the nation that wrote the rules of the post-1945 international order has declared independence from them. The capture of Nicolás Maduro on 3 January 2026 was not merely a military operation—it was a constitutional moment for international law, one that may...

German parliamentarian Roderich Kiesewetter captured the transformation precisely: ‘With President Trump, the U.S. are abandoning the rules-based order that has shaped us since 1945. The coup in Venezuela marks a return to the old U.S. doctrine from before 1940: a mindset of thinking in terms of...

Desperation not because of illegal U-turn. Driver probably on Kpod.

Not the smartest move by the US. When Trump breaks all the rules and invade another sovereign country illegally, it sets the stage for China to do the same to Taiwan. Basically Trump is saying: might is right, and the hell to rules-based world order. Continue pushing the boundaries further and...

It’s all about oil and the petrodollar. Last ditch attempt by a falling empire.

Watch out for the Vietnamese. They are the only Indochinese country capable of overtaking Indonesia, despite a much smaller population. In many ways I find the Viets more similar to the Chinese than the Thais, Camboidans and Myanmese in terms of work culture and competitiveness.

If things pan out well, it will be an Asian century..

In 1850, China and India were the two biggest economies in the world. Matter of time before they took their rightful positions again.

My Indian friend tells me that Indian drivers are the most intrepid in the world: if you have driven on Indian roads, you can drive anywhere. You jostle with cows, buffalo, bullock carts, reckless lorries, tuk tuks, motorcycles, bicycles, pedestrians who treat the roads like a footpath, even...

Admiral Zheng He was born in Kunming. If the video is correct, Islam came to the peninsula from Yunnan. That clears up the misconception that the Malay race originated from the southward migration of Yunnan aboriginals.

Mixed wedding, but it's always the non-Muslim kaffir that has to convert to Islam, never the other way round. My wife's cousin married a Malay man; he converted to Christianity (very rare) but was ex-communicated by his family. So much for religious tolerance.