Are countries finally going to start pushing back against China?

Absofuckinglutely!!!

People are seriously retarded, in the literal definition of the word.

Here is what I saw on my phone finding a hotel last week. Booking . Com can go F themselves.

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Wouldnt it be fun if china owned the virus blame and pulled a Monsanto. Claim everyone infected with their virus is now a Chinese citizen. The amount of trolling and irony that will come from such, priceless.

Aside from the sale of Tik Tok Confucius Institutes are to be closed down by the end of the year according to Pompeo.

Good. They should have been banned all over the world years ago.

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EU + Norway finally pushing back a bit against China

The EU is unitedly standing firm against the CCP now.

It’s a good start – next, the EU needs follow in Trump’s footsteps and force COSCO to relinquish port ownership in the Mediterranean:

Example:

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Like nationalizing, but with less socialism.

Hong Kong (CNN Business)President Xi Jinping has sent a message to China’s private businesses: You can make money, but only if you follow my rules.

The ruling Chinese Communist Party this month published an unusually frank set of guidelines that call on its members to “educate private businesspeople to weaponize their minds with [Xi’s] socialism ideology.”

The private sector needs “politically sensible people,” the directive said, who will “firmly listen to the party and follow the party.”

The message comes as the world’s second-largest economy continues its fragile recovery from the coronavirus pandemic and tussles with the United States over trade and the future of technology. Bringing China’s independent-minded private businesses to heel could help speed that recovery, while extending the control of the most powerful leader the country has seen in decades at a time of mounting challenges at home and abroad.

Chinese tycoon who criticized Xi Jinping's handling of coronavirus jailed for 18 years

Chinese tycoon who criticized Xi Jinping’s handling of coronavirus jailed for 18 years

The message was remarkable for its candor and zeal. In the past, Beijing had taken a more tactful approach when it wants to exercise control over companies beyond the state sector — like in 2018 when Xi offered the private sector tax breaks, financial assistance, and a personal vow of support to quell any fears that it was falling out of political favor.

And while it’s not yet clear what practical effect the latest directive will have on private enterprise in China, one of Xi’s catchphrases has been “the party exercises overall leadership over all endeavors across the country.” The directive indicates that the Chinese leader wants to take more overt measures to spell out the importance of the Communist Party’s philosophies. That could mean requiring private companies to take public stances on major political or foreign affairs, such as any territorial disputes that China is involved in.

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It’s actually really interesting how much Xi’s politics has changed. As the article points out, he wasn’t like this in the beginning. For example, he barely said a word about Taiwan in the beginning.

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I think he only bites off what he can swallow.

Wonder how much opposition he has among other higher-ups who see him throttling the goose that lays the golden eggs?

Two Chinese diplomats assault Taiwanese in Fiji and claim diplomatic immunity.

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Cowards.

What happens if Fiji does nothing?

The only difference between complaining and whining is in what happens afterward.

Literally Gangsters at this point.

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共匪

Gangster state. There was another one in Europe in the 1930s that followed the same path.

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They had quite a run before they got spanked out of existence.

Something about peace in our time.