IS COMMUNIST CHINA STARTING TO UNRAVEL?
If you've been watching Communist China lately, you're watching quite a show, and in case you haven't been watching, the "show" began with the sudden and strange disappearance of a few top Chinese military officials, whom Mr. Xi himself appointed. Additionally, this occurred as Mr. Xi was on a summit tour to Malaysia, and hence out of the country. This has led to the usual speculations of a "purge" of some sorts is underway, beginning with the Chinese military, long a customary hotbed of corruption and intrigue, dating back to the time when there was no Communist China per se, but only Chiang Kai-Shek's notoriously corrupt Khmoumintang and its even more notoriously corrupt military. The problem with the purge explanation is the usual one with Communist governments: who is behind it, and why? Is Mr. xi acting in some sort of cynical Stalinesque fashion by purging people he himself promoted? Or is the considerable (but quiet) opposition to Mr. Xi growing? It is in my opinion not accidental that Mr. Trump chose this moment to enact tariffs against the Communist nation, for those tariffs have apparently thrown the Chinese economy into a tail spin, and in an economy where massive corruption on a Communist scale is the order of the day, this is very destabilizing to the current government, and an opportunity to its internal enemies.
That, at least, is the subject of today's article, shared by E.E., for at least one China-watcher thinks that the regime may be in its final stages:
'Very, Very Wrong': Expert Warns China Showing Signs Of 'End-Of-Regime Conduct'
The problem, as the article notes, is not simply a worsening economic situation for Communist China, but that its leader, Xi Jinping, is caught in the ideological trap that has consumed so many other Communist apparatchiks: his ideology and position compel him to "not appear to be weak", and as such, at the very worst time to do so, Communist China is also managing to antagonize pretty much everyone else in the Southeast Asia and Pacific region; the old adage "no one trusts China" is coming home to roost, and in a very bad way:
A China politics expert warns that the communist regime shows signs of potential collapse, driven by a worsening economy exacerbated by Trump’s aggressive tariff policies.
"At a time when China needs friends because it's not selling goods to the U.S., it is going out of its way to antagonize not just the Philippines, not just Taiwan, but also South Korea and Australia," Gordon Chang, senior fellow with the Gatestone Institute, told the Fox Business Network.
"This shows that... this is end-of-regime conduct, because Xi Jinping, he can't appear to be giving in to the U.S.," he added. "This is really very perplexing behavior, and it shows that something is very, very wrong in Beijing right now."
IN addition to this, China's foreign ministry is flatly denying that any negotiations with Mr. Trump's administration are taking place:
Trump has shown little sign of backing down from his trade war with China, slapping a 145% tariff on Chinese imports. Beijing retaliated with 125% duties on U.S. goods. Trump insists his administration is actively negotiating with Beijing officials, but China’s Foreign Ministry has flatly denied any talks, accusing the U.S. of spreading “baseless rumors.”
And yet, just a little later, one reads some things that strongly suggest some very high octane speculation:
The Wall Street Journal reported over the weekend that Chinese authorities have quietly waived some of the 125% retaliatory tariffs on certain U.S. imports, including semiconductors, chipmaking equipment, medical products, and aviation parts. This move signals Beijing's concern about the economic fallout from the ongoing U.S.-China trade war. While China has not publicly confirmed these exemptions.
And there you have it: one China-watcher says that the regime is exhibiting "end-of-regime" behavior, a claim is made on the Trump administration's part that negotiations are underway, China denies it, and the Wall Street Journal says some Chinese officials are lifting its 125% retaliatory tariff anyway, while several Chinese military officers appointed by Mr. Xi himself are nowhere to be seen...
...and did I mention that said military officers would have been in charge of major departments responsible for any invasion of Taiwan operations?
What does all this add up to? My high octane speculation of the day is that we're seeing the cracks and fissures of the old ethnic divisions in China resurface in economic and financial guise, and it is all being directed at the central government, to such an extent that upper-middle echelon leaders are taking decisions into their own hands - a risky development in any Communist system, to be sure - as Beijing doubles down on stupidity. It has certainly happened numerous times before in Chinese history. And if there is a purge going on now, I doubt Mr. Xi is purging his own appointments (it's happened before, of course, and no one says that Communist systems are known for rational political behavior, but in this case I still doubt he's behind it). More likely this is stemming from internal opposition to any "invasion of Taiwan" or "one China" plans that may have been in the wind. China could easily invade Taiwan. The problem would be the geopolitical and financial fallout (not to coin a pun) from such a venture, for such a venture would squander any little remaining trust among the major trading partners of the region once and for all; and there's not that much trust left to begin with. Again, as the adage has it, no one trusts the Chinese, i.e., the government in Beijing. China would find itself back in an isolation even more cruel than that of its self-imposed isolation some centuries ago, only this time the effects would be much much worse on an economy deliberately built up to be a trading economy. And all of that only if the response of the USA and the other regional powers to such an invasion is not to take out the Three Gorges Dam. (That's always the problem with bit mega-projects, because they're always big mega-targets.)
Time will tell of course, and the interesting thing to watch now, with this hovering in the background, will be China's performance during the upcoming BRICS conference in Brazil. Will Mr. Xi even attend? If so, how strident will his message be? And will China's accompanying actions be similar as Beijing doubles down again on stupidity? Or will there be some telltale new faces in the Chinese delegation?
One thing is certain: change is definitely afoot, and nowhere more so than in China.
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Now to read today’s blog…
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The problem with going after XI, is the old saying: Better the devil you know, than the…
But, “they’re” after the Chinese Public Banking economic system; that opposes the rentier West’s private banking economies; not XI.
Also; the information “we” get, goes through a western filter[in more ways than meets the eye].
And as this is the site for high-octane speculation:
Is China now suffering under the same affliction of “Western” governance?
Mind-Control technologies?
Here’s to backdoor narrative being developed for “mind-control”.
Put your thinking cap and/or B.S. meter on High-Alert status!
https://youtube.com/watch?v=VlvL3DmK8kA
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Heathenry is humour.
The pop-up Paddy Power:
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maneki-neko
I do harvest brutal laughter, in Scandinavian alehouses, when I point out, that the cheering of the ‘skull bowl’ [skallebollen] is a hilarious hell toast – the Holy Grail.