Asia-Pacific News Thread

[MagnarTheGreat]

Gizmodo - Apple's Moving iPhone 14 Assembly to India
The pivot comes as U.S. tech firms continue to re-evaluate relationships with Chinese supply chains amid simmering geopolitical tensions.

 

[Iceman]

Taiwan will treat Chinese military flights into its airspace as 'first strike,' defense minister says | CNN

 

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Iran: Killings of children during youthful anti-establishment protests - Amnesty International

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

NY Times - With New Crackdown, Biden Wages Global Campaign on Chinese Technology
U.S. officials pushed to choke off China’s access to critical semiconductor technology after internal debates and tough negotiations with allies.

Xi Jinping's expected coronation begins as 2022 Communist Party National Congress gets underway - CNN
https://twitter.com/selinawangtv/st...^1580814381142933504|twgr^|twcon^s1_&ref_url=

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Foreign Affairs - The Weakness of Xi Jinping
How Hubris and Paranoia Threaten China’s Future

NY Times - China Delays Indefinitely the Release of G.D.P. and Other Economic Statistics
The unusual move comes as the country’s ruling elite have gathered in Beijing for the twice-a-decade national congress of the Communist Party.

China, the world’s second-largest economy, announced without explanation on Monday that it was delaying indefinitely the release of economic data that had been scheduled for Tuesday morning, including closely watched numbers for economic growth from July through September, which had been expected to show continued lackluster performance.

TradingEconomics.com - Heatmap - Economic Indicators By Country

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

China's Accelerated Timeline to Take Taiwan Pushing Navy in the Pacific, Says CNO Gilday - USNI News

 

[Iceman]

Unfortunately seems like it's on the cards in the not-too-distant future.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

 

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China Bakes Rejection of Taiwan Independence Into Party Charter - Bloomberg

 

[Iceman]

China congress: Xi cements power by packing top team with loyalists
Some of the dictatorships around the world are getting firmer. Always bad and that much worse when it’s such a powerful country.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Bloomberg News - Chinese Spies Tried to Obstruct Probe of Telecom Company, US Alleges

• Allegations consistent with charges against China’s Huawei
• US claims two Chinese intelligence officers used bribery

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Ultra-MAGA 'Hot Babe' who claimed Obama is a Illuminati lizard turns out to be a Chinese spy

 

[Teelie]

Funny how foreign spies keep popping up in MAGAland.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

They know they are the epitome of gullible, complicit, or both.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

The Guardian - Nuclear attack on US or allies would end Kim regime, says defense secretary

 

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Xi Jinping tells China’s army to focus on preparation for war | China | The Guardian

 

[Iceman]

Xi Jinping tells China’s army to focus on preparation for war | China | The Guardian

Not good news at all.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

The Verge - Violent protests break out at Foxconn’s ‘iPhone city’
Footage has emerged of workers clashing with hazmat-suited officials over delayed pay and working conditions. The world’s largest iPhone factory has been under strict covid lockdown for weeks.

 

[Iceman]

China Covid: Protests widen against strict lockdown measures

 

[squeekness]

China Covid: Protests widen against strict lockdown measures

It's too late for lockdowns to be worthwhile anymore, especially since I suppose most of them are vaccinated anyhow.

 

[Iceman]

It's too late for lockdowns to be worthwhile anymore, especially since I suppose most of them are vaccinated anyhow.

Yeah, and the Chinese government aren’t used to protests on this scale.

 

[squeekness]

Yeah, and the Chinese government aren’t used to protests on this scale.

The government will have to realize they are greatly outnumbered. When the people reach the breaking point, it's game over. They really need to compromise.

 

[Hobgoblin]

I don't think that "compromise" is in the Chinese government's vocabulary. Some kind of backlash is going to come. It may only incite the protestors more, though. We'll see.

 

[squeekness]

I don't think that "compromise" is in the Chinese government's vocabulary. Some kind of backlash is going to come. It may only incite the protestors more, though. We'll see.

Oh, no doubt trouble is brewing. People will follow rules when they are helpful and make sense, like in the beginning. But two years later? People being abused and torn away from their families? I don't think they will put up with it for long.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Chinese police are now conducting random stop-and-search checks for banned foreign apps such as Instagram and Twitter: reports