Subj : Re: Meanwhile, in China
To   : Mike Powell
From : Ky Moffet
Date : Thu Oct 28 2021 19:23:00

MIKE POWELL wrote:
> https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/27/politics/milley-china-hypersonic-concerning/ind
> ex.html
> 
> China has been testing hypersonic weapons.  Wonder who they plan to use
> them on?
> 

I'm on a mailing list with a bunch of career-in-the-trenches and 
military-adjacent types who opine that no such weapons exist, and that 
this is just China rattling our cage and puffing out their chest.

China has also been puttering around in "stealth ships" which are 
painted real pretty, but are not at all stealthy.

The CCP is trying to build up national fervor for a military adventure 
against Taiwan and Japan. Unlikely to go well... Folks on the mailing 
list noted that while Japan (and probably likewise Korea) "doesn't have 
nukes" right now... they *could* put 'em together literally overnight.

China is not in a good position to be yanking American chain (and if 
Trump were still at the helm, they wouldn't dare). China imports 40% of 
its food from the U.S., and we're also the biggest market for its 
exports. All we need do to send them back to the dark ages is cut off 
that trade. They're already in trouble thanks to massively overextended 
real estate (and word around is that Xi brought down Evergrande on 
purpose, because the CCP operates like a Mafia, MOST of its state 
revenue comes from property tax, and Evergrande was the wrong kind of 
competition) and cutting off their coal supply from Australia to spite 
their face, so suddenly there are major electricity shortages, as in 
factories get power one day a week. Not to mention the ongoing floods 
(they've had about 70 dams break, last I heard, with major urban flooding).

Also, the idea that China is broadly wealthy is wrong. Caspian Report 
had a good vid this week on why they're stuck with the CCP, and very 
telling was the economic map: all the wealth is along the coast; the 
rest of the country is still dirt-poor. (No more poverty? Well, of 
course not; not after poverty was redefined as earning less than $400/year.)

China Observer is a good channel for keeping up with the CCP Follies.


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