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 (DIR) Post #Azik3HqvIq5k1ESFeq by interfluidity@zirk.us
       2025-10-30T02:24:14Z
       
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       Anyone else think the nuclear announcement is a concession that Xi requested?The timing is... suspicious.China is the nuclear laggard of the three apocalyptopowers. It wants to catch up, and has the technical and industrial means to do so, but it probably needs to test its new tech. However, it's invested a lot in portraying itself as good guy to America's putative evil empire.The US' negotiating position vis China is objectively bad, but people can find creative… sweeteners.
       
 (DIR) Post #Azis5qMuk9rXHT9FuC by Alon@mastodon.social
       2025-10-30T03:54:18Z
       
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       @interfluidity Why would a smart US (i.e. not one run by Trump) renegotiate anything? Let China be the one that pulls out of international treaties and looks like the bad guy in the eyes of swing states in Asia and Latin America.
       
 (DIR) Post #Azj4igDtb3tGYiDOKm by interfluidity@zirk.us
       2025-10-30T06:15:46Z
       
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       @Alon A smart US would not. But a man always desperate to be able to brag about a “good deal”, who welcomes the hatred of the virtuous and pious, might make a trade!