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I can bet Chinese government don't appreciate presence of that base next to a troubled province. They probably don't have enough leverage or influence to get rid of it.

I'm not sure why you are surprised. No country owes another country "favors". We cooperate and work together towards common interest.

I don't know. I don't know how much leverage China has on Tajikstan for that matter. Maybe a Chinese member can answer that.

China's influence is a function of it's economic prowess. It would be there regardless, even with an East Turkestan in the way. Besides that, when you take China out of the equation, you have Russia, India and Iran (potentially) teaming up against our interest from time to time. I also don't...

Well I'm not too concerned about the country that hosts Indian bases.

As beijingwalker said, the land issue with Tajistan is already sorted. I have even read some articles on it long ago.

Here's to hoping it never comes to that. Mate the Turkics are already winner in Central Asia, land wise. Look at Chinese population size and total combined Turkic population (Kazakh, Kyrghyz, Uzbek etc) and the lands they occupy (Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrghystan v. China). The...

My post reeks of looking after OUR interest. I don't subscribe to relations that are not reciprocal. We need to get into this mindset before it's too late.

What hell? We don't have a Samson Option like the Israelis.

I don't care who their leaders are, they are all the same to me. Useless countries that are good only for some economic engagement. It's going to be a new Kazakhstan at best or a new Afghanistan at worst. As someone else said in this board before, there's a whole lot of Muslim countries and...

There are 5 ex-Soviet Central Asian states. 4 of them are Turkic. None of them ever voiced concern about Kashmiri cause. Selfish pricks. The other one Tajikstan officially hosts Indian terror air force base. Did you even know that? A free Uyghur state will be another selfish prick and...

First of all, I've never heard we house many Uyghurs. Refugees are welcome but I don't think there's many Uyghurs in Pakistan. Secondly, WUC is no friend, neither we support them. If situation arises we will help China crush them to protect common interests, not the other way around.

Yet another post that avoids answering those questions. Not a single mention of 'concentration camp' in your entire post.

One question people always avoid answering: How does anyone know these are concentration camps? Does Chinese government acknowledge them as concentration camps? All I see is just some satellite picture of walled places - it could be anything, high security prison, military or whatever.

I don't even know why OP cares. What's in it for him?

Recognizing did not undermine Azerbaijan's claim on Armenian occupied territory, so I'm not so sure about this.^^

I am sort of conflicted with this. We should not take a ideological stance over this. What are the benefits of recognizing Israel vs. continuing to not recognize? How much have the Arab countries supported us on the Kashmir issue? Cover or direct? Is it worth it making a long term enemy of...

Who is my hero is irrelevant for your celebration of Biden's East India company pedigree. Oh what a joy for you fellas! The world envies India's ability to derive such joy from historical servitude. :) Ignore his off topic rants. Just help him celebrate the focus of this thread, POTUS's deep...

Ataturk is surely not in Biden's league having no East India company pedigree.

Forget Ataturk, we're here to celebrate Biden's East India company ancestry. It's a moment to celebrate, cheers man! :cheers: