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I think what will get interesting is how the White House uses the new security bill once the Office of Critical Technologies and Security is fully formed. Many of the measures likely under the new bill, in combination with exports bans to Chinese firms like the ZTE ban, could be more effective...

Uhh, let me take a guess, hit China with the new tariffs in two days time? I'm not sure if he could have made his intentions any clearer.

I'll change my name to 'Honest Earnie' and open a car yard selling second hand cars from China. I mean what could possibly go wrong with that.

Funny you should say that. He did business with the New York Mafia families in the 70s and 80s, including Paul Castellano whom Trump possibly modeled himself after.

The US will escalate the trade war, I think that should be obvious by now. The fundamental issue that is driving the US in this dispute has not been addressed in any meaningful way.

I think that touches on what made the books so interesting and much better than the TV series, the high fantasy elements weren't what drove the overall story-line. Intrigue and politics as well as character development were what made it interesting. We mostly saw this in seasons 1-5, I guess...

I think it's more a matter of how the US has decided to utilize that leverage rather than denying they have leverage. They have gradually applied the tools at their disposal to gain the concessions they are seeking, to no avail. At this stage the additional tariffs look almost certain, China...

I feel the same. Looking back, I actually think the Shark was jumped towards the end of season 5 which marked when the TV series really started diverging from the books. We really don't know how much divergence there is until Winds of Winter is published.

Yeah, NZ $6 million a launch or about $4 million US, they are estimating that to reduce to NZ $5 million or US $3.3 million when they scale up to full production and launch capacity.

Episode 4 was just as disappointing as the first three. I've followed GOT since season 1, read the books before season 2, and really feel that the show writers D and D have blown it. It's Martins fault really, he should have written the last two books before the show caught up. I hated how...

Cool. They plan to eventually launch an Electron rocket from their Mahia Peninsula base once every 72 hours, with future launches from Wallop Flight Facility in Virginia and a third launch base in Scotland. Because of the relatively light air and sea traffic in this part of the world, the...

Or, being Russian, parked up outside the local pub.

Ego dominated behavior is evident in most political leaders. Trump, Putin, Kim, Assad, Xi, and countless others all have the same underlying thought processes, regardless of belief or political system. It's definitely a factor, the little emperor syndrome. But this violent tendency seems to be...

I read an article a few weeks ago about the increase in violent behavior by Chinese children towards their parents and elders. A lack of empathy, sense of entitlement and reactive ego dominated thinking are common among young Chinese. It made me think of this particular poster, who I strongly...

The CCP speaks to us through some of these posters, they either re-post articles from the Global times or other approved media, there is co-ordination in their choice of topic and content. The wannebes you refer to are a different matter, there is one in particular who seems to be under the...

I actually find some use in reading some of the CCP state sponsored propaganda posted here. For the most part, I basically assume the opposite of whatever position they take in their posts. For example, when the CCP posters here post more frequently about their wonderful advances in combating...

Was your decision to abandon China's long standing No First Use nuclear doctrine prompted by a specific event or crisis? In the absence of any constraints in the form of strategic treaties, was your decision made with any consultation with allies or other nations?

That's the part which I find interesting, on the 6 or 7 occasions I've received scam calls from India they always ended this way, with a torrent of abuse from the scam caller. I either gave them the run around or just told them straight I knew they were scam callers. As you say, they get...

I almost walked right into one of those when I was living in Perth. Don't know how I managed to miss it, the web stretched across the entire width of my friends backyard.

My home city (Auckland) is equal third with Munich. Interesting, I would guess we score highly on recreation and social factors as well as environment. I read somewhere that Auckland is statistically the most cosmopolitan city in the world. Everybody seems to be represented here. Just in my...