As far as China is concerned Iran can do business with anyone it wants. And Iran is already doing business with Japan, India, Vietnam and others that China has issue's with. No one in China or the Chinese members here on these forum complain about it.
China is aiming for better relations with Iran and I support better relations with Iran. But China in the Middle East has other interest beside Iran and needs to balance the different interest and relations it has. Just like Iran has other relations and interest in East Asia other than China...
China simply shouldn't host the World Cup if the national team is not ready. And right now they are far from being ready. In my view the issue is not that the FIFA should or shouldn't give China the World Cup but rather China shouldn't seek to host the World Cup with the national team in its...
I have the same concern about Qatar as host for the 2022 World Cup because of the weather conditions in that country. So they will have another bid again for the 2022 tournement. What is going to happen to Qatar ? I mean those people have already spend countless millions if not billions in...
There is no such thing as national integration in India. India is also in part held together with force. Just think about the insurgencies in Assam, amongst the Bodo people and of course Kashmir. That is just a few example of the Indian state needs to use violence in order to keep the country...
The Plaza Accord did cause the asset bubble in Japan because it has artificially pumped up the value of the Yen. The result was that the Japanese were feeling much richer than they actually were and begun to spend and speculate wildly with this "new found wealth". Which in turn has created a lot...
China's official defense budget is about 1,4% of GDP with the off budget items added is about 2% of GDP or less. The rise in China's defense budget is in line with nominal GDP growth.
The article is wishful thinking. The fact is that all the talk of an resurgened US manufacturing is just that talk. US manufacturing hasn't grown all that much in recent years. US manufacturing barely recovered to the pre 2008 levels. The basis for their optimism about the future lies with two...
If you are referring to the one child policy its a situation of choosing between two evils. A uncontrolled population growth will in my opinion do more harm to China than the current one child policy. The one child policy has its problems but its in my view the lesser of the two evils.
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I think US foreign policy and military actions killed wayyyy more people then China or any other nation. If the US wants to preach international law to others then it should follow it itself. Or else its just meaningless. The US doesn't have a moral high ground on international law just more...
LMAO another American preaching international law. Where was international law when the US invaded Iraq ? Where is international law when the US is conducting cross border drone strikes in no less than 6 countries ? Where is international law when US kidnaps foreign nationals ? Where is...
The person most brainwashed here is you. Anyone that disagrees with you is either brainwashed or lacks critical thinking in your opinion. How about doing some critical thinking of your own. The Americans in Vietnam and later in Afghanistan and Iraq have won the battles but ended up losing the...
The governments policies towards Xinjiang and the Uyghers are not working. I hope they can change the policy and give the Uyghers more room for their religion and culture as well as provide them with more jobs and other opportunities. In my view they are Chinese as they are citizens of the PRC...
The reason why this is happening is because of the monetary policies of the Japanese central bank. Which is the same policy as those in the US. By printing money and keeping interest rates so low they are inflating asset prices (like bonds, stocks, houses, etc.) but at the same time they are...