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I did some research on the Shen Yun dance troupe a few months ago, couldn't find any really positive stuff about them at all. It's the propaganda arm of the Falun Gong, but they go too hard and heavy with their messaging while also not delivering on their promise of showing "traditional dance"...

The "usual cycle" often takes several centuries, with multiple different powers reigning in the same region during that time. Events like the warlord period are an aberration for how quickly they passed.

I was mistaken, it was the 60's, not the 80's. Or, if it also happened during the 80's I can't find a reference for it. As for protests and bank runs, those are recent events. https://foreignpolicy.com/2013/01/02/let-them-eat-grass/...

In general I would agree. During the 80's, for example, there was a famine that saw people eating grass. The big difference now is that there is already simmering unrest, there have already been protests, already been bank runs, etc. Not saying that it would overturn the current order, I...

Title is an understatement if anything. The agricultural policy will see massive soil erosure with both land-slides during rainy months and dust storms during dry months. China already had problems with soil and water quality, this will make them ten times worse. Then, if the diet becomes...

I agree with everything you said. You look at 'soldiers' fighting in Mali or Algeria and they utterly pale in comparison to even the greenest marine. I would say that the US has the best military of any great power, but probably not the best military in the world on a pound-for-pound basis...

As a sort of general rule, the more you fight the better your military. China hasn't fought since Vietnam, where they lost against Vietcong reservists. They haven't won since Tibet, against pacifist monks. India has had four wars with Pakistan, dozens of more minor incidents with them, and...

In the case of China, getting into the military is like getting a civil service job. You're basically set for life and have very low expectations. They never fight, so there's no actual expectation to be good, just to look good from a distance. There was a picture I saw a while ago, I think...

China and Russia don't spend nearly as much as we do. On the other hand, if there were to be a big spending cut, those most effected would probably be the service-people and not the manufacturers.

Well, they have the most visible influence at the moment. Regardless of whether or not they are being used as tools by wealthy elites (debate is open on that), they talk a lot and pass a lot of laws. So, as the last group in positions of power and influence they will be held responsible if and...

So, nuke themselves in order to prevent others from oppressing them? The most likely scenario for the break up of the CCP would be the local politicians and military leaders defecting, like with the warlords. In which case, the central authority would have no ability to launch those weapons...

I'm saying that if the CCP loses power there will be a break up, as the different regions won't acknowledge the legitimacy of one anther. If you are asking why they won't just bomb and attack one another, I don't have an answer for you, they very well might. However, I find it difficult to...

My guess is that when the CCP falls China will be torn apart, probably along similar lines as during the Warlord period. You can cut China up along a few different lines, which will probably be how things break up. This map is out of date, but you can see that Tibet and Xinjiang are clearly...

That's going to be the tipping point. When a sizable minority of the military and the police switch sides, or just stand aside, the government will instantly lose control over large sections of the country. You have to remember, in places with lots of police and military that just means that...

The China Show has a show live at the moment going over all the protests that are going on right now. Apparently in some places they have seized government officials.

I heard that the current military intrusion is the largest they've ever sent.

https://www.foxnews.com/world/taiwan-chinese-aircraft-air-defense-zone Not just Ukraine, potentially.

Part of this is a rant by a Taiwanese commenter about that woman who was chained up and forced to give birth to eight children. Dude does not fuck around, he's an Olympic level scolding mother fucker. At one point the news anchor takes a few steps back because he's so intimidated by how...

Yeah, I watch that guy too. That video was very informative.

If they tried that, they'd probably get killed. Besides, Xi is trying to remove the new rich as a social/political factor, it doesn't work with his long term goals to save them.