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| China rolls out a white paper and not a white flag in US trade war |
| 2018-09-25 |
| [Asia Times] It contains 36,000 Chinese characters and condemns the United States for starting the trade war. US President Donald Trump will probably dismiss Beijing’s white paper in little more than a 120-character tweet. Released on Monday by the official Xinhua news agency, Facts About the China-US Trade Dispute and China’s Stance, is the first comprehensive document from President Xi Jinping’s administration on the new economic Cold War. Link to announcement of White Paper “Intimidation” and “bullying” are used frequently while Washington has been accused of “contradicting itself and constantly challenging China.” This, in turn, has caused “serious damage” to trade relations between the world’s two largest economies. “[The US] has brazenly preached unilateralism, protectionism and economic hegemony, making false accusations against many countries and regions, particularly China,” the government document stated. “It has intimidated other countries through economic measures, such as imposing tariffs and attempted to impose its own interests on China through extreme pressure. The key, however, lies in how to enhance mutual trust, promote cooperation, and manage differences,” the white paper concluded. But according to the official newspaper of the country’s ruling Communist Party, the People’s Daily, the world’s second-largest economy is being punished for “hard work and innovation.” “After more than a century of hard work, China has returned to the center of the world stage, and this is the basic fact we must observe in the China-US trade friction,” the People’s Daily stated in a commentary. “Such a large size, such a heavy thing, can’t be hidden by ‘being low key,’ just like an elephant can’t hide behind a sapling,” it added. Certainly, not an “elephant” holding a white paper containing 36,000 Chinese characters. |
| Posted by:3dc |
| #8 The truth, as always, is somewhere in between - kill enough or maybe a bit more of your opponents to make the rest of them surrender & lay down arms under your conditions. |
| Posted by: Raj 2018-09-25 23:17 |
| #7 Is that you, Hemingway? As far as I can tell, the purpose of war is to force the other guy to surrender. Not just go through the motions, but to completely give up, permanently accepting the new reality. If some die along the way and some of their stuff turns to rubble, that’s ok. But killing is not the objective, merely one tool in the toolbox. And genocide is definitely not the objective. So no, you don’t want him dead. How can he surrender and learn to live with the new reality if he is dead? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2018-09-25 22:59 |
| #6 well, that ....too |
| Posted by: Frank G 2018-09-25 20:55 |
| #5 Somebody Wins and somebody Loses. That's WHY they call it a War. The Purpose of a war, its reason for existing, is to make somebody LOSE. To take everything he has and then kill him. To take is choices away from him, to cut his options down to Zero. To back him into a corner and stick a knife in him. Bullying is too nice a word. Intimidation is too. That's just the beginning. The word "Lose" doesn't really cover it. You want him dead. Turn out the Light and lock the door. The UN laughed? They giggled because they didn't understand. |
| Posted by: Elmoling Panda1220 2018-09-25 20:54 |
| #4 *ahem* the previous comment brought to you by alcohol and excitement, but mostly by..... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2018-09-25 20:54 |
| #3 Phuque the SCUM COMMIE CHINKS |
| Posted by: 746 2018-09-25 20:32 |
| #2 |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2018-09-25 08:27 |
| #1 No trade w/ Commies. Only 20 character tweet required. |
| Posted by: Criling Chereng4465 2018-09-25 06:51 |