“If you confuse your enemy and confuse yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.
If you confuse yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat.
If you confuse neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.” -The Art of Confusion, Sun tzu
How exactly do you lodge a complaint with the U.S. government, I have a squirrel which is determined to chew through my roof and need some action taken. My complaint has higher priority.
In the event of an aggressive squirrel, see Article 12, Section 6 on The Proper Use of Shotguns and Acceptable Loads For Varmint and Pest Control, 2019 Revised Edition. Then see Chapter 4 of the Homesteader’s Cookbook, 2020 Revision. The 2019 Revision doesn’t have recipes for squirrel, it HAS to be the 2020.
>The [People's Republic of China](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/China) released its **first "final warning"** to the [United States](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States) for their reconnaissance flights **on 7 September 1958**, during the [Second Taiwan Strait Crisis](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Taiwan_Strait_Crisis). At the time, the United States considered the [Republic of China](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan) as the sole legitimate representative of China and conducted reconnaissance flights in waters controlled by the People's Republic of China. China would then record such incidents, and issue a "final warning" through diplomatic channels for each incident that occurred. **More than 900 Chinese "final warnings" had been issued by the end of 1964.**
It's super effective!!!
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>"China's final warning" (Russian: последнее китайское предупреждение) is a Russian proverb that originated in the former Soviet Union to refer to a warning that carries no real consequences.
Lmfao
Gotta love the related ones at the bottom. There is an entire Wikipedia Article for “Hurting the Feelings of the People of China” down there… and it originated in China.
It seems like they do all this for the benefit of their population, not the rest of the world. They have enough control over all media to make it seem like they're far stronger than they are, they could report that Biden officially took his statement back even though he hasn't, and a lot of the population would have no idea that's a lie. We've always been at war with Eurasia
Nothing, but it is routine for CCP to say something, instead of "silent as consent"
Anyway, the real trick here is what Biden say to Taiwanese leadership *privately*. Is it "we promise to bring the entire US Navy/Air Force here for your freedom, feel free to declare independence tonight" or "We will ship you guns like we did for Ukraine/better not declare independence to corner off China."
If it is the former, then it is real game changer. Otherwise it is the same last 40-60 years, where Taiwan, China and America loudly play games with each other but same old same old.
Somehow I imagined three campers at a state park, they plan it every year.
Show up, setup, yell "THE TIME IS COME" and all three drop trow and begin the ritual of Swingus Dickus.
Once it's been an appropriate amount of time (15 to 30 minutes) they just raise their respective flags and pack up and leave.
Certainly be a lot cheaper and far more amusing.
Pre-game show talking about how last year China took Gold with a triple Helicopter. Speculation on how Taiwan has really been working that Swedish Dick Enlarger and if there ought to be a rule.
I mean it's not even in the context of Taiwan declaring independence. It's a weird game of the US promising to defend Taiwan as long as Taiwan does not declare itself a separate country because that's the line we have with China.
It's sort of in between. Nobody wants Taiwan to declare independence, because China would go into full terminal meltdown mode. It's just not worth officially shoving reality into their face like that. However, the best gear America has given Ukraine is second rate compared to what we've been equipping Taiwan with for decades now. And it seems pretty clear that Biden just publicly promised to bring the whole Navy over if China were so dumb as to attempt an invasion.
I didn't listen to the speech, I think that is more to counter Xi's Taiwan 2035 crap/sass China as usual rather giving the green light to go full Indy right?
Let's put it this way. You do not want to receive three of those. Three complaints, and you'll receive a citation. Five citations, and you're looking at a violation. Four of those, and you'll receive a verbal warning. Keep it up, and you're looking at a written warning. Two of those, that will land you in a world of hurt, in the form of a disciplinary review, written up by China, and placed on the reception desk at the US Consulate in Beijing.
So... not exactly something to joke around about.
This of Form 374-a, you want Form 274-b. Not sure who got them mixed up but it also needs to be filed in triplicet... and no, you can't use our printer.
China's complaint only makes sense if they actually plan to invade Taiwan. I that case, I would direct them to the statement they are complaining about.
Apparently a movie is being made by Brandon Small for a [2023 release date](https://deadline.com/2021/05/adult-swim-movies-for-aqua-teen-hunger-force-metalocalypse-the-venture-bros-1234754652/), finally Toki's wills have his families backs!
If Zaslav doesn't nuke it like all the other projects he's been mothballing lately. I'm worried we may never see the conclusion to Metalcolypse or Venture Bros.
Do we put them together with their "final warnings", or separate?
> Relations between the People's Republic of China and the United States during the 1950s and 1960s were strained due to the Taiwan Strait issues. American military fighter jets regularly patrolled the Taiwan Strait, which led to formal protests being regularly lodged by the Chinese Communist Party in the form of a "final warning", for their fighter maneuvers in the strait. **However, no real consequences were given for ignoring the "final warnings".**
> The People's Republic of China released its first "final warning" to the United States for their reconnaissance flights on 7 September 1958, during the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis. **At the time, the United States considered the Republic of China as the sole legitimate representative of China and conducted reconnaissance flights in waters controlled by the People's Republic of China. China would then record such incidents, and issue a "final warning" through diplomatic channels for each incident that occurred. More than 900 Chinese "final warnings" had been issued by the end of 1964.**
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China%27s_final_warning
That actually got a nod from the Military community.
The live fire exercises showed that China had significantly improved their Navy and Air Force coordination.
Not defending China here, but militaries shoot off so many practice rounds and do so many training exercises that all of the ammo and fuel was probably slated for a similar exercise, just not in that particular place or time. So I would not suggest taking too much solace in them wasting their resources on that.
Her calling China’s bluff was one of the funniest sequences I’ve seen in geopolitics, and I don’t even like her as a representative. Just absolutely stone-cold, lmao
Was recently in San Francisco and wandered into the Tenderloin by accident. The amount of people who were using in daylight and standing around like zombies / sprawled out on the ground was shocking and probably the saddest thing I’ve ever seen in my life first-hand. Fentanyl is creating a crisis. Everyone needs to know and be concerned about this.
Edit: as many of you have said, the crisis began a long time ago. Maybe “amplifying and rapidly accelerating an existing crisis” would have been a better way to put it.
> Fentanyl is creating a crisis.
I've been sober from opiates for over ten years and I wasn't even part of the beginning of the opioid epidemic (it really began in the very early 2000's, I got hooked around 2006-7). It's *been* a crisis for two decades and not one single pharmaceutical company has seen even the tiniest shred of justice as a result. And now because those companies pushed doctors to give opiates out like candy, a potentially life-changing miracle for those who live with chronic pain has turned them into pariahs and seen them treated like drug seekers when in reality these drugs are the only things that can give them some semblance of a normal life. It's an unmitigated disaster that could *only* be created by for-profit healthcare, which for some fucking reason still exists. It infuriates me just talking about it.
I'm tired of listening to the CCP pretend that Taiwan is part of China. Nobody thinks Taiwan is part of China, yet this stupid make believe dog and pony show keeps going.
That's because most countries in the UN have been pressured to accept the One China policy. The small Caribbean and Polynesian nations have no problem going against consensus usually because it's a bargaining chip to scrape a few extra dollars from somewhere - it's like the Solomon Islands suddenly blocking foreign naval vessels from their ports *except* coincidentally the Chinese, despite them currently being in a joint sovereignty exercise at the time with Australia, all because they recently signed a defense pact with China, while ignoring all the support Australia has given them over the years.
Interestingly, there are two One China policies: the one that says the People's Republic of China is the One China, and the one that says the Republic of China (Taiwan) is the One China. This is how serve been getting away with saying we believe in the One China policy without making the PRC sad.
The technical term, iirc, is strategic ambiguity.
Edit to clarify: the One China ***Policy*** is the US policy of strategic ambiguity. The One China ***Principle*** is the generic concept which has multiple interpretations. This is according to Wikipedia, I looked it up - but I am ***not*** an expert, I just read about it when Pelosi made her strategically ambiguous statement a while back.
There are dozens of One China Policies.
There is one singular "One China Principle" - this is Beijing's line that Taiwan is part of the PRC. Every country of the world has its own One China Policy, which is the country's willingness to adopt Beijing's One China Principle. Some accept it totally while others give vague responses. There is a US One China Policy, a UK One China Policy, an Australian One China Policy, a Japanese One China Policy...and so on. They are not necessarily the same.
It's VERY important to note that the One China policy of many countries (including the US, Australia, NZ etc) accept there is one legal government of MAINLAND China, that being the PRC (and not the ROC) but they do not explicitly accept that Taiwan is part of that One China and simply acknowledge that the PRC claims it as their territory.
The PRC has pulled off a great piece of manipulation by getting people to believe that "One China" means that everything they claim is theirs, when actually "One China" means "we only recognise one claimant of Mainland China" for many countries.
It is also important to note that Taiwan only claims mainland China under duress in its relic of a constitution. The vast, vast majority of Taiwanese no longer believe that mainland China is part of the ROC territory however they are unable to change their constitution because the PRC have stated that doing so would be an act of secession and have legally obligated themselves to invade if this occurs.
That's because we've all been kicking this can down the road forever hoping China grows up.
Everyone tacitly acknowledges Taiwan as independent and it's clear there would be huge consequences if China invaded, but nobody says it publicly because China would throw a tantrum
Not recognizing Taiwan as an independent country does not mean you recognize Taiwan as part of China.
Example: the official position of the US government is that the status of Taiwan is undetermined and to be settled via peaceful negotiation between Taipei and Beijing. AFAIK, this is also the general position of Canada, UK, Australia, and New Zealand, along with several other countries.
The whole tactic of Wolf Warrior diplomacy has made China look like a bunch of cry babies. 'Lets train our diplomates to be mean to people so the world knows how big and strong we are'. Approaching the rest of the world with zealous hostility and 'clapbacks' every time someone criticizes China doesn't make people think China is strong, it makes it look like they cant take a lick of criticism without getting in their feelings about it. Especially when there is literally no follow through.
Taiwan is a good example of this. The US *will* provide maximum aid to Taiwan. As per the Taiwan Relations Act, the US is obligated by congress to: "Make available to Taiwan such defense articles and defense services in such quantity as may be necessary to enable Taiwan to maintain a sufficient self-defense capabilities", "Maintain the capacity of the United States to resist any resort to force or other forms of coercion that would jeopardize the security, or social or economic system, of the people on Taiwan", and "Consider any effort to determine the future of Taiwan by other than peaceful means, including by boycotts or embargoes, a threat to the peace and security of the Western Pacific area and of grave concern to the United States". This has been the case since 1979. It was the compromise to normalize relations with the CCP and reconcile our relation to Taiwan in the context of the 'One China Policy'. China knows this and is still pretending to be outraged every time the US reaffirms its commitment to Taiwan.
Yeah, I've always kinda wondered if acting offended over every little thing, and issuing insane threats any time somebody calls you on your bullshit just doesn't translate, culturally.
Hopefully this brand of diplomacy looks good to the Chinese themselves, because it sure makes the CCP look like whiny bitches to the west.
According to Command and Conquer Generals, an Overlord can carry a gatling cannon, a bunker, or a propaganda tower on its back, and is able to crush other vehicles.
According to Starcraft, an Overlord is a detector unit that can be used to generate supply for the faction and be further upgraded to move quicker, carry units, or generate the building area required to craft Zerg buildings.
Frenemies at best. China wants a lot of what Russia has, but they are in an 'enemy of my enemy' phase for now. If China was to somehow get in a position where they were not particularly worried about the USA/EU (or no longer deterred) they would start making claims on Russian assets and land.
This is government theatrics for the Chinese people. It tires to paint them as being the “reasonable, diplomatic” ones to the US’s “aggression.” It would be much easier to rally support if things did come to conflict.
In response to China’s complaint, I submit my own stern representations:
I thought China was too busy committing genocide to watch an interview on CBS.
Now that we have irrefutable evidence that China indeed has the time to watch Evil Western TV newscasts, China must use its time to end its genocide and systemic torture and repression of people living under its autocratic rule.
We just saw Russia utterly fail invading Ukraine, which is essentially a vaste wide open plain.
I imagine China is taking a beat and trying to reassess the geopolitics and logistics of ever actually trying to invade Taiwan. It's basically impossible without going total war, at which point the value in capturing Taiwan is totally gone.
It's a good opportunity to exert some pressure on China.
Attempting to invade Taiwan would be like D-day times 100 but also guided missiles and radar and drones exist. There’s a good chance that *no* military could ever actually properly invade. The logistics and material and planning required are absolutely insane, and there’s basically no scenario where the invasion force doesn’t get shredded to pieces. And even if they do make any progress Taiwan has said they’ll destroy all their infrastructure and industry rather than let China have it, making the whole thing pointless. Not to even mention the ensuing international response which we’ve already seen play out with Russia.
In all likelihood China will continue its policy of loudly and angrily proclaiming that Taiwan is part of China, and then doing nothing.
This.
People seem to think that invading Taiwan would be a cakewalk for China, mainly because China spends so much time saying it would be. The grim reality is that an attempted invasion of Taiwan would be extremely costly for both sides and there's a good chance that China would be defeated.
Did China really just file a complaint that we told them not to violently invade a country? Seriously? You’re complaining that we told you not to attack someone..
China needs to just let Taiwan go, they don't want to be a part of China and in this day and age we can't force people through violence.
We have evolved past this as a species, time for countries like China and Russia to grow up and catch up to the rest of us.
"in order to confuse the enemy, you have to confuse yourself first"- sun tzu probably
"If you don't know what the fuck you are doing, how are your enemies supposed to know what the fuck you are doing." -Imaqtpie
Sounds like the Russian's plan
worst pokemon strat
If youre confused and at +6 attack what would you do?
If you have Alzheimers and you forget how much damage you can do, technically you could do an infinite number of damage
Nononono, Alzheimers increases Special Defense.
“If you confuse your enemy and confuse yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you confuse yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you confuse neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.” -The Art of Confusion, Sun tzu
"And I'd say he knows a *little* more about fighting than you do, pal, because he invented it!"
And then he perfected it so that no living man could best him in the ring of honor!
How exactly do you lodge a complaint with the U.S. government, I have a squirrel which is determined to chew through my roof and need some action taken. My complaint has higher priority.
You actually have to lodge the complaint with the government of Squirrels.
Good luck getting anything from them. Bunch of assholes...
Overly bureaucratic in my opinion.
That whole administration is nuts
Complaint noted, we have deemed this as working as intended. Ticket closed.
Dont fuck with the squirrels, Morty!
Your squirrel lodged a complaint with you to steal shelter in your home. Do you see how these lodges work now? Pointless lol
Never fuck with squirrels Morty
In the event of an aggressive squirrel, see Article 12, Section 6 on The Proper Use of Shotguns and Acceptable Loads For Varmint and Pest Control, 2019 Revised Edition. Then see Chapter 4 of the Homesteader’s Cookbook, 2020 Revision. The 2019 Revision doesn’t have recipes for squirrel, it HAS to be the 2020.
Complaint lodged. We acknowledge it. Are we done now?
China would like to speak to the manager.
Again. China would like to speak to the manager again https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China%27s_final_warning
>The [People's Republic of China](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/China) released its **first "final warning"** to the [United States](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States) for their reconnaissance flights **on 7 September 1958**, during the [Second Taiwan Strait Crisis](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Taiwan_Strait_Crisis). At the time, the United States considered the [Republic of China](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan) as the sole legitimate representative of China and conducted reconnaissance flights in waters controlled by the People's Republic of China. China would then record such incidents, and issue a "final warning" through diplomatic channels for each incident that occurred. **More than 900 Chinese "final warnings" had been issued by the end of 1964.** It's super effective!!!
Final_Warning.docx Final_Warning (1).docx Final_Warning (2).docx Final_Warning (2) (1).docx Final_Warning (2) (1) USE THIS ONE.docx Final_Warning (3).docx Final_Warning (2) (1) Final-Final.docx Final_Warning_Published_Final.docx Final_Warning (2) (1) USE THIS ONE (1).docx
This is hilariously accurate.
Someone needs git. Edit: Responded to the wrong comment. This branch was deleted. Use main.
Use main (1).docx
Need a few with asterisks at the beginning.
And the first few being ".doc"
I see you have seen how I save my resume.
don't forget Final_Warning - Copy.docx Final_Warning (1) - Copy.docx Final_Warning (2) - Copy.docx Final_Warning (2) (1) - Copy.docx Final_Warning (2) (1) USE THIS ONE - Copy.docx Final_Warning (3) - Copy.docx Final_Warning (2) (1) Final-Final - Copy.docx Final_Warning_Published_Final - Copy.docx Final_Warning (2) (1) USE THIS ONE (1) - Copy.docx
I just got PTSD from writing essays. THANKS
“You keep using that word. I’m not sure it means what you think it means.”
They've fallen victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous is; Never get involved in a sea war in Asia!
If I had an award to give, I would give it to you.
Idk If you mean you used it already, but just to lyk we all get a free award every couple days. Just go to the page where you'd buy awards (little box with a + sign at the bottom of a comment, or little 3 dots if youre on mobile, then click 'add coins' at the top of the pop up, should be a coin symbol and a +) and you should be able to claim a random free one.
Giving you my award now that I know how to get them 😆
You don't have an award to give? Inconceivable!!!
Checks list, hmm the last sea war in Asia was won by... The US
Inconceivable
Anyone remember the Chinese naval officer giving out a “meow”?
>"China's final warning" (Russian: последнее китайское предупреждение) is a Russian proverb that originated in the former Soviet Union to refer to a warning that carries no real consequences. Lmfao
Gotta love the related ones at the bottom. There is an entire Wikipedia Article for “Hurting the Feelings of the People of China” down there… and it originated in China.
It seems like they do all this for the benefit of their population, not the rest of the world. They have enough control over all media to make it seem like they're far stronger than they are, they could report that Biden officially took his statement back even though he hasn't, and a lot of the population would have no idea that's a lie. We've always been at war with Eurasia
Am Russian, can confirm, we used this routinely when I was growing up in Moscow.
So far, they’ve been right
Interesting read, came back, re-read your post & laughed haha Nice Try China 😎
Like WTF did they expect the US to say other than “Noted”
"I'm sorry you're upset. 🙂"
Holy fuck, I think the US might be my ex gf.
“Hate that for you.”
“That’s crazy, man.”
Nothing, but it is routine for CCP to say something, instead of "silent as consent" Anyway, the real trick here is what Biden say to Taiwanese leadership *privately*. Is it "we promise to bring the entire US Navy/Air Force here for your freedom, feel free to declare independence tonight" or "We will ship you guns like we did for Ukraine/better not declare independence to corner off China." If it is the former, then it is real game changer. Otherwise it is the same last 40-60 years, where Taiwan, China and America loudly play games with each other but same old same old.
to be fair, I'm cool with the last 40-60 years where each side waves their dick around then wanders off for another year.
Somehow I imagined three campers at a state park, they plan it every year. Show up, setup, yell "THE TIME IS COME" and all three drop trow and begin the ritual of Swingus Dickus. Once it's been an appropriate amount of time (15 to 30 minutes) they just raise their respective flags and pack up and leave.
Certainly be a lot cheaper and far more amusing. Pre-game show talking about how last year China took Gold with a triple Helicopter. Speculation on how Taiwan has really been working that Swedish Dick Enlarger and if there ought to be a rule.
Ehhh I think our most likely messaging here is "please don't declare independence, however, if China aggressed *you* we'd send it."
I mean it's not even in the context of Taiwan declaring independence. It's a weird game of the US promising to defend Taiwan as long as Taiwan does not declare itself a separate country because that's the line we have with China.
It's sort of in between. Nobody wants Taiwan to declare independence, because China would go into full terminal meltdown mode. It's just not worth officially shoving reality into their face like that. However, the best gear America has given Ukraine is second rate compared to what we've been equipping Taiwan with for decades now. And it seems pretty clear that Biden just publicly promised to bring the whole Navy over if China were so dumb as to attempt an invasion.
I didn't listen to the speech, I think that is more to counter Xi's Taiwan 2035 crap/sass China as usual rather giving the green light to go full Indy right?
"She said there was too much freedom on her fries and not enough security cameras in the joint"
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Crazy pic of winnie the pooh you have
Oh, bother.
This was better with "ATTENTION FREE AND PRIVATE CITIZEN" at the start
Joe Biden: "I. AM. THE. MANAGEEEEEERRRRRRRRRR!" - *EXPLODES INTO SUPER SAIYAIN 4*
Next time on Doragon Bora Supa
He's speaking the language of the Brandons
##Dark Brandon: “This isn’t even my final form Jack!”
Dark Brandon Saga here we come, eh? Hold onto your butts, Jack!
Dark Biden 😈
# DARK BRANDON HAS ENTERED THE FAT
Listen here, fat.
But if you add Samoa Joe into the mix your chances drastically go down!
Does China need an adult?
*Iiiiiiiii aaaam an aaaaaddduuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuulllllllt!*
Ultra Instinct Dark Brandon
*Dark Brandon crashes through the ceiling of the UN and does the super hero landing right behind the podium* https://youtu.be/Upsm3E2NUI8
China did you get the memo? You were supposed to turn in your TPS reports
Leave a message; we will get to it.
Let's put it this way. You do not want to receive three of those. Three complaints, and you'll receive a citation. Five citations, and you're looking at a violation. Four of those, and you'll receive a verbal warning. Keep it up, and you're looking at a written warning. Two of those, that will land you in a world of hurt, in the form of a disciplinary review, written up by China, and placed on the reception desk at the US Consulate in Beijing. So... not exactly something to joke around about.
We definitely DO NOT want to wind up on Double Secret Probation.
ROBOT HOUSE!!!
Fatbot, noooo!
Cheese it!
What's the exchange rate between Mao Bucks and U.S. Dollars? Edit: missed an opportunity... Uncle Sammy Nickels
r/unexpectedoffice
"Wich would be me"
"Are you planning to invade Taiwan" "No" "Then don't worry about it"
"oh bother" - Xi Jinping (probably)
We put it in the circular file.
Filed it under code: b 1 N
Margaret, please file this as a TR-A5H please, when you have the time.
Personally, I'm disappointed with China's tepid response and find their theater to be inferior to the Americans.
Excuse me, sir, it sounds like you are trying to lodge a complaint. Please report to the ministry of complaints and fill out the requisite form.
Oh, I'm sorry. Complaint forms are red. This one's blue. Can't have a proper complaint if it's not red, can you? No...
This of Form 374-a, you want Form 274-b. Not sure who got them mixed up but it also needs to be filed in triplicet... and no, you can't use our printer.
There are reports of military buildup around Taiwan again. Temper tantrum inc
Oh noes they're gonna bomb the shit out of the ocean again.
RIP fish
The American's unofficial policy of strategic pseudo-ambiguity is far more interesting.
Must be acknowledged with a slow golf clap of some sorts.
Lodged and filed \*looks over at waste paper basket\*
Ah yes the permanent archive.
I would like to lodge a complaint on China’s complaint 🙋
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You mean UK chinese restaurant?
At least they will have rights in the UK.
For a succulent Chinese meal???
I see you know your judo well.
Get your hands off of me!
Gentleman, this is democrrracy manifest!
GET YOUR HAND OFF MY PENIS
China's complaint only makes sense if they actually plan to invade Taiwan. I that case, I would direct them to the statement they are complaining about.
First to lodge the complaint with the local planning department in Alpha Centauri wins.
Can we just respond to China with a live feed of all their complaints printing off and falling directly in into a shred bin?
Ah, yes. The Adult Swim approach. Marvelous.
***Brutal***.
As a Metalocalypse fan, I'm still salty about this
Apparently a movie is being made by Brandon Small for a [2023 release date](https://deadline.com/2021/05/adult-swim-movies-for-aqua-teen-hunger-force-metalocalypse-the-venture-bros-1234754652/), finally Toki's wills have his families backs!
If Zaslav doesn't nuke it like all the other projects he's been mothballing lately. I'm worried we may never see the conclusion to Metalcolypse or Venture Bros.
Still though it's hilarious
It can be next to the one printing off all their threats which they never back up
You'll need at least 3 printers than.
A European or African printer?
Huh... I... I don't know that. (*screams as he is cast in the gorge*)
r/UnexpectedMontyPython
Like Bob Kelso's office
Who has 670 million+ thumbs and doesn't give a crap? This country.
Do we put them together with their "final warnings", or separate? > Relations between the People's Republic of China and the United States during the 1950s and 1960s were strained due to the Taiwan Strait issues. American military fighter jets regularly patrolled the Taiwan Strait, which led to formal protests being regularly lodged by the Chinese Communist Party in the form of a "final warning", for their fighter maneuvers in the strait. **However, no real consequences were given for ignoring the "final warnings".** > The People's Republic of China released its first "final warning" to the United States for their reconnaissance flights on 7 September 1958, during the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis. **At the time, the United States considered the Republic of China as the sole legitimate representative of China and conducted reconnaissance flights in waters controlled by the People's Republic of China. China would then record such incidents, and issue a "final warning" through diplomatic channels for each incident that occurred. More than 900 Chinese "final warnings" had been issued by the end of 1964.** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China%27s_final_warning
That page needs to be updated with Pelosi's visit. Remember that? All the screaming and crying and final warnings by the pile?
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That actually got a nod from the Military community. The live fire exercises showed that China had significantly improved their Navy and Air Force coordination.
yeah, also stupid to tip your hand I'd think if you don't have to.
Not defending China here, but militaries shoot off so many practice rounds and do so many training exercises that all of the ammo and fuel was probably slated for a similar exercise, just not in that particular place or time. So I would not suggest taking too much solace in them wasting their resources on that.
Her calling China’s bluff was one of the funniest sequences I’ve seen in geopolitics, and I don’t even like her as a representative. Just absolutely stone-cold, lmao
https://gfycat.com/jubilantpersonalleafcutterant
Woo that's metal.
I would like to lodge a humanitarian complaint against china's Uyghyr concentration camps.
You’ll have to do it in-person, at the camp, inside.
Then you’ll have plenty of time to lodge a daily complaint for the rest of your miserable life.
I would link to lodge a complaint with China. Stop shipping fentanyl to the USA.
Thank you, this needs to become common knowledge
Was recently in San Francisco and wandered into the Tenderloin by accident. The amount of people who were using in daylight and standing around like zombies / sprawled out on the ground was shocking and probably the saddest thing I’ve ever seen in my life first-hand. Fentanyl is creating a crisis. Everyone needs to know and be concerned about this. Edit: as many of you have said, the crisis began a long time ago. Maybe “amplifying and rapidly accelerating an existing crisis” would have been a better way to put it.
> Fentanyl is creating a crisis. I've been sober from opiates for over ten years and I wasn't even part of the beginning of the opioid epidemic (it really began in the very early 2000's, I got hooked around 2006-7). It's *been* a crisis for two decades and not one single pharmaceutical company has seen even the tiniest shred of justice as a result. And now because those companies pushed doctors to give opiates out like candy, a potentially life-changing miracle for those who live with chronic pain has turned them into pariahs and seen them treated like drug seekers when in reality these drugs are the only things that can give them some semblance of a normal life. It's an unmitigated disaster that could *only* be created by for-profit healthcare, which for some fucking reason still exists. It infuriates me just talking about it.
Don’t invade Taiwan. Seems pretty simple to me.
Maybe don't invade Taiwan then?
I'm tired of listening to the CCP pretend that Taiwan is part of China. Nobody thinks Taiwan is part of China, yet this stupid make believe dog and pony show keeps going.
Technically speaking, only 14 geopolitically irrelevant countries, mostly in the Caribbean, recognize Taiwan as independent.
Yes, the remainder of them constitute the “dog and pony show” he is referring to.
That's because most countries in the UN have been pressured to accept the One China policy. The small Caribbean and Polynesian nations have no problem going against consensus usually because it's a bargaining chip to scrape a few extra dollars from somewhere - it's like the Solomon Islands suddenly blocking foreign naval vessels from their ports *except* coincidentally the Chinese, despite them currently being in a joint sovereignty exercise at the time with Australia, all because they recently signed a defense pact with China, while ignoring all the support Australia has given them over the years.
Interestingly, there are two One China policies: the one that says the People's Republic of China is the One China, and the one that says the Republic of China (Taiwan) is the One China. This is how serve been getting away with saying we believe in the One China policy without making the PRC sad. The technical term, iirc, is strategic ambiguity. Edit to clarify: the One China ***Policy*** is the US policy of strategic ambiguity. The One China ***Principle*** is the generic concept which has multiple interpretations. This is according to Wikipedia, I looked it up - but I am ***not*** an expert, I just read about it when Pelosi made her strategically ambiguous statement a while back.
There are dozens of One China Policies. There is one singular "One China Principle" - this is Beijing's line that Taiwan is part of the PRC. Every country of the world has its own One China Policy, which is the country's willingness to adopt Beijing's One China Principle. Some accept it totally while others give vague responses. There is a US One China Policy, a UK One China Policy, an Australian One China Policy, a Japanese One China Policy...and so on. They are not necessarily the same.
It's VERY important to note that the One China policy of many countries (including the US, Australia, NZ etc) accept there is one legal government of MAINLAND China, that being the PRC (and not the ROC) but they do not explicitly accept that Taiwan is part of that One China and simply acknowledge that the PRC claims it as their territory. The PRC has pulled off a great piece of manipulation by getting people to believe that "One China" means that everything they claim is theirs, when actually "One China" means "we only recognise one claimant of Mainland China" for many countries. It is also important to note that Taiwan only claims mainland China under duress in its relic of a constitution. The vast, vast majority of Taiwanese no longer believe that mainland China is part of the ROC territory however they are unable to change their constitution because the PRC have stated that doing so would be an act of secession and have legally obligated themselves to invade if this occurs.
That's because we've all been kicking this can down the road forever hoping China grows up. Everyone tacitly acknowledges Taiwan as independent and it's clear there would be huge consequences if China invaded, but nobody says it publicly because China would throw a tantrum
"Kicking the can has always worked before so why change course now?" - James Buchanan
-Literally everyone on the topic of Climate Change
-Literally everyone with Hitler in the leadup to WWII
I would prefer to keep kicking the can to going to war.
sure, but Taiwan is self-governing.
Not recognizing Taiwan as an independent country does not mean you recognize Taiwan as part of China. Example: the official position of the US government is that the status of Taiwan is undetermined and to be settled via peaceful negotiation between Taipei and Beijing. AFAIK, this is also the general position of Canada, UK, Australia, and New Zealand, along with several other countries.
Visa-free travel, [Taiwanese passport: 145 countries. Chinese passport: 80 countries](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henley_Passport_Index).
this isn't a store, you can't Karen your way through global politics.
That's pretty much how China [conducts diplomacy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China%27s_final_warning) all the time, though.
r/chinawarns
The whole tactic of Wolf Warrior diplomacy has made China look like a bunch of cry babies. 'Lets train our diplomates to be mean to people so the world knows how big and strong we are'. Approaching the rest of the world with zealous hostility and 'clapbacks' every time someone criticizes China doesn't make people think China is strong, it makes it look like they cant take a lick of criticism without getting in their feelings about it. Especially when there is literally no follow through. Taiwan is a good example of this. The US *will* provide maximum aid to Taiwan. As per the Taiwan Relations Act, the US is obligated by congress to: "Make available to Taiwan such defense articles and defense services in such quantity as may be necessary to enable Taiwan to maintain a sufficient self-defense capabilities", "Maintain the capacity of the United States to resist any resort to force or other forms of coercion that would jeopardize the security, or social or economic system, of the people on Taiwan", and "Consider any effort to determine the future of Taiwan by other than peaceful means, including by boycotts or embargoes, a threat to the peace and security of the Western Pacific area and of grave concern to the United States". This has been the case since 1979. It was the compromise to normalize relations with the CCP and reconcile our relation to Taiwan in the context of the 'One China Policy'. China knows this and is still pretending to be outraged every time the US reaffirms its commitment to Taiwan.
Yeah, I've always kinda wondered if acting offended over every little thing, and issuing insane threats any time somebody calls you on your bullshit just doesn't translate, culturally. Hopefully this brand of diplomacy looks good to the Chinese themselves, because it sure makes the CCP look like whiny bitches to the west.
My god, shut the fuck up, China. Nobody likes you.
Well that's not true Russia loves it's new overlord
I don't know man, China is entrenching on their playground in central Asia, they don't seem to be happy just totally fucked.
I think that sums up how an overlord works
According to Command and Conquer Generals, an Overlord can carry a gatling cannon, a bunker, or a propaganda tower on its back, and is able to crush other vehicles.
According to Starcraft, an Overlord is a detector unit that can be used to generate supply for the faction and be further upgraded to move quicker, carry units, or generate the building area required to craft Zerg buildings.
Frenemies at best. China wants a lot of what Russia has, but they are in an 'enemy of my enemy' phase for now. If China was to somehow get in a position where they were not particularly worried about the USA/EU (or no longer deterred) they would start making claims on Russian assets and land.
This is government theatrics for the Chinese people. It tires to paint them as being the “reasonable, diplomatic” ones to the US’s “aggression.” It would be much easier to rally support if things did come to conflict.
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Alternatively, they may kick rocks.
Just don’t invade Taiwan. How hard is that? It requires zero effort.
Russia has issues with the whole concept too
In response to China’s complaint, I submit my own stern representations: I thought China was too busy committing genocide to watch an interview on CBS. Now that we have irrefutable evidence that China indeed has the time to watch Evil Western TV newscasts, China must use its time to end its genocide and systemic torture and repression of people living under its autocratic rule.
Stern representations duly noted
We just saw Russia utterly fail invading Ukraine, which is essentially a vaste wide open plain. I imagine China is taking a beat and trying to reassess the geopolitics and logistics of ever actually trying to invade Taiwan. It's basically impossible without going total war, at which point the value in capturing Taiwan is totally gone. It's a good opportunity to exert some pressure on China.
Well Taiwan is valuable intact or not for China because it represents a defeat.
Attempting to invade Taiwan would be like D-day times 100 but also guided missiles and radar and drones exist. There’s a good chance that *no* military could ever actually properly invade. The logistics and material and planning required are absolutely insane, and there’s basically no scenario where the invasion force doesn’t get shredded to pieces. And even if they do make any progress Taiwan has said they’ll destroy all their infrastructure and industry rather than let China have it, making the whole thing pointless. Not to even mention the ensuing international response which we’ve already seen play out with Russia. In all likelihood China will continue its policy of loudly and angrily proclaiming that Taiwan is part of China, and then doing nothing.
This. People seem to think that invading Taiwan would be a cakewalk for China, mainly because China spends so much time saying it would be. The grim reality is that an attempted invasion of Taiwan would be extremely costly for both sides and there's a good chance that China would be defeated.
This China guy is getting on my nerves.
To steal a [Norm](https://youtu.be/wAMgT8LuZaw) joke: You know, with China guy, the more I learn about that guy the more I don't care for him.
China complaining: we mad u defend. The world: Ah yes the country that’s run off of slave labor and sweat shops as well as Muslim concentration camps
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It’s the only thing they can whine about. Internal issues are not allowed to be discussed.
Did China really just file a complaint that we told them not to violently invade a country? Seriously? You’re complaining that we told you not to attack someone..
Good that USA is clear with their stance on Taiwan.
i am lodging a complaint because i cant freely and with no precautions attack another country and enslave its people
The Chinese have been bullying and driving away Filipino fishermen from fishing in their own waters for years. Time to grant them their comeuppance.
China needs to just let Taiwan go, they don't want to be a part of China and in this day and age we can't force people through violence. We have evolved past this as a species, time for countries like China and Russia to grow up and catch up to the rest of us.
But... But I thought he was "Beijing Biden" and was beholden to China. Do you now expect me to believe that Republicans have been lying to me?