11 Apr 2020, 7:18 am
Pepe wrote:
Karamazov wrote:
Pepe wrote:
Karamazov wrote:
Pepe wrote:
Karamazov wrote:
Yeah: mostly dockyards and service infrastructure, think it’s only dockyards that they own outright though.
As far as I’m aware the situation is similar in parts of Africa.
As far as I’m aware the situation is similar in parts of Africa.
They own a port in Darwin (Australia), now.
Our Australian watchdogs dropped the ball on that one.
I don't think it will happen again, cross paws.
Yes, one of the things I found quite curious about the Cameron administration here was the enthusiasm of a conservative led government for CCP involvement in our national infrastructure.
The current and last Tory administrations are/were also insistent that Huawei must supply our forthcoming 5G when there are German companies that provide the same tech, probably with better design and build quality.
The ccp undercuts prices for long term strategic reasons.
Your government has been sucked in because of financial considerations.
Absolute madness.
There is talk about reviewing the Huawei decision, spurred on by the COVID-19 crisis.
Anyone who trusts the ccp not doing the wrong thing, given the chance, is a total fool, imo.
Penny-Pinching on national infrastructure with cavalier disregard for the consequences?
Why would you suspect the British Conservative party of that?
Hopeful news on the review: I’d be much happier with 5G supplier by folks based in the Ruhr: think there’s also a Swedish company who can do the job if contracted.
(I wouldn’t be surprised if “B****t means B****t” was behind the Huawei contract)
As I indicated above: I doubt they’d try to impose their post-Maoist system on us for the sake of it, but screwing with our political system and culture to keep the revenue flowing back to the PRC to fund and stabilise their rule? Of course they would
I was thinking more along the lines of "The 5 Eyes" information-sharing agreement.
"A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
It appears that that weak link might be you Tommies".
Get out there and protest, NOW!.
Well. Yes.
To busy reliving past issues with the Germans and the French to clearly comprehend today’s issues would, I think, sum up our current national outlook for quite a while now.
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Pity. Anyways I'm not sure which is worse? A world forever under the mercy of the USA as it continues down its path to totalitarianism or a world ruled by China which has always been a totalitarian dictatorship? 
11 Apr 2020, 9:57 am
11 Apr 2020, 10:02 am
Tw1ggy wrote:
Pity. Anyways I'm not sure which is worse? A world forever under the mercy of the USA as it continues down its path to totalitarianism or a world ruled by China which has always been a totalitarian dictatorship?
The US citizens don’t boil dogs alive like in China.We boil hot dogs.
If China takes over the world will be one giant wet market,and there won’t be a turtle left on the planet.
11 Apr 2020, 10:02 am
11 Apr 2020, 10:06 am
Tw1ggy wrote:
Pity. Anyways I'm not sure which is worse? A world forever under the mercy of the USA as it continues down its path to totalitarianism or a world ruled by China which has always been a totalitarian dictatorship?
I believe I can safely say that China is no more totalitarian than Cuba, a country hardly anyone every criticizes but instead, is often publicly admired as a steadfast bulwark against US cultural, economic, and military aggression.
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Go East, young man! 
11 Apr 2020, 11:11 am
kraftiekortie wrote:
Go East, young man!
11 Apr 2020, 11:13 am
lostonearth35 wrote:
Yeah, I know just how much better a job the States have done "ruling" the world. 
TheRobotLives wrote:
he warned us that there are people who *don't love America*
This was news?
How the US behaves in the world impacts how they're viewed. Who'd have thought? TheRobotLives wrote:
he labeled coronavirus as the "Chinese virus"
Wait, does that mean the virus have Chinese citizenship? That makes me wonder if it has residence permit? If not, it should be made to return home. Considering its behavior, it should be evicted!
