Roy Hjalseth a Trumpie and (sic) gun nut on FB, is calling me anti American and a pro communist because I see the 21st century, post Trump, as Chinese. My response: YOU are and have been very, very anti American. That is what Trumpism is. Your leader stands against free speech, freedom fr[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Imperialism’
May 29th, 2018 - 8:42 am § in Donald Trump, Foreign Affairs
China Has Dispatched Warships to Challenge U.S. Vessels Sailing Near Disputed Islands
While Trump plays at being President and dumps anyone with actual expertise, China is playing the US the way Ali played Forman. Slowly and carefully, China has effectively taken control of the South China Sea, and therefore of Vietnam, Japan, Malaysia, and Singapore. Meanwhile Trump thinks Preside[...]
October 18th, 2017 - 5:37 pm § in Misc.
A Statue Appropriate For The New Chinese Empire
Statue for a Chinese Warrior This 158-foot-tall bronze figure depicts Guan Yu, an ancient Chinese general, now majestically towers over Jingzhou, China. Shanghaiist says that over 4,000 strips of bronze have been stuck onto the body of Guan Yu and he stands atop the 86,000 square foot Guan Yu[...]
July 4th, 2017 - 9:20 am § in Foreign Affairs
BREAKING NEWS: Russia and China tell Trump to embrace THEIR de-escalation plan
Russia and China joined diplomatic forces on Tuesday and called on North Korea, South Korea and the United States to sign up to a Chinese de-escalation plan designed to defuse tensions around Pyongyang’s missile program. The plan would see North Korea suspend its ballistic missile program and [...]
May 30th, 2017 - 7:23 pm § in Foreign Affairs
50 Years After Nigerian Civil War
THE IRONY OF MEMORIAL DAY: 50 Years Ago Today, Biafra Began What Was To Be a Failed Secession. America’s Memorial Day remembers the dead Union soldiers after our civil war. The irony for immigrants from Nigeria is that this day is also the anniversary Nigeria’s civil war. Our war [...]
May 2nd, 2017 - 8:23 am § in Donald Trump, Foreign Affairs
Trump’s nominee for China ambassador takes tough line on South China Sea
U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the U.S. ambassador to China took a tough line on Tuesday on China’s development of “artificial islands” in the South China Sea. “China cannot be allowed to use its artificial islands to coerce its neighbors or limit freedom o[...]
April 26th, 2017 - 8:44 am § in Donald Trump, Foreign Affairs
Xi tells Donald to Behave Himself
Kirsty Needham (Sydney Morning Herlad, Beijing, 24 APRIL 2017) Chinese President Xi Jinping has told his US counterpart Donald Trump that Beijing opposes any action on the Korean Peninsula that goes against UN Security Council resolutions. The phone call between the two leaders came as Chinese med[...]
April 26th, 2017 - 8:09 am § in Foreign Affairs
AUSTRALIA: Corporate Fugitive From China Hides in Sydney
Chinese fugitive believed to be hiding in plain sight on leafy inner west street A leafy street in Sydney’s Burwood has been listed by China’s feared corruption investigators as the possible residence of Ji Dongsheng, a former manager at Henan Securities in Zhengzhou.Now China’[...]