Sun Tze said: Know yourself and Your Enemies. 孫子兵法說: 知己知彼 百戰不殆.
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Finland joined NATO, the War Machine wins again! 芬蘭加入北約，戰爭機器又贏了!
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In the name of democracy video: prosecution against political enemies 以民主之名視頻：起訴政敵
https://rumble.com/v2g9xo4-in-the-name-of-democracy-video-prosecution-against-political-enemies.html
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=921168282439831&id=100036400039778&mibextid=qC1gEa
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Video: In the name of US (fake) democracy, banning Chinese, Chinese Americans & China! Extreme double standards in western countries! 以美國(假)民主的名義，禁止華人、美籍華人和中國！西方国家的极端双重标准!
https://rumble.com/v2g45q4-extreme-double-standards-in-western-countries.html
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=920732952483364&id=100036400039778&mibextid=qC1gEa
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Video: A thief and barbarian, backstabbing the friend that helps you 盜賊野蠻，背叛幫助你的朋友
https://rumble.com/v2g3v14-a-thief-and-barbarian-backstabbing-the-friend-that-helps-you.html
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=920701865819806&id=100036400039778&mibextid=qC1gEa
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Trust deficit of US has been self-inflicted 美國的信任赤字是自己造成的 By George Koo | China Daily Global | Updated: 2023-04-03 (an excellent write up by my good friend in SF)
In the United States, we have a popular saying: “You can’t have your cake and eat it too”, which is another way of saying that you cannot have it both ways. Yet this is exactly what President Joe Biden’s administration is trying to do with China.
It treats China like a bitter adversary. The Biden administration even has hundreds of millions of dollars allocated to encourage Western media to blacken China’s reputation at every opportunity, even resorting to distortion and fabrication to achieve their objective. Yet when they need China’s help, Biden expects Beijing to comply and act as a willing supporter.
Some recent examples come to mind. At the G20 Summit in Bali in October, Biden reaffirmed the one-China principle and said he would do nothing to interfere with Taiwan as part of China. Of course, right after he left Bali, he ordered advanced weapons for Taiwan and commandeered part of Taiwan Semiconductor Co from the island’s city of Hsinchu to the US state of Arizona.
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen flew to Switzerland specifically to intercept China’s then vice-premier Liu He on his way to Davos. She asked for China’s support for the dollar by continuing to buy US Treasury IOUs. She then flew on to Africa to warn African nations of China’s so-called debt-trap diplomacy — without any evidence whatsoever.
On the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference in February, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Chinese senior diplomat Wang Yi, boasting later that he gave a stern warning that China must not give weapons to Russia, or it would face dire consequences. Wang, who is now a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee, let it be known that the shooting down by the US of a weather balloon that wandered into US airspace was a hysterical response.
Hysteria and paranoid logic run wild in Washington. Kits for new subway cars provided by China and assembled in the US were feared to be a vehicle for spying. The ubiquitous TikTok may be thrown out of the US because it is owned by a Chinese entrepreneur.
The US has concluded that the best way to deal with its rotting infrastructure, proliferating number of homeless people, drug overdoses and mass shootings is to kick the can down the road and let the next round of politicians face the challenges.
In the meantime, rather than confronting the real challenges at home, they work on blaming everything on China.
At the beginning of his administration, Biden could have reset relations with China, but he doubled down instead. Blinken and others have gone around promising positive relations with every country, only to stab them in the back. This has been especially true with their dealings with China. Right now, Biden desperately needs to meet with President Xi Jinping to get China’s support for the US debt, but he thinks he can get that support while trashing China and freezing China from access to semiconductor technology.
Under his leadership, the US has become a nation that inflicts self-harm by a thousand cuts. By unilaterally destroying Iraq and Libya, the US instilled fear in others. By unilaterally confiscating foreign reserves belonging to Afghanistan and Russia, Biden behaved like the mafia. All the world can now see that holding on to the dollar and keeping it in the US is fraught with danger.
Under these circumstances, why would China want to buy more Treasury bills? That would only enable the Federal Reserve to print more dollars and run up the deficit. In fact, China is converting extra dollars into gold and spending the remainder as rapidly as possible. China is also working with Saudi Arabia and other oil-producing states to accept the renminbi instead of the petrodollar. More than 100 countries that trade with China are already willing to hold renminbi as part of their reserve currency. All are motivated to avoid owning dollars.
The US under Biden’s leadership now suffers a huge credibility gap and trust deficit with the rest of the world. The US economy and therefore American taxpayers will pay dearly from the debt trap of Biden’s own making.
The author, a US citizen of Chinese ancestry and a retired international business adviser, wrote this commentary especially for China Daily.
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Ma Yingjeou Family Education 馬英九的家庭教育 屈穎妍 2023-04-03
國民黨前主席馬英九到內地歷史性訪問12天，除了重點項目——回湖南家鄉湘潭祭祖，其他幾個到訪地：南京、武漢、重慶、上海，都有當年國軍抗日的足跡，都是中國人一同對抗外敵的戰場，對比今日冰封的兩岸關係，馬英九走這歷史步道，饒富深意。
這一步，其實馬英九已等了73年。
今年73歲的馬英九，才第一次回內地，一種對我們普通人來說非常簡單的行為——回自己的國土、拜祭自己的祖先，但對馬英九來說，卻是遙不可及，卻要用上73年。
鏡頭前，我們看到馬英九在祖墳前、在訪問中多次哽咽，他對祖輩報告說：台灣在他八年管治下，是兩岸分隔七十年來最和平繁榮的時期……馬家現有38個子孫，一直都遵守「黃金非寶書為寶，萬事皆空善不空」的家訓，自強不息。
馬英九從未踏足湖南家鄉，當年戰亂，馬父馬鶴凌響應蔣介石「十萬青年十萬軍」的號召，從台灣隻身到大陸參戰，馬母秦厚修挺著大肚子從台灣跑去找丈夫，因爲時局突變，兩口子顛沛逃到香港，就在廣華醫院誕下兒子馬英九。
所以馬英九常打趣說：「我是台灣製造，香港交貨的。」
生了三個女兒才得到這男孩，馬父對之要求格外嚴厲，兒子小二就要他手抄《古文觀止》及《論語》。
幾年前馬母離世，馬英九寫了篇悼念文章，描述母親彌留前的一個畫面：「我給她背《桃花源記》，背對了，她點頭，背錯了，她就搖頭，我們重溫50年前母子共享的快樂時光……」
想像得到，馬家的家庭教育是何等中國式。
馬英九有位小學同學接受記者訪問時曾回憶說：馬英九對林則徐特別敬佩，一說起那段歷史就會激動地站起來說：「銷煙！焚煙！」
有位中學同學回憶：「高三那年校慶，18歲的馬英九跟我說立志做總統，我當時還不相信。」結果，40年後，58歲的馬英九果真當上台灣最高領導人。
馬父是典型的中式嚴父，他把期許都放到馬英九身上，怕兒子在三個姐姐一個妹的女人堆中長大會變娘娘腔，於是要求兒子負責家中打掃、劈柴等所有粗活。
考大學時，人人都選理科，馬英九也想選，但馬父說，你要選文科，唸法律。
馬英九問為什麼？馬父說，石門水庫很難建，但請12個歐洲專家來一定建得成。不過，如果國家治理不好，能請個外國人來幫你管治嗎？
於是，馬英九聽從父訓，在台大唸法律，之後更到美國哈佛大學唸到法學博士。
學成回台，馬英九當上領導人蔣經國的英文秘書，之後在官場平步青雲，直至做了法務部長（類似香港的律政司長），就遇上人生最大挫折。
因爲馬英九一上場就大力掃黑，結果受盡攻擊甚至生命威脅。當時母親和姐妹都叫他別幹了，惟獨馬父鼓勵兒子繼續，他說，文天祥、鄭成功只活了39歲，馬英九你已比他們多活5年了。
難怪今天馬英九能站在祖墳前對先輩這樣說：「你們的家庭教育沒有失敗」。慎終追遠，是中國人道德教育很重要的一部分，馬英九領著馬家四姐妹來給先賢鞠躬，尋根認祖，就是要告訴台灣人，我們本就血脈相連。
對比之下，我倒想看看，同一時間跑去美國認賊作父的蔡英文，到底受了些什麼賣國教育？
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Top 4 apps in America are #Chinese apps 美國排名前四的應用程序是中國應用程序 🇨🇳:
- #Temu (overseas version of #拼多多)
- #TikTok (overseas version of #抖音)
- #CapCut (overseas version of #剪映)
- #SHEIN (overseas version of #希音)
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An Act of Madness by the United States. I invite people to read the TERA portion of the NDAA. It is from pages 895-940.
Notice the ferocious obsessive thoroughness and officiousness of the provisions relating to Taiwan.
They are light years ahead of anything any peace organization is thinking about.
They have put in provisions that you didn’t even think they were thinking about.
There is an entire sub-section requiring analysis of the repercussions of the Ukraine war on Taiwan.
These are just the contents. You have to look at the actual text to understand how detailed, and how far gone it is. It’s an act of madness.
TITLE LV—FOREIGN AFFAIRS MATTERS
Subtitle A—Taiwan Enhanced Resilience Act
Sec. 5501. Short title.
PART 1—IMPLEMENTATION OF AN ENHANCED DEFENSE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE
UNITED STATES AND TAIWAN
Sec. 5502. Modernizing Taiwan’s security capabilities to deter and, if necessary, defeat aggression by the People’s Republic of China.
Sec. 5503. Increase in annual regional contingency stockpile additions and support
for Taiwan.
Sec. 5504. International military education and training cooperation with Taiwan.
Sec. 5505. Additional authorities to support Taiwan.
Sec. 5506. Multi-year plan to fulfill defensive requirements of military forces of Taiwan. Sec. 5507. Fast-tracking sales to Taiwan under Foreign Military Sales program.
Sec. 5508. Arms exports delivery solutions for Taiwan and United States allies in
the Indo-Pacific.
Sec. 5509. Assessment of Taiwan’s needs for civilian defense and resilience.
Sec. 5510. Annual report on Taiwan defensive military capabilities and intelligence
support.
Sec. 5511. Findings and statement of policy.
Sec. 5512. Sense of Congress on Taiwan defense relations.PART 2—COUNTERING PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA’S COERCION AND INFLUENCE
CAMPAIGNS
Sec. 5513. Strategy to respond to influence and information operations targeting Taiwan.
Sec. 5514. Task force to counter economic coercion by the People’s Republic of China.
Sec. 5515. China censorship monitor and action group.PART 3—INCLUSION OF TAIWAN IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Sec. 5516. Findings.
Sec. 5517. Sense of Congress on Taiwan’s meaningful participation in the international community.
Sec. 5518. Strategy to support Taiwan’s meaningful participation in international organizations.
Sec. 5519. Meaningful participation of Taiwan in the International Civil Aviation Organization.PART 4—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Sec. 5520. Report on Taiwan Travel Act.
Sec. 5521. Amendments to the Taiwan Allies International Protection and Enhancement Initiative (Taipei) Act of 2019.
Sec. 5522. Report on role of People’s Republic of China’s nuclear threat in escalation dynamics.
Sec. 5523. Report analyzing the impact of Russia’s war against Ukraine on the objectives of the People’s Republic of China with respect to Taiwan.
Sec. 5524. Expanding United States-Taiwan development cooperation.
Sec. 5525. Sense of congress on expanding United States economic relations with
Taiwan.PART 5—SUPPORTING UNITED STATES EDUCATIONAL AND EXCHANGE PROGRAMS WITH TAIWAN
Sec. 5526. Short title.
Sec. 5527. Findings.
Sec. 5528. Purposes.
Sec. 5529. Definitions.
Sec. 5530. Taiwan Fellowship Program.
Sec. 5531. Reports and audits.
Sec. 5532. Taiwan fellows on detail from government service.
Sec. 5533. Funding.
Sec. 5534. Study and report.
Sec. 5535. Supporting United States educational and exchange programs with Taiwan.PART 6—UNITED STATES-TAIWAN PUBLIC HEALTH PROTECTION
Sec. 5536. Short title.
Sec. 5537. Definitions.
Sec. 5538. Study on an infectious disease monitoring center.PART 7—RULES OF CONSTRUCTION
Sec. 5539. Rule of construction.
Sec. 5540. Rule of construction regarding the use of military force.Notice this section 5523 in the NDAA, which requires an analysis of how the war in Ukraine affects Taiwan.
From this, you can surmise that the US sees these two wars as a connected continuum of global war, both hybrid and kinetic.
SEC. 5523. REPORT ANALYZING THE IMPACT OF RUSSIA’S WAR AGAINST UKRAINE ON THE OBJECTIVES OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA WITH RESPECT TO TAIWAN.
(a) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED.—In
this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’
means—
(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate;
(2) the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate;
(3) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate;
(4) the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate;
(5) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
of the Senate;
(6) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate;
(7) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives;
(8) the Committee on Armed Services of the House of
Representatives;
(9) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives;
(10) the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of
the House of Representatives;
(11) the Committee on Financial Services of the House
of Representatives; and
(12) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House
of Representatives.(b) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation
with the Secretary of Defense and the Director of National Intelligence, shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional
committees that analyzes the impact of Russia’s war against Ukraine on the PRC’s diplomatic, military, economic, and propaganda objectives with respect to Taiwan.
(c) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection (b) shall
describe—
(1) adaptations or known changes to PRC strategies and military doctrine that the United States assesses are a direct result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine or that the United States assesses represent lessons learned by the People’s Republic of China in light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine,
including changes—
(A) to PRC behavior in international forums;
(B) within the People’s Liberation Army, with respect to the size of forces, the makeup of leadership, weapons procurement, equipment upkeep, the doctrine on the use of specific weapons, such as weapons banned under the international law of armed conflict, efforts to move weapons supply chains onto mainland PRC, or any other changes in its military strategy with respect to Taiwan;
(C) in economic planning, such as sanctions evasion, efforts to minimize exposure to sanctions, or moves in support of the protection of currency or other strategic reserves;
(D) to propaganda, disinformation, and other information operations originating in the PRC; and
(E) to the PRC’s strategy for the use of force against Taiwan, including any information on preferred scenarios or operations to secure its objectives in Taiwan, adjustments based on how the Russian military has performed in Ukraine, and other relevant matters; and(2) United States plans to adapt policies and military planning in response to the changes referred to in paragraph (1).
(d) FORM.—The report required by subsection (b) shall be submitted in classified form.
(e) COORDINATION WITH ALLIES AND PARTNERS.—The Secretary of State shall share information contained in the report required by subsection (b), as appropriate, with appropriate officials of allied and partners, including Taiwan and other partners in Europe and in the Indo-Pacific.
VFP CHINA RESOLUTIONS
Veterans For Peace National Resolutions on China:Resolution 2020-2: Pivot to Peace with China and the World
(Passed – Yes: 439, No: 7)
WHEREAS, Veterans For Peace is a global organization of Military Veterans and allies dedicated to building a culture of peace by using our experiences to inform the public of the true causes and enormous costs of wars, seeking to heal the wounds of wars, and working to end all wars and hostilities between nations, and
WHEREAS, the so-called Pivot to Asia of 2011 was in fact a pivot toward war and confrontation that that identified China as a competitor and adversary, carrying with it the threat of nuclear war, and
WHEREAS, this dangerous policy has created palpable feelings of fear, animosity and even hatred not only toward the People’s Republic of China but toward Chinese people in general and Chinese-American citizens and other Asian peoples in the United States, and
WHEREAS, humanity now faces multiple crises which threaten the well-being and very survival of our species, crises which demand the cooperation of the two largest and most powerful countries, China and the United States,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT VETERANS FOR PEACE urges the government of the United States to reject escalation towards global conflict and instead pursue peace, non-intervention, and cooperation with China and the rest of the world.Submitted by: Eugene Ruyle, VFP Member Co-Sponsored by: VFP Chapter 20 and VFP Chapter 69
Resolution 2022-01: U.S. Hands Off Taiwan and the South China Sea
Election Results: Passed
Approve: 696 (89.69%)
Disapprove: 80 (10.31%)
Abstain: 130
WHEREAS, Taiwan and the South China Sea represent a key area where U.S. policy is likely to lead to nuclear war, whether by design or mistake, and
WHEREAS, the de facto government of Taiwan calls itself the Republic of China but is not officially recognized by the United Nations, the United States, Canada, Australia, NATO, nor over 90% of UN members. It exists solely because of the early military support by the U.S. before and after 1949, continuing to the present in various forms. U.S. arms sales to Taiwan in 2020 alone amounted to $5 billion, and
WHEREAS, in the Shanghai Communiqué of 1972, President Nixon and Chairman Mao agreed that there is only one China and Taiwan is a part of China, and
WHEREAS, the time when the U.S. Navy patrolled the Yangtze River is over. The Eurocentric idea that Asian nations require the United States to defend them has no place in the Twenty First Century, and
WHEREAS, the People’s Republic of China does not now, nor has it ever, threatened the territorial security or people’s well-being of the U.S., NATO, or any other country allied to the United States,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT VETERANS FOR PEACE urges the government of the United States to withdraw all military and naval forces from the Straits of Taiwan and the South China Sea,
re-examine U.S. arms sales to the ROC in Taiwan, and remember that the resolution of the status of Taiwan is the internal affair of the Chinese on both sides of the Taiwan Straits into which the United States has no right to intervene.
NOTE: This resolution does not endorse any political party within the PRC nor any internal policy of the PRC, nor does it favor China over any other Asian nation. Our resolution simply grows out of a central part of our mission: to restrain our government from intervening overtly or covertly in the internal affairs of other nations.Submitted by Eugene E. Ruyle, VFP Chapter 162 – East Bay
Co-Sponsored by:
VFP Chapter 21 – North New Jersey
VFP Chapter 35 – Spokane
VFP Chapter 69 – San Francisco
VFP China Working GroupVeterans For Peace National Resolutions on China:Resolution 2020-2: Pivot to Peace with China and the World
(Passed – Yes: 439, No: 7)
WHEREAS, Veterans For Peace is a global organization of Military Veterans and allies dedicated to building a culture of peace by using our experiences to inform the public of the true causes and enormous costs of wars, seeking to heal the wounds of wars, and working to end all wars and hostilities between nations, and
WHEREAS, the so-called Pivot to Asia of 2011 was in fact a pivot toward war and confrontation that that identified China as a competitor and adversary, carrying with it the threat of nuclear war, and
WHEREAS, this dangerous policy has created palpable feelings of fear, animosity and even hatred not only toward the People’s Republic of China but toward Chinese people in general and Chinese-American citizens and other Asian peoples in the United States, and
WHEREAS, humanity now faces multiple crises which threaten the well-being and very survival of our species, crises which demand the cooperation of the two largest and most powerful countries, China and the United States,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT VETERANS FOR PEACE urges the government of the United States to reject escalation towards global conflict and instead pursue peace, non-intervention, and cooperation with China and the rest of the world.Submitted by: Eugene Ruyle, VFP Member Co-Sponsored by: VFP Chapter 20 and VFP Chapter 69
Resolution 2022-01: U.S. Hands Off Taiwan and the South China Sea
Election Results: Passed
Approve: 696 (89.69%)
Disapprove: 80 (10.31%)
Abstain: 130
WHEREAS, Taiwan and the South China Sea represent a key area where U.S. policy is likely to lead to nuclear war, whether by design or mistake, and
WHEREAS, the de facto government of Taiwan calls itself the Republic of China but is not officially recognized by the United Nations, the United States, Canada, Australia, NATO, nor over 90% of UN members. It exists solely because of the early military support by the U.S. before and after 1949, continuing to the present in various forms. U.S. arms sales to Taiwan in 2020 alone amounted to $5 billion, and
WHEREAS, in the Shanghai Communiqué of 1972, President Nixon and Chairman Mao agreed that there is only one China and Taiwan is a part of China, and
WHEREAS, the time when the U.S. Navy patrolled the Yangtze River is over. The Eurocentric idea that Asian nations require the United States to defend them has no place in the Twenty First Century, and
WHEREAS, the People’s Republic of China does not now, nor has it ever, threatened the territorial security or people’s well-being of the U.S., NATO, or any other country allied to the United States,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT VETERANS FOR PEACE urges the government of the United States to withdraw all military and naval forces from the Straits of Taiwan and the South China Sea, re-examine U.S. arms sales to the ROC in Taiwan, and remember that the resolution of the status of Taiwan is the internal affair of the Chinese on both sides of the Taiwan Straits into which the United States has no right to intervene.NOTE: This resolution does not endorse any political party within the PRC nor any internal policy of the PRC, nor does it favor China over any other Asian nation. Our resolution simply grows out of a central part of our mission: to restrain our government from intervening overtly or covertly in the internal affairs of other nations.
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