China [Sammelthread]

Konsequenzen der vorläufigen Stillegung des US-Entwicklungshilfeministeriums mit Bezug auf China:

https://twitter.com/BethanyAll…tatus/1887429257200345362 (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)

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Because of the U.S. funding freezing, the entire global ecosystem of China nonprofits is facing an extinction event.

I'm not exaggerating for clicks. This is really what is happening. Read my piece below:

In many cases, these orgs provide our last window into what is actually happening in China. They do the painstaking, risky work of tracking Chinese censorship, tallying local protests, uncovering rights violations, & documenting the Uyghur genocide.

https://www.aspistrategist.org…eed-emergency-assistance/

The research and other work done by these nonprofits is invaluable. It largely isn’t replicated by think tanks, universities, private firms, or journalists. If it disappears, nothing will replace it, and Beijing’s work to crush it will be complete.

The US spending freeze has revealed how dependent these organizations are on a single government for their survival—and, by extension, how fragile our sources of information about China really are.

The US must immediately grant emergency waivers to China-focussed nonprofits. If the US is not able to do this, governments around the world that value democracy, human rights, and truth must step in and find a way to restore funding to these organisations now.

This crisis should serve as a wake-up call for democracies everywhere. Funding from a single government should not be the only thing standing between us and an information blackout on Chinese civil society. That is not a model of international democratic resilience.

A key part of China’s agenda is to persuade its own citizens and the world, falsely and through deception and coercion, that democratic systems are not better. Beijing claims its system is the best way to guarantee economic prosperity and stability.

It is difficult and time-consuming to do the work that proves Beijing is lying. Tools that allow us to uncover the flaws of China’s own system, and the actual struggles Chinese people face, directly support the goals, security, and resilience of democratic governments.

Without the work that China nonprofits do, it will be much harder to show that China’s governance model is deeply flawed. If we can no longer prove that, it becomes much harder to understand why democracies are worth fighting for in the first place.

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Also ich bezweifle. dass das nicht wiederaufgenommen wird.

Bis dahin: 川建国

Zitat von Wemir

Offenbar wird Trump im chinesischen Internet 川建国 oder 建国同志 genannt. Das heißt so etwa Landaufbauer-Trump und Genosse Landaufbauer. Das Land, das er aufbaut, ist allerdings die Volksrepublik. Die Idee ist alles, was Trump macht, hilft China.

Go 川建国 !!!

Wenigstens ändern sie nicht alles:

https://www.defense.gov/News/R…-philippines-secretary-o/

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Readout of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's Call With Philippines Secretary of National Defense Gilberto Teodoro, Jr.

Pentagon Spokesman John Ullyot provided the following readout:

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Philippine Secretary of National Defense Gilberto Teodoro, Jr. held an introductory call today to discuss defense cooperation in the U.S.-Philippines Alliance. The leaders discussed the importance of reestablishing deterrence in the South China Sea, including by working with allies and partners. They also discussed enhancing the capability and capacity of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. The Secretary reaffirmed the ironclad U.S. commitment to the 1951 Mutual Defense Treaty and its importance for maintaining a secure and prosperous Indo-Pacific. He pledged to remain in close coordination with Secretary Teodoro.

Und das hier:

https://www.military.com/daily…t-military-exercises.html

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Canada and Philippines are in Final Negotiations for Defense Pact to Boost Joint Military Exercises

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Canada and the Philippines are in the final stages of negotiating a key defense pact that would allow their forces to hold larger military drills, said the Canadian ambassador to Manila while raising concerns over China’s “provocative and unlawful actions” in the region.

Da müssen sich die Filipinos aber gut überlegen, ob sie dann den USA oder doch den Kanadiern helfen.

Nur ein paar Republikaner muss man noch nicht allzu ernst nehmen:

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Tiffany Reintroduces Resolution to Scrap “One China” Policy, Normalize U.S.-Taiwan Ties

February 6, 2025 Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – Reps. Tom Tiffany (WI-07) and Scott Perry (PA-10) led 22 members of Congress in reintroducing legislation to resume formal diplomatic relations with Taiwan and end the outdated, counter-productive, and dishonest “One China” policy. The resolution also encourages the Trump administration to support Taiwan's membership in international organizations, and to negotiate a bilateral U.S.-Taiwan Free Trade Agreement.

“Taiwan has never been under the control of the People’s Republic of China – not even for a single day. It is a free, democratic, and independent nation, and it is past time for U.S. policy to reflect this undeniable objective truth,” said Congressman Tiffany.

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Zumal es tatsächlich eine alte Initiatve ist, die vor vier Jahren auch schonmal vorgeschlagen wurde:

https://tiffany.house.gov/medi…xpand-diplomatic-economic

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March 1, 2021 Press Release

Resolution Calls on Biden to Resume Normal Bilateral Relations, Make Trade Deal with Taipei

Elon Musk: "I can save Earth a lot cheaper and more efficient than the communists. Just give me all the ICBM launch codes"

Spaß beiseite:

China opens recruitment for ‘planetary defence force’ amid fears of asteroid hitting Earth

Recruitment drive comes amid increasing focus on an asteroid with a low – but growing – likelihood of hitting earth in seven years

Zitat von The Guardian - 14.02.25

[...] The recruitment drive comes amid increasing focus on an asteroid with a low – but growing – likelihood of hitting earth in seven years. The 2024 YR4 asteroid is at the top of the European and US space agencies’ risk lists, and last week analysts increased their probability assessment of it hitting Earth from 1.3% to 2.2%. The UN’s Space Mission Planning Advisory Group, comprising countries with space programs including China, have been meeting regularly to discuss a response.

The ads, posted to WeChat earlier this week, listed 16 job vacancies at SASTIND, including three for a new “planetary defence force”. They invited applications from recent graduates aged under 35, with professional and technical qualifications and “a firm political stance” supporting the Chinese Communist party and an ideology aligned with its leader, Xi Jinping.

The ads prompted widespread online discussion among young people – a demographic that saw unemployment rates reach a record high in 2023.

“The Earth would depend on you three. Isn’t that stressful?” asked one person.

“If you succeed, you’re a hero who saves the world,” said another popular comment on Weibo. “But no one would punish you for failing, I mean, there be literally ‘no one’ left.”

Job descriptions attached to the ads suggest the force will have a key focus on international cooperation, and on designing systems for new and experimental technology. The planetary defence force jobs are described as “research on monitoring and early warning of near-Earth asteroids”, and required graduates with a masters degree or higher, with majors in astrophysics, earth and space exploration technology, and aerospace science and technology.

China’s aerospace sector is advancing, and it’s not clear the recruitment has been specifically prompted by the discovery of the asteroid. SASTIND did not respond to requests for comment. [...]

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Seite des US-Außenministeriums zu den Beziehungen zu Taiwan vorher:

https://web.archive.org/web/20…-s-relations-with-taiwan/

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U.S. Relations With Taiwan

[....]

The United States approach to Taiwan has remained consistent across decades and administrations. The United States has a longstanding one China policy, which is guided by the Taiwan Relations Act, the three U.S.-China Joint Communiques, and the Six Assurances. We oppose any unilateral changes to the status quo from either side; we do not support Taiwan independence; and we expect cross-Strait differences to be resolved by peaceful means. We continue to have an abiding interest in peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait. Consistent with the Taiwan Relations Act, the United States makes available defense articles and services as necessary to enable Taiwan to maintain a sufficient self-defense capability -– and maintains our capacity to resist any resort to force or other forms of coercion that would jeopardize the security, or the social or economic system, of Taiwan

Nachher:

https://www.state.gov/u-s-relations-with-taiwan/

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U.S. Relations With Taiwan

[...]

The United States’ approach to Taiwan has remained consistent across decades and administrations. The United States has a longstanding one China policy, which is guided by the Taiwan Relations Act, the three Joint Communiques, and the Six Assurances. We continue to have an abiding interest in peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait. We oppose any unilateral changes to the status quo from either side. We expect cross-Strait differences to be resolved by peaceful means, free from coercion, in a manner acceptable to the people on both sides of the Strait. Consistent with the Taiwan Relations Act, the United States makes available defense articles and services as necessary to enable Taiwan to maintain a sufficient self-defense capability – and maintains the capacity to resist any resort to force or other forms of coercion that would jeopardize the security, or the social or economic system, of the people on Taiwan

Die Dummies wollen vermutlich Chinas rote Linie als Verhandlungsmasse verwenden.

https://www.scmp.com/news/chin…netic-wake-tracking-study

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China can detect US Seawolf-class submarine with magnetic wake tracking: study

Stealth may soon be an impossible feat for submarines, after scientists found a way to detect even the quietest underwater vessels

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Researchers with Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU) in Xian claim to have developed a groundbreaking method to detect even the quietest underwater vessels by harnessing the magnetic fields generated by their wakes – a discovery that could reshape naval warfare.

Wie sagt man: Big, if true.

China baut jetzt anscheinend auch große Druckluftspeicher.

Zitat von https://www.ess-news.com/2025/02/14/chinas-innovative-1-2-gwh-compressed-air-energy-storage-project/

China’s innovative 1.2 GWh compressed air energy storage project

A state-backed consortium is constructing China’s first large-scale compressed air energy storage (CAES) project using a fully artificial underground cavern, marking a major step in the technology’s commercialization.

state-led consortium is developing a 300 MW/1200 MWh compressed air energy storage (CAES) project in Xinyang, Henan province, featuring an entirely artificial underground cavern—China’s first of its kind. ...is set for completion by the end of 2026.

Entspricht von der Leistung her etwa dem Druckluftspeicher den wir gerade in Deutschland bauen (und zur Kapazität will der Betreiber noch keine Angabe machen).

Zitat von https://www.ess-news.com/2024/05/16/eneco-corre-energy-partner-on-compressed-air-energy-storage-project/

The project is based on four salt caverns in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia with a potential to host a 500 MW storage system. Eneco will operate, co-develop, and finance the project through its German subsidiary LichtBlick, one of Germany’s largest green energy suppliers. Cavern construction is already underway, with handover of the first two expected in early 2027.

Phase one of the Ahaus project will use two of the site’s existing salt caverns to deploy Corre Energy’s multiday CAES solution to deliver 220 MW of compression capacity and 320 MW of generation capacity.

Ne Zha 2 ist jetzt der Animationsfilm mit dem höchsten Einspielergebnis:

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/w…animated-movie-rcna192753

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Chinese film ‘Nezha 2’ becomes world’s highest-grossing animated movie

The blockbuster hit has earned almost $1.7 billion, almost all of it in mainland China, surpassing Pixar’s “Inside Out 2.”

BEIJING — Chinese animated blockbuster “Nezha 2” overtook Pixar’s “Inside Out 2” on Tuesday to become the highest-grossing animated film globally, according to data from ticketing platform Maoyan.

“Nezha 2” has amassed a total box office of 12.3 billion yuan ($1.69 billion) including pre-sales and overseas earnings, making it the eighth-highest box office film globally.

Over 99% of “Nezha 2”’s box office income has come from mainland China, starkly in contrast to Hollywood films, which typically rely on a more global distribution strategy.

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Stellt sich heraus der Oculus Rift-Typ hat eine blühende Phantasie. Das oder er will mehr Waffen verkaufen:

https://twitter.com/AutismCapital/status/1891324720399917366

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🚨 PALMER LUCKEY: "Taiwan is not the end state for China. All the people who think this fight over Taiwan is the real fight are missing the point. China believes that the Philippines is their territory. They believe that Korea is their territory. They also believe that North Korea is their territory but they like them as a buffer state with South Korea but that would change the moment they could actually capture South Korea.

They even think that most of Japan belongs to them. They think that it's theirs. They've tried over and over for 1000s of years and even today, even publicly, they won't say they own all of Japan but they do maintain they own part of Japan.

It is really dangerous to let people with millennia long ambitions of ruling those areas go unchecked. Because even if you don't give a shit about Taiwan, which you should because our entire economy runs on chips from them and until we figure out how to make them better or as good ourselves we have to keep them around, there's a lot of reasons to make sure we're spooking China on Day 8, Day 80, Day 800."

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Ich müsste nachschlagen, was die Historie angeht, aber meines Erachtens ist selbst das übertrieben. Zum Beispiel fand die große Invasion von Japan unter der Yuan-Dynastie statt, als die Chinesen selbst von Mongolen beherrscht wurden, weshalb man im Allgemeinen von Mongoleninvasionen spricht. Korea kann stimmen, aber Philippinen? Also da würde einem doch lange vorher Vietnam einfallen. Aber vorallem gab es in der chinesischen Geschichte viele interne Kriege.

Gegenwärtig beansprucht China einige Inseln, die die genannten Länder auch beanspruchen. Jegliche Ausweitung dieses Anspruchs auf das gesamte Territorium ist Trump-würdige phantastische Übertreibung.

Die Alten Chinesen haben sogar extra im Westen diese ellenlange Mauer gebaut, um sich selbst vor ihrem unbändigen Eroberungs- und Expansionsdrang zu schützen.

Ich verfolge ja weder Lanz noch Lanz/Precht, aber manchmal gibts schöne Auschnitte : )

Wo wir beim Spieß umdrehen sind:

https://apnews.com/article/chi…93d93f27c1501139df5c9acd6

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Here’s why Chinese warships near Australia and New Zealand have prompted alarm

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Leaders in Australia and New Zealand say China should have given them more warning before its navy conducted an unusual series of live fire exercises in the seas between the two countries, forcing flights to divert on short notice.

The drills by three naval ships happened in international waters beneath a busy commercial flight path over the Tasman Sea on Friday and Saturday, and at least once involved live fire.

There’s no suggestion China broke any laws, but analysts say the episode highlights escalating regional tensions over China’s influence.

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Diese chinesische Tour sorgt für ein bisschen Aufregung im Südpazifik.

https://www.smh.com.au/politic…alia-20250302-p5lg9v.html

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Opinion

Why Chinese warships off the coast were no bad thing for Australia

Why is anyone surprised?

If anything, we should be thanking the Chinese government for their naval journey last week. With it, they have focused our minds and reminded us about the things that matter.

The shock that greeted the navigation of three Chinese warships through the Tasman Sea en route to what appears to be a circumnavigation of Australia, and their subsequent live firing exercises, was perhaps the most surprising thing about this incident.

Anyone with a passing interest in national security has been warning about the repercussions of China possessing a blue water navy for more than a decade. Last week was simply a manifestation of the changed world that we now live in. The relative stability of the Cold War by comparison, and the quarter-century of Western hegemony of the globe since, are now a thing of the past.

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Die "repercussions" sind natürlich:

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China and the United States are the world’s only superpowers, and China possesses a navy that can traverse the Pacific. It is going to send its navy to do whatever it wants to do in the region, whenever it wants to. It is entirely within the rules of international law, meaning there is nothing we can do about it.

Immerhin:

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Many Australians also seem to have missed a salient fact – our own navy conducts freedom of navigation operations in the waters of the South China Sea whenever we want to show that these waters are not Chinese and are international thoroughfares for trade and the navies of many nations, including ours. We also conduct live firing exercises at sea. No wonder the Chinese government reacted with bemusement at being criticised.

Äh, vielleicht insgesamt zu ehrlich?

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Rather than wringing our hands, what should we be doing? The simple answer is that we need to spend more money on defence.

Of course, it’s hardly surprising that I, a lobbyist advising Australian and international defence companies, am saying we should be spending more. But I say this as someone who served as a minister for defence and defence industry, and who knows the reality of the situation well.

Das australische Verteidungsministerium hat ein laufendes Update zu den Aktivitäten:

https://www.defence.gov.au/new…-operating-near-australia

Und das neuseeländische auch:

https://www.nzdf.mil.nz/media-…chinese-naval-task-group/

(Beide sagen aber nur, wo sich die Chinesen gerade grob befinden.)

AUKUS hat groß getönt Australien 3 Atomuboote zu bauen, ca. 2035 geplant. Daraufhin hat China speziell dafür 9 Jagd-U-Boote gebaut und hat die Hälfte schon im Wasser, die anderen kurz davor.

9 attack nulcear submarines in 3 years, this is one of the largest nuclear submarine constructions in human history.

Kallas wird China schon klein bekommen, wie Russland und demnächst die USA (sie sucht ja schon einen neuen Führer der freien Welt, vielleicht V.D. Leyen?)

Ach ja stimmt - Der Endgegner ist auch noch da, und meldet sich unegwohnt resolut zu Wort:

Vielleicht sind die Chinesen soweit.

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Utan, das ist nicht das, was unser aller Nervenkostüm gerade von dir hören möchte.

Können wir ansonsten das alles einfach überspringen und direkt zum Erlösenden kommen?

Zitat von Professor Bienlein

Utan, das ist nicht das, was unser aller Nervenkostüm gerade von dir hören möchte.

Hab mir auch nochmal unseren Keller angeschaut und hege Zweifel, dass er als Atomschutzbunker geeignet ist.