January 2024's China quarrel thread begins here, to keep track of the various arguments, incidents & threats being made by & against China. December 2023's thread below.
https://bsky.app/profile/ninedragons.bsky.social/post/3kfpfjd6oo727
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December 2023's China quarrel thread begins here, to keep track of the various arguments, incidents & threats being made by & against China. November 2023's thread below.
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The Philippines, USA, Minnie Chan, Agnes Chow, Moody's, the environment, comedy, EU, North Korean refugees, Costa Rica, Italy, UK, Hong Kong people, Myanmar junta, Myanmar opposition & Li Qiaochu.
(it was short due to a holiday)
Have deep seated structural economic problems? No worries - fix them by stopping people talking about them! Totally solved!
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/29/china-cracks-down-on-negativity-over-economy-in-bid-to-boost-confidence
The purge in the defence sector continues. Reasons for the purge are mostly speculative - no one is too sure exactly what is happening or why, or how long it will continue.
https://www.ft.com/content/d5c72f83-f632-4cc1-a889-74b3a81aa610
More restrictions are coming for gamers. Measures include spending limits for online games and a ban on rewarding players for logging in each day.
https://www.xm.com/research/markets/allNews/reuters/china-issues-draft-rules-for-online-game-management-53725358
Rather than being a "puppet" of the US as China alleges, this article documents how Chinese bullying & theft of islands has forced the Philippines to look again to the US for protection.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/12/30/how-an-impasse-in-the-south-china-sea-drove-the-philippines-us-closer