The new global trend is hit pieces against China; even a Taiwanese rapper is on the bandwagon. China’s solution to lack of technology is to take over countries that have enough freedom to create technology, then deprive those countries of their freedom in order to get their technology. It’s clear China thinks innovation is a commodity rather than an indication of an already liberated people.
Taiwan doesn’t need liberated by China; it already has been liberated from China. While the Chinese think that intimidation has driven the Taiwanese into fear, it hasn’t. As Taiwanese carry on with life as usual, the word on the street has nothing to do with fear of invasion; the Taiwanese are simply waiting for the Chinese to ask to get their ass handed to them.
The Philippine government wants to drill for oil in the South Sea. China was supposed to do that in cooperation, an old promise that still hasn’t materialized. From Xinjiang, we learn that children of detained Uyghurs are being orphaned, and China is now sending them to Confucian brainwashing school. Perhaps that was China’s goal in detaining their parents; it certainly worked out that way.
The US is pursuing charges against Chinese espionage in America. China threatens to detain Americans in retaliation. But, that misses the whole point. If China knows about American spies in China, then China should have already taken action anyway. It makes a country look weak to not stop crime except in retaliation. Does China want to send the message that American spies can spy unchecked in China as long as America’s government doesn’t prosecute Chinese spies caught in America? The world wonders what China wants. Maybe China wants the world.
But, the world doesn’t want China’s low-tech industry, repulsive actions, controlling conduct, retaliatory justice, Confucian indoctrination, nor forced language. Nations and peoples of the world will use their ability to invent to overcome China’s low-tech weapons and easily-offended, easily-intimidated culture. Of course, the Chinese don’t know when they are out-teched, out-matched, out-willed, undesired, and surrounded. They already are, but they don’t know. The only ones who know are everyone else.
Indo-Pacific
Philippines to restart oil and gas exploration in South China Sea // Financial Times
China tells Indian media not to call Taiwan a country, Taiwan says ‘get lost’ // Yahoo News
Pompeo Rails Against China At ‘Quad’ Meeting With Foreign Ministers In Tokyo // NPR
Cambodia confirms US-funded defence facility has been razed // Yahoo News
Trade & Tech
Huawei Besieged on New European Front After U.S. Targets Cloud // Bloomberg
NVIDIA will shift over to TSMC for new 7nm Ampere GPUs in 2021 // TweakTown
SMIC achieves breakthrough in ‘7nm process’ // cnTechPost (China)
TSMC reportedly obtains license to ship to Huawei – there’s a catch – // GizChina (China)
Huawei CFO Dealt Fresh Setback in Fight Against Extradition // Bloomberg
Huawei: MPs claim ‘clear evidence of collusion’ with Chinese Communist Party // BBC News
Six of China’s largest semiconductor projects now halted // Taiwan News
China technology companies face geopolitical, coronavirus changes // CNBC
SMIC Says U.S. Is Placing Export Restrictions on Suppliers // Bloomberg
China
China warns U.S. it may detain Americans over prosecutions: WSJ // MSN News
China angered as U.S. names human rights envoy for Tibet // Taiwan News
Chinese detention ‘leaving thousands of Uighur children without parents’ // Guardian
‘Warn US To Stop…’: China After Warship Sails Through Taiwan Strait // New Delhi TV
China insists Genghis Khan exhibit not use words ‘Genghis Khan’ // Guardian
Xi Jinping tells Chinese marines to focus on ‘preparing to go to war’ // Business Insider
Censored!
Why did China censor Pence during the VP debate? // YouTube @ Fox Business
Pew survey on negative sentiment toward China, Xi Jinping, coronavirus // CNBC
US warns China against Taiwan attack, stresses US ‘ambiguity’ // Aljazeera
Negative views of China and Xi Jinping at record levels: international survey // SCMP
Negative views of China soar in western countries, poll finds // Guardian
Taiwan
US official says amphibious assault of Taiwan difficult for China // Taiwan News
Taiwan rapper: 大支/Dwagie【霸凌王/Tryna Bully】 // YouTube @ 人人有功練
US has altered its Taiwan arms sales policy: Military analyst // Taiwan News
Tussle over Taiwanese group raises fears over Chinese infiltration // Financial Times
Taiwan claims entrapment after China shows spy ‘confession’ // Yahoo News
White House moves forward on three arms sales to Taiwan: sources // Yahoo News
China’s Insistence That Taiwan Isn’t a Country Starts Backfiring // Bloomberg
Taiwan’s president calls for less tension with China in annual address // Guardian
What Taiwan needs to defend itself from a Chinese invasion // Business Insider
US warplane appears to ‘draw’ median line between Taiwan and China // Taiwan News
White House has more coronavirus cases than Taiwan, New Zealand, and Vietnam // Taiwan News
China Threatens War Over New Taiwan Independence Proposal: State Media // US News
Taiwan says military under pressure from China as missions mount // Deccan Chronicle
Hong Kong
Photo of the Day: ‘Save 12’ signs for HK activists seen in Taipei // Taiwan News
Korean Peninsula
North Korea’s Kim Jong Un sheds tears in emotional apology speech // Fox News
Military Faceoff
Army’s 1,000 Mile Cannon: Strategic Long Range Cannon Details // Popular Mechanics
How China’s aircraft carriers compare with US Navy flattops // Business Insider
The Air Force is experimenting with a brand new way to put warheads on foreheads // Task & Purpose