{"id":92699,"date":"2019-11-16T15:00:34","date_gmt":"2019-11-16T19:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=92699"},"modified":"2019-11-16T13:52:40","modified_gmt":"2019-11-16T17:52:40","slug":"china-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=92699","title":{"rendered":"China – again…."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Map of Pag-asa Island – China’s property<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Military expansion in China?\u00a0 No offense meant to Sen. Hawley, but that\u2019s been going on for a while. While he\u2019s on the right track, he hasn’t read the reports that I’ve linked to in the past about China’s real intentions: acquire control of Southwest Asia and its minerals and own the world.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2019\/11\/15\/us-senator-talks-foreign-policy-reset-and-a-clear-and-present-danger-from-china\/<\/a><\/p>\n

From the article:\u00a0 WASHINGTON ? Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., is known for personal crusades against big tech companies like Google and Facebook, and also what he\u2019s called “a martial, expansionist\u201d China. A former Missouri attorney general, Hawley unseated Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill last year to become, at 39, the Senate\u2019s youngest member.<\/p>\n

Now a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Hawley wrote to Defense Secretary Mark Esper last month to warn that U.S. troops in the Indo-Pacific region are over-concentrated and outgunned by China. In a foreign policy\u00a0speech<\/a>\u00a0Tuesday, he called China\u2019s drive for regional dominance a \u201cclear and present danger\u201d to the United States, arguing America must empower its military to deter China from attempting the subordination of Taiwan. – article<\/p>\n

While he is correct in his assessment, I saw no indication of his awareness China\u2019s long range plan to absorb and control all of Southwest Asia, which is an area rich in the rare earths that go into production of electronic equipment. So he is right to bring it up, because it is important, but whether or not it will be addressed as it should remains to be seen.<\/p>\n

To quote him: \u201cChina has used its permanent normal trade status with us, its World Trade Organization status, its access to the international trade system, to steal technologies, to steal intellectual property, to steal manufacturing [information from] industry. This is what they\u2019ve been attempting to do. And give them credit \u2014 they\u2019ve been really good at it. The president is drawing attention to that\u2026\u201d article<\/p>\n

China\u2019s recent and very rapid expansion of its military, including its navy, is making it clear that expansion is on China\u2019s agenda, regardless of the consequences. And yes, because electronics like Apple’s overpriced tablets and phones are made in China, the Chinese have no qualms about stealing the technology for themselves.<\/p>\n

How bad is this? If we were to lose that labor market and bring those jobs back here, the first thing that will<\/em> happen (as opposed to would) is the ecohippies and their noisy protests against mining our own rare earths on our own turf to produce those electronic gadgets they love so much and can’t live without.<\/p>\n

Might serve them right if they had to use payphones again.\u00a0 Hmmm……<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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