Re:The Coming Chip Wars
by magicsmoke on Thursday June 18, 2020 @02:44PM
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I'd like to see that list of experts and their reasoning.
Re:The Coming Chip Wars
by selimthegrim on Thursday June 18, 2020 @04:42PM
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Since when is Nepal Chinese proxy?
since the Maoist Govt took hold. Since Chinese promised to pay for all Nepal schools to teach Mandarin which was adopted by a lot of schools. They extended their claims on Mt. Everest. Nepal claimed new territory from India on Chinese pressure in an area which is open border. Nepal is now almost a part of OBOR. Connectivity via Tibet and lure of easy Chinese money.
Their reaction here has been paired with new movement in the South China Sea, changed messaging through proxy Government (Oli in Nepal and Pakistan at large) and claims over new land that has never been claimed by them before.
Xi is using the fallout from Corona as a way to impose China on countries that are distracted by the pandemic as of this time.
> If this was an actual calculated move to take significant amounts of territory the big guns would be firing by now.
That isn't how China works. They are well know for their salami slicing (https://foreignpolicy.com/2012/08/03/salami-slicing-in-the-s...) approach to expansionism. Their current actions are perfectly in line with previous attempts at expanding borders and signaling intent for armed invasion.