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Re:Senators introduce bill to thin out the 900k pieces of or... by mschuster91 on Friday September 16, 2022 @03:59AM (#32863404)
> How are you going to get e.g. the Chinese Government to pay?

Seize assets of nation-state entities (or entities controlled by the Chinese state) like airplanes and ships or bank funds, release them after payment.

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Re:Senators introduce bill to thin out the 900k pieces of or... by SideburnsOfDoom on Friday September 16, 2022 @08:10AM (#32865031)
But are there any serious, adult, workable proposals?
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Re:Senators introduce bill to thin out the 900k pieces of or... by mschuster91 on Friday September 16, 2022 @09:43AM (#32865948)
Yes of course. We did that over a decade ago in Germany - a construction company was owed 30 million euros from the government of Thailand, so our police seized the airplane of the king at the Munich airport, and in 2005 we did the same for a collection of debt against Lebanon [1].

[1] https://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/article13485097/Boeing-von-Th...

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Re:Senators introduce bill to thin out the 900k pieces of or... by SideburnsOfDoom on Friday September 16, 2022 @02:53PM (#32870483)
So to be clear, you would say that China's standing and general compliance to perceived hostile action against it is the same as Lebanon or Thailand? IMHO, that is very naïve.
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Re:Senators introduce bill to thin out the 900k pieces of or... by mschuster91 on Monday September 19, 2022 @07:37AM (#32896975)
China's "standing" is being a fucking bully that doesn't care about any rules.
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Re:Senators introduce bill to thin out the 900k pieces of or... by SideburnsOfDoom on Monday September 19, 2022 @08:58AM (#32897710)
That opinion is consistent with the link that I posted - smashing a satellite into debris for kicks. But it does seem to be inconsistent with taking your above "seize assets" suggestions seriously.
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