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They made a big push into Australia a few years ago, with a lot of ads. But to be honest I've never seen one.
The difference between China and Japan/South Korea is the political system. Ultimately totalitarianism fails. Once the communist party loses its legitimacy, the whole place will descend into chaos. And even before that the economy will go south due to lack of freedom. China will end up more like Russia or Indonesia than Japan.
Absolutely they are. Wasn't there a stat that its Huawei hardware in 70% of mobile phones?
I've owned one, you get what you pay for. Newer models look much better but I haven't driven one.
I'd agree totalitarianism ultimately fails. That might take a long time in China's case, as they seem to have a strong grip on power.
Indonesia is a democracy with a rapidly growing economy (at least prior to C19) so not sure about your comparison there.
Indonesia is a basket case. You need to get out of Jakarta more! And it's democracy is token at best.
Yeah, it's a developing economy Shad, I'm aware of uneven development. Prior to COVID19 economic growth was running at 5% annually - it's going to take a big hit from C19 but even so. It still has high levels of corruption but not around elections - it has a vibrant multiparty system. You are probably thinking of Soeharto era when the Golkar party had to win 90% of the votes.
Having a known mass murderer as one of the two presidential candidates doesn't really feel like a vibrant democratic system to me. I guess I'm an old school left winger.
I am too Shadders... Prabowo didn't win, but then Jokowi made him Minister of Defence - a typical Indo power sharing/keep your enemies close type of arrangement. They still have free and fair elections, so that's democracy. They take that pretty seriously too.
Indonesia has its fair share of problems but we should recognise the good along with the bad.
Well worth the read.
www.news.com.au
‘Too far’: China’s massive miscalculation
One man. One party. One country of 1.4 billion people. Little wonder Chairman-for-life Xi Jinping is worried about maintaining absolute authority.
www.news.com.au
More bully tactics being applied by China.
www.abc.net.au
Fears of 'catastrophic' impact on Australian wine industry as China launches investigation
China's commerce ministry launches an investigation into whether Australian winemakers are "dumping" bottles of wine at deliberately low prices, as trade tensions between Beijing and Canberra continue to escalate.
www.abc.net.au
Well worth the read.
‘Too far’: China’s massive miscalculation
One man. One party. One country of 1.4 billion people. Little wonder Chairman-for-life Xi Jinping is worried about maintaining absolute authority.
The author has mistaken Somaliland for Somalia. Pretty amateur analysis IMO.
I'd never heard of Somaliland before either, but at least the journo should have thought "that's strange", and checked it out.
Yes, very basic analysis: China's sabre rattling not winning friends. S*** eh, who'd have thought?
Somaliland from memory a different coloniser (English?) can't remember exactly. Isn't it called Djibouti now?
Maybe I should Duck Duck Go it.
DS
Somaliland from memory a different coloniser (English?) can't remember exactly. Isn't it called Djibouti now?
Maybe I should Duck Duck Go it.
DS
I thought we should have as a country these powers already. National interest must always come first.
www.abc.net.au
Federal Government seeks power to veto Victorian deal with China
A proposed new bill offers the Foreign Minister authority to review, veto and regulate all agreements that public universities or state or local governments make with foreign nations.
www.abc.net.au
On principle I agree. But these days it's always more about party point scoring and looking after your mates rather than what's right for the country. Who knows what is best.
Because nothing comes for free and there's always a price to pay. Having seen what Belt & Road has done in Ghana that price is not worth paying for some shoddily built infrastructure.
