kiribati, eventual home for the chinese pacific fleet?

1 of the greatest advances of western politics is enforced leader term-limits

now that both russian and chinese strong-men have/are quietly ignoring their term limits, the despots of africa are quietly following suit...........to the detriment of 90% of africans

osisa.org/termlimits-in-africa/

and if the chinese get into kiribati and the kiribati then decide they want them out

guess what'll happen to free and fair elections and any chance of a peaceful transition of power?

dictators install puppet leaders  

who lock up anyone who protests

as is happening in hong kong

with the chinese promises made by previous leaders

being ignored by Xi

just as putin is ignoring the promises by previous russian leaders to respect ukraine's independence...in exchange for the nuclear weapons

so expect more countries to go nuclear and ignore promises from "leaders-for-life" that they won't be invaded

and so lift the chance of a nuclear attack somewhere

....

poor shrilanka? 

sliding into the financial abyss after financial mismanagement and chaotic governance

will the chinese lease bases there and prop up the gov. who the people have now clearly rejected

will they go back into another civil war and kill 100,000s?





 

china's future as Xi would appear to see it

www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/2018849264/what-will-xi-jinping-s-legacy-be

nothing's perfect, few things are black or white



but we should be allowed to choose between lighter or darker shades of grey as we see them

i choose america over china

you can choose what you like

and we are allowed to make these choices because we live in a western democracy

the uighurs, those from hong kong and many mainland chinese are not allowed many of the choices we take for granted

because it doesn't fit with Xi's increasingly authoritarian chinese communist party doctrine

China has been pulling strings in NZ for a very very long time. The Right Honorable John Key cossied up to them nicely. Sold half the country to them.
Why buy the milk when you can buy the cow?
Why buy the timber when you can buy the forest? Then consequently ignore all of the environmental controls and let the entire East Coast get decimated by slash and slips washing down every time it rains.

China already has far greater economic influence in NZ than the US ever had.

PS, not saying I like it, just pointing out facts.

man!! Well said again.

Communism or democracy.

Try owning or sailing a boat in China v USA.

Well then let them move into our backyard. Let them control the largest marine area north of us. Let them fuck over our fishing.

If they move into our back yard things will change. In the same way as it changed for all the countries surrounding the South China sea

Goods were made in Thailand/vietnam/Phillipines and Yes we even made goods in NZ but the mighty $$ ruled and we have our goods made china,export the product and buy it back as funiture etc,hell that plastic toy your child has was more than likely made from our exported waste,not direct to china but too some back n beyond place north of hong kong where child labour sorts the waste.


900 ton Tuna caught in Vanuatu EEZ and offloaded by Sinovan in Fiji with no declaration to the Vanuatu Government by the Chinese partners. The 900 ton of fish offloaded last year was declared by the Vanuatu Fisheries Department whilst Sinovan went tight lip on the issue and did not even pay 1 cent dividend to Vanuatu.Sinovan in Fiji chinese .Who is financing a new wharf in Vanuatu?? China gave Tonga a plane with no strings attached yeah right.

China always supports providing assistance, without political conditions, to island nations," the ministry wrote in response to questions from The Associated Press.



China said it wanted to help "accelerate economic and social development" and improve people's lives in the Pacific, none of which was directed at forming political or military alliances.

Think I will take my chances with Americans thanks.