Is WWIII inevitable?

[dr. d]

how true is it, that in china, it is not the President who wields true power, but the Party...?

[Flipo]

how true is it, that in china, it is not the President who wields true power, but the Party...?

This might help, although I don't know if it will answer your curiosity.

The next Mao | Philstar.com

The next Mao
BREAKTHROUGH - Elfren S. Cruz - The Philippine Star
October 27, 2022 | 12:00am

Xi Jinping’s 104-minute speech at the recently concluded Congress of the Chinese Communist Party did not set any new direction for China. However, a few major events clearly showed that Xi has cemented his power as the primary and perhaps the sole ruler in China. He is now General Secretary of the Communist Party which is the most powerful position in his country. At the same time he is chairman of the military commission, which makes him the commander-in-chief of its armed forces.

In his speech he warned the Chinese people that they must look to a period of “stormy seas,” warning that there would be many possible troubles in the years ahead. In fact, the People’s Congress issued a concluding statement which praised Xi’s government for leading China in “effectively responding to grave and complicated international circumstances and massive risks and challenges that have followed hard on the heels of each other.”

It seems to me that Xi was justifying his centralization of all powers in his hands by warning China that they were facing grave risks and challenges ahead. It should be remembered that the decades following the death of Mao Zedong actually brought about an age of prosperity for China. It was Deng Xiaoping’s economic liberalization and fostering close trading ties with the West, Japan and other former foes that brought about this economic prosperity that resulted in hundreds of millions of Chinese being lifted from poverty.

During this period, China also saw the growth of business firms that became the model for the rest of the world. In the last decade under Xi Jinping, these economic and political reforms have been reversed and the intrusion of the Communist Party in the economic life of the nation became more intense. Suddenly, Chinese businessmen like Jack Ma, who flourished under the past regime, disappeared from the public eye.

I remember that in 2002, the then leader of China, Jiang Zemin, said that China would enjoy decades of “strategic opportunity.” He meant that China would be free of serious risks of any major conflict. It was also Jiang who facilitated the entry of China into the World Trade Organization (WTO). This was the time of rapid commercial expansion of China.

The world also hoped at that time that China would liberalize its politics and its business. The prevailing talk in Beijing at that time was to stress the peaceful rise of China in the world. The recent People’s Congress which gave supreme power to Xi seems to have signaled a total change in the previous policies and strategic direction of Deng Xiaoping and Jiang Zemin.

It was notable that Xi was bent on leading his nation in a different direction than Deng and Jiang. For example, in one of his speeches before the People’s Congress, he warned that there were many “dangers and challenges” ahead. It seems to me that Xi was preparing his people for a struggle on the way to becoming the biggest power in the world. It seemed he was also preparing to become the supreme ruler in the way that Mao Zedong ruled China before the era of liberalization ushered in by Deng.

The People’s Liberation Army commanders were urged by General Xu Qiliang, according to The New York Times, to carry out “a historical rescue, reshaping and transformation of the People’s Liberation Army forces.” What was more foreboding was Xu’s statement: “In all actions, absolutely obey the command of Chairman Xi.”

Another notable message of Xi in his address to the People’s Congress was his statement that China would become more active in world affairs, but would promote its own solutions for global development challenges. It seemed clear that he was laying the groundwork for China’s version of a new world order. He also repeated that China will win control of Taiwan and use force, if necessary. It is speculated that Xi wants to force Taiwan to become part of China before 2027, before the end of his third term.

At the end of the People’s Congress, the members of the seven-man Standing Committee of the Communist Party were named. This is the most powerful political body in China. There were four new members and three of the new members were former chiefs of staff of Xi Jinping. The new second in command was the former Communist Party chief of Shanghai. He is best known for his imposition of a two-month lockdown in Shanghai which caused tremendous hardship to the population of that city. This was done in obedience to Xi’s zero-COVID policy.

One major observation about Xi’s leadership style is that in the two most powerful bodies in the Community Party – the 24-man Politburo and the 7-man Standing Committee, there were no women. It was also observed that there was a dearth of technocrats in the highest bodies of the Communist Party. In the past, there were even engineers in the Politburo and the Standing Committee. It would seem that the most important trait for belonging to these two top groups was loyalty to Xi Jinping.

There has been much talk that Xi Jinping aspires to be the next Mao Zedong of China. Hopefully, the Chinese people will remember that it was not Mao Zedong who brought them prosperity, but it was Deng Xiaoping with his policies of economic liberalization and his promise to the world that China would not become an imperialist nation.

[boybi]

how true is it, that in china, it is not the President who wields true power, but the Party...?

And Xi is the boss of the party.

[kisshmet]

https://youtu.be/Pt-DqGnheoo

flying robots will destroy NATO military equipments if both sides will strictly adhere to conventional warfare

with western weapons relatively more expensive (e.g. western labor is much higher than russia, western energy cost much higher than russia) than russian made weapons..russia will win any conflict with the western powers from the ECONOMIC & MILITARY point of view

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[shadow]

Tagal naman gawin ng Russia...nakakainip na [emoji53]


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[uls]

https://youtu.be/Pt-DqGnheoo

flying robots will destroy NATO military equipments if both sides will strictly adhere to conventional warfare

with western weapons relatively more expensive (e.g. western labor is much higher than russia, western energy cost much higher than russia) than russian made weapons..russia will win any conflict with the western powers from the ECONOMIC & MILITARY point of view

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but the big picture MACRO view is the US will not let russia get away with annexing ukrainian territory

the US will keep arming ukraine until ukrainian territory is restored to pre-2014

[kisshmet]

^thats because the US military industry will boom if the conflict is prolonged with high demand

the only objective of the US is to generate jobs for americans and force their energy resource to europe

ukraine will never get those territories back because russia is NOT WEAK both economically and militarily. the US is only playing ukraine into supplying weapons to ukraine which the russians will destroy and be replaced by US govt which are assembled by american hands

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[uls]

^^^

i don't think it's only about weapon $$$

it's about maintaining US dominance in the world

if Russia is allowed to get away with the land grab, the role of US as the world's policeman will be diminished

hindi na sila katatakutan at rerespetuhin ng ibang bansa

kaya kailangan mapaalis ang russia sa ukraine

[kisshmet]

https://youtu.be/eslQU3KlSSQ

europes support to this conflict will never be UNSTINTING

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[kisshmet]

^^^

i don't think it's only about weapon $$$

it's about maintaining US dominance in the world

if Russia is allowed to get away with the land grab, the role of US as the world's policeman will be diminished

hindi na sila katatakutan at rerespetuhin ng ibang bansa

kaya kailangan mapaalis ang russia sa ukraine

US military industry dominates the WORLD MARKET

its the only viable manufacturing industry that the US kept in the continental US territory..the rest went already to china

the demand for weapons during the WWII made US number1

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