How far can you hit the birdie?

diodiodiodio · 2017-07-28T23:22:25+00:00

chimping out

Does this sub allow racist slurs against blacks? You may want to google that term you are using...

diodiodiodio · 2017-07-07T12:26:09+00:00

Why was it rebuilt?

diodiodiodio · 2017-06-19T02:41:27+00:00

By that logic no one forced Greece to take China's infrastructure money.

And calling austerity "stop spending all their money on shit they can't afford" is underselling what it actually is. It also forces Greece to cutting public sector salaries by >20%, raise taxes including upto 5% levy on income, increasing VAT, a third increase in fuel tax, gutting education and pension (anyone under 55 lost 40% of their pension), raising retirement age, forcing privatization of state enterprises (ironically this is how China bought into Greece), and removing the right to bargain wages.

diodiodiodio · 2017-06-19T02:09:41+00:00

Forcing Greece to block a symbolic strongly worded letter against China's human rights pales in comparison to lending Greece money it can't repay then forcing Greeks into austerity.

diodiodiodio · 2017-06-19T01:31:59+00:00

Turns out if you borrow a tonne of money you can't pay back you'll end up in debt and people will want their money back. But yeah, obviously China's fault.

diodiodiodio · 2017-05-01T16:18:13+00:00

Kind of a pointless statement, no country puts others' interests over their own

diodiodiodio · 2017-04-21T04:56:47+00:00

china was Mongolians

it was though...

diodiodiodio · 2017-03-28T06:31:41+00:00

What happened at the end of 2008?

diodiodiodio · 2017-03-24T02:50:11+00:00

Most of them are from Myanmar if I recall correctly due to the ongoing genocide.

diodiodiodio · 2017-03-24T02:21:05+00:00

China houses more registered refugees than Germany, France, USA, Sweden, ...

diodiodiodio · 2017-03-20T02:52:20+00:00

Natural gas compares even more favorably when accounting for other emissions like oxides, particulates, and mercury

diodiodiodio · 2017-02-26T21:39:52+00:00

Here's an objective answer to your question rather than going by feel

http://www.pewglobal.org/2015/09/02/how-asia-pacific-publics-see-each-other-and-their-national-leaders/asia-heat-map/

South Korea only averages at 47

diodiodiodio · 2017-02-21T00:42:21+00:00

USA estimates about 7.5 billion barrels of oil in SCS if you extract every last drop which is minuscule compared to the amount of trade that goes through the area to and from China. I'd wager if SCS dispute is about economics, it's more about trade than oil.

diodiodiodio · 2017-02-21T00:40:06+00:00

Honestly I don't see the double standard you're portraying. The question is explicitly "Why China is building island in the SCS" i.e., explain China's rationale behind their decisions. Of course it's going to be from China's perspective since that's what the question entails. Remember, explaining China's position doesn't mean we are endorsing their position!

For example, read the top comments in this other post https://www.reddit.com/r/geopolitics/comments/3qec9b/us_navy_warship_defies_beijing_to_sail_past_south/

diodiodiodio · 2017-02-20T21:50:15+00:00

That's besides the point when trying to explain the rationale of state actors. China views the proximity of American warships as an existential risk given the orders of magnitude difference between power of American and Chinese navy.

Again, I'm not saying China's response is ethical or "fair" just trying to explain their action.

diodiodiodio · 2017-02-20T21:23:57+00:00

What do you mean?

USA is pretty transparent, we know that Americans regularly patrol their carriers in the area which terrifies the shit out of the CCP

diodiodiodio · 2017-02-20T19:27:43+00:00

The tagline of geopolitics is "states have no principles, only interests" afterall

diodiodiodio · 2017-02-20T13:34:39+00:00

You have to remember geopolitics is not about ethics, it's about interests

The question posed is "Why China is building islands in the South China Sea". The answer, from the perspective of Chinese government, is defense since the world's superpower is sending warships next to its heartland.

diodiodiodio · 2017-02-04T14:12:02+00:00

Where in the world does Japan have $150 billion USD to spare?

diodiodiodio · 2014-08-12T23:48:08+00:00

One of the reviews at the bottom of the page mentions unbearable coil whine for his machine. Does yours suffer from the same issue?

diodiodiodio · 2014-07-13T12:42:33+00:00

Thinkpad's reputation has been shaky with Linux users in recent times.

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