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Re: Diplomatic decolonization
By: rp Date: April 20, 2022, 6:52 pm
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Deng Xiaoping on Third Worldism:
HTML https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/deng-xiaoping/1984/130.htm
[quote]
China’s foreign policy can be summed up in two sentences. First,
to safeguard world peace we oppose hegemony. [B]Second, China
will always belong to the Third World. It belongs to the Third
World today, and it will do so even when it becomes prosperous
and powerful, because it shares a common destiny with all Third
World countries. China will never seek hegemony or bully others,
but will always side with the Third World.[/b]
Among a host of problems in the present-day world, two
especially stand out. One is the problem of peace. Now there are
nuclear weapons; if war broke out, they could inflict untold
losses on mankind. To work for peace one must oppose hegemony
and power politics. The other is the North-South problem. It is
very pressing at present. The developed countries are getting
richer and richer while the developing countries are getting
relatively poorer and poorer. If the North-South problem is not
solved, it will hinder the development of the world economy. The
solution, of course, lies in North-South dialogue, and we
support dialogue. But dialogue alone is not enough; cooperation
among Third World countries — in other words, South-South
cooperation — should be stepped up as well. Exchanges, learning
from each other and cooperation among these countries can help
solve many problems, and prospects are promising. The developed
countries should appreciate that greater development of their
economies is impossible without growth in the economies of Third
World countries.
[/Quote]
I actually like the term "South South cooperation", as it
fosters not only an anti-Turanian consciousness, but also an
anti-Giant consciousness (and hence distances China from the
"Arctic alliance").
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Re: Diplomatic decolonization
By: 90sRetroFan Date: April 21, 2022, 2:50 am
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[quote]China will always belong to the Third World.[/quote]
Yes. Whereas Russia will never belong to the Third World. The
US, on the other hand, will eventually join the Third World.
Meanwhile, more good signs:
HTML https://us.yahoo.com/news/working-assertive-china-must-zealand-001318730.html
[quote]Working with assertive China a must - New Zealand PM
Jacinda Ardern
...
Ms Ardern rejected the idea that it was time for New Zealand to
join the US, UK, and Australia in the Aukus security alliance to
help ward off China's influence in the region.
...
"We've asked the US to take an interest in the economic
architecture of our region, it can't just be about defence and
security arrangements," she said.
"It should be about the wellbeing of the region as a whole. And
you're starting to see a response from the US on that front."
New Zealand has been criticised for not taking a harder line on
China.[/quote]
"The region as a whole" includes China, as opposed to Aukus
which is designed to exclude it.
Moreover, we see it is perfectly possible to still be
anti-Russia without also being anti-China:
[quote]'Ukraine war is solely Russia's fault'
...
But it isn't useful to turn this into a war of ideology, she
said - refusing to frame it as a conflict between autocracies
and democracies.
"Let's not be quick to create a binary situation between two
differing schisms in the world. It is Russia, who has
perpetrated this, it is Russia who must be spoken firmly
against, and let's do everything we can diplomatically to ensure
that that doesn't grow beyond Russia."[/quote]
Ardern wisely rejects positing equivalency between Ukraine and
Taiwan. This is the approach we need to turn China against
Russia as opposed to pushing China closer to Russia.
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Re: Diplomatic decolonization
By: guest55 Date: April 23, 2022, 10:13 pm
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Kaliningrad votes for independence from Russia. Watch till the
the end
[quote]Referendum on independence is a favourite russian
instrument in the occupied territories.
But will it work against Moscow?[/quote]
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaXrG6_Qs6Q
"Freedom" does not imply people get to trash the planet however
they see fit, because this would rob other people of their
"freedom". If this is what Putin means by "nations should have
the freedom to choose their own future" then it is one more
reason he should be strongly opposed.
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Re: Diplomatic decolonization
By: 90sRetroFan Date: May 6, 2022, 8:11 pm
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Someone gets it:
HTML https://www.yahoo.com/news/okinawa-seeks-tokyos-help-lowering-093615478.html
[quote]Japan's Okinawa urges government to reduce China tensions
TOKYO (AP) — Japan should focus more on peaceful diplomacy with
China instead of on military deterrence as tensions rise around
Chinese-claimed Taiwan, the governor of the nearby southern
Japanese island of Okinawa said Friday.
...
Noting that China is Japan's biggest trading partner and that
Japan is China's second largest, Tamaki said their close
economic ties are indispensable.
“I call for the Japanese government to always maintain calm and
peaceful diplomacy and dialogue to improve its relations with
China, while working toward easing U.S.-China tension,” he
said.[/quote]
We should all be joining forces to fight Turandom.
Related:
[quote]Because of the U.S. bases, Okinawa faces noise,
pollution, aircraft accidents and crime related to American
troops on a daily basis, Tamaki said.[/quote]
Hence the need for:
HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/issues/military-decolonization/
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Re: Diplomatic decolonization
By: 90sRetroFan Date: May 19, 2022, 8:58 pm
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HTML https://www.yahoo.com/news/philippines-marcos-says-china-ties-085059230.html
[quote]Philippines' Marcos wants China ties to 'shift to higher
gear' under his presidency
...
"The way forward is to expand our relationship not only
diplomatic, not only trade, but also in culture, even in
education, even in knowledge, even in health, to address
whatever minor disagreements that we have right now," Marcos
said in a statement.
[/quote]
Yes!
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_in_the_Philippines
[quote]Yi Jing, a Chinese monk and scholar, stayed in Sumatra
from 687 to 689 on his way to India. He wrote on the Srivijaya's
splendour: "Buddhism was flourishing throughout the islands of
Southeast Asia. Many of the kings and the chieftains in the
islands in the southern seas admire and believe in Buddhism, and
their hearts are set on accumulating good action."[citation
needed] The Srivijaya empire flourished as a Buddhist cultural
centre over 600 years from 650 to 1377 in Palembang, Sumatra.
Built as a mandala on a hill from 770 to 825 in central Java,
the Borobodur stands today as a living testament of the
Srivijaya empire's grandeur. Three generations of the Sailendra
kings built the temple that displays a three-dimensional view of
the Vajrayāna Buddhist cosmology. Later on, the Javanese
Majapahit empire took control over the Srivijaya and became the
leading Buddhist cultural centre from 1292 to 1478 in Southeast
Asia. Both empires supplemented their otherwise austere practice
of Theravāda with the rituals of Vajrayāna in the 7th
century.[7]
...
"The gentleness of Tagalog customs that the first Spaniards
found, very different from those of other provinces of the same
race and in Luzon itself, can very well be the effect of
Buddhism
...
Evidence indicates that Butuan was in contact with the Song
dynasty of China by at least 1001 CE. The Chinese annal Song
Shih recorded the first appearance of a Butuan tributary mission
(Li Yui-han 李竾罕 and Jiaminan) at the
Chinese Imperial Court on March 17, 1001 CE and it described
Butuan (P'u-tuan) as a small Hindu country with a Buddhist
monarchy in the sea that had a regular connection with the
Champa kingdom and intermittent contact with China under the
Rajah named Kiling.[28][/quote]
[img]
HTML https://image.slidesharecdn.com/rommelbanlaoirp-chinasecurityrelationsjune62013-pptx-130606071919-phpapp01/85/philippineschina-security-relations-and-the-south-china-sea-disputes-current-situation-and-future-directions-4-320.jpg?cb=1370543614[/img]
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Re: Diplomatic decolonization
By: 90sRetroFan Date: May 20, 2022, 11:57 pm
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HTML https://www.yahoo.com/news/east-timor-president-pledges-stronger-013350675.html
[quote]East Timor’s new president pledges stronger ties with
China
DILI (Reuters) - East Timorese independence figure and Nobel
laureate Jose Ramos-Horta was inaugurated as the country's fifth
president on Friday, pledging to dedicate his time in office to
strengthen national unity and forge closer relations with China.
...
Ramos-Horta also said he would continue to foster a special
relationship with the United States, and advocate for East Timor
to join the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
(ASEAN).[/quote]
Hopefully this can also contribute to bringing China and the US
closer together.
Timor's friendly relations with China go way back:
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-colonial_Timor
[quote]proto-Malays from 2500 BC arrived from south China and
north Indochina.[4] Timorese origin myths tell of ancestors that
sailed around the eastern end of Timor arriving on land in the
south. Some stories recount Timorese ancestors journeying from
Malay Peninsula or the Minangkabau Highlands of Sumatra.[5]
...
Contact with the outside world was via networks of foreign
seafaring traders from as far as China and India that served the
archipelago.
...
Oral traditions of people of Wehali principality of East Timor
mention their migration from Sina Mutin Malaka or "Chinese White
Malacca" (part of Indianised Hindu-Buddhist Srivijaya empire) in
ancient times.[7]
...
Timor is mentioned in the 13th-century Chinese Zhu Fan Zhi,
where it is called Ti-wu and is noted for its sandalwood. It is
called Ti-men in the History of Song of 1345.[/quote]
So what disrupted it all? Take a guess:
[quote]Beginning in the early sixteenth century, European
colonialists—the Dutch in the island's west, and Portuguese in
the east—would divide the island, isolating the East Timorese
from the histories of the surrounding archipelago.[8][/quote]
This is our common enemy.
See also:
HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/colonial-era/east-timor/
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Re: Diplomatic decolonization
By: 90sRetroFan Date: May 28, 2022, 8:13 pm
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HTML https://finance.yahoo.com/news/drc-chinese-australian-battle-control-093000599.html
[quote]In the DRC, a Chinese-Australian battle for control of a
massive untapped lithium lode[/quote]
Best comment:
[quote]No, don’t sell it to the white men who enslaved your
country to poverty[/quote]
It really is that simple.
See also:
HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/enemies/australia/
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Re: Diplomatic decolonization
By: 90sRetroFan Date: May 29, 2022, 1:57 pm
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HTML https://finance.yahoo.com/news/china-west-rivalry-hits-pacific-093000801.html
[quote]China's top diplomat met senior officials in the Solomons
capital Honiara to hail the "spirit of South-South cooperation
of mutual support and mutual assistance"[/quote]
Instead of the messy concept of "Global South":
[img]
HTML https://sites.google.com/site/theglobalsouth/_/rsrc/1330102909252/home/800px-North_South_Divide_3.PNG?height=420&width=822[/img]
why not just talk about cooperation between fellow former
victims of Western colonialism?
[quote]"The West is worried that once China's ties with the
Pacific Islands are strong enough, when China asks to establish
a military base in the region, these islands would say yes, and
this would allow China to break through the so-called two island
chains."[/quote]
[img]
HTML https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/RlSX2r6sLge4NMBi.yoUDQ--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtjZj13ZWJw/https://s.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/l.byU..7eMjdQ.QV9E.KBQ--~B/aD0wO3c9MDthcHBpZD15dGFjaHlvbg--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/south_china_morning_post_us_228/aec47721d291c496c206ba09716a7a8a[/img]
It would be a gesture of goodwill for the US to dismantle these
itself.
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Re: Diplomatic decolonization
By: 90sRetroFan Date: June 3, 2022, 8:11 pm
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How colonized is North Korea?
HTML https://finance.yahoo.com/news/kim-jong-un-congratulates-queen-023039845.html
[quote](Bloomberg) -- Kim Jong Un congratulated Queen Elizabeth
II on the anniversary of her ascension to the throne, as the
young North Korean leader sent his first public message to the
96-year-old monarch.
“I extend my congratulations to you and your people on the
occasion of the National Day of your country, the official
birthday of Your Majesty,” North Korea’s Foreign Ministry said
of the note that was sent Thursday from its 38-year-old
leader.[/quote]
HTML https://smallimg.pngkey.com/png/small/129-1297667_clip-free-stock-collection-of-free-failing-clipart.png
Perhaps Kim needs a history lesson about how it used to be OK to
be "white" in Korea:
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom%E2%80%93Korea_Treaty_of_1883
[quote]Ministers from the United Kingdom to Korea were appointed
in accordance with this treaty; and these diplomats were: Sir
Harry Parkes, appointed in 1884; Sir John Walsham, appointed in
1885; Sir Nicholas O'Conor, in 1892; Sir Claude Maxwell, in
1896; John Jordan in 1898.[3]
The treaty remained in effect even after the Japanese
protectorate was established in 1905,[4] and only came to and
end in 1910 when Japan annexed Korea.
Under the treaty, Great Britain obtained extraterritorial rights
in Korea and from 1883 to 1910, British subjects in Korea were
not subject to the jurisdiction of Korean courts, but instead
were tried or had civil cases brought against them in British
consular courts[/quote]
At least we can say that Windsor-worship is another thing that
Kim and Trump have in common.....
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Re: Diplomatic decolonization
By: 90sRetroFan Date: June 10, 2022, 2:53 am
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HTML https://www.yahoo.com/news/china-cambodia-break-ground-port-095428554.html
[quote]Cambodian Defense Minister Tea Banh, Chinese Ambassador
to Cambodia Wang Wentian and other officials donned white gloves
before turning over shovels full of dirt to launch the official
“modernization” of the Ream Naval Base, which will include a dry
dock for ship repairs, an extended pier, a hospital, a workshop
and a “reception building.”
...
Tea Banh said the port project is expected to take two years to
complete. He did not say how much it would cost, but China has
given Cambodia hundreds of millions of dollars in grants in
recent years for infrastructure projects.
...
“China and Cambodia have become ironclad brothers, economical
with words but generous in action, treating each other with all
sincerity and standing side by side at challenging times,” he
said, according to an English translation of his remarks
provided by the Chinese delegation.
...
“Some countries keep smearing legitimate exchanges and
cooperation between China and Cambodia and arbitrarily impose
unilateral sanctions on Cambodia under the false subterfuge of
‘democracy’ and ‘human rights,’ blatantly interfering in
Cambodia’s internal affairs through ‘long-arm jurisdiction,’" he
said. ”We firmly oppose all these misbehaviors."[/quote]
Cambodia and China not only established ties predating the
colonial era:
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodia%E2%80%93China_relations#History
[quote]Cambodia first made contact with China as early as 1421
AD during the final years of the Khmer Empire when Ponhea Yat
dispatched a minister to establish formal diplomatic
ties.[4][/quote]
but also share a former Western colonial oppressor:
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_protectorate_of_Cambodia
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_concessions_in_Tianjin
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_French_Concession
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leased_Territory_of_Guangzhouwan
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