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RE: The clock is ticking for China - 727Sky - 06-23-2025
China built a railroad to transport oil from Iran to bypass the oil embargo against Iran selling oil on the open market. China gets about 18% of its oil imports from Iran. Instead of a 30 day trip by an ocean oil tanker the railroad can do it in 15 days; unless someone blows it up...Hummm
RE: The clock is ticking for China - sailorsam - 06-24-2025
(06-17-2025, 10:52 PM)FCD Wrote: China would just love access to Russia's far east, and Russia will go to the mat before they allow this to happen.
I'm hearing mumbles about China starting to say that some of these areas were part of China in the past and they have a right to take them back.
RE: The clock is ticking for China - F2d5thCav - 06-24-2025
Yeah, the Chinese military got their hind ends handed to them by the Soviet army along the Amur River back in the 1960s. Probably all hotted up now looking for a re-match.
(06-23-2025, 09:17 AM)727Sky Wrote: China built a railroad to transport oil from Iran to bypass the oil embargo against Iran selling oil on the open market. China gets about 18% of its oil imports from Iran. Instead of a 30 day trip by an ocean oil tanker the railroad can do it in 15 days; unless someone blows it up...Hummm
Ukraine high command rubs their chin thoughtfully.
RE: The clock is ticking for China - FCD - 06-24-2025
(06-24-2025, 01:53 AM)sailorsam Wrote:(06-17-2025, 10:52 PM)FCD Wrote: China would just love access to Russia's far east, and Russia will go to the mat before they allow this to happen.
I'm hearing mumbles about China starting to say that some of these areas were part of China in the past and they have a right to take them back.
Proof in the pudding of exactly what I have been saying for years. Western China is uninhabitable wasteland; what China really wants to get their hands on is the Russian far east, from just above the Arctic Circle south to China. Putin will go to his grave before he allows this to happen. Putin is sitting on an absolute gold mine (literally and metaphorically) in the Russian far east, and he knows it. When the time is right (i.e. the market), he will exploit these vast resources. Until then he's content to just let them sit, knowing they will always be there when the time comes.
Ironically, my very first post on ATS, way back in 2013, was about this very subject. It was the biggest most successful post I ever had on ATS with hundreds of flags and thousands of stars. It was entitled..."The Black Hole in Russia".
If you'd like to see some further examples of just how much Putin realizes what he's sitting on with the Russian' far east, do some research on a Russian oligarch by the name of Roman Abramovich and the money he sunk into Chukotka and the surrounding area right at the Arctic Circle at Putin's direction (and to get back into the good graces of Putin at the same time).
RE: The clock is ticking for China - F2d5thCav - 06-25-2025
That "black hole" post of yours was interesting.
I commented on it a couple of years ago (thereabouts) to the effect that some imagery was now available, but one couldn't see much from the publicly available images.
I have mixed feelings about firms like Google blurring areas of their images to satisfy various government weenies around the world. I firmly believe there are people who know how to access the un-blurred versions and in many cases it is probably unauthorized access ... so the blurring only conceals those areas from average internet users. Well done, national security geeks
RE: The clock is ticking for China - 727Sky - 06-29-2025
It is about time someone stood up to the Chinese bully. I wish them well.
RE: The clock is ticking for China - Kenzo1 - 06-29-2025
(06-29-2025, 11:33 AM)727Sky Wrote: It is about time someone stood up to the Chinese bully. I wish them well.
HO HO Chi Minh!
RE: The clock is ticking for China - F2d5thCav - 06-29-2025
Rumors that Xi is on the way out are becoming more frequent in the press. Sounds like he is being handled with far less deference by party organs, not a good sign for his future as top dog.