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2018-07-20 China-Japan-Koreas

Trump's Trade War May Spark a Chinese Debt Crisis

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Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-07-20 03:54|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 In other words, China loses, America wins.

I love my president so much. Why wasn't this done decades ago? Oh, right, because the globalists in charge despised American citizens and wanted hostile countries who hate us to become wealthy, on the preposterously stupid notion that somehow they'd start liking us.

Posted by Herb McCoy 2018-07-20 04:59|| 2018-07-20 04:59|| Front Page Top

#2 Ref #1: A Henry Kissinger notion that permitted him to construct Kissinger Associates, Inc., a New York City-based international geopolitical consulting firm, founded and run by Henry Kissinger in 1982. The firm assists its clients in identifying strategic partners and investment opportunities and advising them on government relations.

China is very good for business.

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Posted by Besoeker 2018-07-20 06:44|| 2018-07-20 06:44|| Front Page Top

#3 China has had a debt crisis for years. They have also had enough foreign money to paper over the cracks. They blew through a trillion of their reserves last year and only have an estimated 3 trillion left and are having to spend more at a faster rate to keep their property bubble from popping.

Trump knows this and he knows he has them in a real twist now. The challenge is to keep this from turning into an actual war where China raids the Taiwan piggy bank and seizes the south sea trade routes and demands money to let nations trade through it.

Posted by DarthVader 2018-07-20 09:01|| 2018-07-20 09:01|| Front Page Top

#4 seizes the south sea trade routes

At which time all trade with China ends, except with the sh**holes of the world, which will do little to alleviate their debt.

Posted by Procopius2k 2018-07-20 09:23|| 2018-07-20 09:23|| Front Page Top

#5 China can't invade Taiwan. No amphibious capability. There's a reason they call it the "million man swim".

If they start any crap in the South China Sea, the US Navy closes the Strait of Malacca. All of China's oil comes from the Middle East through there. Who sits at the choke point of the strait? Why, Singapore, a staunch US ally that doesn't shirk its duty to carry its fair share of the load like most of NATO does.

Why do you think China is so big on the whole "belt & road" strategy? To bypass the Strait of Malacca. Of course, road transport costs 13x that of sea transport, but money isn't the issue here.

Posted by Herb McCoy 2018-07-20 11:02|| 2018-07-20 11:02|| Front Page Top

#6 The only way China can conquer Taiwan is to destroy the island and occupy the rubble. In response Taiwan can be expected to blast that big damn. Mutually assured destruction.

That's hardly going to help their economy.

Posted by ruprecht 2018-07-20 11:19|| 2018-07-20 11:19|| Front Page Top

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