Starving Taiwan Out

So, I found an interesting thread on X…

I would not say I know much about China-Taiwan relations but I know the case of Ukraine very well. I think it was in 2015 that I listened to either Putin or Sergei Glazev saying, in reaction to Victoria Nuland’s 5 billion for the democratization of Ukraine quote, that the Russians pumped into Ukraine 200 billion green papers over the years. And he added that they did not target the right things.

While Russia was pumping billions into industry and trade, the Americans were sponsoring activists, journalists and other opinion makers. In the end Russia is forced to fight a bloody war. Now, this soft power has its limits. While the regimes such as the one in Taiwan or Ukraine welcome American NGOs, they are hostile to any such efforts coming from Russia, or China for that matter. Russia tried this economic punishment with Georgian wine, or Borjomi water, and it did not make the Georgian elite more pro Russian.

Obviously, giving trade privileges to regimes that spread propaganda against you is stupid but I believe the key is in buying influence. Wealthy Taiwanese that do business in the mainland might also sponsor the media or NGOs, as they normally do. I believe that the targeting of business should be contingent on cooperation. Simply put, you will not do business in China unless you are pro-Chinese.

Somehow in the Russia-Ukraine case, this was never really implemented. Or rather, the separatist governments in East Ukraine did expropriate possessions of Ukrainian oligarchs but the latter were able to do business in Russia proper even though their TV channels spread vile Russophobia.

The Spirit of Naziism

Official Ukrainian channels do it again, they again feature Nazis in their photos…

If you zoom in, on his chest you will find an eagle, the same one used by the SS.

Every time they do a photo shoot they risk getting Nazis in the picture. But thinking there are Nazis in Ukraine is buying into Russian propaganda.

Bonus, Kiev teenagers and dog Patron, a mascot of the Ukrainian army…

Kiev volunteers in 2022

Could be these guys, and that bearded guy in a red hat looks like this guy.

Dorks Protest Vučič

After Robert Fico, dorks are protesting Vučič in Serbia…

96.68% of the voting ballots have been counted. President’s Party of Progress received 45.71% of the vote and Serbia Against Violence got 23.58%. The supporters of the latter went out to protest in the streets.

I found the name of the second party familiar because I heard it somewhere else. And there was this party in late eighties and early nineties in Slovakia, which was called the People (or the Public rather) against Violence. Funny how the East European globohomo cocksuckers always copy from Czechoslovak Velvet Revolution or Polish Solidarity.

Left Bank of Dnieper

What the hell is happening there?

Putin said in his press conference that he ordered the Russian forces to allow the Ukrainian to cross the river. The Ukrainians have posted quite a few videos of them destroying tanks and other gear with FPV drones. Then Western press and YouTubers get wind of the situation.

History Legends video:

New York Times article, (behind a paywall)

The Ukrainian drone operator, Madyar was not very happy with this reporting.

European Union Announced Another Eastward Expansion

If you ask me, this is just meaningless virtue signaling.

You might have heard that the EU has awarded a candidate status to Georgia and began ascension talks with Ukraine and Moldova. I could not believe my ears. But as they say in Russia, promises don’t mean marriage. Let’s explain.

These are completely meaningless bureaucrat proclamations designed to annoy Russia. It is similar to accepting Finland into NATO. They wanna say: “See Putler, you have no power here.” But while at least Finland managed to join NATO, Sweden kind of weaseled out of it for the time being but might also join, the EU will likely not be able to accept Georgia, let alone Ukraine and Moldova.

Lets start with Georgia, Georgia has GDP per capita 4 times lower than Latvia. If Georgia joined tomorrow, half of Georgia would pack up and leave for Western countries. They will vacate space for wild animals and maybe Russian Twitch streamers. I still remember how I visited Georgian Svaneti region, and saw these Georgian mountain men asking Belgian hikers if they can take them to Belgium. Because I know both English and Russian, I acted as a translator.

This tells me, Georgia’s path to the EU will be very long. But don’t worry, Turkey has been a candidate for membership for two decades, so they still have time. There is however another aspect to the Georgian question. Georgia has two breakaway regions that have Russian troops stationed there, and are recognized by Russia as independent states. Now there is a nation in the EU, which has territorial disputes. And that would be Cyprus.

Now, in the Cyprus case, I heard a deal was hammered out through the UN. My Turkish friend also noted that North Cypriots have an easier time entering the EU. So, will a deal be hammered out with Russia? Will the Abkhaz have an easier time entering the EU? You know how absurd this all sounds? And the same can be said of Ukraine and Moldova, there the EU bureaucrats didn’t find enough cojones to award a candidate status. Ukraine is literally in the middle of a war, and Moldova is an economic basket case.

Therefore my friends, this is another Finland in NATO moment. An attempt by Western libshits to annoy their archnemesis, Vladimir Putin.