Comments by "HomerOJSimpson" (@Homer-OJ-Simpson) on "Is China Supporting Putin in Ukraine? Xi Jinping’s Big Dilemma" video.

@TheGoldenEagle03 the war games are specifically stacked against the US. It’s meant to be a worst case situation. Educate yourself
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"As any other country, China will act in self-interest " Sure, but that seems like an excuse for any self-interest. Their interest are dangerous to the world which is also why it shouldn't have been a surprised they didn't remain neutral. Europe will be the real challenger but that's good. China and Russia will have trouble actually making serious allies and what RUS has done in Ukraine and how CN has acted towards Europe and others in East Asia, it actually strengthened 'the west'.
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@kurosai006ichigo3 Basically what your saying is that facts don't matter to Kurosai and made things up. The RMB (Yuan) is the 5h most traded currency. In terms of currency reserve, The RMB is also 5th at only 2.7% vs US 58%. The reasons nobody wants to use the RMB are detailed by OP. >China gets foothold in other nations just as US does (US gives military, US benefit lore military bases.China builds in construction and nation building China debt traps. Give bad loans then forces them to vote for them in UN all while IMF ends up bailing many of those loans.
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@commie5211 " but yuan can actually buys everything people needs." No it can't. The RMB is controlled by CN in how much is available to be sold / bought and since others don't have faith in RMB, they won't accept it. US dollar is accepted everywhere in the world and that's why CN itself trades almost entirely in US dollars.
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Coincidence? I think n..so.
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What CN and Rus are doing are driving more countries to strengthen their relationship with the US and/or west. Vietnam & Phillipines but you can see concerns about China from Malaysia and Indonesia as well which will only move them more towards the west. But there will be a collection of countries that will join Rus-CN, mostly a few authoritarian middle east and authoritarian African countries.
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@azoshin I'm sure you know but Kurosai006 was arguing in bad faith. It's almost like they ignored everything you wrote and stuck to a script
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@TheGoldenEagle03 Yes, they actually have a bond that is much more trusthworthy. They West is united and with mostly a common goal. Rafael from Moscow needs to ask himself why nearly all the top 40 in the democracy index are the west and it's allies?
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"As any other country, China will act in self-interest " Sure, but that seems like an excuse for any self-interest. Their interest are dangerous to the world which is also why it shouldn't have been a surprised they didn't remain neutral. >While I don‘t expect the US to decline to a point where the Chinese and Russians can overtake the US, the US‘ influence will be challenged. Not just from the Russians and Chinese but potentially from the Europeans themselves, especially when you look at China. Europe will be the real challenger but that's good. China and Russia will have trouble actually making serious allies and what Russia has done in Ukraine and how China has acted towards Europe and others in East Asia, it actually strengthened 'the west'. What China and Russia are doing are driving more countries to strengthen their relationship with the US and/or west. Vietnam & Phillipines but you can see concerns about China from Malaysia and Indonesia as well which will only move them more towards the west. But there will be a collection of countries that will join Rus-CN, mostly a few authoritarian middle east and authoritarian African countries.
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@kurosai006ichigo3 " i am aware Chinese currency is not high" And 20 years of China's growth, yet it hasn't moved much. Just 2.7% of currency reserves in the world, about half of the UK Pound Sterling and less than half of the JP Yen. 1/9 that of the Euro. >Nor was US currency high before they started globalizing Except the US was a big part in creating stable currency that can be easily traded. OP described exactly why people don't want to use the Yuan but you ignored it for some reason. If it's a free exchange rate, not easily bought/sold, and the See See Pee will punish people for the smallest infractions (see what they did to Australia and NZ), why would anyone use it unless they are bad and worried about being sanctioned.
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@TheGoldenEagle03 Also funny you complain about 'trust worthiness" when in other comments you defend RUS and China. almost as if Raffy is only here to defend bad.
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"No, China has not benefited from this". China singed a huge energy deal with Russia and signed a friendship pact with Russia two weeks before the invasion while Russia had 150,000+ troops surrounding Ukraine. An invasion that intel suggest was delayed until after the Olympics to not distract from China's Olympics. They benefited based on their desire to cause pain on the west -- but you are right, if you remove that benefit that only is a benefit for Xi, China has not benefited from this.
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@TheGoldenEagle03 from one veteran of the US Army on War games: - I have never played the role of OPFOR (Opposing Forces) in a Military Exercise where we haven't utterly kicked the sh1t out of BLUFOR (US/NATO). I have played OPFOR in STEX Lanes we hold at the Battalion and Company Level. I have also played OPFOR in exercises similar to the ones held at JRTC/NTC, which are one or more Brigades (3500+ People) in a large scale simulated fight against one or more Enemy Brigades. - Spoiler Alert, BLUFOR always loses. Badly. Sometimes they actually achieve their objectives, but the cost is so high it would actually be considered a loss by the general public. Mostly though, they get put through a grinder that their leadership, or TRADOC leadership, uses to shape future Army Training and Equipment needs. *These types of exercises are stacked against BLUFOR from the start.*
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@commie5211 And yet China produces only a small fraction of the total world output and US Dollar is accepted everywhere. And those deals are only for oil trade, nothing else. So in the whole world economy, only China's purchase of oil with #2, #3, 9 and #25 are done in Yuan. And all all those countries are selling in US dollar to everyone else.
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@commie5211 There's a reason even those countries you mentioned only made the deal for oil. Most countries buy more from China than they sell to China. If they are going to use the Yuan, they need to hold reserves in Yuan. The SeeSeePee has zero transparency in their currency and make it hard to buy and sell. This is why Yuan is only 5th in currency reserve in the world with only 2.7% with almost all that happening in Hong Kong. Not difficult to comprehend but I guess relevant username explains it all
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@kurosai006ichigo3 "our saying china debt traps by offering bad loans... China did not force any nation to accept their loans" They paid the leaders off. Why do you think the loans from SeeSeePee have no transparency? Nobody knows the details except the authoritarian leader they traded with. Vice News has a nice video where they literally caught on a video an operation to pay off the VP and high ranking officials in Guyana (South America). >China get an influenced vote in UN as its requirement They get votes in support
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@kurosai006ichigo3 on the UN influence they get. Do you like 2 million + innocent being detained and tortured?
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@commie5211 "yeah right China accounted for 28.7% Global Manufacturing Output" So you are not aware that trade also includes natural resources? And agriculture? Services? Just an FYI, US is 13.5% of all global trade and China is 10%.
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@commie5211 It's very clear that @Commie actually has little understanding of any of this. How is Beijing treating you today?
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@bakimc4722 Can trust the US 100x more than RUS or CN.
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