Information Unemphasized in Underscored US China Tensions
Posted by HCN on Thursday, July 16, 2020
When most folks that follow economic news today think of the top dozen nations of the world, they probably have the United States and China in there. G5 and G8, if the letter begins with G and there are more than 10 but less than 20, and who is in the global news the most, those two nations are definitely in there.
Here we are today, the middle of July 2020, and numerous news reports are circulating about possible rifts and tensions on multiple subject matters between them.
And here, those that have been following different news categories over the past couple of decades, consistently, likely say to themselves, same story, different day, these are fruits from the same blueprint, the baseline platform for tensions that have been around for at least that long.
That there is one aspect in itself, in the list of reasons why. Reiterative, possibly redundant concerns are being plastered all over the news media, as though they are newly arisen cataclysmic situations, when in historical and policy analysis view, much of it are partially dried repeats being rechurned.
No disrespect, these are huge and powerful nations, with long celebrated traditions, deservingly so. What is being discussed here, is that numerous media are only looking superficial or only 2 or 3 layers deep into the situation, and drumming up news stories that might look exciting if the readers do not have the historical hindsight.
Here is a summary of historical and political points that can put a more realistic perspective on the news hype between the US and China relations in the news as we speak:
Written and published July 15, 2020 EST
That there is one aspect in itself, in the list of reasons why. Reiterative, possibly redundant concerns are being plastered all over the news media, as though they are newly arisen cataclysmic situations, when in historical and policy analysis view, much of it are partially dried repeats being rechurned.
No disrespect, these are huge and powerful nations, with long celebrated traditions, deservingly so. What is being discussed here, is that numerous media are only looking superficial or only 2 or 3 layers deep into the situation, and drumming up news stories that might look exciting if the readers do not have the historical hindsight.
Here is a summary of historical and political points that can put a more realistic perspective on the news hype between the US and China relations in the news as we speak:
- Tensions over the South China Sea go back perhaps thousands of years
- The dynamics in terms of world leaders involved with the nations involved with the South China Sea tensions, have predecessor roots that go back, like the statement above, about as long, maybe longer, maybe an amount shorter, for the purposes here, the idea is it has been thousands, not hundreds, but a length of time that long predates the modern known US with current government
- For illustration, in the window roughly 200 to 300 B.C., regions of East China that abutted or came close to the what is now known as the South China Sea, are not even the same as modern day China on simplified rulership maps. Qin, Chin, and other dynasties, Warring States Period, alluding to some.
- What sovereignty means to the nations in the immediate area of South China Sea involved with the dispute, wax and wane from it, and so on, might be different and dealt with at different angles, than what the US is, and so might not be on the same page with exact parallels on every iota of the dispute and tension
- Sovereignty, might not even be what the heart of the matter is, in the region of the 'dispute', but instead another concept known to the parties involved, that might not have an exact word to describe it all in the English language
- In the little details, is US press regularly bringing up the backdrop that goes back to only 2013, such as Philippine filing for arbitration, or oil findings in the region in the 1960s?
- As well, is a long standing axiom to maintain a degree of caution when the potentiality is there to get dragged into a dispute between nation, especially as far eastern, from the Atlantic shoreline, or west of the Pacific continental US shoreline, as the referent Asian seas and islands; the larger envelope in the psychologically developed weaving there, might be much larger and have lurking dangers, which may not necessarily be built into simplified calculations much of the media makes it seem
- The words large, are a major theme, in describing the US and China, when analyzing the altogether climate of tensions, if it is really tensions at all, that include common sense reasons. One, the population of China is almost 1 and half billion people. The geographic land mass is huge. With that many people, who make different decisions and change their mind in a split second about all the different politically related matters going on, just in China, it can be very difficult to put a one-time gloss-over wrap of summarizing what the minds' of China are thinking for more than a few minutes, nevermind a block of time like an entire week. The world stage when it comes to tension, especially involving global finance and trade, are not plastic toy soldiers or a game of battleship, it is in constant flux.
- With that massive number of people in China, and also consider the number of persons that are born, become ill, retire, and pass on each day, sensitive information and misinformation, has to be handled very carefully; concurrently, there could be mischievous individuals that seek to cause harm, and in the process misrepresent their nation, while they pursue their plight for greedy aims. That described group might not have anything to do with what can be said as China, or possibly even government of China, or that that a government monitored branch or entity, individuals and groups acting out of line and inconsistent to policy, lack of up-to-date reporting, turning a blind eye, pay-offs, blackmail, and everything else, that just about every other nation of the world has to deal with in terms of internal challenges, could very well have gone on.
- Mid July 2020, most media plays it, the US feels China was involved with a coronavirus cover-up; now considering the little bit that was just written here, it can readily be seen that, that statement is could be a bit of a satire, in that it is way too broad and over generalized. It is almost like saying all thieves are short and wear black gloves, and grab for a stack of bills after breaking through a window. China as old a nation it is, has seen huge challenges that they have had to contend with. Take for example, wildfires that ravaged the land during segments of the reign of AN Lu Shan about a thousand fifty years ago. Viruses, remembering the massive number of persons there, is nothing new. So just what is, coronavirus is here in that larger context, and in the context of making sure that sensitive information is not abused by evil doers that want to see things get worse?
- The likelihood that there are other people in other nations playing games with the coronavirus advent, using it to their advantage to rake in funds, is pretty high. Is there a nation on earth right now that is untouched by the coronavirus? To point one finger, at the government of one nation, and a few individuals within that, as the sole cause of a pandemic existent in roughly 260 nations, plus tribal groups all over the world that might not have had a visitor in decades, might raise some eyebrows.
- Iceland, as an example, has to contend with coronavirus, and had to take measures that are pretty much a duplicate of the US, in shutting down public facilities.
- 'Man-made', in a lab, theories, circulating to get to the bottom of how it all emerged, further reading and viewing could include:
- News analysis: why the "new crown virus artificial theory" is untenable; Zhang Ying, Zhang Jiawei, Guo Yang, Chen Chen, Liu Qu, Luan Hai; 20:03, April 22, 2020 Source: Xinhuanet. "First, the existing scientific evidence has shown that the characteristics of the new coronavirus are impossible to achieve by human operation, and can only be the product of natural evolution. An international team with the participation of the Scripps Research Institute in the United States reported on March 17 in the British Journal of Nature and Medicine that they analyzed and compared the genome data of multiple coronaviruses, including the new coronavirus, and concluded that The high binding efficiency of the receptor-binding domain of synaptophysin to the "Angiotensin Converting Enzyme 2 (ACE2)" receptor of human cells cannot be achieved by human genetic engineering. In addition, the unique molecular architecture of the new coronavirus also excludes the possibility of its synthesis in the laboratory, because people cannot find a similar known viral molecular architecture to construct this new virus.", and much more in the article, translated into English from http://world.people.com.cn/n1/2020/0422/c1002-31684156.html
- Video, with parts in English, where it is said, "you can rule that out",: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rylgja76S_c
- Rarely in the world, is a global situation completed isolated from other aspects of the ecosystem or system of life
- More 2-systems related laws and strife with respect to Hong Kong. There were regular protests that have strings to the same just a few seasons back. It looks like the world might have to brace itself and prepare for another round of intense protest and protest quelling suspense all over again. It makes it seem that there is a ball that tolls, and when it does, the en segue protesting makes the appearance. With it the thick osf summer, humidity high, and coronavirus going around, a cauldron of protesting is not something anyone in their right mind would want to deal with, nor see.
- Huawei not too far back, estimate for conversation, on the global playing field, was an up-and-comer in the technology arena only about 10 years ago. The UK has blocked a 5G product. Honestly, to technology experts, it sounds like a big to-do about almost nothing. Two things can happen very quickly. 5G and vagaries of products, conceptual or tenuous partaking of, could be a few of abundant ideas as realities, can get out there, and be literally hacked apart by millions of entrepreneurs from amateur to criminal, trying to make a buck. Who cares whether it is 5G or not. Another is 5G gets blocked, and the products or network are masked by some other name, or a similar product comes out in a few weeks called or dubbed a 6G or a 7G, so on and so forth, with different marketing strategy. Maybe blocking Huawei products might make a stand on a symbolic level, but at this point, as millions and millions of tiny parts in an overwhelming many technology gadgets we see here in America, even ones with the made in the USA label, somewhere down the line might be or are made in China, there might not be but a few light bulbs left on in the entire country, if every made in China product got the complete stop buying or stop using actually materialized, on it.
- During previous protesting having to do with Hong Kong and law issues, it was the yanking of cell phone connectivity that helped control the rioting. Cell networks might not be a freebird out of Pandora's box, and, might not be impossible to replicate by someone else and be made to be readily made use of.
- The focus, only companies, employees, and individuals that back communism and certain activities, such as oppression of certain ethnic groups; it is very hard to cull one out of many, referencing indirect as well direct, unpurposely and purposely, just about everyone interacts at some point. Outright support, of wrong doing, absolutely yes, is a serious issue.
- There is some confusion, about communism in China, as the meanings of different government concepts in Chinese language and communication, is inconsistent, and some may contradict each other, but the choice of words to describe, the version of oppressive harmful communism as known in US text books, might also be contradictory, a word with bad connotation might be the one with the good cause and vice versa. An ideal, non-communist status, in one single swoop for a nation as large and populous as China, is a tough nugget to crack, and if and when it can be done, probably is not an overnight process.
Is talk of 'cold war' even necessary, let alone images starting to grow in the minds of many people, of violence involving high powered weapons?
Written and published July 15, 2020 EST
