Top American, Chinese defense officials vie for influence in Asia-Pacific

Is there something interesting on the roof those robots are looking at?

The choice is easy. Ask people who freely travel to different countries about freedoms they've seen compared with their home countries. Ignore short term money. Think long term. For island nations, climate change is very important. Which side of these influencers are actively trying to reduce climate change? China has built more coal power plants than the rest of the world in the last year. Now, if these island nations can negotiate for China to reduce their anti-climate actions, perhaps it would be worth it? OTOH, China doesn't honor agreements they've made if they become cumbersome.

Xi is currently trying to wipe out all religion inside China. He's deploying construction machinery to take down religious buildings and the Chinese military to control mass protestors. The Uyghur and Hui Muslims have seen their private schools become illegal. Their cultures turned into amusement parks and their Mosques either removed or turned in to museums. Be careful with whom you sign agreements, especially if they cannot be trusted.

General Li should remind all the Asian members the horrors and tragedies caused to Iraqi & Afghanistan people by US led of invasion forces that occupied Iraq/Afghan for several years and the senseless wars in Iraqi, Afghanistan were good countries done nothing to help them. Pentagon spread lies, wars and disregard of human lives in 20 years ago should not be forgotten. Biden is worst than Bush jr./Cheney because his wars are unlimited. Without China & Russia, the world is like a car out of control driven by a dementia mad old man!

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General Li should remind all the Asian members the horrors and tragedies caused to Iraqi & Afghanistan people by US led of invasion forces that occupied Iraq/Afghan for several years and the senseless wars in Iraqi, Afghanistan were good countries done nothing to help them. Pentagon spread lies, wars and disregard of human lives in 20 years ago should not be forgotten. Biden is worst than Bush jr./Cheney because his wars are unlimited. Without China & Russia, the world is like a car out of control driven by a dementia mad old man!

And I presume just completely ignore Russia's war of aggression? Sorry but people aren't that gullible. The Afghanistan war was completely legal, btw.

Also, once China set its goals, it usually achieves them, for examples, over-population controls and poverty reduction.

Yeah, they achieved the one-child policy so well they will permanently be stuck on one child. They achieved poverty reduction so well they caused a real estate bubble like has never been seen before.

And I hardly ever heard of “China doesn’t honor agreements,” maybe you can give us some examples.

UNCLOS. South China Sea.

It is also very peaceful there now, unlike before when the extremists were causing damages, deaths, and pains to the people.

Yeah, it is amazing what brutal repression can accomplish.

General Li should remind all the Asian members the horrors and tragedies caused to Iraqi & Afghanistan people by US led of invasion forces that occupied Iraq/Afghan for several years and the senseless wars in Iraqi, Afghanistan were good countries done nothing to help them. Pentagon spread lies, wars and disregard of human lives in 20 years ago should not be forgotten. Biden is worst than Bush jr./Cheney because his wars are unlimited. Without China & Russia, the world is like a car out of control driven by a dementia mad old man!

Afghanistan was helping the US find someone who killed over 3000 people. The 2nd Iraq war was bad. We all know it.

And I hardly ever heard of “China doesn’t honor agreements,” maybe you can give us some examples.

Really? The people of Hong Kong, Macau would disagree. Xi violated the 50 yr agreement to leave the politics of those SARs alone.

The 9-dash line is a figment of the CCP's imagination. Today, China has invaded the Philippines according to the international tribunal.

Taiwan is a separate country since 1949 and has never been under CCP control. We can see today that the One China agreement was a mistake. It needs to be resolved in international court.

Does China have rule of law? The CCP-govt is tearing down Mosques in SW China against the will of the locals. They have outlawed private schools paid for by parents so their children learn their culture, language, etc. Signs with the local languages have been taken down or covered. The other "approved by Beijing" languages are left there. The CCP and Chinese Constitution says harming cultures inside China is illegal, yet they are doing it. I quote:

Article 119 Autonomous organs of ethnic autonomous areas shall autonomously manage the educational, scientific, cultural, health and sports undertakings of their areas, protect and restore the cultural heritage of their ethnic groups, and promote the development and a thriving of ethnic cultures.

Seems that Beijing is violating their own Constitution with minority cultures in China they don't like.