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Kingsnairaland:


I don't think you have seen the destruction

The revange is enough Russia was even hitting military homes that stay in civilian area and sometimes they miss and hit innocent homes

I have seen snippets of the destruction.
It is NOT enough.

-Lord

WritterNg:
⚡Iran has ordered thousands of tons of ingredients for ballistic missiles from China.

Deliveries from China are expected to begin in the coming months to Iran and its d groups in other regions, such as Yemen's Houthis.

The new contract for ammonium perchlorate could be enough for Iran to produce 800 missiles.

I hope Iran is fortifying an alternate supply route through Russia and the Caspian Sea.

-Lord

Kingsnairaland:
The bombing of Ukraine in this past few days is too much Russia should cool down and let them breath small.

It's too tame.
Putin should increase the intensity.

-Lord

Android17:
Democrats practice lawfare which Republicans don't. Otherwise, Trump would've started by hurting the very people who attempted assassinating his character before they settled on assassinating him at Butler, PA.

You're one of the most knowledgeable people I read from on US politics so it is kind of surprising to see you guzzling Trump's bluster. What is a Tesla when the entire USA space program depends on Elon? Theres no Ukraine offensive without Starlink. The government contracts were signed under the Biden istration that despised him, not because they love him but his company is the only competent one that offered dirt cheap quotation vs what Russia would've billed the USA for the same service. Trump holds no cards and Elon did not walk back anything. He was begged into doing so. Even the NASA spox quickly rushed to say they'd continue with all contracts except expressly directed by POTUS to shift focus. Even NASA knew they work at Elon's behest. I'm sure you know this.

What's this desire to protect Trump's completely buffooning government? This is the same way he didn't listen during C-19 era and levied the inflation many Americans are still dealing with today.

Anyway, the mid will be a bloodbath for the GOP and the latter 2 years of Trump's presidency will be him getting impeached again by the Democrats who will steal the house again and render him a lame duck president. Of course, you know how many politicians & district court Judges will take a bribe from Elon to facilitate whatever frustrations he wants to mete out on Trump.

Game of Thrones shouldn't be a source of wisdom. Money can always be converted to power.

In America, don't f*ck with people's money.
Elon did not run SpaceX with only his money. He did not rescue Tesla with only his money. He did not purchase X with only his money.
If you carry strong head, they'll bundle you out of your own company.
Did a democrat judge not cancel Musk's $56B Tesla compensation package and award $345m to the guys who sued him?
Why do you think Gwynne Shotwell is COO and President of SpaceX?

If Elon Musk becomes an impediment to progress of his companies, he'll be forced to step down.
Trillions are at stake. US national interests are at stake.
You think folks are going to sit and watch their billions disappear into thin air because a Sperg chose to pick a fight with POTUS.
Let's not talk about the US military. So Elon will say he wants to bar US military use of Starlink and General Caine will sit and twiddle his thumbs. How?

It's not about Trump. It's the power of office and the fact that Musk has powerful enemies who are looking for the slightest excuse.
A barely lucid Biden canceled his $56B pay and his $1B rural broadband contract, but he wants to duel with a vindictive Trump.

All Elon has done is the typical African breaking of bottle.
No b say e 1 fight. Na activity mk Trump for know say his patience is tired and that things gat change.
Trump cannot rob Peter (Elon) to pay Paul (special interest groups). Collect person $300m start dey blow "conflict of interest" grammar.
For this Washington?

-Lord

larride:


You believe someone spent over $200m in campaign funds because he has the interest of people at heart?

Baba even ed call for Trump impeachment yesterday, I was shocked.

Las las, it's all about interest.

Spent $300m+. Pledged $100m for mid .
Tesla revenue down 25% in one quarter.
Net worth down $50B since inauguration.
EV credits canceled. NASA wen dem use compensate am, Trump yank e boy nomination.
ATC contract, Trump say no way. Golden Shield contract, Trump say no way. Hegseth China briefing, Trump cancel am last minute.
FCC rural contract for Starlink of $1B wen Biden cancel, Trump neva shake body.
Meanwhile, Trump family dey make big, profitable billion-dollar moves for crypto. Nobody dey cough.

Better bad market.
E reach to change am for Trump.
You get mind 1 run person wen dem born for Africa street. E no know wetin dey our water. 🙂

Na why I say I understand him grievance.
Unfortunately, he went too far since he's on the spectrum.
But dem must call family meeting for the matter.
House Republicans cannot eat good in a $5T deficit bill and you dey put story make e sacrifice. Sacrifice for who?
Ogbeni, settle me jor!

-Lord

Watcharena:
he need to cry while he is still alive,he may be included in the retaliation

All of his cheerleaders have gone silent.

If Oreshnik cancel Z life subscription now, all of them would move on.

-Lord

MorataFC:
Mr. Man, u are making it more complicated sir .

k

-Lord

BlueRayDick:


So can Trump deal with Elon Musk like a typical Nigerian government can deal with any billionaire or it’s a total ball game in the US ?

Elon himself has acknowledged that if Trump had not won, he was a goner.
Harris and the Democrats would have wrecked him.
Trump can hurt him. That much is clear. He is in a weak position as well -- tesla sales have been declining -- courtesy of the DOGE fallout.

But there's a lot at stake, financially and politically, so there'll be an intervention.
The likes of Thiel (the Don of the PayPal Mafia which Musk is a member of) and Ackman are working the phones non-stop.
Elon has already walked back the SpaceX Dragon shutdown pledge. Trump is scheduled to have a call with him later today.

-Lord

bemeruca:


This is a big gamble for Elon. There was no need for this at all. Tesla was doing well and their stock was gaining momentum. The left is misguided, and there’s no reason to make amends. If Elon were a criminal, they would have embraced him like the prodigal son but he is a good man who gave voice to the censored.

Elon is in his element when he gambles big.
Tesla stock was gaining momentum because of robotaxi launch but sales cratered because of his DOGE involvement.
You don't have to be in the Tesla boardroom to suss out that he was read the riot act.
Fix your mess or get the boot.
This is him fixing his mess Elon-style.

We'll see what comes of it.
It makes for prime entertainment.
But only the numbers would matter.
Oh and Trump has to make sure the bill es. Hand Elon an L. Make him the heel.
Conflict resolution comes after if Elon begs hard enough.
Vance is Trump's VP and he said unprintable things about Trump.
There are more acts and scenes to come in this play.

-Lord

A40:
Elon has outlived his usefulness. Disagreeing with a policy is one thing but like you said he's not a politician and thus is conveying his disagreements in the worst possible way. I really think Elon has cooked his goose

Donors stay in the background. Why will I want a donor who can go rogue on me anytime I don't dance to his tune and this donor just happens to have the world's SM biggest platform. Even leftie politicians are taking note

He can recover.
He'll need to grovel, apologize, and accept adult supervision to be let back in the hall.
But it can be done.

American politicians will take money from the devil and worry about the implications later.
Biden, Trump, and Congress have demonstrated that Elon can be tamed
Lefties will take his money and ask him to sit in the cuck chair.
Harris outspent Trump without Elon.

Elon will be fine.
Arch donors on the left like Reid Hoffman and Laurene Jobs are worth a couple of billions.
Even if Tesla goes completely in the toilet, SpaceX and xAI still make him a deca billionaire in the 95th percentile of donors.
The spectacular crash out is a net positive.
The Silicon Valley crowd needed a reality check.
Better now than later.

-Lord

BlueRayDick:
Can someone please give a summary of what’s happening between Trump and Elon Musk ?

Trump united several factions of the American polity to win the elections.
One of those factions want something to be urgently done about America's rising deficit.

Trump gets elected.
He immediately lets those guys, led by Elon, have a crack at deficit reduction.
They had some wins but then they inevitably stalled when the next item on the docket was taking an axe to military spending and America's beloved entitlement programs.
It is pertinent to note that while DOGE was in session, Elon disproportionately suffered the consequences while Trump skated by with nary a scratch.

Recall that part about several factions.
Well, Trump promised to make the 2017 tax cuts permanent to another faction that elected him.
He also promised no tax on overtime, no tax on tips, and no tax on social security payments.
The WH does not control the purse strings. Congress does. Congress represents varied interest groups.
So if Trump wants to fulfill the tax cut promise to Wall Street, corporate America, and Main Street, he needs to cut soap for Congress critters.

Enter the Big Beautiful Bill (3B) that is America's version of a padded budget bill with million naira streetlights.
Nigerians call it padding. Americans call it pork.
Trump has to cheer for it for political expediency. Mid are a year out.
Elon is big mad Tesla sales dropped virtually everywhere including a whooping 49% in Europe actively pursuing a cause that this bill mollifies.
Elon sees the opportunity to rail against the bill to recover somewhat with the tree hugger crowd.
Trump is pushing back because he is a creature of habit. His golden rule is that all attacks, direct or implied, must be responded to.
That's the latest.

-Lord

raumdeuter:


Think of the worst thing that can incriminate Trump and say it now, it wont do anything to Trump's

Trump never presented a curated view of himself, his entire life was lived in front of cameras all through and many knew who he was yet voted twice

So what information about Trump can he possibly release that will damage him that we dont already

Elon is insisting on cutting cost which is a core conservative view, but realistically you cannot cut the bloat of 50yrs in one bill without killing the , moreover it wont even the congress especially with the razor thin majority

Enjoy the show, we have an energetic president who can do all gbas gbos

Elon knows what's up.
We all know what's up.
I hope the gambit pays off.

Will be watching out for Tesla Q2 and Q3 financials.
X will do numbers.

I am entertained.

Chortled when I saw JD Vance X post.

Slow news day, what are we even going to talk about? @TheoVon

https://x.com/JDVance/status/1930777785057869916

Trump 2.0 is the shiznit.

-Lord

A40:
Elon will fvck around and lose half his networth let him keep fooling. He will soon find out that after God na government

Cos one thing about Trump is he has seen it all and has nothing to lose. He likely saw all of this coming from Elon a million miles away. He's not the first former ally to turn

Trump has just 3 years left.
1 year really until the mid which Dems are poised to win.
The judiciary has been an impediment and politicians, most of whom plan to stay around long after Trump is out of the WH, need donors.
Elon is not a lightweight.

Elon has a lot riding on getting back in the good graces of half the population he'd pissed.
If he's unable to do that, he'll be ousted at Tesla. So I can respect that he's giving this tiff his best shot.
Sadly, he is an autist. He will overshoot. Comes with the territory.

The Freedom Caucus opposed the bill until it became apparent they had to be team players.
Massie and Paul are also in opposition.
Neither are having a publicized crash out and still stick to their guns after unjustified Trump jibes.
They're politicians. They know how to navigate the marshes. Elon is not a politician and it shows.

I wouldn't go into theorizing who'll come out on top.
I can assure you there are many in crypto, AI, and big tech who are biting their fingers going, "Don't f*ck this up for us, Elon".
Crypto have their Big Beautiful Bill coming with full-throated from the Trump WH.
AI got 10 years of regulatory reprieve that concurrently blunted domestic tripwires like California's legislation in that so-called disgusting bill Elon is raging about.
Big Tech are like, dude, we still have ongoing anti-trust cases.

Place Elon's musings on mute until he sobers up. He did spend $300m to get Trump elected.
Can't be coddled. Can't be dismissed. He is an autistic Lisa Murkowski.
We talk about primarying Murkowski every six years, but then she returns to Washington and we have to bring her breakfast in bed to get sh*t done. If Elon wants to be difficult, put him in the same bucket as Murkowski and Collins. Move on to serious sh*t.

You know the crazy part.
Trump has signaled he is okay with the Senate taking an axe to the Bill.
The prevailing thought in the Capitol and the WH is that it wouldn't be a 5T deficit after the Senate is done.
Then the leaner version would be forced on the business-as-usual caucus in the House.

That's supposed to be the prime benefit of one bill.
Get the "what's in it for my district guys" to blow their load early. Ram through the really nice sh*t -- the tax cuts and AI regulatory cut.
Then you spend the rest of the term trying to codify deficit reduction measures.
Elon wants to do things differently. That's cute. But it wouldn't work.
What was his deadline for getting humanity to Mars? He's blown past it. But he wants to gut entitlement programs within weeks?!
Sh*t that get 3x Trump voters to say "Hold up!"
Dude should take a beat.

-Lord

Ibeme:


Who will take you serious?

In January you are for cutting waste and in June you are for pork

In the West you claim Conservative and in the Global South, you are a Communist

Fiscal Conservatism is the bedrock of being a Conservative, of which you are not, just a Trump worshipper and Conspiracy theorist

I am the one with Conservative principles on this thread, not you hotchpotch of Conspiracy theorists, populists and pseudo communists

I cease being for reducing deficits because I am being politically practical to fulfill a core campaign promise.
I am a communist.
Conservatism is a monolith. There is no liberal on the planet who is a fiscal conservative. Or conservative who is a fiscal liberal.
You are a liberal but have conservative principles. And said in the same breath that fiscal conservatism is the bedrock of being a conservative.
What are you, a shape shifter?

Every sentence is a falsehood.
That's got to be a record.

Stick to being a slogan-slinging lemming. You would give yourself an aneurysm dabbling in political theory.
I'm sorry, you're not that clued-up.

-Lord

bemeruca:


Trump is still the president 😀 Elon or not

I'll drink to that!

-Lord

bemeruca:


Ibime hates Elon and Trump so much he does not realize what's going on.

Even if he understands the intricacies of this public spat, he'll make that post still.
Liberals have been waiting for the bromance to deteriorate into a slap fight.
I expect them to yell about it from the rooftops. The underpinnings is irrelevant.

-Lord

Ibime:
DOGE IN THE MUD.

Brother Elon, you have been used to make a false, malicious and insincere spectacle of USAID and other spending for the sole purpose of tarring the democrats, now don't let your autism get in the way of business as usual

They'll kiss and make up.
Brother Elon is attempting to negate some of the consequences of his association with DOGE.
Need to get those Tesla sales numbers back up.
Attacking the 3B is low hanging fruit.
Elon should do what he has to do.

The bill will .
We'll get on with rescission and DOGE codification bills next.

The Trump 2.0 agenda is inextricably tied to the 3B.
No one on the right likes everything in it. But things like the base tariff rate of 10% rely on the tax cuts to be a net positive.
You can't get the tax cuts without all of the other BS in it.
The Silicon Valley deficit crowd can huff and puff, but this is the unpalatable reality about the beltway.

The Reds have precious few months (weeks?) before the mid.
Trump's aggregate rating tops Obama and Bush at this point in their respective second .
We've had the firings. The tariffs. The deportations. Even MAHA is having its little potluck.
Give Americans their tax cuts. Fixing the deficit will proceed via phased resolution.

-Lord

iamoyindamola:

You and I know nothing will come out of it
Rinse and repeat

It's also been a staple of the Fourth Republic.
The one time padding could have been used as a bludgeon was under Buhari who had billed himself as incorruptible.

Everyone who voted for Tinubu in 2023 knew the practice would continue during his istration.
As did the plurality who did not vote for him.

BRD is correct that the media should highlight and pillory the egregious practice still.
That is a cardinal job description.

---

One of the more recent indicators that Nigeria is on the skids is that she's at a point where corruption, insecurity, and nepotism are lower on the totem pole of concerns than affordability of staples. The brisk pace of Nigeria's deterioration is remarkable.

The next President, obviously Northern, will have no reason to be concerned about corruption, insecurity, or proper/fair representation under his watch. One glaring omission is economic performance. That is deliberate. If Tinubu wins in 2027, as he is billed to, after a post-recession Buhari won his re-election, the economy will officially be a non-issue.

To reiterate, there is no yardstick for Presidents anymore. Wild!
Get in, steal, put the nation's money to work on the opposition.
Retire several billion dollars richer in 8 years. Sweet gig!

-Lord

...in response to Operation Spiderweb.

We are on the home stretch of this campaign.
Unflappable observers do not lose their nerves over meretricious operations of dubious strategic value.
Not when the prize is within reach.

-Lord

OkpaNsukkaisBae:


This is the point. They're testing the waters. When LordAdam said that Ukraine is done I just dey laugh. I no get time for back & forth arguments. This is NATO intelligence playbook, they have done it in Iraq, Libya, Japan, Iran, etc. They will go after the leadership just to create chaos and political instability in Russia.

These heavy bombers are very important part of Russian nuclear triad. Russia have now lost parity against Washington. In 2024, Ukraine struck Russian nuclear early warning radar station🚏. There's a pattern here.
Washington didn't take half of this humiliation before they nuked Japan.

Can Russia replace these destroyed assets or not?

Anyone who wants to assassinate Putin because they successfully destroyed half a dozen bombers and a radar station should go ahead.
Dem no dey tell person. Do wetin dey your mind.

Aliens built the bombers and radar station with materials ferried in from the Andromeda Galaxy.
Russia has lost the capacity to replace them. Consequently, Russia has permanently lost parity with Washington.
Happy?! 🤦‍♂️

-Lord

The most important tidbit is that Benzema and Ronaldo earnings are tax free.
All others on the list have to give up at least 40% to the tax man.

-Lord

OkpaNsukkaisBae:
Escalation is not so easy as you think because this is a proxy war. So it's proxy 🆚 proxy.
But I think Russia is playing and performing as an underdog in a battle it has all the cards and advantages.

Trump is inconsistent but at least he's closing in on Russian potential proxy forces with ceasefire agreement and deal . NATO is pressuring other countries like Georgia to open another front against Russia, they successfully reached an agreement with the Houthis, now about to reach a deal with Iran just so they can fully concentrate resources and intelligence against Moscow.

What's Russia doing? This is bad news for Russia and Putin. This is what happens when you replace military /minister of defense with a bloody civilian who know nothing about the military.

The good news is that Russia is still winning, I believe Putin has his plans together with his service chiefs to counter NATO though we have to acknowledge that the West have crossed so many Russian redline.

Go back to pages on this thread after every calamitous Ukraine attack and it's some version of "sky is falling", "Russia is in trouble", "NATO has hidden cards".

For the umpteenth time, these are the very real costs of Putin's soft approach.
This is not the first hit, nor will it be the last.
Putin and the Russian establishment are resolute on sticking to this path.
For all of its drawbacks, it has been wildly successful.
Attacks of this nature are calibrated by the West to have the exact predictable effect you see on this thread.

Go over the facts of this War.
Ukraine is done.
No air force. No navy. No air defense. A depleted army. Infrastructure is under severe strain. Its backers are exhausted.
This is all they have up their sleeves. Incisive sabotage. That's it.

Moskva. Kursk. Dugina and other assassinations. Refineries and air bases attacked.
One constant remains.
Ukraine cannot take back lost territory.
This is the stage where Russia has to bob and weave to run down the clock.

The faux outrage and meltdown is comical.

-Lord

Dvdpity:
If Russia do not declare war on Ukraine now... Putin will blame himself for his execution by Russians.

What nonsense.

Calma!
Breathe!

Russia has more than 100 bombers and 2000 aircrafts.
Russia is on a war footing and its MIC is firing on all cylinders.

This is an operational failure.
Significant losses. But all can be replaced in a timely fashion.
It changes nothing.
Russia has lost ships, generals, and prized military assets.
Russia can take whatever Ukraine dishes out on the chin and keep it moving.

Putin should keep his eye on the ball.
He should maintain the maximalist demands, increase the salvo of attacks, and seize more territory.
It's a winning formula and Ukraine can keep celebrating the occasional sabotage attacks as it gets smaller in both topography and demography.

Stay calm and carry on!

-Lord

WriteerNg:
⚡Zelensky:

There is no information about what the Russians are going to Istanbul with.

We don't have it, Türkiye doesn't have it, the United States doesn't have it. And so far it doesn't look very serious.

🙄
This comedian sef.
When you get to Istanbul, you'll receive the information direct from the horse's mouth.
No dey run your shadow.

-Lord

Gerrard59:

lol

Actually, I know why he says so. He is so pro-Western and consumes Western media content about Japan and East Asia. However, that is not entirely the true picture. At least, The Economist is honest enough to state where China has leapt over many developed countries. Some of the Internet technologies in China aren't available or widespread here. The same applies to the vast development of high-speed trains and robotics. China has installed more industrial robots than Japan, , the US and South Korea combined. While there are major Japanese robotics companies, most of the innovative development comes from China, ditto shipbuilding. For instance, in EV-related sectors, one has to work with the Chinese whether one likes it or not.

Previously, Chinese miners sent raw earth minerals to Japan for refining, but after forced consolidation by the C and massive investment, everything is done in-house. The developments to build EUV machines do not exist here, unlike in China. Chinese semiconductor-related companies are replacing their Korean peers in supplying materials to buyers in China since sanctions have blocked the Korean companies from selling. Many chemical companies in Japan rely on as much as 30% of their revenues from China. Nissan is facing serious financial issues because it cannot compete with Chinese automakers. Toyota has had to revamp its offerings to compete. Mitsubishi's CEO accused Chinese automakers of "doing too much" in Southeast Asia. People under-rate China so much, and it is so amusing, especially when the Internet is widely available for many to actually follow up on real-time developments ongoing there.

What I am glad about is that some of our social media and actual influencers are going to China and airing developments right inside the country. Those who believe otherwise should continue. By 2030, we will know how far. Merely four and a half years from now.

The stats are so clear regarding technological advancements. The Chinese have sured everyone in Asia. Korea and Japan still have their specialist areas, but are experiencing serious competition from China, but in the generalist aspects, China is number one.

You've got to give it to the West.
They're skilled in shaping narratives.
Goebbels will be green with envy.

One of China's endearing idiosyncrasies is that when they excel at something, they establish a lead so unassailable that even the biggest skeptic acknowledges their exploits.
Did it with manufacturing, trains, cars, shipbuilding.
Rodgers and pro-Westerners will eventually come around. China's deeds make it inevitable.

Korea and Japan are fortunate that the US is intransigent.
Demand in strategic, high-ticket sectors is assured because the West is wary of China.
For instance, the West will not let China do to Korean/Japanese shipbuilding what they did to SK/JAP mobile phone brands.

-Lord

LordAdam16:


However, there should be a commensurate increase in China's profile in global economic, geopolitical, and military decision making; and China has not given the impression that they're bent on forcing wholesale changes on a quick timeframe.

For instance, if China is making changes to its industrial strategy, then Bretton Woods organizations and Western-led initiatives like the BIS should be heavily reformed, abolished, or have their work replicated by China/Global South friendly alternatives.
China has tried to adopt a more methodical approach in hopes of a smooth transition. But if the West is hurriedly pushing to unilateral break and change things, China specifically has to push for a holistic restructuring.

...a couple of rare earth and Hollywood movie restrictions is nothing. China is capable of much more.

With respect to the sentence in bold:
Yesterday, China launched the International Organization for Mediation (IOM).
33 founding member states. Representatives from 85 countries attended the g ceremony.
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202505/1335164.shtml

A multi-polar world needs dozens of Axis-led organizations of a similar stature in various areas.
Glad to see concepts come alive.
We've had enough meetings and optics, its time to put the pedal to the metal.

-Lord

Gerrard59:

I do wish you eventually live in China and read/listen to conversations from this part of the world.

China has sured Japan in almost every technological endeavour, especially technology infrastructure.

But hey, it's your prerogative to believe otherwise. That's how most people especially in Africa argued, but on getting here (East Asia), they saw the stark differences between technologies in China and Japan.

You dey Japan. Person outside Japan dey argue with you say Japan China.

😂🤣😃

Comic relief plenty for NL.

-Lord

pansophist:


China's growth is a miracle.

For a country to withstand all the surgical and destructive policies the west have set on its path since its founding and still grew this huge only goes to show what China will become if the road is smooth.

And all these has made China and Chinese people so resilient, always on their toe, and sharpened, that if a war broke out, I bet my coin on China, because I can only imagine the tech it has hidden under its belt.

Have you seen the China drone mothership/? I can only imagine what else they are hiding if they decide to release this one to the public knowledge.

Saw reports about the mothership.
I believe it is dual purpose. It actually has more civil use cases. Disaster relief. Event policing. Border recon (China's borderlands could do with more extensive surveillance)...

When the CMC believes it has caught up to the US in most military domains, everyone will be shocked by the new releases from China.
We got paper, gunpowder, rockets, seismoscopes because China was able to do its thing away from the meddling of the West.
Humanity's progress supersedes Western geopolitical interests.

You're fine with absolute monarchies. You're fine with Singapore's one-party state. You're fine with Vietnamese and Laotian communism.
You draw the line on the C, because they would not kowtow to your flippant designs.
We're in do your worst territory. Unbothered mode activated.
Restrict whatever tickles your fancy. Discriminate against whomever. This train has no brakes.

-Lord

RodgersAkpafu:
@LordAdam16

How many Chinese people have you interacted with on a personal basis ?

Let's start with that?

If you have really interacted with them
You will know that the ONLY reason why the C is still in place is the "economic deliverables"

Not all that thing that you typed

If China experiences a lost decade, let's see how popular C will be

BTW I will be posted to China next year to do an exchange with a partner uni there
I'll go have a look for myself and get first hand s
Because my scope so far are Chinese students and faculty in my uni

It's 2025.
If you mean to, you can add pen pals and acquaintances from more than 100 countries.
That's before the chance encounters through college, work, travel, mutuals in a social circle, et cetera.

The bolded is an odd statement.
The US re-elected Trump because of high single digit inflation (and an open border).
The world will be set on fire if the US had a lost decade.
Their politicos will say it's someone else's fault and they'll deliberately start conflicts to distract and forcibly change their fortunes.
The US will not stay dormant and accept a Japanese reality. Dead body go surplus.

As such, the C like the US government knows its legitimacy is tied to its economic record.
Still, sweat equity is a thing.
Like conservative American boomers and their Zionist, anti-Russia fervor.
It's human nature.
Any government in all human history and in any place in the entire cosmos with the economic scorecard of the C will have the eternal adoration of the generations that lived through the rise.

Everything the US is doing right now is to force China into a lost decade.
To get the people to turn on the government.
You're splitting hairs about how the US goes about it because your political team is out of power. If you asked China to choose between discrimination of ethnic Chinese and access to high tech products, we all know the obvious pick. But because your political team is just as harsh on China, you've narrowed your faux outrage to discrimination.

On your stint in China, be discreet.
Use high EQ in any discussions about sensitive topics.
Oh, and travel. See as much of China as you can. Urban and rural. It's a magical place.

-Lord