Ukraine

[fox_favourite]

3 hours ago, st albans fox said:

Could be loosely ukraine related - lots of tumours that Xi hasn’t been seen since he returned from the regional conference last week 

 

there were some strange things happening with china’s air and rail services yesterday with lots of cancellations 

 

not long till the party conference that confers another unprecedented term for him - if there are elements of the party that want to stop this happening then they don’t have long to act …..

Might be due to me being tired, but fully with you? What do you mean?

 

sorry if its obvious 

[st albans fox]

9 minutes ago, fox_favourite said:

Might be due to me being tired, but fully with you? What do you mean?

 

sorry if its obvious 

There are rumours are that xi has been placed under house arrest 

 

[fox_favourite]

12 minutes ago, st albans fox said:

There are rumours are that xi has been placed under house arrest 

 

Oohhh. If true, that could impact a lot of things. It’ll be a big worry if the army are involved, though. This would surely impact Russia as well. 
 

 

sorry, I didn’t know that rumour. 

Edited 25 September 2022 by fox_favourite

[Dunge]

If Xi is about to be toppled, I’d imagine it would be primarily due to his belligerent Covid policy rather than international relations. He’s got the country caught in an endless cycle of lockdowns and won’t back down on it.

[Finnaldo]

3 minutes ago, Dunge said:

If Xi is about to be toppled, I’d imagine it would be primarily due to his belligerent Covid policy rather than international relations. He’s got the country caught in an endless cycle of lockdowns and won’t back down on it.

Exactly. Anyone hoping this is the wonderful Chinese Revolution that will see a democratic republic magically put in place are kidding themselves. If he’s toppled, the outcome will be slightly better, the same or considerably worse 

[st albans fox]

17 minutes ago, Dunge said:

If Xi is about to be toppled, I’d imagine it would be primarily due to his belligerent Covid policy rather than international relations. He’s got the country caught in an endless cycle of lockdowns and won’t back down on it.

Once he’s got his third term, he will change the zero covid policy 

 

Hong Kong have just announced that they are ending compulsory hotel quarantine 

[Trav Le Bleu]

 

21 minutes ago, Finnaldo said:

Exactly. Anyone hoping this is the wonderful Chinese Revolution that will see a democratic republic magically put in place are kidding themselves. If he’s toppled, the outcome will be slightly better, the same or considerably worse 

We'll just have to wait and Xi.

Edited 25 September 2022 by Trav Le Bleu

[fox_favourite]

2 minutes ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

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We'll just have to wait and Xi.

Class dad joke.  

[leicsmac]

Good grief.

 

Imagine regime change in both China and Russia within months of each other. I'm not entirely sure what I would make of that, it could be good but it could equally be horrible.

[MPH]

It’s possibly Taiwan related too- he he wants to go in and others don’t or possibly the other way round..

[casablancas]

1 hour ago, leicsmac said:

Good grief.

 

Imagine regime change in both China and Russia within months of each other. I'm not entirely sure what I would make of that, it could be good but it could equally be horrible.

Add Iran to the list and a new right wing Italy … interesting times ahead. If putin doesn’t get trigger happy. 

[casablancas]

Just now, MPH said:

It’s possibly Taiwan related too- he he wants to go in and others don’t or possibly the other way round..

Let’s hope no fcuker wants to go in. 

[MPH]

1 minute ago, casablancas said:

Let’s hope no fcuker wants to go in. 

 

Unfortunately the opposite had already been made clear

[casablancas]

5 minutes ago, MPH said:

 

Unfortunately the opposite had already been made clear

I know. One hopes they’ve seen the mess Russia have made and thought nah… not worth it. Or likely they are watching, learning and implementing the lessons. The states won’t back down over Taiwan either. Who gives? 

[Alf Bentley]

3 hours ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

 

We'll just have to wait and Xi.

 

To secure his third term, I hear he's adopted a new campaign anthem.....

 

 

[Trav Le Bleu]

1 hour ago, Alf Bentley said:

 

To secure his third term, I hear he's adopted a new campaign anthem.....

 

 

Wait for the chorus...

 

 

[Free Falling Foxes]

It would appear Roger Waters is going against the tide.

Not seen this 'open letter but he's upset quite few.

[Countryfox]

3 hours ago, leicsmac said:

Good grief.

 

Imagine regime change in both China and Russia within months of each other. I'm not entirely sure what I would make of that, it could be good but it could equally be horrible.

You fretting again Mac ..   

[Parafox]

1 hour ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

Wait for the chorus...

 

 

Or...

 

[LiberalFox]

I'm not Jinping to any conclusions. 

[Parafox]

Just now, LiberalFox said:

I'm not Jinping to any conclusions. 

Best one yet 

[LCFCCHRIS]

3 hours ago, Free Falling Foxes said:

It would appear Roger Waters is going against the tide.

Not seen this 'open letter but he's upset quite few.

Guess he's just another d*ck in the wall

[WigstonWanderer]

I just don’t see where this stops if it starts. There is simply no scope for brinksmanship in nuclear war. Putin is risking everything for nothing.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/sep/25/us-russia-ukraine-war-nuclear-weapons-jake-sullivan

[leicsmac]

7 hours ago, Countryfox said:

You fretting again Mac ..   

With good reason, I think.

[SpacedX]