CHINA says That A “State Of War” Now Exists With UNITED STATES

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Why I watch Russia and China grow into a World power.

The Bible warns us to expect a great power rising from the East, in the “time of the end” .
It will be a powerful bloc of Asian nations, who will join together and play a major role
in the last phase of nuclear World War iii. It calls it “the kings of the east” .

It will field an army of 200 million men (Revelation 16:12; 9:16).
Russia will be the lead nation of this end-time Asian bloc (Ezekiel 38)
That “Gog” is Russia, and that “the land of Magog” includes China today.
“Gomer” would be an ancestor of the modern Korean and Japanese peoples.

“And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son of man, set thy face against Gog,
the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him”
(Ezekiel 38:1-2). These verses begin in the latter days (verses 8, 16) before the Great
Tribulation, the Day of the Lord and Christ’s Second Coming.

Russia and China are already in tight together, watch for Japan
and other Asian nations to ditch the U.S., and side with Russia and China.
 

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China recieves some Hi-tec. hardware from Russia.

Chinese contracts for Russian military hardware are now valued at $7 billion,
Russian media reported earlier this month.

The contracts cover Sukhoi-35 combat jets and S-400 Triumph anti-aircraft weapon
systems. These are products of Russia’s most advanced weapons technology.
“We also supply a large number of aircraft engines to China,” Russian officials said.
“All these projects will continue.”
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Game Changer: China Will Soon Have S-400 Air Defense Systems Defending Its Skies
https://sputniknews.com/military/201702151050707023-china-s400-production-stage-analysis/

March 21, 2017 Russia begins delivery of S-400 Triumf missile defense system to China
https://thaimilitaryandasianregion....s-400-triumf-missile-defense-system-to-china/
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December 2, 2017 China receives new batch of Russian advanced Su-35 fighter jets
China receives new batch of Russian advanced Su-35 fighter jets - DefenceLover
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Feb 08, 2018 China deploys Sukhoi-35 fighter jets in South China Sea to counter US patrols
https://www.hindustantimes.com/worl...-us-patrols/story-W3iKv0usckdfhZDLsMyJZP.html

Feb 8, 2018 China in WARNING to US as it sends Su-35 ‘killer in the sky’ for combat mission
https://www.express.co.uk/news/worl...i-su35-fighter-jet-south-china-sea-us-mission
 

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China could soon take control of one of Africa’s most strategic ports.

February 22 DP WORLD ANGER AS DJIBOUTI SEIZES DORALEH TERMINAL
Port Strategy | DP World anger as Djibouti seizes Doraleh terminal

A crucial port in the African nat. of Djibouti was owned and operated by a company called DP
World for the past 10 years. On February 22, the government of Djibouti announced that it had
broken its contract with DP World and [seized control] of the Doraleh Container Terminal (dct).
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Djibouti claims that the termination of the contract was due to DP World’s failure to resolve
disputes dating back to 2012. But the United States military believes Djibouti terminated the
contract for a different reason. DP World is a port-operating company headquartered in the
United Arab Emirates. Gen. Thomas Waldhauser, head of U.S. Africa Command, believes
Dijbouti seized the port in order to present dct as a gift to China.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...ey-port-in-djibouti-u-s-general-idUSKCN1GI2V0
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Yemen is one of the most strategically important countries in the world. Linking the Med-
iterranean Sea to the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea has always played a key role in world affairs.

Located on the Horn of Africa, Djibouti occupies a strategic location. Only 20 miles lie between
Djibouti and Yemen. This stretch of water is called the Bab el-Mandeb. It is vital for ocean-going
trade between the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean. Controlling the Bab el-Mandeb
means controlling the flow of [over 3.8 billion barrels of oil a day].
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The Houthi takeover in Yemen proved that [Iran] is also implementing a bold strategy to control
the vital sea lane from the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea. They could easy shut it down.

Iranian leaders and many of their people believe the 12th imam—their version of the Messiah
is about to return. They think his return can be hastened by creating violence and chaos.
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China has been increasing its presence in Africa.Hundreds of millions of dollars in Chinese
investments have begun to reshape Djibouti’s economy. Shopping malls, sports arenas and
transport infrastructure have all been [byproducts of China’s investment].
How a Chinese investment boom is changing the face of Djibouti | South China Morning Post
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This has left Djibouti increasingly dependent on China, with a speculated $1.2 billion
of debt. China may try to control key US military port in Africa, general says.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/...y-port-in-africa-general-says/article/2650821
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Many think the Djiboutian government’s takeover of the dct is a prelude to control of
the port being handed over to China. This possibility worries American military experts.

The U.S. military base, Camp Lemonnier, is primarily resupplied from the Doraleh port.
According to General Waldhauser, if China were to gain management of all traffic through
this vital trade hub, it would have a stranglehold on America’s base. This could upset the
ability to wage war in Africa and the Middle East. The bulk of the U.S.’s 6,500 troops in
Africa is based in Camp Lemonnier.

The new report echoes the warnings issued last May by Director of National Intelligence

“If the Chinese took over that port, the consequences could be significant if there were some
restrictions on our ability to use that, because obviously the supplies that come in not only take
care of Camp Lemonnier and other places inside the continent, it is a huge activity there,”
General Waldhauser said.

“Moreover, our U.S. Navy ships come in and out of there to refuel and whatnot.
There could be some consequences, that is why it is important to watch this.”
U.S. interests in the region may be severely hindered in the coming years.
 

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Manila's Shifting Alliance: As the United States distances itself
from the Philippines, Russia and China are happy to fill the void.

November 2017 Following up on promises made earlier in the year, three
more Russian ships arrived in the Philippines to deliver donated weapons.
https://www.defensenews.com/global/...n-navy-delivers-military-arms-to-philippines/
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The Philippines has long been a friend to the U.S., but ever since the election of the abrasive
Duterte, the U.S. government has been pulling away from its ally. Gradually the U.S. military
has been scaling back its presence in the region, leaving the small southeastern nation more
exposed than it has been at any time since World War ii.

President Duterte has acknowledged this shift in the political landscape and has wasted
no time in courting the world’s other major powers: Russia and China.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...pines-arms-and-close-friendship-idUSKBN14O19W
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September 2016, Duterte claimed that, moving into the next year, his fellow countrymen would
see the beginning of “new alliances” with Russia and China. Speaking of the American govern-
ment’s intention to distance itself from his regime, he said, “I am asking the Filipinos in the
coming days, if America will make good its threat, I’m going to ask you to sacrifice a little bit.

But by next year, I would have entered into so many new alliances with so many countries.”
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/oct/20/philippines-separates-us/


That same week he unveiled his plans to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. “I would have alliances on trade and commerce with China.
Russia has agreed to talk about how they can help us here,” he announced.

Since then, many Russian Navy warships have made port in the Philippines, in greater numbers
and frequency than ever before. The last of these arrived heralding the arrival of crates of assault
rifles for Philippine military, making good on Russia’s promise to supply its new ally with donated
weapons. China has already donated thousands of weapons, and seems Russia is soon to follow suit.
Russian Navy destroyers visit Manila | ABS-CBN News
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The Philippines occupies a very strategic location next to the South China Sea. Those waters
host economically vital shipping routes: waterways that are responsible for more than half the
world’s shipping tonnage. In addition to controlling some of those trade routes, the Philippines
acts as an important bastion for America’s smaller allies in the region.

In a special brief, Jim Thomas of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments wrote:

It would be difficult to overestimate what is at stake in America’s relationship with the Philippines.
Accommodation by the Philippines to China’s increasing diplomatic pressure and military intimi-
dation would signal the waning of U.S. power in Asia. It would grant China the ability to control the
whole of the South China Sea as well as the strategic Luzon Strait, making it very difficult for the
U.S. to navigate or counter moves against other allies and partners in the region.

In short, the dissolution of the Philippines’ relationship with America and new partnership with
Asia’s superpowers spell disaster for the United States. Each year, $5.3 trillion worth of trade
passes through the South China Sea—roughly one third of the planet’s maritime commerce.

Will more of America’s Asian Allies Pivot to China? The Philippines’ shift to China is a
natural result of the rise of the Asian giant and the shrinking influence of the U.S.
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U.S. WAR WITH RUSSIA AND CHINA MORE LIKELY AS
WORLD POWER SHIFTS FROM WEST TO EAST, NATO SAYS
http://www.newsweek.com/us-war-russia-china-more-likely-world-power-shift-west-east-nato-71516-
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Febuary 2018 Russia shifting alliance as Pakistan manages relationship with US
https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/20...nce-as-pakistan-manages-relationship-with-us/
 

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March 26, 2018 Beijing launches yuan-denominated crude oil futures contracts

Beijing launched a crude oil futures contract denominated in the Chinese yuan on March 26,
in a move that could significantly enfeeble the international influence of the United States dollar.

The contract lets foreign investors buy and sell crude oil on the Shanghai International Exchange
with yuan rather than dollars. Reuters said it “kicked off to a roaring start,” with 15.4 million
barrels of crude changing hands in the 2½ hours of the first day of trading.

‘This could be a death blow for an already weakening U.S. dollar,
and the rise of the yuan as the dominant world currency.’
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China launches crude oil futures trading
China launches crude oil futures trading - Xinhua | English.news.cn

"China is the world's largest importer of crude oil and the introduction of RMB-
denominated crude oil futures contract represents a milestone for China's Futures
Market," said David Martin, Asia Pacific Head of Global Clearing at J.P. Morgan.
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China's crude oil stockpile rises 1.3 pct
China's crude oil stockpile rises 1.3 pct - Xinhua | English.news.cn
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BEIJING/SINGAPORE, March 26 (Reuters) First-day enthusiasm saw
20 million barrels of September oil changing hands in Shanghai by the 3:00 p.m.

"China’s crude futures kicked off to a roaring start on Monday as western traders
and Chinese majors eagerly traded the world’s newest financial oil instrument,
which many expect to become a third global price benchmark alongside Brent and WTI crude."

"China is the world’s second-largest oil consumer and in 2017 overtook the United States as
the biggest importer of crude oil. Its demand is already a key determinant of global oil prices."
https://af.reuters.com/article/commodities07News/idAFL3N1R81B5

ARBITRAGE ATTRACTION

"Analysts said western oil traders were attracted to Shanghai’s oil contracts for the potential
arbitrage between China’s market specifics and global oil fundamentals as reflected by U.S.
West Texas Intermediate (WTI) and international Brent crude futures."

"WTI crude is the main benchmark for U.S. crude grades and a crucial hedging tool for the U.S.
oil industry. Brent is priced off of North Sea oil and is a primary value marker for Europe,
Africa and Middle East crudes. Both futures contracts are commonly used by financial traders."

“Prices assessed at the Shanghai exchange will reflect China’s crude supply and demand,”
said Sushant Gupta, research director at energy consultancy Wood Mackenzie.
 

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March, 2018 China Conducts Large Naval Drill in South China Sea
https://www.stripes.com/news/pacifi...-fleet-in-south-china-sea-for-drills-1.519108

Satellite imagery captured March 26 revealed what analysts have described as an unusually
large display of Chinese naval warships in the hotly disputed South China Sea. The images,
provided by Planet Labs, show China’s sole aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, sailing in formation
with at least 40 submarines, destroyers, frigates and other ships.

“The South China Sea and East China Sea will be primary battlegrounds,” Song Zhongping,
a military expert and TV commentator, told the state-run Global Times newspaper on Sunday.
“The People’s Liberation Army is committed to be battle-ready through simulated combat training.”
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These naval exercises come nearly four weeks after Chinese President Xi Jinping
formalized his power to govern without term limits and one week after he announced that
his nation was ready to wage “bloody battles” to retain its perceived superpower status.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news//xi-jinpin5857430g-china-president-super-power/
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/59123...d-to-wage-bloody-battle-for-world-domination/
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Taiwan scramble fighter jets in response

En route to the South China Sea for the exercises, the Liaoning carrier group sailed from its
home port in northeastern China through the Taiwan Strait. The close proximity of the war-
ships and their accompanying warplanes prompted Taiwan to scramble fighter jets in response.

China has also long maintained it has sovereignty over Taiwan, which broke away
from the mainland after the nation’s long civil war ended in 1949.
China not only continues to claim sovereignty over Taiwan but also claims
the same waters of the South China Sea that Taiwan claims.


The Chinese Defense Ministry said the exercises were “normal and routine”
and that they don’t “target any certain country or party,” but this is dubious.

Jinping, who can rule for life after scrapping presidential term limits, said: "Every inch of
our great motherland absolutely cannot and absolutely will not be separated from China."
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Vietnam also claims parts of the South China Sea.

Its military exercises are intended to send a strong message to that nation as well.
China recently pressured Vietnam to stop oil exploration off its coast.

In early March, the uss Carl Vinson sailed to Vietnam, marking the first time an aircraft
carrier from the United States Navy has visited the country in more than 40 years.

Later that month, the uss Mustin conducted a Freedom of Navigation exercise near one
of China’s artificial islands in the Spratlys archipelago. China condemned the operation
as a “serious political and military provocation.” Yue Gang, a Chinese expert and former
official in the People’s Liberation Army, was quoted by the Financial Times as saying,

“The U.S. aircraft carrier has stayed long within this region. China now is showing that
it’s not afraid.” Japan and Britain have also recently deployed warships in the region.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...ing-carrier-submarines-aircraft-a8276501.html
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Over $5.3 trillion in maritime cargo passes through the South China Sea each year,
equating to roughly one third of global maritime trade. America has controlled and
defended this vital sea-lane for decades, but now China is challenging that control.

The Liaoning’s display of potential force comes after China has built illegal and
controversial artificial islands in disputed waters, has claimed sovereignty over
other disputed islands, has become increasingly aggressive with its fishing fleets,
and has increased its influence over vital sea gates beyond the South China Sea.
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Collin Koh, a security expert at Singapore’s S. Rajaratnam School of International
Studies, spoke to cnn about China’s naval exercises involving the Liaoning.

“This show of force is not just to symbolize that China is ready to fight. There is a
lot more resolute determination on the part of China to push the military to much
greater degrees of readiness,” he said “[T]his is the new normal, and this will not
be a one-off show of force.”
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Whoever controls the So China Sea controls one third of the world’s maritime commerce.
China Is Steering the World Toward War, and [trade wars againest America] has begun.
 
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The U.S. will go to war to keep the U.S. dollar as the world reserve currency and or the dollar will crash and we become the next Mexico because the dollar will be similar to the peso.
 

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DEC. 31, 2017 Kim Jong-un Offers North Korea’s Hand to South, While Chiding U.S.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/31/world/asia/north-korea-kim-jong-un-olympics.html
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MARCH , 2018 Kim Jong Un wants reunification with South Korea

North Korea leader Kim Jong Un wants to advance North-South relations: KCNA
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...ance-north-south-relations-kcna-idUSKBN1GH38A

March 7, 2018 Kim Jong Un wants to 'write new history' on South Korea reunification
https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/05/asia/north-korea-south-korea-talks-intl/index.html

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March 8, 2018 Trump accepts invitation to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un
https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...c9f29a55815_story.html?utm_term=.5484af4fd8d4

President Trump has agreed to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for talks
by the end of May, an extraordinary development following months of heightened nuclear
tension during which the two leaders exchanged frequent military threats and insults.

There has never been a face-to-face meeting, or even a phone call, between sitting leaders
of the two nations because American presidents have been wary of offering the Kim regime
the validation of a leaders-level summit on the global stage.

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Kim Jong Un Visits Beijing

March 26, 2018 Kim Jong Un, North Korea's supreme leader, has arrived in Beijing in
his first-ever trip outside the country as its ruler, Bloomberg News reported Monday.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...ader-kim-jong-un-is-said-to-be-visiting-china

March 27, 2018 Here's What a Kim Jong Un Visit to Beijing Could Mean for the U.S.
North Korea: What Kim Jong Un in Beijing May Mean for U.S. | Time

March 29, 2018 How Kim Jong Un May 'Divide and Conquer' U.S. and China
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/how-kim-jong-un-may-divide-and-conquer-us-and-china/ar-AAvfWhW
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Will North and South Korea reunite soon, with preasure from China?
The bible says they will ditch the U.S., and join the Rusia China axes.
 

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Donald Trump is about to single-handedly plunge the world into trade war.
That’s the general narrative in the media at least.

But America has been under sustained economic assault for decades.
The only reason there hasn’t been a trade war is because America
hasn’t been fighting back. Instead, it has been a trade beatdown.

"China does not play by the rules, and it has gotten away with it for too long."
Consider some facts that exposes the war China has been waging on the U.S.
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exporter subsidies

Harvard Business Review wrote, “We found that Chinese companies could do this only
because of subsidies they received from China’s central and provincial governments.”
From 2000 to 2013, the value of Chinese exports more than quadrupled.
https://hbr.org/2013/04/how-chinese-subsidies-changed
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China's trading success: the role of pure exporter subsidies
http://cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/download/cp396.pdf

In 2013, China was spending up to 1.5 percent of its gross domestic product on subsidies
aimed at encouraging foreign firms to set up in China, according to the London School of
Economics. It wrote that “the subsidies have been instrumental in concentrating a tre-
mendous amount of manufacturing activity in China.”

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Extracts[steals] technologies from Western companies

American firms must hand over trade secrets to China if they want to do business there.
Generally they’re either forced into a partnership with a Chinese firm or forced to let
officials examine technology that is sensitive.

August 2, 2017 China and Technology: Tortoise and Hare Again
https://www.csis.org/analysis/china-and-technology-tortoise-and-hare-again

“The goals of Chinese policy are easily summarized: They wish to extract technologies
from Western companies; use subsidies and nontariff barriers to competition to build
national champions; and then create a protected domestic market for these champions
to give them an advantage as they venture out in the world,” wrote James Andrew Lewis,
senior vice president at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, last summer.
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Growth in U.S.–China trade deficit between 2001 and 2015 cost 3.4 million jobs
January 31, 2017 https://www.epi.org/publication/gro...nce-trade-and-rebuild-american-manufacturing/

The United States has a massive trade deficit with China. It has grown since the end of
the Great Recession. The growth of that deficit almost entirely explains the failure of
manufacturing employment to fully recover along with the rest of the economy.

And as other studies have suggested, the trade deficit has cost us millions of jobs
since China entered the World Trade Organization in 2001.
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October 17, 2017 The U.S. Trade Deficit: How Much Does It Matter?
https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/us-trade-deficit-how-much-does-it-matter
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China [manipulates its currency] to give it an unfair advantage against the United States.

The Economic Policy Institute estimates that the China manipulation increases America’s
trade deficit by $200 billion to $500 billion a year. These are huge figures. Putting a stop
to this practice would increase the size of the American economy by 2 percent to 4.9 percent
a year, they estimate.

They estimate that eliminating the manipulation would create between 2.3 million and 5.8
million jobs. Crucially, 40 percent of these jobs would be in the manufacturing industry,
which has been hit so hard in recent years.
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A Think Tank’s Proposal: How to Combat Currency Manipulation
A Think Tank’s Proposal: How to Combat Currency Manipulation | Alliance for American Manufacturing

June 6, 2017 New Strategy to Counter Currency Manipulation
https://piie.com/newsroom/press-rel...sten-and-gagnon-proposes-new-strategy-counter
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The trade war China and Germany has already been waging on the U.S..
[Isaiah 23] talks about China and Europe banding together in a trade
relationship. And the Bible prophesies this will get much worse.
 

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March 29, 2018 Is the US military machine losing its innovation edge to China?
https://www.army-technology.com/features/us-military-machine-losing-innovation-edge-china/

America has far outstripped its rivals when it comes to defence innovation, but there are
signs that this seems to be slowing and could possibly be in danger of stalling altogether,
a situation that could open the door to China.

Innovation has been central to the US war machine since the end of WWII, and, by implication, to the
success of the rules-based system that has governed international relations over the same period too.

American advances in nuclear weapons technology in the 1950s made possible the ‘first offset strategy’
nullifying the Soviet superiority in conventional numbers, and when Moscow narrowed the gap, heavy
‘second offset’ investment in emerging stealth and smart weapons technologies ensured the US lead
remained through the 80s and 90s.

But what of the decades since?

US Secretary of Defense James Mattis, warned in his speech at John Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies on 19th January, “our competitive edge has eroded in every domain of warfare, air, land, sea, space and cyberspace, and it is continuing to erode.” There is a growing consensus that the once-unassailable US technological advantage is fast fading, and might even soon be ceded to one of
its rivals, probably China, in the course of renewed competition between ‘Great Powers’, the like of which the world has not seen for over half a century.
 

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-China conducts another live-fire exercises in the Taiwan Strait

In a demonstration to Taiwan and the world of China’s expanding naval power, The Chinese
People’s Liberation Army Navy conducted its second live-fire exercises in the Taiwan Strait.


On April 11 and 12, China staged its biggest display of military power in the South China Sea
to date, barely three weeks after yet another large display of naval power in the region.

The April drills involved 48 battleships, 76 aircraft, more than 10,000 personnel and Pre-
sident Xi Jinping himself, dressed in fatigues. On the last day of the exercises, Xi said,

“The mission of building a mighty people’s navy has never been more urgent than it is today.”
https://qz.com/1251960/china-just-conducted-its-biggest-ever-display-of-naval-power/



- Xi warns Taiwan will face 'punishment of history' for separatism

For decades, the Taiwanese have lived in fear of invasion from China. But they have
managed to remain independent thanks to military equipment, political support and
security assurances from the United States.

Now, however, President Xi sees that the U.S. is deeply divided, war weary, and its will to
use its power is broken. The U.S. decline is occurring as Xi’s own power rapidly expands.
So he has begun to tighten the screws on Taiwan.

On March 20, Xi told the National People’s Congress that he would push for the “reunification
of the motherland,” and he warned Taiwan that it would face what he called “the punishment
of history” for any attempts at separatism.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...hment-of-history-for-separatism-idUSKBN1GW07X

Chinese President Xi Jinping told self-ruled Taiwan on Tuesday that it would face the
“punishment of history” for any attempt at separatism, offering his strongest warning
yet to the island claimed by China as its sacred territory.
 

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-China acknowledged that it was indeed militarizing the South China Sea

"China also made a rare acknowledgment this week that it is indeed militarizing the sea’s
Spratly islands. That followed news the country has deployed jamming equipment to its base
at Mischief Reef, which started off as a “fishermen’s shelter” in the mid-1990s—or so China
claimed to a nervous Southeast Asia at the time. It now features an airfield, hangars, radars,
and air-defense weapons, all quite near the Philippines.
https://maritime-executive.com/arti...rization-of-its-spratlyislandbases#gs.qXWpV3o
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In 2015, when the international community began raising concerns about President Xi’s
militarization of the South China Sea’s Spratly Islands, China flatly denied the allegations.
It continued its denials even when satellite images from 2016 provided tangible evidence
of its military operations on those islands.

But on April 10, 2018 just one day before its drills, China’s Defense Ministry acknowledged that
it was indeed militarizing the South China Sea and said that it was China’s “natural right as
a sovereign nation” to do so.
 

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-Russian mega gas project with China going full-steam ahead -worth $400 billion.

Three quarters of the vast Power of Siberia natural gas pipeline to China has been completed.
Over 1,629km of piping now stretches across Russian territory, according to Gazprom.
https://www.rt.com/business/421889-russia-pipelina-china-power-siberia/
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The Gazprom Board of Directors commended the Company for the progress
made on its major investment projects. [maps]

March 21, 2018 Linear part of Power of Siberia gas pipeline completed by 75.5 per cent
Linear part of*Power of*Siberia gas pipeline completed by*75.5*per cent

"As part of the Eastern Gas Program, the Company is implementing the most ambitious
project in the global gas industry. The project will allow Gazprom to provide gas supplies
to domestic consumers in Russia’s Far East and start delivering pipeline gas to the exten-
sive and fast-growing Chinese market.
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A deal signed in 2014 between Gazprom and China National Petroleum Corp. stipulates
that Russia will deliver 1.3 trillion cubic feet of gas to China per year through the pipeline
for 30 years. The contract was personally signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin and
Chinese counterpart President Xi Jinping. “This is the largest contract in the history of the
gas industry of the former ussr and the Russian Federation,” Putin told reporters.

Now four years on, Gazprom says deliveries to China are on track to begin on Dec. 20, 2019.
This colossal energy deal is only the latest indication of a rapidly forming Russia-China axis.
This axis is reorienting 21st-century geopolitics—and tilting the advantage away from the West.


Bible prophecy says that in the “time of the end,” that “the kings of the east”, that
this Asian confederation will play a central role in a nuclear World War iii.
 

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-Germany Approves New Russian Gas Pipeline

March 28, 2018 Germany Approves Russia-Led Nord Stream 2 Gas Pipeline
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-03-28/germany-approves-russia-led-nord-stream-2-gas-pipeline

Nord Stream 2 not only will majorly increase Russia’s geopolitical power leverage,
but also Germany’s. Nord Stream’s website explains the necessity of a second
pipeline to directly supply Germany with Russian gas.
https://www.nord-stream2.com/project/facts-myths/
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Nord Stream 2 will run through the Baltic Sea zones of northern European countries.
But before construction can begin, Denmark, Finland and Sweden must give their
approval. Assuming all requirements are met, Nord Stream 2 will be built this year.
https://euobserver.com/foreign/141471

EU Observer wrote:

"The pipeline, which will concentrate 80 percent of Russian gas sales to the EU on the
German route, will help the Kremlin to blackmail other European states with supply cuts
and will make a mockery of international sanctions imposed over Russia’s aggression in
the UK and in Ukraine, its critics have said.
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The critics do have a point: Russia has often used its gas supplies as a weapon. At the moment,
if it decides to cut off gas to Ukraine, it will cut off gas to all nations downstream of Ukraine.

This means Russia will miss out on a lot of potential revenue. With Nord Stream 2, it can keep
supplying Western Europe while cutting off nations in the East. No wonder the East European
countries are against the deal.

But isn’t Germany, along with the West, currently sanctioning Russia to loosen its grip on
Ukraine? one might ask. Why then is Germany so keen on the new pipeline?

Because the Nord Stream pipeline radically increases German power too! Like Russia,
Germany will soon be able to push a button and shut down gas supplies to downstream nations.
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History repeats itself

Napoleon tried to ally with Russia to cut Britain off from supplies. Hitler allied with Russia
before invading Poland and other European countries. If Germany wants to increase its
power in Europe, it just found the historic solution. Every time competition between Russia
and Germany heats up, they form a deal with one another—just before going to war.
 

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Chinese Spies Still Stealing U.S. Tech Secrets

The Chinese government is stealing technology for both military and commercial use.
The goal is to speed up China’s military modernization and give China insight into the
weaknesses of U.S. weapons systems.
Report: China's Military Is Growing Super Powerful by Stealing America's Defense Secrets (Like the F-35) | The National Interest Blog

“In the case of robotics and AI, two fields of study with the potential to fundamentally change
the international economy as well as the future of war-fighting, China has released the Robotics
Industry Development Plan and Next Generation Artificial Intelligence Development Plan with
the goals of China assuming global leadership in the coming decades,” said Michael Wessel,
chairman of the U.S.-China Economic Security Review Commission.

To accomplish its large-scale technology theft, China is using some of the 350,000
Chinese students in the U.S. for intelligence work.
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April 12, 2018 Chinese Spies Engaged in Massive Theft of U.S. Technology
Chinese Spies Engaged in Massive Theft of U.S. Technology

"China is engaged in large-scale theft of American research and technology from universities,
using spies, students, and researchers as collectors, experts told Congress .

China continues to use agents, front companies and joint research ventures to steal American
technology. These activities are helping to undermine U.S. economic and military superiority.
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July, 2017China’s Intelligence Networks in United States Include 25,000 Spies
Dissident reveals up to 18,000 Americans recruited as Chinese agents
China's Spy Network in United States Includes 25,000 Intelligence Officers
 

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Chinese Banks Are Laundering North Korean Cash


April 12, 2018 U.S. Considered Blacklisting Two Chinese Banks Over North Korea Ties
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...aiding-north-korea-are-said-too-big-to-punish

"U.S. officials alarmed by public displays of Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile technology last
summer considered taking the provocative step of blacklisting two of China’s biggest banks
from the U.S. financial system for doing business with North Korea
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Chinese support of the North Korean government remains firmly in place and vital to the regime’s
survival. Both the Agricultural Bank of China and China Construction Bank have been “identified
in a 2016 U.S. asset-seizure case as providing accounts for a Chinese trading company that helped
North Korea launder its money,” Bloomberg wrote.

The two have been shown to hold and transfer cash entering and leaving Pyongyang,
and facilitating its laundering through United States financial institutions.

2016 Indicting North Korea’s Chinese Enablers
https://www.wsj.com/articles/indicting-north-koreas-chinese-enablers-1475189572
 

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-China using Illegal Laborers, and Gifts to north Korea.

An April 2, 2018 report from Radio Free Asia shows that the Chinese government has failed to send
North Korean laborers home from working in China. China continues to bring more North Koreans
into the country to earn cash for Kim. Employing these laborers violates United Nations Security
Council sanctions against North Korea.
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/korea/workers-04042018134944.html
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Evidence has also emerged showing that Chinese President Xi Jinping lavished Kim and his wife with
gifts when they visited Beijing in late March. After analyzing footage from a 40-minute broadcast about
the trip that aired on North Korean state tv, Hong Kong’s Apple Daily said the gifts were luxury goods
that the Security Council bans selling or gifting to the North. The total value of the gifts is estimated to
be nearly $400,000.
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"North Korean leader Kim Jong Un came back from his trip to China a wealthier man than he
already was, as President Xi Jinping bestowed lavish gifts on him and his wife Ri Sol Ju, in an
apparent breach of U.N. sanctions.
China Gave North Korea Luxury Gifts and Booze Banned Under Sanctions
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"By making the gifts,” the Daily Beast’s Gordon Chang wrote, "Xi was telling Washington
—and everyone else—he would do what he wanted.”
 

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Russia aiding and ignoring international efforts to isolate the rogue North Korean regime.
Russia Is Aiding North Korea With Oil Imports, Ignoring U.S. Efforts to Isolate Kim Jong Un: Report

"The citizen journalists allege that “massive amounts” of fuel are being imported through North
Korea’s Ryanggang province from Russia. The province, however, borders China.

It is difficult to substantiate claims coming out of North Korea, a closed regime where information
rarely leaks. But experts on the region say Russia and China both have a history of doing business
with North Korea."


"In September, Reuters and the Washington Post both reported that Russia was helping
North Korea avoid U.S. sanctions and providing the country with fuel.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...ps-may-be-undermining-sanctions-idUSKCN1BV1DC
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Fuel shipments into the rogue nation show that Moscow and Beijing are ignoring international
efforts to isolate the rogue regime , and are still helping to keep the Kim regime afloat.
 

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Several posts lost do to CC forum updates and maintenance.
I will continue in charting the rise of the Russian Chinese axes.