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@GhostOnTheHalfShell<\/a><\/p>

#ChinaPol<\/a>
#HPsCommentary<\/a>
(4\/4)<\/p>

...If #Xi<\/a> does *not* bide his time and waits until then, it will only be him to blame, because in contrast two the two other authoritarian superpower leaders, ge is *not* a gerontocrat and *can* wait.--As for the other two, their days are very much numbered. Death cannot (yet?) be cheated. <\/p>

\/\/<\/p>

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@GhostOnTheHalfShell<\/a><\/p>

#ChinaPol<\/a>
#HPsCommentary<\/a>
(4\/4)<\/p>

...If #Xi<\/a> does *not* bide his time and waits until then, it will only be him to blame, because in contrast two the two other authoritarian superpower leaders, ge is *not* a gerontocrat and *can* wait.--As for the other two, their days are very much numbered. Death cannot (yet?) be cheated. <\/p>

\/\/<\/p>

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@GhostOnTheHalfShell<\/a><\/p>

#ChinaPol<\/a>
#HPsCommentary<\/a>
(5\/5)<\/p>

...If #Xi<\/a> does *not* bide his time and waits until then, it will only be him to blame, because in contrast two the two other authoritarian superpower leaders, ge is *not* a gerontocrat and *can* wait.--As for the other two, their days are very much numbered. Death cannot (yet?) be cheated. <\/p>

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@GhostOnTheHalfShell<\/a><\/p>

#ChinaPol<\/a>
#HPsCommentary<\/a>
(5\/5)<\/p>

...If #Xi<\/a> does *not* bide his time and waits until then, it will only be him to blame, because in contrast two the two other authoritarian superpower leaders, ge is *not* a gerontocrat and *can* wait.--As for the other two, their days are very much numbered. Death cannot (yet?) be cheated. <\/p>

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@GhostOnTheHalfShell<\/a> <\/p>

#ChinaPol<\/a>
#HPsCommentary<\/a>
(3\/n)<\/p>

...#GulfWar3 drags on for am extended period of time, they might have to replenish these strategic reserves, before they can launch \ud83d\ude80 the attack, possibly pushing that armed conflict into the next decade...
Which might even constitute yet another advantage to them, as their military shipbuilding, outstripping any other nations, will lead to yet another \"century when the #Chinese<\/a> navy ruled the seas.\"<\/p>

I will go even one step further:...<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-09-28:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/HistoPol\/statuses\/116437317927391718","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/HistoPol\/statuses\/116437317927391718","objectType":"note","content":"

@GhostOnTheHalfShell<\/a> <\/p>

#ChinaPol<\/a>
#HPsCommentary<\/a>
(3\/n)<\/p>

...#GulfWar3 drags on for am extended period of time, they might have to replenish these strategic reserves, before they can launch \ud83d\ude80 the attack, possibly pushing that armed conflict into the next decade...
Which might even constitute yet another advantage to them, as their military shipbuilding, outstripping any other nations, will lead to yet another \"century when the #Chinese<\/a> navy ruled the seas.\"<\/p>

I will go even one step further:...<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@HistoPol\/116437317927391718","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/HistoPol\/statuses\/116437300987400025","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@HistoPol\/116437300987400025"},"tags":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"chinapol"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"chinese"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"hpscommentary"}]},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/masto.ai\/users\/GhostOnTheHalfShell"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-04-20:objectType=thread:nonce=a4d1105071e599b2","notice_info":{"local_id":"12479631","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-04-20T13:41:16+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@HistoPol\/116437317927391718"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/HistoPol","displayName":"HistoPol (#HP) \ud83c\udff4 \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 \ud83c\udff4","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/44595-original-tmp20221217171646.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/44595-96-20221221005726.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/44595-48-20221221005726.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/44595-24-20221221005726.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"44595"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/44595-96-20221221005726.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"#NoBridge#NoBotsMy content may only be used on Fediverse, non-corporate platforms!\ud83d\udceb in English, Spanish, German, FrenchPassions:#Politics#History#Democracy#Science #Economics#SciFi#Music#CatsSound analysis.Opinions=own. NEW FOLLOWERS:I MOSTLY FB...IF YOU HAVE PERTINENT BIO+POSTSBoosts\/\u2764 \u2260endorse.\ud83d\ude37\ud83d\udc89Be tolerant+POLITE!\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6#SlavaUkrainiAVATAR: historic compass, symbolizing new discoveries, history+time.PICTURE: seat distribution in parliament\/Congress.","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@HistoPol","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"HistoPol","displayName":"HistoPol (#HP) \ud83c\udff4 \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 \ud83c\udff4","note":"#NoBridge#NoBotsMy content may only be used on Fediverse, non-corporate platforms!\ud83d\udceb in English, Spanish, German, FrenchPassions:#Politics#History#Democracy#Science #Economics#SciFi#Music#CatsSound analysis.Opinions=own. NEW FOLLOWERS:I MOSTLY FB...IF YOU HAVE PERTINENT BIO+POSTSBoosts\/\u2764 \u2260endorse.\ud83d\ude37\ud83d\udc89Be tolerant+POLITE!\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6#SlavaUkrainiAVATAR: historic compass, symbolizing new discoveries, history+time.PICTURE: seat distribution in parliament\/Congress."}},"content":"

@GhostOnTheHalfShell<\/a><\/p>

#ChinaPol<\/a>
#HPsCommentary<\/a>
(2\/n)<\/p>

...to-be-expectedretaliatory \"global sanctions\" in the wake of a #Taiwan<\/a> \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\uddfc invasion.#Xi and his generals must have been laughing their asses of due to all the RL lessons learned from the invasions of \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 by \ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddfa and #Gaza<\/a> by \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf1, and
the maniacal attack of \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf7 by \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf1 and the \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8.--Better than any #Wargames<\/a> on a supercomputer.<\/p>

The only real downside they have from this is that if the...<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-09-28:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/HistoPol\/statuses\/116437300987400025","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/HistoPol\/statuses\/116437300987400025","objectType":"note","content":"

@GhostOnTheHalfShell<\/a><\/p>

#ChinaPol<\/a>
#HPsCommentary<\/a>
(2\/n)<\/p>

...to-be-expectedretaliatory \"global sanctions\" in the wake of a #Taiwan<\/a> \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\uddfc invasion.#Xi and his generals must have been laughing their asses of due to all the RL lessons learned from the invasions of \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 by \ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddfa and #Gaza<\/a> by \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf1, and
the maniacal attack of \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf7 by \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf1 and the \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8.--Better than any #Wargames<\/a> on a supercomputer.<\/p>

The only real downside they have from this is that if the...<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@HistoPol\/116437300987400025","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/HistoPol\/statuses\/116437277680735016","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@HistoPol\/116437277680735016"},"tags":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"gaza"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"hpscommentary"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"taiwan"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"wargames"}]},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/masto.ai\/users\/GhostOnTheHalfShell"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-04-20:objectType=thread:nonce=a4d1105071e599b2","notice_info":{"local_id":"12479615","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-04-20T13:36:57+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@HistoPol\/116437300987400025"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/masto.ai\/users\/GhostOnTheHalfShell","displayName":"GhostOnTheHalfShell","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/35976-original-tmp20221122142311.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":256,"height":256},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/35976-96-20230128234645.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/35976-48-20230128234645.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/35976-24-20230128234645.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"35976"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/35976-96-20230128234645.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"opinionated lurker of the intarwebs.Used to write code, still do. c\/c++, java, php, js, c#, gdscript, gnawed on sql, sparql, unix\/windows etc etc billions of years ago.tech, graphics, anything STEManything anthropology, history, linguistics anything blender, gimp (although i scream using it), audacity prefers not to be run over by carsI drink Philz.I do a (non-monetized) video or so a week on yt.Tyranny and poverty are everywhere a mainstream economics phenomenon.","url":"https:\/\/masto.ai\/@GhostOnTheHalfShell","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"GhostOnTheHalfShell","displayName":"GhostOnTheHalfShell","note":"opinionated lurker of the intarwebs.Used to write code, still do. c\/c++, java, php, js, c#, gdscript, gnawed on sql, sparql, unix\/windows etc etc billions of years ago.tech, graphics, anything STEManything anthropology, history, linguistics anything blender, gimp (although i scream using it), audacity prefers not to be run over by carsI drink Philz.I do a (non-monetized) video or so a week on yt.Tyranny and poverty are everywhere a mainstream economics phenomenon."}},"content":"

13 min<\/p>

Not many people have noticed that China has not inserted itself into the conflict in the Middle East. I think this is a no small part because they have built up such substantial reserves both in rice and will as well as having substantial coal reserves, I\u2019m not certain about natural gas, but they can coast for some amount of time.<\/p>

Because they are a substantial producer of fertilizers and a lot of other basic industrial ingredients, they are in a good position<\/p>

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13 min<\/p>

Not many people have noticed that China has not inserted itself into the conflict in the Middle East. I think this is a no small part because they have built up such substantial reserves both in rice and will as well as having substantial coal reserves, I\u2019m not certain about natural gas, but they can coast for some amount of time.<\/p>

Because they are a substantial producer of fertilizers and a lot of other basic industrial ingredients, they are in a good position<\/p>

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@GhostOnTheHalfShell<\/a> <\/p>

#ChinaPol<\/a>
#HPsCommentary<\/a>
(1\/2)<\/p>

Correct. I've been watching this
strategic built-up for several years. It is self-evident that they have been doing so for a disconcerting reason, as all stockpiling leads to additional, \"unnecessary\" inventory costs. They might not have sent the #US<\/a>-#Israeli-#Iran #Gulfwar3<\/a> coming, but the #Geostratic<\/a> position they've manoevered themselves Info an excellent strategic position
If I had to guess, it is in preparation for the...<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-09-28:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/HistoPol\/statuses\/116437277680735016","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/HistoPol\/statuses\/116437277680735016","objectType":"note","content":"

@GhostOnTheHalfShell<\/a> <\/p>

#ChinaPol<\/a>
#HPsCommentary<\/a>
(1\/2)<\/p>

Correct. I've been watching this
strategic built-up for several years. It is self-evident that they have been doing so for a disconcerting reason, as all stockpiling leads to additional, \"unnecessary\" inventory costs. They might not have sent the #US<\/a>-#Israeli-#Iran #Gulfwar3<\/a> coming, but the #Geostratic<\/a> position they've manoevered themselves Info an excellent strategic position
If I had to guess, it is in preparation for the...<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@HistoPol\/116437277680735016","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/masto.ai\/users\/GhostOnTheHalfShell\/statuses\/116431662932947248","url":"https:\/\/masto.ai\/@GhostOnTheHalfShell\/116431662932947248"},"tags":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"chinapol"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"geostratic"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"gulfwar3"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"hpscommentary"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"us"}]},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/masto.ai\/users\/GhostOnTheHalfShell"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-04-20:objectType=thread:nonce=a4d1105071e599b2","notice_info":{"local_id":"12479574","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-04-20T13:31:02+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@HistoPol\/116437277680735016"}],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/conversation\/6336431","rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html"}]}