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Global Chinafication or Why is the CCP like the Borg?

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1 year ago

April 15, 2023

The Indigenous Peoples of the world have suffered under the ignorant mismanagement of their conquerors, Europeans, Americans, Canadians, British, French, and Chinese. China is now part of the Colonial Club, and the Tibetan People are indigenous to Tibet. Their oppression by China has continued.

As the Europeans and North Americans have done before them, China has been in the process of mass indoctrination of all its ethnic minorities, with Chinafication as a central policy of the ruling Communist Party and the Leader President Xi. Europeans before them used religion and societal protocols as tools in their efforts to subvert and transform indigenous culture into European, and then North American. The past decade has shown America just how wronged the Indigenous peoples have been treated historically. With realization hopefully comes what many call the truth and reconciliation process. Many governmental departments simply throw money at the problem and move on to more pressing issues. Promises are given, with indigenous expectations hopefully achieved in time.

I am not China-bashing here. The Chinese have reached a level of financial and political power not seen in many decades. China’s wealth has bought them influence and political power as well. While those who neighbor on China’s border have much to fear, what with a military presence not seen in Asia since the days of The Imperial Japanese Empire, many nations face Chinese pressures upon them, their officials, and their populations. What China cannot buy into its political sphere, it attempts to acquire through fraud, intimidation, bribery, and misappropriation.

What many in the diplomatic and professional political sectors will dare not admit to or say, is that Chinese Foreign and Domestic policy and its ideology is based upon an accepted Chinese belief that the Chinese are a Chosen People, who patiently will acquire the globe and through their leader’s wisdom, and the Peoples Communist Party’s power transform the world. The Chinafication Process has begun in many nations, where Chinese cadres seek and train candidates and supporters. Learning Cantonese has never been more popular, as too understanding China’s place in the world today.

Taiwan is China’s next victim in their growing hunger for territory and political significance. Should Taiwan fall to China, much of Asia will recognize what the Borg proclaimed in Star Trek, but instead of it being the Borg it would refer to the Chinese. It would go like this…”We are the Chinese. Lower your defenses and surrender your ships. We will add you to our societal and technological distinctiveness. Your culture will adapt to serve the Chinese. Resistance is Futile“.

China is doing what every great empire has done before it, accumulating wealth, power, and resources while protecting itself from both domestic and foreign threats. All we need to know is what those threats may be. Let’s see now…

Freedom of thought, actions, pursuits, individuality, and creative impulses.

Loss of individual oligarchs’ power, wealth, and influence.

Prideful ambitions to achieve China’s Full Potential.

The ending of China’s Political, Social, and Cultural Dictatorship.

Please realize that the Chinese of Beijing believe “that assimilating other races into the Chinese Collective, the Chinese bring them closer to perfection”. The Little Red Book says so(Mao’s Bible).

Global War is a distinct possibility. While the Russo-Ukrainian Conflict is controllable and isolated, China has far too many tentacles placed strategically throughout the globe. A conflict involving China will truly be a War of the World.

Steven Kaszab

Bradford, Ontario

skaszab@yahoo.ca

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Langford, Heim lead Rangers to wild 13-8 win over Blue Jays

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4 hours ago

September 17, 2024

Anne Joseph

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Rookie Wyatt Langford homered, doubled twice and became the first Texas player this season to reach base five times, struggling Jonah Heim delivered a two-run single to break a sixth-inning tie and the Rangers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 13-8 on Tuesday night.

Leody Taveras also had a homer among his three hits for the Rangers.

Langford, who also walked twice, has 12 homers and 25 doubles this season. He is hitting .345 in September.

“I think it’s really important to finish on a strong note,” Langford said. “I’m just going to keep trying to do that.”

Heim was 1-for-34 in September before he lined a single to right field off Tommy Nance (0-2) to score Adolis García and Nathaniel Lowe, giving Texas a 9-7 lead. Heim went to the plate hitting .212 with 53 RBIs after being voted an All-Star starter last season with a career-best 95 RBIs. He added a double in the eighth ahead of Taveras’ homer during a three-run inning.

Texas had 13 hits and left 13 men on. It was the Rangers’ highest-scoring game since a 15-8 win at Oakland on May 7.

Matt Festa (5-1) pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings to earn the win, giving him a 5-0 record in 13 appearances with the Rangers after being granted free agency by the New York Mets on July 7.

Nathan Eovaldi, a star of Texas’ 2023 run to the franchise’s first World Series championship, had his worst start of the year in what could have been his final home start with the Rangers. Eovaldi, who will be a free agent next season, allowed 11 hits (the most of his two seasons with Texas) and seven runs (tied for the most).

“I felt like early in the game they just had a few hits that found the holes, a few first-pitch base hits,” said Eovaldi, who is vested for a $20 million player option with Texas for 2025. “I think at the end of the day I just need to do a better job of executing my pitches.”

Eovaldi took a 7-3 lead into the fifth inning after the Rangers scored five unearned runs in the fourth. The Jays then scored four runs to knock out Eovaldi after 4 2/3 innings.

Six of the seven runs scored against Toronto starter Chris Bassitt in 3 2/3 innings were unearned. Bassitt had a throwing error during Texas’ two-run third inning.

“We didn’t help ourselves defensively, taking care of the ball to secure some outs,” Blue Jays manager John Schneider said.

The Blue Jays’ Vladimir Guerrero Jr. had a double and two singles, his most hits in a game since having four on Sept. 3. Guerrero is hitting .384 since the All-Star break.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Blue Jays: SS Bo Bichette (calf) was activated and played for the first time since July 19, going 2 for 5 with an RBI. … OF Daulton Varsho (shoulder) was placed on the 10-day injured list and will have rotator cuff surgery … INF Will Wagner (knee inflammation) was placed on the 60-day list.

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Rangers: LHP Chad Bradford (5-3, 3.97 ERA) will pitch Wednesday night’s game on extended five days’ rest after allowing career highs in hits (nine), runs (eight) and home runs (three) in 3 2/3 innings losing at Arizona on Sept. 14.

Blue Jays: RHP Bowden Francis (8-4, 3.50) has had two no-hitters get away in the ninth inning this season, including in his previous start against the New York Mets on Sept. 11. Francis is the first major-leaguer to have that happen since Rangers Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan in 1989.

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Billie Jean King set to earn another honor with the Congressional Gold Medal

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5 hours ago

September 17, 2024

Anne Joseph

WASHINGTON (AP) — Billie Jean King will become the first individual female athlete to be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.

Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania and Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey announced Tuesday that their bipartisan legislation had passed the House of Representatives and would be sent to President Joe Biden for his signature.

The bill to honor King, the tennis Hall of Famer and activist, had already passed unanimously in the Senate.

Sherrill, a Democrat, said in a statement that King’s “lifetime of advocacy and hard work changed the landscape for women and girls on the court, in the classroom, and the workplace.”

The bill was introduced last September on the 50th anniversary of King’s victory over Bobby Riggs in the “Battle of the Sexes,” still the most-watched tennis match of all-time. The medal, awarded by Congress for distinguished achievements and contributions to society, has previously been given to athletes including baseball players Jackie Robinson and Roberto Clemente, and golfers Jack Nicklaus, Byron Nelson and Arnold Palmer.

King had already been awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009. Fitzpatrick, a Republican, says she has “broken barriers, led uncharted paths, and inspired countless people to stand proudly with courage and conviction in the fight for what is right.”

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Account tweaks for young Instagram users ‘minimum’ expected by B.C., David Eby says

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September 17, 2024

Anne Joseph

SURREY, B.C. – Premier David Eby says new account control measures for young Instagram users introduced Tuesday by social media giant Meta are the “minimum” expected of tech companies to keep kids safe online.

The parent company of Instagram says users in Canada and elsewhere under 18 will have their accounts set to private by default starting Tuesday, restricting who can send messages, among other parental controls and settings.

Speaking at an unrelated event Tuesday, Eby says the province began talks with social media companies after threatening legislation that would put big tech companies on the hook for “significant potential damages” if they were found negligent in failing to keep kids safe from online predators.

Eby says the case of Carson Cleland, a 12-year-old from Prince George, B.C., who took his own life last year after being targeted by a predator on Snapchat, was “horrific and totally preventable.”

He says social media apps are “nothing special,” and should be held to the same child safety standards as anyone who operates a place that invites young people, whether it’s an amusement park, a playground or an online platform.

In a progress report released Tuesday about the province’s engagement with big tech companies including Google, Meta, TikTok, Spapchat and X, formerly known as Twitter, the provincial government says the companies are implementing changes, including a “trusted flagger” option to quickly remove intimate images.

— With files from The Associated Press

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 17, 2024

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