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‘It accuses the West of a “crafty” and “neo-imperial” scheme to support Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines and Indonesia’ ‘Crafty’ used as a slur against adversaries is an honor-culture tell. Kinda surprising to see China use it.
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Beijing wolf warrior diplomacy blowback, bolstering positions taken by the Quad countries: “Britain. France. Germany. Holland. Canada. All are sending warships to the South China Sea in growing “pushback” against Beijing.” @JamieSeidel amp-news-com-au.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/amp.news.c
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It’s kinda interesting that in military saber-rattling and trash talk, a distinction is made between low, dishonorable cunning and lofty strategic cunning.
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