Three years on: China’s role in Myanmar’s civil war
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February 1, 2024, will mark three years since Myanmar’s military seized power from a democratically elected government. Following the coup, armed groups have been resisting the military's rule, resulting in a civil war. China, which shares a border with Myanmar, has firmly backed the junta, providing diplomatic cover at the United Nations, as well as trade and investment throughout the coup. However, concerns are growing over the security of Chinese citizens in Myanmar and the future of China's projects inside the country.
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China doesnt need to take a side, whoever wins the war in Myanmar would have no other choice but to work with China. So China supported the Junta because they are still the government of Myanmar, and China also supports the rebel groups at the border because they want to secure the border and the ethnic Chinese rebel group has always been friendly, their connection traces way back to the previous Qing Dynasty and Chinese civil war
Uh oh i feel a one china policy coming just like Tibet sad sad day’s ahead
Myanmar hands over 2,300 telecoms scam suspects to China: "South China Morning Post"
Myanmar honors the conventions passed with China, and refuses to grant refuge to Chinese criminals and embezzlers of all kinds. Which is exactly what Hong Kong had been doing for the past 40 years or so, thereby obviously abusing its special status within China.
@@Mooninitesregardless of who controlled China, Tibet would be taken back. Without Britain propping them up, they'd fold to unified China. I mean warlords went to war with Tibet(cause) and won, but brits stopped them from going further. Tibet was recognized by literally everyone as part of China, meaning it wasn't a matter of if China would take it back, but when. Mongolia is independent bc Russia.
@@Mooninites应该是印度悲伤的日子吧！😂逼近当年打得屁股痛😅
@@applesyrupgaming okay so basically who cares what Tibet wants or wanted is what you’re telling me and the problem is also that china destroyed their culture and made it seem everyone is a han even to the mongols and turks in china or are you forgetting the Uyghurs concentration camp
What a shame to see several medias use the term "rebels". I point out on behalf of the people of my country: we are just resistance groups, defenders of human rights and democracy.
It's a Chinese website. So it doesn't really recognise Democracy. Hong Kong's democracy is gone anyway
But rebel is nothing negative. Rebel is someone fighting against the current system. (Junta).
The French resistance were rebels too.
@@RandomGuy9 a coup is illegal. Perhaps the military junta are the actual rebels.
power to the myanmar people! Proud rebels against corruption & abuse of power!
I wouldn't say rebel has such a negative connotation. These resistance groups are rebelling against the Junta's state, but you can rebel for noble and just reasons. Human rights, democracy, and equality under a Federal system. I think, in English media at least, there's been a reevaluation of of terms like rebel and rebellion. Once they were used to condemn outcasts in opposition to the system, it took on a pop-culture understanding as someone who goes against the grain, who's unconventional, who doesn't want to conform, but often with a cool or admirable flair. But even in terms of war, plenty of rebellions of the past are seen as critical to the founding of certain nations, or have been reanalyzed with a modern eye that now justifies their acts rather than condemns it.
Where I'm from, in Canada, scholars have shifted substantially in their perspective on the Red River Rebellion of 1869 which was a secessionist movement by the Métis people, a culture that developed as a mix between French fur traders in Canada's interior and local Indigenous peoples. Where it was once seen as a victory for the fledgling Canadian government and part of the unification of Canada that opened up the interior to settlement, the Red River Rebellion is often now framed as an injustice that stamped out rightful claims to self-determination of the Métis people, and which injustly executed its leader in an excess of judicial enforcement, Louis Riel. Louis Riel was a Rebel, but he had a just claim to his cause, and today we increasingly recognize him for that.
When China said it is practicing politics of non interference, it is serious about it. China don't care who rule Myanmar, it is not up to China to decide. China only ask Myanmar to protect its citizens in Myanmar, and Chinese businesses. Any party that violate that, will see that politics of non interference doesn't mean China won't protect its interest when it is violated.
Yeah yeah! Just wait until China expanding and china will have to use military to protect its citizens interests around the world like the US. The US still protecting shipping lane in the Red Sea from Houthi for free of charge for Chinese ships..
From what I know they clearly supported Myanmar military to forcefully remove democratically elected govt for a favorable to China and easily controllable military Junta. China is the biggest reason of what Myanmar is going through now.
Forget about Chinese non-interference, China runs casinos, smuggles extinct animals by illegally controlling some Myanmar border cities.
China is neutral and not taking sides. Who supplies weaponry to the Junta ? Military guys are unfit to govern. Which country in the world controlled by Military is successful, economically. Might is not right. its a pity the Burmese are so servile to the Military boys.
谢谢你
such blatant lies. expect nothing less from a communist mouthpiece.
It is very telling that a documentary done by a news channel that calls itself the "South China Morning Post" can only draw on one Caucasian academic and an internal news editor staff based in HK to talk about what they think China's involvement and role in the Myanmar crisis is. Come on, surely you can muster at least one Chinese pundit to give the audience some flavor of how the Chinese see things.
Heck, I think it would be a step improvement if we can at minimal get some political analysts from other nearby ASEAN states such as Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia or Thailand. From what I can see, the western HK guy provided only very basic surface level amateurish opinions so far. Neither him nor the SCMP editor seem to know or care about how the power dynamics that exist between the various armed factions, junta or the NLD actually work on the ground.
“南方系媒体” is really a meme that the Chinese call SCMP and the other western influence media alike; SCMP knows what they're doing, and the people know too.
I agree.
These days, I humor myself to read smcp only to see how rotten they have gotten😂😂😂
@@pheunthai They were actually worse especially before the implementation of HK security law. It's a measure of Mainland China's tolerance that SCMP had not really changed much.
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It's not about China's role since it refuses to interfere with other country's internal war. It doesn't matter who China helps, it will create the loser party as China's enemy. Unless Myanmar is being attacked by other country that has nothing to do with the region. Even that, the country in trouble needs to ask for China's help.
It's hypocritical for China to say it won't interfere if it continues to export weapons to arm the Myanmar junta. By your logic, the US isn't "interfering" in Ukraine either?
@@Cosmo1093 Thousands of Chinese was captured and killed by the Myanmar government supported fraudulent cartel .Myanmar has a very evil regime since the military couped Aung San Suu Kyi 's government in 2021. They build a crime industry on drugs ,human organs , overseas fraud , forced prostitution etc. They even buried 4 Chinese undercover agents alive who tried to help those captured Chinese escape from Myanmar . The biggest loser who suffers the most from the Myanmar millitary government is Myanmar people .That's why there so many military groups trying to overthrow the unrighteous Myanmar government .
@@Cosmo1093 what weapon are you exporting to myanmar junta??????
@@Cosmo1093 你了解缅甸吗
@@Cosmo1093idiot.. the Rebel also use type 81 rifle by your logis China is supporting Rebel right?
Read more on what's next for Myanmar‘s junta: sc.mp/zrk8j
Horrorrr!!! China wants to build infrastructure in Myanmarrrr!!! Oh no!!!! Not a railway leading to Myanmar's port😅!!! So scarryyy ! SCMP no matter how many times you re-load this video, its still a new low in journalism everytime. Too lazy to get the views from Myanmar's ASEAN partners? Asean and China have been negotiating for a peaceful outcome for Myanmar. much to the chagrin of SCMP
Why censor comments?😂😂😂
SCMP, if I were the CPC, I would have shut you down long ago!
You should ask what's the role of the CIA & the NED?
You nailed it, bro.
if they didn't intervene, do you think these forces would beat the junta ?
@@g.b.alejandro6268these "forces" as you call them....actual freedom fighters are not supported by the CIA or any western governments.
Trying to involve an agency that’s literally from another country 💀
Desperate for more?
@@fizzystuffcia is infamous for starting coups in third world countries and thats a generally accepted fact(not that it is accepted politically tho)
Interesting production, thanks SCMP.
Why didn't you mention the huge internet swindling groups operzting in the country that cheated Chinese citizens and were arrested by China Myanmar joint operations? Or did you just ignored this matter?
I watched the whole video. The only thing it says about Сhina's role is that it didn't support any of the sides and instead is trying to mediate between them. Which is to be expected since Сhina has a strict policy of non-interference in the internal affairs of foreign countries. Glad to see that Сhina is staying true to its principles while also is actively trying to help resolve the dispute.
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Yeah china went through a fcking messed up timeline (as chinese) like great leap backward, cultrural Destruction and china knows what is it feels like to having civil wars that's why it support neither side unlike russia or usa either with us or against us logic
@@orange8420I greeted my old friend in CGTN.
What is your point?
@@Hkchinese888 You mean you love America?
SCMP should have its license revoked. Its a disgrace to its ancestors.
Why?
It is Anti China propaganda and pro USA channel @@chaospilot2142
Why because it doesnt adhere to CCP Dictatorship?
@@chaospilot2142but hurt chinese. „China so perfect, china no bad 🤬“
The paper British owned
The very reason why Military should not involved in politics.
yes...and neither should religion.
@@NA-yb9sj unfortunately, historically, religion and ethnic groups are intertwined, that is why there are so many different ethnic rebel groups in Myanmar. Even the rebel groups are not friendly with each other. That is the big problem. Even if the Junta falls, I doubt peace will follow soon after. I just hope Myanmar can find peace as fast as possible and stray away from extremities. Histories, cultures, ethnicity are causing all these bloodshed. Hatred and animosity is very difficult to eradicate because of all the bloods that has been shed historically.
WRONG ! You cannot separate Politics and the Military. The Communist Party of China always have the People's Liberation Army (PLA) at the same time.
like we're going to ignore FACEBOOK role in this civil war
Please stop the constant music behind the words. It’s very distracting!
tell this to bbc and cnn😂
Please stop the constant talking in front of the music. It’s very distracting.
Thank you.
I wish the scmp could also elaborate on the rebel groups, where their supports come from. I just wonder.
3 letters word. N _ D. You fill the middle letter.
My chyna is behind the senses, the script is written.
China doesn't officially support any side, but when ethnic Chinese rebel groups use Norinco M16s & Type 87s, have cell networks installed by China Mobile, and reference "anti fraud operations" in their official messaging it's pretty obvious what's going on
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This is actually a really interesting area as there are several sources. A large amount stems from donations from Burmese people abroad but the groups have also established a parallel government that raises taxes in controlled areas and leases land to people. The've also established a crypto currency and interest-free bonds.
缅甸军队执政，中缅关系不错。美欧扶持昂山素季成功竞选。中缅关系仍然很好。也不知道谁支持的……缅甸军又政变了（昂山素季被欧美骂是种族屠杀者）。然后缅甸军队的武器突然变成欧式了。
你没有🧠
👏👏😂 Not Dictatorship in this world , only democracy
China has given much of its land and people to Myanmar.
No it didnt
@@sH-ed5yf Trouble comes when you take what’s not yours.
That's just historically and factually wrong. Myanmar has taken nothing from China
@@MRT-co1sd the rock-bottom GDP and the increasing rate of poverty suggests otherwise.
Plus the actual elephant in the room, the ongoing civil war for stability and autonomy and to overthrow the Tatmadaw which has been in power since the dawn of burmese independence for almost 7 decades now, the country could've been so much more if not for them and what did they do?
They exploit the natural resources and ship it elsewhere in order to fill in the bank which has already been stuffed full, Assassinated the one and only righteous leader after all his efforts to keep Burma intact as it is and helped gain independence for the entirety of his life, who was aiming for a federal government that was going to facilitate the needs of the diverse cultures and major ethnicities that reside in the country to avoid conflict as much as possible.
the rock-bottom GDP and the increasing rate of poverty suggests otherwise.
Plus the actual elephant in the room, the ongoing civil war for stability and au**nomy and to overthrow the Taatmadaw which has been in power since the dawn of burmese independence for almost 7 decades now, the country could've been so much more if not for them and what did they do?
They exploit the natural resources and ship it elsewhere in order to fill in the bank which has already been stuffed full, A****sinated the one and only righteous leader after all his efforts to keep Burma intact as it is and helped gain independence for the entirety of his life, who was aiming for a federal government that was going to facilitate the needs of the diverse cultures and major ethnicities that reside in the country to avoid conflict as much as possible.
Legends know the title has been changed
What was it before they changed it?
it's a joke on Chinese government censorship @@stoopidsillyyy5831
I NEED TO KNOW WHAT IT WAS BEFORE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE
@@Limitless_Synesthesiahow China caused Myanmar war
@@VeggieBond Thank you.
Chinese people have a proverb they say 没有永远的朋友，只有永远的例如。Everyone who knows chinese can understand what I meant....❤
利益，不是例如
Please peace the world 🙏🙏🙏
Thanks
All countries must withdraw investments from America or it takes a risk of being seized simply. Not a fair democratic America.
China is not some US 😅 well played
Great❤
Does saveguarding China's interests concerning especially these big building projects not get in the way of wanting stability there in Myanmar?
Stability, especially the way I percieved the Chinese Communist Party's view of it, is not possible to be maintained when different groups fight civil wars, but when all people come together. If the Chinese gov. supports different groups in order for said projects to continue, it is understandable. Nevertheless this would thus jeopardize achieving more stability for Myanmar. Also western media say, China also has been supporting different ethnic groups with weapons in the north before. I honestly don't know what to make of that. I really like the effort of Chinese Morning Post to produce this english content tho!
Are the centres "telecom centres" or "Telecom's centres"? ;D The subtitles might be a bit misleading there.
is telecommunications fraud
Wait, who financially backs SCMP?
South China Morning Post is owned by Alibaba Groups.
It's owned by Alibaba, a chinese company.
@@yizhang7027 nah they got sold long ago the new ceo is british
Sometimes this SCMP produces articles that clearly backs Chinese claim in the entirety of South China sea😂.
SCMP is British owned.
More than because war not badly,,
Different Ethnic Groups have banded together to remove military rule in the Government
Kick out the Military. Not fit to rule a country. After removing the elected govt. Burma is getting worse. The religious monks should put pressure on the Military to let civilians run the country.
Btw, nothing on how three previously defeated rebel groups were able to achieve stunning success by effectively operating combat drones...all of a sudden, while what had been the main armed opposition in Lower Burna continued to get hammered by the government forces. Dissapointing.
Blackedraw bot going insane in the comments
Looks like Philippines is almost there
sounds like China already knows that lol
It's not like relief and relaxed
There is no China role. China do not interfere in the internal affairs of Myanmar. The West took advantage of China's non interference and funded the opposition and fueled the civil war. These dissent caused a lot of border problems with China. Chinese criminals had also took advantage and setup criminals activities there. So China got to step in to broker peace and protect their interest as well as the interest of Myanmar.
Hilarious.
最大问题对中国来说是缅北的电信诈骗影响了中国的社会稳定
不，你错了。 这不是最大的问题。 最大的问题是中国在玩双方博弈。 它一边与军政府打交道，一边与反叛武装团体打交道。
CIA
I've been wondering, do you know where the rebel group gets their weapons to fight? And if Myanmar were to become unstable, who would benefit from it? Just curious, would appreciate if anyone have insights into this topic.
Another thought I have... given china's influences in Myanmar, would they be powerful enough to stop the scam network?
When it comes to Myanmar, i am always confused about the situation happening in this country.
It depends on which area each rebel group have the stronghold. Those who bordered with China get Chinese weapons. Those who bordered with Thailand bought various type of weapons from American M16 to Russian DShK from Thailand black market. Meanwhile some are actually self-built with 3D printer.
China is powerful enough that it has just destroyed the scam networks with the help of ethnic Chinese rebel groups…
rebel groups get their weapons from anywhere they can find. even from China. that's just CCP hedging the bet between military junta and the resistance fighters.
when it comes to stopping scam networks, it's not about the level of Chinese influence in Myanmar. many of these scam networks are run by the Triads. Triads is a international crime syndicate, so they operate by manipulating weak local governments as CCP often does. CCP use the Triads as muscle from time to time but they are not in control of it. so the more valid question would've been, is CCP willing or powerful enough to stop the Triads? recently, CCP has been trying to shut down those networks because these networks were beginning to target Chinese nationals also. but the Triads uses corrupt local government agents and warlords to deter CCP's efforts. last I heard they tortured and murdered the special investigators sent by the CCP (happened in Myawaddy). CCP loves to give people the impression of control, when in reality, they are a complete dumpster fire. so my answer to your question would be...No they can't stop the scam networks, at least not until a degree of stability returns in Myanmar.
@@tommykaung5882 Impressive home made DIY.
Just yesterday Myanmar police extradited kongka scam warlords to china. You wonder why will Myanmar police extradite those warlords who are loyal to junta
China's closest friend in Myanmar is actually Wa state which are ligusticaally close to Chinese. They were rebels but now rulw themselves with autonomy with huge investment from China.
No, that's not ture. They are always amost independent from Myanmar center goverment.
@@user-kk6ec4mj4g there de facto independent china cotrol's the leaders there.
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Don't forget China gives the junta weapons.
Myanmar has the gobernment they richeously deserve.
They decided to support the same army that oppressed them, for the sake of killing and oppressing a people they say as inferior, now they have the military in the power they gave them and that military is oppressing them.
Hope they can see the irony.
China also wants to build an oil pipeline through Myanmar to the sea. So if China ever decides to go to war, they think they'll have an oil supply for the war. Lol
ប្រទេសតូចៗនៅក្នុងដំបន់អាស៊ីពួកគេគួរណាតែយកមេរៀនពីប្រទេសកម្ពុជាតើនរណានៅពីក្រោយរបបប្រល័យពូជសាសន៍នៅប្រទេសកម្ពុជា? 😂
Mars word
Depended instead of depending? That Burmese guy's grammar was correct
Remember what China Has done to help Polpot a seed of Evil
Interesting statement "Chinese nationals werer lured to Myanmar with promise of fortune"; and here I thought China had better GDP than Myanmar
Because many idiots out there, and with population that big, it is really not hard to find some idiots.
Chinese are running casinos and other businesses that are not allowed in China.
who safe innocent people?
Its called Burma
After Gaza, i puke everytime i see a Western politician preach about human rights.
aung sung was anything but democratic
Australia’s mining companies are guilty of giving money to the junta, but this has been
Kept quiet
The background music is quite unnecessary...
主要想营造诡异的氛围，和bbc的阴间滤镜一样。😂
Civil War in Burma since independent in 1948 among the over 100 different ethnic groups.
china true to it's words, they do not interfere with other countries internal affair.
Very pity that China puts interest first, rather than principles.
has any regime around US survived if it's not favored by that country?
I just would like to point out the fact that online scam groups are operated and controlled by the military junta, not the ethnic armed groups. Sure, there may be one or two involved, but mainly it is the military. Just think about why the wanted criminals in Laukkai for online scams were not arrested when armed groups captured the town, but handed over by the military in Nay Pyi Taw, the capital city which is hundreds of miles away from the border. Those criminals were hidden by the military first and then handed over when the situation got dire.
Shame on the West and ASEAN for doing nothing
In these times of conflict there might be a way out for the people , ang sang su ki and the military by raising their old monarch that has been reduced to being paraded around as a post man and raising a constitutional monarchy , as a symbol of peace and stability and have elections and to shake off the disgrace and bad karma put upon the Burmese people by the British regime.
It is always possible to reshape one’s karma and the pride of the Burmese people… ❤
Nonsense. China is the problem here. It's obvious that China is planning a land grab and using regional security as an excuse. China backed the coup. Everything was more or less ok before. The white guy talking is just a shill
Do Myanmar still have capable Monach bloodline left out there? I heard they're either too old or pass away by now. British did a huge job destroyed the once strong empire and left it in this sad stage.
@@mickbotcast could just appoint one as a constitutional monarch to provide stability, all the leaders on both sides somehow seem to be army related , could give a way out for all and have a election. Been three years since they been fighting , looking more like a power struggle between army brats ( ang sang leading the so called democratic forces and the military junta , they all seem to be childhood friends) while the people suffer, might be a way out❤️🥲 who knows ?
After the coup and victim, most of Western Investment left...the neighbour still doing business ...What a shame!....That is all the behaviour of neighbour ?....
I could see many bots commenting here.
China and Burma are on the same side. which begs the question, a rhetorical one at best, who's supporting the opposition.
Everyone......except China.
whether the Junta retains power or the rebels win, it's a win-win situation for China. India failed to capitalize on it. India should have pushed further for diplomatic ties with both parties and concentrated on trade relations too. Rather, India seems to be weak along its immediate borders with Myanmar. The ripple effects of the conflict are almost spilling over to the Northeastern part of the country. China seems to have an advantage over the Maldives region as well. India needs to be decisive in its foreign relations.
I find it striking that the so-called expert still refers Myanmar to it’s colonial name Burma. Oeps, you forget to mention that many of the fighting sides are being trained and funded by U.S. and British nationals. Classic divide and conquer.
"Cantonglish." A very typical English accent spoken by Cantonese people in Hong Kong.
Just powerful countries badmouthing each other while neglecting what's actually happening in Myanmar while other intentions are hidden.
No mention of the humanitarian organizations working with the ethnics, the only source of all the rights violations the army commits.
I know SCMP is a HK publication. But times change, showing UK's worthless hypocrites like Dominic Raab cheapens any story you wish to tell.
9:14 LOL😂
这个果敢资讯网下面的横幅竟然是模仿新闻联播。。。😅
Myanmar can survive only as powerful Federation of States towards a unified Central Government.Any attempts ,otherwise would end in disastrous result.India is feeling the shivers as it attempts to weaken Federal structure enshrined in the Constitution.watch out and beware!
Why can't the Chinese /India government help the rebel groups and restore the democratic elected leaders?
Like Vietnam back then. Became a war zone between the big powers.
Sont understand why Myanmar is drowning itself to a debt. Iit can result into long term catastrophe and economic stagnation.
Philippines GDP is 400 billion dollars with a 100 Billion Dollar reserve. While Myanmar is just 70 billion dollar economy with fewer reserve.
The fact that Myanmar shouls reorganize its economy to be able to keep up to the fast growing economy of Vietnam who became the Highest growing economy in Asia.
They basically doing what Philippines were doing in 1970s. They have a dictatorship, with sanctions, and continually borrowing money.
What the heck are they thinking!
Jai Hinduja. Let them sort things out themselves.
and it's already spilling over to mizoram. jai hind phul sapport saaarrr!
My inddia is under m0di dictat0rship for a decade and he is resp0naible for the 0ng0ing gen0 cide 0f ethnic ajd religi0us min0rities of my c0untry india
Terrorist Modi terrorist organisation BJP terrorist organisation Hindu religion
中国一贯秉承不干涉他国内政的原则，尊重他国人民自主意愿和选择。这是写进联合国宪章的。
但是，中国还有一句古语“犯我中华者，虽远必诛”
US wants a democratic govt. Instead of a autocratic or monarchial...because democratic leader or a president easily disposed or oustead if they want..😊
Pure propaganda
It is come down to how much China or Chinese businesses can profit 90% take back to China or the businesses.
China and the businesses will lure investments and infrastructure.
Profits before humanity for Ch😮inese culture.
Myanmar should just come under Chinese rule.
China benefit from Myanmar the most end of story. 😅
I wonder. KK Park had been identified and exposed. Why isn't any military from Myanmar went in to close down the operations, release all illegal or kidnapped victims and eradicate these criminal gangs? Why, I wonder.
Have you seen the film First Blood? It was filmed in that area, so you know the country behind the KK park, that's what the Burmese military can't even handle.
Money!
myanmar acts because , if not china will act . Gone are wolf warrior Qin Gang.
Title: US the orchestrator of War and crimes by safekeeping their dollars.
Former US top strategist Zbignew Brzezinski said: “It is IMPERATIVE that no Eurasian challenger emerges capable of dominating Eurasia and thus also challenging America”. Because the US has just 4% of world’s population, and it’s isolated from Eurasia which has 70% of world’s population, or 87% with Africa included. Defensively, it’s a benefit to the US, but economically, it’s a handicap.
How the US with an isolated 4% of world’s population stays a world hegemon? The dollar must stay as the world’s reserve currency. This allows the size of the US economy to be highly scaled up, instead of being limited by the fundamentals.
To be the world’s reserve currency, the dollar must circulate in the world. The US created a huge consumption economy and moved manufacturing outside, so that dollars flow out of the US to manufacturers like China or Japan. To make products, China & Japan need energy. So dollar is then circulated to Saudi mandated by the Petrol-dollar scheme. With the US stock and financial market much more lucrative than others, the dollars from Saudi are attracted back to the US. Money printed in the US to exchange for goods from outside ends up in Wall Street, where the rich gets richer. And that completes the cycle of circulation of the dollar.
If China or Japan brings back all the dollars and exchange to their local currencies, it inflates the local currencies, making their exports expensive. So, China & Japan use some of the dollars to buy US debts (Treasury Securities). That’s why the US, a rich country, is in-debt to China which has just 20% of the US’ GDP/cap. By holding US debts, China & Japan have to support the dollar.
Since the US’ debt is in its own currency, it can simply print more dollar to pay interests. Other countries have to earn dollars to pay their debts, failing which results in defaults.
In 2011 Obama announced “Pivot to Asia” to stop China’s rise. In 2013 China responded with the Belt and Road Initiatives (BRI) and diverted US debts into BRI projects, to avoid keeping all eggs in one basket. The BRI creates new economies, hence new trade markets for China.
If Asia & Africa develop, the share of the US’ economy shrinks, then Euro could replace dollar as the world’s reserve currency. Then the US would no longer be able to print money freely without a hyperinflation like in Venezuela. And the size of the US economy has to fall back to the fundamentals, which is a lot smaller than the inflated economy. That’s why no country in Eurasia is allowed to catch up with the US’ economy. When Japan was catching up fast on the US in late 80s, it’s knocked down to a 3-decade stagnancy by rising Yen (Plaza Accord). And in the last 30 years, the US created wars and color revolutions in the Middle East, Central Asia & Africa to destabilise Afro-Eurasia, and the World Bank & IMF keep them poor.
As the US prints excessively, other countries’ dollar reserves shrink. Furthermore, to prevent exports to the US becoming expensive, these countries have to print money too, which devalues the savings of the people and causes inflation. It’s estimated that our savings devalue by 6% per year after the abolishment of the gold-backed Bretton Woods system, after which the US prints money based on just the creditability of the dollar.
Free money allows the US to have a big military, and the big military in return, protects the dollar.
The US had no mercy on threats to the dollar:
* In 2000 Saddam Hussein said he would sell oil in Euros not Dollars.
>> Saddam was hanged by the US.
* In 2009 Gaddafi wanted to make Libya export oil in pan-Africa Gold Dinars, not in dollar or Euro.
>> Gaddafi was killed by US & Sarkozy-backed NTC.
* Iran has been trading oil in currencies other than US dollars since 2011.
>> Iran was sanctioned by the US.
* After being sanctioned in 2014, Putin started to trade in non-dollar. By 2019, Putin: (1) completely ditched dollars in oil trades, (2) sold almost all US debts, (3) is now the forerunner in de-dollarization.
>> The US tried to topple Putin by supporting Alexei Navalny, sanctioned Russia, and now the Ukraine war to weaken Russia.
* China: (1) created the BRI, (2) uses non-dollar in oil trades with Iran & Russia, (3) created the CIPS, an alternative to the SWIFT system now weaponised by the US to sanction 39 states, (4) China’s economy and high-tech are catching up fast, (5) China is the biggest economy in BRICS.
>> The US started a hybrid war against China: Trade war in 2018. Hong Kong color revolution in 2019. Tech blockage (Huawei ban, EUV banned from ASML). Got Australia into a trade war with China in 2020. Created “Uyghur Genocide” & “Forced Labor” propagandas against Xinjiang (XJ), which is the hub of the BRI, to cut off the BRI. Sanctioned goods from XJ to create joblessness and uprising against the gov. After XJ was stabilized by China, the US orchestrated a coup in Kazakhstan in Jan ‘22, located right next to XJ, to cut off the BRI. In Aug ‘22, Pelosi visited Taiwan to provoke a civil war. In 2023, the US stirred tensions in the South China Sea through its proxy Marcos Jr.
If a country supports the dollar, it is looted by the US; if a country doesn’t support the dollar, the gov is changed by the US. This is financial slavery.
The US can’t have direct wars with Russia and China as they are nuclear armed. Proxy wars put the battlefields outside of the US, and also allow the US to disguise as an outsider. In the 1980s, the US supported the Afghan Mujaheddin in a similar proxy war against the USSR.
Russia and China have clear redlines (*Russia: Ukraine a neutral buffer + Ethnic Russian’s safety in Donbas. *China: “One China principle”). The US used its proxies in Kiev and Taipei to step over the redlines to provoke wars, and got its allies to support the wars.
After the Maidan coup by the US in 2014, Ukrainian army began shelling ethnic Russians in Donbas. It subsided after Minsk agreements in 2014/15, but as disclosed by Poroshenko in June ‘22, and by Merkel & Hollande in Dec ‘22, the Minsk were intended to buy time to arm Ukraine against Russia, not to seek peace. The US occupied Afghanistan for 20 years, but it finally left in Aug ‘21, evidently to prepare for the Ukraine project 6 months later. In Sep ‘21 Zelensky visited Biden to get support to join NATO, and shelling in Donbas by Ukrainian forces up 2800% since 16 Feb ‘22 (OSCE data), crossing Putin’s redlines and provoked the war. Pelosi visited Taiwan in Aug ‘22, after which China surrounded Taiwan with battleships.
Historically, the US’ strategy against China-Russia has always been “one at a time” to avoid pushing them together. The move to put Russia forward amidst the on-going hybrid war against China, was due to a major development:
The Fed has issued 80% of all US dollars in market in just 24 months. There was $4 trillion in circulation at the beginning of 2020. The number reached $20 trillion by Oct 2021. As a dollar printed is backed by a dollar debt, a large amount of US debt need to be sold. Coupled with a global move to diversify into non-dollar reserves fuelled by US sanctions & the dollar’s declining creditability, the US is in a financial crisis.
The US proxy war in Ukraine:
1.Strengthened the dollar by weakening Euro. It happened before in NATO's bombing of Serbia in 1999 (2 months after Euro became the currency of EU). A strong dollar and the Fed’s timely interest rise, created a giant magnet attracting capitals from all over the world into the US, particularly into US Treasury securities.
2.Divided Russia from Europe. As the first NATO chief, Hastings Ismay described NATO’s role: “To keep America IN, to keep Russia OUT, to keep Germany DOWN”. NATO also allows the US to station missiles in Europe, keeping the US safe across the Atlantic.
3.Halted Nord Stream 2, and German firm Energie Baden-Wuerttemberg signed up gas from America Venture Global LNG for 20 years. >the US wrestled from Russia the control of energy to Europe. As George Friedman of US think tank Chicago Council OGA said in 2015:”The US’ primary fear is the combination of German technologies and Russian resources”. And Condoleezza Rice said in 2014:”You (Europe) want to depend more on the North American energy platform, the enormous bounty of oil and gas we’re finding in America, not on pipelines through Ukraine or Russia.”
4.Pushes industries back to the US soil by de-industrializing Europe, as indicated by: (i) The US’ sabotage of N.S. pipelines and US gas sold 4x the price, (ii) The US’ proposed sanction on Algeria after Macron visited Algeria for a gas deal in Aug ‘22, (iii) The foiled sabotage on TurkStream pipeline which feeds Russian gas to Europe via Turkey in Oct ‘22, (iv) The US’ Inflation Reduction Act in Aug ‘22 which pulls capitals from Europe.
Note: The US already bagged TSMC of Taiwan.
Despite the self-damage, the EU still gives unconditional support to Ukraine. In fact, two European countries (Ukraine and Germany’s N.S.) were attacked in 2022, NATO helped Non-Ally Ukraine, but Ally Germany was ignored. There are 4 other wars going on, e.g. the Yemen war which killed half mil ppl and starving 16 mil. No one cares, because Saudi is an ally, and the war was lobbied by Raytheon. It’s NEVER about justice. Boris Johnson visited Kiev 3 times, to stop Zelensky from peace talk w Russia. Leaders in Europe, the Transatlantics (elites loyal to US), are pinning hopes on Ukraine defeating Russia to say job done to Washington. Zelensky is advertised a hero to get public support.
The US is pushing Europe and Asia into wars. Remember after WW2, Europe and Asia were devastated, but the US emerged from the Great Depression, became the world leader and the dollar became the world’s reserve currency.
Russian shill - As a European I can say this is total nonsense
you wrote all that for 13 likes.
i like your deligence. but
i disagree with you.
@@SnoopDoggyDog1 The reason that you disagree his statement because truths hurt.
写的真好，这是你的原创吗？
@@themiddlekingdom9121 no its because its not the full truth
Is Jack Ma become a mount piece for the White house now ?
LOL... SCMP fell short of addressing the elephant in the room...
The USA's NED ?
When will Myanmar learn who's their real enemy???😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
like who china or the bamar?
🇲🇲 new province of china?
US also supported terrorist groups like Taliban and alQaeda to fight against Soviet union in Afghanistan. All big powers are gamer. All only want one thing power and power
中国希望缅甸和平，无论哪一届缅甸政府，因为那里有中国投资。
Seeing the caption I was curious which facts they are gonna still but the video I'm surprised as well not surprised... this video presents China as a lamb ... but only few would know they were wolf in the costume of a lamb .
What about US coup in Ukraine and everywhere in Latin America. Libya, Syria ?
Do you support Putin's invasion of Ukraine?
Whataboutism
Amazing how anyone could be so brainwashed to reclassify a Russian Invasion as a US coup. Have you ever even met a Ukrainian?
တရုတ်ပြည်သူ့သမ္မတမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်
China doesn’t need to broker the deal between Myanmar army and Resistance groups (don’t call them rebels).China doesn’t need to play the role of mediator.We,the people of Myanmar,want China to stay out of our internal affairs.Majority of our citizens don’t like Government of China 🇨🇳.CHINA MUST STOP MEDDLING OUR INTERNAL AFFAIRS .
When China said it is practicing politics of non interference, it is serious about it. China don't care who rule Myanmar, it is not up to China to decide. China only ask Myanmar to protect its citizens in Myanmar, and Chinese businesses. Any party that violate that, will see that politics of non interference doesn't mean China won't protect its interest when it is violated.
Chinese people don't care about the life and death of Myanmar. Chinese people only care about Myanmar fraud for hours! No Chinese people care whether Myanmar likes China or not! Myanmar is not worth a penny to us.
你和你的地方组织以及军政府在过往为诈骗组织提供庇护，使无数中国老百姓的钱财一夜消失。
Definitely!
We do not trust China.
可以的话没人想被卷入这些无聊的纷争。遗憾的是，邻国的动荡会影响到其他国家的稳定。边境的流民和流弹，滋生出的诈骗危害到了其他国家的安全😢
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The local Burmese army (rebels) are too selfish and only think about their own interests, resulting in a very slow, if not stagnant, advancement of infrastructure in Burma