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George Soros last week at World Economic Forum (WEF)
As I announced last week,
I've
suspended the daily World View articles, because the best use of my
time right now is to concentrate on finishing up my book on China.
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been performing one barbaric act
after another, from militarizing the South China Sea to arresting,
beating, raping, torturing and executing over a million Muslim Uighurs
in Xinjiang province, as well as similar violence against Christians
and Buddhists.
My research on my book has been to determine from China's history how
this happened. I've found so far that every CCP policy is connected
in some way to the "century of humiliation," and particularly to
events surrounding the 1860 Treaty of Tanjin, almost like a serial
killer's actions are linked to some traumatic childhood event.
In research for my book, my objective is to determine the following:
I'm experimenting with a new format for posting news stories, as well
as continuing research on China. Instead of a long, complex article
every day, I will be posting short news briefs, sometimes several
times a day.
This is in the following thread of the Generational Dynamics Forum:
http://gdxforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=5168
Since I'm also doing extensive research on China for my book on China,
this thread also contains research analyses on China that are not
available in the mainstream media.
In past decades, everyone in the world wanted China to succeed in
becoming an economic powerhouse and a responsible member of the
international community. For this reason, numerous concessions were
granted to China and billions of dollars were invested in China to
make this happen. Instead of becoming a responsible member of the
international community, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has turned
into barbaric monsters.
My research has already developed partial answers to these questions.
Further research will be posted in this forum thread linked above, and
of course will appear in the final book. Those who are interested in
world events, and particularly in where China is going, are asked to
visit this thread.
****
**** George Soros speech at Davos marks significant global shift against China
****
From a geopolitical point of view, the most significant event at last
week's World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, was the
speech on Thursday given by Hungarian-born left-wing billionaire
George Soros, who has a long-standing vitriolic hatred of the
political right. Soros launched into a scathing historical criticism
of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
One analyst at Davos that I heard said that "Soros said what everyone
was afraid to say, but what everyone is thinking." The reason that
everyone is afraid to say this is because they all have huge amounts
of money invested in China and are afraid to lose it. And the reason
that everyone is thinking this is because the Chinese Communist Party
(CCP) commits one barbaric act after another, from theft of
intellectual property to illegal militarizing the South China Sea to
"debt trap diplomacy" with dozens of countries, to violence, beatings,
rape, and execution of Christians, Buddhists and Muslims for their
religious beliefs.
So if Soros is saying what everyone is thinking -- which I believe to
be true -- then it means that the attitude of the world has turned a
corner, and is substantially more hostile to the policies of the CCP
than in the past. Soros said:
<QUOTE>"I want to use my time tonight to warn the world about
an unprecedented danger that’s threatening the very survival of
open societies. ...
Tonight I want to call attention to the mortal danger facing open
societies from the instruments of control that machine learning
and artificial intelligence can put in the hands of repressive
regimes. I’ll focus on China, where Xi Jinping wants a one-party
state to reign supreme.
A lot of things have happened since last year and I’ve learned a
lot about the shape that totalitarian control is going to take in
China. ...
All the rapidly expanding information available about a person is
going to be consolidated in a centralized database to create a
“social credit system.” Based on that data, people will be
evaluated by algorithms that will determine whether they pose a
threat to the one-party state. People will then be treated
accordingly.
The social credit system is not yet fully operational, but it’s
clear where it’s heading. It will subordinate the fate of the
individual to the interests of the one-party state in ways
unprecedented in history.
I find the social credit system frightening and abhorrent.
Unfortunately, some Chinese find it rather attractive because it
provides information and services that aren’t currently available
and can also protect law-abiding citizens against enemies of the
state.
China isn’t the only authoritarian regime in the world, but it’s
undoubtedly the wealthiest, strongest and most developed in
machine learning and artificial intelligence. This makes Xi
Jinping the most dangerous opponent of those who believe in the
concept of open society. But Xi isn’t alone. Authoritarian regimes
are proliferating all over the world and if they succeed, they
will become totalitarian."<END QUOTE>
George Soros and Financial Advisor and Diplomat
****
**** Soros's history with the Nazis and with China
****
Soros told of his childhood in Hungary, escaping from the Nazis and
the Soviet occupation, and taking refuge in England, where he became a
successful hedge fund investor. After he made more money than he knew
what to do with, he decided to turn to philanthropy. He started with
South Africa.
<QUOTE>"In the years that followed, I tried to replicate my
success in Hungary and in other Communist countries. I did rather
well in the Soviet empire, including the Soviet Union itself, but
in China it was a different story. ...
Bao Tong was its champion. But the opponents of radical reforms,
who were numerous, banded together to attack him. They claimed
that I was a CIA agent and asked the internal security agency to
investigate.
[Bao Tong was replaced by Zhao Ziyang.] Soon thereafter, Zhao
Ziyang was removed from power and I used that excuse to close the
foundation. This happened just before the Tiananmen Square
massacre in 1989 and it left a “black spot” on the record of the
people associated with the foundation. ...
In retrospect, it’s clear that I made a mistake in trying to
establish a foundation which operated in ways that were alien to
people in China."<END QUOTE>
Soros went on to sharply criticize the "debt trap diplomacy" of the
Belt and Road Initiative (BRI):
<QUOTE>"It was designed to promote the interests of China,
not the interests of the recipient countries; its ambitious
infrastructure projects were mainly financed by loans, not by
grants, and foreign officials were often bribed to accept
them. Many of these projects proved to be
uneconomic."<END QUOTE>
He specifically mentioned the cases in Sri Lanka, Malaysia, and
Pakistan -- where it's turning into a military project.
Soros went on to praise US president Donald Trump and vice-president
Mike Pence:
<QUOTE>"Most importantly, the US government has now
identified China as a “strategic rival.” President Trump is
notoriously unpredictable, but this decision was the result of a
carefully prepared plan. Since then, the idiosyncratic behavior of
Trump has been largely superseded by a China policy adopted by the
agencies of the administration and overseen by Asian affairs
advisor of the National Security Council Matt Pottinger and
others. The policy was outlined in a seminal speech by Vice
President Mike Pence on October 4th. ...
Last year I still believed that China ought to be more deeply
embedded in the institutions of global governance, but since then
Xi Jinping’s behavior has changed my opinion. My present view is
that instead of waging a trade war with practically the whole
world, the US should focus on China. Instead of letting ZTE and
Huawei off lightly, it needs to crack down on them. If these
companies came to dominate the 5G market, they would present an
unacceptable security risk for the rest of the world.
Regrettably, President Trump seems to be following a different
course: make concessions to China and declare victory while
renewing his attacks on US allies. This is liable to undermine the
US policy objective of curbing China’s abuses and
excesses."<END QUOTE>
Soros's speech is important because of what it serves as a major
signal that the world's attitude is changing towards China, and
that it's increasingly acceptable to say so.
The last two paragraphs indicate that Soros is misjudging China today
as much as when he opened his China Fund in the 1980s. As I've
described many times, the mainstream media are completely baffled by
Trump's policies, but the policies are completely understandable in
view of Trump's attempts to prevent war with China, even though war
with China cannot be prevented. If Trump cracked down heavily on ZTE
and Huawei, it would have enormous economic effects. China would be
furious and even destabilized, and war would occur much more quickly.
****
**** China is baffled by Soros's speech
****
Just as Soros is baffled by Trump's policies, China is baffled by
Soros's speech. Here's the statement given by China's Foreign
Ministry:
<QUOTE>"On your second question, I have seen relevant
reports. In today's world, it is very easy to tell who is opening
the door and paving roads and who is closing the door and building
walls. Therefore, it is meaningless and worthless to refute these
words made by certain individual that call white black and confuse
right and wrong. Living in this era where globalization is
advancing further on all fronts, only by seeing things in a
dynamic way and taking in things with an open and inclusive mind
can a country find greater development space for itself and its
relations with other countries. We hope that the relevant people
on the US side can set right their attitude, broaden their
horizon, and view China's development in an objective, reasonable
and correct way."<END QUOTE>
This is just meaningless babble, and it seems to imply that Soros is
speaking for the Trump administration. The reason that China is
baffled is because Soros has a decades long history of supporting
China. Soros says in his speech that he made a 180 degree U-turn
because of China's "frightening and abhorrent" social credit system in
just the last year, and the Chinese have no idea what Soros's change
of mind means for them and their relations with the world. China Foreign Ministry
****
**** China's genocide and ethnic cleansing of Muslim Uighurs
****
For several months, we've read that China has swept up a million
Muslim Uighurs in Xinjiang province and jailed them in "re-education
centers," where they're beaten, tortured, raped, abused and executed.
Some recent analyses are saying that China's plans go well beyond
"re-education." In fact, the plan is the total genocide and ethnic
cleansing of Muslim Uighurs in the next ten years.
According to this analysis, there has been no international outrage
about this because Sunni Muslims are so unpopular since 9/11. China
has been adroit in using economic and financial packages to silence
the Arab and Islamic world's support for the Uighurs. Despite the
suppression, not one single Arab or Islamic government has spoken out
openly to criticize China for its draconian measures in Xinjiang.
China is conducting equally violent crackdowns on Buddhism and
Christianity, though without the full-scale genocide.
One thing that's really remarkable is that there are now three
countries in the world where there is full-scale genocide and ethnic
cleansing targeting Sunni Muslims, with little international outrage
even from Muslim countries. These are:
This is a historic event that will have very serious consequences.
Hoover.org (9-Oct-2018) and Straits Times (28-Sep-2018) and Memri (19-Dec-2018)
Related Articles:
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, George Soros, Davos,
World Economic Forum, WEF, Hungary,
South Africa, Soviet Union,
China, China Fund, Social credit system,
Belt and Road Initiative, BRI, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Pakistan
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This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
- Reformulation of daily World View articles
- George Soros speech at Davos marks significant global shift against China
- Soros's history with the Nazis and with China
- China is baffled by Soros's speech
- China's genocide and ethnic cleansing of Muslim Uighurs
****
**** Reformulation of daily World View articles
****
George Soros last week at World Economic Forum (WEF)
As I announced last week,
I've
suspended the daily World View articles, because the best use of my
time right now is to concentrate on finishing up my book on China.
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been performing one barbaric act
after another, from militarizing the South China Sea to arresting,
beating, raping, torturing and executing over a million Muslim Uighurs
in Xinjiang province, as well as similar violence against Christians
and Buddhists.
My research on my book has been to determine from China's history how
this happened. I've found so far that every CCP policy is connected
in some way to the "century of humiliation," and particularly to
events surrounding the 1860 Treaty of Tanjin, almost like a serial
killer's actions are linked to some traumatic childhood event.
In research for my book, my objective is to determine the following:
- How does China's history dictate its current barbaric
policies?
- How long will the hard-working Chinese people tolerate the abusive
CCP policies?
- What will China do next, and in what time frame?
I'm experimenting with a new format for posting news stories, as well
as continuing research on China. Instead of a long, complex article
every day, I will be posting short news briefs, sometimes several
times a day.
This is in the following thread of the Generational Dynamics Forum:
http://gdxforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=5168
Since I'm also doing extensive research on China for my book on China,
this thread also contains research analyses on China that are not
available in the mainstream media.
In past decades, everyone in the world wanted China to succeed in
becoming an economic powerhouse and a responsible member of the
international community. For this reason, numerous concessions were
granted to China and billions of dollars were invested in China to
make this happen. Instead of becoming a responsible member of the
international community, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has turned
into barbaric monsters.
My research has already developed partial answers to these questions.
Further research will be posted in this forum thread linked above, and
of course will appear in the final book. Those who are interested in
world events, and particularly in where China is going, are asked to
visit this thread.
****
**** George Soros speech at Davos marks significant global shift against China
****
From a geopolitical point of view, the most significant event at last
week's World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, was the
speech on Thursday given by Hungarian-born left-wing billionaire
George Soros, who has a long-standing vitriolic hatred of the
political right. Soros launched into a scathing historical criticism
of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
One analyst at Davos that I heard said that "Soros said what everyone
was afraid to say, but what everyone is thinking." The reason that
everyone is afraid to say this is because they all have huge amounts
of money invested in China and are afraid to lose it. And the reason
that everyone is thinking this is because the Chinese Communist Party
(CCP) commits one barbaric act after another, from theft of
intellectual property to illegal militarizing the South China Sea to
"debt trap diplomacy" with dozens of countries, to violence, beatings,
rape, and execution of Christians, Buddhists and Muslims for their
religious beliefs.
So if Soros is saying what everyone is thinking -- which I believe to
be true -- then it means that the attitude of the world has turned a
corner, and is substantially more hostile to the policies of the CCP
than in the past. Soros said:
<QUOTE>"I want to use my time tonight to warn the world about
an unprecedented danger that’s threatening the very survival of
open societies. ...
Tonight I want to call attention to the mortal danger facing open
societies from the instruments of control that machine learning
and artificial intelligence can put in the hands of repressive
regimes. I’ll focus on China, where Xi Jinping wants a one-party
state to reign supreme.
A lot of things have happened since last year and I’ve learned a
lot about the shape that totalitarian control is going to take in
China. ...
All the rapidly expanding information available about a person is
going to be consolidated in a centralized database to create a
“social credit system.” Based on that data, people will be
evaluated by algorithms that will determine whether they pose a
threat to the one-party state. People will then be treated
accordingly.
The social credit system is not yet fully operational, but it’s
clear where it’s heading. It will subordinate the fate of the
individual to the interests of the one-party state in ways
unprecedented in history.
I find the social credit system frightening and abhorrent.
Unfortunately, some Chinese find it rather attractive because it
provides information and services that aren’t currently available
and can also protect law-abiding citizens against enemies of the
state.
China isn’t the only authoritarian regime in the world, but it’s
undoubtedly the wealthiest, strongest and most developed in
machine learning and artificial intelligence. This makes Xi
Jinping the most dangerous opponent of those who believe in the
concept of open society. But Xi isn’t alone. Authoritarian regimes
are proliferating all over the world and if they succeed, they
will become totalitarian."<END QUOTE>
George Soros and Financial Advisor and Diplomat
****
**** Soros's history with the Nazis and with China
****
Soros told of his childhood in Hungary, escaping from the Nazis and
the Soviet occupation, and taking refuge in England, where he became a
successful hedge fund investor. After he made more money than he knew
what to do with, he decided to turn to philanthropy. He started with
South Africa.
<QUOTE>"In the years that followed, I tried to replicate my
success in Hungary and in other Communist countries. I did rather
well in the Soviet empire, including the Soviet Union itself, but
in China it was a different story. ...
Bao Tong was its champion. But the opponents of radical reforms,
who were numerous, banded together to attack him. They claimed
that I was a CIA agent and asked the internal security agency to
investigate.
[Bao Tong was replaced by Zhao Ziyang.] Soon thereafter, Zhao
Ziyang was removed from power and I used that excuse to close the
foundation. This happened just before the Tiananmen Square
massacre in 1989 and it left a “black spot” on the record of the
people associated with the foundation. ...
In retrospect, it’s clear that I made a mistake in trying to
establish a foundation which operated in ways that were alien to
people in China."<END QUOTE>
Soros went on to sharply criticize the "debt trap diplomacy" of the
Belt and Road Initiative (BRI):
<QUOTE>"It was designed to promote the interests of China,
not the interests of the recipient countries; its ambitious
infrastructure projects were mainly financed by loans, not by
grants, and foreign officials were often bribed to accept
them. Many of these projects proved to be
uneconomic."<END QUOTE>
He specifically mentioned the cases in Sri Lanka, Malaysia, and
Pakistan -- where it's turning into a military project.
Soros went on to praise US president Donald Trump and vice-president
Mike Pence:
<QUOTE>"Most importantly, the US government has now
identified China as a “strategic rival.” President Trump is
notoriously unpredictable, but this decision was the result of a
carefully prepared plan. Since then, the idiosyncratic behavior of
Trump has been largely superseded by a China policy adopted by the
agencies of the administration and overseen by Asian affairs
advisor of the National Security Council Matt Pottinger and
others. The policy was outlined in a seminal speech by Vice
President Mike Pence on October 4th. ...
Last year I still believed that China ought to be more deeply
embedded in the institutions of global governance, but since then
Xi Jinping’s behavior has changed my opinion. My present view is
that instead of waging a trade war with practically the whole
world, the US should focus on China. Instead of letting ZTE and
Huawei off lightly, it needs to crack down on them. If these
companies came to dominate the 5G market, they would present an
unacceptable security risk for the rest of the world.
Regrettably, President Trump seems to be following a different
course: make concessions to China and declare victory while
renewing his attacks on US allies. This is liable to undermine the
US policy objective of curbing China’s abuses and
excesses."<END QUOTE>
Soros's speech is important because of what it serves as a major
signal that the world's attitude is changing towards China, and
that it's increasingly acceptable to say so.
The last two paragraphs indicate that Soros is misjudging China today
as much as when he opened his China Fund in the 1980s. As I've
described many times, the mainstream media are completely baffled by
Trump's policies, but the policies are completely understandable in
view of Trump's attempts to prevent war with China, even though war
with China cannot be prevented. If Trump cracked down heavily on ZTE
and Huawei, it would have enormous economic effects. China would be
furious and even destabilized, and war would occur much more quickly.
****
**** China is baffled by Soros's speech
****
Just as Soros is baffled by Trump's policies, China is baffled by
Soros's speech. Here's the statement given by China's Foreign
Ministry:
<QUOTE>"On your second question, I have seen relevant
reports. In today's world, it is very easy to tell who is opening
the door and paving roads and who is closing the door and building
walls. Therefore, it is meaningless and worthless to refute these
words made by certain individual that call white black and confuse
right and wrong. Living in this era where globalization is
advancing further on all fronts, only by seeing things in a
dynamic way and taking in things with an open and inclusive mind
can a country find greater development space for itself and its
relations with other countries. We hope that the relevant people
on the US side can set right their attitude, broaden their
horizon, and view China's development in an objective, reasonable
and correct way."<END QUOTE>
This is just meaningless babble, and it seems to imply that Soros is
speaking for the Trump administration. The reason that China is
baffled is because Soros has a decades long history of supporting
China. Soros says in his speech that he made a 180 degree U-turn
because of China's "frightening and abhorrent" social credit system in
just the last year, and the Chinese have no idea what Soros's change
of mind means for them and their relations with the world. China Foreign Ministry
****
**** China's genocide and ethnic cleansing of Muslim Uighurs
****
For several months, we've read that China has swept up a million
Muslim Uighurs in Xinjiang province and jailed them in "re-education
centers," where they're beaten, tortured, raped, abused and executed.
Some recent analyses are saying that China's plans go well beyond
"re-education." In fact, the plan is the total genocide and ethnic
cleansing of Muslim Uighurs in the next ten years.
According to this analysis, there has been no international outrage
about this because Sunni Muslims are so unpopular since 9/11. China
has been adroit in using economic and financial packages to silence
the Arab and Islamic world's support for the Uighurs. Despite the
suppression, not one single Arab or Islamic government has spoken out
openly to criticize China for its draconian measures in Xinjiang.
China is conducting equally violent crackdowns on Buddhism and
Christianity, though without the full-scale genocide.
One thing that's really remarkable is that there are now three
countries in the world where there is full-scale genocide and ethnic
cleansing targeting Sunni Muslims, with little international outrage
even from Muslim countries. These are:
- China's genocide and ethnic cleansing of Sunni Muslim Uighurs
in Xinjiang province.
- Burma's (Myanmar's) genocide and ethnic cleansing of Sunni Muslim
Rohingyas, led by Buddhist monk Ashin Wirathu.
- Bashar al-Assad's genocide and ethnic cleansing of Sunni Muslim
Arabs in Syria.
This is a historic event that will have very serious consequences.
Hoover.org (9-Oct-2018) and Straits Times (28-Sep-2018) and Memri (19-Dec-2018)
Related Articles:
- Fifteen countries challenge China's human rights in Xinjiang province (16-Nov-2018)
- Genocide of Rohingyas in Burma (Myanmar) appears to be almost complete (27-Aug-2018)
- Evidence grows of Assad's 'final solution', extermination of Arab Sunnis in Syria (01-Dec-2018)
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, George Soros, Davos,
World Economic Forum, WEF, Hungary,
South Africa, Soviet Union,
China, China Fund, Social credit system,
Belt and Road Initiative, BRI, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Pakistan
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