Hi mhaze,

"China claims it wants to reverse the humiliations of the Opium Wars."
- It was the western empires that did that.

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/22/xi-tells-putin-of-changes-not-seen-for-100
>>“Right now there are changes – the likes of which we haven’t seen for 100 years – and we are the ones driving these changes together,” Xi told Putin as he stood at the door of the Kremlin to bid him farewell.
The Russian president responded: “I agree.”<<

Not only are Russia and China natural allies, as Russia has food, energy and other resources such as military technology and commodities whilst China has other technologies and a large manufacturing base;
They are also close friends and their nations are stronger working together, especially against the U.S. unipolar world order, which are adversaries of both, trying to conduct coloured revolutions and regime changes and wars against them.

Putin and Xi make pancakes
http://youtu.be/r5qZoT6bbJo

'Treaty of Aigun'
You're to busy thinking like an American neoconservative, thinking you can use issues to drive a wedge between people for never-ending conflict, war profits and play off both sides while holding them hostage to the US unipolar wold and monetary system.

- The games up -
They already know well where their trade and economic interests lie, and who the troublemaker is.

The night the US bombed a Chinese embassy
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48134881
- China hasn't forgotten

Prolific OLO author (up to 2018) BRUCE HAIGH sadly passed away on April 7, 2023.

Bruce's collected OLO Articles and a mini-biography are at http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/author.asp?id=4504

His OLO biography reads:

"Bruce Haigh is a retired Australian diplomat. He worked on Indonesian affairs and has written many articles, papers and a book on issues relating to Indonesia. He comments on international and domestic issues and farms olives and grapes at Mudgee, New South Wales.

Bruce Haigh has 35 years experience in foreign policy and security analysis. He served in South Africa from 1976-79 and ran a training program for black South Africans in Australia from 1990-93 and recently gave his extensive black South African art collection back to the nation. Bruce Haigh served twice in Pakistan and Afghanistan and also in Iran and Saudi Arabia. He was a friend of Benazir Bhutto. His grandfather served as a soldier on the NW Frontier of India based in Quetta, Peshawar and Rawalpindi in 1904-05."

Bruce was also published frequently by the Canberra Times and other fine newspapers.

A fond Tribute "Bruce Haigh: a farewell" was written by Julian Cribb, dated April 9, 2023, at http://johnmenadue.com/bruce-haigh-a-farewell/

Bruce's collected essays, all but one written after his OLO career, are at http://johnmenadue.com/author/bruce-haigh/page/2/

Goodbye Bruce. You were a great humanitarian bloke and a stirring OLO author.

Mavs

Hilarious stuff Murray. Umm, you might want to check your facts about China and nuclear weapons for a start.

Thai Opposition Asks US to "Restore Democracy" in Thailand [do regime change]
http://youtu.be/nWTngGxiagI

Thanks AC,

I watched the video, dangerous stuff this "regime change" imposed by America on others for their own self interest. Poking and prodding the Chinese Dragon in the way they are, should be of extreme concern to us all. China will continue to build economically and militarily until it reaches a point where it will say, enough is enough, and act against American aggression. The forums 'Useful Idiots', we know who they are, support the actions of America in the name of "freedom and democracy" what a crock of you know what!