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China Panics over Bolsonaro: ‘Unthinkable’ for Brazil to Align with U.S. and Taiwan
Breitbart News ^ | October 29, 2018 | John Hayward

Posted on 10/29/2018 5:17:48 PM PDT by familyop

China’s state-run Global Times panicked over the election of Jair Bolsonaro as president of Brazil, penning a Monday editorial sternly lecturing the new Brazilian leader that shifting trade away from China to the United States would be “unthinkable...On the other hand, Reuters found Chinese officials and senior executives eyeing Bolsonaro with “varying degrees of concern,” particularly when he talks about tightening Brasilia’s grip on the supremely valuable niobium industry. Bolsonaro has been critical of China’s efforts to dominate Brazilian mines, but might be obliged to mute his criticism because China has become such an important customer for Brazilian iron and agricultural products.

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To: familyop

Betcha Trump invites Bolsonaro to the White House very quickly.


21 posted on 10/29/2018 6:18:59 PM PDT by ryderann
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To: mrsmith
"Soybeans? Hmmm, seems to me it’s Brazil that has China over a barrel."

Didn't the ChiComs want to screw us by replacing US soybeans with Brazilian ones?

If those Chinese hogs starve to death due to lack of feed from either the US or Brazil, the hungry Chinamen may be putting their leaders in the wok.

22 posted on 10/29/2018 6:25:43 PM PDT by SnuffaBolshevik
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To: familyop

So Sorry Charlie!


23 posted on 10/29/2018 6:28:07 PM PDT by McGruff
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To: pissant
Screw the chicoms.

ditto that

24 posted on 10/29/2018 6:40:24 PM PDT by onona (It is often wise to allow a person a graceful path.)
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To: SkyPilot
World War III is closer than most people realize.

China will not allow it's wealth and power to diminish.

China is getting ready for war.

Agreed.

25 posted on 10/29/2018 6:43:36 PM PDT by onona (It is often wise to allow a person a graceful path.)
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To: JME_FAN

And if they launch a few EMP’s ?


26 posted on 10/29/2018 6:45:04 PM PDT by onona (It is often wise to allow a person a graceful path.)
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To: SkyPilot

That island is actually quite impressive. Remember seeing images of it when they first landed.


27 posted on 10/29/2018 6:45:22 PM PDT by justa-hairyape (The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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To: mrsmith
Soybeans? Hmmm, seems to me it’s Brazil that has China over a barrel.

Yes, the US and Brazilian soybean production is probably about 75-80% of world production. There are no more soybean markets for China to turn to.

28 posted on 10/29/2018 6:51:38 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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To: SnuffaBolshevik

Yep. They were planning to replace a lot of our ag products from Brazil, though it was speculated that Brazil would be an intermediary for our products. There’s only so much they can grow.

Anyway, it’s win-win for us and Brazil, keeping prices up for China.
The article I linked to said China’s cutting it’s protein requirement for feed. Just a per cebt or so, wish I had the knowledge to know if that would make a difference in quality.


29 posted on 10/29/2018 6:52:11 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: JME_FAN

Had a former exchange student from 8 years ago over for a few days this summer. Came with her parents and the first thing they wanted to do was see and touch guns. They hate Xi and what he is doing to the people in China. They LOVE Trump. They walked in a parade and carried a 20’x40’US Flag for 2 miles. They have no love for China. My students mom and dad went to bed that first night with one of my AR’S and a 1911. I think China is ready for a revolution.


30 posted on 10/29/2018 6:53:37 PM PDT by Michigan Bowhunter
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To: SnuffaBolshevik
If those Chinese hogs starve to death due to lack of feed from either the US or Brazil, the hungry Chinamen may be putting their leaders in the wok.

It's not just soybeans, China is dependent on importing food supplies from all over the planet. Especially meat, their dependence on livestock production from overseas dwarfs all other countries combined. They don't have enough arable land suitable for farming. Cut the imports from the USA and Brazil, and China has a huge problem trying to feed their populace.

31 posted on 10/29/2018 6:59:10 PM PDT by roadcat
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To: onona

EMP attack danger overstated?
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2006/07/emp_attack_danger_overstated.html


32 posted on 10/29/2018 7:14:39 PM PDT by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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To: onona

Damn hard to launch an EMP weapon when your launch ability has been flattened by U.S. sub-launched ICBM.s BTW, EMP weapons are very limited in their effective range. In any case, Alex Jones’ claims notwithstanding, such a weapon would be blown out of the sky by our defensive missile forces before it even got close.


33 posted on 10/29/2018 7:15:53 PM PDT by JME_FAN (If you lived here, you'd be home by now.)
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To: onona

The EMP threat: fact, fiction, and response (part 1)
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1549/1

Fears North Korea is planning a ‘space nuke’ to knock out America’s power with an an electromagnetic pulse slammed as ‘silly’
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4471120/A-North-Korean-space-nuke-WOULDN-T-lay-waste-America.html


34 posted on 10/29/2018 7:33:39 PM PDT by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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To: JME_FAN

China is not a paper tiger. They have no projection capacity yet. The may in the near future unless we starve their economic engine of production. Boycott made in China crap.


35 posted on 10/29/2018 7:35:06 PM PDT by wgmalabama (The government murdered Robert LaVoy Finicum - what makes you think you are not next)
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To: roadcat

There was a reason why rats were declared a “delicacy” during the days of Chairman Mao.


36 posted on 10/29/2018 7:58:11 PM PDT by Kriggerel ("All great truths are hard and bitter, but lies... are sweeter than wild honey" (Ragnar Redbeard))
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To: familyop

The best part.


37 posted on 10/29/2018 8:14:52 PM PDT by jimfree (My18 y/o granddaughter continues to have more quality exec experience than an 8 year Obama.)
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To: ryderann
I hope so. A Brazil-US entente would serve both nation's interests.
38 posted on 10/29/2018 11:24:10 PM PDT by robowombat (Orthodox)
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To: Michigan Bowhunter

From your lips to God’s ears!


39 posted on 10/29/2018 11:52:24 PM PDT by MAGA_Sean
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To: SkyPilot

Wonder if we have a “Marshall Plan” prepared for post Communist China....


40 posted on 10/30/2018 3:23:28 AM PDT by trebb (Those who don't donate anything tend to be empty gasbags...no-value-added types)
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