Governor Jerry Brown made California the fourth state in the US on Monday to allow physician assisted dying. Yes, only the fourth, and it's disappointing that the numbers (or the lack of) overshadow the real achievement. Everyone has the right to live, and everyone should have the right to die. Of course life is sacred, but the opponents of this law must not seriously think that California's true intentions are to have a genocide. They simply just want to help those people who have no hope of a cure, and are suffering. That's it, there is no story here, Everyone is allowed to make their decisions about their life and body. If you can go and get an abortion from a professional, you should also be able to go to your doctor to die. They are there to help you and to lessen your pain. In any way possible. Of course we support that background checks must take place, and several doctors (including psychologists) should sign off before you are allowed to die. You sho...
Ever since the end of World War II, China has been rising in prominence and in about every other way possible. They are the most populous nation on the globe, and their economy is expected to overtake America's in approximately two decades. Yet, the US (government, at least officially) still lives in denial about the dangers of this lurking catastrophe that China could represent.
There are many things that Americans in general disagree with Republicans about, but they do trust them about China. And they should. As the Republican race for the White House is in full swing, the candidates have been expressing their foreign policy aspirations too. And China was in the first place, even ahead of ISIS. They are worried about the debt and China's increasing ownership of American assets and the government itself. About the mass influx of Chinese influence and products that also take away US jobs. About the cyber warfare and the various hackings. And about the army that terrifies US allies now, and more countries in the future.
China is currently a sleeping giant. A dangerous one. They could have already overtaken America as the most influential and powerful country on the globe, but they have yet to for some reason. However, in the past few weeks, many analysts say that China began. And they began economically. The Western economies are still very fragile, but China has just devalued its' Yuan, which hurt the Dollar, Pound, Euro and even the Yen. Investors have gone crazy. Some say it is just to boost Chinese exports which have been falling recently, others say it was to hurt the Western economies. It could be either, but America should watch out more. At least.
The move can also be seen as the latest Chinese method to make the Yuan the leading currency of the world, ahead of the Dollar. By allowing it and their stock markets to fluctuate a bit, they have also boosted their case for the IMF to use the Yuan as one of its reserve currencies, and to power the start of their own proposed IMF, the AIIB.
Apart from economic destabilisation, current Chinese politics should be also frightening for Americans. China is about to held its first military parade in decades. Moscow style. Officially it is to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of WWII, but it can also be a sign of showing off power. State powered Chinese propaganda has stepped up its efforts lately to bash the Japanese, and are using them as an excuse to build up their own navy and army. This escalation could lead to trouble, and analysts are increasingly worried that the US could be dragged into Chinese-Japanese land disputes, and seem like they can no longer control situations.
Not even Republicans are worried about China attacking America. At least physically. But they keep mentioning the cyber attacks. And it is clear that China is responsible for at least some of them. It is just surprising how calm people like Obama, John Kerry and Hillary Clinton seem to be at times like this. We are not saying that Donald Trump or Mitt Romney's heavy anti-Chinese rhetoric would be better either, but alert levels must be raised, and China must be kept under control. And the Republicans are the only ones who seem to be even bothering with it.
This is an original material of Finchley 1959.
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