Fun fact: #Xi Jinping has probably spent more time with #Iowa farmers in Iowa than Trump, albeit much less recently. It goes without saying which has spent more time with the Chinese proletariat.
Wiley Miller (@Wileymiller@mastodon.social)Funniest headline today. Via WaPo: "Trump calls Chinese leader ‘EXTREMELY HARD’ to negotiate with" Yes, very stupid people find it hard to negotiate with a smart person.
Good time for Xi to create a crisis around Taiwan. https://apnews.com/article/taiwan-china-planes-center-line-british-ship-b1618804e7a4bc66c411cb3cb171480a
China sends scores of planes across central line in Taiwan StraitChina has sent 74 warplanes toward Taiwan between late Thursday and early Friday, 61 of which crossed the central line in the Taiwan Strait unofficially dividing the sides. China considers Taiwan its own territory and uses such deployments to advertise its threat to encircle and possibly invade the self-governing island. It wasn't clear why so many planes were scrambled between late Thursday and early Friday, as tabulated by Taiwan's Defense Ministry. The planes were sent in two separate tranch…