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  • They're really, really bad at context. The main failure case isn't making things up, it's having text or image in part of the result not work right with text or image in another part because they can't even manage context across their own replies.

    See images with three hands, where bow strings mysteriously vanish etc.

  • We need one of the classic xkcd comics with ten examples of something, just this kind of junction in different countries.

    The UK would have traffic lights and staggered pedestrian crossings.

  • Yeah ok, I need to explain my thinking a bit.

    Visiting France only, then two client states, drags France down to the level of client state. Not the nation itself of course but it makes the visit look uninportant.

    Why not Germany? Why visit the EU and only one of France and germany? Sure France is important but the way this has been done by China doesn't give the appearance of a country seriously engaging with the global stage. It looks like they popped into France on the way to some friends. Or deliberately chose one of France and Germany to try and stir something.

    Overall not a serious visit showing "disunity in Europe" but a poor attempt at stirring trouble and revealing how little china cares about anyone it can't just buy and bully into obedience.

  • I don't know, does he realise how weak this visit made him look? It just looks like he's scared to me.

    Visiting a couple of 2nd or 3rd tier nations gives the appearance of someone not trying to get anything done, just bask in paid for glory from people too small to matter.

    (Yes I'm from the UK and this entire comment is a dig at France. Come at me)

  • It doesn't even need to be applied, saying it can happen and showing it once forces a massive logistical cost on Russia to protect itself by moving weak points further back, extending supply lines even more, or concentrating under any anti missile defences.

  • No wait, your problem is xi is flooding the market with cheap homework so there's no point in anyone else doing it. It's easier to just use his that he's practically giving away leading to everyone being dumb.

    You want to.. er... do your own homework so you can grow up strong and clever.

    Ok no sorry I think the analogy is just wrong :)

  • You're right about a Russia/NATO war being unwinnable for Russia. Even the current military of Europe alone would be enough to see off Russia.

    So, what is he warning us about? I see two (not exclusive) things he could be doing.

    Trump winning in America would cause such stress on NATO it would fragment, and even if they kick America out it still looks weak so they want all of Europe to beat the 2% requirement to try and keep trump's USA in NATO.

    Second, he's warning of war with china. This is where my money is.

  • Link to show invading is not trivial https://thediplomat.com/2021/05/why-a-taiwan-invasion-would-look-nothing-like-d-day/

    Enforcing a blockade around an island full of long range anti ship and air defences, aided by the US military, is extremely hard. Also and more importantly it's a very long dragged out war that gives Taiwan time to build allies, and the west to organise, which will make it harder and harder to enforce.

    Finally you're replying to someone saying the war will take a long time, which you initially disagree with then go on to talk about an embargo which more than agrees with it. It's going to take ages to resolve if they attack and it'll almost certainly include Russia distracting NATO in Europe. I dearly hope china sees sense and gets rid of xi before his desperation for personal achievements in his lifetime causes the nation and world a lot of pointless suffering