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You...
are nuts.
The Chinese want their economy to work.
They do not need or want wars.
Not to mention the Yuan, not the ruble nor the dollar, is now the primary currency of Russia... the people that don't think that China and Russia are in full alliance are kidding themselves.
However, Xi and China are clearly calling the shots and taking advantage of Putin's aggressive tendencies. Zero doubt that China has leveraged Russia's Ukraine invasion as a deflection and distraction tactic for China to slowly but surgery tighten their grip and global reach far beyond Taiwan.
At this rate... before this past weekend's class of NFL Draftees all retire, NFL salaries will be paid in yuan
You...
are nuts.
The Chinese want their economy to work.
They do not need or want wars.
Magnus did not play because he is bored.
He is the best in the world. Ding and Nepo would tell you that as will as the rest of the Chess world.
Who cares what China claims. Ding is playing games and making money in the West.
All he has to do is steer clear of political . The players all like him, hes a good kid apparently. And thats cool.
Magnus didn't play because he was afraid of losing. He outright lost a blitz armageddon match to Hikaru Nakamura earlier this month who is more of a podcast personality than a chess player and despite being a GM isn't seen as one of the best.
Not in disagreement there that they don't necessarily want to use military force, at least not to be seen as an aggressor at the world stage at this point... but they will if it comes down to it. They used batons, smoke bombs, and tear gas to turn Hong Kong communist just before the pandemic started... convenient, no? They will easily annex Taiwan without much Western resistance. All China has to do is play the "M.A.D." card and Biden and Co. will fold.
China not just wants their economy to work... but they want world economic and socio-cultural domination. Mass mushroom clouds maybe not, but no question world domination is their ultimate goal.
i'd still been following the match but frankly its hard to take this as a championship at face value when everybody knows the best player in the world isnt here. great comeback for Ding though
the craziest storyline in the match was that after one of the games it kinda became clear that a lot of Ding's prep was online so there was a huge leak that he had to overcome
Was rooting for Nepo but Ding earned the crown. This championship was a bloodbath. Lots of decisive games.
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