I think even the countries that abstained are on their side.
They're obviously being pressured to be on that side but all of the UNSC veto holders do that. The veto power shouldn't exist because this is what happens. Veto holders are allowed to bully whoever they want with no meaningful consequences.
They've been planning on invading Taiwan for nearly a decade.
That conflict overall is as old as the CCP. The reason it ended was the US threatening to step in: https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_memoranda/RM4900.html
China holds Trillions in foreign assets in the West, they'd be kissing that all goodbye.
I'd bet on Russia getting invaded by China far sooner than Taiwan. In fact, either than the Sino-Vietnam war, the war with the Soviets is their most recent war.
Russia simply has less allies and has more of what China needs and wants, fresh water, uncontested ports and oil among many other things. They also have a (recent) historic claim to Outer Manchuria too.
Even Russia knows this:
https://www.ft.com/content/758ff1ca-6ac1-4188-9b61-c514638447b1
As the war with Ukraine grinds soviet stockpiles down, Russia gets weaker and weaker. Taiwan on the other hand has a lot of allies and is very defensible.
Chinese philosophy and military doctrine is clear. The threats to Taiwan escalate while railways are being made towards the Russian Far East 'for trade'.
"All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when we are able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must appear inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near."
"Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt."
Invading Taiwan might be the most obvious, telegraphed invasion in history.
If you have a US mortgage, mortgages are usually open so you would just refinance with a different institution, the penalties should be less than with Canadian term mortgages.
Depending on your rate though it would probably be a bad idea.
HSBC used to be the big foreign bank but they sold to RBC recently.
around C$113 billion in assets currently operating in Canada
American banks are such a tiny fraction of the Canadian banking sector, they're basically a rounding error.
TD alone has $2 trillion in assets.
You're thinking of WhatsApp
Telegram is more likely to be Saudi spyware than associated with American tech giants lol
Valid. I understand where you're coming from.
That said, if China can provide safe and affordable EVs that aren’t connected to the internet… basically a dumb car that runs on batteries
That would be ideal. If that was the goal, I'd support requirements for that. But that's not what we have, we have gigantic tariffs that were implemented because America did the same.
I don't see that happening outside of an outright war with China. I dont think that's very likely. If you have evidence of them doing stuff like that already I'd be open to changing my mind on the topic.
I think it's much more likely they'll just continue buying up our companies like Husky and trying to turn us into an economic puppet state. Which is still better than the stated American alternative of being the 51st state.
They lose that power and risk nationalization of their assets if they go too far. They know that.
By switching at renewal.
I'm assuming you went through a broker?
Not analogous in any meaningful way. Unless you want to argue that men are underprivileged in society.
They're not willing to stand up to an obvious bully and push for further investigation. Closer to your second and third statements than the first. With the third being the most likely.
I do understand how my first comment could be misunderstood now though.