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Not to mention...they show China, but it isn't highlighted as a "Country with a Chinese base"
They can't even do the colors on the Very Real And Scary Imperialism Map™ right
missed opportunity to add at least one extra splotch of burgundy smdm propagandists these days so lazy i tell ya
And the base is located in a country that leases land for military bases like it’s candy to any country that asks lol
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So are they saying that having overseas military bases is a bad thing now, or?
They're trying their damn hardest to conjure up some sort of whataboutism to throw at people who point this out
whataboutism 
Precisely, bot
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Shoddy reporting here, The Economist is missing a few important ones like:
Countries that I had a wet dream about China hosting a base
Countries that start with the letter C, like China, that could have a base
Countries that China definitely hasn't considered hosting a base in but might change their mind someday
Countries with enough undeveloped land to host a Chinese military base
Countries larger than a Chinese military base, and so could probably host one.
Updating all the land area measurements in Wikipedia to units of Probable Number of Chinese Military Bases Hosted
o fuck the us has so many chinese military bases
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Countries that I had a wet dream about China hosting a base
came to the fleeting thought that China built a base in Liechtenstein
go ahead Kamala, send your best
Every time you eat dim sum, China gets a new military base
idk The Economist, all of this sounds pretty... baseless
The Economist is a piece of rag that likes to get high on orientalism and neoliberalism...
The Economist is what happens when someone parses the first word of "Combat Liberalism" as an adjective instead of a verb.
Incredible. This should be a tagline.
Side note: I've never understood why 反对自由主义 in particular is translated to "Combat Liberalism" instead of "Oppose Liberalism" since all of Mao's other works that start with 反对 are translated as "Oppose", the most famous being 反对本本主义 "Oppose Book Worship"
The Economist is liberal ideology and imperialism distilled
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Putting on my resume positions that I’ve considered and positions that I’ve applied to under the “experience” section
Resume
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Certifications I have
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Certifications I've bought materials for
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Certifications I've looked up online
Source: The Economist
Source: Dude trust me
All the best diagrams contain the word "probably" multiple times
We're getting reports that a Chinese Vicky 3 player thought his country probably should build a base on the Falkland Islands to project power. Is this funny to you, too, you insolent tankies?
In surprised they didn't just include every Chinatown in a majort city as a "base"
flashback to a year ago when Chinese community centers in the US and Canada kept getting accused of being police stations
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So only one base, that's an anti piracy base in conjunction with the West?
Lmao. Embarassing reporting
smh economist, didn't even list the base China probably thought about establishing in the Shadow Realm to keep tabs on Marik Ishtar
Tallying up my body count like
People Ive fucked with:
People I may or may not have tried to hookup with:
People I probably thought about sleeping with at one point:
and then saying I'm the world's #1 best shagger
Probably considered 
Scary western mind reading devices
How do I get one of these easy journalist jobs where you just make stuff up?
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Big tactical mistake by China to not maybe or maybe not consider what would happen if they asked Bhutan to host a Chinese base without actually asking them to do so. Speaking from experience here. I considered asking Bhutan to host a military base of mine (in the end I decided on not asking since I have no connection to Bhutan or any kind of military) and it worked out great.
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Just to make something clear. Djibouti's main economic activity is selling military bases to anyone who asks for one.
We're 1 and a half years later from the publication of this. How many new bases are there?
Oh. None? Alright then.
- Day I slept with the author's mom
- Days that I probably approached author's mom to proposition her
- Days I've probably considered sleeping with author's mom
I'll try to remember that when I'm thinking about my impoverished country spending all our heavy tax money on NATO bases and equipment, those damn commies are so war hungry
It's like Israel saying they are preparing for pregnancies from Hamas rapes. Words have no meaning. Critical thinking is not a thing.
"i feel like china would do this so imma pretend my vibes are basically political theory"
They've probably thought about a base here. Waow scary
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