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Malaysia to Join BRICS

(www.aljazeera.com)
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throw0101a ◴[] No.40716312[source]
So per the article the PM said:

> “When I first met President Xi Jinping, I was attracted to him because President Xi is one of the few outstanding leaders who talks about civilisation. In a sense, he is unique,” he was quoted as saying.

But last year we had a headline like "Malaysia rejects new China map claiming entire South China Sea":

* https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/31/malaysia-rejects-ne...

Curious to see how the ocean dispute will play into this.

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JumpCrisscross ◴[] No.40716545[source]
> Curious to see how the ocean dispute will play into this

India and China were shooting at each other over long-disputed borders a few years ago. BRICS was never a security pact. (To the extent it means anything, it’s analogous to the OECD.)

Hell, it’s easier for me in America to do business with either China or India than it is for them to do business with each other.

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boffinAudio ◴[] No.40716638[source]
>Hell, it’s easier for me in America to do business with either China or India than it is for them to do business with each other.

I don't see how you can make that claim from such a distance.

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alephnerd ◴[] No.40717324[source]
He's right.

India's ED has de facto been raiding Chinese businesses and forcing them to divest to Indian ownership after 2020.

For example, MG Motors India is now majority owned by JSW Group, Huawei India (once Huawei's largest R&D hub and their main chip design hub) was forced out of India after the Doklam standoff, and all the Chinese mobile manufacturers were harragued by the ED and sold their assets to Samsung, LG, Apple affiliates, etc.

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1. unmole ◴[] No.40737361[source]
> Huawei India (once Huawei's largest R&D hub and their main chip design hub) was forced out of India after the Doklam standoff

Yeah, no. Huawei Bangalore was tiny in comparison to Dongguan, Beijing and Shenzhen. And far from being the main chip design hub, barely any hardware specific work happened in Bangalore.

Source: Worked for Huawei Bangalore for over 6 years.