A rift felt around the world!

A rift felt around the world!

T.J. Rockford

From the File's

  Like it's new news, Or maybe it is for for some? nonetheless it's one that should be resonated daily in order for people, especially in America to hear and better yet fully understand!

  The rift I'm speaking of is the rift happening in America as you're reading this during these time's of woe and worry! The worry of in which direction the country is heading, the candidacy, the feeling of a lot of Americans are showing the strong resentment towards the government which in turn is being absorbed around the world!

  With the way things are playing out in the U.S. right now it is making a lot of other countries on edge and highly nervous of the outcome! 

  So what does one do when felt in danger? Well a smart few will run like hell! I know if I were on the other side of the planet right now and was witnessing what is happening amongst the most powerful nation on the planet I would be planning for the worst!

  The worst I'm speaking of is the unknown financial future that may be affecting the whole world very soon! 
 So since the Chinese started their version of the world bank AIIB (ASIA INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT BANK) and was offering loads of cash to be borrowed, as well as all the trading, buying, restructuring they have been involved in, most of our own alias have been jumping ship and opening up to the Chinese embrace! Japan and the U.S. held out the longest to join, but we both have sense expressed an interest to work together.

  

  What happens then? Well this really all depends on a few things! One of the big problems with this is where China's stance is on topics such as climate, workers rights, Or more importantly Human rights. 
  I should point out China is notoriously horrible towards any type of human rights areas! Which should be of grave concern to all! But it seems when the cheaper things come the less people care! So this will be an interesting area to watch when it unfolds!

  The other issue is China's very non existent in their transparency department! Seems to me this is, or should be a huge issue! 

  The point of China starting this whole banking scheme is to try placing itself as a major world player, Which if looked at as a country just wanting a piece of the capitalist pie, that's fine! But, and this is a big BUT! Imagine a country such as China dominating the world market? With the lack of everything I had just stated above!

  When I look at the the progressive things China has done, and is doing, I personally feel like they are working towards being more then a world player, But more like the dominating world power!

  I had written a previous blog How's your Chinese? Which touches on some of the things China is involved in and has done to advance itself as a player and a power!
  The other thing to point out is the fact China is struggling a bit financially as well. Maybe from moving a little faster then they should of, maybe not!
  China is working at changing their market instead of being the leading nation in making other countries items cheaply, such as clothes. they are branding their own items for the market as well!
  What this will mean is a rise in costs around the board! So if you still want your products made in China expect an increase in price! I wonder if Trump will still continue to have his clothing line made in China? You would think as much as he spews of America values he would of had his clothing line made right here in America with pride, and American values! Like I have stated he is not about pride it's all about himself and the dollar!

   China had started all of this all off of their trading idea they came up with several years ago now and called it the silk road! Having loads of investments now all over Africa, Asia, and into Europe and beyond! 
 The silk road is expanding vastly and rapidly! Of course this being their reasoning for militarizing all the shoals and reef systems. As well they are presently building up a military position on the African continent, right down the coast from the U.S. base. This is all due to their capitalist expansion they have been working on and their supposed reason to protect their investments!
  And if you believe that I got a bridge I'll sell you! Only problem is it's in China!

  

  It's kinda funny all these countries will jump on board with the Chinese banking and trading scheme but when the Chinese come snooping around some of these other countries back yard territories, say such as India well that's a bit to much!

  For several months now Chinese submarines have been spotted off of a particular strategic location off the coast of India.
  Out of concern India has actually embraced the U.S. in return for some help in tracking and monitoring the Chinese activities off of their coast!

  India has held out for a long time wanting any western involvement and had actually worked with Russia on various military involvements such as their version of the hypersonic missile system! 

  Just so they didn't have to get entangled in American bull, I mean bureaucracy! But in this particular case where the U.S. has the best submarine tracking capabilities on the planet they decided it was time to start talking an alliance of sorts! Because India is getting very concerned about China's ruthlessness, and plans! As are several other nations, Though everyone is still on board with working with them, Like any of that makes sense is beyond me? Hey China thanks for the help but please stay the hell out! NO TRESPASSING!

  With all of our issue's here in the U.S. of course the world is watching very anxiously! If  Trump follows through on any of the B.S. he throws around I fear the rift will become more like a gaping gap!
  He say's stuff people want to hear, But following through with these things especially with foreign affairs will be a very bad idea! 
  There is a very poor outlook with either potential candidate Clinton or Trump! Trump will lead this country down a path I'm unwilling to travel just from a moral stand point alone! Well actually it's a bit more than that, But that's for another very, very, long blog!
  Clinton is just another cog in the machine that is crushing the life out of America right now! If she kept on this path that Obama has started I fear some drastic measures would arise from the good people of this country!

  This is not only a rift felt around the world, this is a huge rift happening right here in America! You have a group of people loving the rhetoric Trump is barking and sadly he really has no plans on what he really would do to start America back on a path to prosper!
  He says things that really will hold little water, but he knows this is what America wants to hear! Once he got to the white house I'm absolutely certain he will be in his glory with his proud as a peacock love of himself! But as for helping America dig out of this mammoth hole were in he will accomplish nothing!
  
  I guarantee one thing is for certain for whoever gets the big job they will have the weight of the world upon their shoulders, Literally!
  I know building a huge wall even one that bordered the entire Continental United States would matter and do very little! Sure it sounds great we can all huddle in our own private little fuck you the rest of the world bubble, and what will that get us?
  Sure you can say to other countries, hey if you don't pay us more money for our military covering your soil and providing a sort of umbrella of protection we're packing our bags! 
This would be the stupidest move we could make if we followed through with because once they say screw you then what! Because in all actuality it's more of a better thing for us being there then them needing us there from a front position strategical point of view, So what then? 
  
  Yup it sure sounds good when Trump say's the things he does, But if you know anything about anything it's a load of garbage! 
  The rift being felt now is nowhere near as bad as that of which Trump could possible create if he attempted to apply have of the stuff he rambles on about! 
  So what's the choice, Clinton? Well I suppose with her at least we would already be prepared of what to expect! 4 more years of the bog we're mired in now! 
  Although I may be willing to do that considering the other possible choice! With any luck someone a little more tactical with solutions and ides may arise from the ashes of 4 more years of the past 8! 
  Are you actually that desperate to place your future, your families future, everyone you've every loved future's in the hands of a man that admits he does most of what he does to entertain the people? Not to actually fix anything, But to entertain us for our vote! If people actually make this person the leader of the free world because he is entertaining I'm not sure how I could handle that? Talk about a rift! If you want a person that's entertaining please vote for someone like Howard Stern because at least he's truly real and entertaining, And I actually like him, I could deal with that!

How's your Chinese?

Not again!

T.J.Rockford

 First off let me apologize for doing something I hate doing, and that's repeating myself!

  I seem to bring up the topic of China A LOT! Well I suppose It's only understandable wouldn't you think? If you need to ask why? Or even wonder for that matter, It's because you haven't been to busy thinking of it, Or about it! 

  China only use to be a place I would moan and bitch about because everything I bought that was from there was always breaking!

  Really I had no notions, or any knowledge of what China was really up to? 

  People I was chumming around with during this era a few years back had other things on their mind, Such as the big recession! Bank bailout's, Stock market tumbling, You know stuff like that!

  I really wish I could go back in time a short trip! Just so I could take a better look into what the heck China was up to then! 

  I really don't even know if it would of sunk in then or not? I sure know it's sinking in now! The scary part is, It's wicked scary!

  I could write a whole book on the progress China has made over the last 20 years and most people would probably never believe it!

  I talk about China in almost all my article's, if only to mention their name! Just because they are that much of a force in these times.

  Why would I say this? Without repeating myself to much from prior rant's I'll just mention some specific's for those who might like to ponder a few things!

  

  Imagine a country something like, Hmmm Let's say China! and this country came along into your country, and your a country that has a large population, very under educated with little in the way of revenue and high poverty.

  Now let's say a country like China come's along and make's a proposal to catch your country up to speed with the 21st century!     Offer to construct new buildings, and home's, and roads, as well as a new transportation system specifically railway, Jobs, schools, and the biggest thing support! Support to get this all done, and support to keep things running for an economy.

  The deals consisted for China taking control of all the minerals rights, mining, lumber, you know pretty much everything Africa had!

   Certain parts of Africa consisting of some of the more poverty stricken areas where people will work real cheap, I think is where the Chinese had an Epiphany!

  Seeing how they were already taking advantage of all of the natural resources, the Chinese figured a way to make even more money off of an already poor nation! 
  
  all the materials used to do all this construction from the concrete, to wood, and steel, Etc, were all supplied by the Chinese, But all the raw materials for the construction being done were taken from Africa by the Chinese in the first place! Being charged for your own raw material!
 and at the same time China got a big gain on some territory that no other nations cared much about, Until now!

The one thing I want to point out before going further is the fact that for a very, very long time, nobody wanted anything to do with Africa!

  It was looked at kind of how we look at the middle east now. Just was a waste of money and time. Africa was a dismal pit of despair that had the potential to suck the life out of anyone who dared get involved in their unhinged turmoil! 

  Very much like South America use to be. I'm saying this to bring up a point, which you should get as we keep going along here.

  So with nobody wanting Africa, it kinda made it like the front door was wide open for whoever was willing to take her for a spin!

  I don't mean like the multitude's of idiot scum bag rebel type that rise up to power here and there taking control!

  But China on the other hand! they are very well at controlling the masses! Why would Africa be any different?

  China had made the deal, as I had stated, of modernizing Africa's transportation rail system for faster and safer transportation, Which was seriously in despair! seeing how it has been around since the British empire. 

 With all sorts of great promises of giving a better life to the African people, Or so was the thinking I assume!. 

  This modernized rail system would span the Congo, Kenya, Sudan and beyond! But the price tag on this endeavor is astronomical! The big thing you have to look at are all the loan's these African countries are procuring from China, it's truly off the chart's! 
  But with the new Chinese world bank they have a lot of money their willing to invest! The Chinese reach is getting tremendous!

  Just the rail system is over 30 billion dollar's! This isn't including all the other activity going on throughout all of Africa! If one were to do some digging around and adding up some number's they would see figure's toppling over 100 billion dollar's in loans continent wide! 

  One might say well that's not much for a continent, look at the U.S. and their figure's for money that is borrowed!

  The U.S. and Africa are two different creature's! Africa of course with her large population, and unemployment rate, as well as the high poverty rate isn't very attractive to most nations. 
  I should emphasize certain countries in particular seem like a high risk proposal! China is obviously doing more then gambling! There is obviously a laid out plan if any kind of financial slip up were to occur!

  China had seen opportunity for the taking! and why not? The western world wasn't helping to make the continent flourish! Sure we would supply aid here and there, but most of the countries in Africa were, and are, thirsty for modernization and some sort of financial gain if possible!

  The really big problem here is that all of the years the western world has been doing our little bit of helping within the continent was mostly to promote democracy!

  Now that all of Africa is getting a taste of China's financial services they are enjoying the flavor! 

  But this flavor is coming with a cost! and this cost is the pressure's from a non-Democratic country such as Communist China!

  With all this lending of money from this Communist country it has giving China a big voice in all of the government doings of all the countries involved. Such as what type of future progress any of these countries might be seeking! 

  The generosity of a China which is stripping the continent of all her natural resources and turning a dollar at every corner!

  The Chinese are very well known for their lack of compassion towards workers and any type of workers rights! Let's just say they don't have any human resources dept for worker's to run to! 

  If you happen to be one of the lucky African citizens to gain employment for all this work activity that China has been showering upon Africa, you better not get hurt! because the Chinese won't support you, or help in any way!

  The only help you will receive is help out the gate! where there will be 500 million other unemployed African's ready to die for that 150 to 200 dollar a month job that barely is enough money for a person to survive!

  What a deal for Africa! Give up your democracy, give up your resources, give up your country, and to boot the African people are paying China to have this all done! 

  How isn't this a good deal? For China anyways! Well I guess on the bright side the African people are learning a new language! That's an important feature to have on your resume! even in the American work force nowadays!

  If you look at some of the stuff China has done to make friends with cities and countries around Africa it's enough to make a person cringe!

  One big thing China has done for quite a few cities throughout all of Africa is build around 60 of these huge soccer stadiums and giving as gifts! 
  Just a way to break the ice to start the big take over process one would wonder! Knowingly, Or unknowingly by these African government officials is the big question?

  Or maybe that's all it takes to win the hearts, and the rights to all the people of Africa, is some nice new soccer stadiums! If I had only known!

   When I say the rights of the people one must understand that all the kids that go to these new built schools are required to learn to speak Chinese!

  Not that anything is wrong with that, but wouldn't you think it should be the other way around? China is in their country!
  I wonder how that agreement had evolved? Was it a demand from China, Or a friendly request? I can only speculate, But I do have a fairly good idea!
                                                       

  None of this makes sense? Here the African people have to pay back all this money they borrowed from China to have the Chinese come into Africa, refine all of the African natural resources that it would take to do all this work, Then have the Chinese do all the planning on how, and what would be built! all in accordance to how the Chinese wanted it done! 
    
  The one and only requirement in this deal for the African people was to lose their dignity! Not only didn't they put up a fight, but their paying the Chinese to really make it sink in to who the master of the house truly is! 
  This might sound harsh, but it sure looks this way! Although it just may be, what needed to be done in order to work!                                                                                                                 
  Essentially all it took was a government willing to take the heat from the rest of the world for screwing over and taking advantage of an underdeveloped poverty stricken people!
  The whole situation is just so crazy it sounds impossible to be true! Unfortunately it's very true!
  Although as I have said some of these African countries just don't get enough in the way of an economy, so China came across as a good investment. Time will tell!
   
   Try imaging China coming here and doing this, Oh boy! While your pondering this thought, add in the factor of the amount of American business's that China has ownership of.

  You better be sitting down when you find out the actual figures, because it's a lot! 

  It truly is sad that a country would do what has been done in Africa! Forcing a people to lose everything, including their identity! What's even worse is the powers that be in Africa have done this to themselves, and their people!

  Can you imagine going around the world forcing everyone to learn English?  Like that would ever happen in China!

  The point is China is dominating everything and everyone everywhere they go!

  Where and when will the line be drawn?  I'm going to stop this topic here because China's reach has extended farther then Africa, and the reach I'm referring to is more then just business ownership!

  It's the reach where they have a presence involved, which in turn requires a need to protect that interest. How do countries protect their interest? Just look into what China has done in the South China Sea! 

  I want to leave everyone with one more thought on this matter and it's a matter of historical fact!

  The facts are that every time a country has done what China is in the process of doing, and to the point they're willing to push it. 

 "The Chinese say their (Protecting) their interest! Their not (pushing) their might around by a show of military force!"

  Though anytime in history it has gone this particular route, In this particular fashion, it's always ended up to an eventual war!

  
 Just a factual tid-bit of info to ponder! until the next time on Rockford File's 2.Oooh! File's report! 

Always remember that the rate at which our climate is going through changes, in the long run no one will be a winner!