Thread: Chinas shadow looms as New Caledonia decides whether to leave France

Originally Posted by sabang

^^ Erm, no. Do you have anxiety issues? Chill.

Jut replicating your 'logic'.

The good news is that the chinky bribes didn't work.

People in the southern Pacific French territory of New Caledonia have once more voted to stay with France, narrowly rejecting independence in a tightly-fought referendum.
With all ballots tallied from the territory’s 304 polling stations, the “No” vote on Sunday won with 53.26 percent.

New Caledonia rejects independence, will stay part of France | Europe | Al Jazeera

^Luckily, they do not need to learn Mandarin... (already enough troubles with the French language)

Originally Posted by panama hat

Jut replicating your 'logic'.

To paraphrase an excellent quote I read recently:

You can't use logic to extract someone from a position that they never used logic to get into in the first place.

Originally Posted by Klondyke

^Luckily, they do not need to learn Mandarin... (already enough troubles with the French language)

Why would they have trouble with French, cretin? Ah, there's a good French word for you - cretin.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

You can't use logic to extract someone from a position that they never used logic to get into in the first place.

Very nice.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

The good news is that the chinky bribes didn't work.

A good result for NC. They obviously realise that the Chinese really want become a new version of the old British Empire. The British dominated large parts of the world based on taking control of natural resources, in exchange for British Justice, Cricket, Steam trains and Missionaries.
The Chines use that old model as a template for hoarding similar resources, while creating a community dependent on China’s largesse.
Wonder what happens when the nickel deposits run out, and the marine stocks are overfished? Still, it precludes the need to build yet another island in the South China Sea!

Originally Posted by Switch

A good result for NC. They obviously realise that the Chinese really want become a new version of the old British Empire. The British dominated large parts of the world based on taking control of natural resources, in exchange for British Justice, Cricket, Steam trains and Missionaries.

You forgot

Drinking Tea
Sitting down to have a poo
Covering your tits up *

etc.


* Yes, they have a lot to answer for!