From memory of a long time ago, I seem to remember that the the Anti Nuke bill banned nuclear weapons and nuclear powered ships from our waters and territory. I seem to remember that there was no ban on land based nuclear reactors in NZ, for research or power production. Some one with a greater research ability than me can either confirm or rubbish this.
No one likes those who correct, but there are a couple missing from your list:
Except the facts don't back you up. The US and France have less 25-45 years olds as a percentage of their population than China has. Mexico is the only country with a young population, France, US and China have aging populations. The number of Chinese in the 20-45 year bracket dwarfs the combined total of the US , France and Mexico.
Hi Rob, thanks for the graphics. You've challenged me abit here. So Im going back through my stuff to see how the original links i looked at compare but memory of france us and mexico match what you have put up. France and us will mot age gracefully but are less crap and more manageable than alot of other centres.
That isn't cast in stone. At present it is politically convenient for the centre right and right wing parties to keep it current.
Under what law will you be able to extend national law beyond the 12 mile limit? There is no international law which gives us that right.
That's rubbish. It was the dial a mob. Jane Kelsey who hates any trade deal, the Labour Party, and left wing activists who ranted and raved against it because it was John Key's (then PM) deal and America was involved. It was the same with the flag referendum; because john Key sponsored it, all the left wing activists heavily politicised because they hated him and vilified him.
No probs. My pleasure. I agree in that a grim era is ahead for NZDF procurement. The current National Party seems to have stuck its head in the sand as well and that's not a good sign. I would not be surprised to see the Seasprite replacement slid back to 2030 and we all know that they won't last that long. It's be back to the 2009 - 2012 situation with the five SH-2G(NZ) Seasprites.
The link is pretty clear it's on all the diagrams www.populationpyramid.net
I noticed the male/female ratio as well. Not a surprising result due to Mao’s one child policy, female fetus abortion was higher. Also, who knows how accurate the Chinese numbers are? The other issues you mention will be cause for problems in China and the surrounding Asian region as well.
There was a very good interview on RNZ this morning with Rabobank's Michael Avery. He highlights, in the event of secondary sanctions, the vulnerability of both New Zealand's financial and national security. I like the use of Trotsky's quote " You may not be interested in war, but war may be interested in you..."
That was great -
Yes I understand that but the link still has to be provided and it just makes it easier for people to follow that's all.
This article from Newsroom offers a bit more on the subject. Possible Chinese Intervention in The War on Ukraine Should Ring Alarm Bells For NZ | Newsroom The real point is that if the likes of our FVEY partners, and the EU slap sanctions on the PRC for supporting Putin we have to go along whether we like it or not because if we continued to trade with the PRC after it had been sanctioned we would in turn be subject to sanctions. Not only that we would most likely be kicked out of FVEY and any dealings that we have with the US and probably the UK. There would not be any US FTA for decades. The Australians would disown us and never forgive us.
I get what you are saying i.e. if NZ continued to trade (with China), although to be fair NZ's trade with China pales into (near) insignificance compared with many other allied countries including other FVEY nations. It would be interesting to know (not that we would be told) what would be the trigger points for the other FVEY nations (or US allied nations eg EU, Japan, South Korea, Singapore etc) if they did enact a trade ban (both exports and imports) because if they did how badly would their economies be impacted?
If this is not picked up by the Pollies and Defence Chiefs , listened too and publicly acknowledged , then we are in trouble. The Defence Chiefs silence is deffening , esp when you take into account the cancelling/defering of the SOPV project.
Slapping sanctions on Russia is one thing but slapping sanctions on China would be akin to slapping sanctions on the entire world. For example every electronic product you buy will be either made in China or use components made in China, chances are it will also be transported on a Chinese owned and operated vessel. If you did try to manufacture outside of China the cost would be astronomical and take years, The US and EU would need to set up new production lines, find and train staff, set up a supply chains for all the components needed before assembly. That's just electronics then there's everything else. China is the worlds largest market for luxury goods, it's the largest market for German cars, you think the EU would be happy crashing two of there biggest industries? Like it or not China is the worlds manufacturing hub and one of its largest consumer markets, they can do what we can no longer do at a price we couldn't do it for. Also Trump tried started a trade war with China and lost.
Well that's changing. Foreign owned electronics manufacturing companies are pulling out of the PRC and setting up elsewhere. The PRC doesn't manufacture its own chips and that's done in Taiwan and the US. The Taiwanese recently offered to help Lithuanian set up a chip manufacturing plant. WRT to other products, the political will is there to sanction other nations who support Russia. If the PRC decides to support Russia then it will be sanctioned and it may find that countries will ignore the One China policy and start recognising Taiwan as the Republic of China or the Republic of Taiwan or whatever. If that happens, that's 50 years of CCP / PRC diplomacy chucked out, a huge set back, a very significant loss of face, and whoever is in charge at the time will be for the high jump CCP style.
I don't think that they would have any hesitation at all.
Unfortunately the Defence Chiefs are hamstrung because if they open their mouths, they will be blacklisted from any further promotion within Defence and after they retire any further government work. We have Uncle Helen Clark to thank for that when she removed the CDF, CN, CA, & CAF independence by having them made subject to the SSC, State Services Commission, politicising the process The SSC now makes their appointments subject to government approval. It used to be that their appointments were made by the Governor General on government recommendation.