Yes, Prime Minister of Japan

In Thailand and Cambodia, mobilizing the public with narratives of Chinese oppression, as is done in Malaysia, Indonesia, and Myanmar, is ineffective. Which wealthy businessman or politician in these countries isn't of Chinese descent? They not only know they are of Chinese descent, but they are also quite clear about why they are, yet they adopt indigenous names because the Chinese community in Thailand and Cambodia has been deeply integrated into local political life.

You can tell them your Chinese family story, and they'll accept it. But if you want to get them under the control of the coalition forces, it's not as simple as just talking.

Take Thailand as an example. The Thaksin group, which is trying to maintain its crumbling rule, is composed of Chinese families. Anutin, who both cooperates with and opposes Thaksin, is also of Chinese descent. Many military generals are of Chinese descent, as are the leaders of the Red Shirts and Yellow Shirts. Even the People's Party, which is considered pro-American and seeks reform, is led by people of Chinese descent. In Thai politics, it's practically impossible for anyone, from the King to ministers, generals, tycoons, and politicians, to be without Chinese heritage. Some are anti-China, but most are fundamentally pro-China, and some have even made patriotic statements that would make even Chinese people cringe.

If the coalition forces were to talk to these people about "oppressed" and "Greater China," they'd probably be met with insults like, "How can I not love China? I love China more than you Japanese!" (The rest of the text is nonsensical and appears to be a random string of characters.)

Hun Sen and Bun Rany, the couple who rule Cambodia, are also descendants of Teochew Chinese from Chaozhou-Hainan.

These descendants of Chinese immigrants not only utilize their Chinese identity but have also fully integrated into the local political and economic system. So, talking about Chinese relatives here is fine, but if you bring aircraft carriers and tanks on board, they won't be happy; they'll feel you've encroached on their territory and interests.

This is also the core reason why many Chinese people in China have illusions about identifying with overseas Chinese, but feel disappointed after getting to know them.

He Yang still had some dissatisfaction with this:

"These two shameless little rascals from the peninsula want our support and loans, yet they still talk about guaranteeing their political independence and autonomy. They have no shame at all. Bangkok should be blown to ashes too."

This is the background of the discussion. Thailand and Cambodia successively asked Li Xinghe to lend them money to restore their factories and social operations. However, perhaps because they had signed too many cooperation agreements with China, they assumed that everyone in the world was as kind as China and began to impose conditions on Li Xinghe.

Zhang Xiaoqian's helpless criticism:

"Why are you always thinking about fighting and killing? Do you think the lands of monarchies like the Kingdom of Thailand and the Kingdom of Cambodia are so desirable?"

He Yang offered his own perspective:

"Of course! That's the Lancang River! The Three Rivers and Five Sacred Mountains are all within our grasp. If we take over Thailand and Cambodia, open up the China-Laos-Cambodia-Thailand railway network, and control the farmland of Thailand, Cambodia, and the Mekong Delta, a large portion of the world's rice exports will be in our hands."

The discussion ended without any results, as neither side could convince the other.

Zhang Xiaoqian was reluctant to send troops at this critical moment. His strategy was to win over the enemy while applying pressure, while He Yang maintained his radical approach, hoping to quickly move north along the Mekong River and open up the transportation route to Guangxi and Yunnan in one go.

Meanwhile, the ambassadors of Thailand and Cambodia went to Tokyo to borrow money from Li Xinghe, but only met with Li Xinghe's secretary.

May in Gaotiao.

In the conference room, standing on a chair, Takataka May asked the ambassador and his colleagues:

"We can certainly get assistance and cooperation. After all, we share the same blood. But we do have some requirements before that."

Then she began to speak:

"Has the unique existence and interests of Chinese people as a minority been valued, and have laws been enacted to protect and recognize them?"

"This……"

Although both Thailand and Cambodia have large Chinese populations, neither country has implemented in-depth legislation to protect this aspect, given the need for integration into the broader ethnic group. After all, the ultimate goal has always been to assimilate the Chinese into the dominant ethnic group.

Takajo Satsuki then asked:

"Are there effective ways to preserve traditional Chinese culture? Is there legislation to protect it?"

"This……"

I can only say that I did it, but only a little bit.

May Takajo continued to ask:

"Is there any recognition or permission for Chinese people to establish their own Chinese language schools?"

"Have."

This is indeed very true. Mainly because Thailand and Cambodia don't have the same tightly knit political structure as Vietnam; under these more relaxed social conditions, there are many people running Chinese-language schools.

Gao Tiao's true colors were finally revealed in May:

"Should free international organizations be allowed to reside here?"

In reality, this refers to the coalition faction's own NGO organizations, reorganized from the CIA's NGO. These NGO organizations are there to promote genetic nationalism, conduct family tree analysis, create new ethnic identities, and dismember their primary ethnic group.

Therefore, the ambassadors of both countries have already sensed the problem.

As a result, Gao Tiao asked again in May:

"Have there been any purges of pro-Japanese elements?"

"Ok?"

At this point, the Thai and Cambodian representatives who had come to try and negotiate couldn't hold back any longer. "Why don't you look at the flag behind you? Isn't that the brightly lit Japanese flag?"

Gao Tiao Wuyue hurriedly corrected:

"I mean, those who are pro-Japanese fascist imperialists?"

This refers to the fact that many groups and cultural ideologies in Thailand and Cambodia feel that World War II was nothing special and that being pro-Japanese and anti-Vietnamese is a more realistic approach.

It's not entirely wrong, since the Vietnamese were not much better than the Japanese army, but it did violate political correctness.

Regardless, the price offered by the coalition forces was far too aggressive, practically an open declaration of their intention to win over the millions of Chinese in Thailand and Cambodia, leading them in a different direction. This seriously infringed upon the interests of the Thai King, the Thai military, and the Hun Sen faction in Cambodia.

So they rejected such an aggressive offer and started looking for other solutions.

Takajo Satsuki scoffed and made a phone call to the United Fleet Headquarters in the Singapore Special Administrative Region:

"Hmph. You need to have the ability to refuse. Continue to cut off support to Thailand and Cambodia, and also stop other countries from providing aid to these two places. Use online platforms to carry out political subversion and disrupt their own political order."

To put it more bluntly, it's about fostering color revolutions that benefit themselves.

This opportunity was not expected to come so soon, given that both countries have their own public opinion base.

But the current King of Thailand, the infamous international clown, who bestows the title of Major General on his concubine, ranks his own dog, treats all of Thailand as his subjects, and spends his days vacationing in Germany, provided him with a very opportune assist.

Of course, Thailand is currently also mired in economic difficulties, with numerous factories closing down, tourist attractions in decline, and even the sex industry falling into irreparable chaos. Therefore, His Majesty King Rama X…

He remained in Germany with his various concubines, enjoying the benefits of governing remotely via the internet.

Perhaps for Rama X, it's like living in Germany and playing a game of governing a country called 'Peninsula Tycoon'.

Regarding Li Xinghe's refusal to grant loans to Thailand, King Rama X pulled another humiliating stunt in Germany.

Although King Rama X is constrained by public opinion and forced to frequently return to Thailand, he still insists on frequently returning to his true spiritual home, Munich. In an interview video with a local Munich media outlet, instead of addressing Thailand's economic crisis, King Rama X discussed Li Xinghe's refusal to lend him money.

"In East Asia, there is one country that is so despicable, and that is Japan, controlled by Li Xinghe. If he doesn't want to lend, then he doesn't! Everyone likes to spread rumors that Thailand is cursed by King Taksin of Thonburi and will perish after ten generations, but I think it's Japan that's the real problem. They claimed to have an unbroken imperial line for ten thousand generations, but Li Xinghe ended it all. He's just a rogue who came back from America, and he can usurp Japan's territory. What if he comes to seize my country?"

It is said that at the time, Rama X was in a state of high on marijuana, so he spoke without thinking and thought that Li Xinghe was a monster who was trying to seize his throne.

King Rama X mentioned the most important prophecy in Thailand, which has actually been largely debunked: King Taksin's saying, "He who seizes my throne will perish after nine generations." King Rama X is indeed the ninth and tenth king. His important minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, after recovering from the 97 financial crisis, is considered a "reincarnation of Taksin."

Now, with a single sentence from Rama X, the NGOs under the coalition forces have suddenly been given a very good excuse to act.

In Thai, the pronunciations of "star" and "sin" are similar. Lee Sung-ha is Lee Sin, and "sin" could also mean Jeong Sin.

As a result, these opinion-guiding groups targeting Southeast Asia began to spread the message among the Thai people: "Li Xinghe is the reincarnation of Zheng Xin, who is here to avenge ten generations of wrongs and seize the throne that the Thai king usurped from the Zheng family."

There's nothing to argue about or examine about this kind of nonsense.

However, this happens to be a time of economic crisis, with large numbers of Thais losing their jobs. People have nowhere to vent their grievances, which have led the NGOs of the coalition forces to oppose the current Thai king.

The coalition forces are not wrong either. Thailand's current problem is that it needs to overthrow the feudal class first before considering implementing some capitalist practices.

Within days, public sentiment began to coalesce in a direction against the monarchy, which alarmed King Rama X.

He immediately gave the order:

"Thailand forbids discussion of the relationship between Li Xinghe and Zheng Xin!"

Furthermore, they ordered a complete internet ban on any content related to Li Xinghe in Thailand.

For the Allied Forces in Singapore, this was simply taking advantage of their kindness.

Damn it, this Thai king is no ordinary clown; we have to strike hard!

Chapter 882: The Alaskan Independence Plan and the Astute Trump (4000 words)

End of 2030.

International rice prices have gradually begun to rise as the US dollar has depreciated and become more abundant.

For Southeast Asian governments, this price surge is probably the most welcome development, as rice is their main export product, finally providing some much-needed relief for their crumbling economies. However, for the general public in Southeast Asian countries, the effects of rising rice prices are very significant.

The number of people who took money from the coalition forces to cause trouble in the streets quickly surged from a few thousand to more than 300,000, and they were causing trouble in major cities such as Bangkok and Phnom Penh.

Following the CIA's operational style, umbrellas, masks, and roadblocks were scattered throughout the streets and alleys to confront the military government.

Not only that, the coalition forces also found many civilian groups such as the Yellow Shirts and Red Shirts, and took them to experience the wonderful life of rioting in the streets against the military government police.

Yellow Shirt leader Lim Mingda, wearing a Zhongshan suit, angrily denounced the current Thai government on his own program: "Compared to China, you are more despicable than rats."

He then went on to spout many outrageous remarks:

Statements such as "The Thai government is a pile of shit, and someone (referring to the king) is the pearl on top of the shit," "Only by joining the East Asian Free Trade Area led by China, Japan, and South Korea can they survive," "The Thai baht will soon depreciate to the level of toilet paper," and "The era of Thais selling their butts together has arrived" led to Lin Mingda being fined again by the Thai court.

Despite this, the scope of application of the US dollar has actually expanded.

Even many ordinary citizens are trying to exchange their money for the continuously depreciating US dollar.

Although Southeast Asia signed the RCEP with China, and Japan and South Korea also joined in, Southeast Asia did not join the digital central bank currency bridge led by China and Li Xinghe. Furthermore, they were unable to sever their ties with the US dollar because their own currencies performed even worse than the dollar during the dollar collapse crisis.

After all, the most widely recognized currency in the world, one that can circulate freely globally, has ample liquidity, and is universally accepted, is still the US dollar.

In other words, as long as there is no reliable, highly liquid alternative, it doesn't matter if the US dollar is completely worthless, because other countries' currencies are certainly even worse than the US dollar.

However, people soon noticed that there was actually a strange alternative in the market that could circulate freely, was temporarily decoupled from the US dollar, and had a relatively stable value: the Japanese yen.

"Come buy Japanese yen!"

Amidst the turmoil in Southeast Asian financial markets, people are scrambling to acquire both RMB and Japanese Yen. A significant portion of these individuals are wealthy people of Chinese descent. They immediately mobilized underground money changers among their Fujianese compatriots to exchange for RMB, and some even began changing their nationalities.

They didn't have a choice before, but now they want to be Chinese.

However, Li Xinghe really needs them to help him take over.

Because the previous Japanese government left Li Xinghe with a massive debt of over 1300 trillion yen, and these purchased Japanese bonds were excellent financial instruments. However, they were also a burden for Li Xinghe.

Now that Japanese bonds are being sold to them, they gain access to yen liquidity. Li Xinghe also reduces a significant amount of debt, making it a win-win situation.

If we add the option of pairing the Japanese yen with the CPTPP trade clearing bank and the central bank currency bridge of the East Asian Free Trade Area to provide financial support for the renminbi, that would be a win-win-win situation.

However, the mass exodus of wealthy Chinese has naturally offended countries like Malaysia and Indonesia.

For a time, the conflict between the coalition forces and Southeast Asian countries became increasingly acute.

He Yang then took the newspaper and started cursing at the Southern Command headquarters:

"Wow, now the Thai and Cambodian governments are accusing us of buying too much of their rice." (The rest of the text appears to be unrelated and possibly machine-generated gibberish.)

Zhang Xiaoqian then gave orders to the Rock Logistics Company, a subsidiary of the Allied Forces:

"Continue to buy rice, send people down to the countryside to continue purchasing, and let these ungrateful bastards starve to death next year."

It's almost December.

After this month, it will be 2031.

When the dollar expands even further after the new year, the prices of all goods that can serve as a benchmark of value will continue to rise. At that time, it will be a massive global inflation.

……

Bering Strait.

On the Nir archipelago, east of the Russian Kamchatka Islands and further east of Bering Island, a group of soldiers from the Joint Forces' Coastal Combat Brigade are building a radar integrated detection station on this uninhabited island.

The United States is already struggling to cope with the various coalition vessels appearing in the Pacific Ocean.

This is certainly thanks to China. Without the high-intensity maritime training exercises of the previous decade, which left US military ships battered and nearly scrapped, we wouldn't have failed to discover that the Littoral Combat Brigade had landed in Alaska.

Xu Baofeng stood on the island and confidently announced:

“Zhang Xiaoqian and his group have established the Southern Command in the South, so we can’t show weakness. I, Xu Baofeng, am an old-timer who came here with Zhang Xiaoqian, and I can’t always be a deputy. Let’s go, let’s make Alaska independent too.”

Alaska's situation is quite different from other places. It is not connected to the contiguous United States, and its land area of ​​151 million square kilometers—roughly the size of Xinjiang—is home to a mere 73 people. The population is probably less than the number of stray dogs in the Alaskan wilderness. Of these 73 people, 65% are Americans of various ethnicities, 15% are Native Americans of various ethnicities, and 5% are Asian.

Another notable feature is that this vast state has only one major city, Anchorage, with a population of 300,000.

Controlling this city is equivalent to controlling Alaska.

The key to winning over Alaska lay with an older woman, Lisa Murkowski. She was Alaska's longtime legislator in Washington, wielding considerable power over the entire state.

The Murkowski family is very powerful in Alaska. Lisa's father, Frank Murkowski, even works in tandem with his daughter, one serving as a congressman in Washington and the other as a governor. Regardless of whether the Republican Party headquarters supports them, the Murkowski family can independently run campaigns locally and then legitimately take office in Washington.

Buying tickets is a piece of cake when it comes to hundreds of thousands of people.

Therefore, Xu Baofeng set his sights on getting to the Murkowski family.

……

Florida, in the southeastern United States.