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    North Korea is ready to nuke, Hong Kong has a new CEO, and China is talking.

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    In fact, China is talking with almost everyone, even Taiwan, as headlines would have us believe.

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    Hong Kong’s new CEO, Carrie Lam, is ostensibly favored by China’s Communist Party.

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    But, all politicians in the special administrative region are vetted by Beijing.

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    The western press is beside themselves with how much control Beijing exerts, regardless

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    of how loyal Lam actually is.

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    Nothing has been proven yet because she hasn’t had a chance to do anything yet.

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    She was just elected.

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    Of course, in the minds of the western press, Beijing is guilty until proven guilty.

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    Hong Kong is self-proclaimed as “Asia’s World City”.

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    It is the doorstep of semi-closed China to the open West.

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    What happens in Hong Kong is exactly what Beijing wants the world to see.

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    What Beijing sees as an advertisement the West sees as “public relations”—for

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    better or worse.

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    Lam is Beijing’s choice as the new “poster girl”.

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    While she didn’t get there by being incompetent, the true test of CEO Lam’s leadership will

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    be whether she creates or prevents excuses for western headlines to make China look like

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    a bully.

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    While the West villainizes Beijing, it is becoming more and more clear that China is

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    doing what it thinks best for itself, but doesn’t understand PR with self-governing

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    nations.

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    All this outreach—Pakistan, New Zealand, India, Cambodia, the US, Taiwan—it’s going

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    to backfire with stories like China not allowing a married Australian resident academic to

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    return to Australia.

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    In the mind of the West, the decision is what matters.

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    In the mind of Beijing, the reasons are what matter.

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    China’s President Xi admitted last week, more or less, that China needed to play “tech

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    catch-up” with the States.

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    Now, China is investing in US startups to get military technology insight.

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    Smart.

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    The open, free enterprise, private, self-governed sector usually has the best tech.

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    The question Beijing should be concerned with is whether its researchers will hunger for

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    the same inspiring freedom as the companies they seek to glean from.

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    While Beijing hopes to acquire information, they may inadvertently acquire free market

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    ideology.

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    That can be quite unsettling, as if the Pacific doesn’t have enough “waves” already.

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Use "incompetent" in a sentence | "incompetent" example sentences

How to use "incompetent" in a sentence?

  • Fun is going to enhance interest, because people don't feel incompetent when they're having fun.
    -Matthew Richter-
  • Adina appealed to the sky. "We asked for rescue and you sent us incompetent rockstar pirates with a broken ship and perfect abs?" "Thank you, God," Petra said.
    -Libba Bray-
  • Equal opportunity means everyone will have a fair chance at being incompetent.
    -Laurence J. Peter-
  • I wish the stage were as narrow as the wire of a tighrope dancer so that no incompetent would dare step upon it.
    -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe-
  • I've read your summary." "And?" "It's not incompetent." Be still, my heart, so I don't faint from such faint phrase. "Did you expect it to be written in crayon?
    -Ilona Andrews-
  • Having an adventure shows that someone is incompetent, that something has gone wrong. An adventure is interesting enough - in retrospect. Especially to the person who didn't have it.
    -Vilhjalmur Stefansson-
  • An excellent plumber is infinitely more admirable than an incompetent philosopher.
    -John W. Gardner-
  • If someone gives you $1,000,000 you'd better become a millionaire so you can keep the money. Success doesn't want to hang around incompetent people.
    -Jim Rohn-

Definition and meaning of INCOMPETENT

What does "incompetent mean?"

/inˈkämpədənt/

adjective
not sufficiently skilful.
noun
incompetent person.

What are synonyms of "incompetent"?
Some common synonyms of "incompetent" are:
  • inept,
  • unskillful,
  • unskilled,
  • inexpert,
  • amateurish,
  • unprofessional,
  • bungling,
  • blundering,
  • clumsy,
  • unproficient,
  • inadequate,
  • substandard,
  • inferior,
  • ineffective,

You can find detailed definitions of them on this page.

What are antonyms of "incompetent"?
Some common antonyms of "incompetent" are:
  • competent,
  • skillful,

You can find detailed definitions of them on this page.