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Eventine said:

Except the West will thread the needle and say that Taiwan is "already an independent state" and that it was "never a part of the PRC." That's been their mode of operation for a while. They see no contradiction between saying that Ukraine's territorial integrity should be protected & that Taiwan should be independent.

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It's important that at least some in Europe hear the message. The more often it is repeated, the more likely it is that at least some of them will hear despite the censorship and misrepresentation of Chinese officials in western media. Spain has already heard it because they have their own problem with separatism. Explaining to the rest of them that China will fight with the same or more determination as Ukraine will teach them that it's risky to promote separatism and remind them that this is China's red line over which it would be forced to go to war.

And should an actual war in the Taiwan straits break out anyway, some countries will remember the message and may not impose sanctions or will be very slow to do so compared with a situation where they only listen to their media bubble which tells them that Taiwan is a sovereign state.

Wang Yi clearly linked the Taiwan and Ukraine questions at the Munich security conference when demanding that there should be no double standards regarding the respect for territorial integrity

Abominable said:

Biden doesn't ask Zelensky for permission to enter Kiev, he asks Putin. Even he knows that Kiev is a Russian city...

It was a weak move anyhow, a real leader would have just gone in and dared the Russians to attack him.

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Where did you read that Biden asked Putin for permission to enter Kiev?

Europeans are such bootlickers, lol. Counting on Europe for anything will cost dearly, de-Americanization of important Chinese supply chains should go hand in hand with de-Europeanization. Thinking that people like Rutte will resist the US sanctions is just pure copium at that point. Inb4 "it's bloomberg", it is taken from Rutte's opinion piece for Dutch media - .

ACuriousPLAFan said:

Looks like it's official: Chinese President Xi Jinping plans to visit Moscow for a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The visit is scheduled for April or May.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1628052694001717252

If the visit happens in May, perhaps Xi can be present for the May 9 Victory Day Parade in the Moscow Red Square?

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Although the source is the usual WSJ through HK without a name, considering the release of the Chinese paper "US Hegemony and Its Perils", a highlighted visit is very likely. And I think a visit is only symbolic on the surface, more things would happen unannounced.

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Europeans are such bootlickers, lol. Counting on Europe for anything will cost dearly, de-Americanization of important Chinese supply chains should go hand in hand with de-Europeanization. Thinking that people like Rutte will resist the US sanctions is just pure copium at that point. Inb4 "it's bloomberg", it is taken from Rutte's opinion piece for Dutch media -

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In my family we say "if the US says jump, Dutch government will pull down their pants and drop on their knees".

This is the quote from the dutch media piece

Ik kan niet inzien hoe dit de eeuw van China zal worden. De 21ste eeuw wordt de eeuw van de democratie en daarmee de eeuw van Amerika

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roughly translated to english:

I cant see how this century will be the Chinese century. The 21st century will be one for democracies and hence it will be the American century..

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solarz said:

Where did you read that Biden asked Putin for permission to enter Kiev?

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I think the "permission" is more of metaphoric for "allowing to enter without being bombed".

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Europeans are such bootlickers, lol. Counting on Europe for anything will cost dearly, de-Americanization of important Chinese supply chains should go hand in hand with de-Europeanization. Thinking that people like Rutte will resist the US sanctions is just pure copium at that point. Inb4 "it's bloomberg", it is taken from Rutte's opinion piece for Dutch media -

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Yeah right, this century is the century of a particular country who couldn't even maintain and upkeep their own domestic infrastructure...

Imagine a repeat of East Palestine, Ohio - But instead of over dry land, the location is in the middle of a major riverway where tens of millions of people are dependent upon for sustainment of life and economy.

Is he blind and deaf or something?

ACuriousPLAFan said:

Yeah right, this century is the century of a particular country who couldn't even maintain and upkeep their own domestic infrastructure...
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Imagine a repeat of East Palestine, Ohio - But instead of over dry land, the location is in the middle of a major riverway where tens of millions of people are dependent upon for sustainment of life and economy.

Is he blind and deaf or something?

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I can give you 4448077 reasons why he wants the US to win...
Kind of shocked when i saw this stat..

What a fvcking clown show by snakes. Besides, why should these countries inform Russia, when Russia should have been part of the investigation on the Nord Stream explosion in the first place? Especially when Russia is directly responsible for the construction of the pipelines?

China's peace proposal for the resolution of war in Ukraine will be made public within the next few days.

Something may happen regarding Moldova in the future...