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Minm said:

The point is to equate China with Ukraine, two countries whose territorial integrity is being threatened. That presents the West with a choice to either condemn Taiwanese separatism or accept Chinese weapons sales to Russia. As it's clear that they'll pick Taiwan, China might be able to spin it as giving an excuse to supply Russia.

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I don't think China is making that equation in any way. China has openly repeated that Ukraine and Taiwan issues should not be compared. Russia is a sovereign state, China is not going to exchange the right of selling weapons to Russia with the west selling weapon to Taiwan.

China does not need to spin anything for selling weapon to a sovereign state.

Minm said:

China making a peace proposal that's based on anything else than the principle of territorial integrity would be highly damaging to Chinese credibility. Sovereignty and territorial integrity has been a foundation of Chinese foreign policy for decades

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In principle it is true, but China only stated sovereignty of Ukraine without mentioning territory. Besides, so many countries' territorial boundaries have been changed since UN establishment, the very recent is Serbia. If that can not be reversed/respected, why should China give any effort for Ukraine who is in the enemy camp? The reality is that if your opponent is selective on rules, so should you, nothing to be ashamed of.

China makes a proposal but don't expect China would press Russia to give up anything. China isn't to pay her own political investment in Russia for the benefit of Ukraine who just robbed China not long ago.

Overbom said:

Wow big development if it happens
Philippines is going all in with the US

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Joint FONOPS?


Ok bro, you got this. Talk about hubris

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This is fake news I believe. They have been saying that for ages. The problem is still the same, there is not much of a Filipino navy or coast guard. These joint patrols are mainly American patrols.

This looks like the exact trap that the China Coast Guard is laying. Once these joint patrols start, then it is water cannon time! That will be hilarious!

Also, if it escalates, then China will reclaim more islands.

BlackWindMnt said:

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

roughly translated to english:

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Joke’s on him, it’ll be a Jai Hind century and his children will be begging or sweeping floors in Delhi.

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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Vinyl chloride is not so bad in water. A little HCl never hurt anyone, we have it in our stomachs. And is vinyl chloride all that bad after CDC realized its mistake and increased the exposure limit from an unnecessarily conservative 100 ppm to a much more realistic 10000 ppm?

Have a glass of fresh, cool East Palestine water, now with LGBT colors!

Russian President Vladimir Putin has formally submitted a draft law to the State Duma of Russia on the matter of suspending Russia's participation in the START-3 treaty.

Looks like Russia has given up on returning to START-3, or at least for the time being.

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres urged all parties involved to resume talks and participation in the START-3 treaty.

While European NATO members such as the UK, France, Belgium and Spain looked to be "caught off-guard" by Russia's sudden announcement of START-3 treaty suspension, China's Permanent Representative to the UN, Zhang Jun, has urged both Russia and the US to resume negotiations on START-3.

ACuriousPLAFan said:

Russian President Vladimir Putin has formally submitted a draft law to the State Duma of Russia on the matter of suspending Russia's participation in the START-3 treaty.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1628113114217517073

Looks like Russia has given up on returning to START-3, at least for the time being.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1628082446343319555

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres urged all parties involved to resume talks and participation in the START-3 treaty.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1628102205591912460

While European NATO members such as the UK, France, Belgium, Spain looked to be "caught off-guard" by Russia's sudden announcement of START-3 treaty suspension, China's Permanent Representative to the UN, Zhang Jun, has urged both Russia and the US to resume negotiations on START-3.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1628123042307051524

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One side was the aggressor first: developed advanced fuses for the sole purpose of first strikes, used inspections as covert recon missions, and unilaterally withdrew from another arms control treaty.

Stierlitz said:

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This is more or less disinformation or propaganda IMHO.

The fact is that this strategy of arming Taiwan for the Americans has reached its limits.

Taiwan cannot digest the arms already sold to it, lol. Their solution to that is to sell more!

They should sell the F-35 to Taiwan, but they won't. That should indicate what they really think.

FairAndUnbiased said:

Vinyl chloride is not so bad in water. A little HCl never hurt anyone, we have it in our stomachs. And is vinyl chloride all that bad after CDC realized its mistake and increased the exposure limit from an unnecessarily conservative 100 ppm to a much more realistic 10000 ppm?

Have a glass of fresh, cool East Palestine water, now with LGBT colors!

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BlackWindMnt said:

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

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In my family we also have a similar saying: if the US says "jump", the Dutch government will ask "how high".

China and India be like: "So we're invisible now?"

Why the fvck are you concerned about Russia conducting nuclear tests, and not concerned about the US who is expected to conduct nuclear tests first, Paris?

China's Permanent Representative to the UN Zhang Jun also slapped the US for Russia's decision on suspending START-3 participation.

But hey, at least Moscow is still playing it nice. Better not repeat 25 January 1995.

Something is brewing in the direction of Transnistria region of Moldova: