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4Runner said:

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Interesting ......

Trumps wants win, bigly.
Putin has won his war but Russia is struggling.
Xi is silent.

Europe is dumbfounded.
Ukraine is lost, literally and figuratively.
The rest are just 吃瓜群众。

I like Xi's hand in this round of poker ......

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vincent said:

Not as strong as “好自为之” aka “Fuck Around and Find Out”.

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Overbom said:

Superiority of Chinese wisdom. Wars are extremely damaging to a state. Even if you manage to become the victor, it would take an extremely long time to get any financial ROI

Much better to step aside and watch everyone else fight instead

Now everyone wants a deal. And who isn't in any hurry? Xi
Ukraine war could last for another 100 years and he could care less, cheap Russian supplies, cheap Ukrainian supplies. Selling to both Ukraine and Russia. Russia firmly in China's camp.

Maybe the real question is, do we really need peace lol

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TAIPEI, Feb 16 (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department has removed a statement on its website that it does not support Taiwan independence, among changes that the island's government praised on Sunday as supporting Taiwan.
The fact sheet opens new tab on Taiwan retains Washington's opposition to unilateral change from either Taiwan or from China, which claims the democratically governed island as its own.
But as well as dropping the phrase "we do not support Taiwan independence", the page has added a reference to Taiwan's cooperation with a Pentagon technology and semiconductor development project and says the U.S. will support Taiwan's membership in international organisations "where applicable".

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The United States, like most countries, has no formal diplomatic ties with Taiwan but is its strongest international backer, bound by law to provide the island with the means to defend itself.
"We oppose any unilateral changes to the status quo from either side," the State Department website reads in the update posted on Thursday. "We expect cross-Strait differences to be resolved by peaceful means, free from coercion, in a manner acceptable to the people on both sides of the (Taiwan) Strait."

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Taiwan Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung "welcomed the support and positive stance on U.S.-Taiwan relations demonstrated in the relevant content" of the website, his ministry said in a statement on Sunday.
The State Department and China's foreign ministry did not immediately respond to requests for comment outside office hours.

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AndrewJ said:

Oh, the Comment Section...

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1890894134337994889

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China courts frazzled Europe as Western alliance wavers​

At Munich Summit, top envoy Wang Yi goes on charm offensive as US leaders berate Europe

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The world shook this weekend as deep cracks appeared in the transatlantic alliance during a glitzy security summit in Munich. One guest was ready to capitalise: China.

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In the margins, Beijing was making hay.

In a diplomatic blitz, Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Germany Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his conservative opponent Friedrich Merz, Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte, and counterparts from the EU, Germany, Spain, and France. On each occasion, according to foreign ministry readouts, he pitched China as a partner to Europe and a friend of the existing order.

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Wang made a more blatant pitch to Europe during a keynote speech on Friday, where - right after Vance - he said talk of “China attempting to change the [global] order” has gone quiet in light of Trump’s return.

“Now we don’t see much talk of that because now there is a country that is withdrawing from international treaties and organisations and I think in Europe, you can feel chills almost every day,” the veteran diplomat said.

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While Wang’s language was not new, it resonated in stark contrast with Vance’s. The clear conclusion for many observers was that China sees an opening to improve ties with Europe and, potentially, drive a new wedge in the already fraught transatlantic alliance.

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The early signs are that after a stormy few years in the EU-China relationship, some leaders in a Trump-battered Europe might be receptive to Beijing’s advances.

“This is a massive victory for China. It is just amazing what Trump has delivered to them, in less than a month,” said one European diplomat, who was not authorised to speak publicly.

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After a bruising first month of Trump’s tenure, the hawkish European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s tone on China has softened significantly. In two notable speeches, she said there was space to deepen trade ties and even “find agreements” with Beijing, in “an era of hyper-competitive and hyper-transactional geopolitics”.

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A month after he warned German companies that investing in China “is a decision involving great risk”, Merz - who is favoured to be the next German chancellor - changed his tune in Munich.


“Germany firmly supports free trade and supports deepening cooperation between Germany and China and Europe and China,” Merz told Wang, according to Beijing’s version of events.

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