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siegecrossbow said:

That, I think, demonstrates why the current panic that China is out to replace the U.S. is bogus. It in fact is not trying to convince other countries to follow its own form of government. What it does advocate is that each and every country must follow the form of governance best suited for itself and alternatives shouldn’t be force on people.

It is like Chinese versus Western view of dedollarization. Westerners think Yuan will replace the dollar whereas the Chinese think other currencies will replace the dollar.

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People have been arguing for a long time that should China and US's place be swapped China as the Hegemon would be much the same way, if not worse.

Recently I thought of a good counter-example to this that's not based on ancient history: after the fall of the Soviet Union it never occurred to China to take on the mantle of the Socialist 老大哥 role that became vacant. Instead China's position remained that no one country or party should have monopoly to interpret what's socialism and what's not. So when DPRK accused China of engaging in capitalist revisionism after the start of the economic reform China's response was basically "well that's like, your opinion man" and not Theory of Limited Sovereignty.

Keep calm and carry on. No need to pick up the phone. Just gonna go put up a hammock in Hainan, lay back, and drink some coconut milk. Business can wait till next year.

siegecrossbow said:

That, I think, demonstrates why the current panic that China is out to replace the U.S. is bogus. It in fact is not trying to convince other countries to follow its own form of government. What it does advocate is that each and every country must follow the form of governance best suited for itself and alternatives shouldn’t be force on people.

It is like Chinese versus Western view of dedollarization. Westerners think Yuan will replace the dollar whereas the Chinese think other currencies will replace the dollar.

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Yup. That is why this new Cold War is so dumb. The Western bloc are on an ideological crusade against a non-existent enemy bloc. They have turned neutral countries and old friends into adversaries. The called the rest of the world a 'jungle'. Their actions made the rest of the world the 'enemy bloc'. This new Cold War have opened many eyes. That the Western ideological crusade was never about truly about freedom and democracy. It's actually about Western control and dominance.

Everything the West is doing now is becoming more counterproductive. The more they attack China and Russia, more they expose their true imperialist and racist mindset. This is not a sustainable Cold War for the West.

Not sure South Korea is the best example to give NYT…

Spanish Prime Minister Sanchez arrived in China today to meet with Xi Jinping. Sanchez defended Zelensky's peace plan to Xi and called on China for dialogue to stop "an illegal war."

The Pais newspaper writes that Sanchez will try to "drag" the Chinese leader towards a position on Ukraine that is closer to the European one. What is European position!? According to the European position and Zelensky's peace plan - the war must end with unconditional surrender of Russia. And do these European really think Xi will betray Putin? Are they that nut? Still believing in European superiority. We will see.

Pedro Sanchez spoke very harshly about Russia to Chinese President Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin's most important ally, and defended Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky's 10-point peace plan. At the same time, as soon as the meeting with the Chinese leader began, and still with the cameras in front of him, the Spanish prime minister asked Xi for a "dialogue" to end Putin's illegal war.

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baykalov said:

Spanish Prime Minister Sanchez arrived in China today to meet with Xi Jinping. Sanchez defended Zelensky's peace plan to Xi and called on China for dialogue to stop "an illegal war."

The Pais newspaper writes that Sanchez will try to "drag" the Chinese leader towards a position on Ukraine that is closer to the European one. What is European position!? According to the European position and Zelensky's peace plan - the war must end with unconditional surrender of Russia. And do these European really think Xi will betray Putin? Are they that nut? Still believing in European superiority. We will see.

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White fragility at work yo...

But for real will Xi have to hear like 4 versions of the same story from each EUnuchs state leader visiting?

BlackWindMnt said:

White fragility at work yo...

But for real will Xi have to hear like 4 versions of the same story from each EUnuchs state leader visiting?

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They'll never do it but if someone irresponsible like me were in charge in China, I'd tell a different story to each of the EU representatives and once they meet up to talk about things amongst themselves, they'll start second guessing each other, further contributing to existing fractures.

Yeah no, Zelensky's conditions are unacceptable. Now is that all he came to speak about? Seems like a waste of a trip for the Spanish PM

Edit: Seems like they discussed other matters

Hot take: Twitter should enter China market. Without content region locks

Temstar said:

I think Paraguay and Honduras demanding more money is entirely within reason. All these years these countries that recognizes ROC see their neighbors get BRI investment and new infrastructure while they got a pittance in comparison. Then last year with Lithuania ROC gave them a billion dollars and Lithuania didn't even recognizance ROC, just let them have a "Taiwanese Affairs Office". If you were one of those 13 you too would be upset at that unequal treatment and demand a billion.

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High inflation on even bribe money, what has the world come to?