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Stierlitz said:

What makes his statement problematic is the fact that Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are not the only post-Soviet states.

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Overbom said:

I would actually be ok with the ambassador's comments if he specifically mentioned that they only applied to the anti-China Eastern Europe countries. Lithuania is top on that list. Putin is more than welcome to take that country

From my point of view, if you don't support China's Taiwan position, you don't deserve to be given the "sovereign" status and all of its corresponding benefits (mainly that, in a future Chinese world order, China won't let you get invaded by others)

As for hypocrisy about China deciding who is sovereign, the strong rule in the jungle lol.

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zhangjim said:

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There are also some brief and interesting explanations here.
The meaning is very simple. The division of administrative regions during the Soviet period was an internal matter, therefore it cannot be used as a basis for boundary division after national independence.
To end the dispute between Russia and Ukraine, we must start from reality. The viewpoint that emphasizes Ukraine's sovereignty over Crimea is not helpful for peace.
This stance completely follows Western rules: since the West can demand that Serbs "accept the status quo," the sovereignty of the Crimean issue is also a debatable issue.
The sudden collapse of the Soviet Union resulted in many countries' border issues not being well resolved(This must be attributed to the hasty adjustment of administrative regions during the Soviet era), which was the root cause of military conflicts in many regions.

The most important thing is that the West has already intervened too much in the Taiwan issue, and we need to take the initiative. (Opinions in the comment section)

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MortyandRick said:

True. But put yourself in the position of a central Asian country.
You're squeezed between China and Russia. You will not survive if you align completely with US. I think this comment makes it more urgent for them to be nice to china and Russia. Especially china since China is the only friend that can save you from Russian. I see it as a subtle message.

We will respect you and protect you from Russia if you respect us and our sovereignty. If you refused to respect our sovereignty then we don't have legal precedence to respect yours

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Eventine said:

Fact is, in the eight years since 2014, Ukraine became much more hardened as a political and military opponent due to NATO training, equipment support, internal purges within the Ukraine political establishment to create an unified cause against Russia, and continued media and intellectual consensus building to secure the population's hostility towards Russia. So that, by the time 2022 rolled around, Russia faced an entrenched, fortified, and battle-hardened Ukraine that was firmly in the Western camp and which could count on the general loyalty of its military officers and main population groups.

I am of the strong belief, in this sense, that Russia's 2022 invasion was an act of desperation and not from a position of strength. They were well aware that the Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine were getting their teeth kicked in by a new, more powerful Ukraine and that further NATO support in the form of a de facto alliance was just on the horizon. Putin knew that status quo meant the defeat of the Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine and the continued build up of a modernized, combined arms force by US military trainers, which could soon threaten to take back Crimea and possibly push even further into Russia's back yard.

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The Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which is led by Gallagher, coordinated a tabletop exercise on Wednesday with the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), which simulated a Chinese attack on Taiwan. The results showed that the U.S. will no longer be able to supply Taiwan once the war breaks

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getready said:

Kazakh however is still firmly in SCO and sino Russia side. there is no worries of them at this moment to switch sides

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After more than 160 people died in the most violent unrest since Kazakhstan’s independence more than 30 years ago, its president on Monday described protests as an “attempted coup d’etat” as Russia claimed victory in defending its Central Asian neighbour.

Speaking to an online meeting of the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said order had been restored in the vast, Central Asian nation.

Scores of citizens and more than a dozen security forces personnel were killed last week as dissent that began over fuel prices swelled, while nearly 8,000 people were arrested.

“Under the guise of spontaneous protests, a wave of unrest broke out … It became clear that the main goal was to undermine the constitutional order and to seize power. We are talking about an attempted coup d’etat,” Tokayev told the CSTO, which sent troops to Kazakhstan as the crisis unfolded, at his request.

The Kazakh president, who has blamed the unrest on foreign-trained “bandits and terrorists”, said that a large-scale “counterterrorism” operation would soon end, along with the CSTO’s deployment, which he claimed numbered 2,030 troops and 250 pieces of military hardware.

He also defended his decision to invite Russian-led troops into the country and said that doubts over the legitimacy of that mission stemmed from a lack of information.

Speaking alongside Tokayev, Russian President Vladimir Putin said the military alliance of ex-Soviet states had prevented “terrorists, criminals, looters and other criminal elements” from undermining the basis of power in Kazakhstan and said its troops would be withdrawn once its mission was complete.

“Of course, we understand the events in Kazakhstan are not the first and far from the last attempt to interfere in the internal affairs of our states from the outside,” he said. “The measures taken by the CSTO have clearly shown we will not allow the situation to be rocked at home.”

He said the CSTO would not allow “colour revolutions” to take place, a reference to several popular revolutions in ex-Soviet countries over the last two decades, including Ukraine and Georgia.

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ACuriousPLAFan said:

The most recently available information indicated that there are likely around 2500 Chinese nationals currently in Sudan, most of which are located within and around Khartoum. Assuming a 80% male and 20% female composition, the total weight of these Chinese nationals would be around 170000 kilograms, or ~170 tons.

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China attaches great importance to the safety of Chinese nationals and institutions in Sudan and will continue to do its best to protect the lives of more than 1,500 Chinese compatriots in Sudan, said Wu Xi, director-general of the Department of Consular Affairs of the Foreign Ministry, who on Sunday reaffirmed the important directive to safeguard the rights and interests of Chinese nationals as conflicts continue to escalate in capital Khartoum.

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BoraTas said:

As a tankie, I must say the ambassador in France must be replaced. He routinely says weird things that also don't conform with China's official policies. China borders 3 post-Soviet states and does recognize borders as they are now. Discussing their borders like this is a bad move.

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