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orwell

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14. According to other reports...

Reply to pbmus (Original post)

Tue Mar 8, 2022, 06:46 PM

Mar 2022

...China is catapulting the propaganda supporting Putrid at home...

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216458361

So let's put the breaks on any quick read of a very complex situation.

I would guess that the Chinese are attempting to play both sides of the fence here. Their long term goal is still to be a primary economic power, decoupled from the dollar hegemon, the real source of US global power.

Right now they need Putler...until they don't...

Since the fall of the USSR we live in a unipolar world with the US at the top. That's actually bad for everyone, including the US. That is one of the main reasons we find ourselves in this mess.

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Xi got used by Putin... [View all] pbmus Mar 2022 OP

A silver lining. CentralMass Mar 2022 #1

Xi and Putin are using each other. Irish_Dem Mar 2022 #2

Fuck them both. onecaliberal Mar 2022 #3

Yes, but I'm interested in Cha Mar 2022 #8

Agreed..."When a wedge was necessary to be placed between EU and USA"...FU Xi, and Putin 2 Escurumbele Mar 2022 #12

Xi got what he wanted out of the deal FakeNoose Mar 2022 #4

THIS !!!! ☝🏾☝🏾☝🏾 Xi doesn't give a shit what happens to UKR or RU he cares he's going to get the uponit7771 Mar 2022 #6

I think too the US and the rest of the democratic West might have balked at going after China ToxMarz Mar 2022 #16

I would bet money that the result of the delay was intentional. JanMichael Mar 2022 #9

OK that's a good point, my friend FakeNoose Mar 2022 #10

I doubt he did it to help Ukraine. They play the long game. Destabilize Russia then take Siberia. JanMichael Mar 2022 #11

Somehow I doubt Xi is well versed on soil conditions in Ukraine during late Feb and their impact on keopeli Mar 2022 #15

History? JanMichael Mar 2022 #18

Also a weaker Russia military is in his interest, they share a long border grantcart Mar 2022 #17

That must be it. The Taiwan thing. calimary Mar 2022 #19

Pretty big miscalculation by Xi. Caliman73 Mar 2022 #5

So What's China's Retaliation Cha Mar 2022 #7

Xi didn't get used by Putin, he actively supported Putin paulkienitz Mar 2022 #13

That's right. China knows what it's doing. ancianita Mar 2022 #21

According to other reports... orwell Mar 2022 #14

Russia is small potatoes compared to China. hunter Mar 2022 #22

Couldn't agree more... orwell Mar 2022 #24

I have posted this elsewhere a couple times but to underscore your point BumRushDaShow Mar 2022 #27

+1 K&R onetexan Mar 2022 #28

That is PR bs from China. China doesn't give a rat's ass about anything that benefits the West. ancianita Mar 2022 #20

Thanks for the book reference..n/m orwell Mar 2022 #25

Directly from the Tweet: "China needs exonomic growth" StClone Mar 2022 #23

Guessing exonomic means "outward" economic growth. erronis Mar 2022 #26