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pbmus

(13,141 posts) Sun Mar 27, 2022, 09:48 PM Mar 2022

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China drops 500 million dollar bomb on puttie... [View all]

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China drops 500 million dollar bomb on puttie... [View all] pbmus Mar 2022 OP

well that's dweller Mar 2022 #1

I see. 🙈 dchill Mar 2022 #14

Good. I_UndergroundPanther Mar 2022 #2

Yes! Enter stage left Mar 2022 #3

YEAH BABY Leghorn21 Mar 2022 #4

That is VERY good news. Seems like China has chosen what square to stand on. Scrivener7 Mar 2022 #5

I trust china quakerboy Mar 2022 #6

Indeed! nt Wounded Bear Mar 2022 #9

China plays the long game in politics keithbvadu2 Mar 2022 #10

Exactly Irish_Dem Mar 2022 #11

i trust china like i trust a fox watching a henhouse. They're self-serving & are only watching their onetexan Mar 2022 #37

I mean, who is really doing anything but that? quakerboy Mar 2022 #40

Never as it seems. James48 Mar 2022 #8

I'm not surprised. Authoritarians like Trump, Putin, and Xi have loyalty only to themselves. Martin68 Mar 2022 #7

Looks like Putie is turning into putty. calimary Mar 2022 #12

To Keep That $500 Million In Perspective DallasNE Mar 2022 #13

China cancelling the multi million dollar investment is not the big hurt agingdem Mar 2022 #18

Xi doesn't care about Biden gaskinite Mar 2022 #23

Good. 👍 ShazzieB Mar 2022 #15

The Chinese are forced to import oil and ng FakeNoose Mar 2022 #16

They have coal mines though, so seems like there'd be other fossil fuel in the ground Hekate Mar 2022 #24

Bloomberg has reported that Russian tankers have been running without tracking systems.... SergeStorms Mar 2022 #28

Is it China's plan to drive Russia into the ditch EYESORE 9001 Mar 2022 #17

Yes. They want Siberia without a fight. roamer65 Mar 2022 #25

it's a symbolic gesture on China's part. The 500 million is nothing on their scale. Eyeball_Kid Mar 2022 #26

My take as well. KentuckyWoman Mar 2022 #32

Exactly. This is more about Putin's image and ability to inspire confidence whopis01 Mar 2022 #35

Ok!ok!ok! Never would have bet on that happening. lindysalsagal Mar 2022 #19

its always a good idea to copy/paste text from tweet also as tweets can take some time to load nt yaesu Mar 2022 #20

Help me out Roy Rolling Mar 2022 #21

$500 million is nothing for China whopis01 Mar 2022 #36

K & R L. Coyote Mar 2022 #22

For real.. the world runs on money. We are all hoping Putin is just like that. BradBo Mar 2022 #27

For this thread LetMyPeopleVote Mar 2022 #29

I liked that same tweet.. Before Cha Mar 2022 #31

This is a Switch! Wasn't China just helping Vlad in some way? Cha Mar 2022 #30

Good news. Maybe that's why Pootie is withdrawing his troops to eastern Vinca Mar 2022 #33

China stands for itself and any other positions are just temporary. n/t lark Mar 2022 #34

Like trump, China is all about the money & power. oldsoftie Mar 2022 #38

Oh. That's in there pretty deep. The Unmitigated Gall Mar 2022 #39