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Irish_Dem

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13. China has "allies." The ones they bought in Africa and South America.

Reply to Martin68 (Reply #11)

Thu Nov 17, 2022, 10:04 PM

Nov 2022

Dumped huge amounts of money in some countries.
Chinese military stationed there.

Right and of course Xi has Putin as his best friend, who has turned out to be a royal pain in the arse.
So China knows now it is the only perfect country in the world.

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Don't know how much "stuff" Canada gets from China, but pull out oldsoftie Nov 2022 #3

Amen! homegirl Nov 2022 #26

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Canadian boys were from the country and used to winter and guns. My grandfather applegrove Nov 2022 #7

Xi considers Canada a minor player on the world stage. In other words, Canada is neither a military Martin68 Nov 2022 #8

Russia and China think everyone else is inferior. Irish_Dem Nov 2022 #10

Very true. That will prove their undoing. Every country needs allies. Pride goeth before a fall. Martin68 Nov 2022 #11

China has "allies." The ones they bought in Africa and South America. Irish_Dem Nov 2022 #13

Those allies were hardly bought. They're building ports for the express purpose of.... argyl Nov 2022 #24

Yes taking the valuable resources from poorer countries. Irish_Dem Nov 2022 #25

Xi and Putin are in charge of the world now, and will give everyone their marching orders. Irish_Dem Nov 2022 #9

Oh, they think they are in position to do that. They are in for a rude surprise. The West rallied Martin68 Nov 2022 #12

Exactly. You would think Xi would tone it down now. Irish_Dem Nov 2022 #14

Xi s in the same bubble Putin and Trump are in - one they created because of their own insecurities Martin68 Nov 2022 #15

They are ruthless psychopaths who will stop at nothing to gain power and wealth. Irish_Dem Nov 2022 #16

But they have deep weaknesses buried in their psyches. Paranoia, need for approval, love of praise, Martin68 Nov 2022 #18

We may not have to worry about Musk much longer. Irish_Dem Nov 2022 #19

Luckily Chump is no longer a player on the world stage FakeNoose Nov 2022 #17

Do you think we can win an Asian war? former9thward Nov 2022 #20

An "Asian War" will involve much more sophisticated defensive weapons than Ukraine had at the Martin68 Nov 2022 #22

As a Canadian and a social democrat Andy Canuck Nov 2022 #21

I've been reading Joanna Chiu's book called "China Unbound" that discusses this and other issues XorXor Nov 2022 #23

I think that Canada should EndlessWire Nov 2022 #27

Not surprising. Disaffected Nov 2022 #28