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When the ‘law of the jungle’ replaces international norms ’no sovereign nation is safe’: Xinhua commentary.
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Trump has only set a precedent for China. If the rest of the west doesn’t do shit about this, which they won’t, China will just follow Trumps playbook. Don’t be surprised when Xi will order the kidnapping of the Taiwanese president.
China will just follow Trumps playbook.
Why would they do that? His playbook is dumb and routinely backfires?
The fact that they went with “Trump broke international law” instead of “America’s unilateral actions validate our unilateral actions” gives me some hope (for lack of a better word) that they’re going for a diplomatic / economic victory by trying to take the vacated US place as “leader of the free world” instead of going full Trump/Putin on a world that’s already got enough shit to deal with.
The end point is still the same, of course, and I’m pretty sure it’s not a very good one from an European citizen’s point of view, but at least this would take longer and be less violent overall, and might help defuse Putin and Trump.
the US is making it more easy than ever for China to set itself up as the new world reserve currency/police/center of stability.
china works towards china’s self interests, they’re predictable but ultimately easy for the west to respond to if they stop ratfucking for a split-second.
you can’t say remotely the same for the US, the US is an abusive partner that smacks you around for 4 years then gaslights you things are different (while still smacking you around) for 4 years, repeat
It is okay to accept that the US is bad. You don’t have to cope by saying “ohhh yeah but wait until China!”
1234th time the US has forcibly instituted a regime change in another country: “Oh great! Imagine what the bad countries will do now that this is allowed.”
Lmao what an insane whataboutism, akin to “the crazy screaming guy that stomps over the neighborhood just took another person hostage. So watch out for the quiet neighbor that has done nothing wrong for my entire life time, they’ll probably start taking hostages any minute too.”
Are you saying the CCP has done nothing that violates international laws or threaten other countries sovereignty?
There’s no “whataboutism”, is that the joke? Ha! it’s funny because the word is wildly inappropriate! Ha ha!
Something like that will happen. The US is trying to ruin China’s oil imports - from Venezuela and Iran. China will need to show they are serious.
USA acknowledge and support One China Policy when it became convenient for corporations, under Carter. Now it's inconvenient for the same businessmen and regular people continue to dance on the strings of the uberwealthy puppetmasters and the rich who leave nations because of personal wealth either being affected or potentially affected. Same with Batista Cubans, Venezuelan and Chinese expats.
And there is also a reason so many Vietnam vets now reside in Vietnam, full time.
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And when China of all places has the balls to tell you this, you know you done messed up.
This is international diplomacy 101 for China.
They’re very vocal about the perceived infractions of others, while refusing to acknowledge their own.
Its more about shaping the perceptions of their own citizens than whatever foreigners might think.
In this case, theyre dead right ofc.
They’re very vocal about the perceived infractions of others, while refusing to acknowledge their own.
Its more about shaping the perceptions of their own citizens than whatever foreigners might think.
Unlike the US. /s
I had this comment in my bingo card for this thread
China isn’t wrong.
Hey, what about those Epstein files?
China isn’t wrong
(almost) always true some-controversy
The US has been scheming on taking Venezuela for at least two decades. But you are very smart for pointing out this action was a distraction from the pedo files.
What have you done with all the details released from the Epstein files?
Nothing
What are you going to do when your pedophile, rapist is listed even more in Epstein files.
Also nothing
But keep that dumbass “I did something” spirits up by flooding unrelated discussions tho.
Anarchist chatting shit about doing nothing
The fuck…?
You’re responding to an idiot that thinks we invaded Venezuela as a distraction.
I’m not allowed to make up quotes, I’ve been a very very naughty
-you
I accept your apology.
Like, I think what the US has done is illegal, but it’s pretty rich coming from the country of hostage diplomacy.
“No sovereign nation is safe”
Indeed! but you’re in the jungle now, baby
Common China W.
China is based!!!
Look up Foxconn slave labor
foxconn is taiwanese
China is basic
Is it time to build an allie to stop Orange Hitler? Nah, let’s wait until he takes Greenland and Panama next.
Can’t ally with China, they’re ontologically evil
The US allied with the USSR to fight the Nazis. This wouldn’t be much different in my view
Ah, the pot calling the kettle black again.
China, whatever it is, doesn’t wage direct wars abroad and kidnap random presidents. Well, for now, at least. But seeing there is no accountability, they will certainly consider it much more seriously.
They’re openly threatening to invade another country and they’re in a hybrid war with almost all their neighbours. Plus, they’ve been enabling the Russian war in Ukraine from day one. They’re not in a position to be starting wars just yet but it’s certainly not for lack of trying. And you can ask the Uighurs the Tibetans, the Mongols and a lot of others what they think about this.
point? this is about the US. an active terrorist state. other states can be bad too. in fact they all are. but your comment serves to distract from and therefore protect the US. why?
Random Lemmy comments, the first line of defence for the US lol
Hey now. No reason to start behaving like tankies/ML. If it’s valid for the West to criticize them for their faults. (It is) Then, turn about is just as valid. Even if the criticism comes from a place of hypocrisy like this.
If anything, this should just be a reminder that no state is your ally or a responsible actor. And that the more power and concentration they have, like the United States, Russia, or China. The more brazenly they will abuse the people they’re supposed to represent and everyone around them.
US once again breaks international law and invades another nation.
You - “hey guys, let’s not get all tankie and start saying the US is bad without falsely equating China!”
I was in no way trying to imply that the pot and the kettle aren’t both black. That’s the whole point of the expression.
I wait until Putin says something I have to agree with. What a world we live in, where the US is suddenly the revisionist state, not complying with world order
Perhaps we're not used to it blatantly being displayed. This is who the US is, was, and unless addressed successfully, always will be.
When has the US ever cared about “complying with world order”? They’ve set the order for decades and clearly continue to today, as evidenced by the fact that they’ll get away with this with no greater consequence that mild condemnation.
The United States is the world order. This is the rules-based order in action - the only rule is “obey the US”.
Russia already condemned the US’ actions in this.
BrikoX becoming Chinapilled in real time
Hardly. I’m just not blind to other countries crimes.
We are all in the same side opposing American military imperialism, comrade!
as usual. all bark, no bite
China - the do nothing country
doing nothing is fine but stop pretending to be a champion of the global south if that’s what they want
The fat mango murderer also took your oil when they seized a tanker. So China, whatcha going to do about it? Seize Taiwan?
faizalr@piefed.social 1 day ago
I agree with China.