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25 sats \ 2 replies \ @Solomonsatoshi 12 Jan
While China is mentioned in relation to the potential for conflict over Taiwan nowhere does the article acknowledge that neither Iran nor Russia would be capable of the military actions they have and are engaged upon without Chinas ongoing economic support.
The author of the article dismisses the idea that WW3 has already begun. He is wrong.
Days before Russia invaded Ukraine Putin and Xi had signed a pact of mutual support.
It is only because China now buys the gas and oil that Russia once supplied to Europe and China ignores the sanctions imposed by the US against Russia that Russia still has an economy capable of supporting the ongoing invasion.
The war in Ukraine and the war on multiple fronts in the Middle East are between Chinese proxies and US proxies.
WW3 has commenced but the MSM dare not acknowledge it.
Because China has already won the trade war and the US cannot afford to openly declare war on China as so much of the US economy is dependent upon Chinese supply chains.
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14 sats \ 1 reply \ @7e6e393a56 12 Jan
The United States and some G7 countries led Ukraine into this trap and the fool Zelensky who has no political skills and geopolitical knowledge did not act wisely in the consequences of approaching NATO.
China will not do anything against Taiwan because they are methodical, prudent and have long-term planning given their peculiar political regime. There is nothing that can be done against China. Many people are not realizing what is happening in the world, especially the movements of the global south towards China
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15 sats \ 0 replies \ @Solomonsatoshi 12 Jan
Agree China are unlikely to attack Taiwan militarily- rather they are waiting until they have achieved a position where they and their proxies have demonstrated that the US/West no longer can universally impose its will via force and control of global institutions, resources and protocols.
China already dominates global markets in commodities and manufactured goods- they are working on building alternative protocols and institutions - for example their already operational CBDC and the China Development Bank.
The CDB has now comfortably surpassed the World Bank as the biggest international lender to developing countries.
China is already also demonstrating that it can provide alternative trade settlement routes for nations sanctioned from the US SWIFT hegemony.
Yes it seems the population in the West is ignorant or in denial at the rate of the global power shift and the ongoing trend. Surely though western governments must be aware but seem mostly helpless to confront Chinas rise in any credible way.
The removal of the pro Russian Syrian regime looks like one win for the west.
As for Ukraine being trapped into the current situation it seems like it was just unfortunate in being positioned where it is between Chinas latest military proxy-tributary state, Russia and the Wests NATO stronghold.
Arguably, it is Putin who foolishly fell into the role as an enabler of Chinas global strategy with Russia is now entirely dependent upon China while China gains access to cheap oil and arms length military attack on the West via Russia...at no cost to China.
Sun Tzu would approve.
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