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They declared solidarity with Russia, saying its iron clad, but abstained from the UN resolution condemning Russia. Will China try to prop up Russias sinking economy? Will they try to sanction us? What are the stakes for the Chinese?
Response to Dirty Socialist (Original post)
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JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,374 posts)From Russia, we get oil and grain.
From China, we get everything.
Tetrachloride
(7,877 posts)and carrier group is patrolling
former9thward
(32,097 posts)In fact, the U.S. does not even recognize Taiwan as a separate country.
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)They are seeing a very united world put a big squeeze in the Russians.
uponit7771
(90,367 posts)... from western countries.
This is it, this is the end of conventional wars
Buckeyeblue
(5,502 posts)cinematicdiversions
(1,969 posts)From the cutoff. Not to mention bread riots in the third world as prices continue to skyrocket.
EYESORE 9001
(26,003 posts)Id allow Russia to flounder, then buy as much of eastern Russia as possible at wholesale prices. Its gonna be occupied by Chinese people before much longer anyway.
PortTack
(32,809 posts)MineralMan
(146,338 posts)China is patient.
Chainfire
(17,663 posts)This is test of the world's Democracies' resolve.
Patience probably comes with being the oldest continuous culture on the planet.
PortTack
(32,809 posts)In Taiwan will grow and in time the Chinese will be welcomed.
misanthrope
(7,432 posts)You have to keep your eyes up, you know?
MineralMan
(146,338 posts)misanthrope
(7,432 posts)My nuclear allusion was symbolic as much as anything else. There's no clarity on where we'll be a week from now, much less in the month going forward.
The situation is fluid and volatile with some dire consequences possible.
MineralMan
(146,338 posts)Clever, but irrelevant. Easy, but not useful.
WarGamer
(12,488 posts)The Chinese could greatly damage the US economy... and vice versa.
The Russians... can have only a minimal effect on our economy.