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Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA
And I'm not digging back through this thread to see how much this has been addressed, I'll just mention the question my child msgd me a little while ago.
"If you're China, do you take advantage of this situation? And how much?"
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LOL at how that first part is framed as a "yes/no" question when we all know that "no" wasn't even an option.
China calls for talks on Ukraine, OKs Russian wheat imports
"Yeah, yeah, we want peace - though we're definitely not condemning this. Oh, here's a lifeline to prop up your economy and get food on the cheap for us"
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Originally Posted by Solecismic
So, how long until the Baltic states are threatened? Finland/Sweden - their gamble of neutrality above all else? I think that has more to do with the world's ability to start thinking about an alternative to letting China own everyone than anything else. And how do we react when China takes Taiwan?
I don't think anyone can parse all this right now. I really thought Putin would stay in the east of Ukraine and the troop buildup was there only to keep Kyiv from defending the east. This is moving faster than I thought possible.
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Not a foreign policy expert by any stretch and this was my read, too. I thought this was just going to be Putin taking those couple of regions and calling it a day like he did with Crimea or South Ossetia. China's ever content to play the long game but I'm sure they're good with normalizing this so they can see exactly how the west would react to their inevitable takeover of Taiwan. Selfishly, I really wanted to visit Taiwan before that happened and I'm wondering if I'll get that chance. Like you said, this is moving much faster than I expected.
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