I agree with China.
this post was submitted on 04 Jan 2026
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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.
Seems like they're stick with their existing playbook as it has been far more successful
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
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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.
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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
US citizens are pretty vocal about the failings of their nation. Good luck finding that in unimprisoned China nationals.
For now...
Go to the south sometime and ask them about their cool confederate flags.
Ironically they will just as likely go on a tirade against the guvmint, for entirely different reasons.
I didn't imply ALL of them thought the same way. My point was that Americans still have the freedom to speak up (for now)
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Are you referring to the people who voted for Trump? Vocal, yes, accurate, no.
Pretty much the opposite actually. Trump's in power, why would his supporters fear being vocal right now
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I mean, they learned from the best superpower of the last half century. At least they haven't gotten to exporting liberation by force stage of the playbook quite yet.
Like, I think what the US has done is illegal, but it's pretty rich coming from the country of hostage diplomacy.
Not to mention all of the other human rights abuses
China isn't wrong.
Hey, what about those Epstein files?
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.
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"No sovereign nation is safe"
Indeed! but you're in the jungle now, baby
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.
Russia already condemned the US' actions in this.
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