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I recommend that the U.S. House of Representatives pass a bill. The bill's name is “Beijing needs to make its intentions clear”
“China must be made more dependent on the West. Like, maybe we sell them opium again?”
More seriously, this is a completely infantile take. China was fine engaging with the West and promoting mutual dependence until the US started weaponizing Chinese dependence. It’s only gotten worse since then. Why should China allow the West any kind of dependency when it’s proven to be a bad faith actor?
The US started the West on the path of disengagement. Intentional ignorance fools no one.
Intention couldn't be clearer:
Withdraw all 301 tariff, admit defeat in the trade war and you can have you call with Xi.
"I believe we can, and we must, carve out our own distinct European approach that also leaves space for us to cooperate with other partners, too," Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission — the executive arm of the EU — said during a speech Tuesday. She argued that the relationship with China "is too important for us not to define our own European strategy and principles."
Honestly, it'd probably be more worthwhile to prioritize Europe over Russia. You can't eat your cake and have it, and China would definitely stand to gain more with Europe, especially if they're pitting the EU states against each other like they are now.
Russia never said it is going to start offensive at particular time. infact what i have read recently Russia has not attacked Ukaine yet thats why it is called SMO not a war. it is Ukraine that attacked Donbass while Russia is helping to repel it.
It's the first time that we will have a great power competitor that is not Caucasian.
The Japanese mood may be uncertain whether they should be surprised or disappointed:
"First time？"
"Am I considered Caucasian
?""Or not enough to be as a power competitor?
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I'm not comparing Singapore and Germany if that was what you thought I was doing.
I'm trying to say that when China increases her soft power, it makes it easier on diaspora world wide, regardless of whether you are in Singapore or Germany.
I just wanted to show a few examples of soft power used well
It is actually really hard to talk in forums. I feel like everyone tries to think the worst of your intentions and gets over aggressive and starts making irrelevant points to "counter" what they thought were your intentions.
If you want or it makes you feel happier, I can easily show that Singapore is not that great either. American soft power is still vastly stronger here than Chinese soft power ( as it is almost everywhere). In many of my previous points, I made the point that Singapore was heavily under American influence. I felt that some people didn't like it and thought I was trolling because it was very negative. This time I was trying to do the opposite and show some positivity.
I understand perfectly. I have been overseas for an extended period before and it vastly shaped my experiences. Please don't think that I am looking down on your experiences or anything