Posted on 08/04/2021 8:32:41 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The editor of China's Communist Party tabloid has warned German and British warships against taking "willful actions" during their deployments to Asia, suggesting the maneuvers could undermine their governments' relations with Beijing.
Hu Xijin, editor-in-chief of the hawkish state-run tabloid the Global Times, described Bayern's Indo-Pacific deployment as the result of "the U.S.' political mobilization of the West." Angela Merkel's government announced the voyage in March—in a move described by observers as an attempt to address concerns that her party was too soft on China before elections next month.
"Obviously, Germany does not want to take on China over their frigate's voyage," Hu wrote in an op-ed published on the newspaper's website on Wednesday, saying European warships would "not create a conflict with China" as long as they pass through the South China Sea "normally in accordance with international law."
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did stone age Afghanistan have the “power” to defeat the US?
war is all about the will to win.
Pei-Ping.
Yes, because their wealth on healthcare for the European liberal.
Well duh. Hell they lack to power to take on France or Japan or India.
Britain, Germany, France and Italy have neither the power, the will or the inclination to fight China or anyone else. Eventually the American people will come to realize that NATO is a useless, paper alliance and will demand its disolution.
China is a nuclear power. Nobody can simply “take them on.”
Trump was headed down that road. The Euros were going to balk at his demands for them to ante up and hold to their promises to fund troops and equipment to the alliance.
It is patently absurd that we have an alliance set up to deter the Russians, while Germany is in bed with them for energy. Time to end the whole thing.
Let’s you and him fight. - Newsweek
They don’t have the power to project force because ‘the world is at peace’.
Makes sense to me...too bad it’s not true and was NEVER true.
Exqueeze me?
Power? Fight?
The UK and Germany kowtow to the ChiComs.
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