Except for this one.
China will wait and see what happen first. This event is far from over.
its people are totally in support of putin
“If President Vladimir V. Putin is looking for international support and approval for his invasion of Ukraine, he can turn to the Chinese internet.
Its users have called him “Putin the Great,” “the best legacy of the former Soviet Union” and “the greatest strategist of this century.” They have chastised Russians who protested against the war, saying they had been brainwashed by the United States.
Mr. Putin’s speech on Thursday, which essentially portrayed the conflict as one waged against the West, won loud cheers on Chinese social media. Many people said they were moved to tears. “If I were Russian, Putin would be my faith, my light,” wrote @jinyujiyiliangxiaokou, a user of the Twitter-like platform Weibo.
As the world overwhelmingly condemns Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Chinese internet, for the most part, is pro-Russia, pro-war and pro-Putin.”
summarization: Chinese people do exactly what Chinese people are expected to do
Personal observations as someone who knows Chinese: Pro-Russian comments generally drop into three categories - criticism of Westerners causing this war (aka the side effects of decades of brainwashing), whataboutism (to be expected, especially if you’ve seen Chinese trolls anywhere), and Chinese people lapping up one-sided Russian propaganda (can’t really blame them since outlets never mention anything on the Ukrainian side)
I really depends on how the world reacts to the Russian invasion and less on whether Putin “wins”
If and when the CCP invades Taiwan, it won’t get the blowback form the U.S. that Russia is getting because the CCP has already infiltrated much of the U.S. government and big media companies; either thru bribes, campaign contributions, or direct commercial interests.
Baloney. The reason for the Ukraine war is to deter us from the fact that China is going after Tiwain.
I am of the contrarian opinion that China will not invade Taiwan. They will continue to infiltrate democratic institutions and eventually take over with all the valuable infrastructure and industry intact.
It’s normal for Russia to take more casualties than they have to. They have what it takes to win on the battlefield but the shocker is the level of civil issues with Russians protesting the war. I’m sure that was a shock to Putin. (Nobody likes to bring a dictator bad news so Putin probably wasn’t informed people felt this way.) Russia is a country where protesters get arrested and I’m sure a few bruises are normal with a typical arrest. So the protesters, which can only be the tip of the iceberg of unrest caused by the war are a huge drag on Putin. This may push Putin to seek a diplomatic solution which was easily in reach all along. The reason it wasn’t reached was Washington kept egging on the situation, probably thinking with normality bias that Russia wouldn’t attack. (Anyone who would think that obviously is examining their prostate with their nose.) I really like this “Task and Purpose” video about the situation on the ground. It’s far better than any reporting from the front lines I’ve ever seen. (Not my video.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKFSK_9e-g4
For sure they won’t do it this week!
China plays long game and they are not desperate to snatch Taiwan.
Russia was failing and is now in a stall. We all know what can happen right after a stall.
China will wait and see, maybe they can pick up a nice chunk of Russian territory, cheap!
You might want to hold off that debacle stuff until this plays out. We have no more idea what’s going on in Ukraine than we knew what was going on in Wuhan in January ‘20. We all bought the Chinese propaganda show which prepared the ground for the scamdemic. You are being fed propaganda from all sides. Why on earth would you believe any of this? In order for me to believe, I must first believe the Soviet Army is a paper tiger. I know better despite what the talking heads tell me.
The status quo is better for China than invading and taking Taiwan.
If China invaded Taiwan, we would block Chinese commerce between its Pacific Coast and the Indian Ocean and elsewhere. This would be disastrous for the Chinese economy.
On the other hand, if we started a conflict by blocking Chinese international commerce, China would take Taiwan, leaving the US without semiconductors, which would be disastrous.
So the current standoff works for China.
We were hit in 2001. Anyone remember NATO or the UN or the EU excited about it?? And ready to help??
“China is probably rethinking their plans to invade Taiwan this year.”
I was just telling a friend this. China is rethinking if they will invade Taiwan. If Russia were successful, they would have invaded Taiwan already.
We will have to wait and see. I do think if a major war starts in Europe, China will go ahead and makes its move.
- It is beyond fishy to me that Ukraine was the locus of so many Democrat/cabal shenanigans. And now here we suddenly are.
- It is beyond fishy to me that this appears to have just cropped up in the last couple months.
- It is beyond fishy to me that the cabal appears to have forced Putin’s hand, and now is pearl clutching.
- It appears that pretty much everyone that just waged biowarfare on the world’s population has taken a side, and it is Ukraine’s.
I have no idea what all this means. But it should not be interpreted as I’m a Putin fan.
I don’t even know what we’re doing right now, couldn’t even intelligently guess what the Assho’s going to do.
You’re delusional. Once Brandon starts threatening to go all Corn-Pop on Xi with sanctions, he’ll cower just like Putin. / s
Taiwan: Buy anti tank missiles. Can never have enough. Cheaper than buying ships, subs and fighter planes.
Why do you think that China would rethink invading Taiwan? We need to know what you are thinking.
Only if their plans were NOT to invade.
China is hoping both its rivals will clobber themselves for a long time. China will enter the war at the end, resolve it, and become the greatest power.
I suspect Xi’s massive military is much better prepared to take Taiwan than Putin’s was to take Ukraine.
Taiwan and Ukraine are quite different
Taiwan’s status hasn’t really changed for China. Yes, China still wants it “back” - but Taiwanese haven’t declared independence, they haven’t moved to any military alliances with the West, as Ukraine has. In China’s eyes, there is no threat at the moment.
So they will continue with present slow moving plan to tie Taiwan’s people and economy to theirs.
Putin/Ukraine has helped them - so far. In that Russia is now making overt moves to push back against a US unipolar world.