They are. Very different, and Russia's lack of sophistication is pretty damn dangerous, as we're seeing.
When it comes to products, we are a drug addict and China supplies us with our fix. And we do not want to clean up our habit.
Yeah. Conventional wisdom is that China is watching this like a hawk with an eye toward Taiwan.
www.dw.com
What??
China has plenty of combat age men if needed
I think thats more or less what I used fewer words to say
Concerted Western action has set a tough precedent for any potential future crisis in the Taiwan Strait
... "I want to emphasize that the situation in Ukraine is fundamentally different from the one in the Taiwan Strait," said Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen in a statement on February 25."The Taiwan Strait provides a natural barrier, and Taiwan has its own unique geostrategic importance. Our military is committed to defending our homeland and continues to improve its ability to do so, and our global partners are contributing to the security of our region, giving us strong confidence in Taiwan's security," Tsai added.Some experts say that while China dismissed the comparison between Ukraine and Taiwan, the communist government in Beijing is still analyzing the international community's reaction to Russia's invasion of Ukraine."Beijing will certainly draw lessons that it can use in its strategy toward Taiwan," Bonnie Glaser, director of the Asia Program at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, told DW."China will observe the cohesiveness of NATO and other US alliances, and their willingness to incur costs in imposing sanctions on Russia. They will closely follow Russia's hybrid warfare playbook, and how it combines disinformation with cyberattacks to influence the situation on the ground and shape attitudes toward the conflict," she added.Security analysts are also of the view that China is aware of logistical differences between Moscow's invasion of Ukraine and its possible attack on Taiwan. While the Russian military can cross over into Ukraine, China can't do the same in a potential conflict with Taiwan, according to Chen Fang-Yu, a political science professor at Soochow University in Taiwan."China is going to assess where are the opportunities, and what they can take from the Ukraine crisis," Chen told DW.Lev Nachman, a postdoctoral research fellow at Harvard University's Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, says that China is trying to balance its act vis-a-vis the Ukraine conflict."China wants to give themselves some diplomatic room so that people don't necessarily expect China to behave in the same aggressive way as Russia has, at least in the short term," he told DW."If it is China's moment to retake Taiwan, they wouldn't act the same way as Russia," he added.Can Russia's Ukraine invasion prompt China to attack Taiwan? | DW | 28.02.2022
Experts believe that Russia's unilateral invasion of Ukraine could embolden China to attack Taiwan, which Beijing lays claims on. How will the West react to a potential Taiwan invasion?
Alas no. This is the new Axis. The future bodes ill.(The last meeting, Chairman Xi's Winter Olympic Games in Beijing, were conspicuously befouled by the "ROC"'s cheating in women's figure skating - an embarrassing distraction from China's self-promotion.)
With the concerted, impactful actions by democratic nations punishing the Rooskie savage for his depravity in Ukraine, the KGB thug is increasingly dependent upon the Middle Kingdom, yet Xi's global designs require that he not blatantly show contempt for democratic values by propping up the repugnant Poot.
Jinping's ambition is ruthless, and as subtle as an enigmatic fortune cookie. Vlady's is ruthless, and as subtle as a ten-megaton borscht fart concealed in a matryoshka doll.
Mr. Putin has forced China into the awkward position of explaining how the invasion does not violate the principle of respect for national sovereignty that is, officially, a pillar of China’s foreign policy.“They must feel like they’ve been played.” (John Culver, a retired CIA China Specialist.)China must also view the punishment being inflicted upon Russia with Taiwan in mind. The paradigm will have been established and rehearsed.
One thing is for certain. You will not see Xi picking up on the aberrant view of Putin as being "savvy" or a "genius."
You got that right. That was really stupid by Trump to say that. Man he is dumb.(The last meeting, Chairman Xi's Winter Olympic Games in Beijing, were conspicuously befouled by the "ROC"'s cheating in women's figure skating - an embarrassing distraction from China's self-promotion.)
With the concerted, impactful actions by democratic nations punishing the Rooskie savage for his depravity in Ukraine, the KGB thug is increasingly dependent upon the Middle Kingdom, yet Xi's global designs require that he not blatantly show contempt for democratic values by propping up the repugnant Poot.
Jinping's ambition is ruthless, and as subtle as an enigmatic fortune cookie. Vlady's is ruthless, and as subtle as a ten-megaton borscht fart concealed in a matryoshka doll.
Mr. Putin has forced China into the awkward position of explaining how the invasion does not violate the principle of respect for national sovereignty that is, officially, a pillar of China’s foreign policy.“They must feel like they’ve been played.” (John Culver, a retired CIA China Specialist.)China must also view the punishment being inflicted upon Russia with Taiwan in mind. The paradigm will have been established and rehearsed.
One thing is for certain. You will not see Xi picking up on the aberrant view of Putin as being "savvy" or a "genius."
Definitely not.(The last meeting, Chairman Xi's Winter Olympic Games in Beijing, were conspicuously befouled by the "ROC"'s cheating in women's figure skating - an embarrassing distraction from China's self-promotion.)
With the concerted, impactful actions by democratic nations punishing the Rooskie savage for his depravity in Ukraine, the KGB thug is increasingly dependent upon the Middle Kingdom, yet Xi's global designs require that he not blatantly show contempt for democratic values by propping up the repugnant Poot.
Jinping's ambition is ruthless, and as subtle as an enigmatic fortune cookie. Vlady's is ruthless, and as subtle as a ten-megaton borscht fart concealed in a matryoshka doll.
Mr. Putin has forced China into the awkward position of explaining how the invasion does not violate the principle of respect for national sovereignty that is, officially, a pillar of China’s foreign policy.“They must feel like they’ve been played.” (John Culver, a retired CIA China Specialist.)China must also view the punishment being inflicted upon Russia with Taiwan in mind. The paradigm will have been established and rehearsed.
One thing is for certain. You will not see Xi picking up on the aberrant view of Putin as being "savvy" or a "genius."
They have an awful lot of ammunition to put him there. Stay tuned.
