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French president delivers veiled warning to Beijing during speech in Singapore.

French President Emmanuel Macron warned China that NATO could become more deeply involved in Asia if Beijing does not do more to stop North Korea from taking part in Russia's war on Ukraine.

"North Korea in Ukraine is a big question for all of us. If China doesn’t want NATO to be involved in Southeast Asia, it should prevent [North Korea] from being engaged on European soil," Macron said Friday during an address at a major defense summit in Singapore.

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[–] commander@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I don't think Americans and Europeans know how much invasions into southeast Asia in the 1800s and prior there were. It's not a post-WW2 thing. It's centuries of atrocities in the region. Someday the UK are going to be grandstanding against India too and people out here will be confused why Indians aren't wistfully looking back to the days of the British empire exporting foods by coercion while Indians go through famines

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Everyone's knows this and looking back to something that happened 200 years ago trying to make it relevant to today's politics is laughable to say the least.

China is clearly showing its imperial ambitions. Remember Tibet? Somehow tankies convenient forget it even with monks literally burning themselves to get attention they get none.

[–] rumimevlevi@lemmings.world 1 points 6 days ago

Europeen colonialism was changed to neoimperialism https://youtu.be/36vYRkVYeVw

[–] plyth@feddit.org 4 points 1 week ago

Tankies perceive the old Tibet like the West perceives Iran, as an abusive Theocracy. That changes the evaluation.

[–] AnalogNotDigital@lemmy.wtf 3 points 1 week ago

I have Irish heritage. That's literally why my family emigrated to the US