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So don't trade with the US? With the EU? With any of the western empire's proxies? That's a lot to be cutting out.
Lets just start not with Israel, is it that hard to do or is trademaxxing and fuck everyone else really gonna be the only way.
Yes. Taking unilaterally aggressive action against "Israel" would be about as close to declaring war on the US led empire as you can get without a formal declaration. You can't separate the imperialists forward base from it's whole. They are not separate entities.
One of China's main things is doing trade that has mutual benefit. Trade is not inherently predatory, so I don't know where you get the "fuck everyone else" part. I'm kind of just lost as to what standards you think you're holding China to here (standards which you don't seem interested in applying to any other country on the planet).
I don't care if China wants to improve the condition of their people and their country. That's fine, just find it annoying when people bring them up as a bastion of the Global South. Why should I not hold them to a greater standard? Solidarity can come in different ways and China can't even be bothered to do even that.
It's sounding like we need a compiled resource on all the ways China does act in solidarity with countries that are targeted by imperialism. I cannot recall all that stuff from memory and rattle it off, but I know from things I've read in recent years, I have no doubt that China does generally act in solidarity. So it is weird to read "they can't even bothered" like they aren't doing anything internationally at all.
The DPRK – Secured the existence of the DPRK, Mutual defense treaty; trade lifeline; diplomatic shielding; border stability. China’s position prevents DPRK regime-collapse scenarios.
Cuba – Massive solar rollout; grid support; equipment and financing replacing lost Russian capacity under U.S. blockade, food aid.
Iran – Primary buyer of sanctioned oil; infrastructure investment; 25-year cooperation framework; diplomatic resistance to U.S. isolation. Military aid and intelligence assistance.
Venezuela – Oil-backed financing; infrastructure; sustained trade under sanctions; prevented total economic implosion.
Russia – Energy rerouting; industrial supply chains; strategic coordination after Western economic warfare.
Laos – China–Laos high-speed rail; power grids; landlocked transit economy.
Cambodia – Roads, ports, hydropower.
Myanmar – Pipelines, ports, rail; Indian Ocean access.
Indonesia – Jakarta–Bandung HSR; nickel processing; ports.
Malaysia – Rail corridors; ports; industrial parks.
Thailand – Rail links; logistics hubs.
Vietnam – Manufacturing integration; rail upgrades; energy projects.
Pakistan – CPEC: Gwadar port; highways; power plants; fiber optics.
Sri Lanka – Ports; expressways; power generation.
Bangladesh – Bridges; coal + solar plants; telecom.
Nepal – Roads; hydropower; cross-border trade links.
Kazakhstan – Rail hubs; pipelines; dry ports.
Uzbekistan – Industrial parks; rail.
Kyrgyzstan – Roads; power.
Tajikistan – Energy + transport.
Iraq – Power stations; reconstruction.
Ethiopia – Addis–Djibouti railway; industrial parks.
Kenya – Standard Gauge Railway; port upgrades.
Nigeria – Rail; power plants.
Angola – Oil-for-infrastructure.
Egypt – New administrative capital; industrial zones; power.
Zambia – Roads; hydropower.
Tanzania – Ports; rail.
Uganda – Power dams; roads.
Zimbabwe – Energy; airport modernization.
And honestly too many more to list in a single comment since basically all of Africa makes use of the BRI and other Chinese development pathways.
Brazil – Ports; agribusiness logistics; industrial investment.
Peru – Megaports; mining corridors.
Bolivia – Lithium; roads; telecom.
Ecuador – Hydropower; transport.
Palestine – Diplomatic support for statehood; humanitarian aid; rejection of Israeli/U.S. framing, support of PLO.
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China isn't exporting revolution but to say China does nothing you have to be especially detached from reality.