I agree with China.
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Trump has only set a precedent for China. If the rest of the west doesn’t do shit about this, which they won’t, China will just follow Trumps playbook. Don’t be surprised when Xi will order the kidnapping of the Taiwanese president.
China will just follow Trumps playbook.
Why would they do that? His playbook is dumb and routinely backfires.
Seems like they're stick with their existing playbook as it has been far more successful
The fact that they went with “Trump broke international law” instead of “America's unilateral actions validate our unilateral actions” gives me some hope (for lack of a better word) that they're going for a diplomatic / economic victory by trying to take the vacated US place as “leader of the free world” instead of going full Trump/Putin on a world that's already got enough shit to deal with.
The end point is still the same, of course, and I'm pretty sure it's not a very good one from an European citizen's point of view, but at least this would take longer and be less violent overall, and might help defuse Putin and Trump.
the US is making it more easy than ever for China to set itself up as the new world reserve currency/police/center of stability.
china works towards china's self interests, they're predictable but ultimately easy for the west to respond to if they stop ratfucking for a split-second.
you can't say remotely the same for the US, the US is an abusive partner that smacks you around for 4 years then gaslights you things are different (while still smacking you around) for 4 years, repeat
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It is okay to accept that the US is bad. You don't have to cope by saying "ohhh yeah but wait until China!"
1234th time the US has forcibly instituted a regime change in another country: "Oh great! Imagine what the bad countries will do now that this is allowed."
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I love how American minds work. "We did a terrible thing, this is bad because China might do the same!!" Meanwhile China hasn't dripped a bomb in decades.
Fucking liberals.
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And when China of all places has the balls to tell you this, you know you done messed up.
This is international diplomacy 101 for China.
They're very vocal about the perceived infractions of others, while refusing to acknowledge their own.
Its more about shaping the perceptions of their own citizens than whatever foreigners might think.
In this case, theyre dead right ofc.
They're very vocal about the perceived infractions of others, while refusing to acknowledge their own.
Its more about shaping the perceptions of their own citizens than whatever foreigners might think.
Unlike the US. /s
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China isn't wrong.
Hey, what about those Epstein files?
China isn’t wrong
usually true 
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"No sovereign nation is safe"
Indeed! but you're in the jungle now, baby
Common China W.
Is it time to build an allie to stop Orange Hitler? Nah, let's wait until he takes Greenland and Panama next.
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Like, I think what the US has done is illegal, but it's pretty rich coming from the country of hostage diplomacy.
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