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Beijing can again leverage its critical minerals dominance over an increasingly busy US military, as Taiwan slides further down the White House list of priorities

As the US and Israel opened a new chapter of chaos in the Middle East, China stands to benefit from a Washington establishment that does not have the political or physical resources to focus on Asia.

Officially, China has condemned the attacks. Wang Yi, the foreign minister, called them “unacceptable” and called for a ceasefire, rhetoric that is typical of Beijing in response to Donald Trump’s increasingly erratic foreign policy moves.

Wang made similar comments after the US capture of the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, in January. The Chinese government wastes no opportunity to present itself as the defender of international laws and stability, although it provides little material support to smaller partners in the crosshairs of the US president’s latest furies.

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[–] arrrse@piefed.social 10 points 6 hours ago

Yes and if usa will invade with israel and possibly others, i dont see how China wouldn't attack Taiwan. I dont think this is going to end well

[–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online -1 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

I am seeing this talking point a lot lately, but I don't think it's credible or accurate. US Military already wasn't stopping China from dipping their fingers in Taiwan, Venezuela, etc.

If Iran, a state heavily sponsored by China, collapsing helped China then Xi Jinping would have had Ayatollah burnt alive a long time ago.

Now if they said it was helping Russia by using bombs which could have been given to Ukraine, then I could be more open to that, but it's also not true because we're also not giving away bombs to Ukraine, either.