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Wang Yi cautioned against a return to the ‘law of the jungle’ but stopped short of criticising Trump directly

War in the Middle East “should never have happened”, China’s foreign minister Wang Yi has declared, even as he struck a more conciliatory tone with the US ahead of a highly anticipated visit by Donald Trump.

Regime change, a key stated aim of the US president as the US and Israel continue to attack Iran, “will find no popular support”, Wang said on Sunday. “A strong fist does not mean strong reason. The world cannot return to the law of the jungle,” he added.

Speaking on the sidelines of China’s annual parliamentary and political gatherings, known as the Two Sessions, the country’s top diplomat and foreign affairs official notably avoided directly criticising the US.

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[–] kittykillinit@lemy.lol 5 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

It's insane how poised China is to be the next global leader.

Idk why Americans are so stupid, but they get taken advantage of every day because of it.

[–] lechekaflan@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

The Mainlanders learned from elsewhere on how to get ahead no matter how, as the national goal is to make this century theirs by 2049.

[–] TerdFerguson@lemmy.world 15 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Great. I agree.

What does China think of what's been going on in Ukraine for the last four years?

[–] hietsu@sopuli.xyz 6 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Exactly. It would restore my faith to their good intentions if they’d call their puppet out of Ukraine. But their only true goal is to try and fight the US in all thigs they can (without pissing them off ofc), so two-faced.

It’s likely not going to take that many months when they will resort to that ”strong fist” too. Tech giants know this too and that’s why they need to get all the chips they can NOW because it’s going to be a few years of no chips from certain areas…

[–] Karl@literature.cafe 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)
[–] SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works 2 points 14 hours ago

Vlad the Paler

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 5 points 14 hours ago

America should have never elected a felon pedophile.

[–] thorhop@sopuli.xyz 6 points 19 hours ago

Well yes, but he assumes the Trump administration has at least an iota of competence, when really they're the administrative equivalent of a monkey with an assault rifle.

EDIT: I've been contacted by the Monkeys With Assault Rifle Association (MWARA) and would like to issue a formal apology for this false equivalency, as it was an insult to their competency. They sure made a monkey out of Trump.

EDIT2: Again, I'd like to issue a formal apology...

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 14 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Well I mean how else was the president going to distract us all from him being in the Epstein files millions of times.

[–] CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago

It was never about that. There's already been a lot of instability in Iran (massive water shortages) and this was just an opportunity to put their foot on Iran's neck to cause even more instability. With that instability created and oil prices going up, it will cause global inflation. With things becoming priced out for regular people it will cause some markets to crash, then the ultra rich will buy up those things and consolidate even more wealth and power.

[–] Patrikvo@lemmy.zip 1 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (2 children)
  • Universal health care.
  • Financial help for the poor.
  • Free music performances in all states
  • Large momnument construction
  • Investing in local infrastructure
  • Visiting sick kids in a hospital.

Probably a lot more of those. And none of these involve killing people.

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 3 points 16 hours ago

Yeah but you forgot that our president is a malignant narcissist.

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[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago (14 children)

The world cannot return to the law of the jungle,” he added.

If only he had said that to Putin too, when Russia invaded Ukraine and started a full scale war.
Time for Europe to hold him to this announcement.

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[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

A Zionist state should never have happened.

American electing a president which supports a Zionist state should never have happened.

This aggressive war is one link ina much larger chain of things which should never have happened, as is the next link, the war crimes already commited by the aggressor states.

[–] probable_possum@leminal.space 38 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Any war should never have happened. But at one point some people descide that the status quo isn't good and war is the only way to move forward. Perfectly good resources are wasted, civilians die, trust between peoples is destroyed.

And when war has begun, politicians again use the war as a basis for argumentation for their own agenda. It colors the meaning of a statement.

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 22 points 1 day ago (4 children)

It's mind-boggling that the entire history of war hasn't been "our leaders decided they wanted a war so we tossed them in a pit with sharp sticks to figure things out and suddenly they decided war was avoidable"

We have more in common with a random American Crack dealer, a random middle-Eastern farmer, Chinese retail worker, South American factory worker, than anyone who leads major countries, anyone in the 1%.

I have no ill will toward any Iranian, in fact I've known quite a few immigrants and think better of Iran than most US states, yet my country leaders decided it was a good idea to bomb the fuck out of them. We should toss them in a hole until they can work together with the rest of us, yet here we are...

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[–] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Based china. Crazy timeline we live in where china is the voice of reason.

[–] liquidsht@lemmy.zip 2 points 19 hours ago

lol yeah while flying fighter jets above taiwan daily

[–] Wataba@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Theyre just taking advantage of a golden opportunity for PR.

I don't believe its honest, given what goes on inside their own borders.

[–] kittykillinit@lemy.lol 1 points 11 hours ago

Watching the West enter another Forever War for Israel is great for China.

[–] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

Agreed! Given the opportunity they WILL invade Taiwan.

[–] iglou@programming.dev 3 points 21 hours ago

Although to be honest, do you know any government that is honest? It's all PR.

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[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 28 points 1 day ago (19 children)

Good to hear Taiwan will only be reunified diplomatically, if ever.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

You don't understand the situation. China does not consider Taiwan a separate independent country, and has never recognized it as such. Unfortunately USA and most of the world has agreed to accept the 1 China policy, which means Taiwan is not treated as a real country in many international contexts.
China see Taiwan as an occupied part of China.
So by their definition they are within their right to attack Taiwan, including by international law as they see it.
So in their view, they can say this, and attack Taiwan, without seeing that as a double standard. And the west has basically agreed to it from a legal perspective. But at the same time USA say they protect Taiwan, which would traditionally have meant likely the rest of NATO too. But now NATO is in shambles because of Trump, so maybe USA will be alone now. America first!

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[–] Redditsux@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

China has to speak from both sides of the mouth. Iran is a client and source of its oil. US is a client and source of its $1 trillion dollar trade surplus. China needs both of them.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago

which they are both frenemies of russia, he doesnt want to upset that balance too.

[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It never would have happened if Trump were... Oh... Nevermind.

[–] kittykillinit@lemy.lol 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Democrats need to stop nominating the lesser evil if they truly want to stop the greater evil.

The problem is the ones who live in mini-mansions don't want to pay more in taxes, so they convince everyone under them that raising taxes is a bad idea.

[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

It's not like they have much choice. You look at the ballot and choose fascism or fascism light.

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