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Gotta agree with this one :) but hey, when there's an opportunity to handle based on values, we sure take it.

The biggest letdown has been Israel.

Now that ties with USA have weakened, we can take a stronger stance.

By the way. China's issue with Europe is that we aren't suppressed by our governments. We can trash talk the CCP like no other.

The West has friends based on values.

Come on man that's such a naive bs take. Outright propaganda I would say.

The West has friends based on values. China doesn't have friends. They are opportunists and care about one thing: growth.

There is zero friendship. Russia maintains a significant military presence in the far east. Meanwhile the border against NATO is completely undefended, everyone is in Ukraine. The kremlin gremlin knows NATO will never attack - but he's not sure about China.

China is rated 145th while Russia is 150th on the 2024 democracy index.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Economist_Democracy_Index

>That’s true however China is slightly more democratic and doesn’t wage war on their neighbors.

I have to disagree. Although it is true there is no hot war at the moment, China has been increasingly aggressive toward Taiwan and practically all its neighbours (India, Buthan, Nepal, ...) as you probably know. But, yes, I fully agree Europe and all others should become more self-sufficient.

That's true however China is slightly more democratic and doesn't wage war on their neighbors.

Europe should definitely retool for more manufacturing on the continent to become more self sufficient.

I get your point, though I am afraid China is by no means a better partner.

Good on China for establishing redundancy against the Russian clowns.

That's interesting! Seems as the "friendship" between Putin and Xi is not as deep as I thought.

I guess Putler discovers soon badly neglected Russian Minorities in Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan which he wants to get home into his Reich