****ed, ain't it? Can't let human life come before meeting development schedules, and the Olympics are big money and prestige.
The Chinese have a basic philosophical difference with us. For them, the nation is more important than individual lives.
To clarify, I share that philosophical base with them, just with different ratios of value/more concern for other nations. My big criticism of China here is that they chose the expedience and convenience of supporting a rotting gas station of a nation over the international benefit of restraining their death throes.
I approve of the approach President Biden is taking. Increasingly punishing sanctions, while still holding back more should the aggression escalate. This is good. Let the plight of the Russian people suffering a big recession work on Putin's attitude for a while. And the pressure can still be cranked up if that doesn't work.
If sanctions had a history of actually causing regime change, I would be more optimistic about them, but they should at least cripple the Russian military's ability to project power. They're the best we can do, short of actually starting the next World War.
I don't know, are they really supporting Russia or just doing what they can to promote conflict between the west and Russia? We'll see what happens if and when Russia asks for a second front again.
I think the power of sanctions is increasing as the world become more economically interconnected. Actual shooting wars are becoming obsolete.
www.npr.org
I would say that the two are one and the same, and I would say that China (and the world at large) is better served making itself too attractive of a trade partner to wage war against. I'm of the opinion that economic interdependence is the single greatest force for peace in the modern world, and that America and Russia are both stuck with an outdated model for force projection. If China were to work as hard to deter Russian aggression as the rest of the world did, they would undoubtedly benefit from closer relations to the EU and to Eastern Europe while gaining a perceived moral victory over one of the two remaining international warmongers.
China Asked Russia to Delay Ukraine War Until After Olympics, U.S. Officials Say
A Western intelligence report indicates that Chinese officials had some level of direct knowledge about President Vladimir V. Putin’s war plans or intentions.www.nytimes.com
The Chinese wanted to finish their hosting of the olympics.
You're just now realizing this? There's been threads about it all week.
It was speculated even prior to the invasion that the Russians would probably wait till after the Olympics.China Asked Russia to Delay Ukraine War Until After Olympics, U.S. Officials Say
A Western intelligence report indicates that Chinese officials had some level of direct knowledge about President Vladimir V. Putin’s war plans or intentions.
The Chinese wanted to finish their hosting of the olympics.
And now there is some evidence to back up that speculation.
Those two points are unrelated to the topic.
The revealed collusion between China and Russian in regards to timing must be of some real concern if you feel the need to spam it with bullshit.
You mean Richard Nixon.
What are your thoughts on China and Russia colluding on timing?