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- yuekit2
Something to consider behind the rhetoric...the list of China's largest trading partners. Almost all of the top 10 are Western aligned countries, with the USA and EU representing huge markets for China.
Only changes when you get to #8 Vietnam, and Vietnam is not even an ally of China (last war China briefly fought was against Vietnam in the 70s and they lost).
Does China want to blow up their key trading relationships and launch a war with an undetermined outcome, possibly starting WW3? This definitely isn't something you decide to do on a whim as a result of Nancy Pelosi visiting Taiwan, it would represent a hugely destabilizing event for China and the world.
Of course you can say it wasn't at all in Putin's interest to invade Ukraine, but not everyone is as fucked in the head as Putin.
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not as direct comment on your post, just an interesting article I saw on international trade data.uan
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