More diversification is certainly needed, without one big partner. The EU is currently in the process to discuss a free trade zone with Mercosur, it signed agreement with some countries in Central Asia, there is Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Japan, South Korea, to name a few. We likely (hopefully0 will see a more decentralized global trade in the future which is a good thing imho.
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Did China just completely abandon and betray the most succesful military alliance in the modern era… in the middle of an active war involving that alliance?
China is a decisive supporter of Russia in this war.
Yes, it's even weird that any country voted against protecting the bloc's economy. Maybe Volkswagen and other German car makers wanted to have access to the Chinese market, although they will likely never be successful there anyway (it's clear, at least, that no foreign company has ever had meaningful long-term success in Chinese markets, in neither industry). But that's my guess, maybe I am wrong.
That aside, what kind of content is this?
(10 or so hours ago I posted a report on a UK intel warning of transnational repression on European soil by China, and it was removed because the mod wrote in the modlog it is not really EU-relevant. This is here for hours.)
This is not new.
Stellantis e-car Leapmotor B10 will not be built in Poland (November 2024)
Stellantis could build the electric car in Eisenach or in Slovakia instead of Poland because China is planning countermeasures to the EU's punitive tariffs [...]
The new plans were made after the Chinese Ministry of Commerce advised manufacturers on October 10 against producing in European countries that have voted in favor of introducing additional tariffs on electric cars produced in China. Poland is among them. Five EU member states, including Germany and Slovakia, had rejected the tariffs, while twelve other EU states abstained. Chinese companies have to obtain Beijing's approval for their direct investments abroad anyway.
Over 160 Chinese nationals fight for Russia in Ukraine and "Beijing knows about this," Zelensky says
Unlike North Korean troops, who have fought on Russian soil, the Chinese nationals were captured on Ukrainian territory, marking a potential escalation in foreign involvement.
North Korea sent around 12,000 troops to Russia's Kursk Oblast in 2024 to reinforce Russian lines after a Ukrainian cross-border offensive. Kyiv has said it captured two North Korean soldiers in January, estimating 4,000 casualties among the deployed units.
Over 160 Chinese nationals fight for Russia in Ukraine and "Beijing knows about this," Zelensky says
In addition to comments by others in this thread I may draw your attention to the quote:
"Beijing knows about this. Russians distribute advertising videos about recruitment through Chinese social networks," Zelensky said.
How is is possible that Russians "distribute advertising videos about recruitment through Chinese social networks" without the Chinese party-state knowing this? - The answer is, it isn't. Everything that is only slightly critical of the government or inadvertently referencing to historical issues like the Tiananmen Square massacre is being censored on Chinese social media immediately. But Russia can run advertisements offering money and citizenship without Chinese censors catching on? And despite, according to Chinese officials, "Chinese citizens are prohibited from participating in foreign armed conflicts"?
(The answers to these two questions can only be, "No, because it is not very credible that this goes unnoticed by the Chinese censorship machine. ")
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The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) conducts the most sophisticated and comprehensive campaign of transnational repression among all countries on the globe, pressuring Chinese diaspora overseas, e.g., members of ethnic and religious minorities, political dissidents, human rights activists, journalists (and often simply the family members of these people in sort of collective punishment) by using direct attacks like renditions, co-opting other countries to detain and render exiles, mobility controls, threats from a distance like digital threats, spyware, coercion.
For example, in a new study published in February 2025, the rights group Freedom House has documented 1,219 incidents of transnational repression carried out by 48 governments across 103 countries between 2014 to 2024. A smaller number of countries account for the vast majority of all documented physical attacks on dissidents, with China the most frequent offender, responsible for 272 incidents, or 22% of recorded cases (Russia, Turkey and Egypt also rank among the worst perpetrators).
A good source for this and similar issues is also safeguarddefenders.com.
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with zero counter arguments
Where are your arguments? You just made two statements out of the blue with nothing that backs them, supposedly parroting the propaganda your overlords taught you: "China bad okay."
Russia and China's common interest in Georgia is the country's shift toward authoritarianism, and away from the EU and democratization imo. Moscow and Beijing may have a lot of differences in the region (including China's territorial claims for a chunk of Siberia), but their common and real enemy is democracy.
... saying Russia’s war on Ukraine underscores that security risks in Europe and Asia are inseparable.
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The digital euro won't come before 2028, and even this is not sure as the legislation is not yet approved. Or did I miss something?
(That aside, there are many issues with digital fiat money to be solved yet, including privacy, financial censorship, and other things.)
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