Summary
Russian President Vladimir Putin reinforced Russia’s support for China, backing Beijing’s claims over Taiwan and downplaying concerns about Sino-Russian cooperation.
At the Valdai forum, Putin stated that Russia views China as an ally with a “reasonable” policy on Taiwan, accusing Taiwan of provoking a Ukraine-style crisis in Asia.
He highlighted the strong trade and security ties between Russia and China, asserting that joint military exercises between the two nations are defensive and comparable to U.S.-Japan drills, and pose no threat to other countries.
Wow, I’m sure this announcement coming right after his puppet was elected to the US presidency is just a coincidence.
See also Elon Musk pulling out of Taiwan.
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2024/11/06/2003826435
If the US under the Trump/Musk regime supports China’s invasion of Taiwan, will all the tankies suddenly decide American imperialism is Worthy Of Critical Support, Actually?
It’ll finally answer the age old question:
Is their ideology primarily driven by being pro-Russia/China or is it primarily driven by being anti-America?
Or since they seem to not mind getting Trump elected, and support capitalist dictatorships, is it simply pro-authoritarianism?
Isn’t this a bit of a predicament for Trump? Traditionally the US has supported Taiwan’s independence, and it seems to me that’d be continued under Trump’s “China bad” rhetoric/policy. However, getting chummy with Putin might require rescinding support for Taiwan’s independence.
Am I missing something here?
Traditionally the US
There’s your mistake. Trump doesn’t give a fuck about what the US traditionally does, and neither do his supporters. Same as Trump being blatantly pro-Russia despite the US, and the US right in particular, traditionally being anti-Russia.
They don’t give a fuck if they’ve always been at war with Eurasia or Eastasia. All they care about is having the proles crushed beneath them, and whatever Big Brother figure promises them that, they’ll gleefully bootlick for.
Yeah, sure, he doesn’t care about tradition, I get that. But it also seems to me Trump has always been fairly anti-China. Ofc he’s also plenty happy to misrepresent his intent if it makes his base happy, so maybe that part was just a facade?
https://www.google.com/search?q=trump love china
Take your pick of instance of him expressing his love for Xi and China.
Now, he did set some trade tariffs on Chinese goods, but that’s all. Otherwise, it’s all fellatio.
Good point. Guess it just indicates how unpredictable he is. Just like how he said he’d build a wall, then built a little chunk of wall. It’s all about doing the minimum possible to placate his base.
I’m just here trying to get a grasp on what the actual implications of his presidency are going to be. :/
Trump will fuck Taiwan because that’s what the boss wants.
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This comment is such a blatant lie that I’m going to assume it’s disinformation.
Prove me wrong
That is not proof. It is also a cropped photo. The uncropped version shows Tiananmen Square at the top but it doesn’t show what your propagandists want it to show. I’ll post it for you when I get home.
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The majority of Taiwanese don’t want the status quo, but prefer kicking the can down the road over the autonomous mainland provinces throwing a fit.
Funny, I said in another thread that I think Trump isn’t going to start WWIII, he is going to create Oceania, Eurasia and Eastasia.
Looks like I could be right.
China’s 100% gonna shoot their shot at invading Taiwan in the next few years
Right on cue
I wonder when they will fight each other. As the chinese idiom goes: two tigers cannot hide in the same mountain, with two egocentric leader going so close together, when their perceived threats is not there they will start stepping on each other’s tail.
