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[–] 2 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Pretty much, China realised you can catch more flies with honey rather than vinegar, and it worked. Everyone's lining up to go to Beijing to kiss the ring, especially Europeans.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Well one country is threatening to invade us every 6-ish months, and keeps trying to destroy every agreement we have with them. The other country is sticking to our deals, and doesn't try to fuck us over every chance they get. I wonder why we like China more than USA....

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago

    Yeah, my fear is that European leaders will get too comfortable switching from one hegemon to the other and the root issue of the EU not being able to stand on its own without some sort of guarantor won't ever be solved.

    If China is hegemon, I don't think the EU would appreciate the types of tribute they'd have to pay to Beijing

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