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China helping to arm Russia with helicopters, drones and metals (www.telegraph.co.uk)

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[–] MariaRomanov@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Russia has been a third world nation since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Politicians just like to use the Russian boogeyman to scare people who remember the Cold War. Putin may be a monster, but China is the real threat.

[–] IDriveWhileTired@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Sorry, but the real threat to what exactly?

Edited: aside from Taiwan, Hong Kong, several other nations in the east. My question was more in the context of China as a threat to anything in the western hemisphere. They are the eastern version of the US, no doubt about it.

[–] MariaRomanov@lemmy.sdf.org -1 points 2 years ago

The US status as a hegemony.

With India on the rise as well I think we are transitioning into a pre-WW1 like multipolar balance of power which could slide into WW3. Safest option would be China and the US dominate everyone else and we get another Cold War, but we will see.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

the least racist redditor on lemmy

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

"usa good china bad

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