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China has something the west wants. South Africa mostly does not. That's unfortunately how these things work. If Russia were China they could have annexed Cr
by dsfyu404ed 7y ago
China has something the west wants. South Africa mostly does not. That's unfortunately how these things work. If Russia were China they could have annexed Crimea without the West doing anything more than complaining.
- maltalex 7y ago> If Russia were China they could have annexed Crimea without the West doing anything more than complaining. As opposed to what exactly?
- dsfyu404ed 7y agoAs opposed to a generally worsening relationship across the board. If China had done it it would have been back to business as usual in no time.
- mantas 7y agoAnd Russia still is doing business almost as usual. Still getting factories built by Western companies, Nord Stream 2 coming along etc. The biggest change is probably Russia's own counter-sanctions on food imports.
- AWildC182 7y agoThe tone here is dismissive when it really shouldn't be, but it bears mentioning that they didn't annex a random peninsula, they annexed an entire ocean for their own use.
- dsfyu404ed 7y agoWhat do you want me to do? I am merely explaining why the west is not up in arms over china. The answer is basically money. China has cheap manufacturing that enables western lifestyles at their current price point so a blind eye is turned. South Africa, Russia, etc, etc, do not so they get criticized. Sorry for not being sufficiently Outraged(TM). Yes. This sucks. Shitty things happen in the world all the time. Chinese authoritarianism is one of them. As someone literally on the other side of the world it is not high up the list of priorities for me. There are fires closer to home that need fighting first.