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Countries aligning with Yuan just seem stupid, if there are actually countries doing that except Russia ( ain't going well for them either). Except if you want

Countries aligning with Yuan just seem stupid, if there are actually countries doing that except Russia ( ain't going well for them either). Except if you want no transparency and want to be bullied around. None of china's neighbors even trust them, I sure of hell wouldn't ( perhaps Vietnam, who gets a lot of china's sanctioned businesses). Note : I'm Belgian, not American.

jimbob45 3y ago
Yeah, I'm skeptical that the world has forgotten overnight that China is the posterchild of currency manipulation. I'm also skeptical that Russia's economy isn't entirely smoke and mirrors at this point.
anonporridge 3y ago
A lot of countries don't trust the US either or like getting bullied by it.
- NicoJuicy 3y ago
  Which countries are bullied? Are they neighbors too like with China?
  - gdy 3y ago
    Cuba comes first to my mind. Here is a good list involving dozens of countries: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_regime_change https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in...
    - NicoJuicy 3y ago
      Cuba? The ones that placed nuclear missles during the cold war? Sure, I can see why relationship deterred further... since 1961 :) PS. Regime changes isn't what I'm saying, you're changing the subject. Which countries are bullied now? Not 80 years ago. All neighboors of China NOW are being bullied. I'm from Belgium and there's also something to say about something similar in our history, because of 1 king we had...
      - gdy 3y ago
        So you are saying that the US bullies Cuba because of something that happened 60 years ago?
        NicoJuicy 3y ago
        Bullying is not the same as maintaining an embargo but slowly restoring ties ( since 2015) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba%E2%80%93United_States_relations https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba%E2%80%93United_States_r... Nothing really changed in the last 50 years. 8 years ago, it improved a bit. In recent news ( last 30 days). China bullied Taiwan with missiles ( again), Philippines, all post USSR countries, international waters, Japan, ... Even today ( Soloman Islands) - https://www.rfa.org/english/news/pacific/solomon-islands-05022023100229.html#.ZFJ5NsQU3L4.twitter https://www.rfa.org/english/news/pacific/solomon-islands-050... Yeah, that's definitely the same... Worse than being in the crosshairs of China as a country is actually being it's friend: - North Korea - Russia ( since it's friends without limits statement) - Pakistan ( referenced as top of the one road one belt) => debts... - ... ( Also debts) US forced china's neighbors to the US because US bullied them. Sure. Believe what your want.
gotorazor 3y ago
Vietnam is one of the countries that trusts China the least -- despite both being communist countries.

jimbob45 3y ago

Yeah, I'm skeptical that the world has forgotten overnight that China is the posterchild of currency manipulation. I'm also skeptical that Russia's economy isn't entirely smoke and mirrors at this point.

anonporridge 3y ago

A lot of countries don't trust the US either or like getting bullied by it.

NicoJuicy 3y ago
Which countries are bullied? Are they neighbors too like with China?
- gdy 3y ago
  Cuba comes first to my mind. Here is a good list involving dozens of countries: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_regime_change https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in...
  - NicoJuicy 3y ago
    Cuba? The ones that placed nuclear missles during the cold war? Sure, I can see why relationship deterred further... since 1961 :) PS. Regime changes isn't what I'm saying, you're changing the subject. Which countries are bullied now? Not 80 years ago. All neighboors of China NOW are being bullied. I'm from Belgium and there's also something to say about something similar in our history, because of 1 king we had...
    - gdy 3y ago
      So you are saying that the US bullies Cuba because of something that happened 60 years ago?
      - NicoJuicy 3y ago
        Bullying is not the same as maintaining an embargo but slowly restoring ties ( since 2015) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba%E2%80%93United_States_relations https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba%E2%80%93United_States_r... Nothing really changed in the last 50 years. 8 years ago, it improved a bit. In recent news ( last 30 days). China bullied Taiwan with missiles ( again), Philippines, all post USSR countries, international waters, Japan, ... Even today ( Soloman Islands) - https://www.rfa.org/english/news/pacific/solomon-islands-05022023100229.html#.ZFJ5NsQU3L4.twitter https://www.rfa.org/english/news/pacific/solomon-islands-050... Yeah, that's definitely the same... Worse than being in the crosshairs of China as a country is actually being it's friend: - North Korea - Russia ( since it's friends without limits statement) - Pakistan ( referenced as top of the one road one belt) => debts... - ... ( Also debts) US forced china's neighbors to the US because US bullied them. Sure. Believe what your want.

gotorazor 3y ago

Vietnam is one of the countries that trusts China the least -- despite both being communist countries.