>China is indeed not a card that the west can play easily. The west cannot play this at all, especially right now. The EU population (no matter how much our p

>China is indeed not a card that the west can play easily. The west cannot play this at all, especially right now. The EU population (no matter how much our politicians saw "we can do this!") is already financially under strain from the high inflation, high energy bills, stagnant wages, high living costs and high interest rates, hence the shift to the anti-establishment right wing politicians all over the EU. The last thing they would want right now is another war with China.