r/worldnews CBS News Mar 22 '23 All-Seeing Upvote 1

China's Xi leaves Russia after giving Putin a major boost, but no public promise of weapons Russia/Ukraine

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/china-ukraine-news-russia-xi-jinping-vladimir-putin-depleted-uranium-rounds-kyiv-deaths/
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u/DoctorCelebro Mar 22 '23

Well duh, there's literally no benefit of China sending weapons only risk

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u/GuiltySigurdsson Mar 22 '23

Yeah well it’s a risk they seem to be willing to take.

They are already supplying Russia with semiconductors through shell companies, ‘civilian’ drones, body armor and electronic parts for AA missile radars. Although these aren’t classified as lethal weapons, there were reports that they may soon send them as well.

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u/letir_ Mar 22 '23

Ukraine used chinese drones for strikes as well. China sell stuff for everyone.

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u/f_d Mar 22 '23

The point of the sanctions against Russia is to keep Russia from buying things to keep its invasion going. Selling stuff to everyone including Russia is how to get sanctions piled on you. China still wants to trade with the West, so they don't want to push the limits so blatantly.

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u/grchelp2018 Mar 22 '23

China is selling commercially available stuff to russia that they are selling to everyone else as well.

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u/axonxorz Mar 22 '23

There are no sanctions against selling "stuff" to Russia.

Yes, and this list is just there to trick us, those sneaky hobbitses internation trade unions.

If Russians bought some knives off of Amazon and used it on the battlefield, do we sanction Amazon and America?

Definitely what the commenter was saying, yessir, no hyperbole here.

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u/FeynmansWitt Mar 23 '23

Reddit was up in arms about 1000 hunting rifles sold by a Chinese company to Russia before the war started. That's literally the same thing lol

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u/axonxorz Mar 23 '23

One is sanctions by multiple governments across multiple market sectors, and the other is Reddit's opinion.

I think you should probably understand why those are verymuch not the same thing lol. And that's you making the assumption that "all of Reddit" shared those views, also not true.

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u/thederpofwar321 Mar 22 '23

America probably not but Amazon? Yha.

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u/Dexter2700 Mar 23 '23

The western government has been sanctioning China for a while now. Such as blocking ASML , TikTok, and Huawei. China also blocks western companies from culture and media influences.

What China is doing is squeezing their own domestic population to develop domestic technology that can replace western tech industries. If they play nice then they will continue to rely on western tech. What the West realized is that Chinese brands are very competitive now and they are very popular in medium income areas like Latin America, South Africa etc. Capitalism doesn't like to give up market share, so war between the west and China is inevitable as long as humans have egos to fill.

It's really a war between the 1% of each world's population that affects the other 99%

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u/DioEgizio Mar 23 '23

China never accepted the Russian sanctions, so I don't understand the issue here

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u/f_d Mar 23 '23

If China wasn't worried about economic consequences, Russia would have no more trouble obtaining the weapons and ammunition to keep fighting. China is helping Russia in some ways while holding back the weapons and supplies Russia needs the most.

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u/ocelot_piss Mar 22 '23

That's not the point. Yes, Ukraine has used Chinese tech that's commercially available to everyone. The CCP couldn't have stopped Ukraine getting their hands on that kinda stuff if they'd tried.

That's not the same as the Chinese state agreeing to, and directly providing aid to, Russia.

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u/grchelp2018 Mar 22 '23

AFAIH everything russia is getting is also commercially available stuff from china.

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u/ocelot_piss Mar 22 '23 edited Mar 23 '23

Parts for radars and jets. Body armor (not the aliexpress stuff either). And now ammo (albeit according to US sources).

Edit: ah, hello tankies.

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u/TraderJulz Mar 23 '23

Sounds like they got you at least lmao

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u/nipchee93 Mar 23 '23

I think they are sending the extra stock of everything from Wish.com as well

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u/Fun_Ruin29 Mar 23 '23

Xi needs oil on the cheap and can play two hands here. Giving Puter lip service and not risking too much. Master play!

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u/RushingTech Mar 22 '23

There is an arguably large geopolitical benefit for China to send their weapons to Russia and take an anti-US stance. Plus a frozen conflict in Ukraine literally benefits them because NATO will have to continue sending military packages to the region which takes their focus away from Taiwan and West Asia.

They might not publicly announce support but I am certain time will soon show Ukrainians finding Chinese components in Russian tanks etc.

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u/MadShartigan Mar 23 '23

A chance to deplete the arsenals of democracy before making a move on Taiwan is too good an opportunity for China to pass up, so long as they can keep their involvement deniable. Fairly easy to do if it's private companies selling everything that Russia needs. Of course there are no private companies in China as they are all beholden to the CCP, but is that enough to sanction them?

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u/MaybeImDead Mar 23 '23

Depleting America's weapons stockpile with Ukraine??? so they can make a move on Taiwan?? hahahaha, calm down armchair geneal!!

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u/MadShartigan Mar 23 '23

Indeed, highly unlikely to happen. Especially if the current war efforts act as a stimulus for Western defence budgets and arms manufacturing.

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u/CrazyBaron Mar 23 '23

You realize that arsenal that going to be used in war to protect Taiwan is completely different from the one West sends to Ukraine? Taiwan war will be sea and air battle if those lost there won't be even ability to send any ground help.

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u/MadShartigan Mar 23 '23

Yep but it all gets paid from the same budget, relying on the same goodwill of the people, and subject to the same opposition from certain politicians and pundits.

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u/Explorer335 Mar 23 '23

Chinese munitions are being used in Ukraine. U.S. intelligence has confirmed their presence but did not elaborate on the scale or type of weapons provided.

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u/m4nu Mar 23 '23

They're being used by both Russians and Ukrainians. Same with Chinese drones and Chinese body armor. China don't give a fuck just $$$$$$$.

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u/ConohaConcordia Mar 23 '23

In the case of ammo, it’s likely that they were purchased long ago — on another sub there’s a video of it, and the type 61? mortar ammo shown was out of production for four decades.

Russia could also have gotten Chinese ammo from North Korea.

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u/LordRaglan1854 Mar 23 '23

Well, there's no benefit to announcing it in public ...

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u/A_RocketSurgeon Mar 23 '23

China can easily evade possible sanctions by the West by simply sending weapons to Belarus, North Korea or Iran.

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u/O_o-22 Mar 23 '23

They’ll just do it on the sly someway.

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u/Deltahotel_ Mar 23 '23

There are plenty of benefits. Causing NATO a headache, wearing on our resources, testing equipment(which is huge because most Chinese equipment has never seen actual prolonged modern battle), making money if Russia will pay for it, just to name a few.

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u/CBSnews CBS News Mar 22 '23

Here's a preview of the story:

China's President Xi Jinping left Moscow Wednesday morning after a closely watched, highly choreographed visit that saw him stand shoulder to shoulder with Vladimir Putin just days after an international arrest warrant was issued for the Russian leader for alleged war crimes in Ukraine. In a display of unity and an apparent swipe at Western nations that have helped Ukraine fight Russia's invasion, including the U.S., the men signed a joint statement saying it was necessary to "respect legitimate security concerns of all countries."

What the world saw of Xi's long anticipated visit was meticulous stagecraft designed to portray a counterforce to the U.S.-led NATO alliance of the West. Russia declared last year that it was building a new "democratic world order" with China, and as the two men walked toward each other down long rugs to meet in the center of an ornate, palatial hall in Moscow for a firm handshake, the signal to the rest of the world was unmistakable.

A statement released by China's government after the meeting said Xi and Putin "shared the view" that their two countries' "relationship has gone far beyond the bilateral scope and acquired critical importance for the global landscape and the future of humanity."

Their public message on Ukraine, in the joint statement and at the podiums, was a call for peace — but on the basis of a vague plan unveiled by China in February which the U.S. and its allies have dismissed and derided as a stalling tactic, as it includes no call for Russian forces to withdraw from Ukraine.

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/china-ukraine-news-russia-xi-jinping-vladimir-putin-depleted-uranium-rounds-kyiv-deaths/

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u/arcosapphire Mar 22 '23

I mean do you know a better way to exchange long protein strings?

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u/nardev Mar 23 '23

This is like a dystopian movie, only that it is real. These two are seriously trying to sell it as a democracy? Please someone pinch me and tell me I am just having a bad dream. Humanity cannot be boiled down to this level of stupid. A layman can see this is a dictatorship not a democracy. What the actual fuck is going on with the world?

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u/Sqantoo Mar 22 '23

Why would he publicly promise weapons? Dumb title

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u/RantControl Mar 22 '23

Xi is just inspecting his property and reminding Putin who's his daddy.

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u/LeMickeyJam3s Mar 22 '23 All-Seeing Upvote Take My Power

China is perhaps already secretly sending civilian drones and AA missile radars. They lie as much as Russia and wouldn't announce any munitions shipments anyway

Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/60571253

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u/kongKing_11 Mar 23 '23

I read the link there is no reference to weapons shipment. Stop lying to gain karma.

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u/FunTao Mar 23 '23

They’ve been doing that since 2014. So it’s not like it suddenly happened before the invasion

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u/sicariobrothers Mar 22 '23

And it’s a game that western intelligence agencies already play well.

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u/apexHeiliger Mar 23 '23

Because they mix truth with lies instead of an outright obvious lie.

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u/chippymonk793 Mar 22 '23

It's not in Russia's interest to buy weapons from China. Russia inheriting the deceased Soviet's reputation in international weapon market takes China as their direct competitor. Buying weapons from China will ruin their weapons trade to India / Middle East / Africa for good, and that's Russia's 2nd major income apart from gas. Why would they do that? It would be like Apple buying Microsoft laptops for their branch office, it's just ridiculous

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u/chippymonk793 Mar 22 '23

It's a reputation thing. China can already supply everything Russia make, including all of the aircrafts / tanks / missiles / ships / air-defense / radar / drones, it's solely the Soviet reputation still keep old Russia in the game of international arms trade. Them buying their own shit from China would be the last straw.

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u/Deltahotel_ Mar 23 '23

Well when you have over a hundred thousand die and shoot tons of ammo, small arms and munitions start to get scarce. Reputation concerns don’t outweigh your expenditure outpacing your production

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u/TexasYankee212 Mar 22 '23

Russia and China have a common border. China can "sneak" military supplies to Russia disguised as "household goods" or "refrigerators". Or as previously written, through a 3rd country. There are easy ways that China can ship military supplies to Russia.

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u/Gluca23 Mar 23 '23

The equipment will be spotted in the battlefield, soon or later, and hope is their turn to get sanctioned.

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u/Far_Particular_430 Mar 23 '23

I hope Putin soiled himself over this one too

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u/bombayblue Mar 23 '23

Giving Putin a “major boost” is such a horribly written headline.

He didn’t give Putin anything. You can’t have two major world leaders meet each like this and not walk away with something. Hence the joint declaration of friendship they issued basically saying “we both want to respect our borders and support each other diplomatically and economically and stuff”

Which is already the status quo with Russia and China, hence my statement that Putin got nothing.

The entire purpose of this meeting was to get more material support for their war in Ukraine or some kind of large economic aid package. He didn’t get either.

And he sent T-54/54 tanks to Ukraine the day this summit ended. Not a great week for Putin.

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u/Reginald002 Mar 22 '23

A German summary: Außer Spesen nichts gewesen.

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u/ActiveAd4980 Mar 22 '23

So under the table kind of deal?

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u/RandomStuffGenerator Mar 22 '23

I guess only one of them was under the table, given the situation

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u/isitaspider2 Mar 23 '23

Which is strange considering how big that table is. You could fit the entire upper command of Russia under it and still have room for Tucker Carlson under there too.

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '23

Two cups 1 direction

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u/Hades_adhbik Mar 22 '23

If Russia doesn't care to dispatch of putin because he's evil, they don't mind they he murders anyone that criticizes him, they should at least dispatch of him because he's a failure. He can't get the job done. He promised you Ukraine, but Ukraine is still standing. Even after all this abuse and torment. Support keeps pooring in, inspite of all the efforts to get it to stop.

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u/nyc-will Mar 22 '23

We like our cheap Chinese crap too much to stop doing business with China, so they can get away with stuff like supporting Russia.

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u/simonebaptiste Mar 23 '23

Too bad they both didn’t fall out of a window.. embraced in friendship…while double Dutch rout erring each other…

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u/scarabic Mar 23 '23

Why does world geopolitics have to be so goddamn dire? We have this veneer of civilized society, trade, people travel around as tourists visiting f each others countries, and then, under the sheet, powers like China, the US, and Russia are all furiously plotting to undermine and destroy each other. Can we ever get over this shit?

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u/Wwize Mar 22 '23

China will likely send weapons in secret. They want to help Russia but don't want the world to know that China is now an accomplice to Russia's war crimes.

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u/xlsma Mar 23 '23

What's the point of doing it "in secret" when some (if not all) of it would be destroyed in Ukraine and identified as Chinese?

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u/Wwize Mar 23 '23

It might not be identified as Chinese. China has a lot of old Soviet stuff too. They could just send that to Russia and it's identical to what Russia already has. Artillery shells and ammo are good examples of things that are difficult or maybe impossible to identify as Chinese if it's old USSR stuff.

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u/eggsarenice Mar 23 '23 edited Mar 23 '23

Not true. China only has Soviet stuff until before the Sino-Soviet Split in 1960 (and the fighter program in the 90's). From Chinese 7.62x39 rounds (which Russia doesn't use anymore, they switched to 5.45x39 in the AK74) to Chinese made artillery shells you can find out by markings what date they were made and China made them.

If you want to talk about big ticket items such as missiles, you can definitely tell where they are from. Different semiconductor markings, chip variations. You can even visually tell the difference of a Chinese Type 59 (T-55 copy). Even Chinese purchased Su-27 in the 90's will have differences in avionics and different ECM pods that is identifiable, and I doubt any of them still fly with China buying them just to copy for the J-11. J-15 and J16 were copies from an unfinished SU-33 prototype that they bought from Ukraine. Those are totally different with Chinese radar, avionics, missiles. Even the engines are different.

What you cannot identify is if they got them recently or not. But as far as I know, Russia never used Chinese ammo. Unless it personal purchase, but that would seem to be against the import laws of both countries.

Edit: Ah the classic reply and block

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u/Wwize Mar 23 '23

Russia is starting to dig into its 1950's stockpile, so they could be getting more of that stuff from China too.

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u/Wwize Mar 22 '23

You are the one who is wrong:

Intelligence suggests China is considering sending drones and ammunition to Russia, sources familiar say

Nobody has claimed that China has already sent weapons. The claim is that they are considering sending weapons, and that is supported by US intelligence.

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u/jzy9 Mar 22 '23

What are we, doing thought crimes now? Since they “consider” and haven’t sent weapons, wouldn’t the conclusion be that the answer was no, let’s not send weapons. And yet you claim they will send it in secret.

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u/kylepatel24 Mar 22 '23

In regards to these talks that happened now though, i wouldn’t necessarily blame the US if they don’t have intelligence on these new agreements, weeks to come, sure its a valid question to ask.

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u/Durumbuzafeju Mar 22 '23

So basically Putin is left on his own. No help from China, but he himself pledged to help them a lot. This looks like a diplomatic defeat.

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u/Top_Membership_7512 Mar 22 '23

My sweet summer child. What china says and what china does rarely match up. Although China itself remained neutral, three million Chinese soldiers participated in the conflict as part of the People's Volunteer Army fighting alongside the Korean People's Army during the Korean War.

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u/00xjOCMD Mar 22 '23

No help from China? There are multiple reports that Russia has already received weapons, ammo, drones, computer chips, and body armor from China.

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u/courage_wolf_sez Mar 22 '23

CCP: What could be more peaceful than supporting the invading country?

...Do you even know your own history anymore?

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u/Eph_the_Beef Mar 23 '23

Oh they do. It's just that now it's their turn to start doing the invading.

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u/icrushallevil Mar 22 '23

China publicly: We don't give weapons.

China secretly: We give weapons to you.

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u/Rosebunse Mar 22 '23

I just think China doesn't want Russia to have its actual weapons because then everyone would find out that they were crap.

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u/Sparkycivic Mar 23 '23

China would rather that Russia continues losing the war... So it can take even greater advantage in the aftermath.

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '23

When they are mixed up with Russian products, no one can tell.

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u/Rosebunse Mar 23 '23

When the Ukrainians recover them there would be Chinese reference numbers or something. All of the parts can be traced.

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '23

But would Ukrainians tell Russians what weapon to avoid? If not, they won’t tell.

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u/Electronic_Impact Mar 22 '23

Xi owns Putin now but it's still dangerous for the world economy.

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u/makashiII_93 Mar 22 '23

Right after Pootin’s checks bounced.

Coincidence?

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u/Prestigious-Log-7210 Mar 23 '23

Monsters, but let’s not punish China at all.

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u/Idredric Mar 22 '23

Wait a sec, wasn't everyone reporting that this was a three day trip?

If so, so Xi cut it short after the first day... Interesting....

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u/GuiltySigurdsson Mar 22 '23

He arrived on Monday and left on Wednesday. It was a 3 day trip.

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u/GymAndGarden Mar 23 '23

Boost? You mean after making Putin his bitch? Lmfao, Russia (Moscovia) belongs to China and everyone fucking knows it.

But at least China gets tourists and makes products that the world can actually name

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u/bigredradio Mar 22 '23

Which cup has the iocain powder?

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '23

Is he riding that Boeing again and not the magnificent C919 ?

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u/Arrg-ima-pirate Mar 23 '23

He doesn’t have to publicly say anything if you don’t think Russia is heavily supplied with Chinese weapons and ammo already you’re nuts. Everyone saw when Russia ran out of guns and was giving everyone rusted out AK’s… where do you think they’re getting the guns??? Just because it’s not on the news feed doesn’t mean anything… and if you think governments tell us everything at once you’re nuts

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u/Fun_Ruin29 Mar 23 '23

Look at that banner photo, Xi and puter. No trust, no love, no real help. Xi sees oil on the cheap. Puter knows this but can play a propaganda card.

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u/Ai-Bee Mar 23 '23

Saw the photo but didn't realize they were holding glasses of wine. Thought they were doing that Korean heart sign with their fingers and thought aww that's cute of them, completely forgetting that these are 2 of the most powerful men in the world......

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u/Tiger-Billy Mar 23 '23

That's natural since Xi does not have the gut to experience the sanction from the US. If China gives Russia weapon systems, the US & EU nations will sanction China & CCP high officials, then China can't make the idea that invading Taiwan in the end. Thus, Xi couldn't remark that he would give Russia the Chinese weapon systems. Providing that the US tries sanctions on China, the CCP regime would be collapsed without some special solutions. Xi already knows that, therefore, then he didn't say it.

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u/666DRO420 Mar 23 '23

Literally the worst spin-off of crazy rich Asians

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u/Mudgruff Mar 23 '23

A new "democratic world order" is laughable... if you can't vote them out without fear of being disappeared then you're not democratic.

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u/atomiccheesegod Mar 22 '23

I remember when China sent some weapons shipments to the Philippines around 2016ish to fight ISIS groups.

There were a few posts on the various military subs of dissatisfied filipino troops showing how poorly made many of the Chinese weapons were.

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u/Aedelweard Mar 23 '23

Norinco rifles are pretty decent.

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '23

We should not say how bad Chinese weapons are, because it will hurt their fragile feelings, and it may cause them to fix problems too. First is sort of OK, but we don’t want the second.

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u/Gunner_E4 Mar 22 '23

I am waiting to hear stories of how inferior these armaments will be, which would explain why they are given away like this.

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '23

No you won’t. When these are mixed up with the beautiful Russian products, no one can tell whose weapon fxxked up.

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u/FirefighterEnough859 Mar 22 '23

I believe Xi said” Yō pìgu shì wǒ de xiànzài”

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u/Eph_the_Beef Mar 23 '23

Sorry I don't understand... (Im guessing) phonetic mandarin?

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u/Aedelweard Mar 23 '23

That's gibberish.

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u/naslam74 Mar 23 '23

China isn’t stupid. They know their money comes from the west. They won’t jeopardize that. O

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u/autotldr BOT Mar 22 '23

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 81%. (I'm a bot)


Their public message on Ukraine, in the joint statement and at the podiums, was a call for peace - but on the basis of a vague plan unveiled by China in February which the U.S. and its allies have dismissed and derided as a stalling tactic, as it includes no call for Russian forces to withdraw from Ukraine.

Putin said China's plan could form the basis for a settlement, but accused Ukraine and its Western backers of keeping the war going, having decided "To fight with Russia to the last Ukrainian."

What Putin and Xi may have discussed and agreed to behind closed doors in Moscow, out of the view of television cameras, will remain a topic of keen interest around the world in the days ahead. After the strong show of support - but no mention of an agreement for China to supply weapons or other lethal aid - Xi left Russia.


Extended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Ukraine#1 Putin#2 China#3 Russia#4 new#5

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u/VintageHacker Mar 22 '23

Yep, changes for the worse, thanks to poo Tin and pooh bear.

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u/LordRaglan1854 Mar 23 '23

There was a lot to unpack from that visit and many ways to spin it, but it looked to me like an upstanding older brother visiting a wayward younger sibling at the police station. Behind the handshakes and gestures of support, cold feelings of disapproval:

"You fucked up bro, and while I'll look after your dog while you're away I'm not bailing you out!"