https://web.archive.org/web/20240709113414/https://molfar.com/en/blog/russians-who-shelled-okhmatdyt

I fully agree.

This [the EU losing a historically ardent supporter of European integration] would significantly impact the EU, especially with the rise of far-right movements within Europe, if China opts to work with individual member states rather than EU institutions […]

Working with individual countries rather than blocs is something China has been doing for a long time, in Europe and the EU as well as elsewhere. There are no signs that Beijing is willing to change that. For example, China’s 'Belt and Road Initiative" (BRI) is entirely based on agreements with single countries, there is not one BRI contract with any kind of bloc (let me know if I’m mistaken). The BRI is explicitly a series of single-country agreements.

In Europe you can actually see this in Hungary and Serbia where China invests heavily and has apparently strong ties with the autocratic leadership there, while at the same time there appears to be no Chinese interest of even negotiating at the EU bloc’s level. And it has never been. Last year, for example, the Chinese ambassador to France even said independent states that emerged from the collapse of the Soviet Union lacked ‘actual status in international law’ - this includes the Baltic states, all EU members.

Also, from a Chinese perspective, the rise of the far-right in Europe is probably something Beijing welcomed and allegedly promoted, as, for example, we may see in Germany with the recent arrests and prosecutions of right-wing AfD politicians over their alleged ties with China and Russia.

So I agree that a China-EU trade war is unlikely in 2024 (and, unlike what the article says, also in 2025 imo), but for very different reasons. I don’t consider China as a supporter of European integration considering what the government has been doing for a very long time.

Maybe this helps: https://x.com/bellingcat/status/1810952736264855916

Or just go to Bellingscat’s Twitter, there’s more about it: https://twitter.com/bellingcat

Yeah, I agree with you in principle, it’s just that I usually try to not edit the original version if it’s not absolutely necessary for clarity, but, yeah …

We in Europe have a similar problem in Slovakia at the moment with PM Fico with a similar autocratic (and pro-Russian) approach. Europe will have to adapt to the rise of the extremists from the right (and soon from the left too?) and other global development.

Derailing ist das, glaube ich, schon lange. Alle können mal einen Mumpiz reden oder schreiben, das passiert mir und vermutlich auch anderen. Man muss das nicht immer alles ernst nehmen. Aber in manchen Communities scheinen die Leute jeden Kontakt zur Welt verloren zu haben, Systemkritik hin oder her. Mittlerweile habe ich in etwa eine Ahnung davon, warum diese Community bei Reddit rausgeflogen ist.

Ist das Gaza?

@nikaaa@lemmy.world , Whataboutism ist nie angebracht, aber in diesem Kontext ist es widerlich.

Jetzt frage ich mich, ob in den Kommentaren zu kritischen Artikeln über China und Russland der Anteil an Whataboutism höher ist als bei entsprechenden Artikeln zu USA oder EU. Ich denke, der Anteil bei China/Russland ist höher. Aber es sollte eine Studie durchgeführt werden.

After @Beaver@lemmy.ca made their comment in this thread, I found this just in case (it’s the children’s hospital in the article): https://www.ohmatdytfund.org/en/donate