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(23,613 posts)not gonna burn
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see what I did there 😁
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I_UndergroundPanther
(12,462 posts)Enter stage left
(3,394 posts)Leghorn21
(13,522 posts)Feelin it yet, motherfucker?
Scrivener7
(50,911 posts)quakerboy
(13,916 posts)To do their best to play both sides of this.
Whichever way it goes, they intend to come out on top.
Wounded Bear
(58,598 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,655 posts)Irish_Dem
(46,492 posts)Xi knows how he is going to handle the Russia situation.
He will be the winner.
onetexan
(13,020 posts)back.
quakerboy
(13,916 posts)Everyone is pretty much watching their own backs and acting self servingly.
The difference being who is willing to commit war crimes and invade other countries, and who has other tools in their toolbox to get what they want. Oh.. and who is basically at the whims of the more powerful.
James48
(4,427 posts)China is way too complex for an easy answer.
There must be more to the story-
Look for alternate currencies, routing through rubels, or some unexpected new trade deal to pop up.
Martin68
(22,765 posts)calimary
(81,110 posts)DallasNE
(7,402 posts)One Russian oligarch spent $600 million on his yacht.
agingdem
(7,805 posts)the big hurt is China's defection...Xi wisely understands Putin's winless war is not the mountain he wants to die on...and I suspect Xi understands Biden is not someone he can fuck with...
gaskinite
(73 posts)His bet is a low odds sure bet that Russia is gonna tank. He missed out on the big bet.
ShazzieB
(16,273 posts)FakeNoose
(32,579 posts)... because they have none of their own.
I wonder where they're going to get it, now that they've cancelled their order with Russia?
Hmmmm.....
Hekate
(90,556 posts)But what do I know
SergeStorms
(19,186 posts)at least 33 times in the past week, making the sanctions against them somewhat difficult to enforce. The tankers are virtually invisible without the tracking systems in working order.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/several-russian-tankers-reportedly-turned-off-their-tracking-systems-33-times-last-week-a-practice-the-us-says-could-be-used-to-evade-sanctions/ar-AAVy1f0?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=71987fd2e52a4b34af8e60229d738524
Anyone want to wager where these tankers are headed?
EYESORE 9001
(25,908 posts)and then pick over the wreckage for the tasty bits remaining? Seems a better business plan than backing a fast-fading former superpower with plans to subvert their best customers.
roamer65
(36,744 posts)Eyeball_Kid
(7,429 posts)Putin suffered a massive PR defeat. THAT'S the story.
KentuckyWoman
(6,679 posts)whopis01
(3,491 posts)or lack thereof.
Putin has become a problem. China doesn't want to get dragged down with him. It would be much easier to let him go away and work with the next guy.
lindysalsagal
(20,581 posts)Hope it's true!
yaesu
(8,020 posts)Roy Rolling
(6,908 posts)Is $500 million a large amount in this context of a large country like China? I cant understand this event as anything but a PR ploy to say China publicly opposes Russias invasion.
Still, I hope the reality is as hopeful as the PR statement. But Im fearful that public pronouncements during wartime are meant to deceive.
Though, lastly, the veneer of a cancelled business deal leaves a lot of political face-saving for both parties in the eyes of the world. And thats how successful negotiations look.
whopis01
(3,491 posts)China knows how to a read a room.
This is more harmful to Putin himself than to Russia or China. It is bad PR for him and further erodes the confidence of those who keep him in power. China is not changing their policy at all - they are just distancing themselves from Putin.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)BradBo
(528 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(144,919 posts)Cha
(296,845 posts)I saw yours.
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Cha
(296,845 posts)Vinca
(50,236 posts)Ukraine supposedly to secure those small pockets of alleged Russia lovers. If China cuts him off, that's pretty much the ball game. Smart move on China's part choosing the rest of the world over Putin's lousy economy.
lark
(23,061 posts)oldsoftie
(12,489 posts)And we should get our critical manufacturing OUT of there
The Unmitigated Gall
(3,779 posts)Careful you dont break it off!