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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSounds like Xi has a severe case of buyer's remorse
Link to tweet
In a virtual summit with European Union leaders on Friday, Xi told European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel that the crisis must be "properly handled".
"Many people are very worried that the current situation may destroy the achievements of decades of international economic cooperation. If the situation continues to deteriorate, it is estimated that it may take years, or even decades, to recover afterwards," Xi said, according to a statement from the Chinese foreign ministry.
The EU said later that it urged Beijing not to "interfere" with sanctions on Russia and while the two sides agreed on working to end the conflict, they had expressed "opposing views" on the situation. Xi warned against a chaotic response that would "tie the whole world to the crisis [and means] people of all countries will pay a heavy price".
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/chinese-president-xi-jinping-warns-093000245.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw&tsrc=twtr
Akoto
(4,267 posts)TheBlackAdder
(28,211 posts)KT2000
(20,587 posts)they can't control other dictators. I just hope Xi does not come up with a "solution."
Sanity Claws
(21,852 posts)or living in other countries. If he wants the world economy not to worsen, let him go talk to his buddy, Putin.
Phoenix61
(17,019 posts)Chainfire
(17,636 posts)they can dial; 1-800-Eat-Shit. If they don't want to be tied to Russia, then separate themselves from it. It is just that simple.
Disaffected
(4,568 posts)I dialed 1-800-Eat-Shit and was pleasantly surprised.
Chainfire
(17,636 posts)A pleasant surprise, huh? I don't think so.
edhopper
(33,615 posts)that he wants the West to not interfere with Russia's invasion and not punish Russia economically.
It's like he is saying a small country overrun ("cough" Tibet "cough" should not get in the way of Capitalism.
applegrove
(118,778 posts)was a businessman. The first thing the Chinese did was shut his business down. I assume since China is so capitalist now that they encourage Tibetan owned businesses? Is that right? Or is this appeal to capitalism just a dog whistle to autocrats and fascists and antidemocratic entities in the West to get back in control because Democracy is winning worldwide in this Ukraine situation?
Chainfire
(17,636 posts)If we ever decided to sanction China, all of our retail stores would have to shutter up within a week or two.
orwell
(7,775 posts)...STOP BEING AN ASSHOLE!
Is that so hard? Tell the asshole that you are backing in Russia to STOP BEING AN ASSHOLE too.
It's really not that hard to live in peace if you would only STOP BEING AN ASSHOLE!
4 words...easy peasy...
dalton99a
(81,570 posts)abqtommy
(14,118 posts)among people all over the world yet in a short amount of time the attack on Ukraine has
caused the rest of us to be more united than ever. Miscalculation? Stupidity? Yes, it
will take Putin and Xi decades to fix this.
Crunchy Frog
(26,630 posts)I'm convinced of that.
C_U_L8R
(45,020 posts)And tell it to your bathroom mirror. There is a tremendous cost to being a bad state.