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Lol, except that the US can't do that. I mean unless you want to crash the economy
Lots of individual companies are already reducing business with China.
Full boycott-pretty tough to do. But significant reduction, yes. And long term it would be a disaster for China. They depend on exports to western nations.
China did a stress test, when sanctioned were applied to Russia, to prepare themselves for potential Western sanctions. Also, the Wuhan virus basically stopped the world's economy including China. Goods practically stopped coming out of China for months. There weren't making much money, if at all, during the lock-down months.
China survived. They didn't fall apart. I think they would survive Western sanctions too. The only question is do they think the risk is worth it, if they were to supply Russia with weapons?
China was the only major economy that grew during the pandemic of 2020.
They have food, they have factories, resources, partners, there will be no starving them out with sanctions. We can try though if we dare, as we shoot ourselves in the foot. We can make threats all we want, but if they decide it is in their interest to arm Russia, they will do it and simply allow nations to decouple from them if that is what they choose. Other nations will suck up a lot of their inventory, and raise their standards of living, while western nations scramble to figure out how to stem the bleeding.
I have never actually seen a Ukrainian flag displayed, outside of TV.
I can't think of why that might matter.
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Lots of individual companies are already reducing business with China.
Full boycott-pretty tough to do. But significant reduction, yes. And long term it would be a disaster for China. They depend on exports to western nations.
China did a stress test, when sanctioned were applied to Russia, to prepare themselves for potential Western sanctions. Also, the Wuhan virus basically stopped the world's economy including China. Goods practically stopped coming out of China for months. There weren't making much money, if at all, during the lock-down months.
China survived. They didn't fall apart. I think they would survive Western sanctions too. The only question is do they think the risk is worth it, if they were to supply Russia with weapons?
For all I know they could have been supplying Russia with weapons and technical assistance.
Who says?...... China?!
What horsepooky.
China is falling apart as we speak. If they have been supplying Russia with "weapons and technical assistance" it only demonstrates the incompetence of both countries since together they have not been able to take down Ukraine.
and this is why peace can only be achieved by Russians in Russia, IMO.
Peace can be achieved once Russia is driven out of Ukraine. Once Ukraine has military capability to keep Russia from attacking, Russia will have no choice but to give up. US/Europe, need to give Ukraine the full military capability to fight back, that is the only way they can win the war. Yes that meas giving them F16, long range rockets, air defense systems that can cover the major of large city's etc. Until and unless that happens, this war will not end.
China was the only major economy that grew during the pandemic of 2020. They have food, they have factories, resources, partners, ................
Nonsense. They do not have enough arable land to feed their population and must import 65% of their fuel through the Straits of Mallaca, which they do not control.
Peace can be achieved once Russia is driven out of Ukraine. Once Ukraine has military capability to keep Russia from attacking, Russia will have no choice but to give up. US/Europe, need to give Ukraine the full military capability to fight back, that is the only way they can win the war. Yes that meas giving them F16, long range rockets, air defense systems that can cover the major of large city's etc. Until and unless that happens, this war will not end.
I disagree. The Russians will not stop until the losses are so great, that the Russian people will change their leadership.
Putin see this war as survival of the motherland.
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