China is helping Russia ramp up its defense industrial base at such a large scale that Moscow is now undertaking its most ambitious expansion in military manufacturing since the Soviet era as it continues its war against Ukraine, according to senior Biden administration officials.
The support China is providing includes significant quantities of machine tools, drone and turbojet engines and technology for cruise missiles, microelectronics, and nitrocellulose, which Russia uses to make propellant for weapons, said the officials.
Chinese and Russian entitles have also been working jointly to produce drones inside of Russia, one of the officials said.
We have to start understanding that Russia and Iran backed by China are fighting a war against the west. We got to understand that all what is happening now is not a coincidence. China has been step by step showing its colors. This could be the 21st century version of the axis in the 1940s and ppl need to wake up because what might be now far from my bed show, could change over the next few years.
Decades of propaganda to divide the West have already been part of the war effort, and seems like it worked. There is a reason Russia meddled in US election, and why it finances EU right-wing parties and organizations.
This is the cold war pt. 2, which might turn into WW3 if we are unlucky. The EU might step up in the long term, but in the short term it all depends on the US. If they take a step back from the world stage in the next few years, we will lose.
This war is also being waged through psyops programs, or “hybrid” warfare", where most who are compromised haven’t a clue that they have been owned by the adversary. The Republican party and right wing news are prime examples.
You know Russia and Israel are on good terms right? The facts are that Israel refused to sanction Russia even after they invaded Ukraine. Netanyahu also refused to send arms to Ukraine citing the potential for them to end up in Iranian hands. This is less surprising if you know that about a fifth of Israel’s population are Russian speakers and as a result the countries maintain close ties.
If you really think Iran, Russia, and China are part of some axis of evil then you’re living in a Bush era fantasy realm. When you’re not steeped in propaganda, it’s easy to see that they’re all just trading partners with a limited set of mutually aligned interests.
Thank you! I totally forgot that easily verifiable facts are actually just propaganda when Adm_Drummer says so. I’ll be more careful next time.
Don’t worry, our military leaders have known this for multiple decades. The public (you) is only just finding out now
”a war against the west”
A war against capitalism and American Imperialism.
“war against capitalism”
Don’t fool yourself into believing China is communist though. At this point they’re just a different flavor of capitalism.
My Chinese history professor said that every citizen is a good member of the communist party, and every smart citizen buys and sells at the Shanghai stock exchange.
Do yourself a service and learn of their plans for the future. Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era is an interesting read.
Building a cryptofascist empire will turn into a luxurious fully automated communism with a push or a button surely any day now…
Wrong:
According to Xi, “the consolidation and development of the socialist system will require its own long period of history… it will require the tireless struggle of generations, up to ten generations.”
No, a convenient excuse. There’s no evidence of such and belief doesn’t cut it
There’s plenty of evidence that they are doing what they said they would do. They just plan long term instead of the fiscal quarters we do here in the West:
China’s Xi promises a nationalized scientific and high-tech industry amid chip bans
They can nationalize any industry, any sector of their economy, at any time.
China doesn’t claim to have a communist economic system though. They understand perfectly well that they have a market economy. Their rationale for this apparent contradiction is that they believed they couldn’t grow quickly enough in isolation. They thought that by building a market economy they could trade with the western world and therefore rapidly develop. I think that gambit has clearly paid off. It’ll be interesting to see what decisions China makes once their economy is strong enough that the US cannot legitimately threaten it.
So what communist system do they have? Control of idiots? I’m genuinely confused when I encounter “china communism” discussions as it always turns into shrodinger’s semantics.
I think China has been very clear with their image projection: it’s a totalitarian regime that only cares about Han chinese.
They don’t have a communist system. As I said, they don’t claim to have one either. It’s not Schrödinger semantics. They do want to build a post scarcity society where every person is given the resources they need to thrive, aka communism. During the Mao era they thought they could achieve that through revolutionary fervor. After the failure of many of Mao’s campaigns they turned towards a model that prioritized economic growth. That meant they were willing to leverage a market economy for however long it was useful.
You can just go and read their self assessment on past actions and their development plans. They aren’t shy about it and there’s no real indication they’re lying about their intentions. They’re pretty explicit about why they think maintaining the political supremacy of the CPC is important.
They also don’t put out any statements to indicate they believe in Han supremacy. That’s honestly silly to me especially when you consider the vast ethnic and cultural diversity that’s contained within the Han ethnic group. The CPC is however very concerned about maintaining national integrity which means they do suppress independence movements within the country. That goes for both ideological movements such as the protests in Hong Kong and Taiwanese independence or ethnic movements as in Tibet and Xinjiang.
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In support of (drumroll) eastern capitalism and eastern imperialism.
You can’t have the moral high ground and also be playing the same shitty game with the same shitty tactics.
Don’t say I didn’t try:
Special economic zones (SEZs) in mainland Chinaare granted more free market-oriented economic policies and flexible governmental measures by the government of China, compared to the planned economy elsewhere.
Nice. You got me.
ChinaAmerica is givingRussiaIsrael significant support to expand weapons manufacturing asUkraineGaza war continues… not so acceptable when someone else does the same thing. I love this world of double standards.
Two things can be bad at once without needing to bring up one when discussing the other. It turns out the world isn’t all that simple
I think it’s valid as a call out against the US official saying this
It’s not double standard. It’s a single standard - one superpower, American hegemony etc.
Great point.
It’s almost like nations are just looking out for their rich people while everyone else is a useful idiot squabbling over bullshit.
Yeah every nation does this, don’t be put off by your downvotes from the American Lemmy population.
You’re right
Calling out American hypocrisy is not allowed. That’s to be labeled “whataboutism” and then dismissed because reasons.
Seriously though, I’m looking through these posts and seeing the same dumb bullshit that bush jr spewed about “axis of evil” being parroted unironically. There’s an old saying in Tennessee—I know it’s in Texas, probably in Tennessee—that says, “Fool me once, shame on… shame on you. Fool me—you can’t get fooled again.”
The west supports country that aligns with their values and not literal terrorists? SHOCKEDPIKACHU
Not literal terrorists? Israel? I believe you can’t find a more terrorist state on Earth at the moment.
Terrorism means waging war with the west without spending a lot of money.
Genocide, on the other hand…
Russia is China’s proxy now, whether they admit it to themselves or not.
Huh, so those hilariously noisy tankies DO support imperial, genocidal regimes whose only goals are the capture of foreign land.
I guess all those tankies are LIBS
This is the best summary I could come up with:
China is helping Russia ramp up its defense industrial base at such a large scale that Moscow is now undertaking its most ambitious expansion in military manufacturing since the Soviet era as it continues its war against Ukraine, according to senior Biden administration officials.
The support China is providing includes significant quantities of machine tools, drone and turbojet engines and technology for cruise missiles, microelectronics, and nitrocellulose, which Russia uses to make propellant for weapons, said the officials.
The challenge for Ukraine is exacerbated by Republicans in the US Congress continuing to block a vote on a new American military aid package to Kyiv.
“One of the most game changing moves available to us at this time to support Ukraine is to persuade the PRC (People’s Republic of China) to stop helping Russia reconstitute its military industrial base.
The support from China is compensating for the significant setbacks that Russia’s defense industry experienced early in the Ukraine war due to US sanctions and export controls.
Earlier this month Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen delivered China a warning of “significant consequences” if Chinese companies provide support to Russia for the Ukraine war during her trip to the country.
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That is very concerning as America’s ability to build weapons is severely degraded.
Weird that they’re singlehandedly carrying out the world biggest baddest genocide with such degraded abilities, huh?
What do they call it when your enemy is wildly weak and also incomprehensibly strong?
Who sold you your crack? I want some because I can’t afford healthcare to fix my health issues due to the military complex I live within, but I gotta stop this pain somehow.
Putin is so fucking weak LOLOLOL
Right…
He’s taking handout from a neighbor. You don’t do that if you have a winning hand.
Excellent! We’re going to start applying critical sanctions and economic pressures since China is supporting an event of the US… right? RIGHT!?!
No? Oh. We’re going to sit on our asses and watch the eradication of the Ukrainian people. Swell
