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China says it cannot accept countries acting as 'world judge' after US captures Maduro
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this post was submitted on 05 Jan 2026
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In any case, Mainland China still wants to supplant the US as a world power, so any failings of the Americans will be advantageous to Chinese regardless of its own domestic issues, as it does business with mostly countries rejected by the Americans as "enemy states" and undeserving of its support.
edit: To that particular someone who says to the contrary believing Americans remain strong, the Mainlanders still have their presence known in my country, especially as far as trade is concerned; walk into any street market and Mainland goods are cheap and present in huge volumes, and to boycott their goods will be next to impossible, having completely captured my country's market.
China obviously doesn't give af about supplanting the US as a world power. If they did they would actually do stuff internationally. There is no Chinese equivalent to NATO. All they will do in regards to Venezuelan president being kidnapped is strongly condemn it. They won't even offer PSUV any security guarantees. Literally all the Chinese government believes in is (1) trading with as many people as possible and (2) reuniting its breakaway territories. They have no ambitions beyond that. It is not true that China does business mostly with countries rejected by the Americans, but it does business with literally everyone. Chinese love to trade with everyone. While Americans media constantly criticizes China on every calling for regime change attacking their political system their leaders etc, the only time you ever hear criticism of the US on Chinese media is when the US does something that is viewed as harming trade, like the tariffs.
TIL BRICS doesn't exist.
brics is a total joke. one of the biggest member of brics is friends with everyone internationally.
Multipolarity bros really need to stop fantasizing about BRICS being some sort of anti-imperialist military alliance It's just delusion, BRICS isn't a military bloc, it is about trade. It technically isn't even a trading bloc either as it is literally just a forum to discuss trade relations. If you think any member of BRICS has defense obligations to one another then you are incredibly disconnected from reality.
Tell it to Tibet, ya clanker
The British Empire, whistling innocently.
Your whataboutism is immaculate, but I'm not sure you're actually helping here, Lockwarden.
So you know the greater context then, of the British in Tibet, at the very least.
Then why is China building aircraft carriers?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belt_and_Road_Initiative