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applegrove

(119,009 posts)
Mon Apr 29, 2024, 06:27 PM Apr 29

Xi Tries to Drive a Wedge Between Europe and the U.S.

Xi Tries to Drive a Wedge Between Europe and the U.S.

April 29, 2024 at 4:21 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 38 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2024/04/29/xi-tries-to-drive-a-wedge-between-europe-and-the-u-s/

"SNIP..............

“Chinese President Xi Jinping is heading to the European Union for the first time in five years with a clear message: Beijing offers much more of an economic opportunity for the bloc than the U.S. wants to admit,” Bloomberg reports.

“The Chinese leader will begin his five-day trip to France, Serbia and Hungary on May 5, according to the Foreign Ministry in Beijing. Those nations are seeking investment from China, despite a litany of EU probes into Beijing’s industrial policy and the warnings from officials in Washington about the risks.”

............SNIP"

Applegrove:

When the intelligence authorities took over the old Nortel (fiber optics) head office after it closed in Ottawa they found tons of Chinese bugs inside the walls. The Chinese stole everything for the high tech company.

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Xi Tries to Drive a Wedge Between Europe and the U.S. (Original Post) applegrove Apr 29 OP
That would be the Atlantic Ocean! elleng Apr 29 #1
Both Putin and Xi want to damage western democracy cooperation. Irish_Dem Apr 29 #2

Irish_Dem

(48,449 posts)
2. Both Putin and Xi want to damage western democracy cooperation.
Mon Apr 29, 2024, 08:14 PM
Apr 29

It is the old Roman strategy, divide and conquer.

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