China wants to form its own military alliance
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The rivalry over #Asia-Pacific is deepening, and #China is now considering a military umbrella of its own; something akin to #NATO, or the Warsaw Pact.
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The common philosophy in any alliance is and has always been money and security, everything else is secondary.
No, I don’t think I will.
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NO
Kind of hard to form a military alliance when everyone around you thinks you want to take their land.
China just wants tributary states... literally 0 invasions since creation, unlike some...
Nah nah nah
Hold up Sir
Firstly, let’s add a few metrics to this
Turkey is a Founding United Nations member
Turkey also then “Saved Cypress” upon which they stole land and formed the TRNC. Which is globally recognised by no one and rightfully so.
But how does that stand ?
So you’re telling me that hypothetically
If Russia “invaded” Ukraine peacefully, there would be no problem ?
I think Not
But seeing as Turkey is a founding member..
ALL of this pivots to your thoughts about China, why would it be a Problem ?
If we Allow Turkey to illegally control Land regardless of the reparations they paid,
It only stands to Allow it everywhere right ?
The United Nations being the almighty Overlords of what is right and what is not
And lack of credibility in military intervention.
@@Ober1kenobi
Which country are you talking about? It doesn't seem like you mean 'we' as in certain country people 'we', but not-that-country other countries 'we'. In which case, you're missing the point, and OP is in fact more correct in this.
Now, China is trying to form an alliance because they want the support, extra muscles when they have to stand against either US, India, or even Russia (unlikely but still). But before that China has been constantly heckling about other nations' land. So why would those countries want to form an alliance with China? I'm not talking about you (country, people unrelated to said countries), but actual countries in question. Turkey case has absolutely nothing to do with this, nor the 'allowing' part.
@@andrewyp6724 Taiwan
“Every alliance has a rider and a horse” Otto Von Bismarck
Thank you comrade xina
We need Another Bismarck
Every bing has a chilling - John xina
That is EU problem. 🎢
@@thelvadam2884 no we don't. We don't need more leaders and nations trying to shake up the balance of the world for their own benefits. We have enough of those.
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"A military alliance doesn't imply love, anymore than a war implies hate." You always end your videos with great quotes.
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This help me understand China better.
I’m from Malaysia. China has traded with Malaysia for 2000 years. In those years, they had been the world’s biggest powers many times. Never once they sent troops to take our land. Admiral Zheng He came to Malacca five times, in gigantic fleets, and a flagship eight times the size of Christopher Columbus’ flagship, Santa Maria. He could have seized Malacca easily, but he did not. In 1511, the Portuguese came. In 1642, the Dutch came. In the 18th century the British came. We were colonised by each, one after another.
When China wanted spices from India, they traded with the Indians. When they wanted gems, they traded with the Persian. They didn’t take lands. The only time China expanded beyond their current borders was in Yuan Dynasty, when Genghis and his descendants Ogedei Khan, Guyuk Khan & Kublai Khan concurred China, Mid Asia and Eastern Europe. But Yuan Dynasty, although being based in China, was a part of the Mongolian Empire.
Then came the Century of Humiliation. Britain smuggled opium into China to dope the population, a strategy to turn the trade deficit around, after the British could not find enough silver to pay the Qing Dynasty in their tea and porcelain trades. After the opium warehouses were burned down and ports were closed by the Chinese in ordered to curb opium, the British started the Opium War I, which China lost. Hong Kong was forced to be surrendered to the British in a peace talk (Nanjing Treaty). The British owned 90% of the opium market in China, during that time, Queen Victoria was the world’s biggest drug baron. The remaining 10% was owned by American merchants from Boston. Many of Boston’s institutions were built with profit from opium.
After 12 years of Nanjing Treaty, the West started getting really really greedy. The British wanted the Qing government:
1. To open the borders of China to allow goods coming in and out freely, and tax free.
2. Make opium legal in China.
Insane requests, Qing government said no. The British and French, with supports from the US and Russia from behind, started Opium War II with China, which again, China lost. The Anglo-French military raided the Summer Palace, and threatened to burn down the Imperial Palace, the Qing government was forced to pay with ports, free business zones, 300,000 kilograms of silver and Kowloon was taken. Since then, China’s resources flew out freely through these business zones and ports. In the subsequent amendment to the treaties, Chinese people were sold overseas to serve as labor.
In 1900, China suffered attacks by the 8-National Alliance(Japan, Russia, Britain, France, USA, Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary). Innocent Chinese civilians in Peking (Beijing now) were murdered, buildings were destroyed & women were raped. The Imperial Palace was raided, and treasures ended up in museums like the British Museum in London and the Louvre in Paris.
In late 1930s China was occupied by the Japanese in WWII. Millions of Chinese died during the occupancy. 300,000 Chinese died in Nanjing Massacre alone.
Mao brought China together again from the shambles. There were peace and unity for some time. But Mao’s later reign saw sufferings and deaths from famine and power struggles.
Then came Deng Xiao Ping and his infamous “black-cat and white-cat” story. His preference in pragmatism than ideologies has transformed China. This thinking allowed China to evolve all the time to adapt to the actual needs in the country, instead of rigidly bounded to ideologies. It also signified the death of Communism in actually practice in China. The current Socialism+Meritocracy+Market Economy model fits the Chinese like gloves, and it propels the uprise of China. Singapore has a similar model, and has been arguably more successful than Hong Kong, because Hong Kong being gateway to China, was riding on the economic boom in China, while Singapore had no one to gain from.
In just 30 years, the CPC have moved 800 millions of people out from poverty. The rate of growth is unprecedented in human history. They have built the biggest mobile network, by far the biggest high speed rail network in the world, and they have become a behemoth in infrastructure. They made a fishing village called Shenzhen into the world’s second largest technological centre after the Silicon Valley. They are growing into a technological power house. It has the most elaborate e-commerce and cashless payment system in the world. They have launched exploration to Mars. The Chinese are living a good life and China has become one of the safest countries in the world. The level of patriotism in the country has reached an unprecedented height.
For all of the achievements, the West has nothing good to say about it. China suffers from intense anti-China propagandas from the West. Western Media used the keyword “Communist” to instil fear and hatred towards China.
Everything China does is negatively reported.
They claimed China used slave labor in making iPhones. The truth was, Apple was the most profitable company in the world, it took most of the profit, leave some to Foxconn (a Taiwanese company) and little to the labor.
They claimed China was inhuman with one-child policy. At the same time, they accused China of polluting the earth with its huge population. The fact is the Chinese consume just 30% of energy per capita compared to the US.
They claimed China underwent ethnic cleansing in Xinjiang. The fact is China has a policy which priorities ethnic minorities. For a long time, the ethnic minorities were allowed to have two children and the majority Han only allowed one. The minorities are allowed a lower score for university intakes. There are 39,000 mosque in China, and 2100 in the US. China has about 3 times more mosque per muslim than the US.
When terrorist attacks happened in Xinjiang, China had two choices:
1. Re-educate the Uighur extremists before they turned terrorists.
2. Let them be, after they launch attacks and killed innocent people, bomb their homes.
China chose 1 to solve problem from the root and not to do killing. How the US solve terrorism? Fire missiles from battleships, drop bombs from the sky.
During the pandemic,
When China took extreme measures to lockdown the people, they were accused of being inhuman.
When China recovered swiftly because of the extreme measures, they were accused of lying about the actual numbers.
When China’s cases became so low that they could provide medical support to other countries, they were accused of politically motivated.
Western Media always have reasons to bash China.
Just like any country, there are irresponsible individuals from China which do bad and dirty things, but the China government overall has done very well. But I hear this comment over and over by people from the West: I like Chinese people, but the CPC is evil. What they really want is the Chinese to change the government, because the current one is too good.
Fortunately China is not a multi-party democratic country, otherwise the opposition party in China will be supported by notorious NGOs (Non-Government Organization) of the USA, like the NED (National Endowment for Democracy), to topple the ruling party. The US and the British couldn’t crack Mainland China, so they work on Hong Kong. Of all the ex-British colonial countries, only the Hong Kongers were offered BNOs by the British. Because the UK would like the Hong Kongers to think they are British citizens, not Chinese. A divide-and-conquer strategy, which they often used in Color Revolutions around the world.
They resort to low dirty tricks like detaining Huawei’s CFO & banning Huawei. They raised a silly trade war which benefits no one. Trade deficit always exist between a developing and a developed country. USA is like a luxury car seller who ask a farmer: why am I always buying your vegetables and you haven’t bought any of my cars?
When the Chinese were making socks for the world 30 years ago, the world let it be. But when Chinese started to make high technology products, like Huawei and DJI, it caused red-alert. Because when Western and Japanese products are equal to Chinese in technologies, they could never match the Chinese in prices. First world countries want China to continue in making socks. Instead of stepping up themselves, they want to pull China down.
The recent movement by the US against China has a very important background. When Libya, Iran, and China decided to ditch the US dollar in oil trades, Gaddafi’s was killed by the US, Iran was being sanctioned by the US, and now it’s China’s turn. The US has been printing money out of nothing. The only reason why the US Dollar is still widely accepted, is because it’s the only currency which oil is allowed to be traded with. The US has an agreement with Saudi that oil must be traded in US dollar ONLY. Without the petrol-dollar status, the US dollars will sink, and America will fall. Therefore anyone trying to disobey this order will be eliminated. China will soon use a gold-backed crypto-currency, the alarms in the White House go off like mad.
China’s achievement has been by hard work. Not buy looting the world.
I have deep sympathy for China for all the suffering, but now I feel happy for them. China is not rising, they are going back to where they belong. Good luck China.
-C L
“Christopher Columbus didn’t discover anything, instead he just got lost”
-Tasia Grzenia
Meet the wolves alliance
"Anglos caused most of the world's problems"
- David Cameron, former British Prime Minister
Anglo caused centuries-long notorious global -
- Slavery,
- Colonialism,
- Colonization,
- World War I,
- World War II, and the list goes on.
True, among the five main Anglo nations of Britain, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, all but Britain are looted from others.
History is written by victors. Western history books hide the shameful dark past crimes so that they can safely put on a mask to hide their hypocritical images and continue to sell their lies and propaganda of -
- Democracy,
- Freedom,
- Human Rights,
- Free speech/Free press", etc. Same old lame old Colonialist-turned Capitalist Imperialist trick!
UK, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and some other Western nations are of the same pack of wolves. The UK is the birthplace of wolves.
It's all about 'Anglo Western Interests/Hegemony' above all else, by all means, and at all costs. That's what it's all about and the rest is history. Enough said.
-Dear Sir or Madam
Definition of Hegemony
leadership or dominance, especially by one country or social group over others.
1. Authority over others : domination battled for hegemony in Asia. 2 : the social, cultural, ideological, or economic influence exerted by a dominant group.
Please don’t ignore the French, Belgians, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, and the Germans. They have all contributed to the gross atrocities visited upon mankind by the west.
-Plato's Beard
look at NATO stronger than ever because of russia
@@condorX2 too fvking long in the end it clearly stated here your one of those communist members who been payed to defend the image of communism if long time ago we talking the new era of uncertainty were communist china wants to change the status quo as a leading super power and implement communism a state who spread its princple of wraith,greed,sloth,lust,envy,gluttony,pride,hates,vengence.
A state whose people have no rights and freedom where your lives belongs to them that you must serve and obey the individuals in the party, up hold the will of communism, fight for communism, die for communism, a state no religion only kneel,obey,praise the communist as a divide shit of mortals world.
Future headline: "China and Finland in Border Dispute"
Bing Chilling
Had me a chuckle there.
Why do I see that in the future lol?
Cao ni ma moment
future headline : china claims half your sandwich , says it was part of ancient Xing dynastys food rations
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That's the point: a military alliance in the name of economy has little staying power without a political value sharing. We saw that in the uneasy alliance between The URSS and the western powers in WWII: as soon as the reason for sticking together ceased to exist it fell apart in months.
....and the amount of supplies we gave Russia to fight Hitler is staggering. Nothing ever changes; we'll have wars 'til we're a smoldering heap: and then, as they say, we'll fight some more with rocks and sticks.
I mean it still makes sense in defending freedom, democracy and state sovereignty
@@realtimestatic I wouldn't call any of the countries China is trying to align with democratic. It would be more like an anti-democracy EU/NATO.
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The American Blobb can be enough ..., and common vital intrests to master climatical changes oppose to USA and maybe Russia. BUT if they could make understood to Europe that Southern Asia , Africa , and Latin America have a common intrest , it would make something strong enough to "talk with Russia". And the USA will have to accept that any governement will have to dispose , by common solidarity, of the means to assure life-conditions respecting the human dignity of its citizans. Europe did know that only indirectly, by fear of communism. Not sure India or Nigeria , RDC or Kenyya really are intrested in own citizans...but, as HOW is a sovereign matter...
Alliance does not need commun ideals, anyhow , the real commun values of NATO is the one of bucaneers.
Mongolia is probably upset in the corner because all their former territories are starting alliances without them 😢
Mongolia’s foreign policy since 1992 (i think) has been “third neighbor” policy. Basically do their best to have good relations with everyone without joining any sort of alliances or picking any sides.
Mongolia has tried to join the USSR two times, both times they were rejected. Theory of why they were rejected is because the USSR wanted Mongolia to serve as a buffer zone with China.
Mongolia is basically the “neutral zone” of Asia. Or the Switzerland of Asia. But the latter one is outdated now that they aren’t neutral in the Ukraine conflict.
@@LeonAnilom Not a buffer Zone they wanted good relations with china
@@User_J9000 It's a buffer zone as USSR intended to make a bargain for China.
Myanmar would also make sense. They have a military dictatorship which is quite aligned with China, their ports would also circumwent the Malacca straight, and building an economic corridor with oil and gas pipelines, rails, roads, fiberoptics etc from Yunnan through northern Myanmar to Kyaukphyu port (which is developed by China) would be a lot cheaper and a shorter distance from where most of the Chinese population and industry are located, than to build such economic corridors through the whole of central and western China and then through Pakistan into Gwadar port.
You can count out Myanmar. India (QUAD Member) enjoys a deep partnership with Myanmar and continued to sell weapons, and develop infra (kaladan project) despite US sanctions on Myanmar. The Indian army regularly conducts joint Ops with the Burmese Army. Myanmar can't afford to piss either of its big neighbours hence it would stay neutral.
@@DosPerspectiva China can infiltrate India through the Northeast. A lot of north east people face racism and discrimination from the rest of India and it may cause them to become friendlier with China.
@@AR777bomb Nah, The whole east-west, north-south thing has always been there in India but no way the people in north east would ever want to ally with china or become a part of china . They would be more inclined to be free (if they ever want that) but no way in hell they be allying with china who will just treat them like tibet and fuck em over
Moving things by land as opposed to water is at best 12 times more expensive the B&RI is a money pit, for the cost of building & maintaining it China could simply build a blue water navy rivaling the USA.
@Thomas Donovan it is cheap to move things by shipping, but you need to also have control of those shipping lanes. And trains are much faster than ships, sometimes expediency is of upmost strategic importance. The economic corridor I proposed would of course only go from Yunnan to Kyaukphyu, circumventing the Malacca straights (narrow, easy to blockade, not controlled by china and a chokepoint where most of chinese trade and oil imports go through), after Kyaukphyu port it would all ofc be transported by shipping.
"STRATEGY MUST BE SUPPLEMENTED BY IDEOLOGY"- Policy makers have failed to understand this since in recent times and alliances have fallen on their faces due to this very reason. However the West always looks after itself due to similar world views
Western capitalist media has created a fake reality. There is nothing Americans and Germans have in common, for example, yet still German politicians and media are talking about an "alliance of values" with the US. American fascism is totally incompatible with practically everything Germans believe in (human rights, rule of law, peace, social justice, social security, labour rights, universal health care, etc.). The only people who share "similar world views" are the American dictators and the corrupt German politicians and media bosses they pay off.
Constructivist-pilled
Really? What does ideology - not to mention WHICH ideology - have to do with what is or is not in a nation's strategic interest? This is an example of someone reading a quote that sounds all super smart and super insightful, and accepts it as such without giving it a moment of critical thought. Not only is this quote not wise nor smart, it's trite and sounds like it came from Mao's Little Red Book. Strategy that is informed or influenced by ideology will inevitably be blinded and captivated by the ideology.
@@juliancate7089 Uhm... Mao was a Marxist-Leninist. The entire point of Marxism-Leninism is to be anti-ideological. One of Mao's most famous quotes is "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun."
Does that sound "ideological" to you? No, of course not, it's the literal opposite of ideological and directly contradicts that quote you just said could come straight out of the Little Red Book. lol
Anyone using the word "ideological" to describe any movement based on Marxist principles is exceedingly ignorant of what they are trying to criticize. You confuse being PRINCIPLED with being IDEOLOGICAL.
@@lynth Spoken like a true Leftist.
Nepal won't enter in a security pact with China. India's influence in Nepal is huge and Nepal is economically dependent on India. Also, US too has influence in ASEAN. So forming security pact with ASEAN nations again won't be easy.
When you have Nepal on your side how can you lose.
False sense of security...
Also the whole South China Sea situation isn't helping their relationship with ASEAN.
Also it is in the best interest of ASEAN nations to remain neutral
@@engineeredarmy1152 True
So basically everyone who China wants to ally dont like them that much and everyone who wants to ally China isnt actually worth the hassle... Not really a foundation from which a strong alliance can develop...
China is no real nation. Only a mashup of some greedy communists holding a nation alongside others hostage. This is why they won't have any allies in the near future unless they give up on communism and their dictatorship model.
Basically the problem of every nationalistic authoritarian regime with "ambitions". Nobody trusts them enough for a lasting alliance. Particularly other nationalistic authoritarian regimes. In their minds, they're either a puppet or the puppeteer.
The only reason NATO works is because the Roman Empire fell apart 1700 years ago. The territories left behind in the wake of the Roman Empire still share common values (thanks, Caesar!), and so they can band together into an alliance that isn't _purely_ military in nature, but is reinforced by those common values.
The Chinese Empire also fell apart, but was repeatedly put back together (and expanded) to form the China nation-state we see today. All their potential allies are already part of the same country, and everyone who isn't part of that country prefers it that way. (see also: Vietnam kicking-out China every 100 years or so for the past millennium.)
@@deusexaethera I have a simpler theory. I think it works because it's primarily a defensive alliance threatened by a common enemy: Soviet Russia.
It also helps that Russia historically speaking always has been aggressive, untrustworthy, contradictive and unpredictable in their foreign affairs.
Typical example: Tsar Alexander
There were legit claims that NATO had outlived its role a couple of years back. Then Putin decided to ruin all of that with his ambitions of reviving the Russian Empire, which has brought us to the present point, where both Finland and Sweden have agreed to join NATO.
@@deusexaethera It still remains because none of the member states want to face the political and economic blowback that would result from attempting to break from the treaty with the US being the main power at its heart. Other than that it has been less and less of a cooperative alliance and more of a way for the military industrial complex to force massive weapon sales onto new member states when they join and a way to guarantee military bases on foreign soil.
Remember it was only a few months ago that we were actively attacking other members for not honoring their financial and military obligations to NATO. It was a hollow and fragile alliance. That shows how irrelevant it was in terms of active participation by original members until the invasion changed their stance. That is why the US antagonized the Russian Federation with the expansion of NATO until the Bear struck first to secure it's security needs. The MIC has sold over 28 trillion dollars worth(working from memory) of weapons deals in the following months. That is why we have a war in Ukraine. It is always a matter of dollars and cents in the end.
Pakistani here, cant BELIEVE how much you get it right! You sir are the man. Top level analysis as always.
Pak military is created by western allies and always in lined with them.. Pakistan is a major non-nato ally
I always find your videos to be excellent and very thought provoking. Quick question though...what software are you using for your mapping? I'm a professional GIS analyst and would love to incorporate that style for my briefings, as opposed to straight up 2d map products. Thanks in advance and keep up the great work.
India and Russia being friendly must be a constant thorn in the Russia China relationship
They are literrally together in BRICKS... you are clueless on the issue
@@ccdsds3221 yeah, I'm sure China loves Russia helping its rival. Go back to sleep bot.
@@geesehoward700 thanks my fellow bot. India is not really a rival to china... it is if you read western media tho. Divide and conquer.
@@ccdsds3221 BRICS is not a military alliance. And India is also in QUAD so your point is moot. *You* are clueless on the issure.
Brics is dead. No alliance can include china and India together. They are natural enemies even if you ignore Chinese aggression.
Their neighbors want protection from them, they do not want to ally with them
I feel like that's a lot of "alliances"
@@steven3837 agreed, NATO is great example of this.
So you want protection from Russia and Germany?
My country: yes please.
What about other European countries?
My country: yes please.
What about USA?
My country: definitely yes, here is 15% of our army.
Welcome in NATO
@@sitrueis4007 who is "my country " in your scenario?
@Tyler Hopkins I’ve lived in China 10 years. I lived in asia longer. This is 100% true. Even vietnam favors the usa against China. Korea hates China. Japan hates China. Japan most likely will join a war against China on the side of the usa. Korea may not but would if it wasn’t for North Korea. The philipines give the cold shoulder to the usa for negotiation purposes. Russia and China hate each other and it’s only the usa that makes them cordial friends.
@Tyler Hopkins also what I said might be tested as just a few days ago the usa changed it embassy webpage to Taiwan. The statement that the mainland is the real China is gone; the 6 assurances appeared- that’s the articles that promise Taiwan the usa will enter a war with China if China invades Taiwan.
Thank you for this great content. It hit me with the ideology part.
WHAT A DETAIL & INFORMATIVE REPORTING THIS IS THANKS FOR SUCH VIDEO MAN
Did the Chinese even get an ally since the URSS in the 50s? or even before that, China consider itself as the emperor to receive tribute, and with that mentality is hard to get aliance
their self centered is reflected on their country name in their own language. “Middle Kingdom”
The Chinese can effectively bribe those in power to form alliances and it is a much cheaper form of alliance building. Solomon islands is a perfect example.
@@blimpusa alliances depends on the willingness of the populous to lose their life for another people, and today none will bet their life to save the Continental Chinese
@@blimpusa Solomon islands isn't bribed no one have high invest on Solomon unless China, one thing why Solomon Islands government easily agreed and the mutual pact means more investments.
Pakistan.
They likely had a falling out with north Korea depending on if you agree with Peter zeihan
Goodluck to any country that joins an alliance with china 😂
Why ?
Sri Lanka is reeling.
@@reneechery9903 Lanka effect
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@@reneechery9903 China exploits their own massive population to feed what is essentially the worlds sweatshop. They turned their own country into a factory where no-one has any rights. What do you think they'd do to other countries?
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Everyone knows about the scale of NATO & Article 5. But, it is crazy to visualize how extensive the United States' network of alliances really is.
And it will grow. USA isn’t going away.
America is the greatest nation in the history of man kind. If it didn't invest in China. It would have no rivals for hundreds of years.
Purpose built
It should grow.
There's nothing wrong to learn from US. US is still world's No 1 Super power. What's wrong to learn from world's No 1 ?
We should learn from best person how to do something we want to do.
Mongolia is just there being as neutral as it can be
Exactly haha....
They're "neutral" by necessity. With the Soviet collapse they'd be more openly pro-Western if they weren't landlocked.
Mongolia is just being very very quiet in the hope China and Russia may forget they exist...
@@antonk.2748 Russia and China are just trying not to disturb Mongolia or else get conquered
Mongolia is waiting to build the next Khanate
If only China realized that if you plan to build a miltary alliance, that would mean to avoid intimidation and never threaten the borders of your neighbors, including your very own ally.
Graphics at 1.40 is great! Well done video
How can you form an alliance when you have border conflicts with all your neighbors??
Tell that to expansionist India.
China has atleast two b*h north korea and pakistan
Ideally with your soft power and military might. But their military prowess is untested and rife with the same corruption that plagues Russia. And their soft power is getting a beating lately. They have plenty of hardware and manpower but I'm not really admiring them.
You mean like greece and turkey?
@@azmodanpc I agree. Every conflict post ww2 has been either a loss or stalemate for China.
They've tried invading Vietnam several time to no success as their tactics and heavy weapons are as useless as everyone else's in modern history.
Thier only hope is a smash and grabout of the first island chain but that starts ww3 and nobody sane wants that.
They took to long to set up alliances and demanded to much from the neighborhood. Now their stuck with the leftovers.
Why no mention of North Korea? They have a long history of aligning with China. In fact, being beholden to China they are almost a proxy Chinese state on many levels and Beijing has much influence on North Korean policy.
Seems odd no mention of them in this report.
Regime there only wants to preserve itself at this point I doubt they can even beat South Korea at this point
Its not an alliance. NK is dependent on China.
There has been a colder relationship in the last decade or so, it really started with Deng
@@basilmagnanimous7011 there will be no South American alliance against the U.S. They ain’t stupid.
DPRK is not a proxy state by any stretch of imagination. It is problematic to the Mainland but the CCP keeps propping them up because they are a lesser evil compared to having ROK and US army as neighbours. Pyongyang in turn is very mistrustful of Beijing. It is not uncommon of them to exchange verbal abuse, sanction or even blackmail each other. They are fair-weather friends only.
I love where this is going!
Good video , thanks !
I love your content man, incredible. But being Nepali, Nepal and china being allies like NATO would alarm India. That would be detrimental for us, what we have now (splendid isolation) is okay, at least for now. We should make India, China, and the US compete about who can give more aid and think about ourselves first.
China unofficially controls your country though
When did they become allies China is capturing Nepali villages land
@@kimjaiprakashudhaiwala141 Indian media don't know squat, and y'all believe everything negative about china
@@tevarinvagabond1192 yes right, and we have blindfold in our eyes, not knowing anything
Roti beti ka rista
I dont agree with the proposition that Nepal would outright side with China against India. Its just too far-fetched
Even a dumb Nepali knows that being neutral is better than picking a side. Why would anyone government or politician be crazy enough to pick a side.
Westerners don't realise the depth of India Nepal Relationship. They may have some disagreement and anger towards each other but they are Cultural and Military Allies since a long long time. China can play a role when it comes to Trade but nothing more than that. Sikkim knew that, Bhutan knows that too.
I don't think China would ever send it's military in Nepal to help against India lol, what I see them doing is capturing territory if it ever comes to that.
You are right but in recent years we can see that Nepal's been going against India’s will.
@@seventhuser904 He is not even westerner, he’s a Muslim
Usually when bullies want to form military alliances people sort of have more important things to do right then.
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Putin with his brilliance and intelligent moves caused Finland and Sweden to join NATO. China to create its own military alliance. And the Russian oil and gas to be sold at discount. Best leader ever.
True, but unfortunately he had 22 years to indoctrinate the Russian people. They are willing to suffer anything for their parasite in the Kremin.
Putin in NATO's best recruiter.
What choice did he have ? Do nothing as Ukraine puts us missiles on its land ?
Why do you think that you are smarter than he is?
@@nathanhiggers4606 would that make his point any less accurate?
The moment China lost the Vietnam friendship, they lost the sea route and all possible alliance.
Ramming those fisherman wasn't worth it in the end.
Vietnam😂
Nah. They have more sea routes than ever before. Viets are the ones begging for friendships and alliances.
@@tritium1998 sure :) just live with what you believe.
@@longnguyenhong9014 I am. Plenty of people do.
If China truly wants to rise as a global power then it MUST have an alliance and MUST include Russia, India and Pakistan and yes India MUST be on China side if China is too busy clashing with India then they have no hope of countering America
So if China gets those 3 then they have a chance
Appreciate informative video.
When I saw the title of this video my immediate reaction was "an alliance with who?" It seems I had the right idea. Other than maybe Pakistan, there aren't really any substantial countries that China could ally itself with.
Man if that ever went through and China had a formal alliance with Pakistan anti-chinese sentiment in India is going to increase 1,000 fold 😂
And Indians do not care if they receive the quote "racist" label from the Chinese media they will happily force all Chinese out of the nation of India and honestly with what the Chinese have been doing I can't say I blame them
I hate it when the Chinese abuse freedom of speech and freedom from discrimination laws in the United States and claim that every single time they're criticized it's a " racist" attack and then that forces the US government and it's law enforcement agencies to back off
Pretty unlikely with Pakistan as well
@@Alistana maybe in the future, who knows? If the Indians waged skirmishes with China and Pakistan both in the future there is a huge possibility and I want a security pact too!
@@Alistana
Pretty likely actually given the people prefer China over USA and India is an "enemy" Of us both.
@@hamdeath1110 Pakistan has u.s troops in it still, it wouldn't happen
Xi: Alright we need military alliances. What are our options?
Ministers: Russia, Iran, and Pakistan, sir.
Xi: *straight-faces furiously*
North Korea!
All the criminals of the world…
This alliance of four might be vulnerable from the Pacific (by navy & airforce). But on land -- Russia, Iran Pakistan, and China span all across the Axian Continent. That's like the old USSR's wet dream and the US's paranoid nightmare.
@@mariajones8304 the West also criminals
@@mariajones8304 Americans talking about criminals😂😂😂
Japan, South Korea, Philippines, Vietnam, India, Taiwan, and other countries that are having conflicts with China especially over the China sea should form an alliance to keep the sea free and open
Phillipines, India, Taiwan should join Nato also
@@thealize808 no . We indians don't want to be part of any camp . We already have a large and strong military to defend our country.
Besides , US is not trustworthy according to our past experience
@@rudrakshsinghkatal5609 oh ok.
China cant do it with US dogs , states without sovreinty
No India@@thealize808
LOVE YOUR VIDEOS MAN
Can't believe Winnie the Pooh would do this 😔
I have been watching your content for the past 2 years or so and I need to say this has been one of your best videos. I always appreciate how much you provide an analysis of pure facts with almost no bias, but this particular subject is extremely nuanced and overlooked by anyone else I've seen. A lot of what you said in this particular video is information I have pieced together over years and dozens or maybe even hundreds of sources. The fact that you were able to condense all of this information into a video that is less than 15 minutes is... at least to me: the pinnacle of the quality of the content that you consistently provide..
Thank you for what you do. You are literally my most trusted source of news and geopolitics.
The reason why China won't be able to form a proper military alliance with other countries like Russia, Iran and Pakistan is because they are de facto independent states with complete control over their own foreign policies. The US-European master-vassal relationship works because the US can force countries like France, Germany and the UK to not wage wars (e.g. the Suez canal crisis) while China can't stop Russia from invading Ukraine or Iran from attacking Israel.
It's really two different matters entirely.
You hit the nail on the head. It would take a major conflict either military or economic to untie them in such a way that it would not only provide a benefit but a necessity.
One other possible reason would be an opportunistic situation that they could not resist. I'm seeing this as China eyes and salivates over Taiwan while they observe the actions of NATO or lack thereof in Ukraine.
+ china also wants other countries land
Great video!
I do not see Russo-Sino relations improving to the point of a defense treaty.
In fact I don’t see China making a full commitment to anyone.
However, great analysis !
There is a lot of tension between EU and America, doesn't stop them from having military alliance.
Because China's goal is not to help Russia.. it's only there to help its own interest! Just like any other major countries. Remember the alliance between China and Soviet Russia? It was then betrayed by China (the Sino-Soviet Split). Even we can see now that China is aiming to surpass Russia's military capability (copying Sukhoi aircrafts without licenses and making their own stealth jet after informations gathered via "Operation Aurora"). Russia's influence to Central Asian (former Soviet) countries is replaced by China's. While Chinese defense industry competes with Russian defense industry in Africa.
After Ukraine, Russia would actually be a liability for China both in terms of security, and compromising good relations with Ukraine and Western Countries. Despite what the CCP says, they and the Chinese economy (and the children of politburo members) still rely on the West for technology transfer, consumer market, university education etc. for at least the next decade or two.
@@julietten5614 Except as the video mentioned, there is a shared cultural similarity between most NATO States; with all of them being Democratic in some way or another.
@@conversationtosaurusrex not really
Your content is second to none. Consistently you deliver a clear concise presentation of the realities on the ground as well as the history and current geopolitical atmosphere of every region you cover (the whole world). You are a special production artist brother and your work stands out way above and beyond the quality I see everywhere else including big budget mainstream outlets.
Plus, the community adds good points to the video.
Nah, very Anglo-American centric and bias. Notice when he stated an alliance needs a reason to exist but failed to mention NATO was there to combat the USSR which have been gone since the 1990's. The problem with these channels is they become an echo chamber of MSM ideas, and than become a circle jerk at the end. Look at what's happening in Ukraine. The MSM painting the picture of Russian is losing the war while showing maps of Russian taking cities after cities and changing not only flags but currency as well. They call anyone who don't buy into their narratives nasty names and demand obedience. I can honestly care less who wins or loses but I would rather know the truth.
There's nothing wrong to learn from US. US is still world's No 1 Super power. What's wrong to learn from world's No 1 ?
We should learn from best person how to do something we want to do.
This guys content is full of misinformation. He doesn’t have the facts straight.
Nicely done.
well done, it's about time!
Warsaw Pact is the best analogy. It actually invaded itself multiple times. Check the history.
A piece of American propaganda intended to discredit the communist ideology. World revolution is always peaceful and respectful of national sovereignty, as long as they are faithful to communism.
@@standown2080 as a people of one of many asia countries except China: No Thank you!!
Tit for tat to counter CHINESE WORLDWIDE PROPAGANDA by engaging in covert as well overt PRO-DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT in China mainland including but not limited to ACTIVELY recruting OVERSEAS CHINESE BUSINESSMEN to agree to Pro-Democracy plus a Shadow Government ready & able to replace the Communist leadership.
Not long ago, Russia and China announced that their relationship had 'no limits'. Complicating this are the border disputes China has with India in the face of India's closer relationship (in terms of arms purchases and energy) with Russia since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This effectively puts Russia and China on opposite sides of the longstanding animus between India and Pakistan if China does in fact pursue a tighter relationship with Pakistan.
India Pakistan china and Russia is such bizzare group of alliances and enemies that it almost feels intentional.
There's nothing wrong to learn from US. US is still world's No 1 Super power. What's wrong to learn from world's No 1 ?
We should learn from best person how to do something we want to do.
India in past consider China as a brother before they backstab taking CoK
Relationship no limit goes 2 ways, infinite large or infinite small. Considering two dictators, you guess which one will happen?
You are not wrong. Russia supplies India weapons which in turn project power against China's border disputes. What a love triangle.
Very informative
Excellent reporting
This was an excellent synopsis on this issue. The best I have seen - I have seen a vast amount. Thank you. ❤️
great research/knowledge always on display here.
clear , concise language used to describe/explain what can be quite intricate relationships, agendas, situations etc, with a high degree of objectivity, which on its own is priceless due to its extreme rarity.
no other geo-political channel comes close to achieving the same high standard of informed content as CaspianReport .
Everyone rearming, defensive alliances everywhere, tensions rising.
What's next? A driver take a wrong turn and get someone important assasinated?
Wait a minute..... I've ever heard about this before.
It's a classic.
An excellent presentation.
The Warshaw Pact was never held together by ideology, only russian Oppression. When that lifted, the Pact crumbled fast.
The Warsaw Pact was basically just a command system unified under the Soviets. It was just an extension of the Soviet military. Auxiliaries would be the best description.
It can't have been that simple otherwise the USSR itself wouldn't have collapsed.
@@FOLIPE within the ussr the russians were first class citizens whereas everyone else were second class citizens.
@@FOLIPE It was close to collapse a lot of times, it’s why Moscow always took a hardline approach.
China doesn't have many options after seeing how terrible Russia has been handling Ukraine haha
Exactly. Russia was supposed to be their Ace in the Hole
Russia could cripple the world with China America users it banking to attack other countries China and Russia could use production and resources to cripple others
if you think that someone could have done better you're dead wrong
@@legsundeer6108 Cope and Seethe.
Russia has done that terrible that they control by now, Donbass and southern of what was Ukraine.
Watching this high af 🤙🏾
Russia to China 3 months ago: I need supplies and weapons in Ukraine.
China to Russia: They are going to sanction the hell out of me if I give you anything.
Russia to China; Man, you a good friend.
China to Russia: OK, I'll buy your oil at a 35% discount.
Russia to China: Wow, thank god your my.......... friend?
China to Russia: Your welcome, I'll also buy natural gas from you at a 44% discount.
Putin to China: Wow, your the MAN.
Unrelated to the video topic, but this channel has been great for my mental health. I can keep up with wider geopolitical and economic news from across the world in a way that isn't sensationalized, panic inducing, or fearmongering. Thank you.
As always, concise, logical and well reasoned. Great job.
So the "wolf warrior" diplomacy has shown to be about as effective as the bellicose attitude of Imperial Germany, and now China will shackle itself to corpses for allies, which will likely also end up as effective as when Imperial Germany did that. You would think a country with such a long history would be able to learn from it.
Wolf warriors are defenders. Not the aggressors. You’re reading too much western media. Unbrainwash yourself from that media
You need to remember that throughout it's long history China has either been overwhelmingly superior to its neighbors or subjugated completely by foreign powers (Mongolian Empire, Europeans during the 19th century, etc). They don't have a lot of experience having equal allies
@@fiendish9474 Lie much? almost 5000 years of history and most han chinese are subjugated? LOOOOL Where did you learn your han chinese civilisation from?
@@fiendish9474 German Empire was actually extremely succesfull at diplomacy under Bismarck.
His succesors were much worse, though.
@@torelloBank it's why I said overwhelmingly superiour OR subjugated. The Han itself during its formative years still had to pay tribute to Northern nomads and only after a couple of generations of Emperors did the Han finally beat them back. And during their golden age I'd argue none of the Han's neighbors fielded the same amount of military as they did, hence my point that none of their allies are of equal standing. Also the fact that the Imperial Chinese dynasties had an attitude of superiority, coercing their trade partners to be tributaries and not claiming to be Emperors within their own countries. I don't see how what I said is a lie
Nice episode pointing on the factor that China does lack the ethos / influential cultural element required to glue its potential allies together. Besides capital, tech, infrastructure etc that is...
You are wrong there.
I don't know how much ethics are actually necessary. If China has what you need to buy, then that is reason enough to form an alliance.
Japan attacks a naval military base, USA nukes two civilian cities. Exactly who has the higher level of ethos?
If you look at NATO, it is European Supremacist. Whether you want to associate that with race is your own call.
True
That's funny coming from a guy with a Japanese surname, guess where your cultural heritage ultimately lies?
An the one idea they do have (communism), largely died in 1990.
An the communist nations left mainly dislike china or are to weak to be of value.
Hell this (as a American) makes me feel at least a little proud that we have done so well in the long 244 years of history. We went from being a series of small colonies that barely won their freedom and who bordered a vast wilderness, only to become a super power in the 20th century. An face monarchs, empires, and evil fascists/communist states. An now, the only thing uniting our enemies are is the fact the US power base is just that big/they just hate the US. That is like the time Napoleon was declared a enemy of Europe. Not against France, but against napoleon.
Also I would love to see Pakistan go to China.
Considering they hid bin laden and helped the Taliban (instead of helping us).
We certainly would LOVE to get revenge.
As well as allow the Taliban to become the colony of the atheist state of china hehe
alliance is a mutual coorporation between equal powers. if they arent equal it becomes colonization😂😂
Kinda true
So every NATO alliance is US colonization
NATO?
@@malinaizetiopije8844 economy of Europe is equal to US also france uk Germany already have a strong military on their own
@@abhishektandon8373 the EU isn't a country, also, are you saying that NATO is colonizing Turkey and other non-Eu members like Iceland then?
That was pretty damn good
Well explained
India could've been a great ally of China, as the two countries had very good relations when they gained independence. I think (correct me if i am wrong) what killed the relationship in its infancy, was a betrayal by China in 1962 when it attacked India and captured a portion of North India called "Aksai-Chin". India had given asylum to the Dalai Lama and his Tibetan followers which had angered China, which led to confrontations regarding their borders which led to Indo-China war.
But imagine if India and China were allies.. history would've unfolded very differently
Edit - Typo
China and India were alliances for thousands of years, I read history that barely any conflict between 2 civilization
I agree with you.
I am an Indian and we Indians have no reason to hate China but the way China has been trying to humiliate India since 2017 by Doklam crisis and then in 2020 by Galwan Valley clashes, it has made very negative perceptions about China among common Indians.
You clearly don't understand the CCP if you think there's a universe where that was ever possible. Read the tale of the scorpion that negotiated with a turtle to cross a river. It's always been in the DNA of the CCP to shoot itself in the foot. It's been one of the safest bets about the CCP. It can be relied upon to be self-limiting through incompetence in its foreign policy.
Never screw China Indians hate and will continue to hate china and ccp
it will be too early to predict but in future the galwan clash will be considered a grave mistake by China
It’s just so hard to get too close with China when they insist on dictating your media, news and behavior even in your own country. They keep growing *more* aggressive on this front too, not less.
America Does the Exact same thing ,All media ,is biased CNN ABC CBS ECT. Google NWO Censorship King , Deletes User, videos,Hides comments they don't like, America is really a Autocracy Disguised as a DeMockracy" Remember the Iraq Invasion ,If you Was Against it you were Considering Unpatriotic" Reminds me of " mother Russia" Soviet Era, Nobody want to see the United States Hypocrisy
Isn't that what all great powers do? The British did it in the 1800's following the French Wars and the US were guilty of the same thing during the Cold War.
@@ThiccboiSalmon except America isn't bullying its NATO allies and using wolf warrior diplomacy on them
@@millevenon5853 yes they are LOL. maybe because the US also controls its allies media. Back in 2020, the US threatened Italy of kicking them out of NATO if Italy allows Huawei in their country. Lets not forget how Trump repeatedly disrespected Germany's chancellor
@@millevenon5853 I dont know man, I am Indian and recently they tried their "you are with us or against us" policy on us. Although it failed miserably; it shows that the US still applies that principle.
Can we get a video with a deep dive into the politics of Finland, Sweden, and the implications of NATO membership? Also could we get a video that expounds upon CSTO? Many in the west do not even know it exists and admittedly, I did not either until recently. Thank you for your videos - I've shared them with Professors, Advocates, Reporters, Teachers, and even a retired U.S. Ambassador. You do great work and I would love to know how you research and develop your videos because they are extremely well done! I hope you get decent profit from TH-cam for them.
So? About time!!!
The map images look spectacular in this video. Extremely useful for getting a sense of these places. WELL DONE & BRAVO!!!
Serpentza just made a similar video 😂😂😂😂
Why didnt you include north korea in this? It is to china what belarus is to russia.
Probably because N Korea is an isolationist state who wishes to be left alone
But considerably more powerfull
North Korea doesn’t trust China and has publicly moved divisions on its border in the last few years.
@@HARMstudio6 They dont trust china but they're still geopolitically allied
@@hoppeananc and considerably more useless
I've said it many times but I'll say it again. China is the TRUE competitor to the USA not Russia. At the beginning of the Russo-Ukrainian war of 2022 someone said "regardless of the outcome of this war, China comes out stronger". It's true. China's always been a superpower but has had many internal conflicts setting them back time and time again. This time might be different.
Your 100% wrong my friend. China needed Russia to keep our military forces occupied, Russia is getting wrecked and with it China just lost any chance they had of challenging the USA in Asia. Want proof? What is China doing to help Russia? The answer is extremely little as they are afraid of what force the US can bring to bare on their economay and military. Chinas military is mostly copied Russian hardware. American hardware is easily wrecking Russia's military. China is more incompetent then Russia. China gets much weaker after this. The US has formed many new defense alliances and thanks to Russia they are all now virtually doubling their defense budgets. China is watching their hopes of Challenging the USA get wrecked with each piece of Russian hardware. Now lets talk allies. The USA has every great power in the world as an allie. Who does china have? lol i'll wait for your answer.
China is not a superpower, they are a greatpower in competition with America but they cannot call themselves a superpower yet.
"China's always been a superpower" is categorically false in the 40s the imperial Japanese captured China and slaughtered it's people in Nanking. It was the US that saved China from Japanese rule not to mention the famines in the 50s that killed over 50 million Chinese to starvation this is not a superpower at all.
@@seanthe100 are you stupid? What does china's problems in ww2 or the Sino-Japanese wars have to do w their raw materials, resources, geography, cultures, longevity, different ethnicities and sphere of influence? China has been a country plagued with internal conflicts for millenias and you clearly have no idea of how rich their country was in history. "Rich" not being a literal word in this context.
"china comes out stronger"
i wouldnt know about that. being in the risk-zone of secondary sanctions, combined with a zero-covid policy which is self-destructive and the imminent population and systems collapse in china...
Amazing
This new alliance they want to form has the borders of the mongol empire.
Dugin seething right now that his Eurasian superstate is Chinese instead of Russian
@@bernardoohigginsvevo2974 It will look like Chinese but secretly be ruled by Mongols
Without the mongolians
@@bernardoohigginsvevo2974 Dugin is delusional. He thinks a weak Russia which is nothing more than a gas station, deserves to be a superpower equal to America.
I think the necessity for a common philosophy is indeed important. It's noteworthy that most of the NATO countries share quite a bit more than just an ideological opposition to the Soviet Union and would probably also support each other to some degree without an alliance. They share a common European/Western origin, a history of classical antiquity, enlightenment, liberalism, modernism and even religion. China shares none of that with their potential allies.
How did World War I and World War II happen? This is the European Civil War. There is no such problem in East Asia.
@@sosoable _"How did World War I and World War II happen? This is the European Civil War."_
There's no such thing as an European Civil War because Europe is a continent, not a country, made of many different sovereign nations.
This alone explains why there have been so many wars in Europe historically.
However, in addition to this, many of these nations:
(1) Allied with each other to form power blocks as a form of deterrence against conflict. Consequently, as a result of these alliances, once a (bilateral) war between two nations DID start, it would quickly escalate to include many participants.
(2) Became colonial powers with territories around the world, which meant that conflicts would also start outside Europe, greatly increasing the chance of war.
Similarly, after the fall of colonialism, the USA became the country with the most expansionist foreign policy abroad, which consequently led to their widespread involvement in many wars.
_" There is no such problem in East Asia."_
There have been plenty of historical wars in East Asia, involving Russia, China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam. Also, despite their common concerns over Chinese expansion, current relations between Japan and South Korea remain strained because of historical animosities. China is currently the dominant power in the region, but only a century ago it was Japan, who started several wars with their neighbors as part of their own attempts at geopolitical expansion.
Historically, colonial influence largely superseded/suppressed such regional differences and even after the European empires collapsed, post WW2 most SE Asian countries were more concerned with self-governance under their newly acquired independence while improving their own economic prosperity. However, as they industrialized and modernized they increasingly needed access to, and became dependent on, foreign trade and resources, which is also the reason why China is now becoming more expansionist, which is inevitably causing the Japanese concern, because of their immediate geographical proximity, but is also, albeit to a lesser extent, worrying to Vietnam, The Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. And then, of course, there's the potential flashpoint over Taiwan.
The current Russian war in Ukraine notwithstanding, conflicts are more likely to occur in SE Asia than Europe in future decades for all these reasons.
_"China shares none of that with their potential allies."_
Not entirely true. Russia, North Korea and Iran have authoritarian regimes, while Pakistan is a failing democracy where the real power is in the hands of the military. Consequently, these countries are all ideologically closer to China than the USA or Europe.
The problem for China is that it's political influence in and around the South China Sea is limited both by the distrust of neutral countries and the influence of the USA and their allies, such as South Korea, Japan, Singapore and Australia/NZ.
@@GonzoTehGreat one thing we may all forget is: the west and the east are totally different in terms of culture, history and development. In the west it is black and white, freedom or die. That is not mentalities in the east.
One thing might help to ally them togather is: the world has changed. The west has dominated almost everything in the past 200 years. It was a humiliated centuries for the east . Now. this will be a century for reviving "glory" east.
Even the India which is most likely utilized by the west to counter China is complaining almost every moments regarding the west, Britain particularly, looted its wealth in the past.
@@Kevin-uv1wk China humiliates itself, and like any bully, will blame others for it's failings.
In 1950, Germany, France, Britain & the US had nothing in common except fear and Disdain for the USSR. Never underestimate fear or hate.
14:25 A very good analogy of a potential Chinese Bloc.
The US also has NORAD, a military alliance with Canada, where if one of the 2 is attacked, they both combine armies and land, essentially doubling the size of both, and no one can conquer Canada or America so imagine if they combined land! hahaha
imagine if China and Russia combine it's military nobody on this earth would be able to defeat this
@@JDDC-tq7qm You're living in a fantasy land. Russians don't trust China either. They're just temporary friends of convenience.
Then imagine Russia and China then 😂
@@digitalronin7787 they would not do that, they do not see eachothers as Allie’s, more just friends to get along to spite a enemy, it’s not a REAL friendship in the sense that the US and UK are for example
Seeing how much of a paper tiger Russia is, I would expect the same from China, it is impossible for the second world to defeat the first world, they lost that battle 30 years ago, and those that remain today adopted western economics to survive, the west has already won.
Great way to end it: "A military alliance doesn't imply love, any more than war implies hate!" Great piece Shirvan!
Please do as soon as possible
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Mongolia: 🤨🙄😬😅 **intense sweating**
Amazing insights! :)
I imagine China is looking at the fumbling Russian progress in Ukraine and downgrading that alliance potential as never mind
China and Russia have land claim issues. They were in a short shooting war in 1970 if you look it up.
More like they know Russia is in a bad position so will need them more than ever, same with Iran after all the UN sanctions.
China should ally with Russia against evil US
@@davidjones5059 yeah they can work together to share their concentration camp methodes. Really resist the evil democratic loving west and their personal liberties.
Russians are not fumbling. It's Urban Warfare which takes time and they have gained territories. They have taken into account every scenario and are in for a long fight which the world didn't predicted.
great video
amazing video
Also the conflict with uhigurs complicates situations with the Islamic world. Also China had unnecessary created a problem in its backyard by provoking India. Now it has to always focus on 2 fronts.
There is no conflict with uighurs tho... that region is ripe with wahabism. USA has more problema with islam than China...
No, you see Pakistanis, how comfortably they can ignore Uyghur issue with China but they question moral standing of every muslim countries against India. Money > Holy books.
The west invaded Afghanistan and Iraq, bombed Yemen and Libya and is pro zionist. China has a far better track record with muslims.
It actually has 5 fronts. The eastern coast/Taiwan/US/Japan we all talk about. It has to fend off in the North east against NK instability/migration and South Korea power or in their minds a US puppet with threatening US military bases so close. In the North west the uhigur unrest and possible jihadist infiltration from afghanistan. In the South west on the Himalayan in a retarded dick measuring contest against the Indians. In the South along the porous mountainous border with SEA nations fending off smugglers and armed rebel groups in neighbouring nations.
@@kokuyocamlin07 the government may be silent due to financing but normal public don't think this way, they have contempt for Chinese regarding this issue.
Imagine forming a military alliance just to threaten a small indepedent country that has no intention of invading you
sounds a lot like America
das OUR island bish
@@usonlyus7148 #whatabout
@@usonlyus7148 That has got to be the dumbest comment I have seen so far. Are you implying the USSR was a small nation? NATO was a response to it.
@@paulburger9904 it’s not whataboutism, it’s a fact.
The op isn’t even about Russia, come on man.
So nice informations
Alliances work in democratic countries, not with empires that think about stealing/plundering/murdering.
They are temporarily possible if they are like minded. That is at least until they decide to stab each other in the back.
What are you taking?
@@outlyfe7570 looks to me like they are talking the facts and putting them in the comment section
Stealing plundering and murdering is mostly done by democratic countries you fool
@@-NOCAP- but doesn't that how every country was created?
Nations have always formed military alliances based on necessity - your enemy one day could be your ally the next, and then your enemy again
When you boil it down Russia and China have 2 issues: they want to Annex different countries
When you do this, it is hard to create an alliance
Well, Taiwan is technically not a country, so that's a little different.
@@jukio02 It's a country in that it has a independent government, military and state. And has had that for longer than many have been alive.
@@jgw9990 so does Transnistria yet people don't call that a country. so no Taiwan is not a country. either all places that want independence get it or none of them. Kosovo is Serbia. Taiwan is China. Catalonia is Spain. Scotland is British.
If Taiwan is part of the CCP, than why has the CCP been making plans for years to invade land that is already theirs?
@@hondacivic8222 no one brought up Transnistria…
Excellent
interesting thanks