"We have reason to believe that China engaged Russia and said: 'Don't go there,'" outgoing U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told the Financial Times on Jan. 3.
Still a hell of a lot more democratic than China is. I get what you’re saying but there’s still a long way to fall from our flawed democratic institutions.
Why wouldn’t they be? China has been a major player in international politics for a long time.
I’m not saying it isn’t expected. But it is notable in that it isn’t a democratic nation running the show.
They’re not “running the show”. Nobody is. That’s not how international politics works. They have a lot of influence is all.
A fair rewording.
Neither is the US
Still a hell of a lot more democratic than China is. I get what you’re saying but there’s still a long way to fall from our flawed democratic institutions.
Yeah, they have a whole two parties compared to china’s one party.
Not any more, no.