BEIJING (Reuters) -China considers Germany and the European Union as a whole as strategic partners, and it wants stronger cooperation with them in the spirit of free trade and multilateralism, the Chinese foreign minister told the German chancellor on Saturday. Foreign Minister Wang Yi told Chancellor Olaf Scholz China was willing to deepen "all-round cooperation" with Germany as part of positive bilateral efforts to maintain global peace and stability. Wang was in Germany, the EU's biggest econ
  • @PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
    6•20 days ago

    maybe even Poland (who, as Atlanticist and Russophobic as they are, still appear to have more of a grip on reality than the likes of Germany, France or the UK).

    Hard to say with the pretty sharp turn right of mainstream left and liberals (same warmongering as PiS and taking them over from the right on racism), but with how important imports from China are for the Polish economy, even PiS straight up ignored US demands of antagonising China and so far there was no moves from the Polish side against China.

    Time will tell i guess, but current Polish govt seem very similar to the deluded eurocrats you described in your first post here.

    • @cfgaussian@lemmygrad.ml
      5•20 days ago

      with how important imports from China are for the Polish economy, even PiS straight up ignored US demands of antagonising China

      That’s one aspect. The other aspect which i was thinking of is how despite the tough anti-Russia rhetoric coming out of Poland, Poland has so far consistently refused the idea of sending troops to Ukraine whenever the UK and France have floated this proposal. This tells me that they at least have enough self-preservation instinct in Poland to recognize that, unlike the British and the French, they will be on the frontline of a NATO war against Russia and they know they will not enjoy being on the receiving end of Russian missiles.

      Poland also seems more willing to immediately bend the knee to the new US administration, unlike the Germans, French and British who still delude themselves into thinking that they are important or that the Europeans have any real power in their relationship with the US.