Lithuania evacuates its embassy in China

Re:Lithuania evacuates its embassy in China by antattack on Sunday December 19, 2021 @01:12PM (#29616517)

It's impossible to do that for larger countries, cooperation with China is the only way. Large economies are too tightly coupled to just cut China off. It would take a decade or two.

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Re:Lithuania evacuates its embassy in China by notpachet on Sunday December 19, 2021 @01:18PM (#29616588)

Sunk cost fallacy. Anything is possible, it's just a matter of how much pain you're willing to bear for your principles.

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Re:Lithuania evacuates its embassy in China by antattack on Sunday December 19, 2021 @03:47PM (#29618208)

We were fine profiting off from their lack of principals and were looking the other way for decades. There's no point for sudden drastic measures.

Another thing to keep in mind: any serious confrontation with China will be exploited by Russia. They already have made their moves known.

I think Musk was right on China recently, basically said that we have to come to terms with new reality, on both sides:

https://youtu.be/lSD_vpfikbE?t=2038

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Re:Lithuania evacuates its embassy in China by peoplefromibiza on Sunday December 19, 2021 @02:37PM (#29617479)

my bet is on "no more than the current situation" which is already causing big social issues in all western countries.

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