Re:Full consensus for disconnecting Russia from SWIFT achiev...
by dongping on Saturday February 26, 2022 @06:48PM
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China's voting behavior in the security council has been consistently predictable, to the point that Chinese people would laugh at the abstentions at almost every noteworthy issue.
Reference: https://jamestown.org/program/chinas-voting-behavior-in-the-...
Re:Full consensus for disconnecting Russia from SWIFT achiev...
by rtsil on Saturday February 26, 2022 @08:27PM
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China's abstention is viewed as a win by the Western countries.
It was secured after hours of negotiations between the Chinese and the US.
https://www.reuters.com/world/russia-vetoes-un-security-acti...
https://www.reuters.com/world/russias-ukraine-attack-forces-...
Re:Full consensus for disconnecting Russia from SWIFT achiev...
by whyenot on Saturday February 26, 2022 @07:14PM
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It would be interesting to know what the Chinese leadership think about the world's reaction to Russia's invasion of Ukraine and how that may affect their designs for Taiwan.
One unsettling thought is that Putin intentionally did this, and realized that this would happen -- and doesn't care.
The other unsettling thought is that China might be able to prop them up through this. Us disconnecting Russia is a massive opportunity for them. China even abstained from voting on the world stage when everyone was condemning Russia's actions.
So it's possible that external forces are giving Putin a picture of, "go through with this, and we'll come out of it strong together."