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Re:China's state media buys Meta ads pushing Russia's line o... by Gravityloss on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @01:08PM (#30617927)
Eastern NATO? Sounds like something many smaller countries in the region would love to join, to secure each other against a large expansionistic neighboring country.
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Re:China's state media buys Meta ads pushing Russia's line o... by jlduan on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @02:48PM (#30619132)
It might come as a surprise to you. But a lot of countries in Asia consider US and China are both bullies.

Just look how many Asia countries joined the US-lead economic sanction/coercion. Very few.

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Re:China's state media buys Meta ads pushing Russia's line o... by Gravityloss on Thursday March 10, 2022 @03:20AM (#30624511)
Yeah, so why does the US have to be involved? The countries could co-operate on their own?
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Re:China's state media buys Meta ads pushing Russia's line o... by t-3 on Thursday March 10, 2022 @05:41AM (#30625409)
Doesn't work if they don't have nukes. Maybe India can play daddy?
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Re:China's state media buys Meta ads pushing Russia's line o... by Gravityloss on Thursday March 10, 2022 @06:00AM (#30625550)
even with conventional weapons, taking on three countries should be a lot higher threshold than one...
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Re:China's state media buys Meta ads pushing Russia's line o... by trevorboaconstr on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @02:58PM (#30619250)
Well, I hope they are smart in hedging their bets.
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