They stop giving you whatever you traded the minerals for. How is that even an argument. In what world you stop providing your end of a trade bargain and the other side keeps giving you what they were trading for. Sounds crazy.

What if they paid in advance?

What if none of those nonsensical hypotheticals did not happen.

I was referring of course to the hypothetical of the United States making deals to purchase minerals, paying in advance, then subjecting the countries in question to humiliating financial consequences when they can't deliver.

There are many cases of the US literally walking back on its word or unilaterally canceling deals because it could. It even cancelled its sovereign debt that it had to other countries a few times in history. The countries used to take it because they had to. Which precisely why the global south now prefers China, Russia, Brazil, India and the entire new bloc around BRICS, SCO etc:

They don't have to tolerate anything with China or Russia. When a deal is broken by a country, these two countries just stop doing business with that other country until some agreement is reached. Its simple business/trade. So much that China avoids even saying things that could be interpreted as commentaries on other countries' policies, the way to do things or their culture. Ending up in very dry press releases.

> things that could be interpreted as commentaries on other countries' policies, the way to do things or their culture

Rofl.

That's the only thing China is actually doing.

It's just constantly attacking the west instead of others in trying to spread hate.

Just look up any translations of Chinese media ( eg. Weibo ) or any Chinese government official.

> That's pretty much the only thing China is actually doing.

Its not. Dont make up nonsense. The US is the only exception. Two years ago the Chinese state finally learned that keeping civilized discourse and refraining from calling out bullsht does not prevent the US from lying about them. Hence the US is the only country for which they are actually calling out its doublespeak.

I still think that they are acting way too civilized and reserved to be able to cope up with never-ending US sht slinging and lying.

Sure it is. I already gave multiple examples and you didn't refute 1.

Here are some more:

- Their sea and neighboors: https://www.cfr.org/chinas-maritime-disputes/#!/chinas-marit...

- Violations with Taiwan airspace: https://www.ft.com/content/023764a2-6af2-4fbb-b75d-dd607c907... https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-61642217

- Australia former PM accussed the West to be to friendly with China against Beijing ‘bullying’ - https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/feb/16/forme... ( another Chinese neighboor)

- China taking global fish supplies with their army of fisherman - https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/09/26/world/asia/ch...

- Chinese "little blue men", like "little green men" during its 2014 annexation of Crimea.[2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Armed_Forces_Mariti...

> he armed fishing fleet are part of China's power projection,[1] and are deployed to seize territory and to target anyone who challenges China's claims to the entire South China Sea. In 2016, 230 fishing boats swarmed the same islands

Here some more of their multiple "small" provocations since 1950 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_salami_slicing_strateg... ( notice the same "grey zone tactic as Russia did in Crimea - Ukraine)

And last but least. If you think it's a coincidence that Russia waited to invade Ukraine (and wait for ice) just after the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, you're naive :)

Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics ended on 20/02/2022.

Russia invaded Ukraine on 24/02/2022.

F*k China and F*k Russia.

Fyi, I'm from Europe.

>They don't have to tolerate anything with China or Russia.

Of course, China and Russia are such bit players that contracts can be broken with them at will.