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by input_sh 23 days ago
Well for one thing, China wasn't adamant about annexing territory belonging to a European nation like half a year ago.
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their eyes are firmly on Africa.

Not being able to stand on our own feet is going to be a major problem because of the implied soft power. It nerfs our ability to ever have a spine on any issue.

China has spent the last couple of decades making inroads into Africa to secure raw materials, not because they want to annex anything on the continent.
Renewed calls just today! Give us Greenland or we pull out of Europe entirely.