Josep Borrell, the high representative of the EU for foreign affairs
Politico: China is not a military threat, EU top diplomat says
Josep Borrell defends ‘realistic’ view of Beijing — but the US and Asian nations see things differently.
China may be a systemic rival to the European Union but it's not a threat to world peace, EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell said Monday.
Borrell emerged from a three-hour video discussion with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to defend what he called a "realistic" approach to Beijing. His sanguine view of China's military ambitions puts him at odds with the United States and some of China's neighbors, ranging from Japan to India, which are increasingly worried that Beijing is flexing its military muscle from the Himalayas to the South China Sea.
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6 comments:
Now you know why the US is pulling 10K troops from Germany. Borrell has said this before German parliamentarians in the past. The EU (NATO) intends on distancing itself from the great bipolar standoff between the US and China.
Hence the US can't defend the EU(NATO) members. Full pull out is inevitable if the EU survives the next 5 years.
What I think he is saying is the China is no threat to the EU and he views the EU as the world. Now if China's neighbors believed this is a problem, then they need to get together and do something about it.
Suggestion: Japan, South Korea, and Japan should develop robust nuclear weapons deterrents. Actually I called for this about twenty five years ago. If the article that the editor linked to a week or so ago is accurate, it appears that Taiwan at least is finally catching on. Better late than never. Such a move would have the advantages of making these countries more secure and it would take some of the strain the US military is under off of it and would enable to properly deploy our military assets and personnel in ways that actually make sense for our national security needs.
US attack other countries = we lost counts
China attack other countries = zero
China is not a military threat to the EU
"China attack other countries = zero"
You forgot the Sino-Vietnamese War
What an ass of a troll.
You forgot how China attacked and erased Tibet.
China is going to attack Taiwan.
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