• Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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    11 hours ago

    Europe has convinced itself that Russia and China are existential threats to the EU, largely due to the EU’s status as vassals in the US Empire. The US Empire has been demoting the EU from vassal to periphery, though, so now they are caught between increasing tensions with the US Empire and their own historical hatred of Russia and China.

    Starmer’s visit to Beijing makes it seem fairly clear that the European bourgeoisie at least wishes to normalize more with the PRC.