NATO needs to be “clear-eyed” about potential threat posed by China, Stoltenberg says | FULL

As the NATO summit got underway on Wednesday in Madrid, Spain, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said the military alliance needs to be “clear-eyed” about the potential threat posed by China. However, he clarified that China is “not our adversary.”

Stoltenberg detailed how China has been building up its military forces and investing heavily in critical infrastructure in NATO-allied countries, as well as spreading “Russian lies and disinformation.”

He said NATO would step up cooperation with Indo-Pacific partners to guard against the “serious challenges” posed by China.

Stoltenberg also said that NATO has approved an enhanced package of support for Ukraine to help strengthen the country in the long term, adding that the alliance would also step up “practical support” for other partners in eastern Europe like Moldova, Georgia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina in the face of increased Russian aggression.

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[adversereactor]

NATO poking nuclear powers is like tourists at Yellowstone photographing their kids feeding bears. It's fun for a little while.

[songwang]

After poking Russia, we are poking another big country. That are they thinking!

[paintinghouse]

The following is what I borrowed from a Malaysian YouTuber’s comment:

I’m from Malaysia. China has traded with Malaysia for 2000 years. In those years, they had been the world’s biggest powers many times. Never once they sent troops to take our land. Admiral Zhenghe came to Malacca five times, in gigantic fleets, and a flagship eight times the size of Christopher Columbus’ flagship, Santa Maria. He could have seized Malacca easily, but he did not. In 1511, the Portuguese came. In 1642, the Dutch came. In the 18th century the British came. We were colonised by each, one after another.

When China wanted spices from India, they traded with the Indians. When they wanted gems, they traded with the Persian. They didn’t take lands. The only time China expanded beyond their current borders was in Yuan Dynasty, when Genghis and his descendants Ogedei Khan, Guyuk Khan & Kublai Khan concurred China, Mid Asia and Eastern Europe. But Yuan Dynasty, although being based in China, was a part of the Mongolian Empire.

Then came the Century of Humiliation. Britain smuggled opium into China to dope the population, a strategy to turn the trade deficit around, after the British could not find enough silver to pay the Qing Dynasty in their tea and porcelain trades. After the opium warehouses were burned down and ports were closed by the Chinese in ordered to curb opium, the British started the Opium War I, which China lost. Hong Kong was forced to be surrendered to the British in a peace talk (Nanjing Treaty). The British owned 90% of the opium market in China, during that time, Queen Victoria was the world’s biggest drug baron. The remaining 10% was owned by American merchants from Boston. Many of Boston’s institutions were built with profit from opium.

After 12 years of Nanjing Treaty, the West started getting really really greedy. The British wanted the Qing government:
1. To open the borders of China to allow goods coming in and out freely, and tax free.
2. Make opium legal in China.
Insane requests, Qing government said no. The British and French (with supports from the US), started Opium War II with China, which again, China lost. The Anglo-French military raided the Summer Palace, and threatened to burn down the Imperial Palace, the Qing government was forced to pay with ports, free business zones, 300, 000 kilograms of silver and Kowloon was taken. Since then, China’s resources flew out freely through these business zones and ports. In the subsequent amendment to the treaties, Chinese people were sold overseas to serve as labor.

In 1900, China suffered attacks by the 8-National Alliance (Empire of Japan, Russian Empire, British Empire (including India), France, USA, Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary). Innocent Chinese civilians in Peking (Beijing now) were murdered, buildings were destroyed & women were raped. The Imperial Palace was raided, and treasures ended up in museums like the British Museum in London and the Louvre in Paris.

In late 1930s China was occupied by the Japanese in WWII. Millions of Chinese died during the occupancy. 300, 000 Chinese died in Nanjing Massacre alone.

Mao brought China together again from the shambles. There were peace and unity for some time. But Mao’s later reign saw sufferings and deaths from famine and power struggles.

Then came Deng Xiao Ping and his infamous “black-cat and white-cat” story. His preference in pragmatism than ideologies has transformed China. This thinking allowed China to evolve all the time to adapt to the actual needs in the country, instead of rigidly bounded to ideologies. It also signified the death of Communism in actually practice in China. The current Socialism+Meritocracy+Market Economy model fits the Chinese like gloves, and it propels the uprise of China. Singapore has a similar model, and has been arguably more successful than Hong Kong, because Hong Kong being gateway to China, was riding on the economic boom in China, while Singapore had no one to gain from.

In just 30 years, the CPC have moved 800 millions of people out from poverty. The rate of growth is unprecedented in human history. They have built the biggest mobile network, by far the biggest high speed rail network in the world, and they have become a behemoth in infrastructure. They made a fishing village called Shenzhen into the world’s second largest technological centre after the Silicon Valley. They are growing into a technological power house. It has the most elaborate e-commerce and cashless payment system in the world. They have launched exploration to Mars. The Chinese are living a good life and China has become one of the safest countries in the world. The level of patriotism in the country has reached an unprecedented height.

For all of the achievements, the West has nothing good to say about it. China suffers from intense anti-China propagandas from the West. Western Media used the keyword “Communist” to instil fear and hatred towards China.
Everything China does is negatively reported.

They claimed China used slave labor in making iPhones. The truth was, Apple was the most profitable company in the world, it took most of the profit, leave some to Foxconn (a Taiwanese company) and little to the labor.

They claimed China was inhuman with one-child policy. At the same time, they accused China of polluting the earth with its huge population. The fact is the Chinese consume just 30% of energy per capita compared to the US.

Minorities in China
Show me any currency in the world which also prints the language of its ethinc minorities. Chinese bank notes show 5 languages of 5 minorities living in China, including Tibetan and Uyghur.
They claimed China underwent ethnic cleansing in Xinjiang. The fact is China has a policy which priorities ethnic minorities. For a long time, the ethnic minorities were allowed to have two children and the majority Han only allowed one. The minorities are allowed a lower score for university intakes. Muslims students get Halal food at the university cafeteria. There are 39, 000 mosque in China, and 2100 in the US. China has about 3 times more mosque per muslim than the US.
When terrorist attacks happened in Xinjiang, China had two choices:
1. Re-educate the Uighur extremists before they turned terrorists.
2. Let them be, after they launch attacks and killed innocent people, bomb their homes.
China chose 1 to solve problem from the root and not to do killing. How the US solve terrorism? Fire missiles from battleships, drop bombs from the sky.

During the pandemic,
When China took extreme measures to lockdown the people, they were accused of being inhuman.
When China recovered swiftly because of the extreme measures, they were accused of lying about the actual numbers.
When China’s cases became so low that they could provide medical support to other countries, they were accused of politically motivated.
Western Media always have reasons to bash China.

Just like any country, there are irresponsible individuals from China which do bad and dirty things, but the China government overall has done very well. But I hear this comment over and over by people from the West: I like Chinese people, but the CPC is evil. What they really want is the Chinese to change the government, because the current one is too good.

Fortunately China is not a multi-party democratic country, otherwise the opposition party in China will be supported by notorious NGOs (Non-Government Organization) of the USA, like the NED (National Endowment for Democracy), to topple the ruling party. The US and the British couldn’t crack Mainland China, so they work on Hong Kong. Of all the ex-British colonial countries, only the Hong Kongers were offered BNOs by the British. Because the UK would like the Hong Kongers to think they are British citizens, not Chinese. A divide-and-conquer strategy, which they often used in Color Revolutions around the world.

They resort to low dirty tricks like detaining Huawei’s CFO & banning Huawei. They raised a silly trade war which benefits no one. Trade deficit always exist between a developing and a developed country. USA is like a luxury car seller who ask a farmer: why am I always buying your vegetables and you haven’t bought any of my cars?

When the Chinese were making socks for the world 30 years ago, the world let it be. But when Chinese started to make high technology products, like Huawei and DJI, it caused red-alert. Because when Western and Japanese products are equal to Chinese in technologies, they could never match the Chinese in prices. First world countries want China to continue in making socks. Instead of stepping up themselves, they want to pull China down.

The recent movement by the US against China has a very important background. When Libya, Iran, and China decided to ditch the US dollar in oil trades, Gaddafi’s was killed by the US, Iran was being sanctioned by the US, and now it’s China’s turn. The US has been printing money out of nothing. The only reason why the US Dollar is still widely accepted, is because it’s the only currency which oil is allowed to be traded with. The US has an agreement with Saudi that oil must be traded in US dollar ONLY. Without the petrol-dollar status, the US dollars will sink, and America will fall. Therefore anyone trying to disobey this order will be eliminated. China will soon use a gold-backed crypto-currency, the alarms in the White House go off like mad.

China’s achievements and success have been by hard work. Not by looting and plundering the world.

I have deep respect and love for China for all the suffering and the hardship they endured, but now I feel happy for them. China is not rising, they are going back to where they belong. Good luck China.

[will]

Which part of the Atlantic Ocean is China near?

[robperry]

NATO has caused our gas prices to spike. It needs to dig deep and do it today. The world is sick of NATO.

[Mrbitcoinhunterk]

I worry everyday about this world we live in 😔😔😔

[JackieBillyTom]

Hi nato please go take a long walk off a short pier

[vg]

*Admit that the EU sanctions against Russia have dramatically backfired. Stop ignoring the economic hardships citizens are facing: Rising Cost of Living, Inflation, Joblessness, Homeless etc....Fix the Economy!*

[DucaTech]

NATO = North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The last time I checked, China is in the Pacific. Not in the Atlantic. I don't understand how China is a threat to Europe, especially with the fact that Europe now trades more with China than it does with the US. US-led NATO is the largest military industrial complex known in modern times. They said that war has not happened in Europe for a long since WWII until Ukraine. I guess NATO forgot about the 78 days of endless bombing in Belgrade, former Yugoslavia.

Finally let's take it from historical context. China has never invaded Europe in the past 500 years; whereas UK, France, Germany, Russia, Japan, Austro-Hungarian Empire, US had concession from China from 1840 - 1945, from the early Opium Wars where Brits wouldn't want to pay silver for tea and started opium trade all the way to the Japanese Invasion in WWII. That's why the Chinese call it the 150 years of Humiliation. That's why I find it so ironic NATO considers China a threat? A threat to what, your hegemony and the hundreds years of colonization and extractive exploitation? Who took in the slave trade? Who massacre the indigenous peoples of the America, and colonized India, Australia, Africa, Caribbean islands, South America, Pacific Islands, and many more?

[slevinlindsay]

Is the US ever not fear and war-mongering? Is that what they mean when they talk about western "values"?

[サニーちゃん-xl]

If my memory is not wrong, Nato stands for North Atlantic Treaty Organization 😅

[Facts..Checker]

NATO is led by US, so most European have to follow. Without US or US continues to decline, Europe is nothing. So NATO needs to expand to maintain western hegemony, its rule based order for the rest of the world to comply and gaining geopolitical interests in the name of democracy, freedom and human rights by cherry picking issues of other countries and interference. Again, if self interests are served only....moreover, their media have a great global influences and ability to dictate the narratives desired. That's the only peaceful world and modus operandi of world order in term financial, technology, rules, trades, military, hegemony and status. "Resistance/Be independent is futile" = War/NATO.

[sentientmoreorless.]

Psssh. Europe still wanting security on the US Tab. Cmon Germany. 2% aint so bad.

[winstonsmith]

You can’t handle Russia, never mind China. I’d say NATO is screwed.

[arkscrew]

Warmongers gang= NATO and these people speak of values 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣what a joke

[zhangmw]

NATO
A brief reminder :-
During the China-Korean War in 50's. Back then, China was not well equipped with advance military weapons fighting along with DPRK against joint forces headed by the US with UN-led forces.... the world witnessed the end result. US led forces retreated to DMZ Lines.
Next, China forces combined with VietCong in the 70's swept US forces off the land of Vietnam, choppers were ferrying US embassy staff hurriedly out from rooftop of embassy building replica of the scene at Afghanistan.
China is never a threat to NATO as your land has never been invaded. Why pick on China to be your adversary knowing you will never win the battle in this modern era whilst Chinese PLA is more well equipped. Learn to be respectful and humble, that way, the world respects NATO more in kind.

[arkscrew]

Hahaha 🤣🤣🤣🤣NATO is the one expanding eastwards yet somehow they are ones who feel threatened 🤣🤣🤣🤣wow....no wonder Russia charged on ukraine.

[VikingMale]

Too bad they didn’t listen to trump when he called it.