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Gianni Berardi's avatar

"Who abstained or voted against, they counted a number of very significant Southern Hemisphere countries (China, India, South Africa, Iran etc.) and constitute around half of Earths population...An Anti-Western Axis based out of the Southern Hemisphere, but led from Beijing".

So Beijing ended up leading the most miserable and desperate people in the world streghtening the status quo in their countries, with all the resulting consequences.

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I would hardly call countries like India firmly in the Chinese camp. Just days ago there were violent border clashes between India and China (again) because Beijing is so keen on acquiring useless pieces of land (or ocean for that matter) that it will ruin diplomatic relations with any country including India. Chinese soldiers that engage in useless border quarrels with the Indians are lauded as heroes by state media outlets. In turn India has taken several retaliatory measures. Does that sound like a decent partnership? It does not.

This article is insightful but it mostly misses the utter diplomatic failures that Beijing keeps racking up ever since it shifted away from 'peaceful rise' in 2008. China can bribe African warlords, it can exploit western naivete and acquire some 'friends' who are anti-American by default.

But it is no coincidence that there are multiple anti-China coalitions in full swing. Those were made by Chinese belligerence and demands for subjugation.

India did not vote because it wanted to buy hydrocarbons from Russia. An understandable position from their point as Europe was buying up all other supplies.

As far as Riyadh goes, I do not believe for one second they truly intend to shift away from Washington. However they were insulted by the Biden administration and have their reasons for signalling their discontent. The meeting with Xi is likely more of that and it is up to the Americans now to prove their worth, if they wish.

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