German Expert Claims that China Will Not Make An Enemy of the U.S. Due to Trade Ties
After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine opinions from experts in Germany I find to be very suspect:
Angela Kane, vice president of the International Institute for Peace (IIP) in Vienna and former U.N. under-secretary-general for management and high representative for disarmament, presented a view about the evolving geopolitical landscape in East Asia that is very different from others.
Korea Times
Refuting the popular belief that a new Cold War-like confrontation between two sides ― South Korea, the United States and Japan on one side and China, Russia and North Korea on the other ― has been in the making after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine earlier this year, Kane claims China won’t be tempted to make an enemy of the United States or any other countries.
Like other countries, she said, China is driven by trade interests and will refrain from doing anything that may hurt its economic gains in foreign markets.
The German expert visited Korea to join the 2022 DMZ Forum held last Friday in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province. Moon Chung-in, chairman of Sejong Institute think tank, moderated the session in which Kane participated.
You can read more at the link, but the economic ties that Russia had with Germany and the rest of Europe did not stop it from invading Ukraine. Likewise economic ties are not going to stop China from invading Taiwan once they have the ability to military do so and feel the diplomatic and economic consequences of an invasion can be effectively endured.
Is this the same Germany that openly mocked Trump when he suggested maybe being so reliant on Russian gas was a bit of a strategic miscalculation?
The Krauts haven’t been right about much since the early 40s.
No reason to take them seriously now.
Prime Minister Chamberlain knew Herr Hitler was serious about peace in 1938 because he had thw German Chancellor’s signature…