China Criticizes Polish Official Over Taiwan Comments

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  1. China lashed out at a leader in Poland for saying that Beijing may attack Taiwan if Russia wins its war in Ukraine.

    The Chinese embassy in Warsaw voiced its “strong disapproval of and vehement opposition” on Friday to comments made by a Polish government official it didn’t name who was visiting the US.

    Poland, a staunch supporter of Ukraine, has grown increasingly critical of Beijing’s attitude toward Russia’s invasion of its neighbor. During his visit to Washington this week, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said China was “at least flirting with Russia” and expressed hope Beijing won’t supply the country with weapons.

    On Thursday, he told an event hosted by the Atlantic Council that “if Ukraine gets conquered, the next day China may attack, can attack Taiwan.” He also said there were many similarities between what’s happening in Ukraine and China’s approach to Taiwan.

    The Chinese Embassy said such claims were unsubstantiated, adding that Taiwan was an internal Chinese matter than can’t be compared with what’s happening in Ukraine.

    It also urged the official to “exercise caution” regarding the issue of Taiwan and to “avoid disrupting Chinese-Polish relations,” according to the statement.

    The dust-up is the latest sign of growing strains between some eastern European nations and Beijing as the European Union tries to calibrate its relationship with China.

  2. Not sure how much trade Poland does with China… I am guessing not at a lot, so it can afford these sort of comments or their elites just don’t give a fuck.

  3. There was a stand up comedian in 80′ Poland who had this joke about the need for a Polish-Chinese border with a strong cooperation between both nations (Chinese were supposed to work and Polish to rest so both nation can do what they do best). Somehow Russians were not very keen of the idea.

  4. *The Chinese embassy in Warsaw voiced its “strong disapproval of and vehement opposition”…*
    *It also urged the official to “exercise caution” regarding the issue of Taiwan and to “avoid disrupting Chinese-Polish relations,”*

    That’s a really toned-down reaction from China to be honest. Remember them saying some insane stuff when some “not friendly” comments were made about Taiwan in the past.

  5. There’s currently a huge international geopolitical contest going on that many of you might not be aware of; it’s a contest between Russia and China to be the most butt-hurt. The score is tight thus far, there are only losers.

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