The number of those who ‘abuse the social system’ is so small that they are economically irrelevant.

At the moment i think China is the lesser of two evils. Yeah, its not a democracy and China does things that benefits China, but it has one thing that the OTHER evil has lost recently: Predictability.

This is satire, right? Just because the US is becoming ever more like China does not mean that China becomes better. Europe must diversify and gain more independence without one or two large trading partners. Countries like Spain or Hungary are heading in the wrong direction, but there is much underway in Europe to achieve a higher level of autonomy.

“We want to work on issues of common interest […],” Sanchez told Xi.

Did they talk also about China’s support for Russia’s war in Ukraine? The transnational repression of exiled dissidents by China across Europe? The secrecy of agreements that leads to disaster like the one in Novi Sad, Serbia, that should make it impossible to held someone accountable?

The Chinese government is not interested in someone else’s interest. Even Mr. Sanchez will have to recognize that China is a threat to Europe, and it behaves so, not matter how much investments his country receives.

That decision came after the Chinese government privately told automakers to pause big investments in European countries that backed extra European Union tariffs on Chinese-made EVs …

Seems to be another incident illustrating that China is not a reliable partner for Europe …

Why would we buy this cheap crap made by forced labour?

Buy European here in Europe.

And how is this ‘news’ at all?

It seems the World Uyghur Congress released a statement on the matter, to whom it may concern:

WUC STATEMENT ON CHINESE ESPIONAGE CASE IN SWEDEN

China is pushing hard across Europe to present itself as an alternative to the US, as if we needed this. Just read a piece about Beijing’s efforts in Italy:

Propaganda push: presenting China as an alternative to the US in Italy

[In an Italian media outlet, Chinese Ambassador to Italy Jia Guide] said, “China hopes that Italy will maintain an objective and fair stance, play a constructive role in promptly resolving economic and commercial tensions between China and the EU, and boost the confidence and willingness of Chinese electric vehicle companies to invest in Italy and Europe" […]

In another piece published by [Italian media outlet] Il Sole 24 Ore—a publication that has, in the past, inflamed internal tensions with its “pro-China” coverage—Jia called for greater European commitment to enhanced cooperation with China to foster a balanced and sustainable form of globalisation.

I would also agree with others here that Europe needs more diversification, China is just another dictatorship and thus an unreliable partner.

This is good but the article is 1 year old.

Here is an update from March 2025: https://euro-stack.com/blog/2025/3/schleswig-holstein-open-source-digital-sovereignty

Ah, okay. No I’ve got it. Yeah, that’s bad. Thanks for clarification.

But why? Autocratic regimes try to ruin democracies, but people fleeing their autocracies just want freedom (and often try to save their lives), they don’t ruin nothing imo.

I am sorry, but I don’t understand what you want to say. Who ruins what?

Nah, Putin & friends would be better.

“One of the most horrible features of war is that all the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting.”

This is absolutely related to Europe.

“We have information suggesting that there are many more Chinese citizens in the occupier’s units than just these two,” he said.

With regard to forced labour accusations, a new report by the International Labour Organization (ILO) published a couple of days ago criticizes - again - 'China’s system of transferring “surplus” rural workers […] into industries such as the processing of raw materials for the production of solar panels, batteries and other vehicle parts.’