• kinojo
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    I really don’t get why China helps russians to destroy Ukraine.
    Here are a first few consequences:

    1. Russia killed 200-300k ukrainians (mostly the civil population in Mariupol and other cities they occupy). In other cities russians occupied, they raped girls and then killed them. So China has 200-300k fewer clients.
    2. Moreover, a lot of ukrainian citizens now don’t buy chinese stuff, as ukrainians are defending themselves and have less money.
    3. Russia occupied 20% of the territory of Ukraine that was used for agriculture. Russians mined them and even destroyed dam, which made lots of this territory unsuitable for agriculture. Which leads to higher prices for food, grain, etc.
    4. This dam was used for electricity, agriculture, and iron and copper plants. Less supply means higher prices for electricity, iron, and wheat.
    5. China supports destroying Ukraine, which has impact on global growth and increases food prices.

    And if food is high-priced, fewer people will buy Chinese shi*.
    This is so illogical.

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      1 year ago

      I don’t think you understand how markets work.

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        If there’s less of some goods they are priced higher.
        If that goods are essential, demand for non-essential goods are lower, as people will have less money.

        This is pretty economy basics.
        I don’t know why you support killing ukrainians, but you can thank your beloved russia and china for high food prices.

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          I’m not talking about that specifically, but the logic you present is not correct because the Ukrainian market is not very relevant in the big picture compared to that of Russia, and furthermore Ukraine has been a NATO dominated country after the Maidan coup, so China would not aim to have any kind of good relationship with them because it would be undermined by the US.

          I live in the Global South, so food prices have not changed because of this, my country sells yours good, we have a nickname by your people: the world’s barn.

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            Removed by mod