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Let’s talk about how European attitudes to China differ. By looking at a couple of the most pro- and anti-China countries in Europe, as well as where the two European heavyweights – France and Germany – fall on the spectrum.

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  1. @arx3516

    May 10, 2024 at 11:20 am

    I think the EU and USA should recognize Taiwan as the legitimate government of China and actively support their claim over the chinese mainland.

  2. @sutheman86

    May 10, 2024 at 11:20 am

    Lietuva is based, love from Taiwan 🇱🇹🇹🇼💪

  3. @Rodriguesfran

    May 10, 2024 at 11:20 am

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  4. @Rodriguesfran

    May 10, 2024 at 11:20 am

    Thanks for continuing updates I'd rather trade the stock market as it's more profitable. I make an average of $34,500 every 2 weeks even though I barely trade myself.

  5. @AK-cp6br

    May 10, 2024 at 11:20 am

    It would be amazing for Serbia to join the BRICS.

  6. @Komentariram

    May 10, 2024 at 11:20 am

    Serbia had openly gay prime minister for 3 mandate in a row and China just didn't care. USA should learn from China how not to interline in other Countries affairs even if it doesn't suit their political view. Also what exactly makes Serbia illiberal if i may ask since the commentator said it?

  7. @duran9664

    May 10, 2024 at 11:20 am

    UK Brexit = British want to be more American! 🤷‍♀️
    First, u need to get rid of the rotten disgusting monarch🤢🤢🤮

  8. @JerzyFeliksKlein

    May 10, 2024 at 11:20 am

    In line with neoliberalism the US and the EU exported their industries to China. Now China is so rich and powerful that it dictates the West the conditions. Thank you neoliberals.
    And Sholz is just a tool (together with most Western leaders). Germans thought that opening EU market will open China to EU high value exports. Now China is telling Germany that if they want to sell cars there they will need to produce them in China. Great achievement.
    We need to reindustrialize and become independent from China.

  9. @0xCAFEF00D

    May 10, 2024 at 11:20 am

    Wolf warrior diplomacy isn't easily forgotten.

  10. @tellmelullabies5552

    May 10, 2024 at 11:20 am

    "more sceptical commentators claim that XI aims to divide the continent further and exploit intraeuropean fractures" No doubt from an Englishman thinking like an English…

  11. @duran9664

    May 10, 2024 at 11:20 am

    The UK is like Belarus.
    It will always pretend to be independent, but will always stay as a puppet for the US! 🤷‍♀️

  12. @solderboy7452

    May 10, 2024 at 11:20 am

    Yes Bulgarians love China!

  13. @Mtioo1

    May 10, 2024 at 11:20 am

    Most of the anti China people arent in fact against China and I mean the real China (Roc)

  14. @DvynRv6hn

    May 10, 2024 at 11:20 am

    Don't trust the CCP.

  15. @user-loveyunnan

    May 10, 2024 at 11:20 am

    Does Lithuania's so-called pro-Hong Kong protest movement not qualify as interference in China's internal affairs? What has China done to Hong Kong that requires such indignation from Europe, thousands of miles away? In the end, these are merely pitiful individuals who claim to know the truth. Just as they believe the people of Xinjiang are being enslaved, they cling to such ridiculous lies, and it is悲哀 (tragic) that Europeans would believe them. If a country is riddled with problems, how could it possibly have grown to become the world's second-largest economy? Was it whipped into shape? Having a brain is a wonderful thing, but not everyone truly possesses one. If Lithuanians and Poles consider their opinions important, do the views of 1.4 billion Chinese not matter? As part of China, what justification is there for Hong Kong to become a playground for foreign spies? Would Britain, Germany, or Lithuania itself tolerate such a situation in one of their provinces or cities? There's an old Chinese saying: "Do not do to others what you do not want done to yourself." Before you comment on others, try putting yourself in their shoes; sometimes, what they are concerned about is their survival, not your casual talking points. Moreover, I suggest you also protest against the U.S.'s brutal suppression of university students, if you have the courage and the freedom to do so!

  16. @DardaniaLion

    May 10, 2024 at 11:20 am

    The more YOU invest in China economy the harder the children of Europe will be living in the future because China will make sure to enslave them all. Revenge, I guess. China's economy is 18 trillion in 2024 and just 24 years ago it was only 1.2 trillion. Serbia, being the littlie Russia in the south east of Europe will suffer the most. Just search for Radinac cancer rate. Hungary, the allowed nation to have a dictator is the next victim. China does not care about tomorrow. What they care is today.

  17. @trashcantheretardman8459

    May 10, 2024 at 11:20 am

    Every country should support China. The second word in CCP will tell you why.

  18. @mariomastadon7650

    May 10, 2024 at 11:20 am

    Stop judging China based on the West's past actions…

  19. @wantstocomment7092

    May 10, 2024 at 11:20 am

    Why was Romania green on the map lol?

  20. @gabrielnathanmagno2052

    May 10, 2024 at 11:20 am

    It's common misconception that anyone who doesn't follow America blindly are automatically labeled as CCP bots, which isn't exactly the case. There are practical reasons on why they should maintain some partnership with China. Considering how the Washington treats its allies. For example Reagan imposed 100 percent tariffs on Japanese products for almosg no reason and the spying on Germany in 2013.

  21. @incognito7054

    May 10, 2024 at 11:20 am

    As a UK citizen: I’m pro PandaBuy 🇨🇳

  22. @DvynRv6hn

    May 10, 2024 at 11:20 am

    The Chinese communist party sells weapons to the Putin's regime.
    Don't trust the CCP.

  23. @thewildcard600

    May 10, 2024 at 11:20 am

    making a deal with the devil

  24. @MrFalut

    May 10, 2024 at 11:20 am

    Hungary is getting FDI and new tech manufacturing capacities and THE EU HATES IT

  25. @tqrules01

    May 10, 2024 at 11:20 am

    The baltics don't know the difference between investment and loosing the asset to a foreign power. Maybe they should look at African countries or Suriname and see how much the "CCP" has plunderd the resources. The CCP investment is always a double edged sword.

  26. @aaradhyarawat7589

    May 10, 2024 at 11:20 am

    The whole world is slowly slowly becoming China's satelite sta…I mean China's GeoPolitical Partner.

  27. @getnohappy

    May 10, 2024 at 11:20 am

    The EU should kick Hungary out. Or at least threaten to. We saw how Orban crumbled when EU money was withheld, it's about time the EU shopped putting up with his BS.
    – PS, Germany, remember when hooking your entire economy to a hostile authoritarian state didn't work out too well?

  28. @Gajus_Julius

    May 10, 2024 at 11:20 am

    I love the clickbait with big green poland as a friend of china and then not speaking about poland lol.

  29. @drkrbrown

    May 10, 2024 at 11:20 am

    Uk is not in EU

  30. @defcotheone3241

    May 10, 2024 at 11:20 am

    Hi, would you like someone who helps with the Hungarian pronunciations?

  31. @justas9624

    May 10, 2024 at 11:20 am

    Even before the whole 2021-2022 thing, in 2019 chinese nationals including embassy staff disrupted a pro hong kong protest in Lithuania, you can say that's when the view of China (at least to some extent) really soured in Lithuania, and the next year a new government with a positive view of Taiwan came into power and the ball started rolling

  32. @dai-belizariusz3087

    May 10, 2024 at 11:20 am

    so wtf is this thumbnail?

  33. @michaelwojcieszek6902

    May 10, 2024 at 11:20 am

    lol as usual this channel is very very inaccurate – Poland is NOT pro-china at all! its ex-communist and has been ringing the alarm bells about China for a long time!

  34. @user-loveyunnan

    May 10, 2024 at 11:20 am

    Speaking frankly, it seems there may be some misunderstandings regarding Lithuania's stance, unless they can demonstrate that they have not been influenced by a particular logic, such as that of the United States. On the issue of Taiwan, it's perceived as quite disappointing when a country deviates from its long-standing position. Such actions can be viewed negatively. Moreover, it's puzzling to see that such a course of action does not appear to benefit their nation in any way. For a smaller country to offend a larger one and avoid a fate similar to that of Ukraine is indeed remarkable."

    This translation aims to communicate the original message's concerns without resorting to derogatory language or personal attacks, which is crucial in diplomatic communications.

  35. @yongbinsong9676

    May 10, 2024 at 11:20 am

    The EU is just a myth, and it cannot be achieved at all as like they had been for several thousand years. Each country in the bloc has to seek its benefits on its own way.

  36. @BenWillock

    May 10, 2024 at 11:20 am

    That's an unfortunate quote. Aren't Elephants famously scared of mice?

  37. @William2669

    May 10, 2024 at 11:20 am

    I’m 33 and I’m seeing more of my friends and generation growing more positive about China. Seeing China as an alternative for the US, one that’s more reliable and trustworthy.

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Student List program:
https://studenti.org.rs/en/plan/
https://x.com/studentblokade/status/2105208664881557577?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2105208664881557577%7Ctwgr%5E286dd96e36fbc96dbbcd3184e186b4f05377e279%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.danas.rs%2Fvesti%2Fpolitika%2Fstudenti-o-sankcijama-rusiji%2F
https://x.com/studentblokade/status/2055953192458834226

Election results:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/25/serbian-leader-aleksandar-vucic-concedes-defeat-in-fiercely-contested-parliamentary-election

Election report:
https://crta.rs/en/1215-high-turnout-photographing-ballots-the-most-common-irregularity/

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Allies left out:
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/30/trump-nato-allies-left-out-01100310
https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/05/us-meeting-in-poland-excluding-france-uk-baltic-risks-dividing-nato
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/britain-excluded-us-talks-nato-120655191.html
https://www.politico.eu/article/european-allies-push-back-against-us-led-nato-vip-club/

“Loyalty test” questionnaire:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/19/pentagon-quizzes-nato-allies-on-political-loyalty-documents-reveal
https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2026/09/04/us-nato-europe-troops-survey-loyalty-survey/91595311007/

Threat perceptions:
Us on middle east/asia https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FP_20201210_indo_pacific_ohanlon.pdf
European threat perceptions:
https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/europe-grappling-its-identity-well-russian-aggression
https://thediplomatinspain.com/en/2025/09/05/spain-and-the-sahel-security-at-stake-after-international-withdrawal/
https://www.jpost.com/international/article-906473

NATO:
https://www.nato.int/en/what-we-do/introduction-to-nato/defence-expenditures-and-natos-5-commitment
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/natosource/text-of-speech-by-robert-gates-on-the-future-of-nato/
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/commentary/trackers-and-data-visualizations/nato-defense-spending-tracker/
https://www.nato.int/en/what-we-do/operations-and-missions/nato-operations-and-missions
https://www.globalfirepower.com/countries-comparison-detail.php?country1=norway&country2=denmark

Bits and bobs that don’t neatly fit into a category:
https://economy-finance.ec.europa.eu/economic-forecast-and-surveys/economic-forecasts/spring-2025-economic-forecast-moderate-growth-amid-global-economic-uncertainty/economic-impact-higher-defence-spending_en
https://www.economist.com/europe/2019/11/07/emmanuel-macron-warns-europe-nato-is-becoming-brain-dead

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https://www.worldgovernmentbonds.com/spread/france-10-years-vs-germany-10-years/

France debt/deficit data:
https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/en/web/products-euro-indicators/w/2-21102026-bp
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-22/france-s-deficit-to-widen-as-economic-growth-slows-imf-says
https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/GGXCNL_G01_GDP_PT@FM/FM_EMG/FM_LIDC/FRA

Odds for next French presidential election:
https://polymarket.com/event/next-french-presidential-election

Le Pen platform evaluated:
https://www.politico.eu/article/le-pen-unveils-economic-platform-stuffed-with-eye-watering-cuts-but-few-new-ideas/
https://think.ing.com/articles/frances-national-rally-fiscal-plan-faces-major-delivery-risks/

TPI applicability:
https://x.com/lugaricano/status/2106041147567047152

Le Pen on leaving the euro in 2017:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38511058

Melenchon partial default plans:
https://www.ft.com/content/1b416427-0e86-40c0-9536-c31d76635313?syn-25a6b1a6=1

Market reaction to “whatever it takes”:
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https://www.reuters.com/world/china/putin-proposes-summit-with-trump-xi-discuss-ukraine-deal-wsj-says-2026-10-19/
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-witkoff-putin-trump-zelenskyy-talks-3f00c0c6fd10bab948c2c3f8502e0a91?taid=6ad8c19bf6d6f300019ef9ee&utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter
https://apec.org/who-we-are/our-members
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20261019-putin-xi-and-trump-could-meet-at-apec-summit-kremlin

China
https://www.csis.org/analysis/russias-turn-china-under-sanctions
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China%27s_Position_on_the_Political_Settlement_of_the_Ukrainian_Crisis
https://www.dw.com/en/germanys-baerbock-says-china-can-help-end-ukraine-war/a-65566298
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/trump-says-he-is-open-joining-trilateral-meeting-with-xi-putin-2026-10-19/
https://www.mfa.gov.cn/eng./xw/zwbd/202609/t20260929_12033002.html
https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/xw/fyrbt/202610/t20261020_12043752.html

Russia
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/10/20/europe/kyiv-under-pressure-as-trump-and-putin-cozy-up-analysis
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0k1xj0d708o

The US
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/19/world/europe/trump-zelensky-putin-ukraine-war.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP0tOwHnuSM

Ukraine
https://www.npr.org/2026/10/10/nx-s1-5996938/u-s-and-russia-tout-diesel-deal-to-ease-sanctions-and-reopen-fuel-flows
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/10/20/politics/starshield-ukraine-elon-musk
https://kyivindependent.com/its-significant-ukraine-fears-us-is-withholding-allied-funded-air-defense-supplies-to-pressure-kyiv/
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20261019-putin-xi-and-trump-could-meet-at-apec-summit-kremlin

Europe
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/us-floats-unfreezing-some-russian-assets-restart-ukraine-peace-talks-ft-reports-2026-10-14/
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/10/08/us-and-russia-explore-nord-stream-restart-sources-say-a93916

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https://x.com/JLMelenchon/status/2111882865197625588?s=20
https://x.com/MLP_officiel/status/2111849200379932912?s=20

France finances:

https://tradingeconomics.com/france/government-bond-yield
https://www.ft.com/content/9b252b46-a87c-45e7-a09a-45a39ce077b8?syn-25a6b1a6=1

Protest coverage:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crwyd02yz22vo
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2026/10/17/france-faces-day-of-combined-protests_6758706_7.html
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