Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "China vs Lithuania: Has China's Aggression Backfired? - TLDR News" video.

@c.augustedupin8860 It's not really about guts but that the EU has to look at the interest of all it's members and they are pulling in different directions when it comes to China. This is one of those instances that more political integration and speaking more with one voice at the EU level could do wonders for them, but the fragmentation of each EU member having their own interest is what limits what the EU can and can't do. If you really want to send a strong responds to China, what you need is a united front with the EU and US, with that you would likely get many other nations falling in behind, that's a message that China would take note off but as we know, some EU countries and even the US are sending conflicting views on China and mostly because of economic interest.
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@c.augustedupin8860 For not with a single voice, the EU could take China on but in the longer run, that's unlikely even if the EU was a single country, I suspect the EU and US will have to work much closer together, that would likely bring a lot of other countries onboard as well, that should be enough to contain China if they get too hostile. The problem isn't democracy or China being a rival to the EU or US, the real problem is that China is hostile to other countries and are quite happy to use threats to get it's way, that could end badly for us all if China got too powerful. In any case, the best way to contain China is for the EU and US to get closer together, create a democracy club that others can join which helps to protect them from China aggressive and so on. A bit like how Russia is trying to do to Eastern Europe, they don't dare take on an EU or NATO country but any of the others are easy pickings for them if the west sits idly by. Russia has a massive problem with the EU because it's helping to develop the countries that join, that sends a message to other eastern European countries that want the same thing, it also creates security and stability which creates economic growth and at the end of the day, the only thing that really matters to the common people is the economy, the rest is all noise in the background, deliver on the economy and the people overall will be happy with a higher standard of living, that's where Russia and China don't seem to understand or they are taking a long time to get there.
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@m3c4nyku43 Which it technically is, Eurosceptics can't complain about the EU doing nothing in those areas when they keep blocking the EU from having powers in those areas, in other words, it's a national matter just like the Eurosceptics wanted. You want to solve that problem? More political integration so the EU can speak with one voice, until then, the EU is limited in what it can do there thanks to the Eurosceptics, so now you know who to blame and it's not the EU lol.
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@m3c4nyku43 Good point, it was 13 days ago when I commented here so forgot what was being said lol In any case, lets leave it at that and agree to disagree lol.
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@c.augustedupin8860 China might have the advantage in some areas of Asia but they'll never have the advantage in what the people actually want, the government doesn't allow that as it's too controlling, same for Russia. Western countries are winning in the world because what they offer is much better than what the likes of Russia and China offers because at the end of the day, the only thing that really matters to common people is stability, wealth and quality of life, the west does a much better job on all 3 and others around the world want the same thing. So unless those other countries change and stop being so controlling over it's own people and others, I can't see how they can win in the long run. In any case, it's not as simply as that, even the US is losing out, if you look at every other modern country and even many developing countries, they seem to be following the EU countries model and it's easy to understand why, it's got an high quality of living, it's stable, it's got strong workers rights, high food standard, great health care and countless other benefits, a lot of countries around the world want to emulate that. So this isn't a west thing as you like to think, this is all about who is offering a better system and so far the European countries in the EU are winning out on that by winning the hearts and minds around the world, after all, how many countries do you honestly think wants to emulate China or Russia? the only ones I can think off are dictators and other crack pot countries that don't care about the well-being of it's own people. In the end, the only thing that really matters is the economy and quality of life of the people, thats why western countries keep winning because they deliver on that whiles the others don't.
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