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lovuian

(19,362 posts) Mon Mar 3, 2014, 03:40 PM Mar 2014

Dec. 5, Mr. Yanukovych and President Xi Jinping signed a bilateral treaty making China

a strategic partner

“China pledges unconditionally not to use or threaten to use nuclear weapons against the nuclear-free Ukraine and China further pledges to provide Ukraine nuclear security guarantee when Ukraine encounters an invasion involving nuclear weapons or Ukraine is under threat of a nuclear invasion,” said a joint statement on the pact.

China’s official media, including Xinhua and Global Times, touted the deal with the headline “China Pledges Nuclear Umbrella to Protect Ukraine.”

Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/dec/12/inside-china-ukraine-gets-nuke-umbrella/#ixzz2uvk6AkXJ

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Dec. 5, Mr. Yanukovych and President Xi Jinping signed a bilateral treaty making China (Original Post) lovuian Mar 2014 OP

Well then China better hurry up and nuke Russia! TwilightGardener Mar 2014 #1

Ha. That was when their team was in charge in Kiev... Democracyinkind Mar 2014 #2

Which Ukraine ruled by whom? Avalux Mar 2014 #3

Noticed how our Idots in the Wellstone ruled Mar 2014 #4

TwilightGardener

(46,416 posts)

1. Well then China better hurry up and nuke Russia!

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Mon Mar 3, 2014, 03:45 PM

Mar 2014

Edit to add: I wonder if this treaty is in any way legal or enforceable now, and why didn't Yanukovich get a nuke-umbrella agreement with Russia? There must be some sort of reason behind this, and guarantee of grain, or prevention of joining NATO, is all I can think of.

Democracyinkind

(4,015 posts)

2. Ha. That was when their team was in charge in Kiev...

Reply to lovuian (Original post)

Mon Mar 3, 2014, 03:53 PM

Mar 2014

Diplomacy is not a literal art.

Avalux

(35,015 posts)

3. Which Ukraine ruled by whom?

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Mon Mar 3, 2014, 04:13 PM

Mar 2014

The answer to that will determine whom China supports; and I suspect it will be Russia.

Wellstone ruled

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4. Noticed how our Idots in the

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Mon Mar 3, 2014, 04:52 PM

Mar 2014

media is carrying the usual hate and war speak of the 1%ers. I do hope every DUer looks behind the curtain to take a look at the puppet masters. Funny,same old crowd,Wall Street,IMF,Merkel from Germany and the German Banks,the usual Brits who love to stir the pot,and of course the Gas and Oil thieves. Ukraine is totally broke,they need some 30 billion just to survive,the so called EU austerity thing has wiped out the Ukrainian people. This whole thing is nothing more than a Vulture attack on their country. Just picking over the caucus.

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