It's all very well to show us China's influence in the European Union, but the foreign country with the most influence is still the United States. They've been spying on us for decades, Spain has expelled US agents from its territory, they have enormous control over data with their data center, they can legally collect data from EU citizens by law, they fight us in an "economic war"... So I think, to be fair, it would be useful to show us this part of foreign influence. And don't be naive, the US is trying and will try to push us into a conflict against China, even if it's not in our interest. As Europeans, we don't need to be in conflict with China, we need to be cautious of all foreign countries, but we can have relation with everybody, it is in our interests.
Serbia is unsurprising but Serbia represents a unique case. It is Russia's best ally in Europe, more so than the current Orban regime in Hungary. At the same time, the bombing of 1999 enabled the warming of Russo-Chinese relations since they both see the West with deep resentment. In many way, Serbia helped healing Russia-China relations and become synonymous to the strengthening of this tie. That's why most of Europe do not trust Serbia.
I mean if the EU did not trust Serbia it would not enter talks with Serbia for potential EU membership or provide Serbia one of the largest recipient countries EU investment outnumbering investment from Russia and Mainland China Edit: although this might change but I think Europe stands more to gain from stability in Balkans which needs Serbia on board
@@GwainSagaFanChannel EU wants Serbia because of Danube (nothing else), but ofcourse there are still Croats, Poles and Dutch that will make that process impossible if Serbia does not comply to their demands which would most likely cost their ego.
Why would Serbia who's civilian population and infrastructure was illegally bombed with depleted uranium munitions trust the ones who bombed them and why would the ones who bombed them want to be friends or partners only on their terms?
Serbian-Chinese relations go much, much deeper. The main difference is between the "Divine Right of Kings" and "Mandate of Heaven". I will simplify, the Chinese believe their rulers must come organically from the people (grassroots support), and the whole of Europe was ruled by 12 families of Germanic origins. This includes Vindsors and the Romanovs. The Chinese have a sort of "destiny" connected to the individuals ruling them (this includes emperors and communist leaders alike). Serbian aristocracy came from the people, they gave us freedom, and by merit (and destiny) they became our "aristocracy". Only Serbian aristocracy did not come from "bluebloods" mentioned above. The mechanism of picking leaders and of becoming a leader are the same in China as they are in Serbia. We had a lot of Hajduks and Uskoks (rebellious gangs under Turks) and they all placed their destinies in the competence of their leaders. It was always organic, never by rules and descent (privilege). For us (Serbs and Chinese) ruling is a combination of destiny and merit. Something slaveowners, slave traders, and aristocratic tyrants, uncountable to the "laws of the regular people", will never understand. That is our connection. And that is why we, the Serbs are "The nail that sticks out". The VIRTUE of Plato and Aristotle survives only in Serbia, China, and Ancient Greece and that is not something Anglo-Saxon imperialists like. We have the moral high ground. They propagate antiquity as the origin of Western Civilization, but they destroy everything a VIRTUE means in their conduct with the world. Let's not mention inheritance in Western politics. Kissinger is a Mayer (Rothschild by blood), and Stoltenberg is the son of Torvald. There are many, many examples of inheritance of privilege in the West. Undeserved privilege. Dinastical rulership of "the people or the sheep".
I like this parallel to explain the shared anti-Western stance, but I doubt the common people of both countries know that at all, correct me if I'm wrong of course
In the Chinese Mandate of Heaven, you must be righteous and moral. If you are not, then the Mandate will be taken from you. This would be droughts, disease, instability, and war. That would show the people that the rulers lost their Mandate and encourage the people to dispose of the bad rulers. That is how all the dynasties in China changed. It is so today. If enough "instability" and "bad luck" hits the country and the people, it is because of the mistakes of the Leadership. That is why in China they censor their "bad news" so much, and promote harmony and balance.There was this old Yugoslav movie "Valter defends Sarajevo". Back in the day, it was shown every year in China for holidays, just like we had "Home Alone" for Christmas on TV. In that movie, Valter (the partisan saboteur) is untracable. The nazis can't find him. In the end, the German officer says something like: "No wonder we can't find Valter, this city is Valter. Everyone is Valter". And that, my friend, is The Mandate of Heaven. If rulers are bad, the people start working on a change. I mean in all modern Western conduct, there are no obligations in treaties and compromises, there are only gains and privileges. The rules-based international order is just the latest example, but in colonialism and slavery, the idea is the same. In Serbia and in China, you can lose your privilege to rule the people. And people will show you their position. COVID lockdowns lasted two weekends in Serbia, then the MOB gathered in front of the parliament, and almost trashed the building, and there were no more lockdowns and vaccines were not mandatory. You can see this in all cultures. Some accept the rules even when they are unjust and some can't accept injustice and will give you a piece of mind. There are obligations attached to privilege.@@Dazzlefisher
The divinity of kings in contrast explains that the king is appointed by God (an archaic agreement between the church and the ruling gang of a country to give the gang more legitimacy than they actually have) and anyone who rebels against this order is a demonic agent of the devil. This is in stark contrast to the mandate of heaven where rebellion is not just beneficial but a moral duty of the Chinese citizen. This is why China's civil wars are extreme and why out of the top 10 wars of the highest civilian casualties in the world, historical Chinese civil wars account for like 8 of them along with the first two world wars. What the original commentator failed to mention is that Serbia's apparent similarity to this system is not because Serbia naturally or organically came across it. Medieval Serbia had the divinity of kings right throughout all of it's history (even despite the influence of the Byzantines who greatly influenced Serbian culture and civilization but apparently not it's succession laws) just like most other European Kingdoms did at the time. Serbia also doesn't really have a republican history. Venice, Novgorod, Genoa and Lubeck as medieval republics all were closer to the idea of the mandate of heaven than Serbia ever was. The reason why it appears so now is because all of the Serbian nobility essentially ceased to exist after approximately 400 years of Muslim Ottoman rule. So when Serbia had it's revolution in the 19th century the only leaders they could possibly pick were from the peasantry. Basically what I'm saying is that Serbia was forced to start over while everyone else already had established power structures.
Germany's 2023 trade value with China was over 230 Billion Euros. Countries like Serbia or Hungary just want their own piece from the Chinese economic cake, while Europe is struggling.
@@stc2828 Lol just 1 Google search could have made clear that you're massively wrong... It's literally a known fact that I don't even know how to debate this....
@@houseplant1016 Look at the richest nations, EU (Germany), US, Australia, Japan are rich because of all the Imports from China, hence the huge trade deficits, China is simply running the supply chains from Shoes to Supercomputers, the Chinese make it cheap, sneaky EU/US ships it to EU and then sells it triples the price to their population which made them rich.
@@stc2828well, most industrial labors needs to be at least semi-skilled,and in this context due to the education in china,the cost of this kind of labour is low.
@@aglis_ There's a genre of Zeihan-type "geopolitical analysis" videos that push the idea that we shouldn't be worried about China at all beacuse it collapse in two weeks/months/years/decades.
I appreciate you really go in depth on your geopolitical explanations of these events in a tone that seems to be non biased. Its a rarity these days. Like "X country hopes to gain X and Y from this relationship and Y country gains this benefit with X country". no underlying agenda to that.
Good analysis, I would also say that the railway that will connect Belgrade and Budapest is part of a bigger plan of connection from Vienna to Thessaloniki, like the Orient Express used to be, only it went to Istanbul back then. And it is a wider part of the Silk Road that will connect Europe and Asia with important transport routes, and especially via railways in which China dominates.
No it will not go to Vienna. Why would Hungary hand over her central position to Austria by extending the rail to Austria? Hungary will be the hub and goods will be distributed from here. Austral will be only an appendix.
@@freebozkurt9277 I was thinking of the original plan that was supposed to be that, but it didn't materialize. And what you say is correct, Hungary would lose its position by moving the center from Budapest to Vienna.
_Most of Europe doesn't understand China, while most of Asia doesn't understand Russia._ That's the only possible explanation for this. There are still people in Europe thinking that China can be trusted against Russia (notably the likes of Georgia, Romania and even Poland), and likewise, a lot of Asians still think that Russia can help them against China (especially in India and Vietnam). This explains the huge level of political mistakes we are seeing in both continents.
Id say that Western (and arab) countries are good at understanding international relations, while asian countries are excellent at developping themselves And southamericans at staying chill with everyone (like capybaras)
@@hc1897 What do you think of India? A lot of Indians still think Russia will help them against China, which is why they are so poorly prepared when China is making move in the Himalaya. Although I am not surprised if there is a similar appeasement to China in France and Germany leaving them undermanned toward Russian threat.
From Serbia, I say Chinese are always welcome here! Much love and respect to China, am very honored that Xi Xinping came to visit! This is the type of partnership we need, not the blackmail and coersion that EU and USA bring! 🇷🇸 ❤️ 🇨🇳 ❤️ 🇷🇺
Anything you get from China is a bad deal. I supported Serbia for it's religious war against Muslims in the 90s. My issue is the fact they also targeted fellow Christians especially Croats and various other Southern Slavs. Please understand here in the USA the thought is which is absurd, Serbs are like the New Nazis since they attacked Minorities and the fact the Serbs are White. I'm not joking because the Serbs are White the USA as a whole sees them as such even 30 years ago it barely changed.
@@germanreich2.0 I am a Chinese. Why do you have this prejudice? China and Serbia cooperate to get what they need. Have we done anything bad to you?The United States is the country that is truly harming you...
Are you mentally ill, 1)Greece wants to build port 2)no one give Greece money 3)Greece ask china 4)china say okay 5)Greece agree that if if has no money they lend the ports 6)Greece can still use the port 7)they agree 8)Greece lends port to china (which china fckin built) 9)GREECE CAN STILL USE THEM BRUV
Serbia is standing firm the claim for Kosovo. NATO bombed Serbia and forced Kosovo independent from Serbia. However, they don't care Christian minority were persecuted by Muslim majority now. Yet NATO doesn't care, the hypocrisy of NATO is obvious. I think NATO bombed Serbia because it is leaning towards Russia. 6:04
NATO bombed Serbia because Serbia was conducting Genocide on Bosnians and Albanians causing massive refugee crises in the welcome. Russia was very weakat that time
Serbia and Hungary are smart - China will do everything in its power to make this the best decision they have ever made. Compare Brexit, where EU will spare no effort to make it the worst decision Britain has ever made.
Yeah, Serbia and Hungary are small enough that China can afford to shower them with investments if they do its bidding. (Meanwhile, the US nowadays more like sucks its allies dry...)
Casual reminder Hungary and Serbia are the largest recipient countries of EU investment it is more that their geopolitical interests do not allign with economic interests do somewhat allign
@@GwainSagaFanChannelwe are gonna take your money and then we are gone. Europe as a Continent is finished and importing Arabs on mass wont change that, its only gonna make it decline fester.
Just discovered your channel, very well done and easy to follow! I did some searching and didnt see that you have a video that answers one of those burning questions I have on one of the weirdest borders clusters. Uzbekistan, Kyrgystan, and Tajikistan. What a mess that looks like on a map! There must be some reasonable or (unreasonable) explanation.
Kosovo isn't a country and EU has tried to break up Serbia along with USA. Serbia should be partnering with anyone and everyone who can help them preserve their territorial integrity.
With every passing year, the EU stance seems to get weaker and more torn between the EU nations it seems. It is simply insane how the big players like germany or france let themselves cripple by rich oligarchs, to have company profits as their first priority, rather than EU unity or no dependency of foreign powers
9:51 interesting . as in Chinese international lingo. actually there is another one as between China and Thailand 中泰一家亲 as official MOF statement for "China and Thailand as one family"
😅the most funny reason against railway construction is environmental considerations. If the people do not get the access to a better life, conserving the environment alone is of no benefit 😅
@@peterlai9018 ua-cam.com/video/WlB8Jc3es68/v-deo.htmlsi=03501fWbWhNrc6-F Serbian Orthodox Church Monastery Visoki Decani bilt by Serbian King Stephan Uros III Nemanjic (Decanski) 1335 year
Hungary's new economic strategy is connectivity: a kind of bridge status, which could be profitable for both Europe and China. Shared interests are better than making enemies....
@@rafanadir6958Learn a bit about local geography and you will understand why both Hungary and Serbia are important regional transit countries in all forms of travel.
There is currently a massive (Size of manhattan) piece of privately owned land being sold in Svalbard to the highest bidder. China having signed the Svalbard Treaty and aiming to gain more influence in the arctic is a very likely buyer. Russia already got a town in Svalbard named Barentsburg (Barentsburg's Coat of Arms is one of the most unique, beautifully symbolic designs I have ever seen) and is most likely not interested. The US could be interested if it would mean they could block other countries from purchasing it as well as having more of a presence in the arctic. The Norwegian government knows about the sale and has so far, for some reason, not been interested in buying that land.
You are wrong about strategic autonomy it mainly consists on building rapid response forces under the command of the EU for foreign intervention in Europe’s near abroad
I have a deep mistrust of any superpower trying to build dependent hegemonic states. China's Belt and Road is a perfect example of this. Sure, the US has been doing this for a century and yes, I mistrust them and their motives too. And the EU is no better despite being smaller than both. It may seem like a good deal now but the reality is that these are just shackles made of gold.
Dude that is what USA and EU are trying to do. China has trade relations with Serbia and Hungary but that doesn't mean that other powers don't have any influence in Serbia and Hungary or that Serbia and Hungary are dependent on just China. For example Serbia trades with EU as well and imports gas from Russia and Hungary is member of EU and NATO witch means it is aligned with USA and imports gas from Russia. In other words neither Serbia nor Hungary are dependent on any one power but are building relations with multiple and no one has any problem with that except USA and EU.
@@branilavvasic9727 I'm sorry, but you seem to have misunderstood me. I mistrust ANY hegemonic power. I may not have made that clear in my original comment but China's interactions with weaker nations are no better or worse than the US's interactions with those nations. It's two bears fighting over the same salmon and we're supposed to think that one bear is better than the other rather than reject the legitimacy of the bears in the first place.
@@AngryDuck79 Yes that is true. Big powers tend to try to influence smaller countries as much as they can. Best thing that small countries can do is maintain relations with as many great powers as possible and balance between them. That way they can maintain their sovereignty.
Hahaha in many ways these Great Powers are very dependent on Hungary. That is why all of them want to control her and that is why all of them are very upset if Hungary says no. And Hungary does say no. Well Hungary always said no in her 1100 years of existence whenever someone wanted to control her. So any power must be very stupid if they expect anything else. I guess China knows it already.
That deal could be good for them. You either maintain good partnership with everyone: EU, China, US (if you can) and Russia. Or you losing out on some leverage against one of those "superpowers" or access to strategical resource. For example, EU could stop playing with the carrot on stick and let Serbia join.
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Meanwhile, Modi stands on the sideline, watching as usual. Oh! There were the occasional waves and cries of "come and get it, fresh, hot piping samosas".
Will the European countries fall into same issue with China as they fell into with Russia? Probably, Democracies are quite easily destroyed from the inside by corrupt politicians, judiciary, and academia. the WEF is working on that now and making excellent gains, excellent if the citizens of democracies want to live like Russian citizens.
@@goldenfiberwheat238Yes there is no more Hungarian officersz they are all Chinnese. Also medical workers, drivers, constructions, even country is led by Chinesse people, Orban is also Chinnese, he just use mask to look like Hungarian.
Strange , while G7 is mainly dominated by European Country and adopted a stanch opposition to China and Russia. Why when come to Chinese, European are all tie up with NATO , European Union , European Council and G7. The Chinese and Russian should be confuse to European Complexity. I doubt the Chinese need European more than the European needed the Chinese. Anyway WTO is not longer what it was and it was created for purposes.
Me, a Hungarian as I read the title: oh snap, it's gonna be about our stupid ass government won't it. But seriously, when I was younger I always got excited when I saw my country mentioned somewhere, especially because it was kinda rare. Nowadays, it's getting more and more common, but for all the bad reasons.
Most European countries still think of Serbia in the WW1 sense, and actions post Yugoslavia SEEM to promote that, especially their sitting president Milosevic being the ONLY sitting president ever tried for war crimes. Serbia is a pretty special case, and does "Hungary just did x" really surprise anyone anymore.
Why would Hungary surprise you? She is the most reliable, she does what she says and says what she does, no one can deter her. Of course many of you would like to have a puppet instead. But this is what Hungary has always been and this is why there will be Hungary for a long long time (which cannot be stated about many European countries)
@@freebozkurt9277 You can say that, but then why doesn't Hungary leave the EU? It's an interesting thing to say that sovereignty comes from sabotaging your allies.
@@PhthaloJohnson So Hungary can eitherbe a puppet or on its own? How about partnership of equals? Hungary IS the EU. What is good for the parts is good for the whole. Besides the EU is an economic alliance (and NOT a political alliance) where competition among the partners is normal. I understand some accept competition between France and Germany but frowns upon if eg. Hungary competes with Germany or France. Which again is a nonsense. Hungary is a net recipient of EU funds (in theory, in practice it is not so these day), the faster she develops the sooner she stops to be a net recipient and becomes a full contributor. This is the goal is not it? So why is the fuss if she does everything to achieve it? So I could ask the reverse of your question: why Hungary's allies try to sabotege her every time? What sort of allies are they?
Tried but not found guilty, and then poisoned before it had to be released because they couldn't pin him anything and would make the whole NATO involvement seem very different if they had to release him, as for WW1 ....Serbia was on good side, so...I don't get that part ? Are we now gonna judge Serbia for point of view of Nazi Germany also ? Koz there Serbia was on good side also ?
As a European: I don't see much difference between the USA and China. They both don't respect the rules of the free market, which is costing us Europeans a big price. Massively subsidizing their Industries, while our European leaders watch with their hands in their hair. The only thing to do now is to find a balance and be more careful with outsourcing. We impose harsh rules on ourselves, then outsource the industry and buy the bad, more polluting product overseas!
@@houseplant1016 you lot call that free market though, like how you all smoking weed right now Btw europeans started smoking opium before anyone, you dont bring anything good
Notice that Ukraine is linked to Hungary. This means Serbia may no longer be encircled but that in a not so distant future, it may be linked all the way to the far-east.
You should remember China is also an empire, with much of its land today built from past conquest. If combining all dynasties of China (mainly Han, Tang, Yuan and Qing), it had the fourth largest empire in the world's history, spanning from the Central Sea to Sakhalin, from Mongolia and Manchuria to Vietnam and Burma. The free world being divided and disunited toward common threat by Russia and China served Xi a lot, that's why he visited a divided France, before settling account with pro-Russian Serbia and Hungary.
Should I make more detailed videos about China's influence in countries like Serbia and Hungary in the future? Let me know in the comments!
Definitely . it's very interesting
Chinese influence in the Balkans Just as a whole maybe
Yes please
Why not. Thank you.
Yes
Never thought I get a better and unbiased overview of geopolitics from a polandball channel than from the news.
yeah, like, they didn't try to frame it with their own ideology. That's rare
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Indeed
It's all very well to show us China's influence in the European Union, but the foreign country with the most influence is still the United States.
They've been spying on us for decades, Spain has expelled US agents from its territory, they have enormous control over data with their data center, they can legally collect data from EU citizens by law, they fight us in an "economic war"...
So I think, to be fair, it would be useful to show us this part of foreign influence.
And don't be naive, the US is trying and will try to push us into a conflict against China, even if it's not in our interest. As Europeans, we don't need to be in conflict with China, we need to be cautious of all foreign countries, but we can have relation with everybody, it is in our interests.
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Brother, I appreciate your creative spirit of objective analysis without any prejudice. You deserve praise.
Yeeees this is exactly what I was hoping for with these snapshots, important political/economical subjects that are barely mentioned in the news
By the way, in 2019-2022, Serbia bought the FK-3 air defense system from China.
Love the content you cover, would love to see more stuff about Hungary. Great work!
Thank you! Hungary is indeed very interesting, I'm sure I'll come back to it eventually!
Serbia is unsurprising but Serbia represents a unique case. It is Russia's best ally in Europe, more so than the current Orban regime in Hungary. At the same time, the bombing of 1999 enabled the warming of Russo-Chinese relations since they both see the West with deep resentment. In many way, Serbia helped healing Russia-China relations and become synonymous to the strengthening of this tie. That's why most of Europe do not trust Serbia.
I mean if the EU did not trust Serbia it would not enter talks with Serbia for potential EU membership or provide Serbia one of the largest recipient countries EU investment outnumbering investment from Russia and Mainland China
Edit: although this might change but I think Europe stands more to gain from stability in Balkans which needs Serbia on board
Russo-Sino not Russo-Chinese.
@@GwainSagaFanChannel EU wants Serbia because of Danube (nothing else), but ofcourse there are still Croats, Poles and Dutch that will make that process impossible if Serbia does not comply to their demands which would most likely cost their ego.
Why would Serbia who's civilian population and infrastructure was illegally bombed with depleted uranium munitions trust the ones who bombed them and why would the ones who bombed them want to be friends or partners only on their terms?
@@madkoala2130Exactly and even if Serbia joined and was accepted they would only be used and abused and always seen as subordinate.
Serbian-Chinese relations go much, much deeper. The main difference is between the "Divine Right of Kings" and "Mandate of Heaven". I will simplify, the Chinese believe their rulers must come organically from the people (grassroots support), and the whole of Europe was ruled by 12 families of Germanic origins. This includes Vindsors and the Romanovs. The Chinese have a sort of "destiny" connected to the individuals ruling them (this includes emperors and communist leaders alike). Serbian aristocracy came from the people, they gave us freedom, and by merit (and destiny) they became our "aristocracy". Only Serbian aristocracy did not come from "bluebloods" mentioned above. The mechanism of picking leaders and of becoming a leader are the same in China as they are in Serbia. We had a lot of Hajduks and Uskoks (rebellious gangs under Turks) and they all placed their destinies in the competence of their leaders. It was always organic, never by rules and descent (privilege). For us (Serbs and Chinese) ruling is a combination of destiny and merit. Something slaveowners, slave traders, and aristocratic tyrants, uncountable to the "laws of the regular people", will never understand. That is our connection. And that is why we, the Serbs are "The nail that sticks out". The VIRTUE of Plato and Aristotle survives only in Serbia, China, and Ancient Greece and that is not something Anglo-Saxon imperialists like. We have the moral high ground. They propagate antiquity as the origin of Western Civilization, but they destroy everything a VIRTUE means in their conduct with the world. Let's not mention inheritance in Western politics. Kissinger is a Mayer (Rothschild by blood), and Stoltenberg is the son of Torvald. There are many, many examples of inheritance of privilege in the West. Undeserved privilege. Dinastical rulership of "the people or the sheep".
I budjav lebac je bolji od neokolonijalizma i prateceg rasizma. @@Marineus
I like this parallel to explain the shared anti-Western stance, but I doubt the common people of both countries know that at all, correct me if I'm wrong of course
In the Chinese Mandate of Heaven, you must be righteous and moral. If you are not, then the Mandate will be taken from you. This would be droughts, disease, instability, and war. That would show the people that the rulers lost their Mandate and encourage the people to dispose of the bad rulers. That is how all the dynasties in China changed. It is so today. If enough "instability" and "bad luck" hits the country and the people, it is because of the mistakes of the Leadership. That is why in China they censor their "bad news" so much, and promote harmony and balance.There was this old Yugoslav movie "Valter defends Sarajevo". Back in the day, it was shown every year in China for holidays, just like we had "Home Alone" for Christmas on TV. In that movie, Valter (the partisan saboteur) is untracable. The nazis can't find him. In the end, the German officer says something like: "No wonder we can't find Valter, this city is Valter. Everyone is Valter". And that, my friend, is The Mandate of Heaven. If rulers are bad, the people start working on a change. I mean in all modern Western conduct, there are no obligations in treaties and compromises, there are only gains and privileges. The rules-based international order is just the latest example, but in colonialism and slavery, the idea is the same.
In Serbia and in China, you can lose your privilege to rule the people. And people will show you their position. COVID lockdowns lasted two weekends in Serbia, then the MOB gathered in front of the parliament, and almost trashed the building, and there were no more lockdowns and vaccines were not mandatory. You can see this in all cultures. Some accept the rules even when they are unjust and some can't accept injustice and will give you a piece of mind. There are obligations attached to privilege.@@Dazzlefisher
The divinity of kings in contrast explains that the king is appointed by God (an archaic agreement between the church and the ruling gang of a country to give the gang more legitimacy than they actually have) and anyone who rebels against this order is a demonic agent of the devil. This is in stark contrast to the mandate of heaven where rebellion is not just beneficial but a moral duty of the Chinese citizen. This is why China's civil wars are extreme and why out of the top 10 wars of the highest civilian casualties in the world, historical Chinese civil wars account for like 8 of them along with the first two world wars. What the original commentator failed to mention is that Serbia's apparent similarity to this system is not because Serbia naturally or organically came across it. Medieval Serbia had the divinity of kings right throughout all of it's history (even despite the influence of the Byzantines who greatly influenced Serbian culture and civilization but apparently not it's succession laws) just like most other European Kingdoms did at the time. Serbia also doesn't really have a republican history. Venice, Novgorod, Genoa and Lubeck as medieval republics all were closer to the idea of the mandate of heaven than Serbia ever was. The reason why it appears so now is because all of the Serbian nobility essentially ceased to exist after approximately 400 years of Muslim Ottoman rule. So when Serbia had it's revolution in the 19th century the only leaders they could possibly pick were from the peasantry. Basically what I'm saying is that Serbia was forced to start over while everyone else already had established power structures.
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Germany's 2023 trade value with China was over 230 Billion Euros.
Countries like Serbia or Hungary just want their own piece from the Chinese economic cake, while Europe is struggling.
True German economy is built on cheap Russian oil and cheap Chinese labour and market.
@@houseplant1016Chinese labor is not cheap, if you just want cheap labor you can always go to Africa 😅
@@stc2828 Lol just 1 Google search could have made clear that you're massively wrong... It's literally a known fact that I don't even know how to debate this....
@@houseplant1016 Look at the richest nations, EU (Germany), US, Australia, Japan are rich because of all the Imports from China, hence the huge trade deficits, China is simply running the supply chains from Shoes to Supercomputers, the Chinese make it cheap, sneaky EU/US ships it to EU and then sells it triples the price to their population which made them rich.
@@stc2828well, most industrial labors needs to be at least semi-skilled,and in this context due to the education in china,the cost of this kind of labour is low.
People really be underestimating China
"People" is a very general vague term. Which "people" are underestimating China?
@@aglis_Some analysts do underestimate it
Don't underestimate the five eyes too. They are way more hegemonical
@@nicocola284The hegemony of the Five Eyes Alliance is essentially American hegemony, but American hegemony is collapsing
@@aglis_ There's a genre of Zeihan-type "geopolitical analysis" videos that push the idea that we shouldn't be worried about China at all beacuse it collapse in two weeks/months/years/decades.
Love your unbiased and objective opinion
Now this, is a quality video.
I appreciate you really go in depth on your geopolitical explanations of these events in a tone that seems to be non biased. Its a rarity these days.
Like "X country hopes to gain X and Y from this relationship and Y country gains this benefit with X country". no underlying agenda to that.
It's a breath of fresh air going thru a foreign policy video without hearing 'democracy', 'dictator', 'evil'
seriously. This channel is a hidden gem
bravo from serbia 🇷🇸 to you😊😊😊
Good analysis, I would also say that the railway that will connect Belgrade and Budapest is part of a bigger plan of connection from Vienna to Thessaloniki, like the Orient Express used to be, only it went to Istanbul back then. And it is a wider part of the Silk Road that will connect Europe and Asia with important transport routes, and especially via railways in which China dominates.
No it will not go to Vienna. Why would Hungary hand over her central position to Austria by extending the rail to Austria? Hungary will be the hub and goods will be distributed from here. Austral will be only an appendix.
@@freebozkurt9277 I was thinking of the original plan that was supposed to be that, but it didn't materialize. And what you say is correct, Hungary would lose its position by moving the center from Budapest to Vienna.
pure fact. keep up the good work
9:50 top-class memeing there
Their naming is really good ngl
Well said! Thank you
_Most of Europe doesn't understand China, while most of Asia doesn't understand Russia._
That's the only possible explanation for this. There are still people in Europe thinking that China can be trusted against Russia (notably the likes of Georgia, Romania and even Poland), and likewise, a lot of Asians still think that Russia can help them against China (especially in India and Vietnam). This explains the huge level of political mistakes we are seeing in both continents.
I'm sure you've got all the answers bud 👍 too bad these world leaders don't listen to the advice of the great and terrible luishernandezblonde
Id say that Western (and arab) countries are good at understanding international relations, while asian countries are excellent at developping themselves
And southamericans at staying chill with everyone
(like capybaras)
And you understand literally everybody. China Russia Georgia Vietnam Romania Poland plus India!!!?!??!
@@hc1897 What do you think of India? A lot of Indians still think Russia will help them against China, which is why they are so poorly prepared when China is making move in the Himalaya. Although I am not surprised if there is a similar appeasement to China in France and Germany leaving them undermanned toward Russian threat.
@@remimk Screw it but I love Mexican football however (I am not from Mexico nor even born Mexican anyway).
love this new series
Well done research.
From Serbia, I say Chinese are always welcome here! Much love and respect to China, am very honored that Xi Xinping came to visit! This is the type of partnership we need, not the blackmail and coersion that EU and USA bring!
🇷🇸 ❤️ 🇨🇳 ❤️ 🇷🇺
Anything you get from China is a bad deal. I supported Serbia for it's religious war against Muslims in the 90s. My issue is the fact they also targeted fellow Christians especially Croats and various other Southern Slavs.
Please understand here in the USA the thought is which is absurd, Serbs are like the New Nazis since they attacked Minorities and the fact the Serbs are White.
I'm not joking because the Serbs are White the USA as a whole sees them as such even 30 years ago it barely changed.
😭❤️
Will you say that when Chinese buy your home and kick you out? And no, I am not from west I am a Serb too.
@@germanreich2.0 I am a Chinese. Why do you have this prejudice? China and Serbia cooperate to get what they need. Have we done anything bad to you?The United States is the country that is truly harming you...
@@germanreich2.0Is this some misunderstanding?
Fun fact: The two largest ports of Greece: Athens and Thessalonik are in Chinese hands.
Yup, Eu poured billions in it to modernize it, the Chinese swept in and own it now
Are you mentally ill,
1)Greece wants to build port
2)no one give Greece money
3)Greece ask china
4)china say okay
5)Greece agree that if if has no money they lend the ports
6)Greece can still use the port
7)they agree
8)Greece lends port to china (which china fckin built)
9)GREECE CAN STILL USE THEM BRUV
you mean leased?, go find other who is willing to pay more if it concerns you
Good, better than in U.S hands...they will bring weapons instead of trade
China only leased it not owned it
thank you so much for this video moree!!!!
I like your playstyle and I like your paint.
U earn a sub!
Serbia is standing firm the claim for Kosovo. NATO bombed Serbia and forced Kosovo independent from Serbia. However, they don't care Christian minority were persecuted by Muslim majority now. Yet NATO doesn't care, the hypocrisy of NATO is obvious.
I think NATO bombed Serbia because it is leaning towards Russia. 6:04
They were exercising new world order to destroy countries to loose everything and make them selves .
It's never about religion, ffs, do you think Nato stands for religion?
NATO bombed Serbia because Serbia was conducting Genocide on Bosnians and Albanians causing massive refugee crises in the welcome. Russia was very weakat that time
NATO bombed Serbia because Slobodan Milošević refused to withdraw from Kosovo.
Very nice video with many points you considered. Also nice job trying to keep it unbiased and subjective!
Serbia and Hungary are smart - China will do everything in its power to make this the best decision they have ever made. Compare Brexit, where EU will spare no effort to make it the worst decision Britain has ever made.
Yeah, Serbia and Hungary are small enough that China can afford to shower them with investments if they do its bidding. (Meanwhile, the US nowadays more like sucks its allies dry...)
Casual reminder Hungary and Serbia are the largest recipient countries of EU investment it is more that their geopolitical interests do not allign with economic interests do somewhat allign
@@GwainSagaFanChannelwe are gonna take your money and then we are gone. Europe as a Continent is finished and importing Arabs on mass wont change that, its only gonna make it decline fester.
NEW VID!!!!!!! YAAAA I GOT A HEART
A little correction about Italy, with the Meloni goverment, in 2023 they decided to withdraw from the belt and road initiative
and now, they are looking for Chinese investment again LOL, howeve it seems China gave up Itlay and chosen Espain
Italy is regretted
@@lvjinbin28already?
@@zuesadam7143yup they said they wanna join again
But I think China won’t let them join again due to trust issues.
@@lvjinbin28No we aren't
国内也有不少人观点和视频类似，可以算比较公允了
Just discovered your channel, very well done and easy to follow! I did some searching and didnt see that you have a video that answers one of those burning questions I have on one of the weirdest borders clusters. Uzbekistan, Kyrgystan, and Tajikistan. What a mess that looks like on a map! There must be some reasonable or (unreasonable) explanation.
Hi! Can you do a video about the recent news in Georgia about the "russian law"? Thank you so much for your work
Kosovo isn't a country and EU has tried to break up Serbia along with USA. Serbia should be partnering with anyone and everyone who can help them preserve their territorial integrity.
So interesting, thank you for this information!
很难在油管找到这种比较客观的视频，干得好
看他背景图就发现不是客观的了，中国是朝鲜被比喻武力霸权
The 3 countries Xi visited kind of reflects which of the countries in europe have some degree of autonomy from US influence.
中国要帮助法国领导欧洲，摆脱美国和英国对欧洲的干预。
中国要帮助塞尔维亚不再被欺负，给塞尔维亚需要的一切。
中国对匈牙利只有给钱了，非常非常多的钱。
确实，从以色列的殖民地-美国不敢帮像海湾战争一样帮以色列的时候就可以看出来
Orban is really intelligent.
Serbia is doing very well.
Two countries which are a bridge between cultures and follow this wisdom.
Very good video mate, greeting from Serbia 👋🏻
With every passing year, the EU stance seems to get weaker and more torn between the EU nations it seems. It is simply insane how the big players like germany or france let themselves cripple by rich oligarchs, to have company profits as their first priority, rather than EU unity or no dependency of foreign powers
capitalism does not encourage unity
Extraordinary neutral analysis
7:19 can someone explain what he means by attached conditions with the EU?
Basically he said that China wouldnt mind that Serbia does business with EU as well
can you make a video about the reconciliation agreement signed by China, Fatah and Hamas? Thank you❤
9:51 interesting . as in Chinese international lingo. actually there is another one as between China and Thailand 中泰一家亲 as official MOF statement for "China and Thailand as one family"
I honestly wont worry as long as the US doesn't escalate the situation. Let them trade and be military allies.
"Golden Voyage" gives a bit different mental image than the picture supposes.
wow nice channel
Good video.
😅the most funny reason against railway construction is environmental considerations. If the people do not get the access to a better life, conserving the environment alone is of no benefit 😅
Map of Serbia is Wrong ! Kosovo is part of Serbia! Remember!
Agree with you. Love from China.
They love use this kind of wrong map to show their policy trendency. But you are definately correct. Kosovo is not a country but a part of Serbia.
I gave the video a thumbs down as a result!
@@peterlai9018
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Serbian Orthodox Church
Monastery Visoki Decani bilt by Serbian King Stephan Uros III Nemanjic (Decanski) 1335 year
So is Taiwan part of China
"impactful" is not a word.
大部分还是比较客观的，但很多细节处还是带有很多偏见
且看且珍惜吧，东西方大撕裂情况下可能大家都不允许客观的东西了
Hungary's new economic strategy is connectivity: a kind of bridge status, which could be profitable for both Europe and China. Shared interests are better than making enemies....
For whom are you gonna serve as a bridge for? You're landlocked.
@@rafanadir6958Learn a bit about local geography and you will understand why both Hungary and Serbia are important regional transit countries in all forms of travel.
@@rafanadir6958 That's a valid point.
@@rafanadir6958
Your IQ is below absolute zero, if you cannot understand this.
10:11 Now that is scary and very important!
es kommt auf dem Blickwinkel wie man es betrachtet, pro oder anti oder neutral
中国要帮助法国领导欧洲，摆脱美国和英国对欧洲的干预。
中国要帮助塞尔维亚不再被欺负，给塞尔维亚需要的一切。
中国对匈牙利只有给钱了，非常非常多的钱。
It is great that you mark all the microstates but are sure you wanted to make Switzerland blue?
That's what happens when you paint the map multiple times for fun instead of just copying it from a previous slide :' )
Look at the Western influence on Switzerland.look at those Russian capitalists having their money trapped inside.
U better talk about Nato expansions and those US military bases keep increasing around the world.
its interesting to see an asian leader in europe
There is currently a massive (Size of manhattan) piece of privately owned land being sold in Svalbard to the highest bidder. China having signed the Svalbard Treaty and aiming to gain more influence in the arctic is a very likely buyer. Russia already got a town in Svalbard named Barentsburg (Barentsburg's Coat of Arms is one of the most unique, beautifully symbolic designs I have ever seen) and is most likely not interested. The US could be interested if it would mean they could block other countries from purchasing it as well as having more of a presence in the arctic. The Norwegian government knows about the sale and has so far, for some reason, not been interested in buying that land.
You are wrong about strategic autonomy it mainly consists on building rapid response forces under the command of the EU for foreign intervention in Europe’s near abroad
I have a deep mistrust of any superpower trying to build dependent hegemonic states. China's Belt and Road is a perfect example of this. Sure, the US has been doing this for a century and yes, I mistrust them and their motives too. And the EU is no better despite being smaller than both. It may seem like a good deal now but the reality is that these are just shackles made of gold.
Dude that is what USA and EU are trying to do. China has trade relations with Serbia and Hungary but that doesn't mean that other powers don't have any influence in Serbia and Hungary or that Serbia and Hungary are dependent on just China. For example Serbia trades with EU as well and imports gas from Russia and Hungary is member of EU and NATO witch means it is aligned with USA and imports gas from Russia. In other words neither Serbia nor Hungary are dependent on any one power but are building relations with multiple and no one has any problem with that except USA and EU.
@@branilavvasic9727 I'm sorry, but you seem to have misunderstood me. I mistrust ANY hegemonic power. I may not have made that clear in my original comment but China's interactions with weaker nations are no better or worse than the US's interactions with those nations. It's two bears fighting over the same salmon and we're supposed to think that one bear is better than the other rather than reject the legitimacy of the bears in the first place.
@@AngryDuck79 Yes that is true. Big powers tend to try to influence smaller countries as much as they can. Best thing that small countries can do is maintain relations with as many great powers as possible and balance between them. That way they can maintain their sovereignty.
Hahaha in many ways these Great Powers are very dependent on Hungary. That is why all of them want to control her and that is why all of them are very upset if Hungary says no. And Hungary does say no. Well Hungary always said no in her 1100 years of existence whenever someone wanted to control her. So any power must be very stupid if they expect anything else. I guess China knows it already.
That deal could be good for them. You either maintain good partnership with everyone: EU, China, US (if you can) and Russia. Or you losing out on some leverage against one of those "superpowers" or access to strategical resource. For example, EU could stop playing with the carrot on stick and let Serbia join.
Marcelo lacarda is 100% an Italian name
I'm going to change my rap name to Lil Pupin.
When it creates a controversy I will assure the public, that I am French and it is pronounced Lil Pupin.
China is so welcome. I’m tired of US embargos that restrict what I can buy.
😂 i tested out Temu the other day, bot a pictured-same LED lamp from both Amazon and Temu. When i got them, they were essentially the same item, except i paid 28 on Amzn, but only 16 on Temu, for an essentially same item. I am too lazy to return the Amzn lamp tho, but next time i will purchase more from Temu . 😂
Honestly what difference does it really make whether its China or the US? Hopefully they cancel each other out a bit
Not good better us Eu deal's worked for many years 😢
SERBIA WANTS CHINESE VOTE AGAINST GENOCIDE ACCUSATION
AND CHINA VOTES FOR SERBIA TO PROTECT CHINESE FUTURE ACCSATION FOR ONGOING UIGHUR GENOCIDE
shared future means if China get rich. Serbia will benefit. if china lose or become poor. Serbia will also suffer
That is what 'shared' means
Also for the west, same rules.
Fo 90% of Europe and many other in the world be ready for US falling.
Guten Tach
Meanwhile, Modi stands on the sideline, watching as usual. Oh! There were the occasional waves and cries of "come and get it, fresh, hot piping samosas".
This youtuber didn't even know Taiwan's official name is Repbulic of China, according to Taiwan's own constitution LOL
Who cares?
@@fengcc2900 You obviously
@@fengcc2900You
Nobody cares. Taiwanese should have self-knowledge.
China is the best economic partner for most of the world as it does significantly more investment than usa or EU
This is still a huge loss of allies within Europe. The title of this video is pretty sad and misleading.
kosovo-chinese alliance in the preview ❤
lol Pupin bridge
Will the European countries fall into same issue with China as they fell into with Russia? Probably, Democracies are quite easily destroyed from the inside by corrupt politicians, judiciary, and academia. the WEF is working on that now and making excellent gains, excellent if the citizens of democracies want to live like Russian citizens.
simply because they are more independent than other puppet~
I heard that Chinese cops operate in Hungary
Really?
As a Chinese i never knew that 💀
@@sleefy2343 it’s a deal orban made. I think I heard it from geopolitics with paint
@@goldenfiberwheat238Yes there is no more Hungarian officersz they are all Chinnese. Also medical workers, drivers, constructions, even country is led by Chinesse people, Orban is also Chinnese, he just use mask to look like Hungarian.
@@JeZZGro oh I guess I was wrong then
and now i am more anti-CCP
good video
Because the rest of European leaders need to grow up
Maybe cornering russia into becoming more dependent on china was a bad move :|
Not really it’s a good move
It saved Russia economy
If they didn’t trade with China
Their whole economy will drop
@@sleefy2343 Bad move for anyone concerned about china. Like US, EU, all of china's neighbours etc
You may have forgotten that the war with Ukraine has resulted Russia receiving sanctions from many countries.
依赖中国，或者是灭亡，俄罗斯没有选择，被美国和欧洲杀死，或是把生命交给中国，俄罗斯选择把生命交给中国，这是非常残酷的现实。
Hungary should be kicked out of Nato and the EU asap
China can help France building re-education camp.
Please leave the package by the door. Thanks!.... LOSERS
for who?
France should keep its border in first place
😮Como chino nativo me gustan España y Portugal.
Strange , while G7 is mainly dominated by European Country and adopted a stanch opposition to China and Russia. Why when come to Chinese, European are all tie up with NATO , European Union , European Council and G7. The Chinese and Russian should be confuse to European Complexity.
I doubt the Chinese need European more than the European needed the Chinese. Anyway WTO is not longer what it was and it was created for purposes.
There’s only one reason to that
They don’t want China to become number 1 superpower Which is gonna happen anyway whether they like it or not
我来回答你的问题吧，G7是美国主导的，美国、日本、加拿大，这三个国家目前正在跟我们打贸易战争，我们已经打了好几年了，在新能源汽车领域我们几乎摧毁了日本，美国只有特斯拉还活着，这也是美国对我们新一轮制裁的原因，他们制裁了我们的光伏、汽车、电池，但欧洲跟他们却不一样，欧洲并没有参与贸易战争，你的怀疑是对的，因为贸易战争，世贸组织已经瘫痪了，我们不能让欧洲站到敌对阵营去，所以我们选择给钱，给欧洲好多好多的钱，法国、塞尔维亚、匈牙利，是最先抛出橄榄枝的，我们希望将来世界只有中国和欧洲，我们要用工业海啸彻底摧毁美国的企业，看在钱的份上，你们帮我们，美国没有钱了，他们的钱用在战争，欧洲的企业将来会和我们占领国际市场，这就是我们的目的。
Me, a Hungarian as I read the title: oh snap, it's gonna be about our stupid ass government won't it.
But seriously, when I was younger I always got excited when I saw my country mentioned somewhere, especially because it was kinda rare. Nowadays, it's getting more and more common, but for all the bad reasons.
Hungary people don't like to cooperate with China?
I heard your president is racist
Towards non European especially arabs
But ay we do trade anyway not really friends but yeah that’s business I guess.
I do not support your president statements on non Europeans
But trading is fine.
中国要帮助法国领导欧洲，摆脱美国和英国对欧洲的干预，中国邀请法国来中国参加核电站建设项目，会给法国好多钱。
中国要帮助塞尔维亚不再被欺负，给塞尔维亚需要的一切，帮助塞尔维亚强大。
中国对匈牙利只有给钱了，非常非常多的钱，目前计划是投资75亿欧元，以后继续增加。
Most European countries still think of Serbia in the WW1 sense, and actions post Yugoslavia SEEM to promote that, especially their sitting president Milosevic being the ONLY sitting president ever tried for war crimes. Serbia is a pretty special case, and does "Hungary just did x" really surprise anyone anymore.
Why would Hungary surprise you? She is the most reliable, she does what she says and says what she does, no one can deter her. Of course many of you would like to have a puppet instead. But this is what Hungary has always been and this is why there will be Hungary for a long long time (which cannot be stated about many European countries)
@@freebozkurt9277 You can say that, but then why doesn't Hungary leave the EU? It's an interesting thing to say that sovereignty comes from sabotaging your allies.
@@PhthaloJohnson So Hungary can eitherbe a puppet or on its own? How about partnership of equals? Hungary IS the EU. What is good for the parts is good for the whole. Besides the EU is an economic alliance (and NOT a political alliance) where competition among the partners is normal. I understand some accept competition between France and Germany but frowns upon if eg. Hungary competes with Germany or France. Which again is a nonsense.
Hungary is a net recipient of EU funds (in theory, in practice it is not so these day), the faster she develops the sooner she stops to be a net recipient and becomes a full contributor. This is the goal is not it? So why is the fuss if she does everything to achieve it?
So I could ask the reverse of your question: why Hungary's allies try to sabotege her every time? What sort of allies are they?
Tried but not found guilty, and then poisoned before it had to be released because they couldn't pin him anything and would make the whole NATO involvement seem very different if they had to release him, as for WW1 ....Serbia was on good side, so...I don't get that part ? Are we now gonna judge Serbia for point of view of Nazi Germany also ? Koz there Serbia was on good side also ?
As a Serb, we actually don't trust China.
As a European: I don't see much difference between the USA and China. They both don't respect the rules of the free market, which is costing us Europeans a big price. Massively subsidizing their Industries, while our European leaders watch with their hands in their hair. The only thing to do now is to find a balance and be more careful with outsourcing. We impose harsh rules on ourselves, then outsource the industry and buy the bad, more polluting product overseas!
exactly.
Not a European pretend to care about free marker 😂😂😂 what a joke
@@xiaoranmo7308 You're right, the last time there wasn't a free market we made you addicted to opium lmfao, wanna try that again?
@@houseplant1016 you lot call that free market though, like how you all smoking weed right now
Btw europeans started smoking opium before anyone, you dont bring anything good
@@houseplant1016theres a free market now and you still export g@e to the world
as a hungarian myself, i didnt even know this happened 💀
Notice that Ukraine is linked to Hungary. This means Serbia may no longer be encircled but that in a not so distant future, it may be linked all the way to the far-east.
From the aspect of a Chinese: European Union(X); Colony of JU (√)
Kosvoooooo
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中国要帮助法国领导欧洲，摆脱美国和英国对欧洲的干预。
中国要帮助塞尔维亚不再被欺负，给塞尔维亚需要的一切。
中国对匈牙利只有给钱了，非常非常多的钱。
You should remember China is also an empire, with much of its land today built from past conquest. If combining all dynasties of China (mainly Han, Tang, Yuan and Qing), it had the fourth largest empire in the world's history, spanning from the Central Sea to Sakhalin, from Mongolia and Manchuria to Vietnam and Burma. The free world being divided and disunited toward common threat by Russia and China served Xi a lot, that's why he visited a divided France, before settling account with pro-Russian Serbia and Hungary.
Your free world brought back opium in Afghanistan.
"free world" lol every powerful country is built on blood
@@listener-tt1gw And Russia and China eradicated opium? Ahahahahaha.
@@jotarokujo9164 only for medical uses lol
@@jotarokujo9164China ban drugs because of opium
Xi Jinping = Leader of the Free World
Yea... Even though you steal lands from us Serbs...
Average serbiARYAN classic
中国大概是唯一一个不希望南斯拉夫继续分裂下去的国家。而欧盟总觉得南斯拉夫解体的还不够，应该继续分裂。欧盟最大的问题在于：他们不想看到诸如，南斯拉夫、苏联，甚至奥匈帝国这种统一的大国出现在欧洲。但是，欧盟自己又没有统合的能力和欲望。这导致目前的欧洲一盘散沙，十个国家有三十种政策，因为每个国家内部还有不同的政党。欧盟就是现代的神圣罗马帝国。看似很大，但内部分裂，而且没有统一的中央。这种组织是很难真正与中国抗衡的。中国只要随便支持其中的一个大诸侯就可以了。
Serbs don't trust you Chinese while Serbian government does.
Pro Chinese Propganda 😑
Better than pro CIA PROPAGANDA
@@vanveakrin276 CIA and China are bad, Russia is good. From Serbia.