cross-posted from: https://scribe.disroot.org/post/11914727

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“Because China’s ​authoritarian ideology is fundamentally incompatible with Europe’s democracy, dependence on China ⁠is not merely an economic risk, it’s a threat to European freedom and sovereignty ​itself,” [Taiwan’s foreign minister ] Lin Chia-lung said in a speech at the Warsaw Security Forum.

“A Europe controlled ​through its supply chains would be a Europe that had surrendered part of its liberty.”

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