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[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

Russia, China, and North Korea are in an open alliance.

That's a bit dramatic. They agreed to some deals, and wrote a press statement about how they're BFFs. There's still no way in hell Russia trusts either, and so vice verse, and NK/China relations are a whole weird thing. Ditto for India and China, which have made the impressive step of no longer openly beating each other with literal sticks over territory.

But yes, there are many, many powder kegs waiting to go off. The only question is if it could actually go hot, or it will stop at proxy wars, espionage and tradefare like the last time.

[–] Arkouda@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

North Korea and Russia have a military alliance as North Korean soldiers were fighting in Ukraine with Russia under Russian control.

I agree that it is a press statement being BFFs, but China has been supporting Russia's war efforts with Russia saying they would also support Chinese war efforts. It is definitely a weird alliance, and they most certainly do not trust each other, but they are clearly working together to be a counter to "Western" influence and are likely going to increase military, intelligence, and trade ties.

I hope that it stops at proxy wars, espionage, and tradefare. I just do not see it as likely given the climate.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 40 minutes ago

It's true that the three have become kind of aligned, I'll give you that. But, "alliance" implies something like NATO where an attack on one is an attack on all.

What you've mentioned are cases of Russia buying things. The NK troops were sent in exchange for technology and goods. China won't even sell devoted military hardware, only dual-use civilian technology.