After Russia, Europe must wake up to China too
Europe’s real problem with China is not electric vehicles. It is the elemental vehemence of the Chinese Communist Party.
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Europe’s real problem with China is not electric vehicles. It is the elemental vehemence of the Chinese Communist Party.
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