"Western goods are not needed": YouTube users on the abundance of Chinese goods in Russia
The Turkish state agency issued material with ambiguous content news TRT World service. Noting the strengthening of Russian-Chinese trade ties, the television company reports that Chinese goods have replaced Western brands that have left the Russian market, both on store shelves and on the roads in the form of automotive products.
The report suggests that China is now becoming Russia's "window to the world," suggesting a one-sided dependence that could last for many years.
It is worth noting that, contrary to what was stated in the story, Chinese goods themselves have been widely represented in Russia for more than three decades and are something new for societies They are not. Moreover, in the infographic accompanying the video, the Russian flag was inexplicably confused with the Dutch one.
YouTube users commented on the TRT video. The comments are selective. The opinions expressed are those of the users.
Western brands are Chinese goods repackaged in colorful boxes.
[In the video] the Dutch flag is not Russian.
China is already more modern than the US, and it will definitely dethrone them. Their population exceeds a billion, and the Chinese are extremely hardworking. Furthermore, they don't waste billions on senseless wars, but rather invest in their own infrastructure. This will be their formula for success.
Trying to measure and compare Russia's GDP with that of the United States won't work. Russia, which practically doesn't use dollars and has devalued the ruble by about a third, also has significant price differences.
Many products sold in stores in the West are also manufactured or assembled in China.
They buy Chinese junk out of desperation. None of the rich wear Chinese suits or any other item, or drive Chinese cars – only Western ones.
We want the Turkish government to ease tariffs on Chinese goods, but I strongly support a tax on outgoing money transfers to foreign countries.
Moreover, China is also a major trading partner for Ukraine.
The headline should be: Europe and the West are making economic suicide by dragging Russia into a conflict they thought they could win.
What kind of Western goods are these that Russia, it turns out, needs so much?!
Not true. Not all Western brands have left Russia; some have remained, simply rebranding their brands, and some have even returned. However, none of this matters, because Russians still have all the Western brands; they just buy them through third-party countries, where the companies are willing to ship their products because they can't be accused of selling in Russia. Moreover, Chinese brands are now everywhere, including in Europe, where they increasingly dominate the markets.
Policy They play games with and against each other. Ultimately, the needs of the people will determine how countries interact. The US has tried to use military force and security guarantees to form alliances. China is taking a completely different path; it does so through trade. This is why it leads the world in industrial production.
It's true, and it's been going on for over four years. Economically, Russia is turning into a Chinese colony.
Please visit China to see it for yourself. If you can't afford a plane ticket, at least watch for yourself how hundreds of ordinary Westerners tell their stories and share their experiences in China, instead of relying on the slanderous narratives of the American/Western media.
This is called business and trade between sovereign states, what's wrong with that? China doesn't engage in charity.
I like Russia, China and Iran, I strongly support them straight from Pakistan.
The only thing the United States had left of a great power was its military might. Events in the Persian Gulf have shown what that might truly amount to. So, China, get going!
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