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Honored to be called one of “Europe’s big hitters” but actually I am going to Singapore with 🇪🇪 business delegation, participating in Shangri-La dialogue and Asian Tech Forum. https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-sends-big-hitters-estonia-kaja-kallas-josep-borrell-to-singapore-to-rally-asian-allies-against-russia/
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/kajakallas/status/1664506303148875776
But.. with a business delegation?
Where does #Singapore actually stand in the democracies' struggle against the rising forces of belligerent #imperialism?
It is a "business hub" alright, but an #autocracy dominated by a ruling elite from (currently) post-colonial #Chinese #diaspora, some of whom feel a strong pull of the ever more powerful #HanChinese "motherland".
From what I understand Singapore is trying to "play the field", for now, and see where the tide turns. Or worse.
Is it where democracies should be directing their investments though?
Then again, #Hongkong — the pearl of a CCP's banking colony — is *still* considered by some to be an acceptable place for #business by some very decent and ethical people...
#EuropeanUnion #democracy #CCP #china #dictatorship #ZeitenWende #HandelOhneWandel @kajakallas