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ErwinRRR t1_ja7ijjh wrote

As a Chinese person, I would give you guys a notification:

The Chinese government uses all the words really carefully. 'disinformation' does not mean 'refused'.

Which means: The Chinese government may provide drone, missile, barrel(for tanks) or anything else except artillery and ammo.

Or, the Chinese government means: they have provided the artillery and ammo to Russia, not in the future.

So they did not deny the intelligence, but they said the intelligence is "wrong"

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DeeHawk t1_ja7ws0t wrote

The english term is ‘being pedantic”.

But I still thank you for this context.

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CherryBoard t1_ja9d9de wrote

"Chinese Official Speak" is a major cultural phenomenon that has been in play as the way the Chinese communicate since forever, of which understanding is pretty key to discerning whatever the Chinese leadership is actually cooking up

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Sotap t1_ja9kt89 wrote

I mean they are painfully obvious about it imo. Always have been. Annoyingly so.

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Midnight2012 t1_jabtfno wrote

Alot of westerners don't get this tricky language they use.

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mfb- t1_ja84qxb wrote

Or "we don't send it, the Russians come and pick it up".

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HumanChicken t1_ja9jje4 wrote

“We found all this cash AFTER the weapons fell off the back of the truck.”

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wwarnout t1_ja7q6ht wrote

> but they said the intelligence is "wrong"

Does this remind anyone of "alternative facts"?

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rpapafox t1_ja9eonm wrote

Or they are providing it to Belarus or Iran, so they can give it to russia.

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ErwinRRR t1_ja9gd6o wrote

That's really possible. Just like ZTE and Huawei did before.

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lurker_101 t1_jaar8gv wrote

The CCP have their own second separate language for political negotiations

.. one word could mean multiple words .. doublespeak .. ambiguity .. saying phrases which could have multiple meanings seems to be a specialty of theirs .. so a "promise" is not really anything

.. the Chinese media in Beijing still classifies NATO as "the provocateurs" and never really mention the Feb 24 invasion .. that is all you really need to know

.. the CCP could easily send Fat Kim weapons and have him send his old stuff to Putin and cover their tracks

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udontnojak t1_ja9a6fa wrote

US: "who said anything about axillary shells" China: "ahhh" ....probably

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CodeEast t1_ja9du6u wrote

Tank barrels good, ammo good, surveillance drones ok. Attack drones artillery pieces and missiles bad.

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Lofteed t1_jabzsui wrote

or they can just straight lie, like when they say they have zero covid deaths

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