{"id":59299,"date":"2025-04-16T11:45:41","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T09:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=59299"},"modified":"2025-04-18T18:06:35","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T16:06:35","slug":"beijings-revenge-against-boeing-a-warning-to-sanchez-orban-and-von-der-leyen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2025\/04\/16\/beijings-revenge-against-boeing-a-warning-to-sanchez-orban-and-von-der-leyen\/","title":{"rendered":"Beijing's revenge against Boeing, a warning to S\u00e1nchez, Orb\u00e1n and Von der Leyen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In their relations with the People's Republic of China, some Western politicians seem to forget that they are dealing with a dictatorship.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2025\/04\/07\/sanchez-copies-two-of-orbans-worst-measures-after-criticizing-his-hungarian-rival\/\">S\u00e1nchez copies two of Orb\u00e1n's worst measures after criticizing his Hungarian rival<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2025\/02\/08\/von-der-leyen-exhibits-her-idea-of-democracy-by-strengthening-ties-with-the-largest-dictatorship\/\">Von der Leyen exhibits her idea of democracy by strengthening ties with the largest dictatorship<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p><big>A veto on Boeing that harms the US and also China<\/big><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday it was revealed that the Chinese communist dictatorship has imposed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/china-halts-delivery-of-boeing-jets-report\/a-72248102\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a ban on the purchase of aircraft from the American company Boeing<\/a> on its companies under its control in response to the tariffs imposed by Donald Trump on products from the dictatorship. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airwaysmag.com\/new-post\/china-import-ban-boeing-us-parts\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Airwaysmag.com<\/a>, <strong>China's three main airlines planned to receive 179 Boeing aircraft between 2025 and 2027<\/strong>. It must be said that Boeing will not be the only one affected, because as this source points out, <strong>the Chinese commercial aircraft COMAC C919<\/strong> - an alternative to Boeing and Airbus aircraft - <strong>is highly dependent on US manufacturers<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, <strong>Chinese airlines that operate Boeing aircraft face serious maintenance problems<\/strong>, as they depend on the American company for spare parts. <strong>This could paralyze the operations of many aircraft<\/strong>, as already happened with Russia following the international sanctions imposed following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. <strong>For Airbus, this could be an opportunity<\/strong>, as it could opt to fill the large gap left by Boeing in the Chinese market, <strong>but before getting too excited, we should think a little.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><big>The methods of the Chinese communist dictatorship<\/big><\/p>\n<p>Beijing's veto of Boeing is an example of <strong>what this communist dictatorship is willing to do to maintain its influence in the world<\/strong>. We are talking about a decision that not only seriously harms an American company (something that Beijing will care little about), but also <strong>could have serious consequences in China itself<\/strong>. Consequences that no one in that country will be able to complain about freely, since <strong>this dictatorship uses all kinds of repressive methods to prevent and punish any protest<\/strong>, as we saw in 1989 when it brought tanks onto the streets to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2022\/11\/29\/a-man-in-front-of-the-tanks-in-tiananmen-the-complete-video-of-an-anonymous-heroic-act\/\">brutally crush pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen Square<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><big>The rapprochement of Spain and Hungary with communist China<\/big><\/p>\n<p>Beijing's revenge against Boeing should serve as a warning to some European politicians. A few days ago, I wrote here about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2025\/04\/07\/sanchez-copies-two-of-orbans-worst-measures-after-criticizing-his-hungarian-rival\/\">the closeness of the Spanish socialist Pedro S\u00e1nchez and the Hungarian conservative Viktor Orb\u00e1n to the Chinese dictatorship<\/a>. Both are playing with fire by prioritizing that Asian country in their trade relations. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vozpopuli.com\/economia\/la-dependencia-de-china-vende-a-espana-un-60-mas-que-eeuu-y-asciende-a-primer-proveedor.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">In the case of Spain, communist China is already the largest supplier<\/a>, with sales that exceed those of the United States by 60%.<\/p>\n<p><big>The European Commission also flirts with this totalitarian regime<\/big><\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, in February <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2025\/02\/08\/von-der-leyen-exhibits-her-idea-of-democracy-by-strengthening-ties-with-the-largest-dictatorship\/\">the president of the European Commission, the centrist Ursula von der Leyen, decided to strengthen ties with communist China<\/a> to confront Trump. A clumsy and dangerous decision that was confirmed a few days ago with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/spa\/von-der-leyen-y-costa-viajar%C3%A1n-a-china-en-julio-para-reunirse-con-xi%2C-seg%C3%BAn-medio\/89146263\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the announcement of a trip by Von der Leyen to Beijing in July<\/a> to meet with the dictator Xi Jinping.<\/p>\n<p>Some European politicians <strong>seem to forget that the People's Republic of China is a dictatorship and acts as such,<\/strong> making decisions that could seriously harm its own people and other countries. <strong>Decisions taken by an undemocratic government appointed by a single party<\/strong> - the Communist Party of China (CPC), which has ruled mainland China since 1949 <strong>without free elections and with constant human rights violations<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><big>An economic dependence that can end in political slavery<\/big><\/p>\n<p>For decades now, <strong>Western countries have been making the mistake of believing that loyal relations can be established with this dictatorship<\/strong>, based on mutual benefit for both parties and leading to international relations that are beneficial to all. <strong>The Beijing dictatorship has been using its growing influence in the global economy to increase its political influence<\/strong>, a strategy that is especially dangerous for all those countries whose public debt has been bought by this totalitarian regime.<\/p>\n<p><strong>China's growing economic dependence on the West could end up turning it into political slavery<\/strong>, but some people don't seem worried about this and prefer to obtain a short-term benefit at the expense of leaving those who come after them with an increasingly serious problem.<\/p>\n<p>---<\/p>\n<p><small>Photo: AFP.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In their relations with the People&#8217;s Republic of China, some Western politicians seem to forget that they are dealing with a dictatorship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10404],"tags":[6614,24254,10444,12847,15256,10454,10670,2721,17125,11462,15180,7786,10848],"class_list":["post-59299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economics","tag-boeing","tag-comac-c919","tag-communism","tag-communist-party-of-china-cpc","tag-european-comission","tag-european-union","tag-hungary","tag-pedro-sanchez-castejon","tag-peoples-republic-of-china","tag-spain","tag-ursula-von-der-leyen","tag-viktor-orban","tag-xi-jinping"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-12 01:27:49","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59299\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}