| | But then you can see first you can, you know, if you know [[history]] then you know it raises a lot of question marks in your head. But you know, I can tell you nowadays [[people]] don't really read and remember [[history]] that much.|||Kaja Kallas, September 4, 2025.<ref>[https://youtu.be/T3pCPOUUflA EU Slammed By China For Lack Of Basic History], Novara Media, Sep 5, 2025. [[YouTube]]</ref><ref>[https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/critically-uneducated-russia-china-mock-eus-kaja-kallas-bizarre-commentary 'Critically Uneducated': Russia, China Mock EU's Kaja Kallas After Bizarre Commentary], [[Zerohedge]], Sep 08, 2025.</ref>}} | | But then you can see first you can, you know, if you know [[history]] then you know it raises a lot of question marks in your head. But you know, I can tell you nowadays [[people]] don't really read and remember [[history]] that much.|||Kaja Kallas, September 4, 2025.<ref>[https://youtu.be/T3pCPOUUflA EU Slammed By China For Lack Of Basic History], Novara Media, Sep 5, 2025. [[YouTube]]</ref><ref>[https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/critically-uneducated-russia-china-mock-eus-kaja-kallas-bizarre-commentary 'Critically Uneducated': Russia, China Mock EU's Kaja Kallas After Bizarre Commentary], [[Zerohedge]], Sep 08, 2025.</ref>}} |
| − | Of the 55 million [[people]] killed in the [[Second World War]], 45 million were [[Russian]] and [[Chinese]].<ref>https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/World_War_II_casualties#Charts_and_graphs</ref> The cry of "Never Again!" is deeply etched into the Russian and Chinese peoples living consciousness.<ref>https://johnmenadue.com/post/2025/05/four-world-war-ii-myths-ignoring-china-downplaying-russias-role/</ref> | + | Of the 55 million [[people]] killed in the [[Second World War]], 45 million were [[Russian]] and [[Chinese]].<ref>https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/World_War_II_casualties#Charts_and_graphs</ref> The cry of "Never Again!" is deeply etched into the Russian and Chinese peoples living consciousness.<ref>https://johnmenadue.com/post/2025/05/four-world-war-ii-myths-ignoring-china-downplaying-russias-role/</ref> Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman observed that Kallas is "critically uneducated".<ref>[https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/critically-uneducated-russia-china-mock-eus-kaja-kallas-bizarre-commentary 'Critically Uneducated': Russia, China Mock EU's Kaja Kallas After Bizarre Commentary], [[Zerohedge]], Sep 08, 2025.</ref> China's foreign ministry responded, saying, "The statement made by the relevant [[EU]] official is full of ideological bias and lacks basic historical common sense, and blatantly stokes rivalry and confrontation. This is disrespectful to the history of WW2 and undermines the EU's own interests. It's preposterous and irresponsible." China watcher Arnaud Bertrand, concluded: "It takes a lot for China to officially call a senior foreign leader an [[idiot]] but that's what they essentially just did."<ref>https://x.com/RnaudBertrand/status/1963830953874542731</ref> |