{"id":112814,"date":"2024-11-06T14:38:05","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T11:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/112814\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"lukasenka-praises-chinas-mix-of-socialism-capitalism-at-pool-opening-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/112814\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0141uka\u0161enka praises China\u2019s mix of socialism, capitalism at pool opening ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n (Minsk Novosti)<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

November 6, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has expressed his gratitude to China\u2019s President Xi Jinping as he attended the opening ceremony for a Minsk swimming pool built by a Chinese investor, the Belarusian ruler\u2019s press office reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 6,000-seat facility featuring six pools of different sizes opened almost one year later than expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are indebted to this man and the great Chinese people,\u201d \u0141uka\u0161enka said. \u201cChina promised and China did it. This is the discipline. This is an example to us. What is said is done. And neither [Donald] Trump, nor [Kamala] Harris, nor [Joe] Biden will ever throw the Chinese people off the path. We need to learn [from them].”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u0141uka\u0161enka also noted similarities between Belarusian and Chinese peoples in their \u201crespectful attitude\u201d to socialism, but said China follows \u201cthe main tracks of capitalist movement.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cToday, more and more people are starting to talk about socialism,\u201d he said. \u201cAll Europe is focused on socialism, maybe without calling it that but talking about social justice. We at once said that we are building a socially-oriented state. This is the basic principle of socialism, and our Chinese friends have never abandoned it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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