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I think the main difference between the US and China, the Chinese have no mission to convert every country to their thinking. Not that they influence countries
by _Codemonkeyism 8y ago
I think the main difference between the US and China, the Chinese have no mission to convert every country to their thinking. Not that they influence countries through their investments, see Greece as an example.
- _Codemonkeyism 8y ago"... don't ..."
- azinman2 8y agoUmmm other than Silk Road pulling tons of countries into their sphere, using it to push new Chinese standards for people to switch towards, making HK/Taiwan/Tibet fully incorporated and culturally homogenous, taking islands away from other countries across SE Asia and calling it all china’s sea, etc etc. They’re just more subtle, until they’re not. They have a very long term outlook on their efforts.
- _Codemonkeyism 8y agoChina is not pushing countries to become 'communist' states.
- AsyncAwait 8y agoChina does have ambitions, sure, but they're mostly local ones. I was mainly talking about cases like Kim Dotcom, where the U.S. reached all the way to NZ. China doesn't have Five Eyes, has not attacked a foreign country etc. It does not mean this cannot change, but I get the feeling China strives for a more local "sphere of influence" strategy, (hence the things like you mentioned), whereas the US strives to maintain "global dominance". As someone sitting in Western Europe, I don't think China has that much interest to dominate here.
- lenkite 8y agoYou need to be a citizen of a nation neighbouring China to know the severe pressure that China exerts on borders, trade and geo-politics. You just don't hear about it much in the world-news as it doesn't affect the US.
- _Codemonkeyism 8y agoChina is not pushing countries to become 'communist' states.