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China created China. The west is an influencer but to say it drives the direction of that country is misplaced and not accounting for how much power china has
by chapium 7y ago
China created China. The west is an influencer but to say it drives the direction of that country is misplaced and not accounting for how much power china has domestically.
- wahern 7y agoChina is perhaps the only other country in the world as impervious to foreign influence as the U.S.; and with citizens as oblivious to the outside world. Of course, neither are completely impervious. And the citizens aren't completely oblivious. But from everything I've read about China and the Chinese, including little things like how Chinese tourists and visitors behave in foreign countries, the similarities are striking. And of course they have an obvious common source--both countries don't really need to care much about the outside world because of their size and power, and culturally they were historically inward looking even before they rose to global powers.
- dade_ 7y agoThr CCP owes a lot to Americans, especially Roosevelt. Misguided optimism really.