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Everyone makes noise about this but what is the solution? War with china? Cut off trade and sanction China? They explicitly designed their country to avert such
by badrabbit 7y ago
Everyone makes noise about this but what is the solution? War with china? Cut off trade and sanction China? They explicitly designed their country to avert such arm twisting.
My solution: Form a treaty between as many countries as possible where an explicit agreement is made to wind down trade with China within 10 years and establish relief and subsidy funds in form of low interest loans,tariff relief and preferential treatments for non-aligned nations. To seal off the deal a 50 year sanction on all trade with China after the 10 year period (reviewed for re-approval every 10 years). Immediate economic relief and laws that encourage trade with non-aligned nations for businesses in western-aligned nations. It will cost an insane amount but certainly cheaper than a war. Oh and for dessert, short term retaliation by China can be met with oil sanctions (in form of replacing China's demand with subsisized buy out of oil supply) and potential blockade of sea trade routes (fairly easy to crush their navy far away from friendly waters -- only a last resort).
I am not saying my idea is perfect or even good but it is an idea. Our privilege of living in the wesr means being able to throw around ideas for solutions like this and popularize them with law makers so they can be confident it won't cost them their next election. But I fear China has already aquired extensive compromisng material in western nations' governments and corporations which will make democractic approaches hard.
Now is the time to stop wars and economic depressions -- when we can plan on solutions.
The Uyighur were picked on because of their small voice. China is perfecting their approach with them and HK so they can be effective against more valued targets such as Taiwan and further.