Great points all around but I've got a nitpick about the second to last paragraph. In fact, China is not going it alone. It is something like 9 unique nations t

Great points all around but I've got a nitpick about the second to last paragraph. In fact, China is not going it alone. It is something like 9 unique nations that have within the last few hundred years gone through considerable change in political control. Only in approximately the last 70 years have most been forced to coalesce by the CCP. Alternatively, the primary difference between the USA and PRC is not that the US necessarily has more global influence, but that the PRC does not pretend to value the autonomy of its citizens.