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I suggest you read about the European Coal and Steel Community after WW2. Post-war European democracies and CCP China are apples to oranges. Not only in the fr
by bassman9000 6y ago
I suggest you read about the European Coal and Steel Community after WW2.
Post-war European democracies and CCP China are apples to oranges. Not only in the freedom and democracy ratings sense. The EU has still to makes leaps in terms of becoming a union, and they're geographically next to each other, and culturally close, to a level the US and China will never be.
- davedx 6y agoThe theory is trade is an interdependency that puts the brakes on war regardless of cultural differences. Europe was almost constantly warring before the formation of the Common Market. China needs the trade as much as we do
- bassman9000 6y agoIt's the other way around: it's because diplomacy and lack of war that economic interdependency can be built. China needs to trade far more than we do. That's why there will be no war even if some decoupling happens. China can't afford it, at many levels, including the US being the oceanic route police.