> China is doing what it can to stop from becoming an American vassal. More accurate would probably be China is doing everything possible to create its own vas

> China is doing what it can to stop from becoming an American vassal. More accurate would probably be China is doing everything possible to create its own vassals via soft-power initiatives like Belt and Road, predatory debt lending, etc. It’s kind of interesting you mention neocolonialism because that’s exactly how China’s actions in Malaysia have been described… https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/2018/4/6/17206230/china-trade-belt-road-economy https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/2018/4/6/17206230/china-tra... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debt-trap_diplomacy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debt-trap_diplomacy https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/13/magazine/a-malaysian-insta-city-becomes-a-flash-point-for-chinese-colonialism-and-capital-flight.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/13/magazine/a-malaysian-inst...