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The issue is that China needs energy and other natural resources to sustain production which the US and allies can effectively blockade. It always puzzles me wh
by starfallg 5y ago
The issue is that China needs energy and other natural resources to sustain production which the US and allies can effectively blockade. It always puzzles me why China is so antagonistic with its neighbours. Indochina is very difficult to invade, and the whole South China Seas situation means that China has no blue ocean access into the Pacific. In a global war, the only reliable lifeline into China is through Russia.
- onepointsixC 5y agoThat's why the Chinese are so keen on taking over Taiwan as it will give them that access. The core theory that the PLA repeats is that they could overwhelm US assets in the region and quickly crush Taiwan in hopes of forcing the US to agree to a cease fire and peace deal.
- baybal2 5y ago> It always puzzles me why China is so antagonistic with its neighbours. > The issue is that China needs energy and other natural resources to sustain production which the US and allies can effectively blockade. You just answered your own question. They are so hostile, and aggressive exactly because of that immense insecurity, and fear. It's the mental model you pickup growing in any red country: you never acknowledge your weaknesses, lest you want them being instantaneously exploited. On other hand, you feign a polar opposite. It's everywhere in China: — Far from rich people in small towns buying fake Ferraris — Dumb companies hiring fake "big name foreign executives" to mumbo jumbo their plans to investors — "Advance to retreat" tactic — Chinese businessmen hiring a service of "fake thugs" and tatooing themselves to appear "tough mafia men" to scare off actual mafias