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>>>But why should we as Westerners actually care? Because the CCP has built a blue-water Navy, which it continues to expand, with the stated goal of dethroning

• FooBarWidget 5y ago
  Influence operations... such as this? https://twitter.com/manyapan/status/1454346638596743173 https://twitter.com/manyapan/status/1454346638596743173 This is the typical level of Chinese influence operation. I really don't know why you're worried about it.
  • post_from_work 5y ago
    No, these are the typical levels of Chinese influence operations: https://www.iri.org/sites/default/files/chinese_malign_influence_report.pdf https://www.iri.org/sites/default/files/chinese_malign_influ... https://gnews.org/635457/ https://gnews.org/635457/ https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Asia-Insight/China-s-Belt-and-Road-ports-raise-red-flags-over-military-plans https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Asia-Insight/China-s-Belt-... (paywalled article) https://www.politico.com/f/?id=0000017d-264b-df97-a9ff-be7f603e0000 https://www.politico.com/f/?id=0000017d-264b-df97-a9ff-be7f6... https://www.hudson.org/research/17118-the-ccp-goes-to-hollywood https://www.hudson.org/research/17118-the-ccp-goes-to-hollyw... Far more dangerous than any hamfisted TV broadcasts.
• burntbridge 5y ago
  With respect I think you should worry about something else. China has no intention of taking over the U.S. What size defense force do you think China should have? China has a population 4.3 times that of the US you've got to allow them something.
  • post_from_work 5y ago
    dethrone != "take over" It's important to understand the concept of the Petrodollar, how that system is secured by US maritime supremacy, and how it underpins the US financial system. https://www.israeldefense.co.il/en/node/50983 https://www.israeldefense.co.il/en/node/50983 *If there is another strong power that can provide military security and at the same time offer sufficient funds and industrial products, the whole Middle East oil can be freed from the dominance of the dollar* >>>What size defense force do you think China should have? It's not the size that matters per se, it's the content. China used to have a largely-coastal navy. It has massively expanded its ability to conduct expeditionary warfare, with aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships. The latter category are basically carbon-copies of the equivalent US classes. You only need warships like this if you expect to put entire battalions of troops on other people's shores. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_071_amphibious_transport_dock https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_071_amphibious_transport_... compared to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Antonio-class_amphibious_transport_dock https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Antonio-class_amphibious_t... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_075_landing_helicopter_dock https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_075_landing_helicopter_do... compared to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America-class_amphibious_assault_ship https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America-class_amphibious_assau...