> They are reliant on both Taiwan and China continuing to produce pretty much everything. I think security-apparatus people don't really think like this. A goo

> They are reliant on both Taiwan and China continuing to produce pretty much everything. I think security-apparatus people don't really think like this. A good example is Australia's recent falling out with China. Australia is one of the most China-dependent economies in the world, and the dependency is not particularly reciprocal. Australia exports ores, and China can ultimately pay more for ores from elsewhere without a huge economic hit. Yet, because of the Australian security zeitgeist, we've seen a stream of fairly bellicose and occasionally unwise statements from Australian representatives, which have resulted in the ever-sensitive Chinese going completely ballistic and imposing sanctions. To give an example of how nutty military types will get if you leave them in a room together, I've heard people openly discuss and advocate war with China[0], in order to maintain US hegemony. From a security perspective, economics is for donkeys, and humans are collateral damage - their job is to enhance their state's strategic position. If they take over the state apparatus, well, look at what Russia is doing. Anything can happen. > Trevor Noah's comedy .. location and colour To be honest, I think that was explicit. Look at how the EU is responding to the refugee crisis. [0] https://soundcloud.com/fairbank-center/destined-for-war-can-america-and-china-escape-thucydides-trap-with-graham-allison https://soundcloud.com/fairbank-center/destined-for-war-can-... (this character Oriana Skylar Mastro is both obviously an dangerous imbecile, is regularly publishing in magazines like foreign affairs, and is an employee of the US military).