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Even if this is the case, do you honestly not think the tradeoff is worth it? Lifting a billion people out of crushing poverty seems worth it even if it came at
by dcolkitt 4y ago
Even if this is the case, do you honestly not think the tradeoff is worth it? Lifting a billion people out of crushing poverty seems worth it even if it came at the cost of giving a dictatorship stronger geopolitical influence.
- S201 4y agoAn authoritarian, nuclear armed government that is bent on expansionism by flaunting the established global rule of law and that is likely to start a world war over Taiwan? No, I don't think that's a worthwhile tradeoff.
- chrischen 4y agoI don’t think it’s accurate to say they are bent on expansion, but whether it’s worth it is more up to those 1 billion people to decide their fate and tradeoffs rather than foreign intervention. Oh and, due to China’s history of negative foreign interventions I doubt the population will take kindly to it now.
- roflulz 4y agotalking about the US?
- dcolkitt 4y agoChina has been nuclear armed since the 1960s. That wasn't a product of the country's industrialization or trade with the West.