>My point: countries with economic interdependence are less likely to go to war, And my point is: Russia broke this `rule' indirectly (meaning going to war wit

>My point: countries with economic interdependence are less likely to go to war, And my point is: Russia broke this `rule' indirectly (meaning going to war with a country that they know would be protected by countries that they are interdependent on), so China could too. Russia and Europe were strongly intertwined, yet Putin and his generals still went to war knowing that there would be dire economic consequences. The only thing that would make China wary of doing the same is if Ukraine wins. >which is a fact to consider when advocating for reduction of interdependence among nuclear powers. Nuclear weapons are more of a deterrent of war than trade among nuclear powers over than anything else. >I’m not arguing that China is great or any of the other things you seem yo have read into my relatively straightforward point. That's not what I gleaned from your posts. What I got was a lack of urgency about China and her aspirations in the world.