China just very successfully overflew the continental us with a military payload, and now knows, unequivocally that F-22's can operate at 60k feet. Both have si

China just very successfully overflew the continental us with a military payload, and now knows, unequivocally that F-22's can operate at 60k feet. Both have significant propaganda and military value. There is a reason we learned in the cold war that overflights have to be governed by treaty. It led to the near destruction of the world. China, apparently, just deliberately American Airspace. In the above post, you could substitute the word China with Germany and Cold War with World War I, and this quote could have been written verbatim by the American First coalition - who had good points going into World War II, but missed the big picture. At some point you have to defend independent countries, stand up for human rights, etc. China's actions show no respect for any of its neighbors. Their government persecutes people based on ethnic and religious beliefs. They feel that the entire world is out to get them, but they refuse to respect democratic norms that they agreed to with the United Nations. They refuse the most basic levels of transparency. Leaving critics to fill in the gaps on questions such as genocide and the pandemic. Anyone who points out that fact is immediately branded a sinophile. Meanwhile China is propping up Russia by buying it's exports at a time the Russians are committing genocide in Ukraine. Even what few democratic norms that existed have been wiped away and is being replaced by a cult of personality. May I humbly submit that you are concerned about tensions coming from the wrong country? If china agrees to respect its neighbors, follow human rights standards, and respect toleration of people who do not worship at the church of the Party, the friction will disappear. Ironically, America was strongly pro-china going into World War II shortly after that. It's not a stretch to see that resume. However, their literate makes it very clear that they view China as the one true civilized state and that Europe and America must be humiliated and destroyed for china to regain its rightful place at the center of the world.