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Then why would we assume they want anything other than an escalation cycle? Didn't foreign orders fall by some massive amount over the past year? One narrative
by etherael 4y ago
Then why would we assume they want anything other than an escalation cycle? Didn't foreign orders fall by some massive amount over the past year? One narrative for why the Chinese people tolerate their totalitarian dictatorship is the economic growth and prosperity they believe that it has bought them.
This is not likely to remain constant given the above, and thus the tolerance of the totalitarian dictatorship is similarly unlikely to remain constant, and what does a dictator with a slipping grip on power want to shore it up? A nice foreign skirmish.
- moose_man 4y agoIf this cycle gets momentum, with the war in Ukraine going on, there is no way to control where it goes. It's the ultimate gamble. I thought they would be more careful than to roll the iron dice.
- mlindner 4y agoI think because, to most external viewers, why China would want an escalation cycle makes no sense. It only harms China.
- ukoki 4y agoChina wants a common enemy to distract their population from problems at home.