>But what is the point of making it a secret? It makes the many exaggerated claims of Chinese economic demise that much more exaggerated and likely false, it l

>But what is the point of making it a secret? It makes the many exaggerated claims of Chinese economic demise that much more exaggerated and likely false, it leaves the rest of the world (read: their enemies) more complacent and more vulnerable to Chinese ambitions. If the claim being presented here is true, it doesn't really surprise me: I've been hearing for the better part of the past three decades that China's economy (and consequently the country) was on the verge of imploding. It is now the year 2023 and China still hasn't imploded and is seemingly on track to win the new cold war against the west. Does China have $3 trillion dollars of secret "fuck you" money? At this point I would be more surprised if they didn't.