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> Of course, they didn't liberalize, and now China's using its massive industrial base that Americans funded to increase its capabilities for a showdown with th
by onlyrealcuzzo 3y ago
> Of course, they didn't liberalize, and now China's using its massive industrial base that Americans funded to increase its capabilities for a showdown with the US (and other Western nations) for global economic and political supremacy.
China's going to be way too busy with internal affairs to try and start a showdown.
China is not anywhere near a global economic supremacy.
Nominally, China is close to half the size of the US.
The idea that China is so big it runs the whole world is laughable. It's not even close to being the biggest player - and even the US is not that important like it was after WW2.
- philipov 3y agoyet.
- KptMarchewa 3y agoYes, yet. With time and second worst demographics in the world they will be way less relevant relatively soon.
- AnarchismIsCool 3y agoI hate to say it but that's a lot of cope. They are way more advanced now and in some ways have exceeded US capabilities technologically. Also, in case you haven't noticed, the US is struggling with some very spicy internal affairs right now too. The US's saving grace is that China's foreign policy is absolute shit and they've made themselves hated by every single one of their neighbors in a way the US could only dream of.
- some_random 3y agoXi has made it pretty clear that he wants China to take Taiwan and it seems likely that he wants to do it personally before he retires. Currently, that would trigger a showdown without a doubt.