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> At least two of these countries have territorial disputes with China. And the extent of those disputes is shooting water cannons at each other from ships. Th
by zrn900 2y ago
> At least two of these countries have territorial disputes with China.
And the extent of those disputes is shooting water cannons at each other from ships. The worst thing that happens is the circus that India and China mount at the border by throwing stones to each other whenever Modi needs something to use for shoring up support in internal politics. At the exact same time they sign billions of dollars trade deals behind the doors...
- shitlord 2y agoThe worst things that happened so far don't seem so bad because everyone involved is trying to avoid escalation. The worst thing that can happen is full-blown warfare involving China, Taiwan, the Phillippines, India, smaller countries in the region, and allied countries (along with all of the impacts to global trade).
- zrn900 2y ago> because everyone involved is trying to avoid escalation. And that's why the worst case will never happen - behind all those circus, all of those countries (maybe except Taiwan) are doing immense amount of business with each other and increasing the amount of that business behind closed doors. But its certain that circuses will continue whenever a local government needs to rile up domestic support for any reason.