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I’ve seen people claim that China has no desire to be a global hegemon and just wants regional security but this shoots that notion in the back of the head.
by wumeow 2y ago
I’ve seen people claim that China has no desire to be a global hegemon and just wants regional security but this shoots that notion in the back of the head.
- exabrial 2y agoI agree with this. Their interests is regional geopolitics, which currently means unfettered control over the south china sea, but by extension, everything surrounding this side of India to past Japan. However, once that dries up, it'll just be 'finance based colonialism' (my term). Pakistan has already fallen, for instance.
- marcusverus 2y agoI don't know about you, but I'm not eager to alter my priors based on a single, context-free quotation from bulgarianmilitary.com.
- belter 2y agoThe site had multiple scoops so far, and never failed me until now. I agree on a first landing can look suspicions but, until proof of the contrary, and did not happen yet, I consider it somewhat reliable.