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> until recently China wasn't deemed to be a problem either What changed is Xi Jinping became president. Until then China was considered a good citizen of the

• tokioyoyo 2y ago
  I think there's a more important part that we might be overlooking - China is going forward with "play to win" strategy, rather than "play to exist". In the past couple of years, you can see how in North America we've started pushing "we have to win by all means" idea. For the first time, since 80s (when Japan was going to overtake USA), we have a real competitor now. And that competitor has been able to push through policies and prove that they can overcome hardships. They have a big demographics problem, but it's not going to hurt them for the next decade+. Still a long way to go, especially if you consider random statistics like there are 200M gig workers. Basically, USA is scared that a political ideology that's not compatible with the western standards can become the most successful one that lifts its citizens. It will never be liked by any of the governments, because locals will be able to point towards China and say "well, why do they have it better?!".