• Paragone@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    https://www.amazon.com/Winner-Take-All-Chinas-Resources-ebook/dp/B0080K3FHM/

    told people YEARS ago that China was enacting REAL strategy, & it’s still true, now.

    ( the fact that Chinese corruption undermines their country, & the party-rule system is intrinsically-corrupt, are side-issues.

    The fact that their Belt & Road program has been mopping-up opportunity, while the West has been playing petty wrestling-matches over feelings, is going to be costing us our lives, soon. )

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  • Carrolade@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    The inevitable end result will be subservience to China.

    citation needed

    These folks like to throw around words like subservience, but I’m not sure how you get that without conquering someone militarily. People like to talk about NATO subservience to the US, for instance, but Trump doesn’t seem to be waltzing into Greenland any time soon. Pretty weak subservience if you ask me, given how much smaller Denmark is than the US.

  • Crackhappy@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    Are you winning if your only opponent suddenly changes into a child who throws tantrums every other day?