US used to regard China as a peer competitor. That was well and good. But when the US learned it could no longer compete with China, it recast China as an enemy. Now the US is projecting onto China the same rapaciousness that has been its own modus operandi for decades ...
Understanding the China threat requires analysts to see through the deception that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) advances to disguise its ambitions. In this, they have been remarkably successful, as Deng Xiaoping intended when he devised his “hide and bide” strategy of minimizing China’s power and tremendous achievements to international audiences while growing stronger. China’s power grew from a fraction of the global economy to about 20 percent today. Its military grew from a small, unprofessional force to one that competes with the U.S. military, from space to cyber warfare and from advanced missile technology to blue-water naval competition. Remarkably, as this occurred, there was no balancing against China’s rise. Year by year, China grew more powerful and no state sought to arrest it, not even the United States. Indeed, just the opposite happened: The West supported China’s growth, providing investment and trade, welcoming it into the World Trade Organization, permitting it to raise capital on Wall Street, and transferring technology by legal and illegal means — all of which turned China into the powerhouse it is today. There are many in the engagement school of thought who still seek to aid China’s rise or to characterize China as not an existential threat to the U.S. But those who think this way are not perceiving the reality of the CCP; they are threat-deflating. This only benefits the world’s most powerful and most odious dictatorship. The Chinese Communist Party is not a defensive power or a tolerant “live and let live” wallflower of a state, innocently seeking to make its way against the gale-force headwinds of a hostile world arrayed against it. The CCP portrays itself as the victim, never the perpetrator. But in reality it is determined to make China the world’s dominant state. That is a heady ambition, and Beijing’s effort to realize it promises to provide considerable shocks to the U.S., its allies, and world politics as it has been defined for the last generation. The struggle is here and now. Consequently, the dispositive question of our time is: Can the United States and its allies sustain freedom in the 21st century, or will China replace it and impose its totalitarianism on the world? The West must defeat — not engage — the Chinese Communist Party (msn.com)
That is a great description of China. And their insanity and entitlement extends all the way to the ocean, space, and even the moon. World War III is coming. And just like the other world wars...appeasement, ignoring it, and participating in magical thinking as if our thoughts can shape and determine reality only make what is coming worse.
Are we ready for China or what ? Americans say China is our greatest enemy. The Secretary of the Navy says climate change is our greatest enemy ... As China's Blue-Water Navy Continues Massive Expansion, US Navy Secretary Says Climate Is His 'Top Priority'
Yep, China, Russia, all other the other despots in the world look at Biden and are LAUGHING THEIR ARSES OFF, I told you libs the day the Biden got elected that out enemies would start feeling "their oats" because Obiden is weak sauce and they know it.
China's latest move: radio interference and GPS jamming for commercial airlines of countries they don't like. In this case, Australia. It is happening both in the South China Sea and by warships around Australia. Airline pilots warned about radio interference by Chinese military in South China Sea Just a little terrorism--nothing to be concerned about.
https://www.usnews.com/news/world-r...india-rout-china-in-2022-border-clash-sources those border clashes between India and China seem to have had US intervention to help the Indians, and it worked.
A China expert predicts that China will collapse in about 10 years. China's over-reliance on foreign trade does not combine well with its aggressive approach to its neighbors or the U.S. They seem to be doing everything they can to piss off their customers and cause their customers to lose trust in them. It's population is aging and shrinking, and it spent much of its financial surplus on the pandemic and bailouts of its real estate disaster. '10 years left': This famed geopolitical analyst says China will collapse in the next decade — here are 3 key numbers that could support his contrarian forecast
The wargame tallied up the total deaths after three weeks of battle: China: 10,000, with nearly 30,000 taken prisoner Taiwan: around 5,000 servicemembers killed, with more civilian casualties. America: around 5,000 servicemembers killed and many more wounded. This wargame predicts how China vs US war would end | wusa9.com
Philippines grants the U.S. access to four more military installations, increasing the total to nine. Someone is getting a little nervous about China's aggressive behaviors in the Pacific Ocean. Marcos says new military bases with US to be 'scattered' around the Philippines
Terminal decline ... However, the US’s unipolar moment was a fleeting blip in world history. Two disastrous nation-building experiments in Afghanistan and Iraq, a financial collapse in 2008, and a self-imposed economic lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic have put the US on the predictable path to imperial decline. On top of that, the rise of China and Russia as great powers in the international system has further demonstrated that the US is not the only sheriff in town. The former recently facilitated the restoration of diplomatic relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia — two bitter rivals who have been in a proxy conflict for the better part of four decades. In light of this move, it’s becoming increasingly clear that countries across the globe are viewing the US as an agent of chaos and can’t be trusted to maintain geopolitical stability. This instability is not just confined to the US’s foreign affairs, it’s also a nasty feature of its economic policies. Why Things Will Never be the Same | ZeroHedge
5k US killed implies things like Guam and or a carrier being taken out. Hope it doesn't come to that, though China seems to be spoiling for a fight.
