It's the rest of the world's fault for falling behind in the first place, though. Other cultures and civilizations have to ask themselves how they were so caught with their pants down when Europeans came knocking with their steel ships and guns. It's by far the greatest lesson the last few centuries have taught - keep up or face extinction.
Sadly only China seems to have taken the lesson to heart. The rest of the countries are either Western vassals wholly dependent on Western technologies / weapons / markets, or they're still effectively stuck in the 19th century or earlier. If China did not exist, I genuinely think the West under a leader like Trump could just up and repeat the Age of Colonialism and nobody would be able to stop them.
This is why they hate China. Before the rise of China, there were no limits to their power; they could do anything to anyone and the only constraint would be their own conscience. Now, they have to be careful, or risk China exploiting the situation; the world should thank China for that.
Sadly only China seems to have taken the lesson to heart. The rest of the countries are either Western vassals wholly dependent on Western technologies / weapons / markets, or they're still effectively stuck in the 19th century or earlier. If China did not exist, I genuinely think the West under a leader like Trump could just up and repeat the Age of Colonialism and nobody would be able to stop them.
This is why they hate China. Before the rise of China, there were no limits to their power; they could do anything to anyone and the only constraint would be their own conscience. Now, they have to be careful, or risk China exploiting the situation; the world should thank China for that.