The US will not stop trying to ruin China (until either country is utterly defeated and in a state of collapse).
The Global South will not stop playing both sides, both because it is the best way to extract benefits, and because they fear the long-arm, extra-territorial jurisdiction of the US (e.g. color revolutions, assassinations, drone strikes, etc.), which China is presently not in a position to really stop.
Petty rulers can hardly afford to get on the bad side of the US. Unless they live in a fortress like North Korea, they know they are expendable and that the US can target them by many different means.
There's no end to opportunists in Global South countries who'd willingly work with the US to overthrow their governments, and even if there are no promising candidates for the time being, it's nothing a couple of missiles can't fix.
The reality is, unless you're already on the US's **** list and have nothing to lose, it takes a lot of courage to openly defy the US.
The Global South will not stop playing both sides, both because it is the best way to extract benefits, and because they fear the long-arm, extra-territorial jurisdiction of the US (e.g. color revolutions, assassinations, drone strikes, etc.), which China is presently not in a position to really stop.
Petty rulers can hardly afford to get on the bad side of the US. Unless they live in a fortress like North Korea, they know they are expendable and that the US can target them by many different means.
There's no end to opportunists in Global South countries who'd willingly work with the US to overthrow their governments, and even if there are no promising candidates for the time being, it's nothing a couple of missiles can't fix.
The reality is, unless you're already on the US's **** list and have nothing to lose, it takes a lot of courage to openly defy the US.