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Maikeru said:

This would imply some sort of underlying grand strategy on the part of USA but there's no evidence of that, it looks far more like a fit of pique by Trump for not getting the NPP plus the desire for a legacy of increasing the size of the USA. Really, if ostracising China was the goal, then serioulsy p1ssing off all the allies you would need to implement such a strategy is really not a great idea.

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siegecrossbow said:

I apologize to Jordan Schneider for all the times I’ve memed him. As for Leland Miller — there are plenty of trees that need planting in the Gobi Desert and the last time I checked they ain’t planing themselves!!!!

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Accusations of technology theft, industrial overcapacity, and oppressive authoritarianism are hurled at China with little nuance or context. It is commonplace — almost taken for granted — to hold the view that China’s rise is dangerous.

Having spent much of my career working on development issues in the Global South, the tone of these critiques feels familiar. They echo imperial privilege, neocolonial anxiety, and a deep unwillingness in the West to concede political or economic power to developing countries.

China’s ascent is the first real test of whether the West can accept that a major developing nation is successfully pursuing sovereign development on its own terms. So far, the West is failing that test.

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Maikeru said:

Really, if ostracising China was the goal, then serioulsy p1ssing off all the allies you would need to implement such a strategy is really not a great idea.

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