AssassinsMace
Lieutenant General
Here's an interesting video from the beginning of the year. They talk about Peter Zeihan and they say he's getting all his information about China from Michael Pettis' models which they point to how he's already been proven wrong in some of his predictions. Michael Pettis is one of those who believed China was going to collapse because if the 2008 Western financial crisis hurt the West, China was going to follow but never did.
Before seeing this video I saw a lot of videos older than this one all saying China is in Mexico in order to get into the US. "It's all about me!" Indirectly yes. But Western markets are souring on China. Strategically it's to China's best interests to grow other markets. They wouldn't be in Africa if that was the case.
The more economic players in the world, the less significant the West becomes. The irony is Mexico becoming of economic significance domestically is against the US's best interests ego-wise. Just imagine Mexico full of people driving Chinese EVs while the US is is still drive ICE vehicles. How about Chinese HSR in Mexico.