For a more contemporary comparison, the recently retired Angela Merkel served 4 terms.
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The words "has not changed" and "policy" are precisely a problem of the US. It means the sovereign integrity of other nations are treated as mere attribution that is negotiable, subjected to change as and when US see fit. That itself played in the context of China's case already breach the agreement under Nixon and the UN Charter whereby sovereignty is absolute.
Bro now I think the German's are part of Made in China 2025 all along...lol and so is SK and especially Japan, from the outside they seem vey anti -China BUT in the years to come they will accuse the Chinese of copying their ideas of The Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere...lol
this is why, uncomfortable as Trump is, can you really oppose him? Looking back, he had only insane rhetoric, but actually was quite rational in his actions. What other president had the courage to shake hands with Kim Jong Un and give peace a chance?
They say Trump is insane but is "shaking hands as equals with another world leader for peace" more insane than "virtue signal at risk of global war"?
Will Xi even meet Biden at G20? Seems like a total waste of time.
Making such statements is one way for Biden to get an audience with Xi.
Meh US is just flip flopping between threats to invade China because it knows threatening to invade is the only way they can get any leverage/bargaining power nowadays.
They themselves are not really ready. US would need to achieve more domestic goods independence first if they're to sustain a long war. Plus it's extremely dubious if the US can utilise full mobilization and draft.
It's like USSR constantly threatening to roll through western Europe during the cold war. Military is all they have so they use military threats to bargain. I give it a 8/10 chance that America's military will never manage to attack China, they'll fizzle out on some random proxy war first. Maybe Ukraine, Syria or Iran. As long as China keeps nudging them into costly conflicts.
Especially if EU is taken off the geopolitical board by Russia. Without EU, US' bloc will officially have smaller gdp than China's bloc. Although we already know gdp is secondary to industrial/tech capability, this is still an important threshold.
They themselves are not really ready. US would need to achieve more domestic goods independence first if they're to sustain a long war. Plus it's extremely dubious if the US can utilise full mobilization and draft.
It's like USSR constantly threatening to roll through western Europe during the cold war. Military is all they have so they use military threats to bargain. I give it a 8/10 chance that America's military will never manage to attack China, they'll fizzle out on some random proxy war first. Maybe Ukraine, Syria or Iran. As long as China keeps nudging them into costly conflicts.
Especially if EU is taken off the geopolitical board by Russia. Without EU, US' bloc will officially have smaller gdp than China's bloc. Although we already know gdp is secondary to industrial/tech capability, this is still an important threshold.