manqiangrexue
Brigadier
That was a compliment. To survive at all a tech war with the US means to be able to replace every tech that the collective West ever made in history in a time short enough to prevent a collapse or to be left back into some third world country. It must be done without input from Western basic science and without market support from the West. It is a magnanimous feat that I say only Russia and China can complete. I believe that the Russian people, with their excellent track record in engineering, can do this with just 140M people, but I think that with its limited population and market power, it can make these substitutes only to satisfactory use, perhaps not to the best of the world's standards. That is why I say to barely survive. China, on the other hand, has 1.4B people so with that market power, it has the financial ability to push its tech to the world's top and actually defeat a Western tech war. No other nation on earth has a chance to survive such a challenge. It was my intent to compliment Russia, not to insult it.
I love Russia and I reserve the use of that word very carefully. I see it as a country of my brothers. Vladimir Putin's story of ascension to power from a language student who volunteered to serve in the KGB to the beloved leader of Russia is an inspiration to all patriots; outside of China, I respect no one more than him. Russia is courageous to fight the combined efforts of the entire West seemingly alone. I wish only the best for it, to wake up from its hibernation and sweep through every inch of the Ukraine humiliating every American and European who ever dreamed to defeat Russia there. Show the world why Russians are called the Combat Race. I hope China and Russia can cooperate on every core technology leaving the West in the dust. The better Russia does, the happier I am. So don't take offense to my comment.
