Some would say, "Don't worry, our military is getting "woke". </sarc>
There's some truth to that. Aside from Taiwan, places that should be worried are India (with China, Pakistan alliance) and perhaps Australia, which has things many Chinese seem to want. I remember listening to a high ranking military historian remarking that it was resources that moved nations to war and Australia is loaded. I thought I read somewhere that China was moving to fill the void we made leaving Afghanistan.
No, they decided to bring their people home from there instead.
China's economy relies heavily on foreign investors and foreign corporations opening up there. Their economy is far more fragile than you'll read about.
We are definitely in China's sights and the weapon is trade. We are being punished for simply criticising Chinese policy in our backyard which is the Indo Pacific region. Meanwhile they are attempting to buy up our assets including land and water rights and agribusiness. They haven't gotten over being excluded for the 5G network. If our government has a smidgen of foresight they should be looking for other export markets and other free trade agreements.
A lot of what is out there says China's economy is very fragile if not crumbling but that is separate and secondary to their belief in One China and that "One China" idea covers all of Asia. If all remains as is China will surpass the U.S.as the largest economy soon.
As soon as the U.S. has completed their full withdrawal, I would expect the Taliban to take over.
Agree
Not if .......
In that case, there will be one hellacious bloodbath and when the earth dries out the only place you will find Taliban will be in Smithereens.
I read that, too. It's a disappointing stance. The US has always "unofficially" recognized Taiwan as an autonomous/independent from mainland China. Sometimes "Washington's" position differs from the Pentagon's position, and ultimate decisions fall to the Congress.
China's cheap goods killed a slew of various goods manufacturers in Mexico and South America. I sure wouldn't mind seeing them make a big come-back. And they could sure use the economic boost.
There are plenty of small democratic and pseudo-democratic countries all over the planet that are capable of manufacturing the same goods.
Did it seem that I was referring to "Americans"? I meant to say "United Statesians". Washington's sneering demeanor against the world has never given the suffering of Latin "America" any humanitarian considerations but it should be pointed out that they don't give a **** (or is it ****?) about its own countrymen either.
