The article portraits China and Japan as passive countries, victims of US plots, omitting their actions as possible causes for strategic response.
Also, China is not nearly like Japan. In 1941 Japan was a brutal aggressor that invaded and plundered its neighbours. Wasn't that a reason enough for considering a confrontation is likely sooner or later?
China has not attacked anyone, however it has an aggressive economic and political diplomacy. The fact is though that it built the second most powerful army in the world in a few years. It is a totalitarian regime that can do unimaginable damage 10x Russia is capable. Why would US try to start a war? However, it is reasonable to think US should prepare (to prevent or postpone) for that war, as it has no control over how China decides what to do. Can anyone predict what Xi will do next?
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The article portraits China and Japan as passive countries, victims of US plots, omitting their actions as possible causes for strategic response.
Also, China is not nearly like Japan. In 1941 Japan was a brutal aggressor that invaded and plundered its neighbours. Wasn't that a reason enough for considering a confrontation is likely sooner or later?
China has not attacked anyone, however it has an aggressive economic and political diplomacy. The fact is though that it built the second most powerful army in the world in a few years. It is a totalitarian regime that can do unimaginable damage 10x Russia is capable. Why would US try to start a war? However, it is reasonable to think US should prepare (to prevent or postpone) for that war, as it has no control over how China decides what to do. Can anyone predict what Xi will do next?
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