China’s grand strategic vulnerabilities are more acute nowadays than they’ve been at any time in the past half-century since its first rapprochement with the US. The Daily Beast’s article shared some surprisingly accurate assessments about this even if its headline is melodramatic clickbait. For as “politically inconvenient” as Andrew Small’s observations might seem to China’s supporters, they nevertheless explain why it’s exploring a New Détente with the US right now.
“The problem Beijing faced in 2022 was that in crucial areas, it was still too soon to make a break with the West.” He elaborated that “China was barely any closer to constructing a resilient alternative financial architecture than it had been in 2014. The technology story was equally problematic: despite the massive push to build its own semiconductor industry, Chinese firms were still painfully reliant on U.S. intellectual property.”
That's as close to 100% wrong as sweeping generalizations get.
If Elon Musk develops and markets a telephone to compete with the I-Phone, China's economy will collapse.
Well, that's just a fantasy. But if the NBA, the Biden family, and Disney ever abandoned the CCP, there would be unrest and starvation in parts of China.
“The problem Beijing faced in 2022 was that in crucial areas, it was still too soon to make a break with the West.” He elaborated that “China was barely any closer to constructing a resilient alternative financial architecture than it had been in 2014. The technology story was equally problematic: despite the massive push to build its own semiconductor industry, Chinese firms were still painfully reliant on U.S. intellectual property.”
That's as close to 100% wrong as sweeping generalizations get.
If Elon Musk develops and markets a telephone to compete with the I-Phone, China's economy will collapse.
Well, that's just a fantasy. But if the NBA, the Biden family, and Disney ever abandoned the CCP, there would be unrest and starvation in parts of China.