You know America is screwed because all the scare articles about China are basically "China wants to turn the international order into [something that sounds realistic, workable, and modest] and we must stop them before it's too late!"
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I mean, obviously they're revisionist. No country would put up with the Taiwan situation. Or being surrounded by foreign military bases. Or an international order that says its political system shouldn't be allowed exist.
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lol everyone will be surrounded by foreign military bases all the time if we successfully dismantle liberal interventionism
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if they were pushing for taiwan reunification while signalling devolution for Central Asia and magnanimity w/ maritime rights that might be different - but right now it is pure expansionism (which is fine, but i understand why US treaty commitments entail opposing them)
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What do you mean by devolution of Central Asia? Xinjiang?
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like Tibet, Xinjiang, to a lesser extent other parts of Tarim Basin/Inner Mongolia it’s not like PRC is ideologically principled Wilsonian nationalism, so there is no equilibrium pt for their demands
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I don't think they have any ambitions to expand beyond there. They claim less territory than the ROC.
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:) well, what i’m telling you is that your gut instinct about how to tell whether Xi Jinping is a teddy bear doesn’t line up with the analysis ppl do to determine whether “just this once, honest” is consistent with evidence or BS (in general case)
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