so historically you could resolve disputes between states with a conventional war. that was fairly effective one way or another but nukes have fucked that up for major powers. very difficult to go to war with a nuclear power if you are a nuclear power too. risky
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relatedly i sort of suspect the fact that most chinese upper class ppl seem to come to the us for school is both a sign of us dominance culturally and a major vulnerability for chinahttps://twitter.com/DavidSHolz/status/1378976326581809155?s=19 …
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i have no idea why china under xi permits this. it seems nuts.
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yeah massive outflows of upper class chinese money to us real estate seems instructive wonder how thats going lately. interesting metric to track even if I dont understand all the implications https://twitter.com/pegobry/status/1378978110822027264?s=19 …
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One issue with the containment doctrine when applied to an US-China great powers competition is unlike during the Cold War, it would be difficult to get other countries to completely cut off trade and investment with China this time around.
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ye maybe moving slowly in that direction and chinas approaching middle income trap territory
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BRI tho
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