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    Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Apr 25
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    So now that China has had a truly major failure attached to its reputation, how does that affect the future of its superpower aspirations? (I think it’s still well short of the USSR at its peak, so it’s like a superpower-lite aspirant right now)

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    • protocols not platforms; https://bit.ly/3b4orES Thuongvu 🎙 Piyush Maverick Tainguriya Customer Support🎙 ✨⭐️💫oooOOOoooo✨✨ Avy Faingezicht .𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕙 🌎 sympathetic opposition Jeff Giesea🦚 mukhtalif jaadugar | مختلف جادوگر
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      2. pastablister‏ @pastablister Apr 25
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        China was never playing for soft power anyway?

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      3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Apr 25
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        They’re going to lose hard power from this

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      2. Vilhelm‏ @wgilby Apr 25
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        How does this compare to Chernobyl with respect to reputation damage?

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      3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Apr 25
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        Million times worse... Chernobyl was local, and the US had 3-mile island so hardly in a position to criticize strongly

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      2. [indistinct chatter]‏ @mattyford Apr 25
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        China is the first country to have more than 1 billion digitally-connected consumers that share a common culture, regulatory environment, and lots of supporting infrastructure. More unicorns than the United States. 50% of all global luxury spending. They are THE superpower.

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      3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Apr 25
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        Meh, still more paper dragon than real

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      2. Parker Gibbons‏ @parker_gibbons Apr 25
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        Perhaps a major failure in being the origin of the outbreak, but a major success in containment and control of it. If anything, they’re going to return to productivity months before the western world and have more of a chance to surpass other countries as a superpower of the 20s

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      3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Apr 25
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        They’re going to get heavily blamed for that too. They took care of their own needs but delayed containing international spread and alerting the world.

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        Though China holds trillions USD offbook, their ability to finance escape paths AND hold influence is tightening. NPLs are the instrument to watch. Especially if the FED backs a firm doing so.

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