@SEAKANDFIND
Have you ever been to China? I have. I’ve been living in China for friggin’ 15 years.
When you read news written by people who are in an echo chamber, who’s only news about China comes from others in that very same chamber, it starts to take on a flavor, a scent... a smell... a stench.
It’s like when you read about a Democrat screaming about impeaching Trump because... Like Mad Maxine. It has an air of predictability about it. A sense of nonsense that you just immediate discount as bullshit.
Same thing as issues relating to China.
Dude, I’d hate to break it to you, but unless you have been here, seeing what is going on, being around people SOCIALLY, and staying away from the propaganda artists in the major American universities and employed by the Brits in Washington Think Tanks, you are just manipulated cattle.
I cannot even begin to underline the obvious lies, assumptions, and partial half-truths that dominate the context of the article. Rather than do so, I just called it was it was, and then left my computer, went down the street and got a coffee at “Pacific Coffee”. China is not as all what you think it is I mean, IT REALLY... REALLY... isn’t.
RE: Have you ever been to China? I have. I’ve been living in China for friggin’ 15 years.
Yes I have. Unlike you, I have never LIVED there, but I have visited China many times.
I prefer to live in what I call FREE CHINA (AKA Taiwan ).
I have also been many times to Hongkong. I lived and work in Taiwan many years, travelling back and forth from the island to Hongkong, Shenzen and even Shanghai and Hangzhou.
FYI, I speak two Chinese dialects — Mandarin and Taiwanese. My reading and writing of Chinese is passable ( although I still prefer the traditional way of writing Chinese instead of the simplified Jien Ti Zhi ).
So, speaking about being with Chinese SOCIALLY, I have been and am already doing that.
I deal with the Chinese all the time (both China proper and Taiwan ).
The only quibble I have with this article is its underestimation of the determination of China to expand its military and influence around the world.
However, when this article talks about the underlying economic and demographic problems facing China, I can tell you honestly even the Chinese THEMSELVES ARE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM.
Even as we speak, India will overtake China as the most populous country in the world ( if it has not already done so ).
Heck I know many rich Chinese who are trying to repatriate their money OUT of the country. BTW, just go to Australia and New Zealand, and come to New York and you understand why real estate values keep going up in these places (HINT: It’s not all American citizens buying ). It might be of interest for you to ask WHY money is flowing out...