“It could/might/possibly be that the numbers of ‘suckers’ for Chinese goods and services is starting to ‘noticeably’ decline world-wide.”
Could be...but I wouldn’t count on it. I think the Chinese have put themselves into a box. They need us to buy their junk...so they keep extending a line of credit to the west. Well now that (ironically) we have a communist in the WH, we aren’t a safe lending bet.
So now what. Despite lots of media attention, China really doesn’t have a huge middle class to buy their own goods.
All they can do now is sell cheap military hardware the 3rd world despots.
You make good points. On a personal basis, as I have said before, I admire the Chinese people. It’s their government and the general Chinese attitude towards Intellectual Property that I don’t like.