It’s a stupid way to conquer when you can’t project the force required to keep the target from defaulting and seizing the land back.
It sure is stupid, but we seem to be falling for it.
We have piled up debt with China and they could call it at any time, and the Wash DC idiots would print more money to cover the debt.
Who in the US is taking back the US land that was acquired by the CCP? No one seems to have the guts to take back Chinese farmland in the Dakotas or the land adjacent to Air Force Bases in at least two states used to spy on our military.
Stupid? YES! Stupid on our part.
Who is jaw-jacking Canada to stop their military from training with the Chinese military? Do we trust Thoroughly Modern Milley not to do the same?