Of Gordon Chang, one reads: "...author of the 2001 book The Coming Collapse of China in which he predicted the collapse of China by 2011. In December 2011, he changed the timing of the year of the predicted collapse to 2012. "
So, he's only off by a couple of decades..... So far.
The CPC 4th Plenum has opened, and Xi appears to be on task outlining the economic and social goals for the next 5 years.
I think some of the predictions of Western and Western influenced experts are wishful thinking.
But it should have said is, I have no idea what happened in China and I have no idea what the consequences are for what happened in China and if I was not being paid somehow for the text that I just wrote, and I was thinking rationally, I would not have written it.
I’ve seen some of those, but they are not referencing Palestine as a state, but rather as an area, much like we might say the Mississippi Valley. They are references to geography, not a political entity.
Many of these maneuvers occur in the background. Most of the time, the people looking at long odds acknowledge they have lost, give up in hopes of leniency in the purges to come. But sometimes, they round up supporters and duke it out, with rival military and paramilitary units fighting on each side. That’s when it gets interesting, and the specter of civil war rears its pretty little head.