Again, Xi/🇨🇳 may believe this, & we are stupidly trying to commit hegemonic suicide, but it's important to note that everything folks are rightly worried about in 🇺🇸 (aging personalist authoritarians, corruption, debt, repression, concentration camps, etc.) is far worse in 🇨🇳:
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Mark Copelovitch
This by Ryan Hass rings true to what I've seen/ heard/ learned about current PRC leaders' view of US.
(TL;DR China has enormous problems, but the US is blowing itself up.)
Can't imagine MAGA team has any inkling of this. (Cf: "Quick, easy victory over Iran.")
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Beijing’s geopolitical restraint is all part of a long game.
