For being so corrupt and inefficient, they’re doing a darn good job eating our lunch.
Don’t rely on the Chinese citizenry to demand freedom. It’s not how their culture is built. Chinese do not yearn for individual rights, it’s just not that high on their scale of what’s important. Certainly not enough, to risk opposing their government.
The Chinese people have always had top-down government.
Before the communist party - it was the Emperor.
Not much difference, really.
America needs to operate on the assumption China will (not) implode, and will (not) spontaneously turn into a democracy.
We need to plan for how America deals with a non-stop, relentless, uninterrupted long-term Chinese strategy to take away American power, and replace it with Chinese power.
Anything less by conservatives and our so-called “leadership” is malpractice.
I agree with almost everything you said. There are only 2 things where I do NOT agree with you.
#1: “Eating our lunch”: IMHO this is a vast exaggeration. They are barely the #2 economy in the world, just edging out Japan. Yes, Japan. 10 years in the toilet Japan. They are growing leaps and bounds economically but have a long way to go before they out-produce our GDP, which by all rights they SHOULD with about 4 times our population and about the same land mass.
#2: “Chinese do not yearn for individual rights”: There have been many, many documented “events” (riots) in China. Yes, the military comes in and basically kills them all. But they keep happening. There was a sea-side town last year that kicked the party leaders out and barricaded the roads; they wanted to be left alone. No word from that place for some time now; I’m sure they are all dead. But the “events” keep happening. IMHO it is a matter of time before the old leaders either die or there is some sort of change. This change might not be pretty, and it might not be Democracy or a Republic, but I don’t think the status quo lasts forever. Of course, I could be wrong, but that’s my opinion.