China has more or less reached the point where they have won the second Cold War so thoroughly that even Americans cannot deny that China is simply better than them.
The messaging has shifted to “they are evil” and they’re hoping it keeps the people busy while the rich go home, strip the copper out of the walls, and blow up the foundations to create technofeudal kingdoms in the rubble.
The elite would never allow a hot war with China. They know they would be utterly destroyed. Better to rule in ashes than not rule at all.
Even with the few silly jabs, this is one of the most positive articles I’ve read on China in The Economist.
China has more or less reached the point where they have won the second Cold War so thoroughly that even Americans cannot deny that China is simply better than them.
The messaging has shifted to “they are evil” and they’re hoping it keeps the people busy while the rich go home, strip the copper out of the walls, and blow up the foundations to create technofeudal kingdoms in the rubble.
The elite would never allow a hot war with China. They know they would be utterly destroyed. Better to rule in ashes than not rule at all.