In the upheaval of President Donald Trump’s blanket tariffs, China is seeking common cause with jilted partners of the United States as it tries to extend its influence and take center stage in a new trade order — rebuilt without Washington.
In the upheaval of President Donald Trump’s blanket tariffs, China is seeking common cause with jilted partners of the United States as it tries to extend its influence and take center stage in a new trade order — rebuilt without Washington.
Oh shit, I forgot that China doesn’t have a military.
Maybe you forgot that they don’t send it all over the world, unlike certain other countries.
shrug The US uses their military to establish economic hegemony, China uses economics to establish economic hegemony. The result is the same. Nice goalposts you got there, by the way.
The military is used to establish and maintain economic supremacy. See any time a country moves to nationalize US “interests”. Without the threat of military force (direct or proxy), the supremacy can’t be maintained. Maybe China will behave the same way at some point, but at this point it’s little more than projection to suggest so. Shrug all you want.
You’re stuck in the 20th century, my friend. Every nation with nuclear weapons no longer has to actually deploy anyone. The threat alone is enough to make the point. You’re never going to listen, but I hope one day you figure it out.
Nukes are almost solely a deterrent. That is, nobody invades a nuclear power. Absolutely nobody is going to nuke a country because they nationalized a port or something. You can’t seriously think otherwise.