RightoChina said it in their 2049 initiative and they also said they would double their GDP in the next decade.
The world China wants
Some are in denial about the fundamental change China’s rise may bring to the global order of institutions and principles established by the United States and its allies after World War II.www.atlanticcouncil.org
In that context, what China wants is a play in three acts.
First, China wants ideally to push the US out of its Asian region, or at the very least reduce its influence, to achieve a regional hegemony that makes all actors ultimately dependent on it. Second, it is acting globally to displace, if not yet replace, the United States wherever it can – including in major parts of Europe – most importantly through its Belt and Road Initiative.
Finally, it’s clearer than ever that Beijing by the time of the 100th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China in 2049 aspires to be the dominant economic, political and perhaps military power for an era where democracies remain but authoritarian systems are ascendant.
“China is unabashedly undermining the U.S. alliance system in Asia,’” writes Oriana Skylar Mastro of Georgetown University in Foreign Affairs. “It has encouraged the Philippines to distance itself from the United States, it has supported South Korea’s efforts to take a softer line toward North Korea, and it has backed Japan’s stance against American protectionism…It is blatantly militarizing the South China Sea ….It is no longer content to play second fiddle to the United States and seeks directly to challenge its position in the Indo-Pacific region.”
Yet it is beyond Asia where China’s reach has expanded fastest.
China’s Massive Belt and Road Initiative
China’s colossal infrastructure investments may usher in a new era of trade and growth for economies in Asia and beyond. But skeptics worry that China is laying a debt trap for borrowing governments.www.cfr.org
China has both geopolitical and economic motivations behind the initiative. Xi has promoted a vision of a more assertive China, while slowing growth and rocky trade relations with the United States have pressured the country’s leadership to open new markets for its goods.
Here's how China became the world's No. 2 economy and how it plans on being No. 1
Inside China's plan to become the world's leading economy Summary: Over the past several years, China became the world's second leading economy. The nation now faces the challenge of continuing its momentum to eventually become number 1.www.cnbc.com
China is on the cusp of keeping a big promise — a vow to double its GDP and income in a decade and take the country to the forefront of the global economic power structure.
UK did fill the US role prior to the industrial revolution.
Why doesn't the UK pay 400 million to a organization that just let the biggest pandemic occur since it was founded.
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Agreed, unless it breaches the forums no politics rule.I think we should start a new thread that will cover all the US-Chinese geopolitics stuff.
I disagree. You can't look at this pandemic by science means alone (in a vacuum). You have to factor in the economic and political cost too.I think we should just start a new thread that covers all the US-Chinese geopolitics stuff.
Yeah but we're way off topic. You're going off about a future conflict between China and the US. Posting repeatedly news stories about China's economic, military threat etc. I'm not saying I'm disagreeing with you, I'm just saying we're going way off topic. Just look at the past 2-3 pages of this thread. How much of it is actually about Covid19 and not 'Red China bad'.I disagree. You can't look at this pandemic by science means alone (in a vacuum). You have to factor in the economic and political cost too.
Understood... I still think it is relevant but I guess strategy beyond 2021 is not in scope... such is the world we live in.Yeah but we're way off topic. You're going off about a future conflict between China and the US. Posting repeatedly news stories about China's economic, military threat etc. I'm not saying I'm disagreeing with you, I'm just saying we're going way off topic. Just look at the past 2-3 pages of this thread. How much of it is actually about Covid19 and not 'Red China bad'.
Good to hear Colorado is doing well.Gov. Jared Polis: Colorado on track to meet coronavirus testing goals in safer-at-home
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis said Colorado is on track for reaching testing goals for the safer-at-home period.\u00a0The state has tested more than 115,000 people.www.coloradoan.com
Israel took this to the extreme by using cell phone data to find people within a radius of an infected person and texting them that they may have been exposed!Testing, testing, testing....followed by contact tracing once an outbreak is detected. I think most of the countries that have managed Covid19 well has stuck to this age old strategy.
Still think a managed opening is needed. So far in this thread we have determined 5G towers -- infecting people with a virus is -- a hoax, but on a serious note, it is no joke, but a full shutdown should not be an option either.This poor guy's wife caught it from him. Now his opinion changed.
Yeah I think Singapore did the same thing too.Israel took this to the extreme by using cell phone data to find people within a radius of an infected person and texting them that they may have been exposed!
I'm ok with no official shutdown as long as people behave and rise up to their civil responsibilities. The problem is people weren't listening to the guidelines. There were many people out there who were openly flaunting social distancing guidelines like travelling hundreds of miles just to protest. There are also people who still believe the whole thing is a hoax and won't change their minds until they or their loved ones get sick like the man in the story Montoya posted.Still think a managed opening is needed. So far in this thread we have determined 5G towers -- infecting people with a virus is -- a hoax, but on a serious note, it is no joke, but a full shutdown should not be an option either.
Advisement taken. Still, "China" could have stopped this in its tracks, so now I am being told to hold on to my PPE because a selfish global citizen spread a virus to save face and propel its own ends.I'll say hang on to your PPE and continue to practice social distancing when possible. You can still go about your daily business, just exercise common sense.
Lol... China buying the WHO... which is nothing in comparison to the trillions spent world wide.China's Xi pledges $2 billion to help fight coronavirus
Chinese President Xi Jinping was speaking via video conferencing at the opening ceremony of a key World Health Organization meeting.www.cnbc.com
I know what you are going to say, damned if they do and damned if they don't. They earned their reputation fair and square.
I'm actually not a fond of either lol.@NaffNaffBobFace @Montoya @Aramsolari
By the way... I hate msnbc and axios but at least I try to give you info you'll read.