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The US is done imo. China will overtake them, and that's almost a certainty. The main problem will be the US desperately trying to protect its advantages and trying to polarise the world into East and west camps.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-21/china-s-top-chipmaker-makes-big-tech-advances-despite-us-curbs#xj4y7vzkg China will advance quicker than you think. I wouldn't bank on being able to freeze them out long term. They are throwing massive amounts of money at the problem, and...

Basically. Alot of geopolitics comes down to markets and trade competition. China has already overtaken the US imo, but just hasn't taken a few key steps to really consolidate it. There'll come a financial crisis where everyone will rush to buy Chinese assets for safety, and that's when we...

China isn't communist. Americans wouldn't be enjoying their lifestyles without cheap Chinese labour.

Iran is not a threat, but that doesn't mean that the lobbyists won't lobby that it is. They've spent the better part of a decade building Iran up into a monster, and there's a whole cottage industry that enjoys influence and enormous funding to sustain it.

As per others: China will play the long game, and they can afford to do that as the power dynamic is changing in their favour each year. On the semiconductor front China is pouring insane money into that sector. They are behind but I think they'll catch up quicker than anyone expects. Once...

Exactly.

If anyone is surprised they haven't been paying attention.

If China wants to take Taiwan they will. Not only that, but each year that passes, it progressively gets worse for them. It's sort of like saying that China could do anything to stop the US from taking Cuba if it wanted to. Sure both countries could enter into a nuclear war over the issue...

Standard American behaviour.

China will invest in Afghanistan. It's that simple.

I don't think the 60 year US embargo helps.

It's Israel, guys. Nothing to worry about. Maybe throw another billion or two at them in aid just to soothe the anguish this mildly negative press is causing them.

China will act like every other powerful country. They will act on their own interest and will use their power and leverage to attain it. I don't think they can be stopped because the US interest isn't enough to hold back the world interest. I don't doubt they're racist internally. Its a...

Ha. I was probably on sherdog for at least a year or so before this board was introduced. I think it was the ez board back then. I got into mma before ufc 38 so that was the first one I attended.

In the case of Iran there's attacks on nuclear infrastructure: Stuxnet Olympic Games You have heard of it, and most likely, have approved of it.

Both Russia and China have a rich cultural heritage. Only a person with no knowledge of history would say otherwise. Let's not confuse culture with political systems. I'm a firm believer that it's money and economy that drives power relationships. Nobody is talking about the soft power of...

I don't think that's true. Economic power is everything. Soft power is a force multiplier. Europeans relate more to Americans because we share a common heritage. However there's nothing that compels Asia to feel the same way. I think this idea that China wants to take over the world isn't...

The first post is quite instructive as to where they're headed. You seem obsessed with just a few technologies where China is lacking but ignore that they're at the forefront of ai, quantum computing, drones, renewables, high speed rail, 5g, iot etc Im pretty sure they'll overcome the...