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Originally posted by Cosmoterios: ↑

That is the narrative being portrayed - stick with the devil you know than the one you don't know.

But you need to look at the FACTS:

1. Have China invaded any country in the last 40 years, since they began trading with the world?

2. Have China engineer a coup in any country in those 40 years?

The only thing that resemble a conflict was the border dispute with India in 2020, where their soldiers fought hand-to-hand combat with the Indian.

Some would use that argument as their desire to gain territory, but have you heard of any army in the world, who invade another country without guns, knives, bombs, missiles?

How many thousands of years would you need to look back to see, armies fighting hand-to-hand combat? Even back in the stone age, people were fighting with spears and knives.

Does the US fight in Afghanistan without guns, knives or missiles?

Now, lets look at the US.

How many countries have they invaded within the last 40 years?

How many coups have they engineered within the last 40 years?

Furthermore, China have NOT outspent the US in the military in any year of its history.

The US spends at least 3 times more than what the Chinese spend on defence. So how can they be a threat?

China is the one surrounded by US military bases: the closest Jeju Island, which is ONLY 400km from Shanghai. Any US missiles fired from Jeju Island would reach Shanghai in a matter of minutes!!!

Can you imagine what would happen if there was a Chinese military base some 400km from our shores or US shores?

The fact is, most of the Chinese spending in the last 40 years have been on Infrastructure - when I first setup an office in Shanghai in 2009, they had some 700 kms of High Speed Rail. But in 2020, they had completed some 37,000 Kms of High Speed Rail.

The Chinese spent a lot of money building their 5G and is now building their 6G, but the US is only starting their 5G.

Now, they (the Chinese) are embarking on another Large Infrastructure project - the BRI - that would connect their Western region to Africa, Russia, Asia and Central Asia.

Isn't that what we want all our Gov to do - invest in infrastructures so we can remain competitive?

Here is the problem with US infrastructure: lots of politics, but Not a lot of actions.

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China is the one surrounded by US military bases

Actually you consistently claim it's over 400 US military bases. Yet when asked to clarify this number you dogged it.

For one who claims to have worked for a Govt minister, it's clear that possession of critical facilities was not part of the role. Your gullibility is astounding.
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