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Originally posted by squidgy ↑

A little context and history.
Most of the bases you site are a result of WWII when China and the USA were allies and both were opposing Japan who invaded China in 1937.

Things change and Japan is now an ally of the west and China is seen as a threat.

The USA backed the democratic Chiang Kai-shek and not Mao.
Mao won the civil war and imposed the totalitarian regime of today.
Relations thawed under Nixon and Carter '70s
https://www.cfr.org/timeline/us-relations-china

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiang_Kai-shek

https://thediplomat.com/2015/08/when-the-us-and-china-were-allies/

IMO the best result the world can hope for is a balanced stand-off between the two. Border friction will exist and cause jostling (even in space) but a healthy competition does not mean war but history would suggest another 30 years of peace is all we can hope for.

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Mow tried to reach out to the USA. Things would probably be far different today if the USA was more accommodating at the time.
But that’s history.
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