Anyone who thinks any of this was gonna force China to a negotiating table has basically no understanding of Chinese foreign policy over the last 1000 years
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Just 'No understanding' covers it.
An empire spanning thousands of years has left a significant mark in the history books.
Read books?
History?
Books?
Not much use to the barely 300 year old country ruled by an idiot.
Happier banning books & crushing disent rather than actually winning a trade war.
China would have inflicted way more harm on themselves to get even half of the negative impact on the USA that Trump is managing to inflict. Sitting back, watching the world de-dollarize and evict the USA from normal trade relations is the EASY version of what they'd already planned and hoped for.
Correct. I have more faith in Chinese culture, than Russian culture. That doesn't mean that problems don't exist, and will be hard to solve. First, the rights of individuals must be addressed, which China finds difficult to do.
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I’m no expert, but I’ve at least read a couple of books. Could people please go read a book or two? Please.
An empire spanning thousands of years has left a significant mark in the history books.
Read books?
History?
Books?
Not much use to the barely 300 year old country ruled by an idiot.
Happier banning books & crushing disent rather than actually winning a trade war.
There'd been Jesuit influence in both China and Japan several centuries ago.
Brit Empire established trade (and colonisation efforts) in China.
Japan was closed for a couple centuries post-Jesuits, til 1800s, gunships, then launch of Meiji era I believe.
It's time to
Call some markers