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Loose China observations, sources, and material that does not yet justify a dedicated note.
Original notes
The World In 2024 With Niall Ferguson: Crisis, Conflict And The New Axis of Evil - YouTube
- China is a stronger industrial nation than the US, and that’s dangerous in war.
- Time is on the Wests side than it is on China’s side
- Demographics
- China’s population will half in a century
- Economy
- Mountain of debt
- Young people disillusioned
- Regime is not healthy
- Demographics
- US need to play for time: Detente strategy
Misc
- China Feels Boxed In by the U.S. but Has Few Ways to Push Back - The New York Times
- “The Americans should not think so highly of themselves. They could not solve Afghanistan or Ukraine,” said Zheng Yongnian, an influential political scientist at the Chinese University of Hong Kong’s campus in Shenzhen. He said that China still hoped to resolve its disputes peacefully. “The reason we are not touching the Philippines is not that we are afraid of the United States.”
- Inside the CCP: The Secret Engine Behind China’s War Machine