I agree, it’s impossible to take ANY info coming out of China at face value - they always have an agenda they’re pushing. But here’s a few things that are always true:
- People want to feel that they’re FREE. So, as China’s standard of living improves, their citizens will inevitably take the material comforts for granted, and fuss more and more for personal freedoms.
- The time-honored way for a Ruler to unite a grumbling populace is to direct everyone’s attention to an external foe - that would be US, folks.
- After a Ruler has invested a ton of money and effort into building big projects, he wants to get a return on his investment, right? I’ve read that China has built huge infrastructure projects - shipping ports, airports, power plants, etc. - in 147 countries now, as part of their Belt and Road initiative. Sounds like gearing up for war to me. China is going to want to get a lot of use out of these projects...
I agree, it’s impossible to take ANY info coming out of China at face value - they always have an agenda they’re pushing. But here’s a few things that are always true:
- People want to feel that they’re FREE. So, as China’s standard of living improves, their citizens will inevitably take the material comforts for granted, and fuss more and more for personal freedoms.
- The time-honored way for a Ruler to unite a grumbling populace is to direct everyone’s attention to an external foe - that would be US, folks.
- After a Ruler has invested a ton of money and effort into building big projects, he wants to get a return on his investment, right? I’ve read that China has built huge infrastructure projects - shipping ports, airports, power plants, etc. - in 147 countries now, as part of their Belt and Road initiative. Sounds like gearing up for war to me. China is going to want to get a lot of use out of these projects...
We are in for ‘interesting times’!
The ever-enhancing mercurial and mysterious China.
When you light the afterburners, you run out of fuel rather quickly. ;)