I think both China and Russia will make a move and it will be a race to see who can overtake the U.S. because of our complete lack of leadership.
I don't believe that Putin interfered in the Trump/Hillary election, but I am absolutely certain that China interfered with the Trump/Biden election and was the reason for the Chinese virus. China wants their currency to dominate and I fear under Biden they will. Putin will either jump in to assist the U.S. (perhaps wishful thinking) OR they will also want to exert their power of both China and the U.S.
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China.........eh? A world power about to make a move......huh? Wow.....who new????
The only ones who need to fear China are it's own people!!!
Some reflections involving reality.
The continent that survived and thrived, way ahead of its peers thru history, was Europe,
yet why so?
Because its Wise Men understood Human Nature, created Logic and Reason while embracing
Natural Law as Man's moral compass.
Additionally they grasped that all Mankind was eternally unequal which produced conflict, yet
this was a catalyst to improve his condition. How so?
Creativity is born from ideas fostering innovation, yet these ideas must differ to promote deeper inquiry/introspection in order to arrive at the better/best solution for Man.
Yet this comes at a price as different ideas in the form of attitudes, behaviors, impulses and
sentiments produce clashes of intellect.
Wise Rulers resolved conflict while the unwise suppressed it harshly.
This brings us to China ruled by Dynasties/Dictators for some 4,000 years.
Clashes and conflicts were harshly suppressed as a threat to Imperial Power and
as a consequence, China will never remind anyone w/a brain of Classical Greece.
Some raise the issue of China's size as a powerful threat, so a rebuttal is appropriate.
Some 2,500 years past the Persian Empire ruled the Middle East and ordered all cultures/societies within it's vision to kowtow. Predictably the Greeks ignored this
threat, upon which Emperor Darius decided to teach them a permanent lesson.
These adversaries met at Gaugamela/Arbela(near Mosul, Iraq) in 332 BC w/the
Greeks of Alexander being outnumbered by some 5 to 1.
Within half a day the Persian Army was annhialated, its Empire destroyed and Darius,
w/his advisors, left hanging from trees; Alexander's greatest victory. So much for size!
The power on the Eastern Pacific since the 18th century has been Japan who has
regularly kicked China's butt and is about 5% of China's size.