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But somehow, it has managed to kill fewer people in the last half century than any other time in history while lifting more out of poverty due to trade stabilization.
Please help me!! Trust me, bro! I pay everything back when i have won >

I bet China will lend them a bunch of arms to get them tested in real life battle. The flow of arms won’t last forever though. >

I don’t think China can afford massive western sanctions at the moment >

They can but probably rather wait until they invade Taiwan >

China doesn’t invade, they simply discover new parts of their territory that they already owned >

Perhaps China will discover parts of Russia with Chinese ancestors and hydrocarbons.  Then they may forget about Taiwan. >

China’s path has been to exert influence using financial means - which they are quite effective at.   Getting into a shooting war is not in their interest.   Russia, otoh, is the quintessential bully and thinks using a gun is the way.   These interests aren’t aligned. >

Pretty sure the US is the quintessential bully >

You say that like any country is innocent. >

No I say that like one specific country has waged wars and assassinations and coups all over the world