China in my opinion are becoming more and more of a creeping threat to the west.
Should they choose, at any point, to call in the US debt, what would happen? collapse. What if they choose to call in our debt? We couldn't pay it back.
What happens if they did that and then decided for example to make a move on Taiwan, or into Siberia, or even just to the Spratleys? We could do nothing about it, and suddenly the Chinese are self-sufficient.
I have no doubt that this day is coming. Before long, we can say goodbye to the era of English being the global language. How do we say hi in Mandarin, anyways?
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