I sort of agree with the idea that the US and China won't fight, for a couple of reasons. Chief among them is, there's not any good reason to. Yeah, yeah, Taiwan, I know....but no one ever accused the Chinese of being stupid.
What the Chinese are aiming at is exactly what the US has enjoyed in the western hemisphere since the advent of the Monroe Doctrine: regional hegemony. They're telling other imperialist nations to stay out of their backyard, just like the US tells nations to stay out of the western hemisphere. As long as they refrain from overturning free governments or exporting human rights abuses I'm not sure the US has any moral basis for interfering in their peaceful economic and/or military expansion.
In short, they're doing the same dang thing we have done for over a century...how the hell do we get off complaining about it?
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