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RKP5637

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12. IMO this is some of it!!! n/t

Reply to bottomofthehill (Reply #4)

Sat Nov 6, 2021, 04:14 PM

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Is there some particular reason why China has gone full asshole mode lately? [View all] Calculating Nov 2021 OP

1. i have read in the past of the comparisons of the regions military Tetrachloride Nov 2021 #1

Interesting Calculating Nov 2021 #2

IMO, they're feeling their oats. Vogon_Glory Nov 2021 #3

Because there is no counter balance. bottomofthehill Nov 2021 #4

IMO this is some of it!!! n/t RKP5637 Nov 2021 #12

I think Trump woke them up. They were on full doc03 Nov 2021 #5

I've noticed that the right- wing media enjoys giving their take on this Ohioboy Nov 2021 #6

When the CCP faces problems at home they stir up nationalist sentiments to control the people pecosbob Nov 2021 #7

The classic foreign diversion Calculating Nov 2021 #8

Why? Because they can? Yeah, I agree with Vogon_Glory - they Ilsa Nov 2021 #9

They see the west's slide into irrelevance. ret5hd Nov 2021 #10

The way I see it - KT2000 Nov 2021 #11

China's income inequality is about the same as the US Klaralven Nov 2021 #14

Xi has brought water and electricity KT2000 Nov 2021 #18

Mostly it is a reaction to the sanctions and other measures imposed by Trump Klaralven Nov 2021 #13

They are a totalitarian regime, or as we say today, an authoritarian government. Always have been. Hekate Nov 2021 #15

Path dependency. They made these plans when the US was temporarily out of service. mahina Nov 2021 #16

The economy there is slipping, their GDP shrank. they are dealing with stagflation AJT Nov 2021 #17

The CCP is increasing defense production to pump up GDP. roamer65 Nov 2021 #19

The wrong leader came to power and he imagines himself another Mao Johonny Nov 2021 #20

Too many men after killing off generations of baby girls under one child policy. cbabe Nov 2021 #21

Not to mention ZERO cooperation regarding Covid dalton99a Nov 2021 #22

I think it is to keep their people focused Buckeyeblue Nov 2021 #23

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