I love it and also agree with all of the points made. It might be a good idea to mention that my commentary on #China shouldn’t be taken as China = Good and America = Bad. My aim is just to highlight the current confines of the bilateral relationship given what decisions were made by both parties over the past couple of decades.

But again, I don’t just agree with your points, I’ll add one more. There was the decision by China to literally build islands in the South China Sea and claim they were for “scientific purposes”. A few years later, those islands were militarized.

Long story, short. China took complete advantage of the “international rules based order” and was enabled to do so due to America being so very preoccupied with the Global War on Terror. All it is that China received were strongly worded memos. Too easy to just disregard.

It was, in my opinion, American hubris - with a dash of hypocrisy - that led to China’s rise over the past two decades. And now China has reached escape velocity. Containment isn’t an option. That should have been the American policy back in 2010.

That leads us to the current state of play. The points of leverage are changed and it is through this lens that American policy needs to operate.

Again, the more disagreement the better. It’s why Nostr is so great. There’s a demand for accountability. I wouldn’t want it any other way.