Quote (Meanwhile @ Dec 16 2022 01:45pm)
I & even ^duffman316 posted about it, you should read the posts and eventually try to argue around it. Everything got said, nothing to add. Good riddance.
The purpose of this topic is not to argue around points of view but rather to state the facts, determine how we go here and where we will end up, while using facts and logic to dispel misconceptions. If you dont want to be a part of that exercise, no problem.
So ignoring everything else, one would first identify the point at which the US first made statements acknowledging china as a "threat" or whatever expression that equates to that, while at the same time recording when a ring of steel was created around china and when US foreign policy clearly applied negative impacts on china (in order to slow china down). That would be the basis for discounting events which occured after these dates as being the "cause". i.e. Cause and effect, where Cause must come first.
Once that exercise is complete one would then look at the events in chronological order in order to predict what would happen next.
As Meanwhile has opted not to contribute further (but thank your for your views up to this point), i welcome anyone of like mind as him, to provide their take on things.
apologies if my assumption is incorrect!
Also there is this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China%E2%80%93United_States_relationswhile accepting alot of people dont agree with wiki, i would challenge those users on the contents of the above link.
This post was edited by ferdia on Dec 19 2022 07:56am