Quote (Plaguefear @ Nov 25 2023 07:33pm)
Russia, the USA will collapse before China does.
For now if one goes the other goes with it.
Xi was basically begging Biden not to decouple/onshore manufacturing away from China as rapidly. Chinas conundrum is two fold.
Chinas success is built on manufacturing. There will not be a larger market for Chinas manufactured goods than the United States, for the foreseeable future; Unless the United States chooses.
China is also a massive importer of raw materials and food. The United States happens to export both of those commodities.