@Jolly said in The Chinese “just ran rings around us":
@taiwan_girl said in The Chinese “just ran rings around us":
Yes, I do.
Then I would postulate you are living in denial.
The Chinese will worry about the economic consequences of conquering Taiwan just a wee bit more than they worried about tightening the screws on Hong Kong or running one of the largest slavery enterprises on the planet.
Hmm, HK and the internal slavery issues are just that, internal and quite a bit different than moving into Taiwan. There were no real economic consequences to either of those situations you describe. Using Russia and Ukraine as an example - Russia has been very strong in suppressing and eliminating freedoms internally over the past decade or so. Other countries may dislike and make a statement, but nothing other than that was done. Invasion of Ukraine brought a much different response. I would hope that the world would respond similarly if China attempted the same with Taiwan.
I do think that @Axtremus has a good point. The Chinese leadership has not yet moved into the dictatorship role. Yes, at the last 5 year Congress, President Xi definitely consolidated his power, and has surrounded himself with a lot of "yes" men, but I do not think the Chinese leadership is quite at the point of only looking out for themselves as individuals, and have forgotten the consequences upon the country overall. While I may not agree with them, they are not quite to the point of Premier Kim in DPRK, who definitely puts himself above the country.
