• Avid Amoeba@lemmy.ca
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    3 days ago

    These guys operate on such a long horizon that they can afford to keep cajoling Taiwan for decades. In fact they might just let neoliberalism hollow out Taiwan while standards of living in China rise, till the point when the majority opinion turns positive towards PRC. It may or may not happen but I think it’s one likely scenario.

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      2 days ago

      Letting the west sit in the corner and sniff glue for a couple of decades might do it anyway. We look fucking stupid.

    • CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      Chinas long term strategy really does seem to be just to keep calm and carry on while the rest of us fuck ourselves up repeatedly.