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by Tsubasachan 2561 days ago
China wants the seat at the table back and reinstate themselves as a world power. Unlike the USSR they have the economic, military, diplomatic and cultural power to be an equal to the current players. Accommodate or resist. The US seems to steer to the latter.
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> Unlike the USSR

The USSR did match or surpass everyone else for a while. You can argue about long-term sustainability, but from 1945 to 1975 ca. they were a legitimate superpower by all definitions.