[baybal2]

> It's believed that the only way is to "distrust and verify" and not kowtow to their ways like what the West had been doing for the previous decades

The only way that will work will be dropping few tank divisions on direction to Beijing.

I've dealt a lot with people like Xi, and Putin in my life, during my childhood, and youth in worse parts of Russia. I've tried everything, nothing stops them, they will keep pushing with brazen arrogance.

I had once such guy taken away by police, he came out on bail, and came back to bully me the next day.

They are pretty much like cartoon zombies, keep coming back until they cannot.

[baybal2]

In other words, what I want to say is that Puting, or Xi will not go anywhere from seats of power, nor would they back down, unless they are down, like down physically. Not advocating a war, per se.