[boffinAudio]

Indeed. We live in interesting times. BRICS to the rescue!

I think you are stuck in the dialectic of Russia vs. USA - but the rest of the world is not so easily trapped.

If you'd prefer to live in the USA hegemony, its probably because you've been the recipient of its war treasure in some way - perhaps as a citizen or resident. But you would be best served in understanding this situation by actually looking at things from the perspective of the masses who have suffered under American boots for too long - the other side of the polarity of your desired hegemonic wealth: the people from whom it was stolen .. all you have to do is go for a non-tourist-package journey through the Americas .. or talk to a citizen of an African nation about the colonization of their continent by American-backed Western entities for decades...

[actionfromafar]

These small nations will in a multipolar world soon enjoy Wagner and Chinese boots instead.

[boffinAudio]

These lesser nations are not worthy to make their own decisions, eh?

And anyway: What Chinese boots? If China has invaded, destroyed and decimated another sovereign nation and left its people in tatters in the last 40 years, please inform me. Show me China's Syria? Show me its Afghanistan, its Libya, its Yemen? Show me China's West Bank?

It doesn't exist - and that is precisely why your 'lesser' nations are choosing the "Chinese Belt and Road initiatives" over "Western-made Syrian Open Slave Markets" and "American-made Depleted Uranium Deposit States", etc ..

People across the globe don't believe the American lie any more. They've seen the products of American war hegemony, even if American citizens haven't, and they're not impressed. Better to do a deal with China that results in roads and hospitals being built, than to do it with the USA, resulting in roads and hospitals being bombed.

[actionfromafar]

Of course China hasn’t, because it’s a unipolar world. The USSR tried, but was contained and defeated. We will see in the future. And as others have said. I’m not defending the misdeeds of the USA.

China West Bank? Ehrm, Tibet? Hong Kong?

I just think the alternative will be worse, much worse.

[boffinAudio]

The unipolar world, in case you hadn't noticed, isn't stopping China from doing a single thing it wants to ..

[actionfromafar]

Taiwan is still free.

[boffinAudio]

Nonsense. Taiwan is a political hostage to two great powers. The USA is only "protecting" it for as long as it takes to get its local fabs booted up ..

[inglor_cz]

While I can definitely believe that China is going to try take Taiwan one day, I don't really believe that they will mount military expeditions to other continents. It goes too much against Chinese civilizational history. The Chinese were mostly interested in themselves only and the barbarians outside were just a good source of tribute (nowadays: resources). Plus, empire building is very expensive, as both the British and the Americans would attest.

Unless some kind of longevity revolution comes soon and Xi stays on the throne forever, I would expect the next Chinese leader to turn inward again.

[boffinAudio]

Most of the hatred piled on China by members of Western nations currently engaged in imperialist endeavours, invasions, destruction of sovereign states, and occupying the wealthy regions of its enemies states', is really just projection.

Americans' don't want anyone else in the world to do to them, what their nation has been doing for 40 years: dropping bombs on mostly innocent people every twenty minutes.

China has managed to lift a billion people out of poverty into a new era of prosperity. It has created a wealthy middle class for millions and millions of people to improve their lives. Keep that in mind when the anti-China agitprop gets triggered by American exceptionalists.

The USA is not capable of doing that for its own people.

[js8]

You think that smaller countries cannot make a military alliance against bigger countries? Why? Isn't it what the US and EU did?