[nradov]

Sounds good, but in the end possession of sovereign territory is a zero-sum game. Perhaps you could convince the Chinese Communist Party to stop trying to seize it from our allies? Because allowing China to dominate the Indo-Pacific Region certainly won't benefit normal US residents in the long run.

[tkel]

You've shifted the goalposts dramatically from economic cooperation, but my point is that your "allies" and your "enemies" are genuinely not your allies or your enemies in any real sense, nor are they for the vast majority of US residents. They are shifting designations fed to you by powerful people. But if you want to talk about respect for territorial self-determination, wait until you hear about the US and its disregard for the sovereignty of El Salvador, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, Cuba, Chile, Venezuela, Colombia, Philippines, Vietnam, Iran, Egypt, Korea, Libya, Iraq, Syria, Ukraine, Palestine, Hungary. And more recently, Greenland, Panama, Mexico, Canada. The US and its residents don't have a leg to stand on here.

[nradov]

Nonsense. Economic cooperation simply cannot exist when there is a conflict over sovereign territory. As a US citizen I claim no moral high ground but our interests don't align with China's. That is the reality regardless of your paranoid fantasies about powerful people.

[tkel]

It's really not hard to understand, just look at how US approval ratings of Ukraine have dropped dramatically in the last 3 months. Shifting designations led by powerful people.