Soviet Union never has a strong economy. I think you mistaken China as Soviet Union. China will never make the mistake of Soviet while USA is slowly following the pave of Soviet into destruction.I'm sure no country alone can do it, but if many countries do it together there can be major trouble.
I hope my Chinese friends understand that I speak only out of good intentions.
My motive is to always promote trust and friendship.
But, Chinese attitude towards India is a major impediment.
Remember, even Soviet Union was essentially caged successfully by the United States, via countries on its peripheries.
I want only good for China, but China must also respect India.
Economy is the mother of all matters. A huge military without the support of financial is useless. That is the reason why US triumph Soviet without firing a bullet. Soviet lost, USA win. China now has a huge economy without depending on printing money but real substantial good producing model. It is a formula sure to win.
- Soviet Union may be smaller in economy, but it was much larger in military, political, landmass, and ideological terms. Communism had a huge following even within the heart of the most capitalist countries in the world.
- India is not sucking up to US. India is a very proud nation, for better or worse. And making it feel humiliated is a strategy to essentially make India an adversary.
- It is factually incorrect that India's neighbors hate US.
- The west may want to use us, but we want to use them. You must understand that China has alienated a large section of India's population and elite class. They would like to have a closer relationship, or a quadrilateral between India, US, Japan, and Australia, to contain China.