William Hung
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I saw one thing China could ace against USA. USA now is absorbed in ruinous financial capitalism, leaving her old, weak and poor to die and infrastructure to rot. I doubt USA will stay together as one piece in the next 100 years.
100 years is too long bro lol. I won't be alive at that stage.
Chinese culture on the other hand is socialist inherently, and right now she is trying hard to build a universal healthcare system. She has been a unitary state for more than 2000 years.
I still have my doubts if culture similarity is enough to unite Asia. I mean if that is the case, VietNam and Japan should be on much friendlier terms with China right now.
I think a lot of socialist values like universal healthcare and welfare state, etc. are quite generic. Most western countries actually has them. I think the necessary worldview needs to be unique and not generic like "Let's get rich and prosper together." And it has to somehow override the frictions and differences that each potential allies has with each other. If it is generic, it would be like me approaching you and say, "Hey, wanna be my business partner? My vision is this: Make money together". Your respond would be "Duh! off course becoming business partner implies trying to make money together! But what's so unique about your proposal and vision? why should I join you rather than just carrying on with my normal life as usual?"
I would say now USA still have the upper hand. Who knows what happen in 2050?
I think the US has the upper hand in that it inherited the same world order and alliances from the Cold War. And China is doing a good job in presenting itself as a new threatening power (evil Reds) in its neighbourhood.
The PRC members need to open their eyes and not put all the blames on the Philippines, VietNam, etc.
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