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WiartonWilly t1_j8hv04j wrote

Reply to comment by asdaaaaaaaa in The Philippines accuses a Chinese ship of aiming a laser at a Filipino boat crew by amandapanda1980

Unfortunately, war can relieve the CCP’s economic and authority problems, and China’s gender imbalance. We will need to be very persuasive to avoid this outcome.

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asdaaaaaaaa t1_j8hvj0m wrote

Depends. They rely heavily on imports. If other countries cut them off, they'd literally starve. Not to mention how much they depend on other countries for specialized markets like chip production and manufacturing.

If it were to happen, China would need a rapid and decisive victory, something we're learning is extremely difficult, and will probably be re-learned in the future multiple times.

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