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The greatest geopolitical catastrophes occur at the intersection of ambition and desperation. Xi’s China may soon be driven by both. An excerpt in @ForeignPolicy from our new book, Danger Zone, on what China wants and why it may not get it. https://t.co/IQXrdUNnqj
— Hal Brands (@HalBrands) August 13, 2022
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— simonthong aka kitty poo (@KittyPo80176717) August 14, 2022
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— simonthong aka kitty poo (@KittyPo80176717) August 14, 2022
“there is ample evidence that the CCP is pursuing a determined, multilayered grand strategy with four key objectives.
— Sari Arho Havrén (@SariArhoHavren) August 14, 2022
First, the CCP has the eternal ambition of every autocratic regime: to maintain its iron grip on power.” 1/3
What Does China Want? https://t.co/wSaUTGhZvn
“The CCP’s 3rd aim is to create a regional sphere of influence in which China is supreme bc outside actors, especially the US, are pushed to the margins… The final layer of Beijing’s strategy focuses on achieving global power and, eventually, global primacy.” 3/3
— Sari Arho Havrén (@SariArhoHavren) August 14, 2022
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— simonthong aka kitty poo (@KittyPo80176717) August 14, 2022
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The CCP “is undertaking an epic project to rewrite the rules of global order in Asia and far beyond. China doesn’t want to be a superpower… It wants to be the superpower” @HalBrands
— Matthew Brooker (@mbrookerhk) August 14, 2022
Beijing’s ambitions are about to crash into its problems. https://t.co/oj5oEdClcu
This can arguably be seen in the Taiwan white paper, which advances a bankrupt formula for unification that has zero chance of acceptance, leaving invasion as the only way to accomplish an objective it imperiously describes as “inevitable”. Empty bluster?
— Matthew Brooker (@mbrookerhk) August 14, 2022
“A deeply authoritarian state can never feel secure in its own rule, because it does not enjoy the freely given consent of the governed; it can never feel safe in a world dominated by democracies, because liberal international norms challenge illiberal domestic practices.”
— Matthew Brooker (@mbrookerhk) August 14, 2022
Amen
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