Comments by "King Ace" (@kingace6186) on "Could China Survive the Sanctions Against Russia?" video.

It really is something how China maintains strong geoeconomic bonds with many of its rivals/unfriendly/enemy states. I guess the same can be said about the US's trade relationship w/ China.
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@Cecilia-ky3uw Well, the US is definitely resource-rich and specialized enough to transform itself into a more export-based economy that import based. However, this is no easy ambition that could be achieved in the next 10 or 20 yrs. But instead is a commitment to revolution trade that needs to follow through for the rest of the century. The question is, is there enough public motivation & political appetite to remain consistent on such policies -- especially in our polarized climate?
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Great way to start a video. "If there remained any lingering optimism that the world is too interconnected for large, 'capitalist' nations to go to war, February 24th, 2022 was the final nail in the coffin". A very true and poetic prose.
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@yqisq6966 In all honestly, most Americans didn't know/believe that Trump would douse the nation's most important trade relationship in gasoline, light it on fire, then pat himself on the back. With that being said, after 4 years of his policies, it's too late to pivot back to pre-Trump. Let's just hope, Post-Trump American Politics will find a way to reach an equilibrium with the US-Sino economical tension.
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Massive damage that can neither be predicted nor managed.
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@r3dpowel796 Ok buddy
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Russia out of China -- which was already in hot water --in between a Rock (the literal mountainous expanse of Russia) and a Hard Force (the West, who are already beefing in the Pacific).
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@xtzhao2196 Actually I would state that they are real & ever-present. However, Beijing priorities economic-political power over "hard" military-political power.
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@darter9000 In my opinion, China is just as ready to decouple w/ America as vice/versa. Which isn't very ready at all. There are just not enough benefits to both sides and too much pain to actually go through with the "allunment".
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@dirremoire I guess the question is, at what costs? It isn't a mystery that China's most concrete relationships (outside the west) are with other authoritarian regimes which have an equal staggering list of human rights abuses. So i guess, a Win-Win-lose.
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@xxxnasodinationxxx4400 Don't speak on things you know about. We are on the doorsteps global "recession" because of 3 things. 1) Covid-19; the pandemic has already burdened the global supply & demand system. 2) Financial Tightening; the Fed Reserve will have to "fix" the value of the Dollar because other countries are mismanaging their foreign currency reserves (like Sri Lanka) 3) Commodity Scarcity; now this falls entirely on Russia because it is cutting itself off from the global market and choking Ukraine off to the world -- important because these 2 are the most crucial breadbasket in the world. So, respectfully, shut the hell up because global economics is too complex for your propoganda.
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When you're Putin & you do something so atrocious that even the cut-through Big Business elites were horrified.
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@animula6908 Your Welcome. And, to be fair, both trading "partners" are over the same barrel. It's kinda funny how this is one of the world's most important trade relationships, SMH.
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@MK_ULTRA420 He is where you are mistaken. China only entered the globalized world order in the 90s, during the Clinton Administration. To that aim, Beijing kept herself on her best behavior not wanting to risk their newfound international market. This is why during the Beijing 2008 Olympics, the CCP paid Jacky Chan to sing "China Welcomes You". Fast forward to 2016, when Trump campaigned on his radical policies, CCP starts accelerating its plans to beat the US economy. The Chinese desire to be the #1 economic power in the globe has always been there. All in all, when Trump took office, the CCP thought that they could take advantage of the power vacuum formed as America became more "isolationist".
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@germanjohn5626 Did you just say US-sanctioned terrorism? How could you possibly say that when every America still won't forget 9/11? You want to talk about Saudi Arabia, Jihadists in the government were involved in bin Laden's plot. Pakistan aided bin Laden & the Taliban with refuge and financial support. And these are countries that depend on the US, if they go to the Chinese sphere, they would decline & most US Republicans would say good riddance.
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@xtzhao2196 Uhhh.. I don't understand your point? You were kinda rambling & gave details without a thesis topic. Or maybe it was the run-on sentence that confused me. Please retype clearly.
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@WanderTheNomad Yeah. Unfortunately, people comment saying some egregious things thinking that no one would care. But when I disprove them w/ a rebuttal, they freak out and delete their original comment. The internet's free speech is a gift & a curse.
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@xtzhao2196 Ok I understand this better. You are right the mightiest power can be defeated as if they were weak. Look at the US in the War against Terrorism -- although, I wouldn't dare lie & state that the US is "collapsing".
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@Cecilia-ky3uw I wouldn't call it subsidizing but policing. But Yeah, America's global policing has led to a major counter-terrorism force & "Freedom of Passage" is well respected. However, China is willing to sacrifice freedom for control, like in the South China Sea, even if it is to its own detriment. So the US has no choice but to always police and maintain dominance -- for the sake of global stability (Pax-Americana).
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@Cecilia-ky3uw I think that is actually rhetoric that many "America-First" ppl use. But America needs Taiwan for tech, Saudi & Israel for security, NATO for military strength, & free markets for economic power. And let's not forget all of the "trade arteries" of the world. So, I believe that Capitalist America needs the world as much as the world needs America.
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@Cecilia-ky3uw There is a big difference between survival & thrival. The United States' strategically entangled yarn of alliances is there for the prosperity of Pax-America's brand Globalized Capitalism. So, when globalization bleeds, so does America (& vice versa). And, every time a populist shift occurs in Washington & foreign ties are cut, the power of the Dollar always waivers. Ie: Trump's trade War w/ China, 2020's mismanaged overspending, Nixon's damage to The Bretton Woods Agreement, post-9/11 gov hysteria, and Bush's disastrous housing agenda.
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@Cecilia-ky3uw So are you trying to convince me that America can thrive while being economically weak? Cus that's impossible. There's a reason why free-market capitalism works so well here.
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@cim888 What point are you trying to make by spreading baseless propaganda. This "US is evil & China is good" narrative is bs. At the end of the day, a superpower state will act like a superpower state. So when George Floyd was murdered, we protest. And when China is committing the Uygur Genocide, we also protest. It's no double standard.
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@xtzhao2196 Correct.
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@xtzhao2196 I personally hate when fearmongers try to spread misinformation about collapsing countries. Also, I hope, for the sake of global stability, that the 5 permanent Security Council seats never collapse -- especially Russia, China & US.
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@xtzhao2196 Hoping for the best.
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@deebil8099 What would that mean for the current global order (if there is still one after Putin's invasion)? In this globalized world, China is still considered the world's factory and second most powerful economy. What would happen to Asia Pacific & the world if China experiences an economic crisis?
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@xxxnasodinationxxx4400 Also, pacifism is to be pro-facism. If the West didn't respond as effectively, Putin wouldn't stop until he surpassed Hitler's appetite.
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@darter9000 In other words, doomsday theorizing. Guess it really is all that we can do just to watch. At least the West is more likely to listen to its public -- a collapsing Chinese economy would be the most unpopular foreign policy.
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@xxxnasodinationxxx4400 First of all, Putin is dumb enough to believe that he can weather the sanction, which he can't. Also, thanks to the threat of sanctions and the stability of the globalized market, the world has known great peace where war is NOT AVOIDED BUT BECOMES MUCH MORE LESS LIKELY. Using the Russia of 2022 as a golden rule is ridiculous and ignorant. And also, if not sanctions, what do you suggest?
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@moustaphadiallo600 You ignorantly fail to understand that both Russia and Ukraine are one of the most important breadbaskets of the world. And as such those two countries' economies depend on other nations buying their food exports. But regardless, Russia is blockading Ukraini coasts, despite international sanctions that also weaken Russia. Additionally, Russia relies on the west to manufacture 95% of the technology needed for modern-to-advanced warfare. So, because of the 2014 and 2022 sanctions, the Russian military-industrial complex has been almost completely crippled. In fact, the only reason Putin has started advancing his military capabilities is that he is, now, draining funding from humanitarian/civil spending to military/defense spending.
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@moustaphadiallo600 Also in 1914, there was no real, practical example of globalization and worldwide interconnectivity. Even the League of Nations, during the inter-war period, was nothing more than a fat joke. Globalization only came into fruition in the post-war era. And Globalization only thrived in the post-cold war era.
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