Comments by "Al Loomis" (@alloomis1635) on "China Update" channel.

  1. hu jin tao didn't get the memo. maybe senility, maybe simple regret at leaving behind the pretense of relevance. there was a change of support leaders, the government of prc has goals and needs new people to execute plans. anyway, xjp has 5 more years and a cooperative team to lift china one more step. in fact, prc is number 1 in some measures already. only nuclear war can stop him now. as it happens, usa is perfectly willing to exterminate cities - a valuable characteristic when peace is unattractive. prc has begun to shift money into munitions, and has lots of money. they can threaten retaliation in the area of rocket bombs. usa is fighting ground war, somewheres, always. presumably very sharp. prc can't match that. in spite of all the rude words thrown at them, prc prefers peace. pretty sure usa could beat them, on the ground. but if war comes, it will be rockets. no winners. which is where putin interjects an uncertainty factor. the russians know all about rockets. and putin is not a sentimental man. not in his interest to face usa alone. he must keep prc healthy, which seems likely to mean public support of prc. it also means he can erase a ukrainian city, and no one dares to strike back.
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