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asdaaaaaaaa t1_j8f86yc wrote

>The Philippines on Monday accused a Chinese coast guard ship of hitting a Philippine coast guard vessel with a military-grade laser and temporarily blinding some of its crew in the disputed South China Sea, calling it a "blatant" violation of Manila's sovereign rights.

For whatever reason I was more expecting it to be a dispute between two commercial vessels, not military. It's looking more and more like they're losing their grip. With everything that's happened in the past year or so, they've just absolutely ruined their international image.

I do wonder how they're going to be handling the next 10 or so years with their economical issues and population dilemma. I figured with those coming up they'd be much more serious about diplomacy, image and all that, just seems like something you don't want to let slip as you're vulnerable.

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WiartonWilly t1_j8hv04j wrote

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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