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user-inactivated  ·  3752 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Why We Fight Wars

Yes. That was a very strange sentence. Once the Chinese economic engine slows down, the Chinese government will react in much the same way it always has when faced with similar problems: it will lie to its people, block their access to worldwide viewpoints, commission massive and pointless public works projects, foment extra nationalism, control the press, etc.

The Chinese government has habitually done its thinking for its citizens. It has no need to ... start a land war with Mongolia over copper.