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Originally Posted by jyl
Right? Incredible resource and density pressures. China is not self sufficient in food, energy, commodities. https://chinapower.csis.org/china-food-security/ https://chinapower.csis.org/energy-footprint/ 30 million Chinese starved to death in the 1959-61 famines. That's within living memory of the CCP leadership. Maybe helps explain, if not justify, their aggressiveness about shipping lanes, the South China Sea, and trying to buy up resources around the world.
China started vaccinations with high-risk persons, rather than starting with the general elderly population. That kind of makes sense, since it was intensely locking down cities so grandpa/ma were in theory safe in their homes, the exposed people were healthcare, essential workers, etc. In March 2021 they started rolling out vaccinations to the elderly. |
Everything the Chinese do geopolitically has to do with maintainimg internal stability and control. China is the center of the earth, turning inward in 1477 or so when they burned their fleet. They fear internal disent which can cause civil war and disolution ..remembering the Taiping Rebellion of the 1860s. So they see tjat they have to be more aggtessive. Then becoming more affluent they want to restore former Chinese greatness. To this end they feel.an opportunity and necessity of filling the vacuum left in the wake of American decline.