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Originally Posted by alf
Interesting insight. There were some coutries that were largely unscathed in Europe by WW2 as well. Sweeden and Switzerland. They did not ramp up industrial war efforts like we did though.
The country that has historically been a dominant world power through recorded history is China, I think they will come back in spades now that they have largely recovered from a century of conflict.
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China around the year 1300 burned their navy and trading fleet to turn inward. They believed they are the center of the world. That Chinese decision is still in play. The Chinese make no real move on the world stage except to resolve some internal dilemma.