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Cake day: March 24th, 2022

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  • China had the US in a significantly compromised position and instead of pressing this, just decided to go back to business as usual without securing significant concessions as they likely could have. As anyone aware should know, being friendly to the US probably wont lead to the US later returning the favor, so the benefits of getting along don’t really exist. This is really just the US saying ‘let’s just pretend the last month where we significantly weakened our bargaining position didn’t happen’ and China says ok.


  • China did what many expected and pretty clearly capitulated. Probably the correct choice for their interest in fostering world trade but also majorly bailed out the US at a time where if they had any interest they could have placed considerable pressure on the US economy. Any expectation we have of a Chinese conflict with the US needs to be considerably tempered after this. They still have no interest in serving as opposition to the US and when they do, it’s like with the Russians and only after they are forced by the west.