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[–]Chipit[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Whataboutism. We were talking about China.

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

You forked into balkanization and whataboutism totally applies when speculating about the machinations of power. They centralize the strong and decentralize the weak. China is hardly weak and is not getting weaker.

[–]Chipit[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

The USA has never had a history of breaking apart and reforming. China? Has.

[–]a_rogue_modron 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

China has spent more time in pieces than it has a unified nation. It's a region DEFINED by its tendency to go to war with itself.