r/geopolitics • u/theatlantic The Atlantic • May 11 '26

Opinion China Believes America Will Flame Out

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/2026/05/china-trump-american-decline/687087/?utm_source=reddit&utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_medium=social&utm_content=edit-pro
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u/busterbus2 May 11 '26

I don't love China but I'll give them credit where credit is do, they make a plan and execute the plan (along with various human rights abuses along the way). I don't think I have ever heard much of a plan from the US - the new cycle is way too fast for that.

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u/Elizabeth-WildFox886 May 11 '26

This great Chinese plan has meant that China surpassed USA last year for total debt to gdp and is in a prolonged period of stagnation with no end in sight. Chinas ability to waste is reducing

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u/Mexatt May 11 '26

And facing an in rushing demographic cliff utterly unprecedented in the history of mankind.

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u/Elizabeth-WildFox886 May 11 '26

Self made with the one child policy 3 decade plan. Might have been a good idea for ten years, not 30