The US geopolitical objective is to destroy China’s power. This is being pursued variously. China’s economy depends on Asian sea traffic. The US military strategy is to sever those sea lanes. Thereby China’s economy is imperilled.

However, as the US itself has claimed (from Obama on) it lacks the resources to achieve its objective. It says it must rely on allies’ support.

Unsaid by US planners is that those same sea lanes upon which China depends are critical also for Japan and Australia. Any pedant can see that the natural allies here are China, Japan and Australia.

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[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 6 points 5 months ago

Watch Trump throw everyone under the bus while claiming that America “doesn’t need anyone”

[–] HalfEarthMedic@slrpnk.net 2 points 5 months ago

An interesting take on the geopolitical implications of a China-USA conflict

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 2 points 5 months ago

China can just pull rare earth metals again, not much of a war

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 2 points 5 months ago

Never heard of it but it seems like a good semi-progressive news source.

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 2 points 5 months ago

Never heard of the news source, but it seems like a decent one.

[–] Geobloke@aussie.zone 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

And India, which finds itself surrounded by China in Pakistan, Cambodia and the Maldives.