China

[Jai Tegang!]

13 hours ago, Ranjeet01 said:

Is China now the dominant world power? 

I think the US is now no.2 and Covid-19 has allowed the Chinese to steal a march. 

What do you think will happen to the world now that balance of power has shifted. 

How do you think this impacts the quam in geopolitical terms.

 

Like you said about the Middle Kingdom, China is materializing its self perception. It has the racial and cultural homogeneity with little cause for dissent; a perfect recipe for empire.

I have a feeling surrounding Asian nations will eventually eat humble pie and come into China’s clutches, no matter the support US provides.

China is well positioned in Africa with loans, debt -traps, and long term resource, rare earth monopoly.

Indians are risk averse people like you state. For all the sabre rattling, we know when $h!t hits the pukha, India would much rather trade in roti for noodles than face an existential crisis. In any case, a full out conflict will result in total fracturing of south asia.

I’m of a conflicted view in terms of what is better for our kaum. A fractured India with overlord China and henchman Pakistan, in which case our Punjab would be the area that separates Muslim unification along the Gangetic plains; or a strong united India that wishes our assimilation but provides us a better environment for success (comparatively).

In either case we remain isolated, landlocked and beholden to bigger neighbors.

I think our best bet is to increase our wealth inside India, remain neutral to external and internal conflicts, concentrate on saving Punjab on numerous fronts. Make less noise, get more done. Wait for our time.

[Ranjeet01]

9 hours ago, Jai Tegang! said:

China is well positioned in Africa with loans, debt -traps, and long term resource, rare earth monopoly.

That is how far ahead the Chinese are thinking. They are thinking in decades.

They control Lithium market and if anyone understands what lithium is , it is what the batteries for mobile phones and batteries for electric vehicles use.

So imagine how well they have positioned themselves when petrol driven vehicles declines and electric vehicles take off.

So when Tesla and Elon Musk are building their gigafactories and building cars, who do they depend on?

A large part of Australia's economy as well as New Zealand's economy depends on China for it's exports. So it is also western 1st world countries that are reliant on them as well as 3rd world countries 

 

[Ranjeet01]

9 hours ago, Jai Tegang! said:

I’m of a conflicted view in terms of what is better for our kaum. A fractured India with overlord China and henchman Pakistan, in which case our Punjab would be the area that separates Muslim unification along the Gangetic plains; or a strong united India that wishes our assimilation but provides us a better environment for success (comparatively).

That is how we need to think as a quam.

There maybe opportunities for us and we will have to leverage our position.

We could become power brokers.

[Ranjeet01]

9 hours ago, Jai Tegang! said:

think our best bet is to increase our wealth inside India, remain neutral to external and internal conflicts, concentrate on saving Punjab on numerous fronts. Make less noise, get more done. Wait for our time

Well, the Jihadis and Hindutvadis may cause of a war attrition between themselves and exhaust themselves.

[PuzzledToo]

1 hour ago, Ranjeet01 said:

Well, the Jihadis and Hindutvadis may cause of a war attrition between themselves and exhaust themselves.

If they don't we should 'assist' them.