As other comments pointed out, that was always China's plan, the value here is really that when the Chinese overlord annillate the world's industrial competition, they'll have the moral high ground of being out of self-reliance and hostility by western monopolists.
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And, that, my fellow keyboard high-minded thinker but powerless corp peons, was also part of the China's plan all along.
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And, that, my fellow keyboard high-minded thinker but powerless corp peons, was also part of the China's plan all along.