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THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Brandon J. Weichert) - The China Collapse That Wasn’t

Comforting narratives about Chinese internal dynamics are not just wrong, but dangerous. The post The China Collapse That Wasn’t appeared first on The American Conservative .

Foreign Affairs The China Collapse That Wasn’t Comforting narratives about Chinese internal dynamics are not just wrong, but dangerous. It’s a story Washington tells itself whenever reality grows uncomfortable: China is about to collapse. The People’s Republic of China (PRC), we are assured, is a brittle, illegitimate regime on the brink of popular revolt. Once it falls, a friendly democratic China will emerge—and America’s ruling class won’t have to change anything that they’ve been doing or thinking about since the end of the Cold War.  That means all the elites’ spending—along with all other forms…Open