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Huawei
Bullseye: Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent, Huawei I think they collectively represent a far bigger long term threat to relative US superiority than some Chinese warships. Something has to pay for that military capability. I wonder what scared the Soviets more? The US Navy or the Marshall Plan? Marshall plan was $100B One Belt, One Road is multi trillion. Use debt trap diplomacy, nudging, and a decent value proposition to get…
Yes, those companies are a thread. Our leaders in the us think because we are christians or something god chose us to have military power. In reality, we have economic power that let the us have the ability to get all this military power. The source of the ability (economic might) seems to be almost deliberately being reduced at this time by a certain leader.