So I guess my question is, why did the Chinese authorities do
something so out of the norm? Surely they were aware of their massive
overreach?
A Southeast Asian diplomat that I talked to has more or less
the following to say: The Chinese believe that the United States is in decline,
so it did what it did to demonstrate that it would be willing to throw its
weight around going forward.
I'm not 100% convinced that this is the case, but I can't
think of a better explanation myself.
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