Pandemic: Is China perhaps not the problem?

It took a pandemic and an American president with no respect for the rules and no understanding of the fragility of international relations for all hell to break loose, with China at the epicenter. One had to be historically ignorant or in complete denial to fail to see that China's growing strength economically as well as strategically would bring about geopolitical change. The United States and Europe have long wished to believe that it would take decades for China to turn into a superpower. However, China already is an economic giant. The Asian country has kept a low profile in order to avoid irking its partners. It has been more interested in domestic peace and growth. After all, why would it step in to shoulder the burden of policing the international system prematurely? The Americans and the Europeans had taken the responsibility of keeping trade routes open. Meanwhile, their...

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