RE: How China is taking over the world one belt, one road at a time
I am extremely skeptical about the rise of China. They have the Americans beat for corruption and greed and will definitely give the Russians a run for their money or do worse.
As for the opium wars, qing dynasty was so corrupt and incompetent, the British received the opportunity of a lifetime there.
I don't think it is fair to compare Imperialism of the 1800s and 1900s or colonialism of the 1500s to 1800s with what China is doing in the 21st CE, they are making deals with non-democracies and have the audacity to call it business.
China has 1 million or so Muslims in prison because they don't act Chinese enough, however, the citizens in Muslim countries are protesting America (because their governments reward this). China also patriots North Koreans and turns a blind eye to the sexual enslavement of women and wife buying on a scale that is unmatched. There is also widespread organ harvesting in prisons, etc. It is truly the evilest empire on the planet and probably the worst yet to come.
Great points to note Mr Skeptic. We need your discerning insight. China will make American crimes look quite tame by comparison. We may be going out of the frying pan and into the fire, as the saying goes.
I've been to China and America both several times. People are way happier and better off in America than China.
Good to know, experience is the best teacher.
Both America and China are criminal despots. I wouldn't move to America if you paid me a free UBI for the rest of my life. Pure war criminals, run by the elite. China is a dictatorship run by human rights criminals, Free Tibet. Citizens of both are slaves to criminals, they think they are free in America, but suffer under manufactured consent, while enjoying a good life based on the blood of their military imperialism. Criminals in rich garb. It too is collapsing.