It is clear that China has won the trade war- it is already dominant in global trade and supply chains as Trump has realised belatedly how dependent the US is on Chinese supply chains- the Chinese can and are calling the shots- if Trump wants the rare earths essential to US military and manufacturing. China has enjoyed incredible economic growth and is now challenging US hegemony.

Stating these facts seems to get a lot of people very defensive...but I do not see how it is untrue or exaggerated as many more informed authorities than me are now also saying much the same thing. The previous US ambassador to the US for example. #1224678 And the above article this post is based on that reports Chinas growing military power and confidence. Have you read that article? Or the one about Ambassador Burns and his concerns?

Would be interesting to hear what facts, opinions and judgements you have based on the 15 years you claim to have lived in China but am also more concerned with credible and verifiable news sources than anecdotes and unverifiable, unsourced opinions.

Naturally this whole topic is very difficult for Libertarians and US exceptionalists who struggle to even believe China and the CCP could be a real threat to the extraordinary privilege and wealth that the US has come to expect and depend upon. Because it highlights US hypocrisy and imperialism and because it shatters many of the myths and delusions that have grown up around the US and its wealth, power and privilege.

I am personally no more in favour of Chinese hegemony than US hegemony ~ having lived mostly in the west and its culture I am more comfortable in western culture than Chinese, but rather believe that all manifestations of power tend to corrupt and absolute power, even more so.

I also believe, given the almost universal denial of these issues by participants on Stacker News that there is a significant amount of denial around this issue and that denial in term is a real threat to the security of the west. Its like people cannot see whats happening and these reports I have highlighted from well informed experts including the two linked above reinforce this apprehension.

Please feel free to respond and assuage my concerns for the security of western civilisation with something more credible than off hand flippant denial that there is a problem when the quoted sources above say there is a very real and imminent danger!

BTW Your graph showing millionaire migration shows most leave from the US, followed by China- China today daily produces more millionaires than the US yet still a lot more flee the US- probably due to the increasing instability in the US and taxes...and the attractive allure of places like the UAE with their low taxes.