I am no fan of the chinese autocratic system, but the recent rise in tribal hate-mode towards China worries me. A frustrated population always want somebody to blame, and it is not hard to see how a populist leader could latch on to these sentiments and let things escalate into a new world war.
Like Ray Dalio has said, in history when an upcoming economic powerhouse challenges the current Nr 1, more often than not the end result was war.
With a similar economic prowess but a larger population, I fear things would look bleak for the west in such a war scenario. And even if the US would win, the amount of damage sustained would be huge. I do hope we are able to navigate these changes in a peaceful way.
One half: Russia, Russia, Russia!
Other half: China, China, China!
It's almost like some powerful forces want to divert public's attention away from domestic targets...