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iirc, the first of the 2016 presidential candidate to even raise this real and ever-growing concern was Jim Webb and he was drummed out of the race quickly by moderators who both shorted him on time and tried to play up the fact that he failed the DNC's litmus test. The others (if they talked about it at all) mostly paid it lip service.

And honestly you'd need a concerted global effort to curb China's expansionist ambitions.

It's hard to say considering how heavy the censorship is in China. Apparently there's evidence to suggest that they are nowhere near as stable as they like to claim; but I don't trust that too much. I mean, I don't think they are, but not anywhere near as much as it's made out to be. But for the South China Seas it's basically a 'who blinks first' contest. If China manages to subvert the governments of the various claimants then they might win by default; but it's far more likely that they'll just bully them into submission and try to shove the U.S. out as well.

IMO the 'real' issue is a lack of people willing to actually directly confront China. It's because of the prolonged period of peace IMO. Not saying that it's a bad thing; but a lot of people seem to think that, since the US won the cold war, there's basically nothing to worry about anymore when the truth is just the opposite. The recent turn towards socialism in the west hasn't helped and various other factors make people simply apathetic to China's advancements; until it's too late of course.

I don't know if Trump's trade war is the 'right' answer, but I do certainly feel it's a better answer than just sitting back and doing nothing; especially with China's inability to play by the rules.
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