The current consensus in Washington views China as a very significant threat; complacency about China is no longer widespread, but this consensus view carries a risk of groupthink where policymakers underplay the fundamental internal challenges China faces (corruption, demographics, inequality) and instead focus narrowly on the threat China poses, creating a distorted threat assessment.
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Mike FromanEvidence Quote
“the vast majority of the consensus it views China as a very significant threat and I don't see many people being terribly complacent about it. I think that's actually a risk because there's a lot of group think...we tend to underplay those challenges in the policy realm in Washington and instead really just focus on the threat or the challenge that they pose.”
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