Western recognition of dependence on China as a problem is limited to economic and public health contexts (like COVID), but lacks the shared understanding that this represents a systems competition that could be existential to democracy itself.

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Michael Soik

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there is an understanding today I think that dependence on the PRC is a problem economically and in some cases with public health like covid the the covid pandemic was a great example of that but I do not think there is this shared sense of clarity that the West is in a systems competition with the Chinese Communist party that could be existential

Source

China Expert Explains China’s Plan for Global Domination - And Its Biggest WeaknessDecoding Geopolitics Podcast with Dominik Presl
Created: 8/11/2026, 6:55:00 AM

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