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trategy Page: China: Submit Or Suffer
Two things are impeding Chinese efforts to achieve superpower status; economic stability and a network of powerful and reliable allies.
The problems with economic stability are linked to the more serious problems with establishing stable relationships with other countries.
Chinese tradition prevents both of these because China traditionally recognizes only enemies and subordinate foreigners.
China does not do allies in the traditional way.
Current Chinese “allies” include Russia, North Korea, Cuba, Venezuela, Turkey, Pakistan and Iran.
These are not what most countries would consider reliable and useful allies. Turkey and Iran are not reliable or particularly dependable and useful. The other allies, including Russia, are more dependents than traditional allies.
WNU Editor: The above analysis is correct.
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