The alternative reality you live in is fascinating.
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China is already like that, just outside the West. Even in the West you're not going to find a single person that doesn't have a bit of Chinese goods and/or culture in their daily life.
You confused China with the UK. There are no such restrictions on chefs knives.
You have, you're on a reddit clone. Reddit, especially r/politics is centrism defined,, including the ever rightward shift it has taken that follows the natural path of centrism.
Someone that believes the middle of a political spectrum is the difference between the two most popular sides, regardless of those sides positions in the actual political spectrum; i.e. someone that believes liberals and conservatives should work together and compromise in order to not be too left or too right, despite both of those ideologies being inherently far right wing.
I.e. "let's listen to what Nazis have to say and give them a place in government"
That is literally the exact opposite of centrists.
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18% is easily able to be made up by the remaining members, China will likely make up most of that just as a way to step more into the role of hegemon after the us fully exits it's role.
The US doesn't have billions of citizens.
Why would China dislike Cuba being on the US terror list? It only encourages trade with China.
As far as Putin... What century do you think it is?
Really? You're over 50 or a native resident of Africa?
If democrats could critically examine anything, they wouldn't be democrats.