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U.S.–China relations, strategic expansion, and the South China Sea.

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U.S. - China Relationship

• Shifted after 2008 Olympics + 2008 Financial Crisis together created an idea that China was slingshotting ahead of the U.S.
  • Chinese leaders thought capitalism which they were trying to emulate, but now U.S. is no longer the teachers—feeling of equality.
  • “Our way or the highway”

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China Expansion

South China Sea

• The East and South China Seas One Sea, Near Seas, Whose Seas?
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• Ecological destruction
• Man-made islands
  • China Island Tracker
  • Said it was for science, ecological protection—but really ended up being military bases
  • Chinese party has long record of lying to your face
• Chinese has large fleet of civilian vessels to monitor the sea
• China Employs AI Enabled Water Cannon To Enforce South China Sea Territorial Claims - FMSOFMSO