> Taiwan, perhaps, but they're playing a long-term tactical game rather than a "invade the country we don't like this week" game.

So one of the world's biggest and most rapid military build-ups in history that is largely intended to give China the ability to seize a democratic country by force by 2027 over any US/Western efforts to protect it is OK because...it's "a long-term tactical game"?

Note that China is not just menacing Taiwan. It's constantly harassing Japan, the Philippines and Vietnam too. Other countries in the region are worried because they understand that if China takes Taiwan successfully, it's not likely to stop there and become a good, peaceful neighbor.

The US, under Trump, is a foreign policy disaster. That doesn't mean that China, with a seemingly more emotionally stable dictator at the helm, is any less dangerous.

> They might get some info on you, but the data brokers in the west will sell a lot more details about you, pre-categorized and all.

With all due respect, you're really naive about how China operates.

https://www.wired.com/story/chineses-surveillance-state-is-s...

China has been "going after" Taiwan for 80 years, so yeah, they are playing the long game.

Wake me up when they start drone striking neighboring country's fishermen and accusing them of carrying drugs.

> The US, under Trump, is a foreign policy disaster.

This administration only removed the blinds on what has always been an adversarial policy, allies included.

If given a choice you may choose US or Chinese models for whatever reason it's fine, but there's no need to fall into the delusion that it is for moral reasons or obligations.

China has a economy which they can't risk. People keep saying same thing for Russia, but they haven't been able to defeat even Ukraine.

At this point I am afraid of US government than China...