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I recently heard something on the financial predicament the US dollar is in, which explains some of the tension with China in particular. On the one hand if they don't raise interest rates then no-one will want to hold the dollar, so China is looking to offload it's dollars which will cause financial collapse for the US (and the western world in general). However, if they raise interest rates this will also cause financial collapse as people and countries start to forfeit on debt payments. Something of a catch 22 situation it seems.

War is often the way politicians try to get out of sticky situations and rally the people to find another country or culture to blame. This blaming of China for the virus feels a little like the blaming of Jews for the miserable financial situation back in the 30s.

Biden was the one that down played talks. Europe and Australia including Britain wanted to send China a stern message. Allegedly it was Biden that convinced the group not to. US has no intention of engaging in war as it does not see China as a threat to its stability or economic and military power.

China has already threatened Australia with ballistic missle attack.

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As I said below, if they took that action, that would get the US ire up even if it came as a result of pressure for elsewhere.

Biden would be hammered as being extremely weak if he allowed that to happen. As much as the media protects him, the members in Congress have another election in two years.

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That is true he would get hammered as weak. China is aware of the US being here. They depicted Australia as two faced taking Chinese money while holding the US hand. I don't know why they find this odd. We have always been a strong ally with the US.

The US has naval and military bases here which point at China. That's what prompted China's response about military bullying.

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