Is It Really the Decline Thats Sor?

There is a society with han chinese who are culturally like us and speak our language. And yet they are free and much more prosperous than us. That is what's really threatening to an autocrat in China. When authoritarian regimes in great powers get into trouble, they are quite likely to resort to an aggressive foreign policy. i don't think there would be such a risk if china could confidently look ahead and say things are going our way. The trends are our friend. It will be an asian century.