China is in a very difficult, i would say impossible, position because it wants to ally with russia. The chinese economy is so deeply integrated with the global capitalist economy that it cannot afford to isolate itself. While many countries cannot escape the poverty trap, china has plainly busted out. But some development scholars are reluctant to give china too much credit. After all, it's an authoritarian country, so endorsing its economic miracle could be seen as an endorsement of authoritarianism as a political system. Hears more from our conversation from last year with unon ang, there is not one, but three different chinas since 19 forty nine, at least three.
The political scientist Yuen Yuen Ang argues that different forms of government create different styles of corruption. The U.S. and China have more in common than we’d like to admit — but Russia is a different story, which could explain its willingness to invade Ukraine.