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re <<The cost of empire is no longer worth the benefit ... Also at this point new technology has worked the same as the longbow Against feudal armor>>
... if the plan of the empire remains as is, and we have no particularly reasons to believe otherwise, and especially as Russia seems to be stressing the Ukraine line of contact along the entire length of the line, either probing and or creating weakness, the next war might be soon assuming China falls for the trap as opposed to just do business whilst biding for time.
I think China shall just do biz. Speaking of which, business already in Brazil, Thailand, and soon Hungary, Mexico, France, Serbia, etc etc in the form of factories. EU wide open to BYD even if not to lesser China EV makers.
and yes, I do own VALE finance.yahoo.com happy with the dividends, and looking forward to re-electrification, re-industrialization, re-militarization, re-infrastrurization of the planet
same with RIO and BHP, and Zijin (#7 global, but in China, mostly copper, and a bit of the good stuff) finance.yahoo.com