China

[Mav]

I’m struggling to see how the rattling of sabres works in that setting. You envisage a world in which the USA won’t support us against China and no one else will either. How does the tough talk do us any good? Surely, we should arm ourselves before we try to talk tough? Jeez, no wonder why Lord Voldemort was asleep at the wheel as China secured itself a naval base in the Solomon Islands. He thought Lord Voldemort could scare China into submission. Maybe Harry Potter wasn’t big in China and he overestimated the awe in which he’d be held.