> China is in a state of terminal decline and closing off to the world, barring any huge macro trend reversal (CCP loses power)

While everyone would love this to be true, I've been hearing this shit for a decade.

I'll believe it when there are Islamic dronelords rampaging through the hinterlands of Sinkiang province, neo-steppe cyberwarriors laying waste to Peking, and Elon Musk has a territorial concession over Shenzhen.

That's what a proper true-blue "China collapse" scenario looks like in the 21st century, accept no substitutes.