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Re:Alibaba founder Jack Ma steps out from shadows with long ... by Turskarama on Thursday April 11, 2024 @01:08AM (#39998580)
Chinas situation is so incredibly far away from what the Soviet Union was. For one thing they aren't spending the majority of their GDP on a cold war.
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Re:Alibaba founder Jack Ma steps out from shadows with long ... by shiroiushi on Thursday April 11, 2024 @03:56AM (#39999499)
They've been massively increasing their defense spending, though you're right, it's not a majority of GDP.

In addition, they've been trying to massively increase their military capacity, but throwing money at it only does so much: you also need young men, and there's not that many that think being in the military is a great idea, and people aren't having kids any more. At least in the old Soviet Union, there was no lack of young men being raised.

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